Aside from the honest worry for the health of the current occupant of the Oval Office, we have to be concerned about what Biden’s repeated physical failings do to the standing of the United States around the world and at home. In just the 24 hours before the “trips heard around the world,” Russian president Vladimir Putin mockingly called out Biden, and challenged the American president to a live virtual debate....
“We know that many adults had not been vaccinated because they have found it too confusing or too difficult or too inconvenient to get a shot,” Biden said in a public address Tuesday, outlining the latest efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic and encourage vaccinations. “For those having trouble finding a location or making an appointment, we’re going to make it easier than ever.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 56 percent of adults in the United States—more than 145....
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez took to Twitter on Wednesday to reveal what he suspected to be a U.S.-made draft intended to be signed by foreign ministers as part of a joint statement by the Organization of American States, the 35-member state international bloc spanning the Western Hemisphere. The top diplomats signing would “condemn the massive arrests and detentions of protestors in Cuba and call the government to respect the rights and freedoms of the Cuban people and free information to all Cubans....
“This morning, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement, adding that the president is fully vaccinated and twice boosted. She said that Biden is experiencing “very mild symptoms” and has begun taking Paxlovid as treatment. His last COVID test, which was conducted on Tuesday, had been negative. This is the first time he has tested positive for COVID. “Consistent with CDC guidelines, he will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time,” Jean-Pierre added....
The president and first lady Jill Biden met with the families of those killed on Sunday morning before attending the solemn transfer of the service members’ bodies back to American soil. It marked Biden’s first presidential visit to pay respects to fallen soldiers at the Delaware Air Force base, which serves as the initial transit place for U.S. service members killed overseas. The Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, responsible for the return of remains from military theaters overseas, told CNN that the transfer is not a “ceremony”—but rather “a solemn movement of the transfer case by a carry team composed of military personnel from the fallen member’s respective service....
Bielsa has been linked with a shock move to the Championship club, who sacked manager Paul Heckingbottom on Friday only four months after he was appointed. Osorio, who has visited the former Athletic Bilbao and Marseille boss in Argentina in recent weeks, believes he could be the right man to take Leeds back to the Premier League. “He’s a top man,” he told a news conference. “I think he’s a top manager and he would do well....
The conference has decided against implementing a championship game this year, despite contemplating a petition to the NCAA to allow it to do so. MORE: NCAA approves new bowls | Breakout candidates this fall | CFP teams spend big on trips “I’m not sensing that’s where we’re headed,” Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said, via USA Today, following a meeting Tuesday with the league’s athletic directors. Without a single champion last year, after TCU and Baylor tied for the league title, the Big 12 was left out of the inaugural College Football Playoff....
Bringing an end to a convoluted exploration process that led to 11 schools being considered as candidates for expansion, the conference’s presidents voted Monday to keep the status quo, according to multiple reports. No school came up with the required eight out of 10 votes from existing members to make the cut, ESPN reported. It’s unclear whether the door to expansion is completely closed, with SI.com reporting the conference has decided to hold steady “at this time....
The presidential candidate on Friday expressed his excitement about the number of sports stars backing him in this year’s election, saying he planned to have Brady, Roethlisberger, Dana White and NASCAR chairman Brian France speak on his behalf at the Republican convention. MORE: ‘Trump sucks’ court stormer | Schilling endorses Trump But the Steelers quarterback was quick to deny he was one of them, telling the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he’s “staying out of politics and will not attend the GOP event....
Snoop’s Teflon-like likability is one reason MTV gave him a weekly 30-minute “Doggy TV” series last year, featuring such antics as the “Superpimp” skit, in which he flew around “pimp slapping” crooks with an oversize hand. (Well, maybe you had to be blunted.) His new show, “Doggy Fizzle Televizzle,’’ which debuted this month, includes such sketches as the Rap-a-Gram delivery service for bad news: “I know you recuperatin’,” he raps to a hospital patient, “but I’m sorry to tell you, it’s your arm they’ll be amputatin’....
Phelps has said definitively that he’s retiring this time, though he’s made that declaration before, and some of his teammates expressed hope that over four years he would change his mind. “Hopefully,” fellow swimmer Nathan Adrian said, “he will miss being on the podium and will want to at least come back and compete in some relays. I could see him doing that." MORE: Phelps bids his farewell Phelps will be 35 in 2020, so he certainly could still contribute....
Recent polling suggests that across party lines, Americans have an overall negative view of social media. A supermajority of 69 percent of Americans believes that social media makes it easier for misinformation to spread, creating a culture where a lack of trust is prevalent. Big Tech companies have tried to remedy this by censoring content it finds problematic, but this has had the opposite effect. The answer to speech one disagrees with isn’t less speech; it’s more speech....
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Gruden recalled Michigan State’s Earl Morrall and Ohio State’s Art Schlichter as former first-round picks, but that’s where he stopped. MORE: Every team’s worst ever starting QB | Mock Draft “I don’t know of too many other Big Ten quarterbacks who have had the great honor of going in the first round,” Gruden said on a conference call last week. Gruden is right when he calls it an “alarming stat....
The ceremony was hosted by actor and comedian Wayne Brady, who took time out of rehearsing for the Dancing With the Stars 2022 finale to oversee the event. Plenty of stars were in attendance, with Kelly Rowland, Ellie Goulding, Smokey Robinson and Charlie Puth all hitting the red carpet, as well as Lionel Richie who was the recipient of the Icon Award on the evening. Inside the award show, Bebe Rexha, Imagine Dragons, GloRilla and Cardi B, Carrie Underwood and Pink were among the performers who took to the stage, while Richie, Puth and Stevie Wonder joined forces for a medley of Richie’s greatest hits....
The truth is, though, they could have had Big Papi or Betty White at QB against the Texans and still won. WEEK 3 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread It would have been one thing had New England squeaked out enough offense, defense and special teams to edge a supposedly strong Houston team. But the 27-0 domination was downright embarrassing for the reigning AFC South champions. The Texans have Bill O’Brien as an offensive-minded head coach....
After adding a sixth Super Bowl ring to his resume in January, his boat “V Rings” needed an upgrade, too. MORE: 50 answers we need before Super Bowl 50 | Deflategate has taken longer than… There is no word on whether Tom Brady will be sailing the open waters with Belichick this summer as his first mate.
