White House press secretary Jen Psaki kicked off Tuesday’s press conference, the first briefing since the completion of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, by addressing the question of “what’s next” for the administration. “The answer is the president is going to continue working on getting the American Rescue Plan passed. That is his top priority,” Psaki said. She noted Biden will be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday night to participate in a CNN town hall where he will discuss the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis....

When even bedazzlingly bad celebrity fashion is getting in on the March Madness action, it’s only natural that politics would too. Political junkies have been all atwitter of late analyzing each candidate’s picks for their NCAA Final Four brackets. Might the inclusion of a Pennsylvania team be a political ploy, we wonder? Are the would-be leaders of the free world savvy strategists? One columnist at college paper has gone so far as to assign each candidate a different basketball team alter ego....

The NHL on Thursday announced that Hall of Famer Brian Leetch and ex-Philadelphia Flyers scout Patrick Burke are joining Shanahan's department of player safety. Leetch is replacing Rob Blake, who's now an assistant general manager with the Los Angeles Kings, as manager of player safety. Burke is taking the newly-created director position. Shanahan remains in charge of the group, which is responsible for suspending and fining players for in-game rule violations -- which is good, because he still has work to do....

After years of paying dues as an assistant — Ewing is currently on the Charlotte Hornets staff — he’d like to join his former team as head coach. MORE: Top candidates to take the Knicks gig | Greatest Knicks ever “You know, this is a great fit for me. I have my number up there (in the Madison Square Garden rafters). I still live in the area,” Ewing said (via the New York Daily News)....

Electronic Arts announced Thursday the Chiefs quarterback and reigning NFL MVP will grace the cover of “Madden NFL 20.” The game is set to be released Aug. 2. “It is awesome and definitely a full circle moment for me,” Mahomes said in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the cover reveal. Mahomes put up staggering numbers last season as he led the Chiefs to a 12-4 mark and an appearance in the AFC championship game against the Patriots....

That nervousness turned to desperation when she crashed late in the race and nearly failed to qualify for Sunday’s Daytona 500. As a result, Patrick is no fan of NASCAR’s unique qualifying system for making its biggest race. “This whole scenario is crazy that the series has put us in,” said Patrick, who rallied from her crash to finish 10th and start 20th in Sunday’s field. “It’s horrible that it’s left up to other people and what they can do to you to (determine) whether or not you get in the race or not....

Karain clashed with a fan after he had “had enough” of the heckling of controversial U.S. golfer Reed at Royal Melbourne Golf Club on Saturday. Reed, who arrived in Melbourne following cheating allegations at the Hero World Challenge, suffered his third consecutive loss of the Presidents Cup, after which tensions boiled over. Karain released a statement to Fore Play, admitting he shoved a fan who told Reed “you f—ing suck” following Reed’s defeat alongside Webb Simpson to International pair Hideki Matsuyama and C....

A judge overturned Tom Brady’s four-game suspension and everyone chimed in. There was some good, some bad and some downright strange, but the consensus seemed to be this — the Patriots are thrilled, so are a bunch of other NFL players, and everyone still hates Roger Goodell. MORE: From draft to Deflategate, Brady’s NFL life | Pats’ odds adjusted | Fantasy value surges Here’s some of the best. From the city of Boston’s mascot, Bill Simmons....

According to NFL Network’s Mike Giardi, who cited multiple unidentified sources, the Patriots’ second-year running back is “progressing quickly” from his offseason arthroscopic knee procedure and has been running at “full tilt.” Michel is rumored to be receiving treatment at the TB12 Sports Therapy Center in Foxborough and is spending “considerable time” there, the report noted. Given the Patriots also have James White, Rex Burkhead and James Develin on the roster and drafted Damien Harris in April, Michel could be in jeopardy of falling down on the depth chart....

There was a report that stated the six-time Super Champion coach would receive the prestigious medal from Trump later this week. However, Belichick said recent events at the U.S. Capitol led him to change his mind. “Recently, I was offered the opportunity to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which I was flattered by out of respect for what the honor represents and admiration for prior recipients. Subsequently, the tragic events of last week occurred and the decision has been made not to move forward with the award,” he said in a statement....

OK, so the “where” is a little different. Super Bowl 53 will be played in Atlanta, not New Orleans, and these Rams are from Los Angeles, not St. Louis. But it’s appropriate that New England’s opponent in their latest attempt at a record-tying sixth Super Bowl championship is the same team it faced in its quest for the first. MORE: Odds for Patriots vs. Rams Super Bowl 53 As a refresher, that was a 24-year-old Brady and a 49-year-old Belichick in a modest, 20-17 victory in Super Bowl 36, well before they became the most successful player-coach duo in the history of American professional team sports....

New England’s owner Robert Kraft presented the team with their championship rings during a private party at his house Sunday. MORE: Pats wrong to bench Butler | Kyle Love has beef with New England The 2015 bands are the largest Super Bowl rings ever made and feature 205 diamonds with the team’s unofficial motto “Do Your Job” labeled at the top. Out of the four Super Bowl rings for the Patriots, this year’s version has the highest appraised value....

“What was previously known as the Patriots alternate uniform has been promoted to the team’s home primary, and an entirely new version has been unveiled for away games,” a Patriots.com story explains. “The blue-on-blue home uniforms made their debut in 2016 under the NFL’s Color Rush campaign, and while the league discontinued Color Rush before the 2018 season, the uniforms lived on as the team’s alternate uniform through 2019.”...

Enter third-round draft pick Jacoby Brissett, who will make his first NFL start at quarterback Thursday night against arguably the toughest defense the Patriots have seen so far this season: the J.J. Watt-led Texans. Good luck, kid. WEEK 3 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread Houston, 2-0 and first in the AFC South, has had an impressive start to the season, itself, with early returns on new quarterback Brock Osweiler prompting optimism for a growing offense to compliment the defense....

Led by a strong defensive performance and stellar play from quarterback Deshaun Watson, the Texans finally ended their losing streak against the reigning Super Bowl champions. NFL PLAYOFF PICTURE: AFC, NFC standings for Week 13 Houston had been unable to knock off the AFC powerhouse for the past decade; it last defeated Tom Brady and New England in Week 17 of the 2009 season. The Texans ended the eight-game drought (including the playoffs) in impressive fashion Sunday night, with four passing touchdowns (three by Watson, who caught the other from DeAndre Hopkins on a wild play) against a Patriots defense that had allowed four passing touchdowns all season....

Under previous coach Dunga there was endless talk of the Selecao’s Neymardependencia, as local media became increasingly concerned that there seemed to be a sense of ‘Neymar or bust’ for the struggling five-time world champions. READ MORE: Brazil’s WCQ campaign in full | All 60 players called by Tite | Tite names Brazil squad The PSG star is, of course, still vital to his nation’s hopes, but Tite has worked tirelessly to ensure other members of the team can step up and make the difference during matches in which Neymar is struggling to make the breakthrough....

You need to understand this fact to make sense of the upcoming health-care debate. Americans want universal coverage as long as it won’t cost too much. In the popular mind, cheap coverage means a company plan–hence the Clintons’ proposal that companies pick up most of the cost of the working uninsured. They’re using the employers as bagmen to collar the payments that people don’t want to make themselves. Most economists despise this approach....

Can NATO, under American command, make the peace stick? Ending a war between people who still hate each other means a lot of messy, thankless police work. American troops, trickling into their zone of northeastern Bosnia around the town of Tuzla, were ready to flex their superpower muscles. “We don’t expect trouble from the Serbs around Tuzla,” says a U.S. intelligence officer in Bosnia. “We could destroy every important asset they have in about 90 seconds–and they know it....

Or, as a so-called clutter consultant once said, “Our homes have become landfills.” I’ve become a bit of a crank about the hyperconsumerism of the American holiday season, and I get into high gear as soon as December looms. (In late November I am hopelessly focused on the belief that any nation that builds its annual harvest feast around a dish as lame as turkey should be paying less attention to Hawthorne and more to Marcella Hazan....

There are two main types of pediatric scleroderma: localized and systemic. Both are uncommon in children with the localized type affecting 1–3 per 100,000 children and the systemic type affecting one per million children. The average age of onset for both types of pediatric scleroderma is between ages 7 and 9. Keep reading to learn more about the types and symptoms of pediatric scleroderma, how it is different than the adult type, and more....