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Entering his senior season for the Bulldogs, Mitchell talked about his new book, entitled “The Magician’s Hat,” at SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala. MORE: Media picks Auburn to win SEC | HAYES: Listen to Bielema | Saban making excuses? “I think the story itself is really that if you pick up a book and read, you never know what’s going to happen,” Mitchell said Thursday, via ESPN. “Being a published author never crossed my mind....

The Yellow Jackets were 7-6 last season, and at times Johnson’s option offense was difficult to recognize. The Yellow Jackets struggled after installing shotgun and pistol formations and new plays to tap into quarterback Vad Lee’s skills. Lee has transferred to James Madison, and after two-plus hours in helmets but no other pads on Thursday, the first day of preseason practice, senior fullback Zack Laskey said he felt at home again....

This type of crusading anti-sweat technology has made Polegato, 55, one of the world’s wealthiest people (No. 287 at $3 billion, according to Forbes). In 1995, he founded the Italian casual footwear company Geox and has grown it into a multi-billion-dollar business that operates in 68 countries. Geox’s success comes from a single concept: its patented breathable fabric, first used in the soles of its shoes and now sewn into its new, growing line of apparel....

Speaking on Fox News, Rivera said: “I had an idea, with the world so divided and everybody, you know, telling him he’s got to give up, time to leave, it’s time to transition, and all the rest of it… Why not name the vaccine ‘The Trump’?” Rivera went onto suggest that not only should the COVID-19 vaccine be named after the president, but that the word “Trump” becomes known as a generic way to say vaccine....

Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach handed in his resignation on Saturday after criticism of his comments, which were filmed and later posted on social media. While at an event in New Delhi, India, on Friday, Schönbach also said the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014, would not return under Ukrainian control. In comments captured on video, Schönbach said in English: “What he [Putin] really wants is respect. And my God, giving someone respect is low cost, even no cost....

The viral clip, shared on TikTok on Wednesday, by the dog owner, under the username Asulkancrew, shows the black German shepherd playing by the beach as another dog approaches to play. The German shepherd wasn’t at all impressed by the dog and his friendly request, so he decided to ignore him and just play with his beloved Frisbee instead. According to VCA Animal Hospitals, dogs are inherently social animals that can live well together in groups, but that does not mean that all dogs get along....

One scholar’s blurb on the jacket of Eric A. Johnson’s Nazi Terror: The Gestapo, Jews and Ordinary Germans (636 pages. Basic. $35) says the book makes “a complete hash of Goldhagen’s thesis.” Johnson himself, a historian at Central Michigan University, disagrees with Goldhagen more respectfully, though just as firmly, on the prevalence and uniqueness of German anti-Semitism, and actually credits him (and Browning) for emphasizing that hundreds of thousands of “ordinary” Germans participated in the Holocaust–and were free to opt out....

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Israel had the right to defend itself against rocket fire from Hamas. “With its rocket terror, Hamas has deliberately escalated a situation that was already extremely tense, with terrible consequences for Israelis and for its own civilian population in Gaza,” Maas said. He said the European Union needs to look at how to prevent a repeat of the violence in the future, beyond just ending the current conflict....

The star right-hander, now a free agent, was not in a good mood afterward in ways that perhaps went beyond losing a championship decider. Held out by manager A.J. Hinch in the 6-2 defeat — apparently because he was being saved for a closer’s role that never materialized — he did not want to speak with reporters. When he did, he began on an odd note. “I’m not an employee of the team,” Cole told an Astros spokesperson before continuing to reporters, “I guess as a representative of myself …”...

Megan Folsom Rock Climber The 29-year-old actress tried everything from running to step classes before she found her true calling Recommends: Loving the sport Pick an activity that inspires you. Climbing is like solving a puzzle, Folsom says: it works the mind and builds self-confidence.Not to mention a rock-hard stomach. Sharon Monplaisir Fencer Now 38, she’s been at her sport for more than two decades and competed in the 1984 Olympics...

Not everyone shares Kaurov’s cool attitude. Maybe that’s because the former Soviet Union is sitting on the biggest pile of radioactive waste anywhere in the world (see map). The 1986 Chernobyl explosion drew world attention to the rickety condition of the country’s 37 nuclear power plants. But that’s only a fraction of the problem. Although Russia has agreed to an accelerated schedule for dismantling its giant nuclear arsenal, no one seems to know what to do with the leftover radioactive fuel....

Country: United States Date of birth: March 17, 1997 MORE: Top U.S. athletes | How to watch the top events Career highlights: Current world-record holder in 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle. Won five gold medals at 2015 World Championships (200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay) Olympic record: London 2012 – gold (800-meter freestyle) Most of the time Katie Ledecky dives into a pool to begin a race, she is not competing against other swimmers as much as she is herself....

Chris Jericho and Brock Lesnar get into physical altercation Apparently, there was a wild scene backstage following the SummerSlam main event between Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton. The Wrestling Observer reported that Jericho came to the gorilla position (the backstage area right before someone goes through the curtain) to find out if that was the planned finish to the match with Lesnar badly busting Orton open with an elbow and leaving him a bloody mess....

Road to WrestleMania We’re now less than four weeks away from WrestleMania 34 and nearly the entire card is in place for the annual extravaganza. While eight matches for the show have been officially announced, it’s headed towards a jam-packed 14 matches come April 8 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. MORE: WWE Fastlane 2018 results — Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship — AJ Styles vs....

The conventional view of emerging- market crises casts them as a battle between big Western banks and poor little debtor nations. Turns out there are little victims on the lending side, too. Over the last few years individual investors throughout Europe and the United States have become more exposed to emerging-market risk than ever before. With low interest rates cutting returns on bonds in America and Western Europe, investors have been looking in ever more far-flung places for higher yields....

The goal, according to the Mobilization for Global Justice, an umbrella group, was two days of nonviolent demonstrations by as many as 10,000 mostly youthful protesters summoned to Washington by hundreds of separate organizations that included labor, radical environmentalists, gay and lesbian activists, anarchists and a hodgepodge of old- and new-left groups. But officials feared a replay of last year’s violent demonstrations against the World Trade Organization in Seattle, which led to about 500 arrests and millions in property damage....

GGG (38-1-1, 34 KOs) will take on the Canadian Rolls (19-0, 10 KOs) — who is coming off a unanimous decision victory of KeAndrae Leatherwood for the vacant USBA middleweight title — in a super middleweight bout. Golovkin represents a big step up in terms of quality for Rolls, who will look to follow in the footsteps of Andy Ruiz Jr. and secure an upset victory. The fight will stream exclusively on DAZN, rather than traditional pay-per-view....

According to reports in the local media, the negotiations with Jamaica’s football top hierarchy fell through following suggestions that Ghana would have to bear the cost of travelling arrangements and bonuses. Ghanaian authorities reportedly kicked against it, advising the GFA to look for countries that can cover all expenses. “If the funds [to organise matches] are not available, there is very little we can do about it,” Saani Daara said, as quoted by Citifmonline....

The British socialite is awaiting sentencing for Jeffrey Epstein-related sex trafficking offences, after being found guilty following a high-profile trial in December 2021. Her team has asked a judge to give her a sentence significantly below the 20 years recommended by probation officers. Among their evidence, they say one inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center, in Brooklyn, told other prisoners that “an additional 20 years’ incarceration would be worth the money she’d receive for murdering Ms....

Today, Cheju is South Korea’s top honeymoon destination. It boasts mild weather, delicious seafood and gorgeous beaches. But it was once a killing field. Beginning on April 3, 1948, South Korean authorities waged a scorched-earth campaign against the communist guerrillas–roughly 400 fighters armed with antique rifles and bamboo spears. Over the next year, the soldiers burned hundreds of “red villages” and raped and tortured countless islanders, eventually killing as many as 60,000 people–one fifth of Cheju’s population....