In the first half, Cook was piled on after making a third-down play and couldn’t get up right away. He was taken to the injury tent and his return was uncertain. MORE: Best fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 3 Well, that was until he came back on the field before halftime. The injury was to his ankle, although no details were given. He finished the first half with 13 rushes for 96 yards....
“I’ve been reading. Everything I worked for or received, nothing has been handed to me,” Lillard told Yahoo Sports. “I could take comfort in knowing that everything that happened isn’t by luck. It’s me working hard and me going after things, making it happen. Being doubted is not unfamiliar territory to me.” MORE: Who won and lost in free agency? | Jordan part of a trend The Trail Blazers’ All-Star guard knows he and his team will be essentially starting from scratch this season after losing four members of a starting five that led the team to 51 wins last season....
Damian Lillard could be on the move this offseason, with recent trade rumors indicating that the superstar Trail Blazers guard may want out. And should Lillard want out, count the Knicks among the suitors: SNY’s Ian Begley reports that the Knicks have been doing “homework and prep work” on Lillard should the star ask for a trade. MORE: Two factors that could push Damian Lillard out the door Begley also adds that should the stars the Knicks are targeting not become available this offseason, they’ll “slow play” their strategy and wait for the right stars to potentially be available....
The right-handed starter will sign with the Orioles, according to Fancred Sports. Straily, 30, reportedly had several offers on the table to have a guaranteed spot in a starting rotation. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN The Orioles have already used an opener in a game this year, so they clearly have room for the righty. The 30-year-old has won 29 games over the last three years while posting K/9 rates of better than 7....
The UFC president defended the decision to place the former NFL player, who was found guilty of assault and communicating threats against his ex-girlfriend in July 2014, on the same fight card as alleged domestic violence victim Rachael Ostovich. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year The decision has drawn much criticism since it was announced last month, including comments from ESPN reporter Ariel Helwani, who called out UFC for keeping the card intact....
Dandruff is believed to be caused by an overgrowth of oil in the hair follicles, or by an overgrowth of certain types of bacteria or fungus on the scalp. Dry scalp can be caused by age, the weather, or a reaction to harsh soaps or shampoos. In more serious cases, dry scalp may be a symptom of a skin condition such as psoriasis or precancerous lesions called actinic keratoses....
The Brazil star might have been left out of the starting XI of Paris Saint-Germain’s forgettable 0-0 draw with Montpellier on Saturday, but he still managed to hit the headlines domestically when he took to Instagram to make an appeal for a lost dog. “I lost my beautiful doggie around Malmaison Forest (Paris)… her name is Mari… please let me know if you find her. She is my life,” the former Barcelona and Juventus full-back posted....
Can she win? It’s an open-ended question that could take a while to answer as long Patrick has sponsorship — and it appears she is winning in that department. It took Michael Waltrip 462 starts before he won his first Cup race. Patrick has 46 starts with one top-10 finish, an eighth in the 2013 Daytona 500. Petty, a seven-time Cup champion and one of the sport’s most iconic figures, quipped Sunday that Patrick would win “if everybody else stayed home....
Patrick's woeful qualifying generally makes it tough on her, where she quickly would go a lap down and play catch-up most of the Sprint Cup races. So it's a big deal that Patrick will start 10th Sunday in the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Now she just must capitalize on it at a track where she has proved she can race well. She finished 12th and 17th in last year's races....
Patrick was running 24th in the 43-car field when she got together with the No. 51 car of rookie Justin Allgaier on Lap 171, sending both cars spinning around. Travis Kvapil also was involved. "The damn 51," Patrick said over her in-car radio. Patrick confronted Allgaier after the race and yelled at him for three to four minutes. MORE: Phoenix photos | Harvick wins | Winners & Losers | Results...
A clip of Janene Hoskovec deliberately coughing towards a woman who was with her daughter at a Super Saver in Lincoln, Nebraska, went viral after it was posted on Reddit on September 3. The video of the incident was later posted on Twitter, where it has since been viewed more than 4.5 million times. Hoskovec, 54, was fired from her job at software company SAP for coughing on the pair and for violating Lincoln’s mask mandate requiring people to cover their face while indoors at all public places....
The Swedish forward and longtime Senators captain announced his retirement Thursday to reporters at the Canadian Tire Centre. Alfredsson, 41, played 1,178 of his 1,246 career NHL games in Ottawa. He signed with Detroit prior to last season and played in 68 games with the Red Wings, scoring 18 goals and 49 points. The Senators signed Alfredsson to a one-day contract so he can skate in pregame warm-ups with the team one final time....
Arnold, who watched the gifted 19-year-old in person in Newcastle on Thursday night, believes new Socceroos coach Bert Van Marwijk may be inclined to take Arzani to Russia if his form continues. “That Arzani, he’s a kid that you can nearly throw in (to the Socceroos team),” Arnold said. “He’s brave and he’s prepared to do anything. “I really liked the way he stepped up for that penalty (against Newcastle last week)....
Tuesday afternoon, in the wake of reports that former UFC and WWE champion Brock Lesnar was opting to retire from MMA, ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reported that UFC President Dana White was pivoting away from the long-rumored, oft-discussed, partially-promoted, much-maligned title bout between Cormier and Lesnar that had been in the works since the former won the title and was confronted in the cage by the latter at UFC 226 last summer....
An AMC+ original based on short stories by Ken Liu, the sci-fi animated series explores the ways in which humanity could evolve in the future, namely how we could achieve everlasting life. For Kim’s character, David, this is a reality that is thrust upon him, as the scientist’s consciousness is uploaded to an online system after he passes away from an illness, and he later tries to reconnect with his daughter Maddie (Katie Chang) through her computer....
MORE: Whitt explains ‘disrespectful’ restart decision Suarez’s dramatic victory represents a de facto broadening of the scope of NASCAR racing. Approximately 23 percent of social media responses to Saturday’s race were in Spanish. With the championship, Suarez also became the first Toyota driver other than Busch to win a title in the series. Part of Suarez’s learning process was knowing where to go for information. When he needed to improve his restarts, he went to the master....
Washington Nationals shortstop Danny Espinosa made a lasting impression on fans attending Thursday’s 13-4 home win against the Cincinnati Reds. Espinosa became the first Nationals player with seven RBIs in a game since Josh Willingham in 2009. He clobbered two home runs — one a grand slam — and even received a curtain call for his effort. Ryan Zimmerman also had a solid night for the Nationals. The streaky first baseman went 2 for 4 with three runs scored, a home run, three RBIs and a walk....
After losing top receiver Keenan Allen for the season with a knee injury last week, the Chargers saw running back Danny Woodhead leave Sunday’s game against the Jaguars late in the first quarter. MORE: Color Rush uniforms, via “Madden” Woodhead caught a 4-yard pass in the flat from quarterback Philip Rivers and was tackled by Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith. Woodhead’s right foot got caught in the turf at Qualcomm Stadium, where he immediately grabbed his knee....
The hack targeted DAO Maker, a crowdfunding platform that helps create funding frameworks for startup companies, on Wednesday night EDT. Colin Wu, a Chinese blockchain journalist, announced the news on Twitter, citing a Chinese crypto blogger called Big Orange. The hack was confirmed by DAO Maker CEO Christoph Zaknun in a statement, who said the situation had been “taken care of.” Zaknun said the $7 million total had been stolen from 5,251 users with the average user losing $1,250 before the exploitation was tracked....
