Now the former pitching phenom can add Washington Nationals “life skills coordinator” to his baseball resume. The Nationals announced the newly created position Wednesday with Ankiel expected to mentor the team’s farmhands. Ankiel, 35, famously lost his ability to throw strikes in the middle of a promising pitching career with the Cardinals only to resurface a year later as an outfielder in their minor league system.
That video was released in late November, by the way. It's possible Nash has figured it out since; Zuccarello leads the Rangers in points with 30 and assists with 20. MORE: Why did Blake Wheeler beat out Bobby Ryan?
This has been a year of realignment in European politics. The remarkable point is not a shift from left to right, but rather the triumph of the center. If Persson’s Social Democrats look to be coasting to victory in Sweden’s Sept. 15 elections, it’s because they’ve cornered the center. If Schroder, a week later, finds himself and the SPD in electoral hot water, it will be because he yielded the moderate middle to Edmund Stoiber’s Christian Democrats....
“I feel naked going out there with nothing around my waist,” Lethal said. “For three years straight, at least, I’ve had some kind of championship around my waist here at Ring of Honor. It definitely feels a little weird. When I cut my promos, I’m so used to being able to hold my belt or lay it across my shoulder, and now I don’t know what to do with my hands....
What’s interesting about it, and no doubt why you’re reading this right now, is the price. At just £49 / $59 it’s by far the cheapest yet, and almost half the price of the next cheapest, the older second-gen Video Doorbell. And yet, there are very few drawbacks: you get a lot of the features of the Pro in a more compact unit that’s easier to install on narrower doorframes....
J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium specifies that Middle Earth has not been the same across the ages. The First Age of Middle Earth covers the creation myth of the world, the Second Age covers the coming of Men and the forging of the Rings of Power, and the Third Age covers the dwindling of the magical races and eventually culminates with The Lord of the Rings, which ends as the Fourth Age begins and Man’s rise is complete....
The Manchester United defender believes that for all the talk of doom and gloom, the younger generation who are set to take the plane to Brazil will have a better chance of expressing themselves. The former England defender, who called time on his international career last year, will be in Brazil as a BBC Pundit. Ferdinand said “This is why it is an exciting World Cup. The expectations are more realistic....
De Grasse, whose three medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics included bronze in the 100m, made his first 100m start since July 2017, clocking 10.15sec with a favourable wind of 1.9 metres per second. American Isiah Young won in 10.02sec, followed by compatriot Mike Rogers (10.03) and Britain’s CJ Ujah (10.13). De Grasse, who took silver in the Rio 200m, suffered a right hamstring injury last summer that forced him out of the 2017 World Championships in London....
So naturally, this time with a squad of over 400, the expectations were sky-high. However, if the first medals day results of Rio 2016 are any indicator, China’s supremacy in the Games seems to be under threat for the first time in two decades. That they are lying 11th in the medals tally with no Golds to show at Rio, when at the same stage, and with the same set of medal events, they were topping the standings at London 2012 with four Golds, are by themselves sturdy indicative trends....
And the Singaporean history-maker revealed he had even tried to convince the legendary American to rethink his retirement plans after storming to victory in the 100-meter butterfly on Friday. MORE: Phelps fell short in 100m fly, but that’s OK | Classic photos of Phelps Phelps was denied his 23rd gold medal in shocking fashion by Schooling, who became his country’s first Olympic champion by clocking 50.39 seconds. A three-way tie for second saw South Africa’s Chad Le Clos and Hungarian Laszlo Cseh share silver with the “Baltimore Bullet,” but the night was all about one man....
The biggest sporting event in the world, the Rio Olympics, starts on 5 August in Rio de Janeiro and football fans are already celebrating as they will get a chance to see some competitive action until the new season starts. Some big teams in Argentina, Germany, Brazil and Portugal are participating in this year’s Olympics Football. The Olympics allows only 3 players over the age of 23 to be a part of the squad....
The Frenchman tore the lateral collateral ligament in his left knee in his club’s match against Hertha on October 2. Bayern 13/2 to win Champions League Ribery was initially expected to miss up to three months, which would have kept him out until 2018, but the 34-year-old now believes he’ll be able to return a month ahead of schedule. “I feel no pain,” Ribery said after Bayern’s 5-0 win over Freiburg on Saturday....
The only way to find levity, and a sense of drama and football-specific significance, is to think back to the rivals’ last meeting, also on a Thursday night in the same stadium. It was last Thanksgiving, Mike Tomlin and Jacoby Jones were the stars, and even outside of their defining moment, the teams put on a memorable performance. Tomlin, remember, infamously got in – and then quickly out of – the way of Jones on a third-quarter kickoff return that had a chance to go for a touchdown....
“There’s a lot of people out there who just perceive me as being a piece of [crap],” the veteran offensive lineman told the Buffalo News. “They got bits and pieces of the story and that’s what they’re going to believe. And I’m the same way. I read stories about people in the media, I form my opinion and I kind of move on.” MORE: Sports’ dirtiest players, in photos | Cheapshots and dirty plays in sports history...
After serving as an assistant coach for four teams, Mississippi State hired Ray in 2012. During his three seasons with the Bulldogs he compiled a 37–60 (.381) record. The Bulldogs went 13-19 this season under Ray, with a poor 6-12 record in conference play. MORE: See all the coaching vacancies Members of the media were surprised by the announcement of Ray being let go.
Scott, chairman of the NRSC, bestowed Trump with the inaugural award during a GOP donor retreat at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach earlier this month. In a statement, the NRSC said the “award is presented to conservative leaders who have worked tirelessly to create good jobs, protect the values that make our country great, and stop the Democrats’ socialist agenda.” At the time, Democrats and critics of the divisive former president quickly took to Twitter to slam Republicans for giving Trump the award, with some calling it a “participation trophy....
The controversial comedian, who is well-known for not holding back in his roasts about celebrities at award shows, has said he would have poked fun at Pinkett Smith’s “boyfriend” rather than her appearance. “I’ll get it out of the way. I have not got any Will Smith material. I trended when that happened and I was not even there,” Gervais said at a show in London this week, according to The Mirror....
“Ricky recently experienced ongoing soreness in his left ankle and it became apparent that it was not responding according to its anticipated timeline for recovery,” said Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders in a team release. MORE: Harden: ‘I’m the MVP’ | Knicks, Magic break dubious record | Rose’s minutes increase The Spanish point guard has been limited to 22 games this year after initially suffering an ankle injury in training camp last fall....
