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MESA, Ariz. - Daniel Mengden, tabbed as an early favorite for the No. 3 spot in the rotation, will be the first pitcher the A’s get a look at this spring. Barring any snafus, Mengden is scheduled to start Oakland’s Cactus League opener Friday, The Chronicle has learned. Paul Blackburn, who is also a strong candidate to make the rotation, also is in line to pitch in the game against the Angels at Hohokam Stadium. Mengden turned in a super September, going 2-1 with... Читать дальше...

Top seed Dominic Thiem won his second Buenos Aires title in three years on Sunday, laying down an early marker for the clay court season.

Third time’s the charm for Thiago Alves.

The veteran fighter, who’s had two fights cancelled on short notice over the past five months, will finally return to the Octagon at Sunday night’s UFC Austin, taking on Octagon newcomer Curtis Millender, and Alves hopes to leave his troubled times behind him.

First, “Pitbull” pulled out of a UFC Pittsburgh fight with Mike Perry due to travel complications. Four months later, he was scheduled to meet Zak Cummings at UFC St. Louis, but his opponent suffered an injury at the eleventh hour.

Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andrew Bauer (R) on Sunday suggested that more students are committing mass shootings because they no longer receive paddlings from teachers or watch The Andy Griffith Show.

This week, our first place comment on the insightful side is a response to the old claim that copyright is the only way to make money as a creator:

Enyimba denied Kano Pillars top spot in the Nigeria Professional Football League, while relegation-threatened Kwara United produced a brilliant late comeback at Nasarawa United. Kano Pillars 1-1 Enyimba The Nigerian Clasico ended all square in Kano as Pillars' 100 percent home record this season was ended by Enyimba. There was always the fear factor surrounding the visitors in the build-up to the game; coach Paul Aigbogun enjoying a strong record at the Sani Abacha Stadium and the People's Elephant...

Rochdale manager Keith Hill defended the right of Dele Alli to win the penalty that almost knocked them out of the FA Cup, and said that if

Kevin Gameiro came off the bench to score one goal and make another for Diego Costa as Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday.

The post Wasted Youth? appeared first on FootyBlog.net, one of the biggest football news blogs in the world!

The prehistory of this thread comes from me and Taro talking about the line matching during the preseason. It's hard to pay attention watching online, so I had to look at how Housley is matching lines using the NHL's html reports. Normally I would sit on this for a while, because it's difficult to tell if the numbers are right, but this is interesting for me, so I'm going to go ahead and post, and if I decide the numbers are wrong, there's worse things in life than being wrong on the internet.

LONDON (AP) — Many stars heeded a call to wear black to Sunday's British Academy Film Awards, using the celebration of U.K. and international cinema to call for an end to sexual harassment, bullying and inequality across society. Several female stars brought feminist activists and anti-violence campaigners as guests to the ceremony at London's Royal Albert Hall. Men showed solidarity with "Time's Up" lapel pins as tremors from abuse revelations rumble through the movie awards season. "This is a moment in history," Jane Lush... Читать дальше...

CATOOSA, Okla. – Authorities said a man is dead following a lengthy standoff with sheriff’s deputies in northeastern Oklahoma. The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office said shots were fired around 5 p.m. Saturday from a travel trailer in Catoosa. Neighbors said the man, who appeared to be intoxicated, fired shots into the air. The man had barricaded himself inside the trailer when deputies arrived and fired at the deputies through the wall of the trailer. Deputies returned fire during the standoff […]

Die Terminhatz in der Meisterschaft und der Champions League fordert Tribut von den Spielern der SG Flensburg-Handewitt. In Paris haben die geschlauchten Norddeutschen keine Chance. Der THW Kiel findet dagegen zurück in die Erfolgsspur, und auch die Rhein-Neckar Löwen schaffen den Einzug in das Achtelfinale.Paris (dpa) - So schlecht waren die Handballer der SG Flensburg-Handewitt schon lange nicht mehr. Nach einem dürftigen Auftritt in der ersten Halbzeit verloren die Norddeutschen am Samstag das... Читать дальше...

The measure taking effect March 1 requires a humane death for the crustaceans before they're cooked because they sense pain.

Stunned by last week's bloodiest high school shooting in U.S. history, students across the country were mobilizing on Sunday for stronger gun laws, while Florida officials contemplated when to reopen their badly shaken school. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student is accused of murdering 17 people on Wednesday, joined others on social media to plan rallies, a Washington march and a national walk-out aimed at getting the attention of an adult population many say has failed to protect them. Читать дальше...

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers suggested St Johnstone were letting their manager down as they ended a miserable run of results with a goalless draw away to the champions in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday. It was the second time this season that Tommy Wright’s side had come away from leaders Celtic’s headquarters with a point, following a 1-1 draw in August. Yet heading into Sunday’s match they had won just one of their previous eight games since beating Rangers at Ibrox in December ... Читать дальше...

Heading into the final stage at the Volta ao Algarve, the consensus within the peloton was that Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) held a substantial enough lead to win his third crown.

The fire broke out at a two-and-a-half story building in the 1800 block of North Sawyer, according to a tweet from Chicago Fire Media Affairs.

Posted February 17, 2018
By Kimball Livingston

It’s one thing to train very young sailors in very little boats, but there comes a time when they’re ready for a next thing. So it was that high-performance teenage sailors Charlotte Versavel and Jack Sutter took a break from training in their Nacra catamaran to offer 29er-skiff rides to kids from the St. Francis Yacht Club’s Opti squad.

Kids were experiencing trapeze work and spinnaker sets for the first time, and when Marina got slightly out of sorts on the low side... Читать дальше...

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has once again met with with ex-president Goodluck Jonathan when he worshipped with him at St. Stephen Anglican Church, Otuoke Diocese, in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa state.

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PARKLAND, Fla. — To those who would say it’s too soon after the school massacre to talk about politics and gun control, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High see your point. “We can respect that. We’ve lost people. It’s important to mourn,” junior Cameron Kasky said Sunday. “Here’s a time to talk about gun control: March 24. My message for the people in office is: You’re either with us or against us. We are losing our lives while the […]

so what do others expect?

players landed back in manchester this evening, would expect radders to give them a day off tomorrow for flight recovery then back in tuesday

taylor, houghton deffo missing, not sure on minichellos' timescale for recovery

will 4 days be enough to shake off jetlag?

hopefully some of the skills training and more match fitness will get us a result

away support could be down as fans may still be in oz or travelling home, but lets hope some... Читать дальше...