The veteran goalkeeper completely missed an interception to allow Vitolo to give the visitors the lead early in the second half in Turin, though De Rossi equalized from the penalty spot after Sergio Ramos fouled Eder. De Rossi insists that Buffon remains the best in history in his position, though he felt a tinge of regret that he has kept any such blunders for Juventus to a minimum. “The best goalkeeper in history can make mistakes, too — otherwise, he’d be a machine,” the Roma midfielder told Rai Sport....

The Azzurri missed out on Russia 2018 after settling for a 0-0 draw with Sweden in Milan on Monday, as the visitors advanced to the World Cup on the strength of a 1-0 first-leg victory. The stunning setback marked Italy’s first failure to qualify for a World Cup since 1958. Sweden 66/1 to win World Cup A teary Buffon confirmed his retirement from Italy duty after 175 caps post-game, with fellow 2006 World Cup winners De Rossi and Barzagli soon following suit....

The play, which saw Hopkins launch himself upward over three Bills defenders, gave the Cardinals a 32-30 with just a second remaining in the game, eventually improving Arizona to 6-3 this season. For posterity, here’s another look at that play: MORE: All Hail, no hype: Kyler Murray has flipped Cardinals into real NFC title contenders Game-winning Hail Marys (you could argue this wasn’t one) are incredible enough on their own....

So the wide receiver didn’t report to training camp Saturday morning and began a holdout, according to ESPN. MORE: Where does Hopkins rank among NFL’s best wide receivers? For each day Hopkins misses, he will be hit with a $40,000 fine. Entering his fourth season in the NFL and with the Texans, Hopkins previously said he wanted to be paid “what he’s worth.” He is set to receive a base salary of $1 million this season....

Zane Michael Floyd, 46, was convicted in 2000 and sentenced to death for killing four and wounding a fifth person in a 1999 shotgun attack at a Las Vegas grocery store. Floyd’s lawyers are required to provide an alternative method of execution while asking U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware II to rule Nevada’s lethal injection method unconstitutional. They argue the procedure and its novel drug combination would be an agonizing death....

A: Never, never take the word of a bank employee, over the phone, about a matter this important. Some phone reps are well informed, others aren’t. Or maybe you didn’t clarify the question you were asking. Here’s what you should have done (as should any other separating spouses): call the bank and close the account. Follow up with a letter and keep a copy. Then if the bank messes up your credit you can show the error was theirs....

A few days after I turned in the first column I would write for Sporting News — the first of what has turned out to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 of them — I sat alone late into the evening in an Embassy Suites in Kansas City and watched the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout with particular interest. That first column had presented three candidates for breakthrough seasons in 1995-96....

Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp and his staff, however, ran into one thing it could never be prepared for: a communication breakdown with coaches in the press box. “That was a lot of fun. In the first half we had no communication with the press box, first time in my coaching career,” Muschamp said. He added he wasn’t sure why headsets weren’t working. MORE: Five things we learned from Michigan’s win over Florida...

We see a game-winning kick after a last-minute drive, one that capped a 21-point comeback and produced enough jaw drops to last an offseason, and think at some point, maybe someone in the Big 12 should think about playing defense. Now let me introduce those you laugh at, those who week after week know they’re one play away from disaster. “It’s brutal out there,” said Baylor linebacker Taylor Young. “You slip up, you’re exposed....

Despite his defiance, Kohl’s woes keep growing. Since the Spendenaffre (Donation Affair) first shocked Germany last November, CDU officials have had to admit that Kohl and his associates ran a secret network of slush funds fed by millions in undeclared–and therefore illegal–campaign contributions. Kohl himself admits to taking in 2 million euro in cash from donors he refuses to identify, saying he promised them anonymity on his “word of honor....

Cheney urged the party to “steer away from the dangerous and anti-democratic Trump cult of personality” in an opinion article published by The Washington Post. She said that Trump’s continued refusal to admit that he legitimately lost the 2020 presidential election to President Joe Biden was aimed at “seeking to unravel critical elements of our constitutional structure that make democracy work” and undermining confidence in election results. Cheney was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for allegedly inciting the deadly breach of the U....

The book is a response to those oh-so-sympathetic harangues directed at twenty- and thirtysomething women who dare to put off marriage and child-bearing (from self-help blockbusters like the “The Rules” to quasi-academic tomes like last year’s “Creating A Life” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett), as well as to the smaller but no less influential group of books declaring that the younger generations are peopled with slackers and solipsists who threaten our democracy, our sense of community, our very way of life....

Too much? MORE: Gronkowski responsible for Deflate-Gate | Edelman’s offensive T-shirt | AFC Championship photos Not for the New York Post who ran this rather amsuing headline Tuesday. The headline refers to the NFL’s investigation as to whether the Patriots used deflated balls in the AFC Championship Game. So many puns, so little time. Source: Newseum

“Movement” is probably too grandiose a word to describe the ranks of those critics of the civil-rights paradigm who are labeled, with varying degrees of accuracy, “black conservatives.” The vast majority of black American voters remain liberal Democrats. But Thomas’s nomination has propelled a once dismissed brand of African-American political thought to new national prominence. “No longer will one group take for granted the entire black community,” says Claudia Butts, deputy director of the conservative Heritage Foundation’s New Majority Project, the think tank’s minority outreach program....

The term “arthritis” describes more than 100 conditions that affect the joints. Each type of arthritis causes its own specific symptoms, but most cause joint pain and stiffness. Degenerative arthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting around 32.5 million American adults. It is also a leading cause of disability worldwide. Disability in OA is primarily due to the pain in weight-bearing joints. Keep reading to learn more about the signs and symptoms of degenerative arthritis, its causes, how it is diagnosed and treated, and prevention strategies....

Moments after Deion Sanders was ranting about the importance of highly paid quarterbacks producing, he bore witness to a roughing call that made him lose his cool. The Colorado coach was furious while appearing on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” for Buccaneers vs. Cowboys. Tampa Bay’s Akiem Hicks was called for roughing Dallas’ Dak Prescott. It looked as if the penalty was for Hicks getting his hands a bit high; Hicks also landed on top of Prescott....

However, there is now buzz that he could be traded ahead of the 2022 NBA Draft. Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer has reported that Murray’s name has popped up in trade rumors across the NBA. The Spurs have been willing to listen to offers for Murray, but their asking price is high. Murray, for one, seems to be buying into these trade rumors. He quote-tweeted the story that Fischer reported with a simple message....