Can playing the gender card help save affirmative action? Some Clinton aides seem to think so. As the White House finishes its ““top to bottom’’ review of affirmative action, Clinton aides are grasping for any angle that will help them shape a major presidential address sometime in the next two weeks. ““It is useful to move the debate from 12 percent to 51 percent of the American people,’’ says one....
Memphis: It wasn’t easy under Mourinho Xhaka, 24, was interviewed by police after allegedly racially abusing an airline staff member when his fiancé’s brother was denied entry onto a flight back home to Germany after turning up late. The incident came less than 24 hours after Xhaka was sent off during Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Burnley and Goal understands that the Switzerland international believes he was ‘provoked’ and denies using the alleged racist words attributed to him by a third party at Heathrow Terminal 5....
Wenger’s side suffered one of the most chastening defeats of his increasingly tarnished reign on Sunday as second tier Nottingham Forest won 4-2 in the FA Cup third round. It was the first time Wenger had crashed out at that stage of the competition since arriving at the north London club in 1996. Wenger’s decision to make nine changes backfired, with the understudies delivering a listless display at the City Ground....
Chelsea hold a six-point cushion over Liverpool with the year coming to a close, with the Gunners a further three back in fourth. Mustafi set for Arsenal return A run of 12 successive wins makes Chelsea the team to beat in Wenger’s eyes and the Frenchman concedes that catching Antonio Conte’s men is a tall order. And Wenger knows if they are to reel in their London neighbours it is imperative they come out on top against their top-six rivals in the second-half of the campaign....
As the return of The Bachelorette was a welcomed sweet spot in the wild year, so is the idea that this season may actually see a love so strong, the whole structure crumbles under its weight. Crawley is expected to leave the show with her frontrunner Dale Moss. It comes after Crawley claimed on night one that Moss was her “future husband.” At the time she’d only hugged the man, making it an apparent “love at first sight” meeting....
Based on the Marvel comics character of the same name, Werewolf by Night pays homage to a bygone era of horror-centric features that the company ran alongside its superhero books. The Marvel Studios holiday special details the succession contest a group of monster hunters competes in after their leader, the wealthy and highly connected Ulysses Bloodstone, passes away. As his subordinates compete against each other on the grounds of his estate for both his position and the powerful artifact that represents it, a sinister being approaches to complicate things....
Pardew returns to management for the first time since being sacked by Crystal Palace in December 2016 and replaces Tony Pulis at West Brom. Pulis was sacked earlier this month with West Brom hovering above the relegation zone after four straight league defeats. “I’m thrilled with the opportunity Albion have provided and looking forward to getting to work with what I consider to be a talented group of players,” Pardew said on the club website....
Bilic withdrew top-scorer Javier Hernandez when the scores were level in the 78 minute, a decision that was met by a chorus of boos at the London Stadium. Burnley 9/2 to beat Everton The home side had been largely ineffectual up to that point and seemed on course to continue their poor start to the campaign until Hernandez’s replacement, Diafra Sakho, poked in Athur Masuaku’s cross in the 90th minute....
The defence remains the number one issue, and while Yerry Mina’s progression towards first-team fitness may help to resolve it, the problems are more complex than just one player. This is as much a tactical dilemma as it is one of personnel, and the loss against West Ham showed just how vulnerable Everton are to the counter-attack. The high-intensity, attacking football has certainly delighted the Everton fans after Allardyce’s drab stint in charge, but it has left holes at the other end....
The 25-year-old becomes new manager Manuel Pellegrini’s seventh signing of a productive off-season following the arrivals of Ryan Fredericks, Lukasz Fabianski, Issa Diop, Jack Wilshere, Andriy Yarmolenko and Fabian Balbuena. He joins for a reported £35million in what has been hailed as a “very big statement” of the Hammers’ intent for the upcoming Premier League season. Capped once by Brazil, the former Santos forward spent five seasons at Lazio, scoring 34 goals in 177 appearances....
Bilic stated that the Senegal international is ruled out of the game at the Olympic Stadium owing to a back injury he picked up against Burnley last weekend. West Ham 6/1 to win 2-0 Sakho was a second half substitute for Chicharito in the Hammers 1-1 draw at the Turf Moor and the boss has assured of a possible return when West Ham United visit Wembley for their English League Cup fixture against Tottenham Spurs on Wednesday....
We know Van Ginkel is out for the season. In addition it looks like Ashley Cole is also out and we await news on Fernando Torres. I want to know who YOU think should start for Chelsea tomorrow night? Without question the last few games have been woeful. I keep hearing Chelsea fans saying “Remember, remember, we’re shit in November” and I sincerely hope it isn’t the case starting with West Ham tomorrow night....
On a sluggish pitch, none of the Windies batsmen tried to show application and determination to stay long at the crease. Kraigg Brathwaite, Kieran Powell, Sunil Ambris, Roston Chase and Shai Hope were all bowled by the Bangladesh bowlers as they fell to 29/5. As a result, they equaled a feat achieved way back in 1890. It is only the third instance in Test history and the first time in 128 years that all the top 5 batsmen have been out bowled....
West Indies were propelled to 282 after some brilliant batting by Marlon Samuels and Denesh Ramdin. Samuels carried on his form from the last game and went one better as he scored a century. In reply, Australia reached the target with eight balls to spare after fifties by Steven Smith and Mitchell Marsh. Glenn Maxwell displayed some brilliant array of shots as he played quickfire 46* to power Australia to the finals....
One such area is the opening slot; a very important aspect but unfortunately, always a cause for concern especially traveling abroad. Team India is blessed to have quality Test batsmen like Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, and Ajinkya Rahane and explosive bowlers such as Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, R. Ashwin, but the fragile opening slot is still an area of relative weakness. After a long poor run of form, the MSK Prasad-led selection committee eventually axed Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan and experimented with a young crop of Indian players – Mayank Agarwal and Prithvi Shaw....
Considering West Indies rank 9th in the ICC T20I World Rankings, expecting India to win quite easily will be a huge mistake. The series will be very competitive and exciting to watch for the fans. The Indian selectors have picked five specialist batsmen in Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, and Manish Pandey. Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, and Ravindra Jadeja are the three all-rounders picked. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are the two wicketkeeping options, although it is certain that Pant will keep wickets, while KL Rahul will play as a specialist batsman....
A cafe employee shrugs apologetically. Sounds of clapping and singing–and the smell of fruity smoke–waft into the street. Some decide to leave, but others choose to wait it out. The big attraction? The chance to smoke a bubbling Mideastern hookah pipe–and the glamour of being on the cusp of a trend. Of course, the water pipes known as hookah, narghiles, sheeshas or hubble-bubbles have been around for centuries. But the smoking experience that was once the domain of old men in Middle Eastern cafes–and sometimes women in the bathhouses known as hammams–is now attracting new and younger audiences in both East and West....
Dana Holgorsen will return as our head football coach in 2016. After evaluating our football program after the close of the regular season, I believe that continuity is best for our program. I know that Dana, his staff and everyone who supports Mountaineer football was disappointed with how our regular season ended, following a four-game winning streak. Dana and I will continue to work together to strengthen our football program....
Line: Oklahoma State -1, Total: 65 Line movement: The Wynn Las Vegas opened Oklahoma State as a 3.5-point favorite but was driven all the way down to a pick ’em in early wagering. As of this midweek post, OSU -1 was the most popular number around town. Visit our live odds page for updated lines and totals. Trends that matter: The Mountaineers and Cowboys have split their last two meetings....
The boys are attending summer camp, but it’s not the swimming and softball, hiking and cookouts that many of us fondly recall. It’s camp as run by the terrorist groups Hamas, which controls Gaza, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). It aims “to fan the flames of jihad among the generation of liberation, instill Islamic values and prepare the long-awaited army for the liberation of Palestine,” as the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas put it....
