Not figuratively, the way an all-time great left tackle neutralized a pass rusher or tackler. Literally, in the St. Louis Rams’ offensive meetings. “(Offensive coordinator) Mike Martz would always put an ‘X’ on Orlando’s man,” teammate Torry Holt said this week, “as if to say, this guy doesn’t even exist. Everyone is sitting there, like, damn, he’s really good. It makes you want to step up your game — ‘Man, I want Coach to be able to put an ‘X’ on my guy....

The Buccaneers saw their two-match winning streak in the PSL come to an end when they drew 1-1 with Polokwane City at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday night. Sredojevic’s charges had recorded impressive back-to-back 3-1 victories over Baroka FC and Mamelodi Sundowns, before facing Rise and Shine. Pirates have yet to win three matches in a row since the start of the season, a fact that worries the Serbian tactician....

Diaz died in San Antonio, where he had been living in a nursing home. A cause of death has not been determined, The Associated Press reported. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 Diaz suffered a brain injury in a U.S. Boxing Association title bout against Delvin Rodriguez. He collapsed in the ring prior to the 11th round. He was in a coma for two months after emergency surgery and was in a hospital for seven months....

Judge Thokozile Masipa said there was not enough evidence to support the contention that Pistorius knew Steenkamp was behind a locked toilet door in his home when he shot through the door in the predawn hours of Valentine’s Day last year. Masipa said prosecutors had not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Pistoriusintended to kill Steenkamp. MORE: Principal characters in the trial | Disgraced athletes: Where these 37 went wrong...

In the video above, you can hear the testimony, which became emotional after prosecutor Gerrie Nel told Pistorius "it's time that you look at" the image. "I remember," Pistorius said. "I will not look at a picture where I'm tormented by what I saw and felt that night. As I picked Reeva up, my fingers touched her head. I remember. I don't have to look at a picture, I was there....

Nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced on Monday morning, and Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell’s names were among those read in the directing category. Zhao is up for her work in the critically acclaimed Nomadland, and Fennell could win for helming Promising Young Woman. Right now, Zhao is generally considered the frontrunner in the Best Director field, especially coming off of her recent win for Best Director - Motion Picture at the Golden Globes....

The former Kotoko player was summoned to the club’s headquarters on Monday and following a brief meeting, he admitted that he has been removed from his posts, since the new manager claims he can’t work with him ahead of the new season. “Kotoko top hierarchy revealed to me on Monday that they can’t work with me anymore because of an issue raised” Osei told Space FM. “The new coach told the management team to get rid of me because he can’t work with me after some observations....

Turkey are currently second in Group I with a 6-2 record with a one-game lead on Latvia and two more victories than Montenegro and Ukraine with four games to go. Ufuk Sarica’s Turks host 7-1 group leaders Spain on November 29 in Ankara before heading to Montenegro on December 2. “We expect Ankara’s fans to make a lot of noise and help the team, as usual. We have amazing fans and I am sure that the guys are going to try to be our sixth man,” said Osman, who will not be available for the window....

“Keeping in mind that he’s training with his club, individually, but he’s training. We’re going to work to decide when he’s ready to be on the field,” Osorio said at Tuesday’s news conference. “This is a decision the medical staff will make.” Marquez has not seen minutes since suffering a back injury in Mexico’s 2-0 win over Costa Rica in a March World Cup qualifier, later undergoing surgery set to keep him out for around five weeks, a time period that will elapse later this week....

The History of Research on the Link In 2008, Hochberg published results from a systematic review of studies that considered mortality and survival in people with osteoarthritis. He reported on seven studies which met the inclusion criteria: The first U. S. study of osteoarthritis and mortality was published in 1976. Patients admitted to the hospital for bed rest and physical therapy were compared to the general population. For the first 10 years after hospitalization, survival rates for males and females were similar to the general population but dropped lower after that....

The adorable snap was shared to Reddit on December 3 by an account called Listenhereupieceof, and in it we can see a small river otter lying on a blanket with its front leg wrapped around a small ginger kitten. The little cat’s eyes are shut as it appears to be napping, while the otter looks off into the distance. The sweet image, which can be seen here, is captioned: “Otter can not sleep without hugging kitten....

Porter has also developed into the perfect complement to Wall and Beal. Maxing him out means the Wizards would have around $90 million tied up in Wall, Beal, Porter, Marcin Gortat and Ian Mahinmi next season, but they may have no choice based on how important Porter is to their success. TRADE RUMORS: These 12 big men could be on the block Of the 14.2 points per game he is averaging this season, 12....

This minor fracas hardly qualifies as an international incident, but anyone reading the Toronto papers, which reflected Canada’s increasing dismay with the war drums beating in Bush’s America, could be forgiven if he read a bit of geopolitical significance into this tempest in a teapot. On the one hand, Toronto is a festival in thrall to Hollywood glitz. The studios, promoting their fall movies, produced plenty of star power for the locals to gape at....

La Liga leaders Barca were held to a surprise 0-0 draw by Getafe on Sunday, but still hold a 17-point lead over the champions, who sit fourth. Madrid also suffered a shock Copa del Rey exit at the hands of Leganes and must beat Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League if they are to keep alive their hopes of a third successive triumph in Europe....

So ended Edwards’s quest for the Democratic nomination. Though the North Carolina senator had repeatedly vowed to press ahead no matter what the results on Super Tuesday, the outcome proved too withering to withstand. He received a thrashing in all 10 states except for Georgia, where he managed to finish within 5 points of Kerry–though still in second place. He lost among voting groups like union workers and blacks that he’d championed as the inspiration and lifeblood of his campaign....

Muhammad Ali and promoter Don King anchored the welcoming party that whisked Mike past a mob of fans and off to his mansion outside Cleveland, where King had invited the likes of Whitney Houston and Shaquille O’Neal for a low-key Monday-night soiree. The group did pause so that Mike, who adopted Islam in prison, could pray at a local mosque. He’ll certainly need guidance as he wades through offers from some of the nation’s largest entertainment companies....

Yet the bowl game’s journey to the top — which continues on Saturday with the College Football Playoff semifinal matchup between No. 1 LSU and No. 4 Oklahoma — almost never began. It was, quite literally, stuck in the mud. Peach Bowl CEO and president Gary Stokan remembers the grim outlook the bowl faced shortly after its 1985 iteration between unranked Army and Illinois. Former bowl game president Dick Bestwick didn’t mince words about the future of the Peach Bowl:...

The authors, conservation biologists Oliver Pergams of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Patricia Zaradic, paint a picture of America seriously at odds with our national self-image. Pergams and Zaradic found declines averaging about 1 percent a year in per capita participation in the most significant outdoor activities, notably camping and hunting. A small increase in backpacking did little to offset the overall picture, because hardly anyone does it in the first place....

In addition to sexual body rubbing, outercourse may also be used to describe the act of a male partner thrusting his penis to orgasm between his partner’s thighs, breasts, butt cheeks, or other body parts as a simulation of intercourse. Once again, the defining factor is the lack of penetration of the vagina, mouth, or anus. This type of behavior is sometimes referred to as “dry humping.” Outercourse vs Abstinence In some communities, outercourse can be used to describe any type of sexual act that does not involve vaginal penetration and thus carries little risk of pregnancy....

Merkel, who is 66 and aligned with Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, is nearing the end of her 16 years of leadership and is heading to the U.S. for a meeting with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other officials. Although the CDU party is heading the polls, the Greens party and Social Democrats hope to secure one of their own for Germany’s future leadership. Despite the three parties’ differences in policies, all support a trans-Atlantic relationship with the U....