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Four months after retiring his jersey, the San Jose Sharks welcomed back Patrick Marleau in a coaching and advisory capacity on Friday.Marleau, 43, the NHL's all-time leader in games played, will serve as a player development coach and a hockey operations adviser.The three-time All-Star center will work with the on-ice development of Sharks and San Jose Barracuda prospects and also will work closely with general manager Mike Grier and his staff.

At a warehouse in Irving Park, a group of teenage boys and young men between the ages of 14 and 20 sat on couches in a recording studio Wednesday afternoon, taking turns freestyling over a loud beat that bounced off the walls of the glowing room.Music producer and sound engineer Johnny Rayborn maneuvered the settings on his soundboard at the front, looping beats and cutting segments of audio.

When a university vice president had an opening for a controller sitting just beneath her in the hierarchy, board members told her to seek an "older man" to complement her.Since she began the vice president role at age 37, board members routinely criticized her age, calling her diminishing pet names, like "kiddo" and "young lady."

Talk of federal indictments, classified documents and anything related to the president's predecessor are out.Bridge repair, junk fees and prescription drug prices are in.As President Biden ramps up his re-election campaign, his team is focused not on the various investigations into former President Donald J. Trump but rather on spotlighting the ways, however mundane, his administration can assist Americans in their daily lives.

The Justice Department accused the Minneapolis police on Friday of discriminating against Black and Native American people, using deadly force illegally and trampling the First Amendment rights of protesters and journalists damning claims that grew out of a multiyear investigation and may lead to a court-enforced overhaul of the police force.

It was an incredibly busy day down on the farm for Atlanta's MiLB affiliates as there were a total of seven games played on the day.We've got a lot to get into, so let's dive into Friday's minor league action.(29-38) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (35-31) Nashville Sounds 5


Joe Dunad, DH: 1-4, HR, RBI
Forrest Wall, CF: 2-4, RBI
Braden Shewmake, SS: 2-3, 2B, BB
Michael Soroka, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, ER, 4 BB, 3 K


Unlike their Double-A counterparts, Gwinnett couldn't quite pull out the win in extra innings on Friday.

With just over five months until the start of the MLB offseason, all eyes are on Shohei Ohtani and whether he will become a free agent as expected.The two-way star is in the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Angels and largely has dodged questions about his future.However, the consensus around the league is Ohtani will test the open market and spark one of the most anticipated bidding wars in sports history.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Feelings of indignation and anger fueled by religious conservatives culminated in a protest Friday afternoon at Dodger Stadium over the honoring of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a satirical performance and activist organization made up of queer nuns in drag that are considered blasphemous by some Christians.

Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kayvon Thibodeaux and the New York Giants are embracing the underdog role.Despite making the playoffs for the first time since 2016 and winning a Wildcard round game, the Giants are still considered to be second-class in the NFC East.The Philadelphia Eagles remain the clear favorite after a 14-3 regular season in 2022 and a Super Bowl appearance.

Voting booths are set up at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office on the first day of early voting for the 2022 midterm general election in Orlando, Florida.Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty Images Democrats and abortion rights organizers achieved significant wins in the 2022 midterms - and collected hundreds of millions of data points about voters along the way.

According to a study by Ernst & Young, there is one trait that is shared by 94% of women who hold C-suite level positions.PepsiCO CEO Indra Nooyi has it.So does former Hewlitt-Packard CEO Meg Whitman.Elevance Health CEO Gail Koziara Boudreaux and Sheex CEO Michelle Marciniak possess it as well.So, what is this trait?

Few teams have historically been run as poorly as the Toronto Maple Leafs.The Toronto Maple Leafs have seen many players come and go through the years.It always stings when someone they had within the organization develops well beyond expectations, only it's with another franchise.This has been the case too many times in the organization's very long history.

"The nuances of preparing, prosecuting, acquiring, and maintaining patents are the craft of the patent attorney.Understanding the impact of actions along that path is something that requires true collaboration from many disciplines within an organization."As a patent practitioner and corporate strategist speaking at IPWatchdog's Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management Masters program next week, on a panel titled "Strategic Portfolio Acquisition and Maintenance; Ensuring Business Objectives Align with Patent Strategy," I decided to gather some resources that help organize potential business objectives and questions that can be answered so that patent strategy, portfolio maintenance, and portfolio acquisition are able to be aligned with a business strategy.

As the Toronto Raptors get prepared to finally make a decision on who they should select in the 2023 NBA Draft, it is worth remembering that this organization has had a history of (largely) drafting well and developing their own talent.With their lone draft choice last year, No. 33 overall, the Raptors took Arizona center Christian Koloko.

A report on the Chicago Bears regarding wide receiver Chase Claypool and his "motivation" issues is sweeping the NFL, and a former Bears legend is not happy about it.According to reports from the Waddle and Silvy show in Chicago, Chicago Bears wide receiver Chase Claypool is drawing negative reviews.

The U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland had lately sensed something different in professional golf.Players were empowered and emboldened.Executives were listening.The PGA Tour was changing.With the circuit's dominance challenged by LIV Golf, an upstart built with billions of dollars from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the tour felt closer to a cooperative than a dispassionate titan of professional sports.

If Commissioner Keechant Sewell, head of the nation's largest police force, wanted to promote an investigator to first-grade detective, she had to clear it with City Hall, according to her former top uniformed officer.When she was selecting someone to run the New York Police Department's Intelligence Division, her choice was blocked by members of Mayor Eric Adams's administration, according to several current and former officials.

One year after Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should reconsider whether the Constitution affords Americans a right to birth control, Democrats and reproductive rights advocates are laying the groundwork for state-by-state battles over access to contraception an issue they hope to turn against Republicans in 2024.

Former Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Joe Kelly made his return to Dodger Stadium during a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox, which was also a chance to see teammates from the 2018 Boston Red Sox World Series roster.Prior to signing with the Dodgers, Kelly spent four and a half seasons with the Red Sox after they acquired him in the summer of 2014.

The Dodgers are not THE DODGERS, but they're still The Dodgers, and slip from the top tier of organizational strength to the one beneath it will still give the San Francisco Giants plenty of trouble this weekend in their three game series at Dodger Stadium.Okay, I'm imagining the following tiered system:
Bottom Tier (Tier 5) - The A's or the Royals
Tier 4 - Signs of life, but future is unclear.

LVIV, Ukraine Nearly two weeks after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southeastern Ukraine, the floodwaters are receding, but local officials are grappling with a new concern: the potential for outbreaks from waterborne disease.On Saturday, local officials in Kherson and Mykolaiv, the two regions most affected by the flooding on the Dnipro River unleashed when the dam collapsed, outlined plans to ensure safe drinking water.

Tents line Fulton Street near City Hall on April 5, 2020.In June, budget battles are underway in the Bay Area's two largest cities, with Mayors London Breed in San Francisco and Matt Mahan in San José pushing for more voter-approved homelessness dollars to go toward temporary housing.(Beth LaBerge/KQED)



A growing number of California mayors are pushing for a realignment of homelessness spending toward shelters and temporary housing in the face of political pressure to clear encampments and deliver visible reductions of people experiencing homelessness.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott didn't exactly give California a heads-up before moving 42 migrants, including eight children, from his state to Los Angeles this week.Nevertheless, when the migrants arrived at Union Station, they found organizations ready to help them, including the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.

(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

As the federal government starts negotiations on long-term plans for the overtapped Colorado River, leaders of tribes are pushing for more involvement in the talks, saying they want to be at the table in high-level discussions among the seven states that rely on the river.

Lilia Chanysheva gestures as she stands in a cage during a hearing in a courtroom of the Kirovskiy District Court in Ufa, Russia, June 14."I am a politician, a woman who is being persecuted by men who are her opponents," she said in her final statement to the court earlier this month.AP Photo MOSCOW A Russian court sentenced a leading associate of opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 7 1/2 years in prison on extremism-related charges on Wednesday the latest in a series of lengthy prison terms issued to political opponents of the Kremlin amid the war in Ukraine.

In this 2020 photo, survivors walk below a gate with the inscription "Work sets you free" after a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial site of the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz during ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation in Oswiecim, Poland.Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images The German government will pay more than $1.4 billion next year to Holocaust survivors, in the latest compensation for atrocities and persecution inflicted by the Nazis.

In 1977, Lawanda Jackson and Darcelle XV got dressed up and went downtown."My best girl, she let me borrow her Jefferson High School cheerleading costume.Darcelle had all her white hair, in her glory.We made the news but it wasn't easy."Jackson told the Mercury."They called her all kinds of things, N-word-lover.

Patriots "I think he's a tremendous talent."The Patriots' offensive line was porous for extended stretches during the 2022 season, due in large part to lackluster play at the tackle position.If New England plans on righting the ship in a key area of its offense, it needs a rebound season from returning starter Trent Brown.

Workato, an enterprise automation platform, has announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to integrate multiple AI models and future releases from OpenAI into Workato's low-code/no-code platform.This partnership aims to simplify the process of building automation and integrations by using generative AI.

It's that time of year: On Tuesday, June 20th, the folks behind the World's 50 Best will once again try to sum up the best of the entire globe's culinary output in a ranked listicle.Here's what you need to know.What to expect from the World's 50 Best 2023:
There will be a new No. 1 restaurant.In 2019, the organization announced a rule change that after a restaurant ascends to the No. 1 spot, it becomes ineligible and is removed from the list in future years (except for 2021, in which Noma clinched the top honors because it was operating in a new location).

Two years ago, the Grammy Awards abruptly increased the number of nominees permitted in its top categories, going to 10 slots on the ballot, from eight.Now, it is going back.The Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammys, said on Friday that the number of nominees would once again be set at eight in the four top categories album, record and song of the year, and best new artist for the 66th annual awards, scheduled to be presented in early 2024.

President Joe Biden departs a celebration marking Jewish American Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House on May 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C.The event focused on the Biden Administration's efforts to combat rising antisemitism.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images A recently released White House strategic plan on combatting antisemitism, while including numerous mentions of "cross community solidarity" and the importance of combatting all forms of hate, fails to promote a framework that makes that kind of solidarity possible.

Bruins general manager Don Sweeney admitted in the organization's end-of-season news conference that changes likely are coming, and it would not be a surprise if Boston looked at all possible options.The situation in Winnipeg could be one to monitor.Pierre-Luc Dubois's camp informed the Jets he is not interested in signing a one-year deal, according to The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun on Wednesday.

Shortstop is one of the most important positions in baseball, and Boston fans have been treated to some great ones over the course of the Red Sox's rich history.These great Red Sox shortstops came in all shapes, sizes and playing styles, too.Some dazzled the Fenway Faithful with their imposing stature and power bat.

(Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press)

Jaime Jaquez Jr. is about to find himself back in a familiar, comforting place.Back at the bottom.Back to having to prove himself.Back needing to show he belongs.The small forward who went from fighting for minutes four years ago to one of the most beloved players in UCLA basketball history doesn't harbor a shred of anxiety about making it in the NBA.

The Nets could have up to 11 first-round draft picks over the next seven summers.They can also create upwards of $100 million in outgoing salary this offseason alone while keeping their newfound core together.That's a whole lot of capital to use in trade negotiations as general manager Sean Marks looks to rebuild his team following the mass exodus of superstars from Brooklyn.