#monday-afternoon

#monday-afternoon

Juventus has played its last official game for a few months.Thank goodness.The 2022-23 season is over.A season that has seen as much - if not more - off-field drama than sub-par play on the field has finally, at long last, come to an end.Pat yourself on the back.You survived it.It probably left you exhausted, but you survived it.

Last week sucked.What more is there to say about it?To the podcast episode, folks.We say more there.This week on The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss:


Takeaways from the week that was - including how Juventus has mentally checked out and how you can't always tell when a team's era, no matter the sport, is coming to an end but you can definitely see it with this modern version of Juventus.

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet on Monday afternoon in an effort to revive talks to avert a default on the nation's debt after negotiations faltered over the weekend.The meeting, which is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the White House, comes after negotiators clashed over Republicans' demands to cut spending in exchange for raising the debt limit.

A man has appeared in court in France charged with shooting dead an 11-year-old British girl who was playing in the garden of her family home.The suspect, Dirk Raats, 70, originally from Antwerp in Belgium, has been officially put under investigation for the murder of Solaine Thornton and the attempted murder of her parents, Adrian and Rachel Thornton.

Elizabeth Gilbert is delaying publication of The Snow Forest, a novel set in Russia, after receiving an outpouring of "anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain" from Ukrainian readers who object to releasing any work about Russia.Here, in this photo from September 2010, Gilbert arrives at the European premiere of the film Eat, Pray, Love in Leicester Square, London.

Close Police investigating disappearance of Madeleine McCann to search reservoir' Divers searching for Madeleine McCann probe the Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal for the second day as they look for the pink pyjamas the toddler was wearing when she vanished.Investigators believe the 45-year-old killed Madeleine, then aged three, after abducting her from a holiday apartment.

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The Dodgers have only themselves to blame for the beating they've taken from the left and the right over the decision to first invite to Pride Night - and then disinvite - a charity organization fronted by drag queens dressed as nuns.The team's apology to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on Monday afternoon doesn't erase the damage done.

Note: RMNB will get a tiny percentage of anything purchased through the following MLB Shop links in this article.Those funds will be used to pay our writers, improve our infrastructure, and help us create more great content for you.It's one of the easiest ways to support the site.The Baltimore Orioles unveiled their City Connect jersey on Monday, becoming the fifth MLB team this season and 19th team overall to debut a design.

B lack smoke was visible from across London on Monday afternoon as around 60 firefighters tackled a huge fire at a metal scrapyard.Eight fire engines were scrambled to the scene in Burnham Way in Lower Sydenham around 3pm on Monday, where they found a car on fire.Around seven tonnes of scrap metal was ablaze by 4pm, said London Fire Brigade (LFB).

Patriots "Everybody will get a chance to play."Bill Belichick didn't exactly give a ringing endorsement of Mac Jones and his standing as New England's franchise quarterback back in January."Mac has the ability to play quarterback in this league," Belichick said during his end-of-season press conference on January 9. "And we have to all work together to try to find the best way as a football team - which, obviously, quarterback's an important position - to be more productive than we were this year.

There has been a lot of talk regarding the Patriots' future with Mac Jones as the franchise quarterback over the past year, and it's only grown since Lamar Jackson became available for trade a few weeks ago.The Patriots were interested in Jackson during the 2018 draft, having a few visits with him, and were dabbling in the idea of selecting him as Tom Brady's eventual successor.