Anything can happen on Opening Day. That’s the beauty of baseball — Game 1 can matter as much as Game 162. The divisional series you play the first week in April can come back to haunt you in division races. March 26 means as much as Sept. 27. MORE: Rob Manfred hopes baseball can resume before June Truth be told, I hadn’t attended an Opening Day until 2019, when I was covering for SN....

The rules are cool. There were only so many competitive games on the first night of the college basketball season. There were lots of games like Pitt by 33 over Savannah State, not so many like Belmont by four over Lipscomb. MORE: DeCourcy’s Starting Five | Top 100 Twitter accounts VIDEO: DeCourcy’s season preview As Providence and Boston College raced toward the finish of their opener, however, we were shown the value of the NCAA rules committee’s push to drain the physicality from college basketball....

Since taking office in March 2001, the Israeli leader has portrayed himself as a moderate, pledging “painful concessions” for peace and conditionally accepting the Roadmap toward a Palestinian state. Optimistic souls still hope that Israel’s old warrior has changed, and will eventually destroy his lifetime achievement, the Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Alas, they overlook the recurring pattern in Sharon’s actual policy–ever-tougher preconditions for negotiations. Sharon’s Palestinian state is like the castle in Franz Kafka’s famed novel....

Researchers looked at data on people who died of drug overdoses between 1999 to 2016 from a database kept by the National Center for Health Statistics in the U.S., which included a total of 632,331 cases. This enabled the team to match up information on death records with drug overdoses without a specific cause. Of those, 78.2 percent of cases had information on the drug involved, while 21.8 percent didn’t....

Per WLKY, each billboard, one for every year of Taylor’s life, is displayed with a call to action that reads: “Demand that the police involved in killing Breonna Taylor be arrested and charged. Visit UntilFreedom.com.” Until Freedom is the national social justice organization that recently announced it would be moving its entire team to Louisville. The activist group also recently led the recent protest on Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s lawn....

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This may be an administration that has mocked photo-op summits, but next month’s meeting in Annapolis, Maryland, should present quite a pretty picture. Not only will American, European, Chinese, Israeli and Palestinian leaders be there—so might representatives of as many as seven Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, that don’t recognize Israel. That would be progress. But as the date approaches, pessimists are predicting yet another stalemate. Critics point to the mistrust between Israel and the Arabs, the weakness of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Hamas-Fatah split between Gaza and the West Bank, President George W....

The baby Sumatran orangutan, who has been named Kaja, was born on January 4 to third time mother, Indah. The father, Satu, was a “much-loved” zoo resident and died unexpectedly at age 26, just before Christmas. He had lived at the zoo since 1995. Thirty five-year-old Indah suffered complications following Kaja’s birth, meaning she is currently unable to care for him. The zoo said that Indah’s condition continues to improve and wildlife care specialists provide frequent opportunities for her and Kaja to bond....

Tootie Smith, the incoming chairwoman of the Clackamas Board of County Commissioners, took to Facebook over the weekend to criticize Brown after the governor announced new restrictions in the state to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases. “My family will celebrate Thanksgiving with as many family and friends as I can find,” Smith, a Republican, wrote in a post on Saturday. “Gov. Brown is WRONG to order otherwise.” In an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday night, Smith stood by the comment....

According to the InciWeb national wildfire information center, the Bootleg Fire has grown to at least 364,113 acres as of Tuesday, and is currently 30 percent contained. The blaze was first reported by officials on July 6 and is burning near the Fremont-Winema National Forest, approximately 11 miles northeast of the town of Sprague River. The cause of the Bootleg Fire remains unknown. Officials have said that the estimated date for full containment of the fire is late November....

While attempting to make a tackle early in the second quarter of the game against Colorado, Decoud and a teammate collided. The other player’s helmet impacted Decoud’s head and neck. Decoud remained motionless on the field for several minutes as medical staff treated him and stabilized him for transport to a hospital in Corvallis. MORE: College Football Playoff questions | Another Pac-12 shakeup After being checked out, Decoud returned to the stadium following the Beavers’ 17-13 loss....

Lawmakers had been asked to follow strict guidelines while meeting in the Capitol, including wearing masks or face coverings while on the floor. After being called upon for remonstrances, Heard, a Republican, expressed his outrage at mask rules. “This is yet another illegitimate session where you, the Democratic majority, have declared the people unfit to participate in person in their own Capitol building,” Heard, a Republican, said. “Let the record reflect that I am in fierce opposition to any legislation that this illegitimate assembly may pass today....

The conclusion is Orwellian: If government withdraws from subsidizing illegitimacy, it is being intrusive. But the suit is light about one thing. The law does involve the state in stigmatizing behavior the state “disfavors.” It is about time. Stanley Crouch, a black journalist, wants black Americans to aspire to re-establishing the civility of their community circa 1955, when teenage pregnancy “was not acceptable behavior” and “those girls became pariahs. … They saw that they were the ones left holding the bag and if that meant they had to abstain from sex, they did....

Shanghai SIPG technical director Mads Davidsen moved to China in 2012 to run former Denmark striker Ebbe Sand’s football academy. Since then he has had a front-row seat for China’s progression from being a relative sideshow to one of the most compelling leagues in world football. “Something has happened in the last three or four years,” he tells Goal. “People want to discuss football now.” Mertens: Why I rejected CSL move...

While promoting the upcoming middleweight title rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, the boxing legend on Tuesday revealed he plans to launch a surprising bid for president of United States in 2020. MORE: Join DAZN and watch the Joshua-Povetkin fight for free “It’s real,” De La Hoya told reporters, via the Los Angeles Times. “That’s the beauty of our nation. If Arnold [Schwarzenegger] can be governor, if [Donald] Trump can be president, then why can’t a Mexican-American who won an Olympic gold medal, who’s over 35 and a U....

Lindo, who is known for starring in a number of Spike Lee films, played Paul in the film, one of the squad of Black U.S. Army soldiers in the Vietnam war, alongside Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr and the late Chadwick Boseman. The London-born veteran actor, 67, won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor for the role of Paul and was expected to be up for an Oscar for his gripping and emotional performance....

And with that, Pistorius was granted reprieved from having to testify on his fatal shooting of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa announced the delay in court on the day Pistorius' defense lawyers were to begin presenting their case. "One of my assessors is not well, so this court is not properly constituted," Masipa said. "I suggest that we postpone this matter until the seventh of April." Masipa has two assessors who sit on either side of her in the Pretoria courtroom....

If left untreated, this condition may become chronic and cause blood supply loss—this may eventually lead to the death of bone tissues. Symptoms Since osteomyelitis is an infection, possible symptoms are similar to what you would see with other types of infections, including: Localized painFever and chillsRedness and swelling in the affected areaA general feeling of sicknessLack of energy or fatigueIrritabilityDrainage or pusStiffness and inability to move the affected limb...

Otolaryngology is one of the oldest medical specialties in the United States. It started in 1896. This article will explain more about what otolaryngologists do and when to visit one. Reasons to See an Otolaryngologist Usually, your primary healthcare provider can handle minor or short-term conditions that affect the ears, nose, and throat. However, they may refer you to an ENT doctor if you have serious or long-term problems that require a specialist....