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Biden and Crist, the Democrat seeking to oust Florida Governor Ron DeSanis, will headline a private fundraiser on November 1, the Miami Herald reported. News of Biden’s fundraising visit for DeSantis’ rival comes the week after the governor and president were praised for putting partisan politics aside to provide relief to Floridians following Hurricane Ian. Crist’s campaign told the newspaper fundraising “took a dip due to Hurricane Ian.” “President Biden understands what is on the ballot this November,” Crist, who served as Florida’s governor from 2007 to 2011, said in a statement....

The poll carried out on October 30 among 1,500 eligible voters in the U.S. found that 61 percent hold Biden and his policies “significantly” or “fairly” responsible for inflation. The survey also found that inflation is the leading issue that voters say will inform how they vote in crucial midterm elections that will take place less than a week from Wednesday. Forty-three percent of respondents said that Biden and his policies were significantly to blame for inflation, while 18 percent said the president was fairly to blame and 17 percent said he and his policies were slightly to blame....

The Bengals were just a play away from scoring a winning touchdown on the first outing since Burrow was selected as the number one overall pick in the NFL Draft as the Chargers claimed a 16-13 win at Paul Brown Stadium. No quarterback selected first has won in week one of a rookie year since David Carr in 2002 and Burrow felt he fell short on a few plays, including overthrows for receivers John Ross and A....

The Bengals’ QB saw his rookie season come to an end prematurely when he suffered a left knee injury that included a torn ACL and MCL in Week 11 against the Washington Football Team. But after having surgery in December, Burrow’s doctor says he is “on track” to start for the Bengals against the Vikings in their 2021 season opener. “He’s on track for full go for start of the season,” Dr....

Jim Burrow told Dave Lapham on the “In the Trenches” podcast that the Bengals quarterback is “getting better every day, but noted that he would hopefully be back out on the field “in a few weeks.” “There’s always a danger and complications for a surgery like that so Joe’s just got, he’s got to listen to his doctors and the trainers over at the facility and take it easy,” Jim Burrow said....

“We’re still a healthy team, which not a lot of people can say at this point of the season,” quarterback Joe Burrow said in a news conference on Wednesday. “We’ve been lucky as far as injuries and COVID.” NFL PICKS WEEK 16: Against the spread | Straight up Indeed, the Bengals have been lucky, especially in terms of COVID. Currently, the team has just one player on the COVID list — starting cornerback Chidobe Awuzie....

The Rams’ Matthew Stafford tied Jaguars rookie Trevor Lawrence as the most-intercepted quarterback in the NFL, throwing 17. In the playoffs, Stafford’s team overcame his big red zone mistake to get to the Super Bowl, and things might have been different had the 49ers held on to a second would-be pick in the second half. Cincinnati and Los Angeles could care less about those stats as the competitors in Super Bowl 56....

Dumars, who put together the 2004 NBA title team, has led the franchise to hard times in recent years with bad decisions. The list is long, but it started with move to draft Darko Milicic instead of Carmelo Anthony and was compounded by the trade of Chauncey Billups in exchange for Allen Iverson. MORE: Anthony to miss playoffs for first time | Lillard signs one of NBA’s largest shoe deals...

During the fight over Democrats’ social spending reconciliation bill, Sinema, for example, has played a prominent—albeit silent—role in watering down the party’s plan to allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. She’s also helped gut Democrats’ plan to expand Medicare benefits, nixed tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations, and pushed to make the overall bill smaller. While Sinema isn’t up for reelection until 2024, she is polling terribly and already facing the threat of a well-financed primary challenge....

Justice, a Republican, accused Manchin of not caring about the people of West Virginia in his virtual COVID-19 briefing on Monday, and of “selling” his influence in Congress. He took strong exception to a clause in the American Rescue Plan that does not allow relief funding to states to be used to offset losses from tax cuts. Manchin decried Justice’s “personal attacks.” “This is terrible, this is absolutely terrible,” Justice said in his latest briefing on Monday....

The moderate Democratic senator has been at the center of the months-long negotiations on the sweeping social safety net package. Manchin’s vote is crucial in passing the bill through the budget reconciliation process in a 50-50 Senate where all Republicans are in opposition. Manchin objected to the original $3.5 trillion price tag of the bill, as did fellow centrist senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. The legislation has now been scaled down to the $1....

Joe Philbin, despite a disappointing season and rumors of a hot-seat placement, will return as Miami’s coach in 2015, owner Stephen Ross told reporters after the Dolphins’ 37-35 win over the Vikings on Sunday. MORE: Dolphins win on blocked punt, safety | Black Monday looms for these coaches The Dolphins went 7-9 in Philbin’s first season and improved to 8-8 last year. Ross called for progress prior to the 2014 season, but some observers believed it would take a playoff appearance for Philbin to save his job....

The embattled comedian is under fire for a decade-old video that shows The Joe Rogan Experience guest Joey Diaz bragging about demanding sexual favors from women comedians wanting to perform onstage at Los Angeles’ Comedy Store. Rogan—who recently apologized for repeatedly using the n-word on his podcast, and has been accused of spreading COVID misinformation on his platform—is shown laughing raucously as the tale is recounted in the clip....

Joe Theismann, who led the Redskins to a Super Bowl championship, has given Haskins permission to wear No. 7 for Washington. Theismann wore the number throughout his career with the Redskins (1974-85), while Haskins wore No. 7 at Ohio State. While No. 7 officially isn’t retired with the team, Theismann is the only player to have worn it. During an interview with “NFL Total Access” host Scott Hanson after he was selected with the No....

Joel Embiid, the NBA’s social media maven, knows this. And so he enlisted the Twitter account of President-elect Donald Trump to cleverly disguise an endorsement that might help boost his chances of making the Eastern Conference roster for next month’s game. The 76ers big man, finally healthy, is playing to the level that made him the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 draft. MORE: Sports figures who supported Donald Trump...

After getting out to a 3-0 series lead, the Sixers have lost two consecutive games. Embiid has been clearly affected by the injury, which has limited his dominance on the offensive end. MORE: How Raptors have found new life against Sixers Imaging of Embiid’s thumb revealed a torn ligament, adding to the superstar’s run of tough injury luck in the postseason. The severity of the injury brings about more questions surrounding his impact for the remainder of and beyond, should Philadelphia advance....

Ahead of Philadelphia’s second-round matchup with Miami in the 2022 NBA Playoffs, Shams Charania of the Athletic broke the news that Embiid had suffered a right orbital fracture and mild concussion. Embiid was already playing through a torn ligament in his right thumb. Here’s the latest on Embiid’s injury. What is Joel Embiid’s injury? The 76ers confirmed that Embiid has suffered a right orbital fracture and mild concussion. The injury occurred in Philadelphia’s Game 6 win over Toronto in the first round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs....

The 35-year-old will join the club on June 2, after signing a three-year contract with the third-tier club. “I’m very excited by the challenge and the project at Fleetwood Town,” he told the club’s website. “It’s a club I’ve known for a long time, and a chairman I already have a very good relationship with. “My first job in management was always going to be a big decision for me and I’m delighted with the opportunity ahead, I’m joining a club with big ambitions....

EDGE Joey Bosa had to leave Sunday’s game against the Jaguars in the first quarter with an injury, and did not return. He was later ruled out of the contest. Bosa had been trying to rush Trevor Lawrence, but slipped as he was trying to get around the edge. He laid on the ground as medical staff came over to look at him, and he walked with a limp on the sideline....

Bolton was broadly critical of the president and his administration in his recently published memoir—“The Room Where it Happened”—which detailed several instances of Trump’s troubling conduct and possible corruption. The neoconservative operative—who has long pushed for hawkish American foreign policy and pushed for the disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq—was then criticized for failing to volunteer his behind-the-scenes information about the Trump campaign during the impeachment of the president....