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Taiwan lies off the coast of southeast China and has been claimed by its Communist leadership for more than seven decades. However, the democratically governed island has never been ruled from Beijing, thanks in part to American military backing, which has come in the form of numerous defensive arms sales over the last 40 years. The trip—first reported by Reuters and later confirmed by the Taiwan Presidential Office—is being led by Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the George W....

You still have to make the plays, and the Buckeyes did that. That’s good news for an offense that features new offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson. The Buckeyes’ offense flashed an impressive passing game in a shootout. The Scarlet team defeated the Gray team 38-31. Ohio State’s offense looked good, and that should keep Urban Meyer happy. We’ll have to figure out the tackling later. Joe Burrow and Dwayne Haskins J....

The Florida politician introduced the recent Parental Rights in Education bill, known more commonly as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which Disney has now come out against. Reacting to the reaction, Harding has announced he is returning Disney’s campaign donations because it has listened to the “woke mob” who opposed the bill. The bill (HB 1557) was officially signed last week and limits children in kindergarten through to Grade 3 having “classroom discussions about sexual orientation or gender identity....

The email was sent through the Hall of Fame’s voter email distribution list, which makes this the first official position the Hall has really taken on the whole “steroids” issue. MORE: The 2018 Hall of Fame ballot I’m a Hall of Fame voter. My first ballot was last year, and I voted for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Manny Ramirez. I’ll have more thoughts on this later today. For now, though, here’s the full text of Morgan’s letter....

ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. was the first to report it, and the NCAA has since confirmed the news. According to Van Natta, 112 victories will be restored to Penn State, but 111 will be restored to Paterno. One of the victories was from Tom Bradley. MORE: Penn State back in ‘800-club’ after 112 wins restored | 16 years of playoffs instead of BCS The restored wins will make Paterno the winngest college football coach with 409 victories....

“He can’t talk right anymore,” Rogan said of the president on The Joe Rogan Experience this week. In his latest podcast episode, Rogan was joined by fellow podcaster Coleman Hughes and their discussion turned toward the 2020 election. “That was one of the things that people were saying, that I was a Trump supporter during the election because I said I would vote for Trump before I would vote for Biden,” Rogan said....

The veteran center revealed in a video Saturday that he had shaved his iconic shaggy facial hair. It marks the first time he has been clean-shaven since the start of the 2018-19 season, when Sharks teammate Brent Burns did the honor of shaving Thornton’s beard for him. The video featured an initially bearded Thornton standing next to his daughter, Ayla. A few seconds in, she nods her head and it snaps to a now-beardless Thornton standing in the same place....

Chestnut first dove into the world of competitive eating in 2005 while he was a student at San Jose State University. His first major victory came that year when he ate six-and-a-half pounds of fried asparagus in 11 1/2 minutes. That year, Chestnut qualified for his first Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest and ate 32 hot dogs. By 2011, Chestnut had become such a force on the eating circuit that he was able to quit his full-time job in construction management and focused solely on training for eating competitions....

Logano led the pack as they headed down the final stretch of the final lap of Sunday’s rain-delayed season opener. But an aggressive move from Keselowski in the No. 2 position — he tried to pass Logano on the inside, but caused the both to spin out — caused a massive fiery crash that cost both a win in the 2021 NASCAR season opener. Instead, Michael McDowell took advantage of the situation and won his first ever Daytona 500 under caution (he was also first to cross the finish line)....

Logano had the fastest speed in Friday’s final round of qualifying at the .75-mile, D-shaped track with a speed of 126.470 mph, which was slightly faster than Matt Kenseth, who clocked in at 126.357 mph. PHOTOS: Jeff Gordon’s final season in NASCAR | MORE: NASCAR playoff scenarios “It is nice to have a good starting spot here,” Logano told NBC Sports. “If you are up front you can take care of your tires better through the first part of the race....

Knoxville police raced to Market Square after they were alerted that a woman was assaulted by a man just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday, September 6. Police said the woman had been jogging near the subway when the unknown man attacked her. Several bystanders quickly came to help the woman and she managed to escape with minor injuries, according to police. The suspect managed to flee the scene by the time officers arrived....

Calipari told the ESPNU College Basketball podcast Tuesday that he spent his weekend on the recruiting trail trying to land seven different top-10 recruits from across the country — Harry Giles, Josh Jackson, Dennis Smith Jr., Malik Monk, Kobi Simmons and Miles Bridges. MORE: The greatest UK players of all time | Inside the life of a Wildcat walk-on The recently inducted Hall of Fame coach wasn’t shy about the talent he’s looking to bring to Lexington....

As Baltimore marched down the field late against the Bengals in the AFC wild-card round Sunday night, the team opted not to use either of its two remaining timeouts, on one occasion even allowing 30 seconds to come off the clock between plays. The slow march toward the end zone became a problem after a holding penalty backed up the Ravens with less than 30 seconds left. The Ravens ultimately fell short of a comeback....

Canada coach John Herdman had something even stronger to say about his squad after the match. “I just told them they belong here and we’re going to go and ‘eff’ Croatia next,” Herdman said. “It’s as simple as that.” The team has every right to be confident after their performance against Belgium. It was obvious from the jump that Les Rouges were fit to play on the biggest international stage....

Madden, the legendary broadcaster who died on Dec. 28, 2021, is known to most as a decades-long color commentator of NFL telecasts on CBS, Fox Sports and ABC. He was a staple of the league’s Thanksgiving coverage and helped to establish the Turkey Leg Award, given to the best players on the field in the holiday contest. As such, it makes sense that the NFL would celebrate Madden one of the most important in-season dates on the league calendar....

Unfortunately, McCain will have to make do with Arnold riding shotgun on the trail. Yesterday on the plane ride to California, the senator broke the news to reporters that Stallone won’t be stumping for him anytime soon. After hearing of his surprise endorsement, McCain tried calling Stallone, but reached his wife instead, who told him that Rocky was in Europe promoting his new Rambo film. “I was very disappointed,” McCain said....

Former world No. 1 Sharapova sent shockwaves through tennis last week when she announced that she had failed a drug test at this year’s Australian Open. SHARAPOVA: The ugly truths | Recklessness does no favors | Photos The Russian said that she had been taking meldonium for the past 10 years for medical reasons and did not know that the World Anti-Doping Agency had prohibited its use in January....

Despite the widespread coverage of looting and destruction some major news outlets focused on, John Oliver spent the entirety of his show Last Week Tonight unpacking America’s problematic relationship with law enforcement and the many reasons why many believe that police reform is needed. One of the solutions to the aggressive and systemic racism that Oliver advocated for was the defunding of police—an idea that many activists and peaceful protesters have also called for....

A clip from Oliver’s appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was posted by Twitter user @Mara_Webster, who wrote: “John Oliver knew all along….#OprahMeghanHarry.” The clip has had over 224,000 views since it was first posted on Monday. The post was also shared by Molly Jong-Fast, editor at large at The Daily Beast, who tweeted: “So @iamjohnoliver really called this one.” The clip shared on the editor’s feed received more than 200,000 views....

In a post yesterday before deleting his verified Twitter account, Tesh said he was leaving and urged his followers to “say goodbye to viciousness and censorship.” Although he did not provide examples of what he was referring to, Tesh had tweeted a link to Parler on Saturday, describing it as a “much nicer place.” Before its deletion, Tesh had 136,573 Twitter followers, according to analytics platform Social Blade. Memes and jokes spread across Twitter today, with some users seemingly unaware who Tesh is, why he was initially relevant and why it matters that he has gone....