“My daughter was so worried,” Knapp says. “She didn’t know how she was going to be able to pray for a whole minute.” If necessity was the mother of Knapp’s invention (it’s selling steadily in Christian bookstores and to church groups), she credits Texas lawmakers for creating the need for her book. She offers a “special thanks” to the 78th Texas State Legislature on the book’s dedication page and prints an excerpt of the law in the back....
The hosts come into the game on the back of a thrilling 3-3 draw away to Metz last weekend. Opa Nguette and Remi Oudin both starred with braces in the game. Brest were rampant in a 4-0 whitewash of Lens on home turf. Four different men got on the scoresheet to inspire Les Pirates to the win. The victory propelled them to 13th spot in the table, having garnered 15 points from 14 matches....
The BMW Championship is set to kick off this week at Conway Farms Golf Club on the northern outskirts of Chicago as the third installment of this season’s playoff chase begins. MORE: PGA Tour winners of the 2014-15 season | Greg Norman on golf: ‘We’ve really got to get our crap together’ Day is 511 points ahead of Jordan Spieth in the standings with a win and a tie for 12th in the first two events....
The winds were whipping at Conway Farms Country Club in Round 3 after benign conditions Friday led to low scores. But Day still fired a solid 2-under 69 with six birdies to finish at 20-under. Scott Piercy and Daniel Berger pose his biggest threats at 14-under with a host of big names lurking just behind them. MORE: Final-round leaderboard | FedEx Cup Winners | Tiger Woods to have back surgery… Again...
Bettman spoke with reporters following the meeting Tuesday and said the deal is not yet finalized and that “there’s still work to do.” But when it is — the Islanders are aiming to close the sale by the start of their season, which is Oct. 10 — Ledecky and Malkin would own a minority stake in the team. They will assume majority control of the team in two years, with Wang remaining a minority owner....
Mario Party Superstars launched with only five boards, one less than the title before it and three less than the original Mario Party. Each board is a remastered version of something from previous titles; two from Mario Party 1, two from Mario Party 2, and one from Mario Party 3. That leaves out the later half of the GameCube era, the entire Wii era, and all the Wii U titles....
During the game on Sunday, Bob Huggins’ daughters made incredibly insensitive jokes about Terrapins player Dez Wells, who was expelled from Xavier in 2012 after sexual assault accusations. Jenna and Jacqueline Huggins used the allegations to call Wells a rapist and tweeted “no means no.” MORE: Sweet 16 schedule | Aaron Rodgers calls out Sam Dekker | Must-see tourney photos Jenna, who is listed as a program assistant, deleted the tweets and turned her Twitter page private....
The 24-year-old forward, who inked a two-year, $31 million contract with New York earlier this month, recently told HoopsHype he thinks his new team has a chance to make the playoffs next season. “The naysayers, the haters, the people who are doubting us will say that we’re crazy … for saying that,” Portis said. “But we have a bunch of guys who are coming in each and every day with that log on their shoulder and that’s going to push us to become a great team....
Played a day later than initially scheduled due to torrential rain on Saturday, the Superclasico lived up to its billing but Boca could not shake off their determined rivals in a 2-2 stalemate at La Bombonera. Despite leading twice and having further chances to clinch a first-leg victory, Schelotto’s men were frustrated, with their coach now concerned it could cost them. “We should have won,” Schelotto told reporters. “We wasted so many chances, too many....
Isabella’s body has not been found, but according to court documents, her older sister who was also adopted by the Kaluas told detectives she saw Isabella in a dog cage multiple times with duct tape on her nose and mouth, not breathing. Earlier this month, the Kaluas were indicted on murder and other charges by a grand jury, and were denied bail by a judge, KHON 2 reported. Isabella’s sister reportedly told detectives she saw her not breathing in the cage two months ago, about a month before the Kaluas reported her missing to police....
John Honesto, 67, of Don Pedro, Mariposa County, disappeared while driving his truck down State Route 132 near Coulterville during a major storm on March 22, 2018. During the flood, water swept over the highway and although Mariposa County sheriff’s deputies found his truck in a culvert the next day, Honesto wasn’t in it. Officials believed that Honesto crossed the washed-out section of Highway 132 at the Piney Creek Culvert....
Why did you choose to write this book? How did you get involved in researching it? Peter Robison: I was the beat reporter for Bloomberg News covering Boeing 1998 to 2002, a consequential period in the company’s history. It had just purchased McDonnell Douglas, a defense contractor and failed commercial-jet builder that had always pushed more aggressively than Boeing for shareholder returns. The McDonnell Douglas executives took on powerful roles at the combined company, and people from Boeing considered it a reverse takeover....
Unlike the chain’s regular Hard Sweet Tea, the canned beverage will not be available at chain stores, and will be making its exclusive debut at prominent retail stores in the coming months. Customers can expect to get their hands on the new beverage in early March. The drink will make its first debut in the North Carolina and South Carolina regions, and will be available at popular retail stores, including - Circle K, Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Ingles, Lowes, QT, Sheetz, Spinx, and Walmart....
NEWSWEEK: Fairness in the admissions process is a personal and academic interest of yours. When you were named interim president [two months ago], was changing Harvard’s early-admissions policy something you were already planning to do? Derek Bok: No, it wasn’t. Our wonderful dean of admissions [William Fitzsimmons] had been worried about this for a number of years. He intuited that now was a good time to raise the issue, so he came in and talked about it....
Boldin, the co-founder of The Players Coalition, tells PodcastOne Sports Now guest host Rob Maaddi that Kaepernick “deserves” to be in the NFL and AP NFL writer Barry Wilner dissects NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s comments on Kaepernick and officiating. Former NFL running back Steven Jackson talks about the turnover he lived through playing for the Rams before ending his career with the Patriots. Saints linebacker Demario Davis admits it’s tough being in Atlanta for the Super Bowl following his team’s gut-wrenching loss to Los Angeles in the NFC title game....
Bolivia currently find themselves at the bottom of Group A in the league standings and cannot afford another defeat this week. The Bolivians suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat against Chile in their previous game and will need to be at their best in this match. Uruguay, on the other hand, have failed to meet expectations so far and will need to turn their Copa America campaign around. La Celeste have managed only one point from their two games and have a point to prove against Bolivia....
The club, relegated from the Championship this season, were unable to fulfil their fixture against Brentford after players went on strike over unpaid wages. A notice of intention to place Bolton into administration was submitted on Wednesday at the club’s High Court hearing over a winding-up petition brought by HM Revenue & Customs. Anderson blamed the failure of Laurence Bassini, a former Watford owner, to complete a takeover deal for the decision to put Bolton into administration....
The death Jones references in the clip is that of Leonore Draper, 32, who had just attended a fundraiser for an anti-violence organization.
Our finest Zeitgeist chroniclers–Tom Wolfe, Oliver Stone–haven’t yet tackled the late ’90s gold rush. Until they do, the best pop-cultural representation of how overnight riches are transforming old notions of wealth can be found in ads for Internet services. Many of them, especially commercials for online brokerages like Discover, ETrade and Ameritrade, suggest that the psychology of the day-trading market shares much in common with–as you might expect–lotteries. “If you look at lottery ads, they almost always use lower- middle-class people who end up dining with the Duchess of Windsor,” notes University of Florida professor James B....
