Mahomes has dealt with several nagging injuries over the course of his NFL career that have caused him to need medical treatment on the sideline and appear on the injury report. He has gutted through them and has often given his team a chance to win even despite being dinged up. Mahomes appears ready to do that again as the Chiefs prepare to face the Bengals in the 2023 AFC Championship Game....
Patrick Mahomes exited, then re-entered, the Chiefs’ divisional round matchup vs. the Jaguars after suffering a high-ankle sprain. While an injury of that nature typically keeps players out for around a month, Mahomes figures to play on Sunday. Earlier in the week, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that the injury wasn’t as dire as the one the quarterback suffered in 2019, which also didn’t keep him out. There’s a difference, though: Mahomes injured his left ankle in 2019, as opposed to his right ankle this past weekend....
On Monday afternoon, McCaw offered his first public comments since suffering the spinal injury, tweeting he was “blessed beyond measure.” He also sent positive thoughts to Vince Carter, who was visibly upset after he undercut McCaw and sent the Warriors guard tumbling to the floor. NBA PLAYOFFS 2018: Postseason odds for tight races in East, West McCaw cut to the basket near the end of the third quarter of Saturday’s game, caught a pass from Jordan Bell and jumped toward the rim before Carter attempted to break up the scoring opportunity....
In the first period of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, Bishop aggressively came out of the crease only to collide with defenseman Victor Hedman. Patrick Sharp took advantage for what had to be one of the easiest goals he’s ever scored. MORE: Filppula’s value to Lightning | Must-see Stanley Cup Final photos The Lightning recovered to tie the game up at one goal apiece in the second period after this beautiful pass from Jason Garrison to Valtteri Filppula....
But if a team is going after Jimmy Garoppolo, he will come at a cost. MORE: Patriots’ cap space almost unfair ESPN’s NFL insider Adam Schefter was on WEEI’s “Kirk and Callahan” radio show Wednesday morning and said New England is looking for at least a first-round and fourth-round draft pick for Garoppolo. You might recall, that’s the same price Minnesota paid to Philadelphia for Sam Bradford. Is Garoppolo as valuable as Bradford?...
But Stidham, 23, has thrown just four career NFL passes. He came to the organization as a long-term project and hasn’t received the time to grow similar prospects usually receive. Former Patriots linebacker and current ESPN analyst Rob Ninkovich said that inexperience will lead coach Bill Belichick to choose Brian Hoyer as his 2020 starter under center. “If you have a veteran quarterback who has been in the system, understands what to expect what an NFL season is like, you’re gonna want to go with a guy who has the veteran leadership (and) also what it takes to be in that building,” Ninkovich said on ESPN’s ‘Get Up’....
Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass, Stephen Gostkowski kicked three field goals and 325-pound tackle Vince Wilfork intercepted a pass near his goal line to end Oakland’s final chance. That gave the Patriots the ball with 51 seconds left after Logan Ryan jarred it loose from intended receiver Denarius Moore. On the previous play, Darren McFadden’s 6-yard potential tying run into the end zone was nullified by a holding penalty against guard Gabe Jackson....
Here it is: Too many people hate their jobs. And all those hordes of unhappy people are dragging the economy into the doldrums. They grumble about having to go to work, they grumble while they’re there–often at other people–turning those people into grumblers, too. Even if co-workers like their jobs, they aren’t going to like brushing up against unhappiness every day, so it all becomes one big cauldron of misery....
The negotiations between the host of “The Paul Finebaum Show” on the SEC Network and ESPN’s management came right down to the wire. Finebaum’s current five-year contract with ESPN was slated to expire July 25. MORE: College football’s best programs since 2010 Finebaum will continue to host his own weekday show on SEC Network while also appearing as a national college football voice on “College GameDay,” “SportsCenter” and other programs....
Conservative radio host Stew Peters asked the Arizona Republican on Tuesday why more members of his party weren’t backing him as he risks being censured by the House of Representatives. “Well, I don’t know. We had a conference this morning so I explained to them what was happening—I did not apologize—I just said this video had nothing to do with harming anybody,” Gosar said. “It’s exactly what you were talking about, it’s an anime....
He found this, from USA Today Sports: So behold, Laddy the Carpathian, also known as Laddy the Cruel, Laddy the Torturer, Laddy the Despised, and Laddy the Unholy. He is Laddy! You are like the buzzing of flies to him! “I, Laddy, the Scourge of Carpathia, the Sorrow of Moldavia, command you! On a mountain of skulls, in the castle of pain, I sat on a throne of blood! What was will be!...
In the actor’s posthumous book, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir, obtained by Newsweek, the late star writes about an encounter he had with a fellow serviceman. According to Uso.org, the Cool Hand Luke star—who passed away in 2008 at the age of 83—“initially enrolled in the Navy’s V-12 pilot training program but was disqualified upon the discovery that he was colorblind.” Instead, the website states that “Newman served as a radioman and rear gunner for torpedo bombers....
MY FIVE MOST IMPORTANT MOVIES “The Rules of the Game.” It’s everything a film should be: witty, innovative, entertaining, full of ideas and social relevance. “Tokyo Story.” Director Yasujiro Ozu lifts melodrama into transcendence—there’s never been anyone like him. “Persona.” Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece about his life and the women who had the misfortune of loving him. “The Godfather.” The Big Manicotti for American cinema. Everything good about U.S. storytelling is epitomized here....
David Whelan spoke on Thursday about Griner’s release and the fact that his brother Paul, a former U.S. Marine, is still being detained in Russia, despite hopes he might be released along with Griner. Speaking to CNN, David Whelan said he was “absolutely supportive” of the Biden administration’s decision to bring Griner home. “I think to prolong the punishment of one American in a foreign hostage situation in the hope that you might be able to bring home two of them is absolutely the wrong call for the U....
Right Wing Watch, a project that “monitors and exposes the activities of Radical Right political organizations,” shared the video of White “leading an impassioned prayer service in an effort to secure Trump’s re-election.” It has been viewed 16.5 million times on Twitter at the time of writing. In the video, White is heard saying: “Strike, strike, strike until you have victory, for every enemy that is aligned against you, let there be that we would strike the ground for you will give us victory, God....
While Lucas conceded the state’s right to regulate his land after he bought it, he demanded restitution. He pleaded the Fifth Amendment-its arcane “takings” clause, which prohibits government from taking private property “without just compensation.” A trial court agreed, ordering South Carolina to pay him $1.2 million. The state then appealed and won, arguing that a property owner has no right to harm his land. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court hears the case....
Scott said Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., that giving students money to play sports would taint the “kind of purity” that exists in college but is not present in professional leagues, according to Law360.com. Scott argued that student-athletes participate because they’re passionate about sports and their schools, not because they want to be paid. MORE: NCAA punishes Kentucky soccer players for pickup game with Foo Fighters...
Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury give new life to the heavyweight division. You have probable showdowns between light heavyweight kingpin Sergey Kovalev and former super middleweight champion Andre Ward and a middleweight title unification superfight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. Then you have Danny Garcia, Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter battling for welterweight supremacy. MORE: Greatest boxing, MMA upsets of the past 25 years Who will emerge out of the pack to supplant Mayweather and Pacquiao to become the biggest star in boxing by the end of 2016?...
Last year, Michael Van Gerwin won the tournament for the third time in his career by defeating Michael Smith. He became the second-winningest player at the PDC World Darts Championship and enters this year as the odds-on favorite to win the tournament yet again. Phil Taylor — who retired in 2018 — has the most PDC World Darts Championships with 14. This year’s pool includes 96 players competing over the course of 28 sessions in 17 days for the chance to come out on top....
Now the 39-year-old warlord known to many Colombians as the Monster is suing for peace. On July 15, Castano reached a tentative agreement with the government of President Alvaro Uribe to begin disarming his estimated 13,000 combatants later this year. In exchange for giving up their guns, Castano and other paramilitary commanders would be granted a general amnesty for human-rights abuses and other crimes. Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo has said that the paramilitary leaders might avoid prison by making cash reparations for their crimes, and that AUC members could make “symbolic acts of contrition” such as public service....
