His new book, “All My Life for Sale” (Bloomsbury), chronicles one man’s junk-peddling odyssey in which everything had a price–old phone books, used mouthwash, even sideburn clippings in a plastic bag and a set of false teeth that a museum paid $27 for. The tape from Freyer’s answering machine went for $15.50, a handwritten list of phone numbers fetched $14.50 and a brick that was bought for $3 was mailed to London for $35....
So Ayesha Siddiqa surely knew what she was in for when she published “Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy” (292 pages. Oxford University Press Pakistan). And true to form, the authorities halted the book’s official launch at a government-run club last week, though distribution and sales have not been affected. Siddiqa, a leading defense analyst and former director of research for the Pakistani Navy, has written a blunt critique of how the Army has used its political clout to build up an enormous business empire....
Boateng, who joined Bayern from Manchester City in 2011, has been a key member of the Bayern side that are on a run of five consecutive Bundesliga titles. But a thigh injury sustained at Euro 2016 preceded a campaign ravaged by fitness problems last time around, with the 29-year-old restricted to 13 Bundesliga appearances. In an interview with Kicker, Boateng explained he was left pondering whether it was time for a fresh start and took his concerns to the Bayern board during Carlo Ancelotti’s time in charge....
The Bayern Munich centre-back appeared to sustain the problem after attempting a long ball forward, with Boateng immediately signalling to the bench his discomfort. The defender subsequently received medical treatment, only to limp off to be replaced by Shkodran Mustafi. Boateng had played in every game of Germany’s Euro 2016 campaign up to his withdrawal, even scoring in his country’s 3-0 win over Slovakia in the last-16. Mustafi, by comparison, won his 12th cap when he came on, having previously scored in the opening 2-0 win over Ukraine....
Stoops, during an appearance at the Atlanta Touchdown Club on Monday, told those in attendance not to believe rumors that he would come back to coaching — in college or in the NFL. MORE: Mark Stoops offers insight to brother’s retirement “I will say, regardless of what you might hear out there in the papers, if I intended again to coach that would have been part of my statement,” Stoops said Monday (via ESPN)....
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That was the case at Charlotte Bobcats media days on Monday, where the second-year player offered a honest assessment of his play as a rookie. He put forth a decent season and produced 9.0 points and 5.8 rebounds from the starting small forward position. But that's not enough for the Bobcats to leave the league's cellar, and, more importantly, that's not enough for Kidd-Gilchrist. MORE: NBA media days photos | Lakers in rebuild mode | Bryant over Howard departure...
Tevez has failed to impress during his time in Shanghai, scoring just four goals in 16 Chinese Super League appearances despite the club making him one of the world’s best paid players. The former Manchester City and Juventus star has been accused of being overweight and had his commitment questioned more than once. His representatives are in negotiations with Shenhua about his future and it remains to be seen whether he will stay in China or indeed be made available for a transfer....
After playing the 10th match of the tournament, which still has six matches left, River drew 2-2 at home against a modest Sarmiento de Junin, after being 2-0 up. The team currently has only 10 points in the tournament which is half as many as leaders Godoy Cruz (20 points). In the mediocre 10th place, they are closer to the bottom of the Zone A table than the top....
Directed by Halina Reijn from a screenplay by Sarah DeLappe based on a story by Kristen Roupenian (of “Cat Person” fame), Bodies Bodies Bodies never holds back from what it wants to say, but unlike other satirical movies, it never lets its commentary overtake the story, instead deftly weaving it into a narrative that builds its mystery over the course of the film. RELATED: 5 Underrated Body Horror Films...
The body of the first girl was spotted outside a condominium in Lauderhill, just outside of Fort Lauderdale, in the afternoon. Lawna Johnson, 51, had been sitting by the water when she spotted the body. “When I got near it, I said, ‘It’s a little girl.’ No shoes on, nothing, just a blouse and some shorts,” Johnson told WSVN. “It shocked me. I froze. I started to cry. I’m just not going to leave it and go away....
The film made $3.7m on its opening weekend, an impressive start considering both the ongoing pandemic and it being a horror film, which are generally more niche in appeal. Overseas the film pulled in $1.9 million so far. While those kinds of numbers would be disastrous for the latest Marvel blockbuster, it could be very good news for the more modest Freaky. According to analyst David A. Gross, who runs a movie consulting firm, the film will be very profitable....
Making his return to the starting line-up after recovering from a minor injury, Zungu doubled his sides lead in their impressive 2-0 win over Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien on Saturday as the Unicorns stretched their unbeaten league run to an impressive six matches. Senegalese attacker Moussa Konate grabbed his fourth of the campaign when he opened the scoring via a header from a Bakaye Dibassy cross in the 29th minute....
There were more than 200,000 reports of YouTube being down late on Tuesday night, according to DownDetector, with more than 95 percent of the problems relating to watching videos. Users reported seeing an Error 429 message or: “This video isn’t available at the selected quality. Try again later.” For some, YouTube was not loading at all. Viewers took to Twitter to share memes and jokes about the platform not working, and popular YouTubers including Boogie 2988 and Jeff Wittek, joined in the fun too, entertaining their fans while their videos were inaccessible....
At 44 years of age, Jeff Hardy was involved in No Disqualification Matches and performed death-defying stunts. His latest match at Double or Nothing saw him execute a Swanton Bomb on Matt Jackson onto the steel steps. The Charismatic Enigma also went toe-to-toe with fellow daredevil Darby Allin in an Anything Goes Match on Dynamite (May 11). During the latest episode of The Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T said AEW stars should refrain from making high-flying moves....
In that book (265,000 copies sold, 34 weeks on The Boston Globe’s best-seller list), we met MacDonald and his family: matriarch Helen MacDonald King and her 11 offspring, four of whom would be dead by book’s end, with another rendered a vegetable by a drug-addled rooftop fall, which was possibly accidental but possibly not. We learn the story of a man who understands poverty because he has known it and is blessed with an ability to bear witness in plainspoken prose....
Americans are hungrier than ever for their history these days–look at the success of popular historians like David McCullough or the late Stephen Ambrose or filmmaker Ken Burns. Right now, PBS is airing its ambitious eight-hour series “Freedom: A History of Us,” narrated by Katie Couric. And on college campuses, “Inventing America” has become something of a phenomenon. Twenty colleges and universities signed up to teach the book before it even came out last summer....
Armageddon is proving to be a powerful marketing tool. Almost Heaven’s 30 lots are sold out at $3,000 an acre; so are 14 lots on another 400-acre spot less beatifically named Shenandoah. Gritz’s warnings about the “predator” federal government have held special sway ever since the assault on the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (an action he calls a “federal-ly induced holocaust”), and the standoff between Idaho white separatist Randy Weaver and U....
