As for the actual game on Jan. 1, Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier will wear a pretty cool mask. Designed by DaveArt's David Gunarsson, it pays tribute, appropriately, to pond hockey. From Gunnarsson: The design is a tribute to the origin of true hockey, kids playing hockey on a pond. Golden memories from our childhood. When Jonathan told me his wishes for his design I immediately came up with a plan how to create it....
“S— or get off the pot,” the 34-year-old closer remarked several times in a 30-minute discussion with the media. MORE: Best career All-Star Game performances | Reds’ Johnny Cueto reaches breaking point after loss Papelbon entered the season owed $13 million for 2015 with a vesting option of $13 million for 2016 that becomes guaranteed if he plays 19 more games this year, which has ultimately complicated his situation....
Coming up on a quarter century later, Ive is no longer employed at Apple, having left in 2019 to start his own solo design firm. But according to a review of the newly released Apple Silicon M1 iMac from Wired, Ive was nonetheless involved in Apple’s first iMac redesign since 2012. Jony Ive’s Involvement in the New iMac The review is short on the juicy details, but does seem to have been confirmed by Apple....
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has insisted that he is planning to make just two crucial signings this summer as he looks to strengthen the west Londoners’ squad and challenge for silverware next season. The Blues are still in the Premier League title race but must rely on their rivals dropping points if they are to be successful, while their European dream was ended in midweek courtesy of defeat to Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge....
On Wednesday, it was revealed by Real Deal Boxing and Lee Baxter Promotions that Saturday’s semifinals for the Jose Sulaiman World Invitational welterweight tournament that several fighters were unable to obtain visas. Due to the issue, the entire card scheduled to take place at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto has been postponed. “We were forced to make the very difficult decision late [Tuesday] night to postpone the event due to learning that, despite our best efforts, several of the tournament’s international fighters would not be granted visas to enter Canada,” Eric Bentley, the chief operating officer of Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Boxing said in a press release sent to Sporting News....
Uzcategui (28-2, 23 KOs) makes the first defense of the belt when he became the interim titleholder after beating Andre Dirrell in March. The hard-hitter from Venezuela looked to poised to meet champion James DeGale, but the former chose to relinquish his title to make Uzcategui the fully recognized IBF titlist. Plant (17-0, 10 KOs) earned the title opportunity when he notchedan unanimous decision victory over Rogelio Medina in February....
The 31-year-old took to Twitter to express her zero-tolerance policy on homophobia in her band and suggested that this is why there are only three members of the band left. “there’s a reason there are only 3 people left in @paramore. surprise, haters, it ain’t cause of me,” Williams tweeted Wednesday. “paramore do not condone religiously/politically dogmatic beliefs which leave our LGBTQ+ friends, fans, & family feeling abandoned and hopeless....
Hader, who had tied the record of 40 games Sunday against the Padres, instead gave up two home runs to the Phillies, resulting in his first blown save since July 2021. The Brewers lost 3-2 to Philadelphia, snapping Hader’s streak and leaving him tied with the Astros’ Ryan Pressly for the longest scoreless appearances streak. “The scoreless streak, that was pretty cool,’’ Hader said after the game, per ESPN. “I was hoping to get another one, but it’s baseball....
Hamilton grounded out in his only at-bat. The left fielder also made a tentative play on J.D. Martinez’s long fly ball in the second inning. Efren Navarro replaced him in left to begin the fourth. Hamilton was batting .326 in the Angels’ last 11 games, boosting his season average to .293. The former AL MVP has just five homers and 29 RBIs.
First, the Pirates outfielder got himself onto the highlight shows with some fancy (and arguably illegal) baserunning in the 10th against the Mets. Mets manager Terry Collins argued unsuccessfully that the infield grass is not the baseline. Anyway, no harm, no foul after the Bucs failed to score in the inning. In the 11th, Harrison ended matters with a walkoff RBI double. He didn’t even have to avoid a tag....
The Kansas City Star’s editorial board has routinely published scathing critiques of the Missouri Republican’s political maneuvers, particularly in the wake of the pro–Donald Trump attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. In its Thursday piece, the newspaper slammed Hawley over a letter he sent to Biden administration officials regarding the president’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers. The GOP senator raised concerns about the religious exemption clause of the mandate, arguing that the guidance “is overbroad and riddled with woke propaganda....
Mathews, of course, is the voice of Impact Wrestling - but one other little known fact is that he’s married to five-time Knockouts Champion and WWE Mae Young Classic competitor Madison Rayne. I took the opportunity to ask Josh just what it’s like to commentate on his wife’s matches, and whether that presents a completely different challenge to commentating on any of the other bouts in Impact Wrestling. Josh also spoke about the current state of the Knockouts Division, too, upon the arrival of new signing Tenille Dashwood, formerly known as WWE’s Emma....
McDaniels is an Ohio native, and was considered the front runner for the position due to his relationship with Browns general manager Mike Lombardi. The Patriots OC has a good job, and a strong relationship with head coach Bill Belichick and QB Tom Brady, which makes him the rare assistant who can afford to be selective about his next head coaching job. McDaniels' last go-round as the man in charge was with the Denver Broncos back in 2010, before he was fired by the teams' front office....
The Old Lady have become completely dominant on the peninsula, hoovering up Serie A’s best and brightest and now routinely swatting away those who attempt to take their crown by cherry-picking the stars of their competitors. The arrivals of Miralem Pjanic from Roma and Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli were power moves. And yet Juve are not at the top of the food chain. Their six years of supremacy have seen Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal and Alvaro Morata all move on, because even the Old Lady are powerless when faced with fluttering eyelashes of the game’s true studs....
The Browns quarterback was harassed by a fan at the Byron Nelson Classic in Irving, Texas, which led him to speak to security, Manziel’s agent Erik Burkhardt told Northeast Ohio Media Group. Burkhardt, when reached on Sunday, added that he was in church with Manziel and that his client had responded to the incident appropriately. MORE: McCown wants to help Manziel | Manziel has ‘different mentality’ | Manziel photos...
A friend of Manziel told The Washington Post that the former Browns quarterback has stuck to his goal of staying sober thus far, saying he hasn’t seen Manziel drink alcohol “in weeks.” But Manziel issued a statement to The Post saying he won’t promise he’s “never drinking again.” MORE: 20 incidents, one troubled NFL career for Johnny Football “I’m actually doing well. I have good friends around me supporting what I do and I try to support them in what they want to do,” Manziel said in the statement....
Anthony Smith is struggling as of late. Does he look as done as some other UFC fighters right now? No. But he has lost two in a row and three of his last four. And there were a few seconds in that win against Alexander Gustafsson, that the fight could have gone the other way. And whether you think the strikes to Ryan Spann were legal or not, Johnny Walker just broke his 2 fight losing streak....
Forward Giovinco left Serie A giants Juventus for the MLS in 2015 and has been a big success. Last season, he was part of a Toronto side that won a historic treble of the Canadian Championship, Supporters’ Shield and the MLS Cup. Giovinco scored 17 MLS goals en route to the latter victory, and his exploits have led to suggestions of a return to Serie A with Inter. However, his representative Andrea D’Amico told Tutti Convocati that is unlikely to be the case....
Many treatment options are available, including arthritis medication, topical treatments, injections, and more. This article discusses joint pain causes and arthritis treatments that you may want to explore. Causes of Joint Pain The word arthritis means joint pain. It’s the name of a large group of diseases, and it’s also sometimes used to describe a symptom, such as when an illness like the flu causes joint pain. Chronic Joint Pain Arthritic diseases are chronic, meaning they won’t go away (although they can be well managed)....
Respect Pain First and foremost, you need to recognize body signals. If you are experiencing pain after an activity, you must consider that you have been too active or done too much. Don’t disregard the pain—respect the pain you are feeling. Follow the arthritis “2-hour rule”: If you have more arthritis pain two hours after you exercise than you did before, you should cut back the next time. In other words, adjust your activity level to your pain level....
