According to Comcast SportsNet, the Athletics have decided to move Crisp to left field. The decision to try the veteran in left was discussed by Athletics manager Bob Melvin and the front office this offseason after studying analytics related to balls hit and potential for injuries in center field at O.co Coliseum. “He’s been taking fly balls in left and we’ll see how it goes,” Melvin said. “In center field you have to deal with the wall more....
The Athletics switch pitcher will be recalled from Triple-A Nashville prior to Saturday night’s game against the Orioles, CSN Bay Area reported. MORE: MLB’s most dominant (albeit one-sided) pitchers | Venditte’s froggy newspaper flub Venditte was placed on the disabled list June 12 with a strained right shoulder. He was activated on Aug. 3, but was optioned to Triple-A for additional healing time. The ambidextrous pitcher signed a minor-league contract with the A’s in November and posted a 1....
Joshua Evans claims he was pulling into a Texaco gas station in Austell, Georgia, when the driver behind him, identified by police as Dave Anthony Williams, started honking for him to move faster. “The light just turned green,” Evans told WSB-TV. “[He] is just honking his horn,” Williams then reportedly followed Evans into the Texaco, where the two argued for some time. Evans admits he punched Williams, but says it was in self-defense when Williams charged at him....
In a lengthy statement posted on its website, the Crabapple First Baptist Church in Milton, Georgia disavowed 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long. Long has been charged with eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. On its website, the church said it had completed the process of removing Long from its membership because it “can no longer affirm that he is truly a regenerate believer in Jesus Christ.”...
U.S. national team midfielder Darlington Nagbe is set to miss two to three months with a right adductor injury, Atlanta announced on Tuesday. Nagbe suffered the injury during the Five Stripes’ 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers on Sunday. Acquired via trade from the Timbers before the 2018 season, Nagbe has settled into a steady role in Atlanta United’s midfield. Playing less of an attacking role, Nagbe has yet to score his first goal for his new club but has contributed three assists and started all 17 of the club’s matches this season....
Tropical Depression Karen—which as of 2 a.m. EDT was located in the eastern Caribbean around 115 miles southwest of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands—is moving northwards at approximately 8 miles per hour. Karen is slowly strengthening and nearing tropical storm strength with maximum sustained wind speeds of 35 miles per hour and stronger gusts. Forecaster say that its center will pass near or over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands today, before moving across the western Atlantic later tonight and Wednesday....
After suffering defeat for the first time under Craig Shakespeare at Everton, the Foxes will hope to bounce back by surprising last year’s losing finalists in Spain. When is the Champions League draw? Few teams have a better record in the Champions League than Atleti over recent seasons, however, and Diego Simeone’s men will fancy their chances of progressing to the last four once again. TV CHANNEL & LIVE STREAM In the UK, the match will be available to watch live on television on BT Sport 2 and by stream via the BT Sport app....
Pre-match discussion focused on racist abuse directed at Vinicius Junior this week and there were reports of more racism towards the Brazilian winger outside the Metropolitano Stadium before kick-off. The home team started strongly and could have opened the scoring when Felipe got on the end of a Rodrigo de Paul freekick into the box. However, the Atleti defender could only head over the bar. Real Madrid converted their first opportunity of the match when Rodrygo finished on the half-volley after being set up by Aurelien Tchoumeni, who picked out the Brazilian with a stunning chipped pass...
Atleti 6/5 to beat Valencia The La Liga side were unable to put a deal in place over the summer as they worked under the restrictions of a transfer ban, but that will be lifted at the end of the calendar year and they will be able to register new players again from January. Goal revealed on Thursday that Costa is likely to remain at Stamford Bridge until the New Year, despite refusing to return to training, and Atletico are already considering a fresh approach, with Fenerbahce having failed in their efforts to take the striker on loan....
The phenomenon—known as atmospheric gravity waves—are essentially ripples in the sky, which, in this case, were triggered by thunderstorms taking place in Australasia region over the past few days. “Gravity waves are everywhere, all the time, in all sorts of fluids,” Adam Morgan, a meteorologist from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, told Newsweek. “Just like water, Earth’s atmosphere is a fluid, so waves are everywhere in the atmosphere too.”...
Fortunately, the 20-year-old gymnast also had a strong support system in U.S. captain Aly Raisman and her “Final Five” teammates, who helped Douglas through the lows with some sound advice. MORE: 10 most dominant U.S. athletes in Rio “We all just tried to cheer her up, and I tried to tell her you can’t be on the internet and Google yourself,” Raisman told E! News on Thursday. “I’m sure any person that’s ever done an interview, if you Google yourself you obviously see negative things about yourself, but we tried to tell her to stay positive and be there for her....
PHOTOS: A wild Week 1 | OVERREACTION TIME: Dez doom, busted Boom “Football is a physical game,” he said of the altercation, via CSN Bay Area. “Things like that happen. I feel like the refs didn’t see it well. If they did, they probably would’ve given a harsher penalty.” A lot of the responses to the video are people calling for Jones to be suspended for the next game. Cooper doesn’t think that is necessary....
According to the SNAP website, people who have signed up for SNAP Online Purchasing can buy items from the retail giants as long as they fall within the remittance guidelines of the program such as fruits, vegetables, seeds and plants. Many States have also been approved for the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) to provide benefits to families whose children had free or reduced-price meals at school under the Richard B....
The moment was caught by a Ring doorbell camera in England by a homeowner who said the driver appeared to mistake the front door of her house for the door of a communal area of a building. His hilarious and wholesome reaction to realizing his mistake has since gone viral, gaining 5.9 million views after user Charlotte shared it to TikTok. The driver could be seen approaching the house, asking “Excuse me, hello?...
Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at network intelligence firm Kentik Inc, said the problems with the cloud computing network began mid-morning on the east coast. Southwest and Delta airlines’ booking systems were affected, with Southwest switching to their west coast servers. Toyota also reported that over 20 of its apps were affected. The outage even extended to the Associated Press, leaving the news source’s publishing system diminished for most of the day....
For more reporting for the Associated Press, see below: The deal is the latest in the media industry that’s aimed at boosting streaming services to compete against Netflix and Disney+. AT&T and Discovery announced on May 17 that they would combine media companies, creating a powerhouse that includes HGTV, CNN, the Food Network and HBO.
Levi joined podcast host Joe Rogan on Tuesday to discuss topics including the trial that became a global debacle, calling the televised nature of the proceedings between the former couple “just a circus.” As the daily events produced hundreds of viral moments and endless social media discourse between fans, the Law & Crime network found that the trial broke its record for broadcasting viewership figures. After sharing a laugh when the Shazam!...
This is not the discussion either liberal oligarchs or Right-wing activists want. They would rather battle over media hot buttons like climate, race, and gender, than meaningfully address working conditions, wages or rapidly rising rents. In other words, neither party has developed a program to boost proletarian aspirations. And this despite the fact that the growing class divide could well be the dominant issue of the next decade. Middle- and working-class Americans are widely—and correctly—pessimistic about their economic futures....
The virus, which was first reported in Wuhan, a city in China’s Hubei province, has seen more than 533,000 people infected across at least 176 countries and regions. More than 122,700 people have recovered and more than 24,000 have died across the globe. China has reported more than 81,780 confirmed patients. Nearly 74,200 have recovered and almost 3,300 have died. The Chinese government claims the outbreak is mostly contained, with more cases now being reported outside China than within....
