Just a bunch of guys riding around working out the kinks, right? “I haven’t been a part of it before. This is my first Unlimited. But it’s not a points race so I imagine it’s a pretty relaxing race,” second-year driver Kyle Larson said. Boy, is he wrong. MORE: Sprint Unlimited, 8:15 p.m. (Fox); full Speedweeks schedule There might not be points on the line, but it’s Daytona, it’s the first race of the season, and as usual, it will be wild....
The show, which premieres Jan. 15, promises in its preview to “discover the stories” and “discover the secrets” behind Hernandez’s downfall. But how much new information will be unearthed on a topic that has already been subject to intense investigative reporting? The Boston Globe produced a six-part digital feature story series and podcast about Hernandez last year. And other outlets, such as CBS and The New York Times, have delivered their own thorough coverage....
Slugger Aaron Judge has been placed on the 10-day injury list with a left oblique strain, the team announced Sunday. Manager Aaron Boone told reporters Sunday there is no timetable for Judge’s return, but called the strain “pretty significant.” MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN Judge appeared to injure himself Saturday in the Yankees 9-2 win over the Royals when he was at-bat in the sixth inning....
When the Yankees take the field on Sunday against the Oakland Athletics, the 26-year-old will be wearing custom chocolate dipped strawberry cleats. MORE: Aaron Judge powers Yankees past Red Sox with late home run The shoes pay tribute to the chocolate dipped strawberries Judge always gifts his mother on the special day. The cleats are customized with his mother’s initials (P.J.) and feature a strawberry dipped in chocolate on the tongue....
But Bengals defensive end Carl Lawson did just that Monday on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football,” saying the seven-time Pro Bowl quarterback is “easier” to sack than other quarterbacks. “Honestly, I think it’s easier to sack Aaron Rodgers than most quarterbacks,” Lawson said (via NFL Media). “He sits there, and he pats the ball. At the same time, sacking him don’t mean nothing if you don’t do it for four quarters....
Question: Who is Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers? Now, he’s making more off-field news. But first, here’s the back story. Hours before the 2021 NFL Draft began on April 29, news broke that Rodgers was unhappy in Green Bay and wanted to play for another team. And minutes before the draft, it was reported that a deal between the Packers and Denver Broncos was “as close to a done deal as it can get....
Green Bay traded up to select Utah State quarterback Jordan Love with the 26th pick in the draft. Rodgers had wanted another skill-position weapon in what was considered a deep receiver class and wasn’t exactly happy with the selection of Love. “I think the general reaction at first was surprise, like many people,” Rodgers said of the Love selection. “Obviously I’m not going to say that I was, you know, thrilled by the pick necessarily, but the organization is thinking not only about the present but about the future....
The Packers quarterback heaved a 42-yard prayer to receiver Randall Cobb on the final play of the first half to give Green Bay a 14-6 lead over the Giants in the NFC wild-card game at Lambeau Field. MORE: Giants-Packers Live blog | Live stats Of course, this is hardly the first time Rodgers has pulled off this play. He used a Hail Mary to beat the Lions on a last-second play in 2015 and did the same thing against the Cardinals in the teams’ divisional playoff game last season (Arizona ended up winning)....
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are together for one more year in Green Bay, with the quarterback and the organization agreeing to a reworked contract that could keep Rodgers in a Packers uniform through the 2022 season — unless we sing this same song and do this same dance after the 2021 season. Rodgers’ tell-all press conference on Wednesday revealed that his situation with the Packers was about pretty much everything but the money....
“This off-season, the Packers offered Aaron Rodgers a two-year contract extension that would have tied him to Green Bay for five more seasons and made him the highest-paid QB and player in football,” ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter wrote in a tweet on Tuesday. “Rodgers declined the offer, proof it’s not about the money.” Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes became the highest-paid NFL player in 2020 when he signed a 10-year extension worth $503 million....
Sanchez originally went on the 10-day injured list Aug. 21 with right pectoral discomfort. Acquired from the Blue Jays at the trade deadline, Sanchez impressed in his first two starts with Houston, giving up one earned run in 11 innings and striking out 12. But he struggled in his last two starts, yielding nine earned runs in eight innings. He finishes the year with a 5-14 mark and 5.89 ERA....
The elder Smiley first shared news that his daughter had been shot in Houston on July 5, in a video shared on YouTube on Monday. In her appearance on the radio program, the younger Smiley explained what happened, saying that she had been on her way to WhatABurger with her boyfriend, and they were coming from an AirBnb after celebrating her 19th birthday. The teen said that while waiting to turn in the left lane of a three-lane street, a car pulled into the right lane and began firing at someone in the middle lane....
In a pre-published study, NYU Langone Health researchers compared the test produced by Abbott Laboratories, which turns out positive tests within five minutes and negative cases within 13 minutes, with machines that return tests in 45 minutes. The authors said they probed the test for accuracy because its speedy turnaround could be useful for the institution’s medical center’s emergency department. They found that the rapid Abbott test produced 48 percent false negative tests when the nasal swab used for the virus sample was dry and roughly 33 percent when the swab was placed in liquid solution....
The Western New York Flash star impressed on the domestic level, guiding her club to the inaugural NWSL final. On the international stage, she surpassed Mia Hamm’s all-time scoring record in women’s international football of 158 goals. Wambach was one of three finalists with Brazilian forward Marta and German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer, who took home the award after leading Germany to the European championship. Wambach, a two-time Olympic champion, is not only the highest all-time goal scorer for the U....
Zee, who boasts more than 2.2 million followers on the platform, is known for engaging with her fans. She also defends herself when social media users share unkind words about her. Most recently, The New York Times bestselling author replied to a rude commenter about her appearance on season 22 of Dancing With the Stars. “Remember when she did DWTS she really thought she was hot stuff now look at her she must have gotten married....
Mares (31-3-1, 15 knockouts) confirmed in the show’s final segment that the elbow injury wasn’t the real reason for pulling out of the fight. Mares actually suffered a detached retina in his right eye, a much more serious and potentially career-threatening injury. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year “I do have a bad elbow, but not that bad to cancel the fight,” Mares told Inside PBC Boxing host Kate Abdo in an emotional one-on-one interview....
Since private insurers typically follow Medicare’s lead, it’s expected they, too, will eventually align reimbursements with patient satisfaction. That means that within a few years, all patients will benefit from this new emphasis on patient satisfaction. Hospital Follows Standards of Care Here’s how it works: When patients are hospitalized, there are certain tasks that are measured to assess the quality of care provided to them. The majority of the tasks relate directly to standards of care....
Never mind that you now have a many-stitched hole across your abdomen (down your leg, across your shoulder, etc). Your pain level is through the roof, and you feel like you’ve been hit by a semi-truck. You can’t imagine what they can be thinking to want to send you home so quickly. There are a number of reasons the hospital might want you to leave so soon after your surgery....
The league will move from 18 to 20 conference games beginning in the 2019-20 season, commissioner John Swofford announced Thursday as the ACC Network was officially unveiled at the league’s football media days. While the project is set to launch next month in digital-only form as “ACC Network Extra,” expectations and content needs will be higher when the network goes on the air for cable and satellite providers in August 2019....
