The first was processing that he wasn’t quitting immediately, but in, uh, 2017. The second was making fun of that. MORE: A-Rod improves legacy by not chasing HR record | A-Rod’s most embarrassing moments The third was coming to the realization that it is, in fact, the perfect, in-character way for this dude to go out — and the smart one, too. All it does is provide one last bit of runway to the most unbelievable mid-career perception switch in recent history....

Alex Rodriguez, still a polarizing figure in retirement, is apparently interested in putting together an ownership group to take over the Mets along with his fiancee, Jennifer Lopez, according to Variety. Rodriguez and Lopez have reportedly hired JPMorgan Chase managing director Eric Menell to raise money for a possible bid. The Mets are owned by the Wilpon family, which tried to sell the team to Steve Cohen earlier this year before talks fell through....

The Chiefs have agreed to trade Smith to Washington, the Kansas City Star reported Tuesday. The deal cannot become official until the start of the NFL’s 2018 league year on March 14, the report noted. MORE: Ranking Cousins’ best options in free agency ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported Tuesday that Kansas City would receive at least a second-round draft pick. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport later reported the return will be a third-round pick and a player to be named....

A House vote on the BBB Act is expected to occur Thursday evening, according to Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But Pelosi had initially promised progressives that the act and the bipartisan bill would be voted on simultaneously. Because Pelosi broke this promise, Ocasio-Cortez was one of six progressive Democrats who voted against the bipartisan bill on November 5, she explained in a virtual town hall held on Thursday evening....

Alexis equals Van Persie mark “He would play at school, in the streets and on a pitch near to his house,’ explained childhood friend David Lopez. “This pitch was his favourite place. He was only little. We called him ‘squirrel’ because he was so quick and he was very agile.” This season has seen a familiar theme play out in England where Sanchez has been doing his own recovery work....

Groups of hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), a 2,650-mile-long trail from Mexico to Canada which runs through California, Oregon and Washington, are skipping a section of the Californian desert to avoid areas with an algal bloom in the only available drinking water. The cyanobacterial algal bloom was announced by the California State Water Board, which shared a map of locations where the drinking water might be affected. Algal blooms occur as a result of conditions like warmer temperatures or pollution, causing cyanobacteria to outcompete other phytoplankton in a body of water, and rapidly reproducing....

Role of Phlebotomy Through the years phlebotomy has fallen out of favor for most medical conditions as it has been replaced with more focused treatments. However, phlebotomy still has an important role in the treatment of three conditions: polycythemia vera (PV), hereditary hemochromatosis (iron overload disorder), and porphyria cutenea tarda (PCT). Polycythemia vera is a condition where a genetic mutation causes the bone marrow to make too many red blood cells (erythrocytosis or polycythemia), platelets (thrombocytosis), and white blood cells (leukocytosis)....

For this example, we will use a child with strep throat. The tonsils do their part to help combat the infection and may become enlarged as they do this work. They can also become infected with strep. While this infection of the tonsils is far more common in children, it can become a problem for any age group. In adults, tonsils are much less likely to be infected. As we grow, throat infections, in general, are less common....

The duke and duchess of Sussex are two years into their post-royal journey with no signs of the rift healing between them and other family members. The couple hinted at how unhappy they were in an October 2019 interview during their royal tour of South Africa, but their comments then were aimed predominantly at the media. Their broadside against the palace didn’t begin in earnest until July 2020 and Meghan’s lawsuit against The Mail on Sunday over a letter she sent her father....

The 2022 nominations have also seen a lot of firsts, records broken and new records set in many categories including the first deaf actor to secure a nomination and Steven Spielberg setting a new record. Newsweek has a full list of the firsts and records broken in the 2022 Oscar nominations. All of the Firsts and Records Broken in the Oscar Nominations 2022 1. Kenneth Branagh Has 7 Nominations In 7 Different Categories Sir Kenneth Branagh has broken the Oscar record for most nominations in the most amount of categories throughout his career....

By having more great seasons. Manning was the only unanimous choice for the 2013 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team Friday. It was his seventh time as a first-teamer, tying Hall of Famer Otto Graham for the most by a quarterback. MORE: Playoff picks | Rating the playoff QBs | Wild card to Super Bowl The Denver star set NFL records this season with 55 touchdown passes and 5,477 yards through the air....

That move comes four months after CNN hired one of FNC’s star anchors, Paula Zahn to the Atlanta-based network. When Ailes got wind of the potential defection last September, he fired Zahn for holding premature talks with the rival network (her contract was up in March), sued her agent and scoffed at the $2 million salary CNN was reportedly offering, declaring that a “dead raccoon” could get better ratings than Zahn....

The streaming services biggest TV release this month is Pam and Tommy, the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s notorious leaked sex tape from 1995. Playing the pair are Lily James and Sebastian Stan, disappearing into the roles of two of the most famous people of the 1990s thanks to some staggering prosthetics—one particular prosthetic in Episode 2 will definitely stagger most viewers… Among the other TV shows Hulu is offering this February is the streaming premiere of Rick and Morty Season 5, as well as another season of the Kat Dennings-starring Dollface....

Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Wee Man and friends are all returning for the new movie, but Jackass veteran Bam Margera is unlikely to appear after he claimed he was fired from production back in February 2021, and has since filed a lawsuit against the production for wrongful dismissal. Ryan Dunn will also be absent after he died in a car crash in 2011. There are new cast members joining the movie, which is out in theaters on February 4, 2022, as well as some celebrity guest appearances too....

The release of Vatican Girl, the Netflix docuseries, has put increasing pressure on the Italian church, according to a CNN report. Orlandi was the daughter of a Vatican employee and lived within the walls of the city-state. She disappeared in the summer of 1983 while on her way home from a music lesson in Rome. Here is a look at some of the most prominent theories surrounding her disappearance....

House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican, warned Tuesday that committee Chair Richard Neal and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, both Democrats, will “have nearly unlimited power to target and make public the taxes of private citizens.” “And not just private citizens—political enemies, business and labor leaders, or even the returns of Supreme Court justices themselves,” Brady told gathered media. The former president’s tax returns have been a source of inquiry for years before he ever ran for the presidency and won in 2016....

The 62-year-old has agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal at Selhurst Park to succeed Alan Pardew, who was sacked on Thursday. It is the first job Allardyce has taken since he left his post with England in September after being caught in a newspaper sting. Allardyce takes charge of Palace with immediate effect and will lead the team on Boxing Day when they travel to Watford in the Premier League. Allardyce told the club’s official website: “First and foremost, let’s stop losing, let’s start getting a result and if that grows the confidence… draws turn into wins....

The video, found here, was posted to TikTok on Tuesday by niyy (@bigniyyyyy), an alleged Chick-fil-A employee. So far, the post has received more than 220,000 views and over 15,000 likes. “Make Chick-fil-A lemonade with me,” read the video’s text overlay. At the beginning of the 34-second clip, the TikToker pours pre-packaged “lemon juice with pulp” into a tub. She then adds sugar and water and proceeds to mix the lemonade with a whisk for the remainder of the video....

Fred C. Arena of Salem, New Jersey is alleged to have lied about belonging to Vanguard America, an alt-right hate group, on a security clearance form for his job at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Authorities also claim that the man lied about his association with the group when FBI agents asked him about it during an August 2018 interview. “Lying on federal security clearance forms and to government agents will land you in big trouble,” said U....