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After Derek Dietrich cracked a two-out, walk-off triple to give the Marlins a 5-4 win over the Cardinals on Sunday at Marlins Park, he ran around the field and teammates stripped off his jersey in celebration. “It was ripped off of me,” Dietrich told reporters. “I can’t say I haven’t walked around with my shirt off before, so it was a little bit uncomfortable. It was a fun moment, definitely just to have an opportunity to be up there to win the game after not playing a couple games....

Warriors forward Marreese Speights missed a wide-open dunk on a fast break. It was not a smooth landing either. MORE: Fan hits halfcourt shot for BMW | Mike Miller wears LeBron’s shirt The ball may have touched every part of the rim before it popped out. Welcome to the Speights Jam.

Villas-Boas took part in the 2018 race in South America after leaving his position at Shanghai SIPG. The Portuguese, a motorsport enthusiast whose uncle competed in the event in 1982, was forced to withdraw after fracturing a vertebra on the fourth stage in Peru. However, Villas-Boas, who is contracted to Marseille until 2021, wants to have another crack while the Dakar Rally is in Saudi Arabia. “As we granted a day of rest to the players, who deserved it, I took advantage of the invitation from David Castera [Dakar Rally director] to briefly immerse myself in the atmosphere....

Martin Guptill had a phenomenal ODI series against England, where the final edition of the ICC Champions Trophy is to be hosted. In the first ODI, he scored an unbeaten century to help his team prevail over the host country. He followed it up with scoring a record-breaking 189* to help New Zealand clinch the three-match ODI series against England, becoming the first team since Australia (6-1) in 2009 to win an ODI series against England in England....

Such was the case when Angela Lee fought women’s strawweight queen Xiong Jing Nan for the first time in 2019. Lee almost finished Xiong midway through the fight after catching ‘The Panda’ in multiple submission attempts, but the Chinese superstar survived the grappling onslaught. Then in the fifth and final round, Xiong connected with a thunderous body blow that sent Lee reeling halfway across the circle. Not long after, Xiong had put the finishing touches on the Singaporean-American icon to complete the technical knockout victory and put the first blemish on ‘Unstoppable’s’ pro record....

But Mariota made sure that the Arizona defense had to work for it. MORE: Week 13 in photos | Week 13 live blog | Texas A&M “Dark Onyx” helmets | Dantonio interview The only interceptions Marcus Mariota throws are amazing ones.Thanks to Stanford's loss to USC last week, Oregon is back in the driver's seat in the Pac-12 North, but currently trail Arizona 14-0. The Wildcats are 6-4 and feature Ka'Deem Carey, one of the best running backs in the country....

Because of these experiences—and having lived my own life, of course—I know the emotional terrain of desperation fairly well. Such ground is no longer shocking to me. It has a strange familiarity. Since groups of people are simply a collection of individuals, the same psychological principles apply to a collective as to one person. The desperate group in question now is the people of the United States. To put it simply, America is having a nervous breakdown....

Firms such as Oakland-based Hound Labs and Canadian company SannTek are hoping to have working products ready in the latter half of 2020, the Sacramento Bee reported. Co-founder of Hound Labs Mike Lynn, said that his company’s test will show if someone has used marijuana within a three-hour window—which is when the strongest effects of the drug can be felt and driving is most impaired. Earlier this year, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety published the results of a survey which indicated that nearly 15 million Americans had driven a vehicle within an hour of smoking marijuana or using cannabis products in the 30 days prior to the survey....

The fourth season of PBL will begin its journey from Mumbai. Left-hander Marin, who will turn out for new team Pune 7 Aces, will open the campaign against her old team Hyderabad Hunters, which boasts of Sindhu now. Marin had helped Hyderabad hunt down the title last year. The badminton extravaganza would witness 30 ties being played including seven double headers this season. Each city will be hosting one double header though Pune and Ahmedabad will see two double headers....

Some 18,000 Afghans who worked for the U.S. military as translators, interpreters and in other roles have thus far applied for visas to relocate to the U.S. While the White House and the Department of Defense have taken significant steps to evacuate many of these individuals and their families, many of their fates’ remain in limbo—as the Taliban’s dominance within the country steadily increases. “They saved lives,” Travis Horr, a Marine residing in Washington D....

The new collection involves porting over Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy into one package for the Nintendo Switch that is only being sold for a limited time. While all three games aren’t being remade from the ground up, leading to some disappointment in fans, Nintendo has done some visual work to bring the games to modern consoles. RELATED: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Missing from 3D All-Stars Switch Collection...

This new Mario Kart Tour update brings Miis to the game, along with a range of costumes that give each racer a different ability. Before this announcement, fans were all but sure that Nintendo had started to give up on its iconic avatars, but it seems as though the age of Miis may not be over just yet. RELATED: Mario Kart 9 Could Stand Out With a New Take on DS’ Mission Mode...

Josh Holmes, a former McConnell aide who stopped working for the senator in 2015, posted a link to an article published by the Associated Press. The article outlined allegations against Walker, a Trump-backed potential candidate to run for the Senate in Georgia. Citing public records, the article alleged that Walker repeatedly threatened to kill his ex-wife and “exaggerated his success.” “This is about as comprehensive a takedown as I’ve ever read....

Loomer filed to run for Congress on Wednesday and is looking to unseat Democratic Representative Lois Frankel, to whom she lost in 2020 by 20 points. A controversial face in the Republican Party, Loomer’s described Islam as a “cancer on humanity” and has been banned from various social media platforms, as well as ride-share apps, for her comments about Muslims. In a tweet Thursday morning, Greene called Loomer a “friend” who is “exactly the type of America First Patriot that I need standing beside me on the House floor....

Gabriel Sterling, a Republican election official in Georgia, said the freshman congresswoman’s dedication to promoting a number of conspiracy theories, including that space lasers caused California wildfires, are holding the GOP back. “If you have any common sense, you know she’s an anchor on the party. She is weighing us down,” Sterling told Politico on Monday. Greene and Sterling have previously butted heads. During the November election, Sterling became a vocal critic of the unsubstantiated claims of election fraud that former President Donald Trump and his allies, like Greene, bolstered....

Although Greene did not name which country she suspects of attacking the pipelines—which were created to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany and were damaged last week, with some officials suggesting Russia was to blame—many viewers took her comments to mean that she was saying the U.S. was responsible for the attack. Newsweek has reached out to Greene, representative for Georgia, for clarification and comment. The politician wrote a string of tweets outlining her views about the incident and made further claims on the One America News network (OAN) over the weekend....

In the episode’s cold open, Kate McKinnon hosts a show—“What Still Works?"— that explores which aspects of American society still work. “It’s a new year and we have a new president so some things should work, but do they?” McKinnon says. “Our first topic is government and already I have my doubts,” she added. McKinnon then brought out Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is facing a backlash after past social media posts revealed that she had liked and engaged with conspiracy theories and calls for violence against Democrats....

Gab is an alternative social media network that champions free speech, and has attracted neo-Nazis, white supremacists and QAnon conspiracy theorists. QAnon is a disproven and discredited American far-right conspiracy theory alleging that a secret group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles was running a global child sex-trafficking ring. The conspiracy theory alleges the secret cabal looked to remove former President Donald Trump from office. In a report released on Tuesday, the association of American jews said followers of Greene post content involving white supremacist rhetoric, symbols, and grievance on Gab....

The speech by Greene, which went viral after it was shared on social media, was made at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday, when Greene spoke about the possibility of Republicans winning both the House and Senate in the upcoming midterm elections. “The only border that [Democrats] care about is Ukraine, not America’s southern border,” Greene said. “Under Republicans, not another penny will go to Ukraine, our country comes first....

In a series of tweets shared on Saturday, the GOP lawmaker slammed left-wing protesters who carried out a brief riot in downtown Atlanta before police brought the situation under control. “Atlanta police are under attack by Antifa terrorists. Left-wing terrorism is the biggest threat to democracy. When will Merrick Garland and DOJ (Department of Justice) go after actual terrorists instead of MAGA/ Trump supporters,” Greene wrote. She later posted a photo of a burning vehicle and added in another tweet: “It’s happening again tonight in Atlanta....