Mike Petke makes his coaching debut for Real Salt Lake a little more than two years after his surprise dismissal from the New York Red Bulls. He inherits a Real Salt Lake team with plenty of question marks, but the pressure will be on Petke to show his success as Red Bulls coach wasn’t a fluke, or simply a product of the talent at his disposal. Curt Onalfo has Giovani dos Santos, Gyasi Zardes and Ashley Cole back from injury, and while that trio didn’t help his LA Galaxy from avoiding defeat in Vancouver last week, the Galaxy will be back home at StubHub Center looking to get on a run after a disappointing first month of the season....

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James became the first player in history to be named NBA Finals MVP with three different teams and moved within two of both Jordan’s tally of six NBA titles and his all-time record of six NBA Finals MVP crowns Not everyone, however, is convinced LeBron deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Jordan. Earlier this week, FOX Sports anchor Skip Bayless made clear he felt Jordan remained undisputedly the greatest player in history, an opinion former NBA player Marreese “Mo” Speights clearly agrees with....

The model projects that the number of daily reported cases in the U.S. will peak at 1.2 million by January 19 and will fall sharply afterward “simply because everybody who could be infected will be infected,” said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. “It’s going to come down as fast as it went up,” said Mokdad. The reason for the decrease is possibly because the Omicron variant is so contagious that it could be running out of people to infect only a month and a half after being initially detected in South Africa....

In the runup to the November presidential elections, the case’s outcome could affect nearly 800,000 former felons in Florida who still owe court fees or fines, according to the Miami Herald. That matters a lot when one considers that Republican President Donald Trump won Florida in the 2016 elections by about 113,000 votes. While some lawyers and judges have said SB 7066 is an unconstitutional “poll tax” that unfairly disenfranchises poor people who have already served their criminal sentences, the appeals court’s judges examined lesser-known parts of the bill and how well Florida’s courts process the fees of the state’s ex-felons....

The announcement came after Pfizer announced its COVID-19 vaccine remained 97 percent effective in preventing severe disease and had become a top seller. Nearly half the company’s revenue was brought in through the selling of its vaccines, $7.84 billion from direct sales and revenue split with its partner, Germany’s BioNTech. Moderna will also be testing out its potential booster shot for the coronavirus vaccine. Pfizer announced July 28 it was testing its own booster shot and that it was shown to raise antibody levels against the more contagious Delta variant 11 times higher in older people and five times higher in younger people than the first two doses....

For those unfamiliar, MODOK—short for mechanized organism designed only for killing—was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1967, and first debuted in Tales of Suspense #94. Before becoming a giant floating head with powerful telepathic abilities, MODOK was George Tarleton, a scientist at Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM). Using science to alter his biology, Tarleton became the villainous MODOK, who seeks world domination. However, the MODOK in Marvel’s Avengers game won’t be as over-the-top (or one-note) as the version that many comic book readers may remember....

Ronaldo opened the scoring on Saturday when his free kick slipped through the Gremio wall and beat Marcelo Grohe. With no further goals coming in the final, Madrid retained their Club World Cup title after downing the Brazilians and Al Jazira in Abu Dhabi. Despite goals in both ties, however, Ronaldo had to settle for the silver award behind Madrid’s impeccable midfield dynamo. Pachuca’s Jonathan Urretaviscaya completed the podium by taking bronze as the tournament’s third-best player....

The former Chelsea winger was instrumental for the Pharaohs, scoring twice in their 2-1 win over Congo to seal a spot in Russia 2018 World Cup after a 17-year absence. And the Germany internatrional has expressed his delight seeing Salah help his country qualify for the global showpiece. “It’s crazy. I saw a few videos from the game and how the fans reacted,” Can told club website. “It was a penalty in the 95th minute....

Anwar died on March 23 after police said he was assaulted with a stun gun during a carjacking in Washington, D.C. two teenage girls, aged 13 and 15, have been charged with felony murder and armed carjacking, police said. On Saturday, a video was posted on Twitter that captured two suspects speeding off in Anwar’s vehicle with him clinging to the side. The vehicle then crashed, and the footage captured Anwar lying critically wounded on the sidewalk....

In a post shared to Reddit’s “Am I The A**hole?” forum, the worried dad detailed how his wife recently “started wanting to save money.” But while it always pays to watch the pennies, it would appear she has been taking things to the extreme, much to the frustration of her husband and two kids. For example, she recently cut the children’s allowance from $10 a week to just $3....

One new mom took to Mumsnet for support, explaining that a series of sleepless nights was impacting her mental health and “destroying” her marriage. Posting to Mumsnet’s AIBU (Am I being unreasonable?) forum on 1 August, user WaterMeloncholy shared how her baby’s night feeds were leaving her exhausted and impacting the rest of her life. She wrote: “I know I’m being unreasonable. We have [a] 9-month-old baby boy, very loved and very wanted....

The incident highlights how, thanks to the ease of modern technology, parents today face obstacles that have never before been an issue—and that adjusting to these aspects of life still results in the occasional snafu. “I think so many of us mothers are looking to feel less alone in the chaos of parenting and sharing stories like this really helps us to connect with each other,” explained Brianna to Newsweek....

In a video posted to TikTok by Handsonfamily, who has 820,000 followers, we can see a little girl wearing a grey dress standing in a bathroom with sellotape across the front of her outgrown hair. The mom then uses scissors to cut through the mid-point of the horizontally-placed sellotape. She then peels off the tape that has been cut away, before removing the plastic still stuck to the bangs to reveal a neatly cut fringe....

MORE: Images from Charlotte | Race’s first half set the tone | Race results Martin Truex Jr. celebrates victory at Charlotte. (Getty Images) Truex was close, leading the most laps at Kansas, at Texas before that. He was a foot from winning at Daytona. And he delivered victory at long last at Charlotte. It wasn’t easy. Joey Logano early, Jimmie Johnson throughout the race and Kevin Harvick late pushed Truex, trying to steal a lead Truex refused to yield....

Before Tuesday night’s game against the Orioles, no Red Sox player had ever hit home runs in the first two innings of a game. Betts has now done it in consecutive nights. MORE: 11 things we’ve learned in season’s first two months The Red Sox right fielder went yard twice in the first two innings of Wednesday’s game against the Orioles. This comes after Betts became the first Red Sox leadoff hitter to hit three homers in a game Tuesday....

Here’s betting information and some picks for three of Monday’s college hoops games. Syracuse (12-7, 8-10 ATS) at Duke (14-4, 8-8 ATS) 7 p.m. ET, ESPN Line: Duke -11 Total: 146.5 Effective FG percentage: Syracuse 49.8, Duke 55.5 EFG% against: Syracuse 45.9, Duke 48.4 Analysis: The Blue Devils are coming off back-to-back losses to Clemson and Notre Dame. Duke hasn’t lost three consecutive games in over seven years. The Blue Devils are 5-0 ATS in their last five games when favored by 11 or more points....

The two teams arrive into the game in contrasting moods. Dallas went into their bye last week after snapping a three-game losing streak with a win over the Philadelphia Eagles, which put it in control of the division. After jumping out of the blocks to a 3-0 start, the Cowboys found themselves 3-3 but the win over the Eagles was a step in the right direction and suggested Jason Garrett and his players may have weathered the storm....

A quick recap of the scoring settings for DraftKings Showdown contests: They’re full-point PPR, and there are three-point bonuses for 300 passing yards, 100 rushing yards, and 100 receiving yards. The Captain pick costs 1.5 times a player’s original price, but he also gets his point total multiplied by 1.5. MORE DK SHOWDOWN: How to win a Showdown contest DraftKings Showdown Picks: Bills vs. Titans $50,000 budget, need at least one player from each team....