When the Independence-based Missouri Mavericks take to the ice Friday against the Brampton Beast, they’ll have a new set of threads to display on Star Wars Night. The idea for Friday’s game is that fans will also be encouraged to dress in Star Wars attire, dressing up as characters while Star Wars-themed games and contests are provided at the arena. After the game is over, the Mavericks’ jerseys will be auctioned off to benefit charity....
Former Pescara striker Ante Vukusic says that he had been playing football for years without realising that he had a problem with his organs. Matic arrival will free up the real Pogba The 26-year-old, who recently signed for Russian Premier League team Tosno, explained that medical personnel in Italy did not know that his lung was not working properly and he only received a proper diagnosis when he moved to Russia....
Suarez has scored just twice in seven appearances across all competitions this season and he again went goalless as Barca laboured to a 1-0 win at Sporting CP in the Champions League on Wednesday. The Uruguay star, who has suffered with a niggling knee injury this term, missed a fine one-on-one chance in the first half and his struggles were even borne out as Barca scored - Suarez missing a header inside the six-yard box which left Sebastian Coates with little time to react as he bundled the ball into his own goal....
Taking to Twitter on Monday night, the actor issued an apology to fans after he appeared to come out as bisexual while speaking at an event in New Jersey over the weekend. “I want to deeply apologize for misspeaking this weekend,” Collins’ Twitter thread began. “At a fan convention in New Jersey, when I was talking with the audience I said that I was ‘all three’ things: an introvert, an extrovert and a bisexual....
She’s in the Doctor of Pharmacy Program at Virginia Commonwealth University Scrier, who got her undergraduate degree at Virginia Tech, is currently part of the Doctor of Pharmacy program at Virginia Commonwealth University. “It’s one of those places that can change people’s lives,” Schrier said during her clip package during the pageant, saying that they might some day cure cancer there. Her Talent Involved Chemistry Onstage, Schrier let her chemistry roots shine, showing off the very foamy and very colorful catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide....
Swift played the guitar and belted out the clean version of the song for the empty Grand Ole Opry House, accompanied only by a harmonica. She donned a maroon sequined shirt and khaki high-waisted pants with heels. The folklore hitmaker previously teased an appearance at the ACM Awards on Sunday, and then confirmed it on Tuesday. “Guys I don’t know anything but I know I miss youuuuu. So watch the @ACMawards for my performance of ‘Betty,’” she tweeted....
Smith was front and center as host Steve Harvey mistakenly declared Miss Colombia the winner when it was Miss Philippines who should have been crowned. In the immortal words of the former Cowboys star, “How you do that?” MORE: Bizarre celebrity sports fans | Athlete and celebrity couples Poor Steve. Smith did tweet out his support to Harvey after the epic gaffe. If you still don’t believe this is sports-related, Michael Jordan was also involved....
Erika Gaytan, 29, vanished on July 13 after attending the El Reencuentro Norteno show at the El Paso County Coliseum. She reportedly said goodbye to her date and ordered an Uber, but never came home to her 7-year-old son. “We got a last call from her at 1:30,” Angie Quiñones, a family friend, told KVIA. Those who know Gaytan say it’s out of character for her to take an Uber home after a date—or to leave her son behind at home....
Heavy rain in Mississippi breached levees and dams, flooding roads and farmlands, and left some residents able to access their homes only by boat. Areas were still under flash flood warnings on Friday and parts of the state could see severe thunderstorms over the weekend, potentially bringing with it hail and damaging wind gusts. “After the week we’ve had this is not something anyone wants to see,” the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MSEMA) posted on Twitter....
The most publicized guard in the nation, and the No. 3 ranked prospect in the 2015 class, will be announcing where he plans to spend his college career at 1 p.m. EST on Friday at a private ceremony at his high school. And if there is one school that has something to lose with the 6-foot-3 star, it’s the Bulldogs. RECRUITING ROUNDUP: Derryck Thornton to Duke | Stephen Zimmerman to UNLV | Cal lands Ivan Rabb...
After being ranked No. 1 in the country for the first time in school history last season before losing three of their last four, including defeats at the hands of Egg Bowl rival Ole Miss and Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl, only a spot in the College Football Playoffs and the opportunity to compete for a national championship will satisfy the faithful in Starkville. And, apparently, they want it bad....
The over 3,000 seven-day average is a stark increase from the less than 1,000 average seen in October, and now health leaders are worried about what may lie ahead if more people don’t get the COVID-19 vaccine or follow other precautions that will reduce the risk of transmission. “We worry that we are headed toward this perfect storm,” Dr. Alex Garza, co-leader of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, said Tuesday....
Odom finishes his Tigers tenure with a 25-25 win-loss record, helping Missouri to bowl appearances in 2017 and 2018. MORE: College football schedule Week 14: What games are on today? Odom was hired in 2015 following Gary Pinkel’s retirement after 15 years due to health issues. Originally joining the staff in 2003 as a graduate assistant, Odom was elevated to safeties coach in 2009 and then defensive coordinator in 2012....
The House Education Committee will consider one bill prohibiting Missouri schools from teaching critical race theory that was popularized by a 2019 collection of essays in The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project. “This bill in no way is trying to stop kids from thinking,” said Republican bill sponsor Rep. Nick Schroer. “It’s trying to prevent educators (and) prevent institutions from flooding kids with a certain train of thought (and) teaching them this is the only way to think about these situations....
The university’s athletic department said in a statement that the duo’s status for future games will be evaluated after the Tigers play the Gamecocks.MORE: AP Top 25 | UGA WR Isaiah McKenzie accused of making ’terroristic threats’ to woman The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Mauk’s suspension is not related to a legal matter. Mauk, a junior, has completed 57 of 110 passes for 654 yards, six touchdowns and four interceptions this season....
Unless the U.S. Supreme Court issues a last-minute stay, requested by the inmate’s attorney, 64-year-old Walter Barton’s execution will take place at a maximum-security correctional facility in Bonne Terre, Missouri on Tuesday night. After more than a decade of court proceedings, Barton was convicted of murder in 2006 for the 1991 killing of Gladys Kuehler, an 81-year-old woman who managed a mobile home park in Ozark, Missouri. Barton, who maintains he did not commit the crime, was sentenced to death upon his conviction....
Abbot, who is an associate professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago, received criticism from MIT academics over his views following a Newsweek opinion piece published in August. In the opinion piece, Abbot and professor Ivan Marinovic criticized diversity, equity and inclusion standards as “treating people as members of a group rather than as individuals, repeating the mistake that made possible the atrocities of the 20th century.” “It treats persons as merely means to an end, giving primacy to a statistic over the individuality of a human being,” they wrote in the opinion piece....
“We need another rescue package…I think we need to do it and do it before the end of the year,” McConnell said in Louisville, Kentucky, according to a tweet from CSPAN Capitol Hill Producer Craig Caplan. The deadline to pass the next federal budget falls on December 11. Congress must approve another spending bill by that date to avoid a shutdown. “We need to fund the government. The Speaker and I agree that we ought to do an omnibus appropriations bill and do it in December,” McConnell said....
While criticizing the “vitriol” directed at Manchin by some in the Democratic Party, McConnell suggested the West Virginia senator could find a new home in the GOP. McConnell’s comments are significant at a time when Manchin is at odds with President Joe Biden and the Democrats and while the Senate is evenly divided between the parties. The Kentucky Republican told Fox News’ The Guy Benson Show on Tuesday that Manchin had done the country a “favor” by apparently killing the $1....
When President Clinton tours Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala early next month, he will promise continued U.S. support in the effort to rebuild after Hurricane Mitch, the region’s deadliest natural disaster this century. More than 9,000 were killed in the late-October storm, and by some estimates the damage tops $5 billion. Last week the White House announced an aid package of $1 billion–one of the largest relief efforts in history....
