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11 days ago, Major League Baseball opened up "Phase I" voting for this year's All-Star Game and I wrote about how Thairo Estrada of our beloved San Francisco Giants, being the best second baseman in the National League, should get yours and many other people's vote.Today, Major League Baseball released the first "Phase I" results from the balloting and, to my horror, Thairo Estrada, still the best second baseman in the National League, is not leading the results - he's SIXTH!

The vice presidency can be a stepping stone to the presidency.Just ask Joe Biden, who found that serving as Barack Obama's No. 2 was the ticket to winning his party's nomination for president after two unsuccessful attempts.Former Vice President Mike Pence, who took part in a CNN town hall Wednesday night after declaring his 2024 bid, is already finding a far rockier road to the White House than Biden.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may be poised to bring criminal charges against Donald Trump, the kind of moment that would doom many political careers.Yet Trump is likely to find being the subject of such a historic legal action would provide a boost of energy, and potentially donations, to his latest presidential bid.

In addition to always finding crunched up cereal in the couch cushions and constantly grabbing hands that are always, somehow, just the stickiest, one of the big things that happens when you become a dad is that you worry more.This, of course, makes sense.You have a family and are tasked with helping them grow and learn about the world.

On January 3rd, pasta brand Ronzoni announced it would be discontinuing one of its most popular products, Ronzoni's pastina pasta.If it's been a staple comfort food in your life, or makes up a major part of your kid's diet, this is truly terrible news.But if it's any consolation, the product is still available in many stores - at least for now.

The Lakers don't need much ammo to do damage in the NBA draft, which makes the prospect of them having two draft picks, including the No. 17 overall pick, an encouraging one.On top of having a pick in the middle of the first round, the Lakers will also have a mid-second round pick to do damage with as well.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA.Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Los Angeles Lakers fans and fans across the country.Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.The more the Lakers play their way into the fringes of the playoff race in the Western Conference, the more the team's brutal 2-10 start haunts them.

Just a two-hour drive from most of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara might be the best food and wine destination for Angelenos looking to get out of town.Between the incredible produce bounty of the Central Coast, innovative winemakers of Santa Ynez Valley, talented cooks trained in top kitchens across the state, and legitimately better weather than LA, Santa Barbara makes for an ideal weekend getaway.

Being trustworthy is never a bad thing to shoot for.There's also no mystery in what it entails.You say what you mean.You do what you say.You return the ladder when you're done with it.When it comes to you, people don't have to guess."It's being authentic," says Jill A. Stoddard, licensed psychologist and author of .

It's one thing to know the end is coming, it's another to wake up to the ending via tweet.Aaron Hicks has officially been designated for assignment, ending an eight-year relationship that saw him among the best center fielders in the game before declining into a player without a role.Even after warming up in the past week or so, Hicks owns a 49 wRC+ and -0.5 fWAR on the season.

AI is suddenly everywhere!Apps, sites, plugins, conversations, memes, companies throwing themselves head first into making or making better AI type things.There's a whole lot of investment - of hearts, minds, ideas and money - into AI.But do we trust it?And if we do, or don't, should we?I had an email pop into my inbox.

I got together with my new boyfriend in July last year.He had been in a relationship with the doctor at Addenbrooke's for several years but that had ended three months earlier, in April.They had separated amicably but she had then changed her mind and had second thoughts about splitting up.Early on in our relationship she asked him for my name.

Gary Lineker has cancelled his appearance on Match Of The Day Live due to illness, BBC Sport has said.Lineker returned to presenting duties on Saturday after he was taken off air by the broadcaster last weekend over his comments comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany.

The head of Britain's equality watchdog is being investigated by a senior lawyer over complaints made by colleagues.A king's counsel (KC) has been called in by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to carry out an independent investigation into dozens of allegations made against its chair, Kishwer Falkner.

What is the public interest value of Matt Hancock's huge cache of WhatsApp messages?They tell us a fair amount about him and his vanity.He has a laser-like focus on claiming credit.I CALLED FOR THIS TWO MONTHS AGO, he writes in shouty caps, to an aide, about the plan to cut the approval time for a vaccine.

Well it's been an eventful week, hasn't it?After trading blows with the Rays again, the Yanks went on the road and beat the Blue Jays and Reds to pull into third place in the AL East standings.It's going to be one of those years where each weekly check-in could see the Yankees in a different slot in the division and a different team taking home last place, which I'm sure is going to be frustrating in the long haul but does also make for some highly captivating regular season storylines.

After reports came out late yesterday afternoon that "Arson" Judge decided to sign with the San Francisco Giants, my stomach started to drop.I felt sick.That report was quickly retracted, but I still couldn't shake that uneasy feeling all night long.I had trouble falling asleep, and because of how the events of yesterday played out, I had a feeling that I was going to wake up to news about Aaron Judge making the decision that would define the 2022 MLB offseason.

The Toronto Maple Leafs had a really successful season, finishing just two points out of out of second overall, winning a playoff series for the first time in nearly 20 years, and heavily outplaying the team that eventually beat them with a hot goalie.Despite having a solid season, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a ton of UFAs and will be coming back with a different team next year.

Jakob Chychrun was a healthy-scratch on Saturday night, which made everyone speculate that he could be traded this week, potentially to the Toronto Maple Leafs.The Toronto Maple Leafs have been linked to Jakob Chychrun all year and it's easy to see why.The 24-year-old fits the Leafs style of play, but even more enticing is his small contract that has term.

Some shows like The X-Files are high-concept, puzzle box series intentionally packed full of secrets and hidden connections for viewers to untangle.Meanwhile, other shows just ... aren't.Above, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) in The X-Files.Fox/Liaison/Getty Images Kids, gather 'round ol' Pappy Glen's knee, and he'll tell you a tale of television in the olden days of his far-off youth.

A coalition of founders, CEOs and professors (Elon Musk among them) says artificial intelligence companies should immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems, though some may just want to sideline the competition so they can launch their own AI products.Some may argue that the current state of AI language bots etc. has been oversold and overhyped.

Two men have been cleared of acting as spotters in the gunpoint robbery of a 70,000 diamond-encrusted watch from former world boxing champion Amir Khan.The 2004 Olympic silver medallist, 36, was targeted as he and his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, 31, left the Sahara Grill restaurant in Leyton, east London, on April 18 last year.

Jacquelyn Mason: I always like to start off by saying that each and every one of us is susceptible to spreading misinformation, or we've all believed false content at some time, right?Misinformation is false content.But the person sharing doesn't realize that the content is false or misleading.I can give a few examples of this.

"Dystopia" doesn't auto-fill when you Google "San Francisco," but give it time.It's only Wednesday.Platoons of international journalists did not swoop in to cover the April 27 shooting of Banko Brown at a downtown Walgreens, as they had for the April 4 killing of Bob Lee - which was not, in the end, a story of dystopian San Francisco street conditions but a rather Floridian tale, complete with high-rise condos, convertibles, plastic surgery, clandestine sex and high-end drug-use by the ultra-wealthy.

The No. 14 Muni bus rumbles south on Mission Street picking up five to eight passengers at each stop: Mothers with their children, young adults wearing headphones, senior residents vying for the few remaining seats.No one tags on.No one glances around furtively to see if someone is watching them ride for free.

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 16, 2023, 07:16 PM ET


MILAN -- And suddenly, they looked all grown up; freed from the insecurities, brain farts and inferiority complexes that so often derailed them.Inter Milan's 1-0 win over AC Milan amounts to a 3-0 aggregate win over their crosstown rivals and opens the door to the UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul on June 10.

A court ruling said that bank records showed that Javad Marandi, who has been on a Conservative advisory board of ultra-wealthy supporters, either owned or was connected to companies involved in a criminal enterprise moving vast sums of illicit funds around the world and into this country.The judgment states that he received $49 million directly from the bank account of one of the companies used to launder the proceeds of crime as part of the scheme - known as the "Azerbaijan laundromat" - and that one of the companies owned by Mr Marandi received a further $107 million from the same account.

A jury has been sent out to consider its verdict in the trial of a police officer accused of unlawfully leaving a man paralysed from the waist down after tasering him.Pc Imran Mahmood, 36, is charged with unlawfully inflicting grievous bodily harm on Jordan Walker-Brown during a patrol in the early months of the first coronavirus lockdown on May 4 2020.

A police officer left a man with "catastrophic" life-changing injuries after Tasering him on top of wheelie bins, causing him to fall backwards on to a footpath, a court heard.Pc Imran Mahmood, 36, is accused of unlawfully inflicting grievous bodily harm on Jordan Walker-Brown during a patrol in the early months of the first lockdown on May 4 2020.

You weren't actually worried about Igor Shesterkin, were you?After all, the New York Rangers' star goaltender has excelled at every level he's played, and took home a slam-dunk Vezina Trophy last season after posting a record of 36-13-4 with an absurd .935save percentage and a stingy 2.07 goals-against average.

Johnathan Wood | February 21st, 2023
In part one, we found that the Bears actually had a respectable pass rush for the first part of the year, but trading Robert Quinn had a profound impact, leaving them with the worst pass rush of any NFL team in the last five years post-trade.Since their pass rush after the trade was so bad, it stands to reason that they need a whole host of new pass rushers.

Johnathan Wood | March 7th, 2023
Yesterday, we explored the tackles, where Braxton Jones looks like a solid starter.Today, we will look at the guards.The Bears had four guards play meaningful snaps last year, and the table below shows how they held up in pass protection compared to the 77 guards around the NFL who had at least 200 pass blocking snaps (Lucas Patrick did not have enough snaps to qualify, so his ranks are where he would have fit if he did).

Apple has announced new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, featuring its latest M2 Pro and Max chips.The M2 Pro model will launch with a 12-core CPU, up to 19-core GPU, and up to 32GB of unified memory, while the M2 Max includes up to 38 cores of GPU power and support for up to 96GB of unified memory.The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro starts at $1,999, with the 16-inch model starting at $2,499.

For years, Apple's pro-leaning users have been begging for the company to bring pro-leaning apps to the iPad.And this week, they finally got them.And yet, after all that wait, the most interesting thing about Logic and Final Cut Pro finally coming to Apple's tablets might be their pricing model.After years of charging a set price for the Mac version of each product$199.99

It's not every chef who can explain the relative numbing qualities of Sichuan peppercorns and pain medication.So it is with Tom Lo, the self-styled doctor by day, chef by night who runs an anesthesiology practice in Queens.He's a partner in Chi Restaurant and Bar, which opened late last year in Midtown West near a corridor that's seeing an uptick in Chinese restaurants.

Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler addresses the media at Parliament House on March 30 in Canberra, Australia.Martin Ollman/Getty Images Australia's government will crack down on recreational vape sales and enforce a requirement that products such as e-cigarettes be sold only in pharmacies with a prescription.

The Dallas Cowboys didn't approach the 2023 NFL Draft like many fans expected, but did they still come out well? Grades for every 2023 draft pick.Coming into the 2023 NFL Draft, as is often the case, Dallas Cowboys fans were invigorated by the possibility of what the team could make happen.Maybe it was a splash move for Bijan Robinson.

The Cowboys drafted Mazi Smith in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft and fans were immediately shook with flashbacks to Taco Charlton.After the Buffalo Bills traded up to jump the Dallas Cowboys for Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid, many fans of America's Team assumed they would simply take the second-best tight end on the board, Notre Dame's Michael Mayer.

At certain dog-friendly spots across town, diners can not only bring their own four-legged friends, but also mingle with the cats and dogs who make these restaurants and bars a second home.(Or a primary home, in the case of Wrecking Bar Brewpub's brewery kitty Tina.)These pets are always hanging around, so no wonder they've garnered a loyal local following by befriending regulars - and through clever integration by their owners into restaurant branding and marketing.

No matter the site you check, or where you get your trusted intel from, you'll find the same answer all across the board: the New York Knicks will beat the Miami Heat and get to the Eastern Conference Finals.That's what has been percolating through the last couple of days after both the Knicks and the Heat defeated their first-round foes in Cleveland and Milwaukee and set up their semifinals matchup.

The New York Knicks were down by six late against the Indiana Pacers.It was a game in which they couldn't buy a three-point bucket for the most part.They also gave up a critical offensive rebound leading to a Pacers three.They committed a brutal turnover in the final minute.Naturally, the Knicks stormed back to win, LOL.

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Premier League football clubs may have avoided paying £250m in tax over a three-year period, financial experts have estimated.It follows analysis looking at how football agents are often paid to represent both players and clubs in negotiations, including transfers.Tax Policy Associates, which led the analysis, says the practice reduces the amount of tax paid on agent payments.

Ron DeSantis has reversed his position on Ukraine, after facing widespread criticism for calling the Russian invasion a territorial dispute.Speaking to Fox Nation in an interview to be broadcast in full on Thursday, the Florida governor and probable contender for the Republican presidential nomination said his territorial dispute remark had been mischaracterised.

Celtics Woj explains why he thinks Brown is a taking a "realistic" approach to the situation.Jaylen Brown took a cautious, non-committal approach to questions about his future in Boston during an interview with the Ringer which was published this week.He didn't say that he's planning to stay long term.

Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images On a night where Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown played far from their best, the Boston Celtics defeated the Golden State Warriors 121-118 in overtime at TD Garden on Thursday.Tatum and Brown struggled shooting against the defending NBA champions.Tatum made 9-of-27 shots from the floor and 4-of-13 shots from deep, while Brown made 6-of-18 shots from the floor and 1-of-4 shots from deep.

Although free agency in the NFL doesn't officially start until Wednesday, the legal tampering period began at noon on Monday.The day was filled with breaking news about players around the league receiving massive contracts, but in typical fashion, the Patriots were not one of them.We did see the trade of Jonnu Smith to the Falcons to start the day, and shortly after that, the news about Jonathan Jones signing a two-year contract to remain in New England was released.

The inconsistent New England Patriots' offense yet again reared its ugly head on Thursday night football against the Buffalo Bills.The team has now dropped two games in a row, albeit to two playoff teams.The Thanksgiving day showdown against the Vikings offered a glimpse into what the offense could be if things were clicking.

With 0.9 seconds left on the clock, and his team down three, Spencer Dinwiddie knew all he could do was catch and shoot.A pump fake would have taken too long.Same for an escape dribble or a double-clutch.So from a few steps inside of halfcourt, he caught an inbounds pass and hoisted a wide-open shot that tied Saturday's matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers at 101 apiece.

Dodgers outfielder Jason Heyward has seen the highs and lows of Major League Baseball.He was a superstar when he was young, looking legitimately like a future Hall of Famer over his first five or six seasons and then winning a World Series title in his first year with the Cubs to snap a 108-year drought.

When the Dodgers non-tendered former MVP Cody Bellinger last month, it was both unsurprising and a shock to the system.Bellinger, who spent six seasons in Los Angeles and looked like a future Hall of Famer for the first three, had a fall so precipitous you could legitimately say it was unprecedented.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has lost an appeal against the severity of her sentence to 15 months in prison for being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group.

Horror films have become a rare bright spot for contemporary Hollywood.Now a group of theater artists is hoping the genre can work on Broadway, too.The producers Tom Kirdahy (Hadestown) and Robert Ahrens (Little Shop of Horrors) said Tuesday that they are planning to bring an unsettling new play, Grey House, to Broadway this spring.

The statement came swiftly from lawyer Doug Wigdor.And it should be regarded by Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill as a clear warning.Wigdor, who represents former Panthers interim coach Steve Wilks, reacted sharply to the news that the Panthers had passed over Wilks for Frank Reich."We are shocked and disturbed that after the incredible job Coach Wilks did as the interim coach, including bringing the team back into playoff contention and garnering the support of the players and fans, that he was passed over for the head coach position by David Tepper," Wigdor said.

The campaign by western nations to defund the Kremlin and force President Vladimir Putin to abandon his war in Ukraine is reaching a delicate phase.From Feb. 5, the European Union will join the UK and the US in banning seaborne imports of Russian diesel and other oil products.The measure, coupled with a price cap on Russian fuel exports, is designed to blow a sizable hole in Moscow's energy revenues.

Consumer furor over rising food prices has reignited anger over the infamous bread price-fixing scandal, which became public in 2017 and allegedly involved several major grocers colluding to inflate bread prices."It's time to get answers," said anti-poverty activist Irene Breckon, 76, of Elliot Lake, Ont.

President Joe Biden visited the Mexico-Texas border Jan. 8 and expanded an immigration program that will give more migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela the chance to enter the U.S. legally.Biden said that he was taking action because congressional Republicans have refused to consider his proposal for extra funding for additional asylum officers and immigration judges.

Major League Baseball is on Carlos Correa watch.The 28-year-old star shortstop and his representation, led by Scott Boras, and the New York Mets are attempting to hammer out the finalization of a deal that brings the two-time All-Star to Queens for the foreseeable future.Whether or not that's for the full 12-year, $315 million pact that the two sides agreed upon last week obviously remains to be seen.

While the Toronto Raptors may be a measly 12-18 against every team in the league not named the Cleveland Cavaliers, they are a perfect 3-0 against a squad that can legitimately be considered one of the best in the Eastern Conference.Who could have figured?After breaking out of their shooting slump, the Raptors had three different players score more than 25 points in this game.

The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Toronto Raptors 104-101 in overtime on Monday, handing Nick Nurse and his team their sixth straight loss.After Pascal Siakam hit a layup to send the game to overtime, he missed a potential game-tying three that could have pushed the game to double overtime.Siakam escapes any sort of blame for how things transpired, as he scored 38 points and pulled down 15 rebounds.

If, after watching the last two Toronto Raptors games, you feel like bowing out of this one thinking, this team isn't worth watching until they right the ship, well, I can't blame you.And who wants to watch them play the Orlando Magic, losers of seven straight games and owners of a 5-18 record??
I'll tell you who: Me!

The San Jose Sharks have only given a single rookie NHL game time this season, and it's time for that to change entering the new year.They're near the bottom of the standings, and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the San Jose Barracuda, isn't doing much better for themselves.If the Barracuda were in the fight for a playoff push, it would make sense to leave top prospects down there in order to get them more experience in big games.

The writer, theorist and feminist Helene Cixous was born in Algeria in 1937 and has long lived in Paris.She came to public renown for her essay, "The Laughter of Medusa" (1975), in which she outlines how women can defend themselves against widespread oppression.Speaking to DW from Paris, Cixous says that the current women-led protests in Iran are part of an extended feminist movement in the country.

Fetterman was one of seven new senators elected in November but the only one from a different political party.The others are Katie Britt (R-Ala), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.),Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.),J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.).In urging Fetterman to listen to the concerns of his constituents, Toomey noted that being from Pennsylvania, he saw more visitors from his state than most senators.

Game Wrap-upsI think the Rangers confidence is back.Since the promotion of Alexis Lafrenière and Kaapo Kakko to the top line, and some other minor line juggles by the head coach, the Rangers have found their confidence.That top line is buzzing, and looks like a reincarnation of the GAG line.Under no circumstances can Gallant tinker with it, it operated at an 86.28 xGF% per Natural Stat Trick.

Local Newly surfaced documents also strengthen the case that English buccaneer Henry Every - the target of the first worldwide manhunt - hid out in New England before sailing for Ireland and vanishing into the wind.WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - One tarnished silver coin at a time, the ground is yielding new evidence that in the late 1600s, one of the world's most ruthless pirates wandered the American colonies with impunity.