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Conte pays respect to Wenger’s Arsenal career The Russian billionaire came to watch three first-team training sessions in a row in September and had a few lunch meetings with Conte at Cobham Training Centre after the loss. Conte decided to switch to a 3-4-3 formation after the defeat and drilled his players in the new formation which led to a 13-match winning run across the autumn and winter fixtures. The Blues manager revealed that Abramovich never lost faith in him and said that he was supportive as Conte overhauled the team’s tactics....

Jose Abreu’s power was a known quantity heading into his first season in Major League Baseball, and that ability to crush a baseball is a primary reason the White Sox decided to give the slugger a six-year, $68 million contract after a stellar career in Cuba. A few weeks into his time with the White Sox, a long-time scout told Sporting News that Abreu was a rarity, a player who rated as a legitimate 8 on the 2-to-8 scouting scale....

Stanton swung for 37 dingers last season, good for a tie for second for the home run title. He enters 2015 as the co-favorite, at 8-to-1 odds at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, to finish atop the list this season. Jose Abreu of the White Sox, who hit 36 homers last season, shares co-favorite status. The Mariners’ Nelson Cruz, who won the title last year with 40 home runs, is a 60-1 long shot to repeat....

But, it’s never too early to talk about the big-league newbies who are making an impact. So with that in mind, here’s the first of our monthly looks at the best rookies at each position … 1B Jose Abreu, White Sox Stats: .270/.336/.617, 10 homers, 31 RBIs, .401 wOBA Hall of Fame-bound slugger Jim Thome knows a thing or two about hitting home runs — he hit 612 in his career — and he knows a thing or two about Abreu, too....

The boxed warning: Abrilada should be stopped if a person develops a serious infection or sepsis during treatment. Perform a test for latent tuberculosis (TB); if positive, start treatment for TB prior to starting Abrilada. Monitor all people for active TB during treatment, even if the initial latent TB test is negative. Lymphoma and other malignancies, some fatal, have been reported in children and younger individuals treated with TNF blockers, including adalimumab products (arthritis drugs)....

Milan drew 0-0 with Torino on Sunday, leaving the club seventh in the league table, a mammoth 18 points behind leaders Napoli. Napoli 17/20 favs for Serie A title The club’s domestic woes come after a massive summer of investment which saw the likes of Leonardo Bonucci, Andre Silva and Hakan Calhanoglu recruited at an expense of over £150 million. Milan have won just six of their 14 games in 2017-18, and have fallen to defeats to the likes of Roma, Juventus and city rivals Inter....

The freshman wasn’t making loud proclamations or trying to get any attention. He was speaking truth, in a refreshingly honest way. “We’re hungry,” he told Sporting News. “We want to make a statement to the tournament committee that we belong.” MORE: Field of 68 projection | Draft Street: Sign up for bracket game And he wasn’t talking about the just-completed win over the Demon Deacons. That one wouldn’t move the needle inside the committee’s room in Indianapolis, and everyone knew that....

Here is the full 2017 ACC Tournament schedule: MORE: Big Ten Tournament 2017: TV schedule, seeding, bracket 2017 ACC Tournament schedule Tuesday, March 7: First round Game 1: No. 12 Clemson 75, No. 13 N.C. State 61 Game 2: No. 10 Wake Forest 92, No. 15 Boston College 78 Game 3: No. 14 Pitt 61, No. 11 Georgia Tech 59 Wednesday, March 8: Second round Game 4: No. 9 Miami (Fla....

Pamela Kreimeyer died instantly when a piece of metal hit her after relatives attempting to put forth a creative twist on a gender reveal accidentally created a pipe bomb instead. “Our investigation showed that members of the Kreimeyer family were experimenting with different types of explosive material on Friday and Saturday in an attempt to record a gender reveal that could be posted on social media for friends and family,” a statement from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office read....

Accupril is in a drug class known as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. It works by decreasing chemicals that narrow the blood vessels. This helps blood flow more smoothly, lowering blood pressure and helping your heart pump blood more efficiently. Accupril is available under both the brand and generic name. It comes in an oral tablet form. What Is Accupril Used For? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Accupril to lower blood pressure....

Here’s a pick for this week’s NCAA football card: Although Virginia Tech has won 10 of the last 14 meetings against Virginia, Friday night’s matchup (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU) should be a much more competitive affair than recent trends suggest. Virginia Tech will try to bounce back after a 6-3 overtime loss at Wake Forest – a game that was surprisingly scoreless after four quarters. Virginia Tech is offered at -105 odds on the money-line at William Hill, with Virginia the -115 favorite....

The Royals make only a second trip to AT&T Park during the ballpark’s 14 years of existence; the earlier series was in 2005, when Kansas City won two games of three. While Game 4 figures to be a coin-flip, Friday night has a clear favorite. The Giants have more than a 55 percent probability of winning Game 4, with help of starting pitcher Tim Hudson. San Francisco’s -127 odds imply a similar chance of winning, 55....

“#Update — Tuesday night when Sgt. Sullivan lost her life, Henderson fled the scene with one handcuff on his wrist. I bet he didn’t know Sgt. Sullivan had another set waiting on him…he’s currently at the @HCSOTexas jail & wearing HER handcuffs while on his way to court tonight!” tweeted Harris County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Mike Lee. Henderson allegedly struck Sullivan with his vehicle while she was still partially inside of it Tuesday night during a traffic stop....

“Sadly, one of our officers had a bad experience [Ace Hardware] store in Allston today. While in the store, an employee stated, ‘I smell bacon,’” the BPPA tweeted. “When the officer asked for an apology, he was told there’d be none. In response, items purchased were returned and a customer lost.” The bacon remark further riffs on the derogatory term “pig,” often used in anti-police rhetoric to address law enforcement officials....

But do any acne home remedies actually work? Some can, in the right cases. Others are just plain ineffective. A few can be downright irritating to your skin. Before you use any at-home remedy to treat your pimples, research it well to ensure that it’s safe to apply to your skin. Here are the best (and worst) acne home remedies. If you decide to go this route, take the time to educate yourself....

When medication is prescribed for you, the beneficial effects should outweigh the adverse effects. Furthermore, adverse effects should be tolerable. If the active ingredients in any medication cause substantial or intolerable side effects for you, then the drug is usually discontinued. According to the FDA, an active ingredient is any component that provides a pharmacological activity or other direct effects in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals....

During an online press conference, the Human Rights Watch expressed its opposition against China hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will begin next week, according to the Associated Press. “The 2022 Winter Olympics will be remembered as the genocide games,” said Teng Biao, a former human rights activist in China and a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. Although human rights activists have failed to achieve a complete boycott, they continue to speak out....

In a press release shared with Newsweek, the group of organizations, including the Iowa City Catholic Worker House, the Cedar Rapids-based Black Lives Matter group, Advocates for Social Justice and United Electrical Workers Local 896, said the Deportation Defense Summit will be held on August 22, weeks ahead of ICE’s Citizens Academy launch. “ICE’s ‘Citizen’s Academy’ is a dangerous propaganda program targeting Brown, Black, and other communities of color during a time of national reckoning over racial profiling and police brutality,” Advocates for Social Justice member Tamara Marcus said in a statement....

Flying: At the sixth annual Aerial Robot Competition (July 14, Epcot Center, Orlando, Fla.), the homemade robots of 14 teams–helicopters, blimps and tilted-wing airplanes–will lift off from, fly to and hover over a simulated waste dump, then map the area by reading labels on the waste drums. The mission is a success if the robot can also retrieve an orange magnet at the site. Sound easy? The robots can’t get any help from their handlers and have one hour to finish....