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The Belgium international started six of his country’s games at the World Cup after playing just 14 times for Spurs in the Premier League last season, and he said he was glad to have proved his form and fitness in Russia. A hamstring injury kept the 29-year-old out of Mauricio Pochettino’s plans for part of last season, but Alderweireld told Nieuwsblad he was disappointed not to have been more involved in the club’s charge to third place in the table....

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 24 points, DeMar DeRozan had 17 points and 13 points, and the Spurs returned home after a 25-day absence to beat the Detroit Pistons 105-93 on Wednesday night and snap a three-game skid. “They played desperate and I don’t think we did the entire game,” Detroit coach Dwane Casey said. “We played in spurts, but we didn’t play desperate as long and as much as they did....

Baldwin is listed in a call sheet for the day of the shooting, obtained by the Associated Press, along with other producers, executive producers, a line producer and a co-producer. All of them, in addition to assistant director Dave Halls and armorer Hannah Gutierrez, could be held liable even if they weren’t on location the day of the shooting. Experts say that extensive legal issues could result from the incident, including civil lawsuits and criminal charges....

SNL’s remotely-produced “At Home” season finale began with Kate McKinnon, playing a school principal hosting a graduation ceremony on a Zoom call. “I know this isn’t how you expected your high school career to come to an end, but uh, we’re all making sacrifices. I have had to share my child’s Adderall with him,” she told the graduating students. She then informed the class that she didn’t mange to secure the guest speakers the class voted for, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, or the class’s next five choices, which included Axl Rose, “murder hornets” and Elon Musk and his girlfriend Grimes’s newborn baby....

The midfielder, after appearing for England U16, U17 and U18 sides, switched allegiance to his country of birth in 2015. And he has gone on to make 11 appearances with the Super Eagles scoring four goals which includes his strike against Zambia that secured a World Cup berth. And he has said that having a lot of ties to the country made it easier for him to play for the three-time Africa champions....

Angels vice president of communications Tim Mead tweeted the news Tuesday morning. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 The high point of Johnson’s career came with the then-California Angels 45 years ago. Already with his fourth big-league team at age 27, Johnson hit .329/.370/.459 in 1970, making the All-Star game and finishing eighth in AL MVP voting. He won the batting title by one of the closest margins in history, edging Carl Yastrzemski ....

“I’m #AlexJones’ ex-wife, & I lost my kids for exposing infowars, even while he was under subsequent Federal Investigation. I have insider info that I believe is relevant to the #January6thCommitteeHearings. Pls share,” Kelly Jones tweeted more than 40 times on Tuesday, alongside previous tweets she has posted. Her comments came after the panel, during its seventh televised hearing on Tuesday, showed how a tweet from former President Donald Trump calling his supporters to Washington, D....

Rodriguez was kept off the American League All-Star team Monday despite batting .284/.390/.513 (149 wRC+) with 16 home runs and 47 RBIs. Holt, on the other hand, is hitting .295/.383/.424 with two home runs, 21 RBIs with five stolen bases for the struggling rival Red Sox. MORE: More All-Star snubs | All-Star Game starters | AL, NL reserves, pitchers AL manager Ned Yost told ESPN he liked Holt’s versatility; Holt has played everywhere but pitcher and catcher in his major league career....

The former Yankees third basemen posted a TikTok last night with his fiancée, entertainer Jennifer Lopez, featuring one of the latest TikTok memes that’s been the sweeping through the app. It uses part of Drake’s song “Nonstop” in which you hear the rapper say “I just flipped the switch.” At that point, the people in the video turn off the light and turn it on again to reveal they’ve “switched,” usually positions and clothing....

Though the exact timing of this news did feel like a surprise given the TV star’s optimistic outlook, fans had been fearing for his health since Trebek initially announced his diagnosis last year. In a video posted to YouTube, the iconic game show host startled fans with the news that he would be receiving treatment for stage IV pancreatic cancer. At the time, he announced his intention to finish filming the current season of Jeopardy!...

To drive her point home, Ocasio-Cortez stressed that undocumented immigrants in the U.S. “pay taxes,” meaning they “pay for your kids’ schooling too.” “For the last time: People who are undocumented pay taxes!” Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet. “Public goods aren’t ‘gifts’ to immigrants-they pay for your kids’ schooling too.” Indeed, the fact that undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in federal taxes each year often goes overlooked in the immigration debate....

Russian police arrested around 3,000 people at this weekend’s events, where tens of thousands of people expressed their anger at the government despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, below freezing temperatures and heavy-handed riot police. Observers described the scale of the protests as unprecedented, while the BBC reported that the demonstration in Moscow was the largest in the city for nearly a decade. International media interest was intense given the recent attempt to kill Navalny, and the decision to arrest him on his return to Russia from Germany earlier this month....

Those supporters that made the journey to witness a 5-1 mauling at the hands of the German giants had aired their anger at manager Arsene Wenger during a pre-match protest. The future looks very dark for Arsenal The Frenchman’s decision to leave Alexis on the bench for a Premier League meeting with Liverpool last time out had helped to fan those flames, with talk of training ground bust-ups doing the rounds....

The series is billed by Disney as “a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.” Reportedly, this would make it the first entry in the core Alien franchise to take place in both a modern setting and on Earth, discounting both of the live-action Alien vs. Predator movies. RELATED: Alien: Isolation Mini-Documentary Details Its Development The series’ tone, according to FX’s John Landgraf, is meant to split the difference between the original Alien’s “timeless horror” and the high-intensity action of James Cameron’s Aliens....

For those who don’t know, Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a third-person co-op shooter that sees players shooting their way through hordes of Xenomorphs as they run through missions. The game takes place 25 years after the original trilogy of movies and focuses on action gameplay rather than the survival horror of other recent Alien games like Alien: Isolation. The game has many co-op shooter fans excited, especially as some have compared Aliens: Fireteam Elite with other juggernauts of the genre like Left 4 Dead....

As go the palace moats so goes the country: black bass and bluegills have invaded most ponds and lakes on this island nation. Aside from being big and ugly, the fish are wreaking considerable havoc on local ecosystems. They eat the babies of many native Japanese fish, threatening the survival of several species, such as tanago and honmoroko. Earlier this year the Japanese government declared war on the invaders. It formed a panel of experts to analyze the situation and come up with strategies to eliminate the fish....

Harris was initially expected to face Alistair Overeem at UFC on ESPN 7 in the closing stages of 2019, however, the former had to pull-out of the fight due to search for his missing daughter Aniah Blanchard. Alistair Overeem defeats Walt Harris in the main event of UFC on ESPN 8 Heading into this fight, Overeem had already suffered a huge loss to Jairzinho Rozenstruik in his last Octagon outing after the latter had brutally knocked-out ‘The Reem’....

Karlos Williams is the No. 14 rusher in the NFL after three weeks, and Buffalo’s rookie starter is about to shoot up the charts. Despite only 24 carries, he has racked up 182 yards for a ridiculous, league-leading 7.8-yard average. His three touchdowns, one in each game, are tied for second. FANTASY: Williams among Week 4 sleepers | Lineup advice | RB rankings Williams will see both his workload and scoring chances increase significantly in Buffalo....