The 2017 college football season wouldn’t be complete without the return of Sporting News college football writer Bill Bender’s weekly rants on college football. MORE: Week 1 college football picks In the words of Peter Griffin, “Do you know what really grinds me gears?” Find out in the first week with a Bender’s take on things fans, coaches, players and social media heading into the 2017. We’ll even talk Skeet Ulrich and Michael Jackson....

A 36-year-old lefthander, Mulder is bidding to resume his pitching career. He retired in 2010 and hasn't appeared in the majors since 2008. News of his injury came Saturday via MLB.com’s Alden Gonzalez from Los Angeles Angels training camp. X-rays were taken, according to media reports. Mulder's expected bullpen session was cancelled. Mulder was injured while warming up for his throwing time. The Angels are interested in Mulder, who despite his lengthy layoff was viewed as a potential member of their rotation....

Each case is different, and there’s no “one size fits all” approach to treatment. However, the process of ankle injury rehab can be similar for many people, and it’s important to take it step by step to make a full recovery. This article describes the basic steps to recovering from an ankle injury and how to know when you’re ready to get back to your normal activities. “R.I.C.E.” Treatment The early treatment for an ankle sprain is the “RICE” method of treatment....

I think I really blew it in that Dee. 4 New Yorker interview, where Chris Buckley asked about famous people I’ve met, like Pope John Paul II. I said he had the face of an angel and a sweet sense of humor, but he’s a Polack and they’re very antiwomen. Poles and Catholics got hopping mad at me, so I told them I was sorry. I said: “It’s time to get out the wet noodle and give myself 40 lashes....

Her lavish lifestyle, however, has left Bling Empire viewers wondering exactly how much money she actually has. Her net worth comes in part from her wealthy family. She is the daughter of billionaire Edward Shay, who in 1955 founded Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE), an American defense and government services contractor worth over $2 billion. Or, as Bling Empire star Kane Lim said of her in the Netflix show, “Anna Shay’s half Japanese and half Russian and super, super-wealthy....

The 400 Mawozo gang initially kidnapped 17 missionaries in October before releasing two of them in November due to medical reasons. The gang then demanded $1 million each for the release of the 15 remaining hostages. An anonymous donor paid an undisclosed amount to the gang as part of an agreement to release the remaining captives. However, the gang only released three missionaries on December 5. CAM said that an internal conflict within the gang is why all of the hostages weren’t released per the agreement....

He barks orders for 90 minutes – every game - at every one of his players. He grimaces. He goes to his knees. He trundles from one side of the technical area to the other. He coaches the Atletico Madrid fans as intently as he coaches the players, pleading with them for more support when he sees the need. ‘Keep Griezmann away from Man Utd’ Antoine Griezmann at any other club, with any other manager, would very clearly be marked out as the super star....

Rondon will go into surgery next week, leaving the Tigers and General Manager Dave Dombrowski hopeful he'll be ready to go for the 2015 season. Dombrowski made the announcement Friday prior to the team's spring training game against the Atlanta Braves. He told reporters his set-up man felt fine until Monday, when Rondon complained of discomfort in his elbow. He visited Dr. James Andrew Wednesday and received the diagnosis. The 23-year-old pitched 28....

I looked up my review of the 1990 “Die Hard 2” and what I wrote then still applies: “The ‘Die Hard’ movies have many of the same virtues as the James Bond movies: first-rate production values, an endless supply of escalating cliffhangers and a fine sense of their own preposterousness.” “Live Free or Die Harder” may pretend to take place in the real world of terrorist threats, but any movie in which the hero brings down a chopper by catapulting a speeding car into the air–one of the more spectacular stunts in a movie full of them–is not going to qualify as gritty realism....

The NBA season is set to resume on July 30 after the 2019-20 campaign was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic in March. Orlando’s Disney World complex will host 22 teams, with LeBron James’ Lakers headlining the league’s comeback against rivals the LA Clippers on July 30 after the New Orleans Pelicans face the Utah Jazz on the same day. MORE: Zion Williamson got shredded during the NBA hiatus...

Speaking from Wales, a shocked Hopkins said he did not expect to win this award for The Father at the age of 83. “I’m very grateful to the Academy and thank you. And I want to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who was taken from us far too early,” he said in a clip shared by Filmatic on Twitter. He continued: “I really did not expect this. So I feel very privileged and honored....

Joshua puts his WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles on the line at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night in the second defense of the belts since regaining them against Andy Ruiz Jr. in December 2019. It has been suggested that Usyk, a former undisputed champion at cruiserweight, represents the toughest challenge of Joshua’s career so far, even eclipsing his compatriot Wladimir Klitschko who Joshua stopped at Wembley four years ago....

Anthony Morrow’s ability to add to a team through shooting was established from Day 1. Still, it took time for him to stick with a franchise and earn a contract that would keep him in one place for an extended period of time. MORE: Durant: Stars ‘worth more’ than they make | Warriors, Thompson apart by millions | Coaching contracts Morrow’s three-year, $10 million deal with the Thunder was a reward for his clear value as a shooter....

The forward netted 19 times for Lobi Stars this season, claiming the award for the first time and finishing one goal ahead of former MFM’s leading marksman Odey. Lobi held FC Ifeanyi Ubah to a 1-1 with Okpotu getting his side’s only goal after 24 minutes after profiting from a defensive mishap by the Anambra Warriors. With this, Okpotu is now third leading scorer in a league season behind Enyimba’s Mfon Udoh (23 goals) and Kaduna United’s Jude Aneke (20 goals)....

What’s the difference between being exposed to anthrax and being infected by it? Being exposed means you came into contact with spores (that is, dormant bacteria with capsules around them). Spores can settle on your skin. They can reach your nasal passages through inhalation or if you touch an anthrax-laced finger to your nose. Being infected means the spores are multiplying in your body. The three types of anthrax exposure all come from the same bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), differing only in how they enter the body: in the cutaneous form, bacteria get in through a cut or an abrasion in the skin; in the inhalation form, spores are breathed in and reach the alveoli of the lungs; in the gastrointestinal form bacteria in contaminated meat reach the gut....

Brown has also been caught in a bit of a pickle with regard to Lanning himself. The Steelers wideout said that he and Lanning had spoken about the incident and were on friendly terms. When asked about it, Lanning said the conversation never took place. The incident is at least a positive for Lanning, who was trying to make a tackle on Brown who had already made several Browns players miss....

Antonio Brown’s Buccaneers — and potentially, NFL — career came to an abrupt end on Sunday for reasons, but his hustle didn’t stop: Soon after he was deemed no longer a member of the team, he released a new song on his Instagram story. That is some pretty convenient timing from Brown and his management team. MORE: What we know about Antonio Brown’s meltdown, Buccaneers exit There’s something of a disconnect surrounding Brown’s exit from the team: Reports indicate Brown refused to re-enter the game vs....

The tour began in Liverpool, England, and stopped in Jakarta, Indonesia before the journalist tested positive in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The State Department, which had been testing the traveling party daily, said the journalist tested negative in both Liverpool and Jakarta. Following the Kuala Lumpur visit, Blinken was supposed to spend Wednesday night in Bangkok but ended up just flying in for a “brief logistical layover” before heading back to the U....