“I for one am tired of Trump’s whining. Man up, admit you got beat, and do what’s right for our country,” Peake tweeted on Monday. “I’ll be backing Kemp in 2022.” Peake served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 until 2019. His remarks come in response to Trump’s criticism of the governor, whom the president has called on to overrule Georgia’s election results in his favor. The historically Republican state of Georgia flipped blue in a presidential election for the first time in nearly three decades when Trump lost the state by more than 12,000 votes....

Beason, a first-round pick out of Miami by the Panthers in 2007, was a three-time Pro Bowl selection (2008, 2009, 2010) and a two-time All-Pro (2008, 2009) in Carolina before the team drafted a guy named Luke Kuechly in 2012. Beason was traded to the Giants the following season, but battled a multitude of injuries. MORE: NFL players who retired before age 30 | Stedman Bailey will return to NFL...

The South Korean Defense Ministry said the 31-year-old, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, was also fined 1.15 billion won ($989,000), The Associated Press reported Thursday. Yonhap and other local media reported he was found guilty of nine charges, including providing sex workers to foreign investors, overseas gambling and embezzling funds from the nightclub. The court said: “The defendant arranged prostitution for foreign investors several times and obtained profits from it....

There’s no law on the books that allows for the federal government to designate a domestic extremist group a terrorist organization, but a petition is trying to change that. A campaign on Change.org calling for the State Department to assign the label “terrorist organization” to the KKK has generated more than 1.7 million signatures. Shepherd said it’s a designation he supports. “This isn’t anything new. They’ve been a terrorist organization ever since birth,” Shepherd told Newsweek....

The Lakers drafted McMillian with the 13th overall pick in the 1970 draft after he enjoyed a storied career at Columbia with the All-American and All-Ivy League nods. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2016 | 2015 | 2014 “Jim was an important part of Lakers history, as a key member of our first championship team in Los Angeles in 1972,” Lakers president and co-owner Jeanie Buss said in a statement....

According to a Facebook post by Taraneh Kuric, the former Louisville player who had been placed in a medically induced coma was awake and smiling when she visited him in the intensive care unit. MORE: 10 greatest Cardinals of all time | Athletes battling cancer “Well today when they allowed us to enter his room for visiting hours (ICU is extremely strict over here) he was sitting up with eyes wide open and gave us the biggest smile!...

The 24-year-old is reported to be closing in on a big-money move to Everton, as Burnley brace themselves for an impending exit. A return to Old Trafford had been mooted for the former Red Devils academy star, but he appears destined to open a new chapter in his career at Goodison Park. ‘Rooney return to Everton a good move’ Wherever he ends up, the England international has been praised for having taken the tough decision to leave United in search of regular football despite being regarded as a player of some promise – much like World Cup winner Pique did when returning to his roots at Barca in 2008....

Williams joins two other former college coaches—Nolan Richardson and Eddie Sutton—as finalists. The other seven members include Tim Hardaway, Spencer Haywood, Kevin Johnson, Harley Redin, Mitch Richmond, Gary Williams, Immaculate University team and Alonzo Mourning. The Class of 2014 will be determined on April 7, the day of the NCAA Tournament championship game. Rick Pitino and Jerry Tarkanian were two college coaches that were part of the Naismith Class of 2013....

Alice Cutter, 24, and her partner Mark Jones, 25, were convicted of being members of National Action after a trial in March alongside Garry Jack and Connor Scothern. The group was banned in 2016 and branded “racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic” by then U.K. Home Secretary Amber Rudd. Cutter and Jones met after she entered a Miss Hitler beauty contest as “Buchenwald Princess”—a reference to a concentration camp in Nazi Germany where Jews were murdered, West Midlands Police said....

Born in 1941, Shepherd, along with John Hall, helped the north-east club secure Premier League status in 1993 and was pivotal in attracting Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer to join during his time at St James’ Park. Newcastle 13/2 to be relegated The businessman - who was awarded the freedom of the city of Newcastle earlier this year - sold his share of the club to Mike Ashley in 2007 after a 10-year stint as chairman....

The former NFL guard on Tuesday announced that he has enlisted in the United States Army National Guard. MORE: How 5 NFL stars fared in NCAA tourney | 2016 NFL Draft info “After a year of retirement, a much needed vacation, and overdue time with my family, I’ve decided to hit the free agent market,” Colledge wrote, in part, in a statement on Twitter. “After much deliberation and discussion, I’m proud to sign my longest term deal of all time, 8 yrs and have enlisted in the Army National Guard....

The 35-year-old Stevens, who is the husband of soccer star Hope Solo, was driving a U.S. women’s soccer team van at the time of his arrest. His blood-alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit. MORE: Hope Solo in photos | Morgan says U.S. not favorite in Women’s World Cup Stevens pleaded no contest last month to misdemeanor drunken driving charges. Los Angeles prosecutors said Friday that Stevens also received four years’ probation and must enter a two-year alcohol program....

Bylsma's Pittsburgh Penguins are playing Ryan Miller's Buffalo Sabres on Saturday, but Miller, one of six goalie candidates for the Olympic team, won't be in net. He won't be in uniform at all, actually. MORE: Predicting the roster | U.S. has golden expectations Miller has a good excuse, though; after he stopped 45 shots in a 1-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Friday, the team called up Matt Hackett to back up Jonas Enroth against the Penguins....

After he plays a season, Carr will then be eligible for next year's NBA draft. The former Seton Hall commit will develop within the D-League, similar to the path Glen Rice Jr. took to the Washington Wizards. “It was his decision to play in the D-League, and to develop in order to get ready for next year’s NBA draft,” Carr's agent, Johnny Foster, told D-League Digest. Carr will have a couple hurdles to cross before he can sign on with an NBA team....

Known as the Detroit Dock, the area gave way before Thanksgiving weekend, spilling chemicals upstream from a section of the river from which Detroit gets drinking water. Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) issued a statement saying they did not believe there was any danger. “EGLE is aware that the site was previously used to process uranium and there is no evidence to suggest that there is a current radiological risk,” the statement said....

Khodorkovsky made the warning during an interview with Euronews, a television network headquartered in France. He called on NATO to continue providing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with weapons and supplies to fight Russia’s military, which began its invasion in late February. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has condemned Putin for his attack of Ukraine, and he reiterated the organization’s support of Ukraine during a Wednesday conversation with Politico. He said NATO has a “political and a moral obligation to provide substantial support” to Zelensky’s country and would continue supplying Ukraine with weapons for “[a]s long as necessary....

The Ayew brothers have been out of the team since Ghana shared the spoils 1-1 with Congo in the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers in Kumasi, missing the side’s last four games. Although, Appiah has revealed that he is using the opportunity to assess new players, reports in the local media suggest that he has closed the door on them after an alleged heated argument in camp. “The perception that he [Appiah] has closed the doors on the Ayew brothers, I think that perception should also be worked on," Vanderpuye told Joy FM....

Derek Slaughter, who played linebacker for three seasons at UAB after transferring from Nebraska, wore his old football helmet to his graduation from the school Saturday. MORE: Highest-paid coaches in CFB | Mizzou extends Pinkel | Harbaugh trolls everyone Slaughter tweeted Friday night that his plan was to don the helmet while he received his diploma and shook the hand of UAB president Ray Watts — the face of the school’s controversial decision to terminate its football program, along with bowling and rifle, for financial reasons....

Former Deputy Secretary James Byrne is a Marine veteran and former federal prosecutor. He was Senate-confirmed as V.A. general counsel in August 2017 and then nominated by the president the following year for deputy secretary, a position in which he served in an acting capacity until September 2019, when he again was Senate-confirmed just four days before the alleged incident. According to Byrne, Secretary of Veteran Affairs Robert Wilkie embarked on a mission to discredit the female veteran, citing the name of a U....

He was 67. Yet despite a 113-94 (.546) record in 10 seasons in Minnesota and three in Arizona, he is probably best remembered for a news conference on Oct. 6, 2006, after his Cardinals lost to the Bears, when he declared angrily, “They are who we thought they were. … That’s why we took the damn field!” MORE: Remembering those the sports world has lost in 2016 The high point of Green’s NFL career came in 1998, when he led the Vikings to a 15-1 mark, the highest single-season winning percentage in the Vikings history and second best in NFL history, and set the NFL record for most points in a season (since broken)....