Wade enjoyed a great ride over the past four years, making it to the NBA Finals for four straight years and winning two titles. But he didn’t always enjoy the journey. MORE: NBA faces in new places | Kobe trash talk | Matta interested in recruiting LeBron Jr. “It was great, you know, we went to the Finals four years in a row, and it was everything we wanted from that standpoint, but sometimes throughout that run, at certain times, it just wasn’t fun,” Wade said....

He finished the holiday game with 19 points, bringing his career total on Dec. 25 to 277, after passing Shaq (272) with a jumper in overtime. MORE: The Shaquille O’Neal character reel | 2015 NBA Christmas jerseys Not only is Wade, 33, a scorer on Christmas, he’s a winner, too. With Friday’s victory, he is 10-1 on Christmas. Wade has a ways to go to catch the Nos. 1 and 2 scorers on Christmas: No....

Jan Holman, 68, was given the chance to say a final goodbye to her horse Bob and two King Charles Spaniels Monty and Rowley from her bed at the Hospice of the Good Shepherd in Chester, in northern England. Holman had been moved to the Hospice of the Good Shepherd a month before and had missed spending time with her animals. In a Facebook post shared on Wednesday, a hospice spokesperson said: “Following her arrival at the hospice, our care team soon discovered that patient Jan Holman had some very special friends in her life and following a spell of four weeks in hospital she was missing them desperately....

Rose, who has already missed four games this season with ankle injuries, left Thursday night’s game against the Raptors in the fourth quarter. MORE: Barkley calls Rose injury comments “stupid” | Kobe Bryant says he’s jealous of Tim Duncan | Silver supports legalized sports gambling “He’s better today, but he’ll be out tonight,” Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau told ESPN Chicago. “It’s day to day. He’s a lot better today than he was (Friday)....

Marseille left-back Evra became the first player to be sent off before kick-off in a Europa League match on Thursday when he kicked one of his own club’s fans prior to their match against Vitoria Guimaraes. Marseille 33/1 to win Europa League UEFA handed him an initial one-game ban while OM suspended the 36-year-old, who was subjected to unkind chants from supporters believed to be unhappy with his social-media antics amid disappointing on-field performances....

On Monday, DeSantis said FEMA refused to grant $25 million in emergency relief for hurricane recovery that was being sought by the governor’s administration for “impacted residents and verified volunteers with materials to conduct temporary and permanent repairs on their damaged homes.” “Unfortunately, we got word last week that FEMA had denied our request for funding our state-led housing initiatives, citing their quote ’limited authority,’” the governor said at a press conference....

A USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll found the GOP governor enjoyed 48 percent support among Republican respondents polled in Florida compared to Trump’s 40 percent in a potential presidential primary contest. That represents a notable shift since the same poll in January found that Trump led DeSantis by 47 percent to the governor’s 40 percent in a theoretical head-to-head race. The latest poll has a significant margin of error when it comes to the Republicans polled....

“I can’t tell you exactly when, but I’m pretty confident that I will be able to sign constitutional carry into law in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said during an April news conference in the state. “The Legislature will get it done. I can’t tell you if it’s going to be next week, six months, but I can tell you that before I am done as governor, we will have a signature on that bill,” he added....

A torn ACL will do that to a player. After Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said his freshman quarterback played against South Carolina with a torn ACL, he said the plan was for Watson to play in the team’s bowl game as well. MORE: Bowl schedule | A reason to watch every bowl game | First-and-10: CFP committee got it right But that idea has been shelved and Watson will have surgery Friday, according to The Post and Courier....

“Christ, we can’t get away with calling him a pig-f*cker,” the campaign manager protested. “Nobody’s going to believe a thing like that.” “I know,” Johnson replied. “But let’s make the sonofabitch deny it.” - Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, Hunter S Thompson Jose Mourinho knew exactly what he was doing last Friday night when he dredged up match-fixing in relation to Antonio Conte . Mourinho is a clever guy....

Herrera is enjoying himself. He should be. His undefeated America team tops the table. The offseason additions, made mostly to shore up an attack that managed to score in zero of four playoff matches last tournament, have worked perfectly. Las Aguilas have 15 goals in eight matches so far this tournament, tied atop the league. Yet with his old charges in town, Herrera needs to make sure not only that his team is feeling the good vibes he’s putting out but also that they’re ready to face a Tijuana team that could surprise....

Considering the unemployment strife just two years ago, when rates reached all-time highs during the first months of the pandemic, setting records on the other end is seemingly indicative of a growing workforce in the U.S. So are the 10.1 million extra job openings included within the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest employment report. However, despite reports that there are two job openings per unemployed person in the U.S., recent college graduates continue to struggle to find work....

Mohammad Eslami, the new head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, recently boasted that the country had acquired even larger stockpiles of highly enriched uranium than the International Atomic Energy Agency had estimated in its most recent quarterly report. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi surely appointed Eslami to the post on the understanding that he would antagonize Western adversaries and undermine the nuclear deal. He is only one of many appointees who embody the ultra-hardline stance of Iran’s new presidential administration....

The man, David Morian, was tattooed on Friday at Elite Ink of Detroit. Hey, at least this guy can take comfort in the fact that the guy with the 2014 National Champions tattoo for the Kentucky Wildcats came up just short when a deep NCAA Tournament run seemed impossible.

Well, the truth is, they are often there. Representatives from device companies that may have a financial interest in what is used during your surgery may be in the room while you are having surgery. During joint replacement, most surgeons have an industry device representative in the OR during the surgical procedure. These representatives may perform different functions, and while they are not actually performing surgery, they can have a significant influence on your operation....

The result: a six-year, $25 million contract announced Saturday that could keep the former first-round pick on the team payroll three years beyond his scheduled first time in unrestricted free agency. MORE: Lamoriello, the Devils’ advocate | Lou’s move to Leafs makes sense It’s not a risky move for the Devils, but one in which they are betting Larsson will continue improvement as a likely top-pair defenseman. After all, Larsson is 22 and his best years are ahead....

The Bengals defensive lineman is in the process of compiling a book on Leah’s brave journey in the hopes that it will help motivate other children to fight the disease and to understand the trials and tribulations that comes with being diagnosed with cancer. Devon and Leah have done a great job raising awareness for childhood cancer, and this book should only help them in their fight to find a cure....

There’s no need. “I’ve got a good memory. I still remember everything that went down,” Freeman told Sporting News about Atlanta’s failure to hold a 25-point lead in its 34-28 overtime loss to New England. “I remember the plays. I remember how I felt every time I get on the (practice) field. I blink and it’s in my head. I can visualize it and then I get back to reality....

Bryant went down in the fourth quarter in the Cowboys’ win over the Giants on Sunday night in Dallas. MORE: Cowboys-Giants rivalry: 10 wild years with Eli | Randy Gregory goes down with ugly injury The injury appeared extensive enough that Bryant could barely put weight on his foot on the way to the locker room. Bryant made five receptions for 48 yards in the season debut. Even with the injury, Bryant was jubilant after his team’s comeback victory, even hopping out of the locker room to congratulate teammates....

Pointing to the arrest of Reeaz Khan, a 21-year-old Guyana national who has been charged in the brutal sexual assault and killing of 92-year-old Maria Fuertes earlier this month, DHS chief Chad Wolf said the “citizens of NYC are facing the deadly consequences” of New York’s sanctuary policies. “There has been a complete breakdown of law & order in New York City,” Wolf wrote in a tweet. “NYC proudly passed sanctuary city laws & bragged about it for months....