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The platinum recording artist and American Idol judge showed her support for Ole Miss and quarterback Matt Corral’s Heisman Trophy candidacy on Twitter. The Rebels were picked to finish fourth in the Southeastern Conference West Division behind national champion favorite Alabama, Texas A&M and rival LSU in the SEC preseason media poll. But fresh off a statement 43-24 win over Louisville in Atlanta on national television, Mississippi is 1-0 and ranked No....

After winning the second title of his career with the Raptors, Leonard unsurprisingly declined his $21.3 million player option, placing himself atop Sporting News’ free agent rankings. An injury-plagued, drama-filled 2017-18 season with the Spurs brought out plenty of skeptics, but Leonard shut them all down with a tour de force through the 2019 playoffs. NBA FREE AGENCY: Latest news, rumors on Kawhi Leonard There is no question Leonard will receive a max offer when free agency officially begins Sunday at 6 p....

Toronto won the championship this season after it acquired Leonard, along with Green, in a blockbuster trade with the Spurs last summer. Leonard is set to be a free agent and has been linked to the Clippers, Knicks and Lakers, amongst others, but Green said recently he believes Toronto is the front-runner to keep the star. “I don’t know the percentage (of chance that Leonard stays),” Green said during Hoops Talk, via Sportsnet....

Though the Clippers are the favored Los Angeles team to land Leonard, Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher reported Monday that one “Western Conference VP says the Lakers are operating as if ’they think they have a strong shot’ at adding Leonard after acquiring New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis to play alongside their incumbent star, LeBron James, in a deal that can’t be officially consummated until next month.” Once the Davis deal is complete, the Lakers will only have between $23 million and $27 million in cap space....

NBA fans have a pressing question ahead of that series: When will Leonard be able to play again? Leonard was ruled out indefinitely after suffering the injury, but Los Angeles has not declared him out for the rest of the postseason — or put a timetable on his return, for that matter. Here are the latest updates on Leonard ahead of Game 1 of the Clippers-Suns series. MORE: How long is Kawhi Leonard out?...

Pogba v. Pogba a sideshow as Ibra takes centre stage The Pogba brothers played against other for the first time in the Europa League encounter on Thursday night. And though Keane’s former side United emerged victorious, winning 3-0 by virtue of a Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat-trick, the former firebrand midfielder was not impressed with the world’s most expensive footballer. When asked on ITV if he was bothered by the show of affection between the brothers Pogba, Keane said he was, then elaborated....

About a quarter of a century–and a battery of lawsuits–later, Congress seems ready to make amends. After having reviewed documented testimony that the Atomic Energy Commission and the Public Health Service failed to reveal the hazards in uranium mines in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, the House passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act last week. The bill would establish a trust fund of $100 million. Families of miners with radiation-induced illness would be eligible for a lump-sum payment of $100,000, and “downwinders,” certain cancer victims in Utah, Nevada and Arizona who were exposed to fallout from nuclear testing, could receive $50,000....

The main event saw NXT Champion Adam Cole take on North American Champion Keith Lee in a winner-takes-all match. After 20 minutes of intense action, Lee defeated Cole to become the first NXT superstar to hold both titles simultaneously. Not bad, considering the 35-year-old Texas native saw his momentum in NXT derailed due to injuries and questionable booking decisions just over a year ago. But the “Limitless” Keith Lee stayed the course and is now at the top of NXT....

In a tweet overnight Wednesday, the sports and political commentator highlighted the alleged shooter’s mother reported support for former President Trump. Quoting a tweet by Barstool Sports that paid tribute to 16-year-old victim Tate Myre, Olbermann wrote: “This kid died to stop a school shooter whose mother echoed the Trumpist Fascism of” before tagging Barstool Sports and its president, Dave Portnoy. Portnoy famously interviewed Donald Trump for his sports blog in 2020....

Coming off a 22-month absence from the sport, “One Time” wanted to end Saturday night’s fight inside six rounds. Instead, he had to go the distance in a hard-fought victory, which he won by majority decision (although the one judge who scored it a draw was definitely being overly generous toward Lopez). MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Taking the podium in a bright yellow Champion hoodie for his postfight press conference at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Thurman made a quick opening statement to the media and then fielded a few questions before making a candid admission....

Kellogg announced that they plan to split into three spinoff companies in order to focus each one on cereals, snack foods and plant-based foods. The cereal and plant-based food companies have yet to be named, but Kellogg CEO Steve Cahillane stated the individual companies will be better equipped to reach their standalone potential. “These businesses all have significant standalone potential, and an enhanced focus will enable them to better direct their resources toward their distinct strategic priorities,” Cahillane said in a press release....

Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Conway appeared to evade questions around whether aid had been withheld from Ukraine as part of a quid pro quo arrangement, later saying she did not know whether this was the case. President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is at the center of an impeachment inquiry announced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in September following whistleblower allegations that claim Trump asked Zelenskiy to investigate potential political rival Joe Biden and his son, Hunter....

Still, his apparent lack of progress from ankle and shoulder injuries is troublesome. MORE FANTASY BASEBALL: Harper, Puig risky | Verlander worries | 2014 Draft Kit It's around this time every year that we hear about players being "in the best shape of their lives" and injured guys being "ahead of schedule." Optimism abounds when every team is tied for first place. The lack of encouraging words about Kemp indicates that his projected return date – March 30 in San Diego – might be a little optimistic....

Starr’s family said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon that he died at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston of complications from surgery. While the lawyer’s Whitewater investigation led to Clinton’s impeachment, he more recently served on former President Donald Trump’s legal team during his impeachment. Prior to Starr’s involvement in the investigation into the Clintons’ business dealings from 1994 to 1998, he was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington, D....

What Kennedy offered was a vote-now, pay-later program expending Federal health benefits for the needy and mandating private insurance for everybody else (following story). By his estimates, the plan would add $28.6 billion to the budget and would cost employers and employees $11.4 billion more when fully implemented. Carter’s Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph A. Califano came in three days later with a smaller-bang, start-up health-care proposal at around $30 billion—at least double what the President had targeted in this season of budget-balancing frugality....

Faried’s CT scan on his neck came back normal hours after he experienced a scary fall while playing against the Warriors on Saturday night, according to Yahoo Sports. MORE: A reminder that the injury could have been worse | Greatest Nuggets ever He was released from a Bay Area hospital on Sunday and listed as questionable with neck soreness for Sunday night’s game at Portland. Faried, who is averaging 12....

By halftime, the Ohio State quarterback's day was officially special. Guiton threw six first half TD passes -- an Ohio State record for TD passes in a game -- and the Buckeyes did everything they wanted against Florida A&M, winning 76-0. MORE: Week 4 photos | Scoreboard | Week 4 picks Bobby Hoying twice threw five TD passes in a game -- against Purdue in 1994 and at Pittsburgh in 1995 -- and John Borton tossed five against Washington State in 1952....

The DOJ said the evidence obtained by the FBI and state investigators is insufficient to prove that officer Rusten Sheskey “willfully” used excessive force when he shot 30-year-old Blake in August 2020. Sheskey and other officers were responding to a call from a woman who reported that Blake was at her residence when he was not supposed to be and wouldn’t leave. The police union at the time said that Blake had a knife and that the officers used their taser before deciding to fire at him....

He still controls his own destiny. Kenseth figures if he wins the last two races of the season, he would win the title unless points leader Jimmie Johnson leads the most laps and finishes second in both. So while he certainly wishes he had finished ahead of Johnson in the AAA Texas 500 on Sunday, he won’t grimace about finishing fourth when they entered the race at Texas Motor Speedway tied atop the standings....

The sign was posted to the front door of Alvin’s, a gas station and convenience store in Manchester, Kentucky. “No face masks allowed in store. Lower your mask or go somewhere else! Stop listening to [Governor Andy Beshear], he’s a [expletive],” it read. Chris Stavely, who runs Alvin’s with his wife, Marissa, told Newsweek that the sign was meant to get patrons to ask questions about it once they entered the store....