“I have peed in a bottle while calling an NFL touchdown,” Buck admitted. “I was peeing in a trash can and they handed me like a little water bottle.” You probably have some important questions about that revelation. WEEK 8 NFL PICKS: Against the spread | Straight up First of all, how did that come up? It came during a segment of the podcast during which Buck provided young broadcasters some critical advice about being a play-by-play announcer....

Hannity inevitably comes up in New York Times TV critic James Poniewozik’s forthcoming book Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America, about the president’s relationship with television and controlling and being controlled by it. “Sean Hannity, who fulminated about conspiracies against Trump nightly on Fox, was the most influential White House counselor,” Poniewozik writes in an excerpt published by Vanity Fair Wednesday, before the book’s September 10 release....

According to an analysis by Media Matters for America, Hannity has talked about Clinton on 505 of the 587 episodes of his Fox News show that have aired since Trump’s inauguration in January 2017. When the analysis also took into account guests on the show mentioning the former secretary of state and New York senator, the number of mentions on Hannity went up to 536 out of 587 episodes....

Reporter Ronan Farrow, released his new book, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, on Tuesday, which unleashed criticism on NBC News executives over their handling of sexual assault allegations against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. According to Farrow, Weinstein attempted to use misconduct allegations against former Today anchor Matt Lauer to pressure the network into ending Farrow’s probe into him. NBC News firmly denied much of the allegations against the network made in Farrow’s book....

“I’m glad to see actually that many of Nancy Pelosi’s political opponents, nevertheless, said this was outrageous and expressed sympathy. Donald Trump for his part did not even issue a pro-forma statement on the attack on Paul Pelosi,” Kurtz said on his program, Media Buzz. On Friday, the San Francisco Police Department announced that it had arrested 42-year-old David DePape in connection with the violent assault against Pelosi. The man, who broke into the couple’s home, reportedly yelled “Where is Nancy?...

In the latest USA Today/Suffolk Poll, released Sunday, just 34 percent of Trump voters listed the Fox News as their “most trusted source of news”—a 24 percent drop from the 58 percent that favored the network in October 2016. Two news outlets have increased in prominence among conservatives in recent months. Newsmax is now seen as the most trusted source of news among 17 percent of Trump supporters and One American News Network (OAN) among 9 percent....

The third annual awards show is set to take place in Hollywood, Florida, next week and bills itself as a celebration of “American patriotism.” According to the Fox News release obtained by Newsweek, “the evening will showcase and award America’s finest patriots, including military veterans, first responders and other inspirational everyday heroes.” Guidelines posted to the Patriot Awards website indicate that those hoping to attend will need to submit to a COVID-19 vaccination or testing mandate to be granted entry, despite many of the on-air personalities scheduled to appear at the event having spoken out strongly against vaccine mandates....

“We are in a climate now that is pretty intense and it is not cooling,” Theron told Deadline after a Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) screening Sunday. “Now there is more safety in numbers and that is happening which is why I think this movie is so powerful, " she said. The story centers around the sexual assault allegations made against Roger Ailes by former Fox News anchors Megyn Kelly (played by Theron) and Gretchen Carlson (played by Kidman)....

If approved by the parliament, the measure would bar unvaccinated people from entering places where the so-called vaccine pass is required, even if they have recent negative test results. The bill is expected to be voted on quickly, and the government is aiming to have the pass in effect by mid-January. France reported a record 208,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as a nationwide surge is being fueled by the rapidly spreading Omicron variant....

Didier Deschamps’ men were beaten 2-1 by Sweden after a Hugo Lloris error gifted Ola Toivonen a last-minute winner at Friends Arena in Stockholm. Confederations Cup: The complete guide That has thrown a spanner into France’s qualification campaign but England avoided a similar upset - with Joe Hart also guilty of some questionable goalkeeping - thanks to Harry Kane’s late equaliser against Scotland. After unimpressive results at the weekend, both countries could ring the changes and give some of their younger players a chance to impress....

Master impersonator Frank Caliendo unloaded nearly all of impressions for a hysterical “30 For 30” mockumentary on Richard Sherman’s history NFC Championship post game interview. MORE: Richard Sherman interview | Kaepernick rips Sherman | Sherman isn’t the problem There are so many great lines to choose from. From Ron Jaworski watching 72 consecutive hours watching film of Richard Sherman, to Jon Gruden calling him “Ctrl-Atl-Del,” and George W. Bush referring to Deion Sanders as “Dijon Sanders,” Caliendo brought out the big guns for this Super Bowl spoof....

After a few years of will-they-won’t-they, the Athletics shipped off Montas to the Yankees in exchange for J.P. Sears and a package of prospects. The A’s continue their teardown that, maybe, potentially, will lead to another boom period in Oakland (or wherever they may go next). For now, though, lean years may be ahead. For the Yankees, they potentially put a cap on a busy trade deadline that fixes holes that came to be over the first half of the 2022 season....

Graham, who has a history of anti-LGBT beliefs, asks people to agree to a Statement of Faith which includes the line “marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female”. Speaking to Laura Ingraham on Fox News, he said he just wants people to “know the truth”. “I’m not homophobic and I’m certainly not going around bashing people because they may be homosexual,” he said....

We are in a small house that my grandmother just inherited. We go over to Mrs. Ketcham’s a lot to get the crab net and swim. At home we garden, work on boats, and use the computer. It’s a tradition to make and sail a boat and make S’mores every time we go to Orcas. I don’t know why. It just is. Tonight we are going over the Mrs. Ketcham’s for dinner....

As the fourth official’s board was raised after 64 minutes of Manchester United’s clash with Leicester City, there was an element of surprise that went with it. Not that United were making four substitutions at once. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s much-changed side had put in a miserable display in their FA Cup quarter-final, and it was clear that the cavalry was needed to try and put things right. No, the surprise was that Fred survived Solskjaer’s cull of his starting XI....

The league announced Thursday that the Raptors guard, his teammate DeAndre’ Bembry and Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker have each been suspended one game without pay for leaving their bench areas during Tuesday night’s game between Toronto and Los Angeles. Additionally, Raptors forward OG Anunoby ($30,000) and Lakers big man Montrezl Harrell ($20,000) were hit with fines for their roles in an on-court altercation. MORE: Durant, Green explain conversation that led to famous meme...

Freeman got what he wanted, the Dodgers got what they wanted and the Braves got better for longer. That’s the reality-based, emotionless takeaway from perhaps the most surprising free-agent outcome of the offseason. But there’s definitely an emotional element to all this, and I’m not trying to diminish it. I just don’t think it will be as potent or long-lasting as some in Atlanta expect. MORE: Breaking down Freddie Freeman’s contract with the Dodgers...

The day before the Steelers’ 20-13 victory over the Browns on Sunday, Kitchens was spotted wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Pittsburgh started it” while on his way to a screening of a movie. The shirt was a clear allusion to the Browns-Steelers brawl a couple weeks ago in Cleveland. Kitchens’ shirt was the focus of fans and media alike Sunday. And while fans on social media were split in their reactions, players like Steelers guard David DeCastro were a bit more direct with criticism of the Browns coach’s decision to wear the shirt....

The movie takes its tone of manic, frazzled lyricism from its sozzled hero. All we know about Ben is that he’s lost his wife and child because of his drinking, and now he’s lost his writing job. Burning his possessions, he heads for Las Vegas with the simple goal of drinking himself to death. Beyond hope, fortified with massive quantities of booze, he attains at moments (when he’s not racked with the shakes) the benign, loquacious cheerfulness of a man for whom there’s no difference between free fall and freedom....

COVID-era school closures and abysmal remote learning endanger children academically, emotionally and physically. Closing schools leads to devastating learning loss, significant mental health issues, and higher rates of suicide and obesity. As David Leonhardt wrote in The New York Times, “American children are starting 2022 in crisis.” He reports that “Children fell far behind in school during the first year of the pandemic and have not caught up”; that “Many children and teenagers are experiencing mental health problems, aggravated by the isolation and disruption of the pandemic”; that “Suicide attempts have risen, slightly among adolescent boys and sharply among adolescent girls” and that “Behavior problems have increased....