In doing so, the former undisputed world cruiserweight champion can look to Evander Holyfield as the benchmark for the boxer who made the move from cruiserweight to heavyweight look better than anyone else. One would be hard-pressed to name a boxer who made the move up from cruiserweight to heavyweight look more mighty than Holyfield. “The Real Deal” collected his first world championship in the cruiserweight ranks back in July 1986, when he snatched the WBA title from Dwight Muhammad Qawi by a 15-round split decision....

Long Meadow Ranch Its Napa Valley Select has a light straw color and mellow, nutty taste. Great with less fussy foods and salads. longmeadowranch.com $18 for 375ml McEvoy Ranch Certified organic from the Petaluma hills above San Fran. It’s darker and tastes of toasted walnuts and fresh grass. A great all-purpose oil. mcevoyranch.com $24 for 375ml Willow Creek Olive Ranch Its Market Blend is buttery soft yet flavorful. An oil that goes with everything....

Omicron, a highly infectious variant, is spreading rapidly throughout the United States, causing more than 10 million infections in less than a month. While vaccines are extraordinarily helpful at preventing COVID-19 deaths, the assumption that vaccines would make a significant dent in infections has been proven wrong and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, believes Omicron will find “just about everybody.” But officials have bucked a return to lockdowns....

Giuliani, who held office during the terrorist attacks, blamed protesters and professional athletes for the lack of unity across the nation, which he said had been much stronger 19 years ago. “We’ve become much more divisive. We’ve lost a certain percentage of patriotism. I don’t remember anyone taking a knee back in 2001,” Giuliani told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo when asked what has changed since the attacks. “I don’t remember people burning flags 20 years earlier....

That’s the blunt way to say that none of the proposed rule changes — either from owners or players — would keep fans from watching and enjoying baseball. I know you think they will, but they won’t. Sure, you’ll complain and tweet, but nothing will ultimately change. You’ll still be the same fan you were last season and season before that and the season before that. You’ll accept baseball with the DH in both leagues....

Despite all that, the Bills traded the 9th overall pick and a future first-rounder for the top receiver in the draft. Few supported the trade — giving up two high draft picks for one player was a move destined to fail, at least in year one. But after a 2-0 start and Sammy Watkins’ domination of the Dolphins, the Bills may have already proven the doubters wrong, with Watkins well on his way to becoming one of the NFL’s best young receivers....

title: “On The Road” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-02” author: “Harold Drake” title: “On The Road” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-25” author: “Sara Odom” A senior- citizen driver. New form of ““10-4,’’ as World War II jargon is now popular on CB radio. A compact car. Highway dividing lines. Usage: ““That rollerskate can’t stay off the paint.'' a.k.a. ““wiggle-wagons.’’ Double or triple freight trailers. Orange barrels walling off road construction sites; after the orange vehicles of the Schneider trucking line....

Rapid progress in expanding COVID-19 vaccinations provides the hope that we’re at the beginning of the end of this health and economic crisis. But on the road back, do we return to normal, or do we strive for something better? What have we learned? I believe this crisis gives us a clarifying opportunity to rethink, rebuild and rejuvenate our lives and our careers — and to envision a new, enriched normal....

The Patriots and Seahawks made this game everything you would want in a Super Bowl, competing in a back-and-forth battle the whole night, but it all came down to one play. MORE: SN’s Super Bowl Memories Seattle spent the majority of the game handing it off to star running back Marshawn Lynch, who rushed for 102 yards on 24 carries, but when it came down to the last play of the game they had a different plan....

This turnabout is motivated by a “variety of issues that certainly include energy security,” said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. “There was a dialogue with members of the [Maduro] administration in the past few days, and negotiations are open,” she told reporters on Monday. Prior to the invasion of Ukraine, Russia accounted for nearly 8% of all foreign oil exports into the United States in 2021, with nearly 672,000 barrels coming in per day, according to Energy Information Agency data....

Kane was tied with two players as the NHL’s leading scorer at the time, with 27 goals and 37 assists. Initial medical opinions had him out at least 12 weeks. In playoff time, that would have meant Kane might be back for the Western Conference finals. MORE: Duncan Keith rests | Big TV numbers from Game 1 | Hot action images | Must-see video Quick healer? Kane was ready to go when the Blackhawks opened their Stanley Cup playoffs just six weeks after he was injured....

Sitting in the back of my truck last week, looking at the faces of students and parents whose lives would never be the same again, I was overcome by the awful knowledge of what they were going through. Many of the parents of the children who were hurt or killed are probably feeling a vague sense of guilt, though there was nothing they should have–or could have–done to prevent this from happening....

My second thought was: why didn’t I invent this? The 24-year-old owner of Perfect Tommy’s, Adam Powers, is making money hand over fist. His establishment used to be a ghost bar on Wednesday nights; since the “Human Bar Fly " era dawned a year ago, it’s been packed. Powers has also sold 30 Velcro-jumping sets to others for $5,000 apiece. A beer-company contract is in the works, as is a Hollywood Perfect Tommy’s....

Following Malaysia U22’s friendly match against Felda United on Tuesday evening, head coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee has spotted one glaring weakness in his side. In the match that was held at the Malaysian FA (FAM) headquarters, the Young Tigers took the lead as early as the third minute through Thanabalan Nadarajah, but the Fighters, who fielded a number of foreign trialists, equalised through recent import returnee Thiago Augusto Fernandes in the 21st minute....

The ants, which had no food source other than their dead nestmates, were first discovered in 2013 were found to be solely made up of worker ants meaning they could not reproduce—how their numbers grew so large was a mystery. In a study published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research, researchers have now studied the colony to understand how it functioned—and installed an escape route to see if its members would leave their home given the option....

But that’s burying the lede, which is this: Topps is out. This is earth-shattering news, especially for a sport — baseball — that values its history and tradition more than any other of the core American sports. And to give the boot to the company that’s produced baseball cards since 1951, by handing an exclusive license to a new company, is almost unfathomable. This is like MLB saying, “Sorry, Yankees....

In its recent report, the group stated that, according to armscontrol.org, the U.S. spent $35.1 billion on nuclear weapons in 2019. The costs are based on reported averages, but the study noted that the $35.1 billion in nuclear weapons spending would instead pay for “300,000 beds in intensive care units, 35,000 ventilators, and the salaries of 150,000 U.S. nurses and 75,000 U.S. doctors.” The report comes as the novel coronavirus has globally infected over 492,000 people, according to a tracker provided by Johns Hopkins University....

At least 4,163,464 people in the U.S. have been tested, as of Wednesday. This amounts to around 1.2 percent of the country’s population of nearly 332,639,000. New York, the worst-hit state, has tested around three percent of its more than 19.5 million residents, with nearly 650,000 tested as of Wednesday. Following a conversation with President Donald Trump, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a goal to perform 40,000 tests per day in the state, doubling the state’s current testing capacity....

According to a survey conducted July 16 through 20 by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs, just 8 percent of Americans answered that they think schools should open for in-person instruction as usual, and only 14 percent believe schools could reopen with minor adjustments. Nearly half of respondents, 46 percent, said they thought major adjustments were needed if schools reopen in a few weeks, amid rising coronavirus cases in the U....

According to the poll, 50 percent of respondents said they plan to get vaccinated for the virus, “if and when a coronavirus vaccine becomes available.” Comparatively, 23 percent said they won’t get vaccinated and 27 percent said they were not sure. The results show a decrease in the percentage of Americans that said they intend to get vaccinated against the virus, as 55 percent said yes in a Yahoo News/YouGov poll published on May 8....