That’s a necessity. Oladipo suffered with a sore knee early in the season and played only 36 games this season, never quite getting into his usual groove, averaging 18.8 points on 42.3 percent shooting (down from 23.1 points on 47.7 percent shooting). Even with that reduced production, the Pacers were 25-11 when he played and 23-23 without him. In clutch situations, without Oladipo, the Pacers simply had no shot creation....
To find out, Janet Voight, associate curator of zoology at the Field Museum, Illinois, and colleagues collected dozens of specimens from different depths all of which had been classified as belonging to the species Graneledone pacifica. Voight told Newsweek these octopuses are often seen during dives to these deep parts of the sea—and are often spotted at a hydrothermal vent in the Northeast Pacific. Hydrothermal vents are openings on the sea floor where hot, mineral rich water mixes with the cold ocean....
According to environmental activists, 10 spotted deer were killed by dog attacks during a recent long weekend. Just this week, three more mauled deer have reportedly been discovered. Park officials said that the rash of deer attacks is likely related to changes in the weather, according to the Moscow Times. “The severe cold weather has caused the animals’ aggressiveness to increase,” officials said in a statement. “These attacks are recorded annually, especially in cold winters....
Quinn is no stranger to mimicking Aaron Rodgers’ belt celebration; it’s something he has done it in the past. Sunday night, during the Packers’ 45-30 win over the Bears, the Chicago defensive end again mocked Rodgers’ famed championship belt gesture following a sack of the Green Bay QB in the first quarter. MORE: Aaron Rodgers’ ownership of the Bears, explained The Bears would take a 27-21 lead into halftime before seeing the Packers storm back and score 24 consecutive points....
The rumor in question originated with CBS Sports’ Boomer Esiason. He reported last week during his show “Boomer and Gio” that a source heard from Rodgers’ “direct circle” that the Packers quarterback was considering boycotting the Super Bowl because of the NFL’s COVID protocols. Rodgers addressed the topic during his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” Tuesday afternoon and called it “so ridiculously stupid.” ODDS: Packers, Chiefs favored to win Super Bowl 56...
Green Bay on Saturday ruled out linebacker Clay Matthews and safety Morgan Burnett for the team’s home opener after both were previously listed as doubtful. MORE: Week 3 picks straight up | Against the spread Matthews is battling ankle and hamstring injuries, while Burnett is dealing with a hamstring injury. Matthews, who couldn’t finish the Week 2 loss at Minnesota, hasn’t missed a game since being sidelined the final two games of the 2013 season after he broke his thumb for the second time that season....
The sixth-year defensive tackle reportedly suffered a torn bicep, an injury that will cost the Packers’ 2009 first-round draft pick his season. “The results are in and they are not good. #Packers NT BJ Raji is out for the season with a torn bicep, source says. This was the fear” — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) Letroy Guion and rookie Mike Pennel are the listed backups on Green Bay’s depth chart....
LaFleur and quarterback Aaron Rodgers were seen arguing on the sideline late in the first half of Green Bay’s 21-16 win over the Vikings on Sunday. But, LaFleur said after the game he was not concerned about the incident. “That’s just two competitive guys, and I’m sure it’s not going to be the last one we have,” LaFleur said, via ESPN. “But you know, just competitors, heat of the moment and it is what it is....
The blame will fall on him after the ugly 19-7 Week 3 loss at Detroit. But the Packers (1-2) don’t look like Super Bowl contenders solely because Rodgers; it’s for two simple reasons: They can neither run the ball nor stop the run. MORE: Scoreboard | Stats | Lions’ Tulloch injures knee celebrating It’s true Rodgers’ numbers (16-of-27 for 162 yards and one touchdown) weren’t good on Sunday. The mediocrity came despite his immense talent at receiver and a Lions’ defensive back seven that continues to fall apart....
The Packers overall, though, were even less prepared to survive without their star quarterback. After Week 5 this season, everything was looking great as usual in Green Bay, as Rodgers had just delivered another big win in Dallas. The team was 4-1, humming along toward its ninth consecutive trip to the playoffs. Then Rodgers went down with his broken collarbone in Week 6, and everything changed. In the four games since, with hopes of Hundley becoming an efficient caretaker dashed, Green Bay’s glaring weaknesses have been fully exposed....
McCarthy said during his end-of-the-season news conference that the running back needs to lose weight to return to his Pro Bowl form. MORE: Cardinals beat Packers in wild overtime thriller “He’s got a lot of work to do,” McCarthy said. “His offseason last year was not good enough and he never recovered from it. He cannot play at the weight he played at this year.” Lacy, 25, entered the NFL at 5-11, 220 pounds....
The Packers, favorites to win Super Bowl LVI heading into the divisional playoff round, were stunned 13-10 by the 49ers. Now, just days removed, and a lot of uncertainty in Green Bay, the Packers front office, despite the loss, look to the future in hopes of retaining their franchise QB. On Monday, Head coach Matt LaFleur told reporters that the Packers’ brass are “all on the same page… there is no debate....
Even discounting the 49ers for a second, most of the headlines in the NFC have rightly been hogged by the Seattle Seahawks and Russell Wilson’s MVP-in-waiting-like performances. Like the Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints, the Packers are 5-1—the joint-best third in the entire league behind the Patriots and 49ers—and are odds-on to make the postseason for the first time in three years. According to projections from FiveThirtyEight, the Packers have a 74 percent chance to make the playoffs and a 51 percent chance to win the NFC North for the first time since 2016....
Allen looked stellar once again early on, leading an offensive surge in the second quarter to establish a comfortable halftime lead. Despite a sloppy second half in which Allen threw two bad interceptions, that cushion proved to be more than enough to get Buffalo to the finish line, 27-17. LIVE: Trade Tracker | Grading every deal at 2022 NFL deadline The Packers continued to work through the offensive issues that have plagued them throughout the season....
Aaron Rodgers brushed off the blowout and in the past has come back strong from such routs with his Packers under Matt LaFleur. The Lions will hope that new leaders Jared Goff and Dan Campbell will have an answer to get their first win together. Here’s everything to know about betting on Packers vs. Lions in Week 2, including updated odds, trends and our prediction for “Monday Night Football.”...
His renewed vigor draws cheers from a crowd floating around adjacent tents selling high-alcohol kombucha, corn on the cob and french fries loaded with mac and cheese and pulled pork. The smell of barbeque is omnipresent. One block away, people gather as a Lucha Libre wrestler in a leopard mask slams a competitor in white face paint to the mat. Soon, a dog fashion show will commence. There are still about five hours until first pitch between the Padres and visiting Giants on this Friday afternoon....
Clemens appeared on the mound in the fourth inning with only “Player” written across his No. 91 jersey. MORE: MLB trade deadline winners, losers Despite only lasting 4 1/3 innings Saturday, Clemens did have time to put on his normal No. 47 jersey, with his actual name represented, later in the game. Clemens also slammed his bat down and lightly jogged to first base after a failed bunt attempt....
Age Related Wear and Tear of Facet Joints Facet joints are synovial joints, which means they come complete with a surrounding capsule and an inner self-lubricating capacity. This type of structure enables a normal, healthy facet joint to glide easily and smoothly, and perhaps most importantly, pain free. But facet joints are prone to wear and tear, especially as we age. In fact, it’s inevitable. While not all instances of wear and tear related degeneration will produce pain or other symptoms, degeneration does develop, at least to some extent, in anyone who gets old enough....
The last time I saw Benazir Bhutto was in August 2007. We had tea at the Pierre Hotel in New York with her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and their teenage son, Bilawal. “Look who I brought you,” she said to me, beaming a mother’s smile. I was happy to meet in person the young man whose birth had been a delicious political deceit. As we’d written in her 1989 memoir, “Daughter of Destiny” (Simon & Schuster), General Zia instructed his intelligence agents to determine her due date so he could time the elections to coincide with her confinement....
A group of paleontologists from the University of Zaragoza in Spain, working with colleagues at the NOVA University Lisbon and the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution, discovered eggshells belonging to the new species of crocodile in the Ribagorza area in the province of Huesca, in northeastern Spain. The research was published July 21 in the peer-reviewed academic journal Historical Biology, with the university just issuing a statement Wednesday about the discovery....
