The 22-year-old Edmonton Oilers prospect fractured his larynx and badly damaged his vocal cords Saturday night while blocking a shot on goal for the Bakersfield Condors. Bunz was not wearing a neckguard on his helmet when he caught a slapshot from Ontario Reign defenseman Matt Register — just below his mask in the normally-protected area. MORE: Most gruesome sports injuries Though the injury was worse than initially expected, Bunz was in good spirits — even joking about the accident....

The Oilers’ superstar picked up right where he left off with a goal and two assists in a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday night. The goal, his 31st of the year, was a beauty. McDavid picked up the loose puck in his own zone, skated all the way down the length of the ice on a 2-on-1 and tucked a slick backhand past Kings goalie Cal Petersen — who was totally fooled....

With that in mind, you would think Oklahoma and its players would avoid anything resembling a punch, especially when it comes to Mixon. You’d be wrong. During Monday night’s Sugar Bowl win over Auburn, Mixon’s teammates began fake-punching him in an odd display of celebration. MORE: Samaje Perine becomes Oklahoma’s all-time leading rusher Sure, this could just be a playful celebration. Payers hit/slap each other all the time. But something about this looked staged....

Dramatic photos and video footage have already appeared on social media, offering early indications of the sheer destruction wrought by the tornadoes. 2 News Oklahoma has published screengrabs from footage reportedly taken by a storm chaser in Coweta. One image appears to show parts of a roof ripped off a home" while another is thought to show trees strewn across a school’s baseball field. A third image posted on Facebook depicts a gas station near Coweta High School late on Sunday night with its roof visibly buckled by the tornado....

Datuk Ong Kim Swee announced his first U-22 national squad as they gear up towards two important assignments. The 2018 Asian Cup U-23 qualifiers in Bangkok in July is the first of those assignments, followed by the South-East Asia (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur in August. To prepare for those two tournaments, Ong will be taking his squad to China for a week-long training and practice matches from 8 June until 15 June....

The undefeated Rockets marched into Madison Square Garden last Thursday, ignoring the trash talk of the New York players and the derisive chants of their fans, and dismembered the Knicks, the best team in the NBA East, by a 94-85 score. “I’m not going to make any excuses ‘cause we got our asses kicked,” said Knicks coach Pat Riley The Rockets’ 15th consecutive win to start the season tied a 45-year-old record, set by the Washington Capitols under the legendary coach Red Auerbach....

Then on Thursday, an old Astros tweet from the second half of the 2018 season surfaced that uses the word “buzz.” The team tweeted on August 3, 2018, telling its followers “Good morning! #NeverSettle.” The Astros followed up on that tweet with a video of Jose Altuve celebrating, and the team asked, “How’s everybody doing?” Another follow-up by the team is a video tweet of Carlos Correa tossing his bat into the air with the verbiage, “Just feels like there’s a buzz in the air....

Unless you have been living in exile, you know all about “The Great Resignation,” a term coined by organizational psychologist and Texas A&M professor Anthony Klotz. It’s the period beginning in 2021 when pandemic-shocked employees went into revolt: The number of Americans quitting their jobs exceeded pre-pandemic highs for a majority of the year, despite employers struggling to fill millions of open positions. For example, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), roughly 3 percent of all workers, or 4....

The NCAA has formally charged the school with roughly 30 violations across football, women’s basketball and track and field, Yahoo Sports reported. MORE: Reasons to be excited, worried for SEC in 2016 | Best images from bowl season The conditions and circumstances of the violations were not made clear, though according to ESPN, the most of violations predate Hugh Freeze’s tenure. Freeze was hired in 2012. The violations concering Freeze are linked to the Laremy Tunsil case....

Olive oil offers anti-inflammatory and moisturizing effects, but research shows it could actually make your eczema worse. This article discusses what you need to know about using olive oil for eczema. Is Olive Oil Good for Your Skin? Olive oil is a popular option when it comes to beauty products. Some interesting facts about olive oil include: It has a healthy amount of monounsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants, and these properties can be beneficial to the skin....

Olympiacos made the questionable decision to sack head coach Paulo Bento on Monday despite the club leading the Greek Superleague by seven points. The home side - who have lost three straight home league games - did not appear to be lifted by Bento’s dismissal and it was somewhat undeserved when veteran midfielder Esteban Cambiasso headed Olympiacos into an undeserved lead nine minutes before the end of a forgettable first half at a rain-lashed Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis....

The meeting of two baseball superpowers would normally be a big storyline in itself, but there are several added layers of intrigue that should make the gold medal game compelling watching. The U.S. looks to capture a first Olympic gold since defeating Cuba 4-0 in Sydney 21 years ago, while there couldn’t be a more fitting end for Japan’s quest for a first Olympic title than winning gold on home soil....

His brother, Kenny Davis, confirmed the news to Yahoo Sports. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015, a list too long of lives too short The 1976 Olympic boxing tournament featured some of the greatest fighters who ever lived, including U.S. teammates Sugar Ray Leonard and Michael Spinks, but Davis — who took home the light heavyweight gold just five years after taking up the sport — won the Val Barker Award as the Games’ most outstanding boxer....

Peng has not been seen since she publicly accused a former top government official of sexual assault about two weeks ago. Chinese officials have said nothing about the accusation, the first #MeToo case to enter the political realm in China and quickly be muted. The International Olympic Committee remains optimistic and said in a statement on Thursday: “We have seen the latest reports and are encouraged by assurances that she is safe....

Verniaiev, a gymnast who won gold on the parallel bars in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, gave a peace sign in his uniform on his Instagram Stories on Tuesday. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, has continued to push Ukrainians out of their country, devastating towns and cities, including Donetsk, where Verniaiev is from. Verniaiev is not the only gymnast to join the ranks, as 18-year-old Ukrainian National Team gymnast Volodymyr Kostiuk announced two weeks ago that he received his draft notice and posted it on his Instagram, according to WOGymnastika, a gymnastics news source....

NEWSWEEK: Cable outlets–MSNBC, CNBC–will broadcast more than 120 hours of curling, plus repeats. When was the last time even an hour of curling was broadcast in the United States? Chevrier: I would say, ‘Never.’ In fact, I’d guarantee you never. A curler I talked to, Don Barcome Jr., said he remembered a match in 1977, a PBS special. Remember that one? Uh, no, I don’t. Well, then this is curling’s opportunity to make its mark, isn’t it?...

The paper is offering the lucky handful of winners who guess correctly on their website a choice of books. The contest closes at kickoff. [via Omaha World-Herald]

Leading local virologist Marc Van Ranst confirmed on Twitter that one COVID-19 sample was confirmed as the new strain first detected in southern Africa. “In Belgium, one sample was confirmed as the novel B.1.1.529 variant (in a returning traveller from Egypt (11/11); first symptoms on 22/11),” he wrote. Hours earlier, Van Ranst was cited by local media outlet HLN LIVE as saying that the country is analyzing two samples of the virus to determine whether they are the same as the variant that was first detected in Botswana....

Maybe one day they’re very introverted, and just want to spend the day alone recharging. Then the next day, they might want to hang out with a large group of people and meet new friends all day long. Ambiverts might like spending a few hours on their own, but they quickly get bored and want to be around friends. After a couple hours of socializing, they’re ready to head home and be on their own again....