He won the majority of them but not the last one, forcing him to settle for third in the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. MORE: How Gordon won | Driver confrontations add drama | Hamlin mad at Junior | Burton, Harvick rip media The Team Penske driver said he did everything he could, which even raised the ire of some other drivers who complained that he was playing games in the restart zones....
Joey Votto, a Toronto native, has been a Raptors fan since they entered the league as an expansion team 25 years ago and is excited to finally celebrate a NBA title. RAPTORS OFFSEASON PREVIEW: Team makes its final case to Kawhi The Cincinnati Reds posted a video of their first baseman on Twitter congratulating the Raptors on their historic season. In the video, he called Kyle Lowry “the greatest Raptor of all time” and used his spot as an opportunity to do a bit of recruiting....
With one hard-earned technical foul already in his pocket, Calipari stepped well out onto the court at Colonial Life Arena to argue yet another call he felt went against his squad in the contest against South Carolina. Calipari gave the officiating crew no choice, and he was hit with his second technical foul and the automatic ejection that comes as a door prize. In the flow of this bizarre game, the ejection, with a little more than 10 minutes left in the second half, seemed almost expected....
Cena and Johnson fought in back-to-back main events at WrestleMania 28 and 29, but the rivalry went beyond the ring. Cena acknowledged in a Q&A session at Salt Lake Comic Con last year that things got “pretty personal” when he traded verbal jabs with “Rocky.” MORE: ‘The Rock’ calls out CM Punk on ‘Raw’ “I said some things that were less than nice. He said some things that were less than nice,” Cena said (via Wrestling Inc....
The first-time PGA Tour winner used back-to-back low rounds to jump to the top of the leaderboard and remain there in the final round of the John Deere Classic. The South African professional shot 7-under 64 to hold off a red-hot Russell Henley and claim the win with a two-stroke lead at 21 under. Frittelli played steady golf all weekend and made just one bogey throughout the tournament. He was mistake free Saturday and Sunday....
The reprieve, three hours before John Henry Ramirez was due to be executed on Wednesday, is the latest chapter in the debate in Texas and other states about the role of religious advisers in the death chamber. According to prosecutors, Ramirez, 37, stabbed Pablo Castro, a 46-year-old convenience store worker in Corpus Christie, 29 times on July 19, 2004. He fled to Mexico, but was arrested three and a half years later....
The two musicians have been close for decades but publicly fell out during Ye’s run for office. They also fell out in 2018 when West publicly supported Donald Trump, which resulted in West sharing texts between the two. Opening up about their fraught relationship, Legend revealed that while the two have reconciled, they’re not as close as they used to be. “We aren’t friends as much as we used to be because I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office and supporting Trump....
The company said that sales had failed to bounce back after lockdown restrictions were eased, saying it would shut two department stores in Watford just north of London and Birmingham in central England as well as smaller stores in London like in Croydon and Heathrow Airport. In a statement posted on its website, John Lewis said: “The shops identified for closure include two of the smallest in the estate - travel hub shops at Heathrow and St Pancras, four At Home shops in Croydon, Newbury, Swindon and Tamworth and two full-size department stores in Birmingham and Watford....
Yes, it’s Monday, and while another 20-minute Oliver screed is making the rounds, we have the privilege of sharing it with you as it seeps into the world of sports. Just as Oliver did with the NFL, Washington Redskins, World Cup and FIFA, the HBO host went on a rampage Sunday night disecting every bit corner of the NCAA, March Madness and the decision to not compensate “student-athletes.” MORE: Enter SN’s free bracket game | Who can beat UK?...
Terry was substituted in the 26th minute of Sunday’s game against Sunderland as the players, fans and manager all pulled together to give their captain, leader and legend the best send-off possible on his final Chelsea appearance at Stamford Bridge. Conte: Arsenal are FA Cup favourites After 717 games, 67 goals, 15 major honours and five league titles, Terry will leave the club as their greatest-ever captain and Hazard got a close look at the respect that a club legend gets in west London....
But they’re also very good right now. MORE: Emotional Wall dedicates win to girl who died of cancer | Bomani Jones calls out Colin Cowherd over Wall comment On Wednesday night, they once again showed why, with Wall hitting Beal on an inbounds alley-oop layup to beat the Magic at the buzzer 91-89. The win moves Washington to 15-6 on the season, good for first place in the Southeast Division and second in the Eastern Conference....
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor donated $800,000 to the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation via the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Depp, 58, has an NFT community called Never Fear Truth where he sells digital artworks. He has reportedly also donated to the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, the Footprint Coalition, and the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. “Johnny Depp’s Never Fear Truth NFT sale was always intended to benefit charities and we are pleased to be able to confirm that nearly $800,000 in total donations have been contributed,” the Never Fear Truth Twitter account posted in a statement....
LSU went 35 minutes of real time without scoring a basket, ESPN said on its halftime broadcast, and limped into the break trailing Texas A&M, 35-13. MORE: How does Kansas historically fare as a No. 1 seed? The Tigers somehow managed to record not one single assist in the first half. Ben Simmons racked up three fouls, and LSU looked completely disinterested in the game. That didn’t stop head coach Johnny Jones from declaring in a halftime interview with ESPN’s Shannon Spake that he thought his team had great energy — a statement that was so utterly averse to the action on the court that even Dick Vitale railed on Jones’ comments after the interview....
MORE: Broncos’ interest in Manziel a slap in RGIII’s face Manziel on Saturday told TMZ he is living with fellow Texas A&M alum Von Miller and getting his life together. But according to ESPN.com, Manziel actually is shacking up with embattled Browns receiver Josh Gordon in an apartment off Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Manziel, who has become a staple of the Hollywood nightclub scene, is unemployed and the subject of an ongoing domestic violence investigation....
When leaving one club to move on to another, Manziel was captured by TMZ as a brave, bearded man bolted to Manziel and slapped lawsuit papers into Manziel’s belly. The former Browns quarterback tried to ignore the gesture but eventually scooped the papers off the pavement after saying, “Thank you, bro. I appreciate you.” Manziel’s appreciation for the stranger likely faded once he opened the papers. However, Manziel — free on bond in a case in Texas — shook off the buzzkill and reverted to himself by the time he made it to the next bar....
The company said two new studies show that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine “generated a rapid and robust increase in spike-binding antibodies” in people ages 18 to 55 and in those 65 years and older, who received a “lower booster dose.” “We look forward to discussing with public health officials a potential strategy for our Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, boosting eight months or longer after the primary single-dose vaccination,” Mathai Mammen, MD, PhD, Johnson & Johnson’s global head of the Janssen Research & Development, said in a press release....
One company at the forefront of COVID-19 vaccine research is Johnson & Johnson. On January 29, 2020, the brand announced its pharmaceutical division, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, would begin vaccine research. Since then, Johnson & Johnson has stated a vaccine could be available as soon as early next year. In the world of vaccine production, a matter of months is an unheard-of turnaround time. The vaccine testing and approval process usually takes years....
“Following a comprehensive review, the board and management team believe that the planned separation of the consumer health business is the best way to accelerate our efforts to serve patients, consumers, and healthcare professionals, create opportunities for our talented global team, drive profitable growth, and—most importantly—improve healthcare outcomes for people around the world,” CEO Alex Gorsky said in a statement. The Johnson & Johnson name will remain with the company that sells medical devices, meant for orthopedics and surgery, and treatments like Darzalex, Erleada and Imbruvica....
What would Chairman Mao say? The supposed aim of “Midnight Whispers” is to help strengthen Chinese marriages. But Mao’s government regarded the masses’ libidos as a major threat to the party’s central authority. As soon as he took power in 1949, his troops went to work shutting down the country’s brothels. That was just the beginning. In subsequent years some communes kept residents in sexually segregated barracks regardless of their marital status....
George “Joji” Miller is a singer and songwriter known recently for his melodic tunes like “Gimme Love” and “Run.” Miller didn’t start out as the clean swooner that many identify him as today, beginning his public career on YouTube as Filthy Frank in 2011. Filthy Frank’s entire character was built around being as grotesque and offensive as possible to parody these sort of behaviors. His videos had him doing outlandish stunts, like eating a cake made of his own hair or dressing up in a pink morph suit to scare denizens of New York City....
