The NFL special teams standout on Monday was named to the United States rugby sevens team for the Rio Olympics, validating a gamble he took this spring to divert his attention from football in hopes of bringing home a medal. Ebner was one of 12 players selected to the Rio squad by U.S. coach Mike Friday. Other players on the team have football backgrounds, such as former Arena League player Perry Baker and speedster Carlin Isles, who once spent time on the Detroit Lions’ practice squad....

This week, Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has some interesting props on both conference championships, all game related. Paddy Power has several cross-game props, as well. MORE: NFL live odds page Who will have the most passing yards Sunday? Tom Brady 7-4 Peyton Manning 7-2 Cam Newton 9-4 Carson Palmer 7-4 Who will have the most rushing yards Sunday? David Johnson 5-2 C.J. Anderson 3-1 Ronnie Hillman 10-3 Jonathan Stewart 2-1 Steven Jackson 16-1...

For answers, we went to Ben Volin, who covers the Patriots for the Boston Globe and Sporting News’ Pro Football preview magazine : MORE: Deflategate appeal begins Tuesday | Joint training camp schedules | Classic Brady pictures SN: No matter how much time Tom Brady ends up missing, what are the Patriots looking for most out of Jimmy Garoppolo in his second offseason through training camp? Volin: In general they want to see the progress in him that they want to see in all second-year players — for the game to slow down and the playbook to come naturally to him....

But the Patriots special teams ace who called for heads and then said the Patriots wanted to kick off did exactly what his head coach told him to do. MORE: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings | Jets prevent Patriots from clinching home-field advantage “We thought that was the best thing to do,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick told reporters after the game. The Jets took the opening possession of overtime and won the game on Ryan Fitzpatrick’s 6-yard pass to Eric Decker....

“We went upstate [in New York] and shot it,” Smyth tells Newsweek about making the video. “I asked my sister to come and be in the video. I had this vision in my mind of being outside and free under the arc of the sky. It is sort of a metaphor of throwing off the shackles of adulthood and responsibility and going back to a time when it felt like it really was just me and her against the world....

The Florida man breached the U.S. Senate chamber on Jan. 6 carrying a Trump campaign flag. Hodgkins apologized and said he was ashamed of his actions that day. Speaking from a prepared text, he said, “If I had any idea that the protest…would escalate [the way] it did…I would never have ventured farther than the sidewalk of Pennsylvania Avenue.” He also added that “this was a foolish decision on my part....

Casey’s win came less than two weeks after his partner gave birth to their first son. MORE: Leaderboard | PGA Tour Championship, final round | Ryder Cup teams: United States | Europe “First tournament as a dad and first win as a dad,” Casey said after his victory at the Kennemer Golf & Country Club. Sunday in Atlanta, Rory McIlroy and co-leader Billy Horschel will bid for a $10 million prize in the PGA Tour Championship....

Gatecrashing Bill Hader’s appearance on Conan, Rudd came out to prank O’Brien and the audience by playing a bizarre clip of the 80s movie Mac and Me not once, but twice. The audience, who at this point were in on the joke, met the clip with rapturous laughter and applause. O’Brien and Hader lost it while Rudd remained the coolest man in the room. As Conan comes to an end this week on TBS, Rudd discussed the long-running joke on O’Brien’s shows and revealed its origins....

The shocker is how quickly Paula Abdul blows up—for the strangest reasons. In the premiere episode, the former pop singer is on her way to Philadelphia to film a QVC spot for her jewelry line when she realizes her two assistants have forgotten to pack her sweat pants, and she’ll need to squeeze into a pair of jeans instead. “Why these pants?!” she asks. “I could kill you guys … it’s supposed to be a comfortable trip … take your foot and shove it down your throat....

The Brazilian recently completed a €40million move to Camp Nou following a two-year stint at Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao. Barca 7/5 to win La Liga with dabblebet The acquisition has been met with surprise as fans question the former Tottenham player’s credentials, having spent some of his prime years away from the limelight. But the 29-year-old is adamant his performances on the pitch will silence the doubters....

What’s a tablet? It’s Microsoft’s ambitious effort to remake the PC landscape by kick-starting a category that’s been in the minds and business plans of visionaries for decades, but has never caught on with the public. The new Tablet PC is a pen-based computer that uses special software cooked up by the brainiacs in Redmond. (The actual machines will be built and marketed by the usual suspects in the PC business....

This article discusses these two conditions and how inflammation plays a role in both of them. The Connection Between PCOS and PsA PCOS is a condition that causes a variety of symptoms, including weight gain, excess body hair, menstrual period irregularities, and more. It is thought to be caused by hormonal imbalances. Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that leads to the development of plaques and scales along the body, scalp, and nails....

No. 18 Houston downed No. 9 Florida State, 38-24, in the Peach Bowl on Thursday, having its way with the perennial ACC power’s defense throughout the afternoon. MORE: Bowl roundup | College football 1 to 100 Cougars quarterback Greg Ward Jr. ran for a pair of touchdowns and passed for another as first-year head coach Tom Herman got creative with his playbook to seal a 13-1 season. Houston’s other score through the air came courtesy of the arm of wide receiver Demarcus Ayers, whose 20-yard TD pass to a wide-open Chance Allen in the second quarter made the Seminoles’ defense look bad....

This article will explain what peer pressure looks like in young adults and teens and how it can affect adults. Statistics About Peer Pressure Peer pressure is more than someone asking you to try drugs or drink alcohol. The following were listed as the top pressures experienced by teens aged 13 to 17 in one study: Academic achievement (61% responded they feel pressure to get strong grades)Looking a certain way (29% felt pressure to look “good”)Fit into social peer groups (28% )Be more involved in extracurriculars and be good at athletics (21%)Drug and alcohol use (4 and 6%, respectively)...

Cardona downs Paraguay Edwin Cardona came off the bench to score a dramatic 91st-minute winner in Asuncion on Thursday. Despite needing the late goal, Pekerman believes his side was good value for the three points. “We were very evenly matched throughout the game,” he told a news conference. “But I think the result was fair. Gradually we learned to defend and counterattack.” Pekerman was full of praise for his defense as Colombia won for the fifth time in nine qualifiers....

Tensions boiled over in the 63rd minute when James Rodriguez forced Kim Jin-su to his feet while he was waiting for medical attention after hurting his leg. Captain Ki Sung-yueng reacted by pushing James away from his team-mate, with the Bayern Munich man theatrically throwing himself to the ground. Other players then got involved and Cardona – a half-time substitute – was filmed appearing to make a squinting gesture at the South Korea skipper, who blasted his behaviour after the match....

New Orleans traded star big man Anthony Davis to the Lakers on Saturday in exchange for Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart and three first-round picks, including the No. 4 pick in the 2019 NBA draft, according to an ESPN report. Multiple teams have shown “significant interest” in trading for the No. 4 pick, and New Orleans is willing to listen. The Pelicans acquired a staggering amount of young assets from Los Angeles and have the No....

Anderson has decided to undergo surgery on April 8 is the best approach to correct the problem and make a full recovery after consulting with team doctors. MORE: Greg Oden, end of microfracture surgery | Former NBA player: ‘Tough day’ being reported dead Anderson was injured in a Jan. 3 game against the Boston Celtics and needed to be carted off the basketball court in what was a scary scene....

Quite frankly, it’s been unfair to all parties involved. As most know by now, Williamson, who was selected first overall in the 2019 NBA Draft, has been plagued by injury throughout the first three years of his NBA career. A torn right meniscus in 2019 and a fractured right foot in 2021 have limited Williamson to just 85 games through his first three NBA seasons and unfortunately, there’s still no clear return date in sight....

The team announced that Davis, who didn’t practice Saturday, would sit Sunday after banging knees with Blazers guard C.J. McCollum in Friday’s game, but Gentry — with his team 25-43 and long out of the playoff hunt — is thinking in the long-term, and, thus, wouldn’t rule out shutting down Davis. MORE: 5 reasons the Spurs beat the Warriors | NBA reviewing Dwight Howard’s Stickum use “I wouldn’t say no to that....