The four-star lineman sat in front of a table with hats of Michigan, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Oregon in front of him, while Louisville — considered a favorite to land Becton — was nowhere to be seen. MORE: What to expect on National Signing Day From the conspicuous absence, onlookers seemed to figure out what Becton’s plan. Becton, who 247 Sports lists at an imposing 6-foot-7, 345 pounds, confirmed those suspicions, pulling a Cardinals hat from a bag hidden below the table he was sitting at....

A further 16 people were hospitalized as they tried to leave the annual fireworks display at the 3,300-foot-long Navy Pier on the shoreline of Lake Michigan on Thursday, Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. None of the injuries sustained were life-threatening, police told The Chicago Tribune. At around 10:10 p.m., a public display of gang signs prompted a fight to break out between three males, Chicago Police told the Chicago Sun-Times....

Buck, a native of St. Louis whose father, Jack, was a famous broadcaster in St. Louis, voiced displeasure with Stan Kroenke’s recent actions to try to move the team to Los Angeles and called the situation a joke. Kroenke bought the majority stake of the Rams in 2010 after purchasing a minority stake when the team moved St. Louis in 1995. He played a big role in the team’s original move....

Pirro joined newly hired Fox News contributor Sanders in calling for Attorney General William Barr to exact “punishment” against Comey following the latest Inspector General report on his handling of the Christopher Steele dossier and the investigation into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Despite the Fox News duo’s repeated calls to indict Comey, the Justice Department has declined to bring charges against the former FBI director and the Inspector General found no evidence he leaked classified information in order to begin an investigation into the Trump campaign....

Graham made his opening pitch for campaign contributions while speaking to Ingraham and then launched into a second appeal as the interview was wrapping up. The show cut away from Graham just as he was mentioning his website. “The left is going nuts,” Graham told Ingraham. “You need to get on the internet right now. My opponent has raised more money than anybody in the entire history of the United States Senate because I’ve been with Kavanaugh, Barret and I’m helping Trump....

Representative Scalise appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the upcoming midterm elections. As the minority whip, he is considered to be the second-highest-ranking Republican in the House. As soon as his interview began, host Shannon Bream pressed Scalise over the party’s plans for Medicare and Social Security should they regain the House majority in this year’s midterms. Bream presented the lawmaker with a message from a concerned Fox News viewer, who characterized the GOP’s plan for Medicare as a potential “betrayal....

During Trump’s four years in the White House, the U.S. debt increased by about 33 percent. Under the Trump administration, the debt surged by about $6.7 trillion to $26.9 trillion at the end of 2020. Although much of this was due to the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, the signature Trump tax cuts of 2017—which largely benefited the wealthiest Americans and corporations—also contributed substantially to deficit spending, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)....

Napolitano made the remarks during a video interview taped Thursday with Reason’s Nick Gillespie, which was uploaded the following day to the libertarian media outlet’s ReasonTV channel on YouTube. In the interview, Napolitano said Democrats had produced “overwhelming” evidence of Trump’s “impeachable behavior.” “The Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have unearthed enough evidence, in my opinion, to justify about three or four articles of impeachment against the president,” said Napolitano....

“We’re going to close nursery, elementary and high schools for three weeks,” Macron said in a televised address to the country, according to the Associated Press. In addition to closing schools, Macron announced that nonessential domestic travel in France will be limited over the next month, a closure of nonessential businesses across the nation and a curfew from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time. The announcement by Macron comes as France faces a surge in COVID-19 cases and patients hospitalized....

LIVE: Follow SN’s updates from France vs. Australia at 2022 World Cup Despite coming into the tournament without the likes of Karim Benzema and Paul Pogba, they still have a team packed with talent that can do damage to anyone who may underestimate them. They will be heavy favourites to defeat Australia in their Group D match-up, with France 34 places higher than their opponents in the FIFA world rankings....

Mbappe’s fitness had been a slight concern ahead of the game after he was caught by a tackle from Adil Rami in training during the week. However, the Paris Saint-Germain star takes his place up front alongside Atletico Madrid forward Griezmann and Barcelona youngster Dembele. Mbappe and Griezmann started against USA in France’s last friendly before their trip to Russia, but Olivier Giroud has been dropped in favour of Dembele....

“If you put a franchise tag on a player, that’s a player that you like,” Emery told ESPN 1000 in Chicago. “We like Jay. If you like a player, you want to move forward in a multi-contract year basis, not a short term.” Cutler is earning $8.97 million in the final year of his deal with the Bears. According to ESPN, the non-exclusive franchise tag number for quarterbacks would be $16....

After the win, Shockers guard Fred VanVleet sent a personal message to Kansas freshman Kelly Oubre Jr. regarding his comment about sleeping through Wichita State’s game in the round of 64. Oubre said he took a nap as VanVleet and the Shockers defeated Indiana. VanVleet had a response after his team took care of the Jayhawks. “I probably wouldn’t have said that publicly because I like to show respect to the other team,” VanVleet told The Kansas City Star....

While the event will attract footballing fans and sport enthusiasts, it is also a perfect platform for family and community bonding for Singaporeans through sports and recreational activities. Moreover the Festival of Football serves as an encouragement for Singaporeans to pursue an active lifestyle through sporting activities and to most importantly have fun. These sporting activities include football clinics and a series of Sports Hub Community Play Day activities...

On Wednesday, BNSF railroad announced plans to test a hydrogen-powered locomotive on its line. Canadian Pacific is also experimenting with hydrogen to power its technology. Other railroads have looked into natural gas- and battery-powered options. Wabtec and Caterpillar’s Progress Rail unit, major locomotive manufacturers, are trying to create locomotives that run on other fuels. Canadian National railroad also said it has plans to test a battery-powered locomotive to carry freights across Pennsylvania, while Union Pacific said it would like to try using battery-powered locomotives for some of its railyards once they become more widely available....

It didn't take more than 12 hours for the first buzzer-beater of the college basketball season to rear its head, and we have Fresno State's Allen Huddleston to thank. What better way to start the 2013-2014 season than with a half-court buzzer-beater on Day 1? MORE: CBB’s Top-100 must follow Twitter accounts | Ranking the top 10 “Tip-Off Marathon” games Thank you Fresno State, for officially welcoming us to the college basketball season....

Our lineup is clearly one for tournaments, as we’re fading all the top pitchers, instead opting for two high-upside, lower-priced options. We manage to squeeze in three Coors bats, but the rest of our lineup looks like leftovers from 2016. Rest assured, we didn’t just go for “names” – we have some stat splits in our favor, and we’re hoping that at least a few of our “boring veterans” are low owned and real differentiators....

Ross, 44, who came to the Whitney almost three years ago, sees the museum not as a protector of traditional esthetic standards but rather a “site for the contest of values,” a stage for the same cultural debate over diversity that has embroiled college campuses and the civil courts. And it’s singed other museums, too: the director of Cincinnati’s Contemporary Art Center was tried (and acquitted) for showing Robert Mapplethorpe’s homoerotic photographs in 1990....

I make my living as a feature writer and celebrity interviewer for a large San Francisco newspaper. The process is fairly simple: celebrity has book, movie, TV show to promote; journalist wants to write article. A slam-dunk. Right? Wrong. Especially in the case of actor Burt Reynolds, who, when he was in our city, proved that nothing in this world is a slam-dunk. Reynolds wrote his autobiography, ““My Life,’’ and I was scheduled to interview him in his hotel suite....

There has been a lot of sitting around waiting for diplomacy to take its course. On Tuesday morning, many soldiers rose at 3:45 a.m. and made their way to the TV lounges in their warehouse barracks to listen to President Bush’s address. Most were relieved to hear the president give Saddam Hussein a firm deadline. The uncertainty will be over shortly–and so too the chance to sit. The soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines setting up the new press center here at Central Command already feel like they’ve run a marathon....