The team tweeted “Dark mode activated” earlier in the week to announce its uniform for the Week 12 matchup against the Packers. MORE: Packers vs. Eagles odds, prediction, betting tips If you like the black helmets, you’re in luck. The Eagles will wear them two more times in their final six games as they pursue a return to the playoffs and a first-round bye. MORE: Why did the Eagles sign Ndamukong Suh?...
Doe claims the Knicks player and two friends drugged and sexually assaulted her in August 2013. Rose’s lawyers called for the mistrial after saying they had not received three text messages crucial to their case until Friday, the day Rose took the witness stand. MORE: Most heinous crimes ever connected to athletes According to Deadspin, Doe’s lawyers claimed they provided the messages to the defense, a claim that U.S. District Court Judge Michael W....
U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald ruled this week that the civil case against the Knicks guard will move forward, saying the plaintiff has a compelling enough argument to be heard by a jury. MORE: Most heinous crimes connected to athletes Rose was sued last year in California by a woman who said he and two friends drugged and sexually assaulted her in August 2013. He has denied all allegations in the complaint and argued in a court filing last September that sex with the woman — who was in a relationship with him at the time — was consensual....
Rose, who has been out since Feb. 28, rejoined New York on Monday after missing the previous eight games while battling the coronavirus, and he shared his experience with the illness, saying it’s the flu “times 10.” “They say everybody is different, but with me I never felt anything like that before,” Rose said via The Associated Press. “I’ve had the flu. It was nothing like the flu. It was that times 10....
DeSantis’ request comes as part of proposed series of legislative reforms that he wants enacted to resist President Joe Biden’s immigration policies and to fight back “against the Biden border crisis,” he said. “The governor’s proposals for protecting Floridians from the Biden Border Crisis are intended to implement the directives of the Executive Order he signed in September,” the governor’s spokesperson told Newsweek on Friday. DeSantis issued an executive order in September listing a number of immigration-related rules....
The law is designed to deter violent public demonstrations, but challengers of the law say it is unconstitutionally chilling free speech and the right to peacefully protest. Max Gaston, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, was among the attorneys representing those in opposition to the law. “Their speech is chilled because they don’t know if they will be arrested for peacefully protesting,” Gaston said. “They’re afraid they will be arrested and charged with a violent felony....
On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) halted the use of monoclonal antibody cocktails made by Regeneron and Eli Lilly until a new variant that’s susceptible to the treatments emerges. DeSantis, a leading advocate for the widespread use of the therapeutic, criticized the Biden administration for being “reckless” and the cause for thousands of appointment cancellations in Florida. “Normally, you’d have to have some serious clinical data to do it,” DeSantis said at a press conference on Tuesday, referencing the revised Emergency Use Authorizations....
A survey, conducted by The New York Times/Siena College, found that while Trump is still the overwhelming favorite to clinch the nomination should he choose to run, his support has started to weaken with less than half (49 percent|) of GOP voters now backing him as their preferred choice. In comparison, DeSantis would receive the backing of 25 percent of voters if the Republican 2024 presidential primary were held “today....
The earthquake, which hit Mexico’s western states of Colima and Michoacán on September 19, had a magnitude of 7.6. Over 1,000 miles away in Death Valley’s Devils Hole, the effects of the earthquake’s tremors could be seen via large waves in the water within the cave. Death Valley, which holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth, lies on the California/Nevada border, around 130 miles west of Las Vegas....
Whatever it is, Deshaun Watson is taking responsibility for it. The Tigers’ star quarterback told reporters Monday that he hasn’t felt like himself so far this season and he plans to turn it around. “This past weekend, you could just see it,” Watson said, via the Independent Mail. “You could just feel the energy, starting with me being the leader of the team, not enjoying it. You can tell my body language has been bad and it kind of spreads throughout the team and it spreads throughout the fans in the stadium that people weren’t really excited about the game....
Rumors had been floated that the Cavaliers, who toyed with idea of taking Joel Embiid but were widely expected to pick Andrew Wiggins, would shift course and select Parker first overall. MORE: Miller: Jordan 10x better than Kobe | Pistons want first-rounder for Monroe | Potential Kings replacements “The Cavaliers did a great job in the draft because we really didn’t know what they were going to do,” Bucks general manager John Hammond said....
Biden bested Sanders in both Minnesota and Oklahoma, states where the senator beat Clinton in 2016. As of late Tuesday night, he was also winning in Massachusetts and Virginia by bigger margins than Clinton did the previous primary season, despite facing additional competition for the moderate vote from former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. The former vice president has made a remarkable comeback after severely underperforming in the first three nominating contests....
While networks have called the election in Biden’s favor, Trump has dismissed this and insisted foul play facilitated the Democrat’s success—though he and allies have thus far failed to substantiate claims of widespread fraud and irregularities. The president and his team are continuing to push against the outcome, pursuing lawsuits and calling for recounts in bids to shift results. Amid this, Trump is facing a mounting chorus of Republican voices encouraging him to acknowledge Biden as victor and facilitate the transition process....
Despite those losses, Krzyzewski thinks his team will “have a chance to be pretty good” thanks to an influx of talent from the prep ranks. “We’ll have firepower,” Krzyzewski told the Raleigh News and Observer. “It will be different in that we don’t have that one guy inside, but we have big guys. And we should be able to score the ball.” Duke will have to replace senior Quinn Cook and NBA Draft early entrants Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones and Justise Winslow from last year’s team....
Florida State, facing a 39-20 deficit and a fourth-and-5, called a timeout. Then Twitter got its first memorable — check, that — “meme”-orable — moment of 2015. Jameis Winston rolled left, spun back into the middle of the field then, well, you saw it. Tony Washington hadn’t even crossed the goal line yet before the Seminoles and their 29-game win streak were pronounced DOA. Ding. Dong. The champs are dead....
The Taliban are renowned for shockingly strict edicts. Since coming to power in 1996, the fundamentalist warriors have imposed a radical brand of Islam on Afghanistan, banning television and photography, requiring men to grow long beards and barring women from schools and work. They have defiantly refused to turn over suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden and have reportedly profited from the country’s massive opium crop. They have been shunned by the international community for repressing their own people....
Subban, the 2013 Norris Trophy winner, visited his new organization’s facilities in New Jersey, this week to meet with the team’s coaching staff, front office and excited fan base. MORE: 2019 NHL free agency tracker Subban’s first trip to the Prudential Center involved a press conference in which he was presented with a Ric Flair-style bathrobe in honor of his joining the Devils. Rarely one to hold his tongue, Subban also offered up some tantalizing quotes during his visit; here are the top five from his first few official days spent as a New Jersey Devil....
The 20-year-old Haney (21-0), one of the hottest prospects in boxing, sought to make an example of Ndongeni (25-1) and catapult himself into title contention. Although he wasn’t able to secure the knockout, Haney put together an impressive performance that will put the lightweight division on notice. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year “I’m a f—ing contender,” Haney said afterward. “I want those top guys....
Nunes spoke with stand-in host Brian Kilmeade for Fox News’ Watters’ World on Saturday. He ridiculed the governorship of Schwarzenegger, who led California from 2003 to 2011. The congressman dismissed Schwarzenegger’s outspoken support for vaccinations and ongoing efforts to curb COVID-19, which has led to over 4 million cases and more than 64,000 deaths in California as of Sunday, according to The New York Times. In a video posted on Wednesday, Schwarzenegger said: “There is a virus here....
The Pledge It campaign began last year, asking contributors to donate for every sack the Bengals defense had last season. With 19 sacks and countless donations, the money raised will help fund more cancer research and support patients’ families that have financial stress. MORE: ESPN to honor Stills at 2015 ESPY’s The Stills announced that Leah was cancer-free in March, but she continued to receive treatment to ensure cancer cells would not return....
