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It could be a military member who lost limbs or sight in combat, someone who suffered a similarly traumatic alteration of his or her body due to disease or illness, or a person who was born with a condition that made him or her look different than many of the rest of us but has found a way to thrive. It’s difficult not to watch these men and women compete and ponder how much those who don’t face similar physical challenges often take for granted, but the inspirational aspect of para-sports can be a touchy subject at times....

But when a misogynistic Seahawks fan heckled Bills assistant coach Kathryn Smith, Ryan took issue. MORE: 11 female NFL pioneers “I get ripped all the time. I’m free game. That’s cool. But I think that was really classless,” Ryan told reporters during a media conference call on Tuesday. STEELE: Wanting Richard Sherman castrated says a lot about Kaela Carpenter As Smith, the NFL’s first full-time female assistant coach, ran onto the field for Monday night’s 31-25 loss to the Seahawks, a man above the Bills tunnel recognized her and began yelling, “Hey, waitress!...

Frequent Symptoms The most common symptoms of RA in the spine (as with other joints) include: Pain and stiffnessJoint inflammationWarm jointsLoss of flexibility and mobility It’s more common for RA to impact the cervical spine (neck region) than the lumbar spine or sacroiliac joints in the lower back. Cervical Involvement In addition to impacting your joints, RA can cause your ligaments, which connect bones to other bones, to become lax. When that happens to the ligaments supporting the first and second cervical vertebrae (C1 and C2), it can lead to instability, subluxations (partial dislocations), and possibly spinal cord compression....

Episode 20 showed everyone talking about Kathy’s meltdown in Aspen. While Lisa Rinna tried to resist giving out all the details, others took sides. Crystal Kung Minkoff and Sutton Stracke seemed to take Kathy’s side, while the remaining housewives were storming brains over the entire incident. Towards the end of the episode, Kathy was seen visiting her sister Kyle Richards. Before entering the house, she plucked flowers from Kyle’s front yard and gave them to the latter as a peace offering....

Netflix has scored one of its biggest hits of the year with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, as audiences have been tuning in to Rian Johnson’s latest whodunit over the holiday season. With twins, pineapple juice, and napkin forgery wrapped up in the plot, Benoit Blanc’s latest case has proven to be just as taut, tense, and twist-filled as his last. While Glass Onion is a standalone sequel with no narrative connections to the original Knives Out, it does continue Johnson’s unique deconstruction of the familiar murder mystery format....

While basking in worldwide blessings after its most democratic presidential election, will Taiwan spare the world more unpleasantries in the future? The answer lies in how Taiwan is perceived and how Taiwan perceives itself. Taiwan’s image in the world is full of paradoxes. The Republic of China is now a vibrant, noisy and stunt-filled democracy. Yet Taiwan’s mainland policy is often interpreted as if there exists some kind of grand conspiracy....

The former NBA forward and current ESPN analyst shredded Gilbert Arenas in a TikTok video posted from Jefferson’s verified account on Tuesday. In a two-and-a-half minute monologue, Jefferson responded to comments from Arenas about where they had landed on the 2001 NBA Draft board. NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) Jefferson and Arenas played together on an Arizona team that reached the 2001 national championship game, and both were viewed as first-round talents....

Based on Sunday’s race, could we see the other Busch, Kurt, make some noise when NASCAR hits Richmond this weekend? He is the defending champion of the Toyota Owners 400, leading a race-high 291 laps en route to his first win of the 2015 season and a spot in the Chase. MORE: More on Edwards’ win, results | Bristol photos While Carl Edwards won the Food City 500 at Bristol, leading 276 laps, Kurt Busch led 41 laps to finish third....

Kasongo is the No. 32 junior college prospect in the 2015 class and the No. 13 power forward, according to 247Sports.com. MORE: Grad transfer fears overblown | Jayhawks get boost with Diallo | Gibbs leaves Seton Hall After committing to Oregon last year, Kasongo was denied admission because he didn’t meet the school’s academic standards. He then played one season at Southern Idaho, appearing in 34 games and averaging six points and 4....

Corden and Gervais appear to have made up after Corden admitted to “inadvertently” using Gervais “guitar lessons in a town square” joke on The Late Late Show. Not long after that, British comedian Mike Cox tweeted a video showing similarities between his stand-up and a scene from Gervais’s show After Life on Netflix. On Wednesday morning Gervais tweeted at Cox, explaining where he got the idea for the joke from, which turned out to predate Cox’s joke....

With no points penalty, Stenhouse will finish 27th in the 2014 Sprint Cup standings, one spot and 22 points ahead of girlfriend Danica Patrick. MORE: Kahne contract extension | Kurt Busch investigation update | Harvick title should give Earnhardt hope NASCAR officials determined the violation by the Roush Fenway Racing team to be worthy of a P3 penalty on a scale of 1 to 6, a penalty that “tend to pertain more to secondary componentry or systems; modifications of lessor significance; … measurement failures of an intermediate nature....

THE DIVERS CALL IT MAKO CITY, AFTER THE MEDIUM-size sharks that prowl there. In a seabed 130 feet beneath the Atlantic nine miles off the coast of New York’s Long Island, small whales, sea turtles and sharks meander around a maze of thick wire cables and shards of jagged metal. It is forever twilight in the graveyard of TWA Flight 800; a diver swimming into the stygian gloom risks becoming entangled in the debris, or slicing an air hose, or coming face to face with a hammerhead....

While U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria agreed with the lawsuit in principle, he wrote in his decision that the lawsuit was “riddled with defects” and could not be argued in court as it was presented. “Rather than comply with a clear legal obligation, companies like Lyft are thumbing their noses at the California Legislature, not to mention the public officials who have primary responsibility for enforcing [Assembly Bill] 5.” Chhabria wrote Tuesday....

The platform, overseen by Las Vegas-based John Matze Jr., has pitched itself as a free speech alternative to Twitter or Facebook, attracting high-profile users including Ted Cruz, Devin Nunes, Eric Trump, Katie Hopkins, Rudy Giuliani and Ron Paul. The attack on Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant was published on Monday in an “election transparency pledge” uploaded to Parler’s anti-Facebook website. “Zuckerberg and his technoauthoritarian pals have made their plans clear....

Vogue spoke in-depth with Rihanna for its November cover issue, and one of the topics was confirming her turning down the event. She says she did, and explained why she didn’t want to betray Colin Kaepernick. From Vogue: MORE: Why the NFL picked Maroon 5 for the Super Bowl halftime show Kaepernick has not played in the NFL since opting out of his contact with the 49ers following the 2016 season....

He made 42 saves after sitting out five games with an injury, and the Nashville Predators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Thursday night. “Anytime you miss time, you’re a little nervous,” Rinne said. “I was happy that we played one of the top teams. You have to have a mindset that you might be busy. I felt good, and obviously very happy with the win.” Rinne was hurt in the third period of a 5-3 victory at Calgary on Oct....

According to a statement released by the organisers Friday, with more than two years to go until the Rio 2016 Olympic Games begin, 38 percent of the competition venues are ready for the event, reports Xinhua. Of the 29 permanent venues, 11 are operational, while eight require some renovation work and the other 10 will form part of the sporting legacy that is being constructed in the city. Eight temporary venues will also be used to host competitions....

Therefore to many, Cristiano Ronaldo seems a consummate professional and the epitome of athleticism. Of course, it is expected that a man who does 3,000 pushups a day should have incredible discipline and commitment. Rio Ferdinand in a recent interview, however, revealed the lighter side of the Portugal and Real Madrid talisman. Ferdinand has been digging up the dirt on some of his former teammates at Manchester United and claimed that Ronaldo had a humorous side to him....

The 27-year-old Del Potro, who defeated Djokovic to win the bronze medal in men’s singles at the 2012 London Games, is ranked 141st in the world after struggling with serious wrist injuries in recent years, reports EFE. Sousa, ranked 36th, started aggressively on Monday, succeeding where Djokovic failed by breaking Del Potro’s service just before an altercation in the stands between Argentine and Brazilian fans forced a brief suspension of play....

Sjostrom went wire-to-wire for the win, finishing in a new world record time of 55.48 seconds to become the first Swedish woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. Canadian 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak earned silver in the event with a time of 56.46. American swimmer Dana Vollmer failed to become the first female swimmer to successfully defend her Olympic title in the event but still took home bronze in 56....