But what you likely weren’t expecting to find on Friday is a Christmas song–released in August–by none other than the legendary Dolly Parton. While it’s a bit odd to see anything Christmas related this early in the year—including Parton decked out in a holiday-themed dress—anything goes in 2020 and we’re happy to roll with it. Parton released “Mary, Did You Know?” on Friday as the first single from her upcoming Christmas album, A Holly Dolly Christmas....

“Over the past week, I have had a number of conversations with the Dolphins organization about my role in the team,” Hickey said in a release. “Ultimately the Dolphins and I agreed that it would be best if we parted ways.” MORE: Nine NFL coaches dreading Black Monday | Dexter Manley attributes black quarterbacks’ mobility to “running from the law” Hickey was expected to be on his way out as VP of Football Operations Mike Tannenbaum started rebuilding the organization....

Joe Philbin was easy to find but players never check to make sure other people aren’t around, they just start pouring. MORE: NFL scoreboard | Must-see images | Dolphins’ dominant defense no joke Maybe the referee was the real MVP.

Tagovailoa left the game in the second quarter after being sacked by Bengals defensive lineman Josh Tupou. His head and back appeared to hit the ground hard, and he immediately showed signs of a fencing response after the play. He was stretchered off the field and transported to University of Cincinnati Medical Center by ambulance. After the game, the Dolphins announced that he is expected to be discharged from the facility Thursday night — in time to fly home with the team....

Nitsche won his very first bracelet at age 21 and added a second bracelet a few days prior to the official start of this year's WSOP in Las Vegas, defeating Athanasios Polychronopoulos heads-up at the WSOP National Championship in Atlantic City. MORE: Volpe Defeats Negreanu for bracelet | Negreanu, Mercier return to World Top 5 | Dimmig wins Millionaire Maker Earlier this Series, American Vanessa Selbst and Belgian Davidi Kitai each earned their third bracelet victory....

The company, which provides voting equipment and software to 28 states, gained an elevated public presence this election cycle, in large part due to disputed claims that President Donald Trump and his associates have made about the company over the last few weeks. Dominion said earlier this week that its employees have been threatened—one worker even had a bounty placed on their head, the company said—as a result of those allegations....

Oddly enough, one of the participants, "Tyga," a 12-week-old male pit bull, is owned by Philadelphia Phillies' outfielder Domonic Brown. Here's a picture of the left-handed slugger when he first purchased the pup. We're not exactly sure what team won the Puppy Bowl, but all those dogs are winners in our eyes, including Brown's lil' sidekick. 

This suspension comes after CNN began an investigation into testimony released by the New York Attorney General on Monday in relation to the sexual misconduct claims against former New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, Chris Cuomo’s brother. Transcripts indicated that Chris Cuomo had been closely involved in helping his brother form a defense against the accusations. He has been accused of using his media influence to dig up information on the women making accusations....

In 2009, when the Nationals eventually hired Jim Riggleman as their manager, the team asked for permission to speak to Mattingly, who was a coach on Dodgers manager Joe Torre’s staff at the time. MORE: Worst managers ever | Who will replace Mattingly? There is this, as well: Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo, who fired Matt Williams after a disappointing 2014 season, is known to be a fan of Mattingly, according to MASN....

Mattingly, who departed via what he and the team called “a mutual decision,” was nothing but diplomatic Monday when he discussed his time with the Dodgers, in particular his relationship with his bosses — club president Andrew Friedman and GM Farhan Zaidi — and, interestingly, his handling of mercurial outfielder Yasiel Puig. “I enjoyed Andrew and Farhan and those guys a lot. I feel I learned a lot,” Mattingly said (via the Los Angeles Times)....

“The virus means we can’t physically be together and that is pretty much the worst thing you could do to us,” Taylor Moore, producer of the actual play podcasts Rude Tales of Magic and Fun City told Newsweek. “We really depend on being in the same space and being able to see each other’s faces and body language.” For some actual play podcasts, the pandemic’s hurdles have meant suspending episodes, similar to the largely halted production of new TV shows and movies....

But we hope the air comes out slo-ow-ly, so the debt bubble can deflate slowly, too. We’ve already had a tiny taste of higher rates, with no ill effect. Mortgages are up 0.57 percentage points from their March lows. One-year Treasuries are paying 48 percent more. Given time, investors can adjust. Still, bondholders face a disagreeable choice. Whenever interest rates rise, bond prices fall. In April, the cruelest month, corporate-bond mutual funds dropped 2....

So it shouldn’t be a surprise that Chip Kelly is starting to check out from another disappointing NFL season in Philadelphia that’s unlikely to end in the playoffs. MORE: Fired, resigned, retired FBS coaches | Best photos from Week 11 Any momentum his team had before Week 10 has come to a screeching halt after a pair of undisciplined, mistake-filled home losses to Miami and Tampa Bay. Losing Sunday to the Buccaneers, 45-17, was especially disturbing....

Much the same thing occurred in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Summer Games. As occurred in 2008, I expect that in the final analysis, most major states will participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics after some marginally effective negotiations with the PRC. One key difference between now and 2008 is that today’s China feels much stronger diplomatically and economically than it did more than a decade ago. But predictions aside: What should we think of proposals that the U....

That happened in 2009. There have been seven NBA Drafts since then. The “revolution” has consisted of two additional top-level players choosing to play overseas, and one of them being drafted. DEVENEY: Who were the biggest winners (and losers) from the NBA Draft? At least some of the writers who sold the Jennings experience as a transformative event in the U.S. basketball development process got a trip to Rome out of the deal....

“In 1992 the economy was rotten, but women were optimistic,” says Linda Tarr-Whelan, president of the Center for Policy Alternatives. But nearly a decade of good times later, the female outlook has clouded. The center, with Lifetime Television, co-sponsored a study, “Women’s Voices 2000,” asking women how they felt about the way America was going. They responded with words like “angry,” “awful,” “sick” and “fed up.” As the survey summed it up: “Women are asking, ‘Is this as good as it gets?...

While the film was getting ready to premiere, actual heroes were taking to the streets of Hong Kong. For over a year they have been protesting in favor of democracy and against a now-defunct extradition law, police misconduct, and the curtailment of their political rights. Just like protesters, myself included, calling for justice here in the U.S., their demands have been met by state violence. Despite intimidation, police brutality, arrests, and shootings they have been fighting back like lions....

What does that mean? Well, admittedly not a whole lot right now but it does have some serious implications come March. MORE: Green Bay’s Sykes the most electrifying player you’ve never watched | Top dunkers The RPI (which stands for rating percentage index) is a mathematic formula designed to equalize teams’ schedules despite playing in different conferences. It results in a standardized number that makes it easier to compare otherwise unlike teams....

The lefty, the Dodgers announced Wednesday on Twitter, is undergoing something called “ an arthroscopic debridement of his left elbow .” Sounds awful. Sounds made-up ( it’s not ). In this season of cascading Dodgers disasters, though, it sounds about right. L.A. fans barely even budged when they heard the news (even the ones not parked on the 405). Even though it wasn’t expected, it was expected, if you know what I mean....

Cerrone and UFC have been in talks about Cerrone fighting McGregor in a non-title bout, but McGregor’s desire to be the main headliner has stalled negotiations. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year UFC tossed around April 13 and July 6 as potential dates, but would have Cerrone and McGregor’s fight be a co-main event, something McGregor refuses, according to Cerrone. “Conor won’t fight unless it’s a main event,” Cerrone said, via ESPN....