In 2020, as the Daytona 500 again arrives to begin a new season for the Cup Series, stage racing persists as NASCAR’s format for all 36 of its races on the schedule. This despite mixed reviews from fans through three full seasons of stage racing. MORE: Complete Daytona 500 starting lineup NASCAR earlier this month announced the stage lengths for those 36 Cup Series races in 2020, beginning with Sunday’s 200-lap Daytona 500....

He’s close friends with NBA legend and Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan. He’s golfing buddies with Masters champion Bubba Watson. On Wednesday, he added major leaguers Carlos Gonzalez and Tyler Clippard to the list. MORE: 12 upsets we want to see | Truex penalty | Johnson vs. The King Hamlin visited spring training as the guest of Phoenix International Raceway to help promote the “NASCAR goes West” tour, which includes races in Las Vegas, Phoenix and Southern California over the next three weeks....

Midway through the first episode, Owen Wilson’s Mobius M. Mobius took Loki (played by Tom Hiddleston), through an epic vision quest. At one point, Mobius stopped at one of his favourite moments in Loki’s existence—particularly that one time Loki hijacked a plane and parachuted out the back, before making his way back to Asgard. The scene mirrored the extraordinary true case of DB Cooper and even ended with Wilson’s TVA agent declaring Loki to actually be the real DB Cooper....

These panels and other content will all be released at the same time: On Saturday, September 12 from 10 a.m. PDT. When this content is released in your country will depend on your time difference from America’s west coast, which is currently seven hours behind GMT/UTC. Here’s when DC FanDome material will be available in some major countries and territories: Australia: Sunday, September 13 at 3:00 a. m. AEST / 2:30 a....

According to a paper published on September 22 in the Planetary Science Journal, Arecibo’s final stint of data collection between December 2017 and December 2019 reveals observations of 191 near-Earth asteroids, 70 of which may be “potentially hazardous.” Built in Puerto Rico in 1963, the Arecibo Observatory was the largest single-aperture telescope in the world until 2016 when the Chinese Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) began operations. It possessed a 1,000-foot-diameter spherical reflector dish designed to detect radio wavelengths from space....

Aldrich Hazen Ames is the embodiment of Angleton’s nightmare. It will take years to assess the damage, but his alleged act of betrayal looms as the worst spy scandal since the Rosenbergs stole the secret of the atom bomb during World War II. Henpecked, lazy, a nerd with an attitude, Ames, 52, sounded like a small-timer on the FBI tapes that led to his arrest last week on charges of espionage....

Hopkins made a spectacular catch Monday night to give Houston a 10-6 lead over the Bengals early in the fourth quarter. The throw came from backup T.J. Yates, who took the field after starter Brian Hoyer left the game with a concussion. (UPDATE: Houston held on to win by that score and handed Cincinnati its first loss.) MORE: Best of Week 10 | Texans-Bengals LIVE box score How did he get both feet down?...

In the middle of the presidential speech opening Parliament, live on nationwide television, Mubarak suddenly complained about the air conditioning and the temperature. Then he grabbed the sides of the lectern in a white-knuckled clinch. “What is happening?” he asked. The television cameras turned to other subjects–a long shot of the chamber, a close-up of the Egyptian seal–as the president fainted. Four guards carried him out of the hall, with Gamal close behind....

In a post shared on Reddit last Saturday under the username u/Same-Dot4246, she explained that since her husband’s best friend died, he’s been around at the widow’s place every single weekend, helping her around, and although it didn’t bother her much, it didn’t exactly thrill her either. Now her husband wants to invite the widow over for Christmas, as he says she needs the “family atmosphere the most.” But the poster is refusing to let her come, saying her family will be there and her presence will make people feel uncomfortable....

Smart tampons are tampons that can monitor certain aspects of health using a technological connection. But are smart tampons really useful, or are they examples of technological overreach? Learn more about what smart tampons are, what they could be used for, as well as their limitations. The my.Flow Tampon Monitor This smart tampon consists of a long tail that connects to a monitor by means of a medical-grade conductive thread....

The 31-year-old had not started for the Gunners in a year, spending the second-half of last season on loan at Bordeuax, but saw his Arsenal comeback cut short when he went down with a hamstring problem. Wenger: Too much pressure on youth Arsenal had just taken the lead through Alexis Sanchez, before the France international was forced off injured. Arsene Wenger brought on Gabriel in place of Debuchy at right-back, and will await news on the severity of his injury....

The Division of Law Enforcement with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conversation Commission (FWC) is investigating the crime after receiving reports of the discovery on the side of Lorraine Road in Saratoga County on Monday. Kimberly Kukich, a local television host and producer, was one of those to make the discovery. She took to Facebook to share her shock and outrage. “I am appalled to see this,” she said. “Driving to my parents I saw this....

When the Texans fired Gary Kubiak on Dec. 6 — the day after a Thursday night loss, while 30 other teams were practicing for their Week 14 games — they got a head-start on the coaching search. Thus, they were able to make the first move on one of the prime candidates for the 2013-14 offseason: Penn State’s Bill O’Brien. O’Brien, who met with the Texans in the days after Christmas, is in place and the Texans have move forward on the first day of 2014....

According to court documents first reported by the Daily Beast, 67-year-old Walter Lynn Primrose and his wife, Gwynn Darle Morrison, 67, were recently arrested on a charge of using stolen identities. Court documents show that Primrose worked with the U.S. government, including the Coast Guard, while operating under a false identity. “It is alleged that Primrose and Morrison agreed and conspired to make false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U....

Agentstvo, an investigate site launched in 2021, shared a message on its Telegram channel that said a Pantsir was placed near Putin’s home in the Novgorod region. The message included a photograph of what Agentstvo said was the Pantsir stationed to protect the Russian leader’s residence. Last week, pictures and videos began circulating on social media that appeared to show images of Pantsir systems place on rooftops of several key government buildings in Moscow....

Exactly nobody should’ve been surprised that NFL hubristically overstepped its bounds; that’s what the NFL does. Nobody should’ve been surprised that Roger Goodell got dunked on; that’s what people, lately, do to Roger Goodell. The specifics were banal (we know that Tom Brady writes some sloppy-ass emails) and absurd (pretty much everything else), but the process itself was predictable enough. The NFL is largely dumb and bad. MORE: Brady, from draft to Deflategate | COUNTERPOINT: You’re just jealous of Brady...

The Working Families Party announced on Wednesday that it had selected Tlaib to deliver its response to Biden’s address. Tlaib, who has previously clashed with party leaders and moderates, hinted that her speech will criticize the White House and Congressional Democrats for not moving more aggressively on legislative priorities while they still control the House and Senate. “It should not be this hard to deliver on health care, climate, housing, child care, safety, voting rights, clean water and so much more,” Tlaib said in a statement....

And good luck trying to figure out projections for these guys with the notoriously tight-lipped Chip Kelly calling the shots. The best we can get are guesses from Eagles beat writers, which seem to peg Murray for anywhere between 225 and 275 carries. Be sure to update your mock draft board after hearing that “insider information.” MORE: Fantasy Football cheat sheet | RB injury updates | Rankings DeMarco Murray’s fantasy projection We rank Murray sixth among RBs, and his current ADP in standard leagues in Mock Draft Army drafts is 11....