Like Jeff Gordon in 2015, Tony Stewart will be in the spotlight in 2016 as he competes in his final Sprint Cup season. The only driver to win a championship in both IndyCar and NASCAR, Stewart, 44, is a co-owner of Stewart-Hass Racing. The operation fields cars driven by Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Danica Patrick and Stewart. MORE: NASCAR’s best moments of 2015 | Three things to know about Hendrick Motorsports...
It’s never too early to ask questions. Can Jameis Winston win the Heisman Trophy again? Since 1975, eight players tried to match former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin’s two Heisman trophies, including Tim Tebow and Johnny Manziel. Billy Sims came the closest in 1979 when he finished second behind USC’s Charles White. It won’t be easy for Winston. Who is the stiffest competition? Oregon’s Marcus Mariota, who averaged 8....
Buffalo Bills broke new ground in the NFL on Sunday as, with the assistance of several greats, a couple were married during the half-time break in the match against the New England Patriots. In true Bills Mafia fashion, Buffalo great Jim Kelly gave the bride away, while retired defensive tackle Kyle Williams presided over the nuptials. Retired running back Thurman Thomas and retired receiver Steve Tasker were also in attendance — along with thousands of fans....
Clinton’s characteristic desire to have it all could complicate an already difficult process. The search didn’t get really serious until last week, but the president has had months to think about his choice. In a private conversation at the Renaissance Weekend over New Year’s, Blackmun told the president that this term would be his last. White House aides are determined to avoid a repeat of last year’s embarrassing waffling that publicly humiliated two near misses for the court-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and federal appeals court Judge Stephen Breyer-before settling on Ruth Bader Ginsburg....
While he wants to play for Washington in the future, he said he and his agent, Mike McCartney, are going to weigh all the options and go from there. “I don’t need to force the issue,” Cousins said at a fan event Friday, via the Washington Post. “I can just kind of sit back and be patient. My job was to play football the last 16 games and do my part, and then in the offseason, really, it’s just sit back and let the team or other teams let you know that they want you....
Since Ragnarok’s showing at PlayStation Showcase 2021, fans have been speculating about all the new content that was shown and discussed. From the litany of new characters, to glimpses at the new locations, and teases of potential conflicts, there are a variety of threads here waiting to be analyzed. No thread is larger though than the bombshell that God of War: Ragnarok will end the Norse saga, which was delivered by the game’s director Eric Williams following the PlayStation Showcase....
Costa was left out of Spain’s Euro 2016 squad by former coach Vicente del Bosque, but returned to the starting XI as Julen Lopetegui’s first World Cup qualifying campaign at the helm kicked off with an 8-0 demolition of Liechtenstein. The Brazil-born striker scored two goals in that match and has done enough to keep hold of his place for this week’s clash between two giants of European football....
Alabama rolled over the Spartans, 38-0, thanks to 28 second-half points and a dominant defensive effort from start to finish. The Tide have already opened as a 7-point favorite over Clemson in the national title game. MORE: Cotton Bowl live scoreboard | 10 reasons to love Nick Saban The rundown: 11:40 — Cook came back in the game after missing a series to avoid the shutout, but got picked off to end his college career....
Bill Belichick turns 66. Tom Brady turns 41. New England coordinators Matt Patricia and Josh McDaniels reportedly are taking new jobs and Rob Gronkowski didn’t commit to his future after the Patriots lost 41-33 to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 52 on Sunday. That’s going to lead to the same-old conjecture that the New England dynasty is done, but that can’t be true until somebody from the AFC steps up and ends that dominance....
Abrams, a voting rights activist, nearly won the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race and was instrumental in Democrats winning two Senate seats in the runoff, giving them control of Congress. While currently focused on passing voting rights legislation, Abrams has expressed the desire to serve as president of the United States and hasn’t entirely ruled out a 2024 bid. Only one elected president, Franklin Pierce, has lost his party’s nomination and it’s customary for incumbent presidents to secure their party’s nomination without a fight....
Morant entered New Year’s Day averaging 17.4 points, 6.5 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game while generating buzz with his midair acrobatics. No one else came close to that production. But the long-awaited debut of Pelicans forward Zion Williamson in January could make Rookie of the Year discussions interesting depending on how the final two months of the campaign unfold. Is it possible for someone who missed about three months to an injury to claim a season-long award?...
Joey Logano might have been on the way to his first NASCAR championship until he was intentionally wrecked by Matt Kenseth at Martinsville in the seventh race of the Chase. Logano, winner of the prior three races, was unable to recover in the final two races of the Eliminator 8 round and finished the season in sixth, just ahead of his Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski. MORE: Best moments of 2015 | Speedweeks dates, times, TV info...
But Wall Street’s big wet kiss notwithstanding, closing New York Newsday looks like a classic case of penny-wise and pound-foolish. The paper, which has lost money every year since it was launched in 1985, was finally close to breaking even. Confidential Newsday documents projected only trivial losses for New York this year–not the megamillions that Wall Street thinks Willes is saving. Before we proceed, some disclosures. I recently worked at New York Newsday and have about 1,000 Times Mirror shares in my retirement accounts....
Monday night on WWE Raw, John Cena was putting his United States Championship on the line against his latest challenger Dolph Ziggler. Early on, the crowd was going nuts with “YES” chants so Cena decided to stop the match and see for himself what was going on. MORE: Seven greatest WWE celebrity guests | TNA star debuts for WWE NXT | What we learned on Raw When he turned around, he noticed the “She Said Yes” sign and then grabbed the microphone to congratulate the newly engaged couple....
But one couple bucked the trend and decided to confirm to their friends and family that they’re not tying the knot any time soon, by sending out “not engaged” cards. Brooks Ribeiro and his girlfriend of three-and-a-half years, Lauren Hutchinson, posed for some hilarious photos on their Instagram accounts, @brooksdabear and @laurenhutchh, mimicking traditional engagement poses. Ribeiro, 27, and creative producer Hutchinson, 26, from California, took a variety of snaps with him down on one knee, her pointing to her bare left finger, while he even held out an empty ring box....
Jenny Antunes, who uses the TikTok handle jennyantuness, shared the unusual story on the video-sharing app where it has since received more than 880,000 upvotes. Losing your luggage during a trip is not uncommon, in fact, Luggage Hero reports that in the first half of 2021, over 690,000 bags were lost or mishandled by U.S. airlines. According to those statistics, the chance of your bag being lost on a flight in 2021 was around 0....
The 25-year-old continues to be heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid following previous admissions that his heart remains in Spain with his young family. A former Atletico Madrid loanee, Courtois has made no secret of the fact that he will return to La Liga at some stage. He maintains that no move will be made this summer, with the 2018-19 campaign set to be spent at Stamford Bridge, but is yet to decide on whether he will be committing to a new contract and an extended stay in west London....
Thursday’s briefing will take place as the nation grapples with grave milestones regarding the new coronavirus’ spread. The nation’s fatality count from the virus’ disease, COVID-19, reached 5,000 on Wednesday, with more than 200,000 people testing positive. According to Johns Hopkins University’s tracker, more than 16,000 new cases have been diagnosed since then, and 148 people have died. During Wednesday’s task force briefing, Trump told the press that U.S. officials are working to provide “thousands of ventilators” in an effort to meet increasing demand from health care providers....
Tuesday marked the expiration date for President Donald Trump’s 15-day plan to slow the spread of a new coronavirus outbreak. Ahead of the deadline, Trump announced that mitigation measures would be extended until April 30, but clarified that the official strategy would be shared with the American public on Tuesday. Trump originally stated that he wanted the country open by Easter, which he later said was “aspirational.” Dr. Deborah Birx told reporters on Monday that Task Force members would review statistical models that led the president and mayors across the nation to develop policies for mitigating the spread of the coronavirus....
The deadly virus, which was first detected in China’s Wuhan city in the Hubei province, has infected at least 98,387 people globally across at least 85 countries, including 3,383 deaths, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. The virus has spread to every continent, apart from Antarctica, but the majority of the cases have been reported in China, which has 80,555 cases and at least 2,931 deaths in the Hubei province alone....
