“July 3, I’m making my comeback,” De La Hoya said during a press conference for the April 17 boxing match between YouTube celebrity Jake Paul and retired MMA fighter Ben Askren. MORE: Why Joshua-Fury is a dream come true for fans He took no follow-up questions and literally dropped the mic before exiting the stage with Snoop Dogg and Al Bernstein. De La Hoya hasn’t fought since being stopped by Manny Pacquiao in 2008....
Hopkins, a dominant former champion of the middleweight division who also went on to claim world title belts at light-heavyweight, will bring an end to his career after facing Joe Smith Jr. in Los Angeles on Saturday, a month before his 52nd birthday. MORE: Sports’ most iconic photos Known as “The Executioner” and “The Alien,” Hopkins is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of the modern era and was a world champion as recently as 2014, at the age of 49....
Defense lawyer Barry Roux read excerpts from a psychologist’s report that said the double-amputee runner is suffering depression and post-traumatic stress disorder and “his condition is likely to worsen” if professional treatment for those conditions is halted. MORE: Disgraced athletes The report was compiled during a 30-day observation period at a state psychiatric hospital. A report was also compiled by three psychiatrists. The experts concluded that the double-amputee runner was not mentally ill when he fatally shot Steenkamp through a closed toilet door in the early hours of Feb....
The five-part, 7 1/2-hour series on the life of football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson is the first ESPN production to be nominated for and win an Oscar. It collected a series of other awards leading up to Sunday. MORE: Sports movies that won Academy Awards The series’ director, Ezra Edelman, spoke during his acceptance speech of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her acquaintance Ronald Goldman, who were brutally slain in 1994 in Los Angeles....
According to ESPN, the Giants are discussing a one-day contract with Umenyiora that will allow the veteran defensive end to retire as a member of the team. MORE: Legendary NFL sack masters | Jonathan Martin set to retire Umenyiora played his last two seasons with the Falcons but spent his first 10 with the Giants after he was selected in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. The pass rusher tallied 75 sacks for the Giants, ranking fourth all-time in the team’s history behind Michael Strahan (141....
The Portuguese Judiciary Police are investigating the crime, which occurred as the former Manchester City player returned home from Benfica’s 4-1 victory at Famalicao in the Primeira Liga. Benfica clarified that the player, his wife and son are in good health despite the traumatic incident. What did Benfica’s statement say on Otamendi? A statement from Benfica read: “Benfica confirms that their player Nico Otamendi was the victim of a robbery at his home during the early hours of today....
Zaitsev, who had been away from the Senators last month for “personal reasons,” on Friday denied the claim via his agent, Dan Milstein, who addressed the situation with a statement on Twitter requesting privacy on behalf of the family. “The story that is being circulated online by the ex-wife of my client Nikita Zaitsev is not accurate,” Milstein wrote. “Nikita’s children are safe and with his parents, at his parents’ home in Moscow, where they normally reside....
If mobile phones loom large in European dreams, it’s because they’re already such an important part of our waking lives. So far no Internet dating services have gone mobile. But give them a few months. Mobile communications are already changing the ways that Europeans (and especially Scandinavians) live, think and do business. The world’s leading mobile companies are earning big profits and reinvesting them in a revolution that’s evident everywhere....
On Friday, Democrat Del. Martha Mugler conceded to Republican A.C. Cordoza in the House District 91 race, which prompted Democratic House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn to acknowledge that the Republicans now held the majority of the House with 51 seats. However, after the final absentee and provisional ballots were tallied from the weekend, and Cordoza’s lead dropped to 94 votes out of 27,3388, Mugler walked backed on her concession. Filler-Corn appeared to echo a similar sentiment as well....
It started with a tooth. On Dec. 17, 1992, as Gen Suwa of the University of Tokyo walked across the badlands of Ethiopia in Aramis, 45 miles south of Lucy’s resting place, a glint from the ground caught his eye. “I knew immediately that it was a hominid”–a humanlike primate, he says. “And because we had found other ancient animals that morning, I knew it was one of the oldest hominid teeth ever found....
Freeing Sudan’s slaves may be one of the world’s most compelling human-rights crusades. Church groups and classrooms of schoolchildren have joined fund-raising on behalf of the Zurich-based CSI and competing “redemption” groups. CSI, which is by far the most active, says it has “redeemed” almost 8,000 Africans in Sudan since 1995, including more than 1,700 during a recent trip, accompanied by NEWSWEEK. Anti-slave activists consider Eibner a saint. But many mainstream relief groups and U....
One of the things my classmates and I were not told at our college graduation four years ago was what papers we would need for a visit to the unemployment office. Luckily, however, in addition to being told that we were the future, etc., we were told to always be prepared. Thus, when I made my first visit a few months ago, all of my papers were in order. I had suspected that getting “processed” would be time consuming, and I was right....
Arriving in Greensburg under dark, overcast skies, President Bush got his first look at the tornado damage during a helicopter tour aboard Marine One. Afterward, he took to the city by foot, viewing up close obliterated houses and businesses, including a John Deere dealership cluttered by smashed-up tractors and combines. He was joined on his tour by Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and other state and local officials. “I am struck by the character of the people here,” Bush told reporters on the scene....
The DOJ said that the defendants charged included doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals. The largest amount of fraud loss was committed using telemedicine services, generating $1.1 billion worth of total alleged losses, according to the department’s statement. The fraudulent claims were submitted by over 43 criminal defendants across 11 judicial districts. Other health care fraud included $29 million in COVID medical care, $133 million tied to substance abuse treatment facilities, and $160 million into illegal opioid distribution and other health frauds across the U....
More than 200,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Johnson’s resignation posted by the Georgia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Change.org. The petition argues that Johnson should have issued an arrest warrant after the killing of Arbery on February 23. “We, the undersigned, demand resignation of Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson for not issuing a warrant of arrest for the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery on February 23, 2020,” the petition explains....
On Tuesday, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced that students currently in the U.S. on F-1 and M-1 visas “must depart the country or take other measures, such as transferring to a school with in-person instruction to remain in lawful status.” Anyone found violating the rules, ICE said, would risk “immigration consequences, including, but not limited to, the initiation of removal proceedings.” The decision received swift condemnation, with at least two petitions sprouting up online and receiving tens of thousands of signatures by the next day....
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed data from 13,380 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes and found 44 percent had experienced four or more outbreaks during the pandemic. Just 0.5 percent reported having none. “COVID-19 has been really devastating in nursing homes, and accounting for more than 30 percent of deaths from COVID-19 reported to [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention],” the GAO’s John Dicken said in an audio recap of the report’s findings....
The incident occurred on West Beach in Burnie—a port city located on the northwest coast of the island state of Tasmania—Friday morning local time, Australian outlet The Advocate reported. Anthony Hall, a resident of a nearby locality, said he was running along the boardwalk of the beach at around 5:15 a.m. when he saw a large dog standing over a dead penguin. Hall said the dog looked like a German shepherd cross, estimating it to weigh around 66 pounds....
Sanctions on the oligarchs have increased as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine. Some of their vessels are being moved to or already are sitting in ports in other nations, according to the Associated Press. While some oligarchs have already had their yachts seized, others are attempting to get their vessels out of the sanctioning countries’ reach. Several superyachts have been seized in the European Union so far. Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s yacht Dilbar was anchored in Germany when the sanctions were announced....
You’ve heard the excuse, “Well, they haven’t played anybody.” Well, there’s a way to figure that out. Over the next five days, we’ll look at how each Power 5 conference school fares against ranked teams. Today, a closer at how ACC teams have fared against ranked teams since 2009, according to StatsPass.com. This list includes partial-member Notre Dame. Florida State: 11-7, .611 Louisville: 2-2, .500 North Carolina State: 5-6, ....
