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“Well, for me, it was never close because I never saw a contract,” Thurman told Sporting News. “There were moments where I kind of knew Floyd was not looking at me as an opponent toward the end of his career. “One of those moments was when I became the WBA (Regular) champion and he became the [WBA] (Super) champion because the (Super) champion is not required to fight mandatories, so I could not force Floyd Mayweather in any position to step in the ring with me....

As things stand, the Knicks are wheezing toward the worst season in franchise history, with a record of just 5-34 and little relief on the horizon. On the West Coast, the Lakers have just 11 wins, and will likely finish worse than last year’s 27 wins — and that team was the worst Lakers bunch since the franchise left Minnesota. Both franchises find themselves operating in a realm usually occupied by the likes of Sacramento and Minnesota, their fan bases dealing with the NBA doldrums by wistfully checking scouting reports on top draft prospects....

Log on to a college Web site and you’ll likely find a separate link for parents. Check the mailbox and you’ll find college appeals specifically addressed to Mom and Dad–in addition to mail for students. Visit a campus with your child, and you may get a separate parents’ tour. Some colleges, like Smith, even encourage parents to write a recommendation for their child as part of the admissions process. “It gives parents a voice,” says Smith’s admissions dean, Deb Shaver....

In a small study, researchers from St Mary’s University and Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) found that people with severe intellectual disabilities resist activities as a form of communication expressing that they do not want to participate in them. For this study, five adults with severe intellectual disabilities in care homes were videotaped participating in everyday activities like art, therapy, and meals. Four of the participants were male, and three participants were non-verbal....

Biden, who has been involved with a dozen Supreme Court nominations, is right. Before a nomination is even made, senators should take a private, non-binding straw poll for each member on the Supreme Court “short list.” The president would then have an idea, in advance, of just how bipartisan the real confirmation vote tally might be. That advice is also perfectly suited for our present moment, with an evenly divided Senate chamber....

Fletcher Sanders chose jail. Sanders, a 25-year old shoe store employee in Baton Rouge, was the seller of a pair of game-worn cleats and gloves supposedly from LSU’s dramatic upset victory over then-No. 3 Ole Miss in October. MORE: SN early Top 10 | Steele, Orgeron join LSU staff | Hey, SEC, the Big Ten’s back According to the report, Sanders told police he sold the gear on eBay for a LSU football player....

The all-electric truck’s frunk adds 400 liters (14.1 cubic feet) of cargo space to the model. It has a maximum payload capacity of 400 pounds. That’s more space and than the frunk on the Rivian R1T offers. Dubbed the Mega Power Frunk, the space is designed to fit the wide variety of needs of the customers that purchase a 2022 F-150 Lightning. During the design process, Ford went directly to potential customers to find out how they would want to use the space, and refined their designs based on the feedback....

The new Ford Pro Electric SuperVan debuts this weekend with four electric motors and a liquid-cooled 50-kWh battery laying down 1,972 horsepower. That’s good for a zero-to-62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) sprint in less than 2 seconds. It will be driven by race car driver and electric-vehicle specialist Romain Dumas, who hold the current record at The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Besides the wild powertrain, which holds a tenuous connection to the E-Transit, the Supervan uses other components from Ford’s work van too....

The new Mustang doesn’t go on sale for a year, but Ford is trying to build buzz. The retro fastback styling recalls the hot wheels Steve McQueen drove in 1968’s “Bullitt.’’ But Ford also hopes to attract the “Fast and the Furious” Gen Y crowd with a beefy 400-horsepower V-8 engine and edgier look. Its long, sharp snout is meant to evoke a shark on the attack. “It gives the feeling that this thing’s going to bite you,” says Ford chief designer J Mays....

Russian propaganda characterizes such figures as highly paid mercenaries, but the reality on the ground tells a different story. Jack Hoekstra, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran in his mid-20s, withdrew from the Detroit Police Academy in order to take up the fight for Ukraine. “I saw a TikTok video of a Russian fighter jet flying over a residential neighborhood and dropping a bomb, and the person taking the video was a mother at home with her child,” Hoekstra told Newsweek....

As the scoreline changed so quickly and so dramatically, so too did the momentum of the game and each team’s confidence, transforming what had been a one-sided encounter into a Christmas cracker. It eventually ended 3-3 but either side could have won it at the death. Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Jurgen Klopp’s scintillating ‘Fab Four’ all starred in attack at various intervals. Sanchez and Ozil netted vital goals in Arsenal’s stunning turnaround, while Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah took advantage of the huge gaps in midfield to repeatedly hit Arsenal on the counter-attack – and not for the first time this season either....

But the former Auburn safety’s path to his next school did get a little more interesting Monday afternoon. MORE: SEC coach rankings | SN Preseason Top 25 | Golson decision After playing in 13 games as a backup last season after arriving from junior college, Moncrief decided to transfer last week. On Monday, Sam Webb of GoBlueWolverine spoke with Moncrief and discovered some limits placed on Moncrief’s transfer process....

According to several reports, the woman — who was a volleyball player at Baylor from 2011-13 — filed a Title IX lawsuit against the university Tuesday, alleging she was gang raped by at least four football players in 2012. GENTILLE: NCAA should make example of Baylor The woman’s lawsuit claims there is a 21-second video of the rape, as well as video of Baylor players staging dog fights. According to another report, the lawsuit claims the alleged rape was recorded and was used as “bonding” for the football team....

The Idaho Statesman reported Boles was charged by Boise police with a felony count of mayhem. The bite allegedly occurred during an altercation with the teammate on Feb. 12. Boles was dismissed from the team in late February for violating team rules. MORE: Disgraced athletes: Where they went wrong A warrant for his arrest was issued April 4. He was arrested on May 9 in Polk County, Fla. Boles was extradited to Ada County, Idaho, where a judge set bond at $75,000....

Robert Easter Jr., 31, from Toledo, Ohio, was in Cincinnati when he was reportedly approached by several men from behind Sunday evening at approximately 6:30 p.m., according to local news station WTOL. According to the report, one of the attackers allegedly demanded that Easter Jr. hand over his jewelry. However, as Easter attempted to run away from the men, he was allegedly shot three times, WSB-TV reported. The suspects allegedly left the scene with three diamond rings, two gold chains and Easter Jr....

A movie file found on a device belonging to Joyce was a “category A image,” the most severe category of indecency. The sentence given at Ipswich Crown Court is eight months in prison suspended for two years, and an order to complete 150 hours of unpaid work. He was charged with making the photo between August 7, 2013, and November 6, 2018. He had already been ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register....

Elphicke had been found guilty by a jury in July of one count of sexual assault in 2007, and two further counts against a second woman in 2016. The judge told the former MP for Dover that he was a sexual predator who used his “success and respectability as a cover”. Justice Whipple said: “You made your victims come to court. They told the truth, and you told a pack of lies – not only to the jury, but your wife, the whips and the police....

Newton has a notable history injury, which includes two shoulder surgeries in three seasons and a Lisfranc fracture that ended his 2019 campaign before he could show whether he had returned to form. Unfair or not, those issues make him a high risk to sign. But one of his former teammates says the Panthers are to blame for mismanaging his injuries over the past few seasons. Fullback Mike Tolbert, who played with Newton from 2012 to 2016, told The Athletic that the team bungled the timing of Newton’s surgeries, pointing to his torn rotator cuff in 2018....

Richard W. Painter, who served as the chief ethics lawyer for the George W. Bush administration from 2005 to 2007, made the comments while quote-tweeting Obama’s post celebrating his anniversary with former first lady Michelle Obama. ‘Like the Beatles said: It’s getting better all the time. Thanks, babe, for 27 amazing years!’ Obama wrote on Twitter alongside an image of he and his wife watching a sunset together. Quote-retweeting the image on Monday, Painter added remarks comparing Obama to Trump....

Steven L. Hall, a retired CIA chief of Russian operations and CNN national security analyst, told network anchor Anderson Cooper that Putin likely believed Trump’s decisions around Syria and Ukraine have been “absolutely fabulous.” He also criticised Trump for reportedly consulting with Putin and “two-bit autocrats” like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Ukraine, and described the U.S. president’s overall dealings with Ukraine as a “veritable buffet of horribleness.”...