While Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda made the biggest waves with his harsh criticism of Alex Rodriguez specifically and performance enhancing drug users in general, others shared wide-ranging thoughts on some of the greatest issues facing baseball today. Steve Garvey 1974 National League MVP On home plate collisions Whether it's good for the game, I don't think is my primary concern. My primary concern is that there are so many things that probably will enhance the game, but when you start tinkering with the inherent nature of the game itself, the reactionary part of the game, it's going to be very subjective and very, very difficult....

Paige isn’t an obscure undrafted rookie, nor a veteran free agent added to either roster at the last minute. He is a maintenance mechanic at Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago and one of the approximately 7,500 vaccinated health care workers the NFL has invited to Super Bowl LV to thank them for their service during the coronavirus pandemic. “Having [former Bears cornerback Charles] ‘Peanut’ Tillman himself be the one to tell me I’m going to the Super Bowl was so exciting, I was filled with joy and happiness,” Paige tells Newsweek....

Meg wanted her book to convey what she had learned about Washington, D.C., over four decades–as correspondent for the old Reporter magazine, as Washington Post editorial-page editor and as back-page columnist for NEWSWEEK. As Meg’s literary executor, I knew about the book, but few others did. Why did she keep the book so secret? I believe that, having never written a book before, even this outwardly self-assured woman wanted to be able to abort the project, if necessary....

Nationwide protests against police brutality following George Floyd’s death still use the rallying cry born out of the 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown. But would Americans have shared in the collective, overwhelming outrage over Floyd’s death if Brown’s final moments were filmed? Experts say no. Officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Brown on August 9, 2014, at least six times, according to an official autopsy, and his death sparked weeks of protests and unrest in Ferguson, Missouri....

title: “From Out Of The Blue " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-21” author: “Perry Perry”

His agent didn’t know anything about a Brazil call up that September afternoon. And his agent was right there next to him in the car. His agent was also 93-time Selecao international Gilberto Silva. The height of Fred’s international achievements to that point had been getting booed by a Sao Paulo crowd who mistook him for the hapless striker and villain of World Cup 2014, and his club refusing to release him for a historic Olympic Games in his homeland....

Auburn finished second, followed by Michigan State — which impressively finished the season with wins over Ohio State in the Big Ten title game and Stanford in the Rose Bowl — South Carolina and Missouri. The Associated Press Record, Points, Previous 1. Florida State (60) 14-0, 1,500, 1 2. Auburn 12-2, 1,428, 2 3. Michigan State 13-1, 1,385, 4 4. South Carolina 11-2, 1,247, 8 5. Missouri 12-2, 1,236, 9 6....

In the Duke-Florida State game, Phil Cofer clearly forget that Jahlil Okafor is a good kid that never did anything to anyone. The Seminoles star completely obliterates Okafor with a monster dunk. Okafor lived a full life. MORE: Jahlil Okafor reveals who he would pick in the draft | Willie Cauley Stein unleashes amazing dunk | Virginia back up in AP poll Poor Okafor, the Lakers could’ve used him.

Since SBF’s turmoil was publicized, headlines have abounded comparing the FTX scandal to Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme. But SBF’s scam was different in an important way: Bankman-Fried’s public image in the media as a genius and philanthropist was bolstered and given credibility by his proximity to the powerful Democratic elite, to whom he donated millions and millions of dollars. Bankman-Fried was one of the Democrats’ biggest donors, second only to George Soros....

Saturday’s victory against in-state rival and third-ranked Michigan State easily was the most impressive. Michigan broke open a 60-all tie with 3:39 left with a 10-2 run, and it made the throws that kept Michigan State at bay in the final minutes to secure a 80-75 win in East Lansing. PHOTOS: Coaches vs. Cancer shoe fashions "In the seven years that I've been at Michigan, I know if you're gonna contend for this championship, you better have some success against Michigan State....

It was a busy second transfer window for teams in the Super League and every single team in the division utilised the mid-season window to make changes to the playing staff. FMLLP released the full list yesterday and it saw 41 players transferred in and 36 players transferred out, some of which appeared on both sides. Harry Novillo, Jorge Santos Silva, Alaeddine Bouslimi and Dany Karl Max were the four imports players signed by Johor Darul Ta’zim, Kelantan and PKNP FC respectively who failed to retain the trust of their employers while the window was open, for one reason or another....

During Biden’s speech, he highlighted a number of pertinent points including airlifts, the bravery of American troops, and spoke about the September 11, 2001 attacks that led to the War on Iraq. Biden also stated that his administration will continue to hunt down ISIS-K after 13 members of the U.S. service and nearly 60 Afghanistan civilians were killed during a bombing attack outside of Kabul’s airport on August 26....

On the whole, the 2017 top-10 draft picks who were in action represented themselves well. A quick video review: Sixers guard Markelle Fultz (No. 1 overall; 10 points vs. the Wizards): NBA ROUNDUP: Wolves, Sixers fall in anticipated openers Suns forward Josh Jackson (No. 4; 11 points vs. the Trail Blazers): Kings guard De’Aaron Fox (No. 5; 14 points, five assists vs. the Rockets): Magic forward Jonathan Isaac (No. 6; seven points, four rebounds vs....

Newsweek had the chance to catch up with Funko CEO, Brian Mariotti to dive deeper into the company’s pop-culture kingdom. Beyond planning next year’s exclusives already, Funko has a new store opening in Los Angeles, a Warner Bros. movie in the works and a new Gears Pop! mobile game that launched August 22. Mariotti’s team is clearly busy and poised to conquer the world of collectibles. When it comes to Comic Con, exclusive items are a regular occurrence met with major fanfare....

In a post shared on Reddit earlier this month, under the username u/SubstantialSize1928, the 17-year-old explained that when she finished high school, her dad, who is separated from the mom, helped her get a job at a warehouse, which her mom saw as inappropriate for a girl. According to Gender Economy, there is a general consensus in managerial and sociological research that some occupations are gendered. For example, they say that public relations, nursing and teaching are considered more “female-gendered” occupations, whereas stock trading, engineering and construction are considered “male-gendered” occupations....

In a post shared to Reddit’s Am I the A******? (AITA) forum on November 22, u/Odd-Giraffe3232 said she was disappointed to not be included in her sister’s wedding party. Nevertheless, when the maid of honor and 10 bridesmaids “dropped the ball” with the bridal shower and bachelorette party, her sister asked her to take over. After discovering she was excluded due to her “look,” Odd-Giraffe3232 refused to help out. Now, her family is accusing her of being selfish and “ruining her [sister’s] special day....

The 2022 World Cup has set a series of historical firsts, as a debut World Cup in the Middle East, and the first-ever version of it to be held during the Northern Hemisphere winter months. However, the 2026 incarnation will be the first to be staged jointly by three countries, in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and will also provide the stage for a controversial expansion to 48 nations....