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But the six-time champion does not believe the new rules, which are expected to be announced Thursday, are designed to keep him from winning another title. “I was shocked to hear what was being proposed,” Johnson said Tuesday on the Sprint Media Tour. “It kinda (came out of) left field and I was shocked to see all that, but if that’s the bullet we need, I’m all for it.” Each of the four Hendrick Motorsports drivers, which all made the Chase last year, said they were in favor of the proposal, which would create a 16-driver, elimination-based Chase capped by a four-driver winner-take-all season finale....

RELATED: The Best Death Note Episodes, Ranked Like many popular anime, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has its own power system. For the first two parts, Hamon was the preferred power, but Araki later changed it to what are known as Stands. Each Stand is unique, and has a distinct ability that separates them from the others. However, not all are created equal — some Stands are more powerful than others....

“Eli Manning is the one man I just don’t want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner. He has no conscience this time of the year. It’s important (the Packers) have some success early in this game, try to take the crowd out of it,” Gruden said during his weekly hit on ESPN2’s “Mike and Mike in the Morning” with Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic. The Super Bowl-winning coach knows first-hand about Manning’s ability to rise to the occasion come playoff time....

They are considered the pioneers of the sports and hold numerous records in the sports. They were the best pound for pound fighters of their era. But there is one guy who might not find a place in the list in spite of being one of the most decorated and unstoppable champions in the history of UFC and his name is Jon Jones. Jon Jones has been one of the most prolific fighters in the history of the UFC....

Anyone who’s followed this story will know that the impasse between the UFC and Jon Jones is due to money. But can the rift be closed? Essentially, Jones has priced himself out of the Ngannou fight, reportedly claiming that an offer of somewhere between $8m and $10m is not worth his time. Whether Jones is worth this amount, or more, is obviously up for debate. It could be argued that Jones – as one of the UFC’s biggest draws right now – is worth much more than the money on offer....

Jon Rahm, a Spaniard who represented Arizona State in the NCAA Championships became the latest part of players to have won in their first full season on tour out of university. That list includes Jordan Spieth, Justin thomas, Daniel Berger and Emiliano Grillio, the latter being the oldest at the age of 24. Rahm, who turned 22 in November 2016, birdied the 17th hole on Sunday at the South Course of Torrey Pines, before pouring a 61-foot eagle putt from the back fringe on 18 to pull ahead of the field by 3 shots and eventually win the Farmers Insurance Open comfortably in only his 13th PGA Tour start as a professional....

He was right: Rahm became the fourth Spaniard overall to win a major tournament on Sunday, following Seve Ballasteros, José María Olazábal and Sergio Garcia, and the first to win the U.S. Open after his victory in California. But special performance aside, the 26-year-old golfer spent most of his post-tournament trophy presentation talking about the reality of living in a coronavirus-stricken world, praising the “power of positive thinking.” MORE: Bryson DeChambeau explains back-9 meltdown...

Fleetwood made a blistering finish at the DP World Tour Championship on Sunday, birdying five of the last seven holes to sign for a seven-under 65 and join Rahm at the top of the leaderboard. Both players knew a victory at Jumeirah Golf Estates would also be enough to win the Race to Dubai and it was Rahm who achieved that feat, sinking a short birdie putt at the last to card a 68 and finish 19 under....

The former Dolphins offensive tackle, long mired by controversy in the Miami locker room, was traded to the San Francisco 49ers Tuesday in exchange for a conditional draft pick. MORE: Dolphins think Martin needed fresh start | Martin: “I felt trapped” Martin will be on familiar turf in reuniting with his former head coach at Stanford, Jim Harbaugh. He tweeted what was presumably a reaction to the news of his trade late Tuesday night....

Papelbon is Boston’s all-time leader in saves with 219 between 2005-11, but his hefty price tag ($13 million this year with a $13 million option for 2016 that vests if he finishes 48 games this season) makes him an unlikely trade target for Boston. Papelbon signed with the Phillies as a free agent after the 2011 season on a four-year, $50 million deal with a fifth-year option. Since arriving in Philadelphia, he’s posted 106 saves with a 2....

In short: Jonathan Papelbon has learned his lesson. Maybe he now knows he is — or at least was — the wrong person to be in charge of old-school discipline. And that Bryce Harper, the National League MVP, the present and future of the Washington Nationals and one of the faces of baseball for the next decade or so, isn’t here to get taught anything by the likes of Papelbon....

Listen, that’s a really great dunk. Simmons has exhibited freaky athleticism all season, and it’s pretty to watch him jump from where he did and tomahawk the ball down…even if it came in a losing effort in Portland. But please, can we stop sensationalizing these “posterizations”? Just go to the 18-second mark in this video. That is not a posterization. Rashad Vaughn didn’t even make the effort to block the ball....

If the reform doesn’t pass Congress soon, it will be dead in the water. Having a conservative border-state Republican as president is crucial to getting such a measure passed. Only a Ronald Reagan—who signed the last immigration-reform bill, in 1986—or a George W. Bush could brave the right-wing wrath any deal will incur. And whoever the next president is, he or she won’t fit that mold. So what stands in the way of a deal now?...

This comes just three days after Ke’Bryan Hayes of the Pittsburgh Pirates rounded the bases but was called out for not touching first base. Friday night against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, and the Astros trailing 3-1 with one out in the top of the fifth, Altuve swung at the first pitch he saw. He drove a line drive down the left field line. The ball ricocheted off the yellow “foul pole” in left field and bounced back to the field....

They do it for postgame interviews, pregame workouts, Instagram pictures, and any other occasion that might arise. So when a purported bad tattoo became an excuse for Astros All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve to keep his shirt on after his pennant-winning, walk-off homer in the 2019 ALCS, it only added to rumors that the Astros were cheating. FOSTER: If Nick Markakis is talking this way, then players are big mad at Astros...

I was watching SkySports Monday Night Football last night and the post match analysis and for me Gary Neville got it spot on. When asked about the manager he said: “He does not mind us praising him does Jose Mourinho. He loves the attention of big matches. You saw him tonight and he was like the conductor of the orchestra. He walks out at the start of the match and sits on the bench before his team have even come out....

Benitez’s wife, Montse, caused a stir when she claimed her husband is always tidying up after Mourinho, having coached Inter, Chelsea and now Real. MORE: International soccer rivalries | Mourinho feels the passion in U.S. Montse’s comments provoked a response from Mourinho, who was quizzed by reporters following Chelsea’s 4-2 penalty shootout win over Barcelona in the International Champions Cup on Tuesday. Mourinho pointed to Benitez’s record with Inter just months after the Portuguese boss guided the Milan club to a historic treble in 2009-10 as he shot down Montse’s claims....

Manchester City have been in imperious form all season, having played 31 games and amassed a whopping 84 points, winning 27 and losing just 1 game so far. Manchester United go into this fixture facing the haunting possibility of Pep Guardiola’s men doing the unthinkable, clinching the Premier League title in full glare of the United faithful. The war to clinch the Premier League title is certainly over, with Manchester City ironically needing just 3 points to mathematically hoist the trophy....

Falcao is someone Chelsea have been linked with for a couple of seasons now but he choose the riches of Monte Carlo rather than West London after leaving Atletico Madrid. Now, with Arsenal also looking for a replacement for the injured Olivier Giroud, Falcao is willing to move for a season to the Premier League and in my eyes, he would be the ideal signing if Torres leaves and there is a space in the squad....

On Friday, Bernstein announced that he had contracted the virus after speaking at an event on September 13. He said he began feeling sick a day later. Describing his symptoms from his bedroom, Bernstein said, “This thing is brutal. It’s not the flu, it’s not. With the flu, it’s like okay, you’re sick, you’ve got a headache, you’re sneezing, cold, stuffy, achy, this that. You could get some amoxicillin and three, four, five days later you’re good to go, right?...