The England international spent last season on loan at Bournemouth, making 27 appearances in all competitions but has found playing time very hard to come by since returning to the Emirates Stadium. Wilshere has been afforded 25 minutes of English Premier League action which threatens his involvement in the Three Lions’ plan ahead of the quadrennial showpiece after Gareth Southgate overlooked him for the friendlies against Germany and Brazil....

On his Twitter account, Pick wrote: "Hearing rumors that free agent forward Lamar Odom - with over 1000 NBA games under his belt - has offer from Spanish Laboral Vitoria. Previously, Odom was out of the NBA because of alleged drug problems and a DUI charge, to which he pleaded no contest and struck a deal. Before that spiral out of control, Odom had foregetable stops with the Dallas Mavericks and LA Clippers as he struggled to stay in shape and focus on basketball....

Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputy Amanda Crowder and her boyfriend allegedly had an argument at Kung Fu Saloon on Washington Avenue in the early hours of Monday morning, according to NBC affiliate KPRC. Crowder, 33, who was off-duty at the time, then “sustained a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound,” according to HCSO Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Following the shooting, Crowder’s boyfriend, a firefighter, pulled over at Houston Fire Department Station 6 on Washington Avenue for help, the network reported....

Sarri fumes at ‘false’ Juve meeting claim The 31-year-old has signed for Manuel Pellegrini’s side, having fallen down the pecking order after a season and a half at Juventus. He joins two other players with Serie A experience in the Hebei squad, Gervinho and Ezequiel Lavezzi. Hebei finished seventh in the CSL last season, in their first top-flight campaign. Hernanes played just 35 times for Juve in his short time in Turin, scoring twice, but a club statement offered a glowing account of his appearance from the bench in last season’s 2-2 draw from two goals down against Bayern Munich....

Mourinho jokes about new hair The 29-year-old attacker had spent the last year with the Serie A outfit, having departed West Ham, but is now back in the Premier League after signing for the Vicarage Road outfit for an undisclosed fee. Zarate has also had stints in England with Birmingham City and Queens Park Rangers. The Hornets will hope that he can show the kind of form that he mustered at West Ham, with whom he registered seven goals in 29 appearances....

Reopening the country is going to be done on a state-by-state basis, and even some of the hardest-hit areas are developing plans to get people back to work. Returning to normal life won’t be as if a light switch has been flicked on, an analogy several officials have used, and even if bars and restaurants can resume in-person operations, officials’ statements caution people to temper their expectations. California was the first state to experience community transmission of the virus and is responsible for 31,531 cases, the fifth-highest of any U....

Well, by seventh grade, he probably will. And Sayers probably cared a little more than she let on. Everyone does to some degree. But the events of last week are reminders that sex, greed, ambition–all the usual suspects–don’t take us very far in understanding human motivation. The aberrant behavior of Hillary and Martha and Howell and Sammy plumb different depths. While their weaknesses vary in scope and seriousness, they share not just prodigious talent but an irrational obtuseness about themselves and the people around them, a striking level of self-deception....

Busken Bakery chain, in Cincinnati, says it has been predicting the results using the sales of its red and blue election cookies, over more than 30 years. While phone polls and exit polls have been wrong in the past, it seems Busken Bakery – in swing state Ohio – has found a winning formula. This year its three stores in the area are selling two different types of election cookies – a blue one which features a caricature of Joe Biden, and a red one with a Donald Trump version....

DeWine made the remarks during a televised address to Ohio residents. The governor said his state, which reported 1,316 new cases and six deaths on Wednesday, was experiencing the consequences of not strictly adhering to preventative measures like wearing masks. “Let’s be honest, all of us have started to let our guard down, I know I have,” DeWine said. “We’re tired, we want to go back to the way things were, and that’s very, very understandable....

The two decisions were handed out by separate judges within the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, with the disparity being chalked up as a feature of judicial discretion, whereby a judge has the power to make their own legal decisions. However, some are calling the move a result of systemic racism. Current and former judges, Black faith organizations, labor groups and social activism agencies told cleveland.com that the move “damaged the credibility” of the criminal justice system....

With the Big Ten announcing Wednesday its football teams will contest eight games starting Oct. 24 and leading toward a Dec. 19 Big Ten Championship, the Buckeyes must be both lucky and good on the field of play and wherever its players might encounter the novel coronavirus in their daily lives. Flip through your calendars and see what flows from that late-October start date: eight weekends to complete eight regular-season games before the title game....

The Buckeyes are 104-12 (.897) in the CFP era – one of four programs with a winning percentage of better than 80%. The other three programs are Alabama at 114-12 (.905), Clemson at 110-15 (.880) and Georgia at 99-21 (.825). This is the first matchup against the Bulldogs in a bowl game – and a chance to score a defining program victory. Ohio State’s history against the SEC has not been kind, but there is one memorable victory that still stands out....

Five-star guard D'Angelo Russell has not yet had his transcript cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center, the Columbus Dispatch reported on Tuesday. MORE: Top 10 point guards | Top 10 shooting guards As such, the McDonald's All-American has not yet enrolled in the university's summer session like the rest of the team's incoming freshmen. The hold-up apparently stems from a standardized test score Russell took earlier this month that, when combined with his high school GPA, failed to meet the NCAA's eligibility requirement threshold....

When the school’s aren’t playing against each other, they’re figuring out ways to troll. This time it’s Michigan at the butt of the joke. Ohio State’s College of Veterinary Medicine just installed the best hydrant possible. Where else would animals in Ohio want to urinate than on a Michigan hydrant? That’s one way to train them. MORE: Ohio State shows off championship rings | OSU schedule points to national championship championship game again | Buckeyes’ QB questions...

Fine. OK. We get it. Have fun. But remember one thing before slinging insults: The world, according to Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker (and many others), is better off now than it’s been at any time in history. That’s right. Ever. And I contend it’s because of boomers. Boomers are the greatest generation the world has ever known. The most innovative. The most caring. The hardest-working. That may seem a bit much, but to quote the pitcher Dizzy Dean, “It ain’t bragging if you can back it up....

ESPN’s Darren Rovell found an Academy Sports + Outdoors store in Oklahoma City selling the former Thunder star’s replica jersey for 48 cents — a 99-percent decrease from its normal price of $69.99. It probably has something to do with Durant’s exit to join the Warriors in Oakland. MORE: Ranking the best players who left their teams in their prime Not a bad deal. Here’s another sale he found....

Thunder general manager Sam Presti announced the move Sunday. During his most recent assignment to Tulsa, Roberson helped the 66ers to a 1-1 record while averaging 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Roberson has played in five games with Tulsa this season and is averaging 15.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.8 steals per game.

Westbrook participated in drills and put down some dunks that had Thunder folks talking. He was joined by center Kendrick Perkins, who returned from a dislocated finger. “There were bits and pieces where Russell participated in practice, so that was good,” Thundercoach Scott Brooks said, according to The Oklahoman. “It was good to get everybody out there, working together.” The worry when a player like Westbrook experiences a knee injury is that he could lose explosiveness....

In a tweet posted on Wednesday, Stitt shared two photos of the billboards which read, “Oklahoma, home of the meathead Gov. Kevin Stitt.” As a caption to the photos, Stitt wrote, “Looks like a great spot to grill some burgers.…” Later on Wednesday, Stitt posted a video on Twitter showing him grilling hamburgers under the billboard. “Thanks to my friends at the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association for a great night!” Stitt wrote....