The 49ers were trying to get to 4-0 for the first time since 1990 and the Browns were trying to move above .500 for the first time since 2014. However, it would be San Francisco that would reach its goal after a dominant 31-3 win at Levi’s Stadium. The Niners deployed a formidable defense to shut down Baker Mayfield and company while Jimmy Garoppolo quietly had one of his best games of this season....
Leon Draisaitl scored yet again, his 14th of the season (second in the league behind David Pastrnak’s 15) and fifth goal in his last six games, which extended his home point streak to nine games. Mikko Koskinen also notched his first shutout of the season, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Joel Persson each picked up two assists and James Neal also got back on the scoresheet with his 12th of the season and first goal in three games....
As professed policy wonks working within the U.S. political system, we keep an eye on all three of these challenges. The good news is there is a nascent new policy now at play that addresses all three—if only members of Congress on both sides have the courage of their convictions and fund the very bipartisan program that they just authorized. Our reference is to a provision embedded in the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed both houses in December by veto-proof majorities....
Casper, a San Diego native who was a longtime Utah resident, won 51 times on the PGA Tour. He had been suffering from a heart condition and died at home with his wife of 62 years, Shirley, at his side. MORE: PGA players encouraged to fire caddies | We feel your pain, Tiger | PHOTOS: PGA 2014-15 winners Casper ranks seventh on the PGA’s all-time wins list. Overshadowed by Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus, Casper won 33 times during the 1960s....
After winning both its league matches, the host men’s team from Thrissur is through to the quarterfinals of the 58th Kerala Senior State Basketball Championship. Far tougher tests await them in the knockout stages as they will have to battle it out against teams from the “supreme league” i.e. the Pool A & B teams which are the top eight sides from last year. In other developments, Kannur men topped Group D to confirm its berth in to the Quarter Finals, while in the women’s division, favourites Thiruvanthapuram and Ernakulum too progressed to the knockout stages, from Group B....
Nothing is turning out right for the Communists of Sverdlovsk. It is an important site in party chronicles: Bolsheviks shot the last czar here in 1918. This “city of factories,” a raw urban sprawl of 1.4 million in the Ural Mountains, became a vital center for defense industry in World War II. Indeed, only in the last few months has the city been opened to foreign visitors. Boris Yeltsin, the party’s first secretary here from 1976 to 1985, made Sverdlovsk his power base....
Game 3 Line: Oklahoma City -9, Total: 195.5 Series Lead: Tied 1-1 This spread has increased since the -8 opening on Tuesday, with the total decreasing after opening at 197. MORE: SN playoff predictions Dallas (43-41 SU, 45-37-2 ATS) got blown out in the opener (108-70 loss as 12-point underdogs) before bouncing back in Game 2 on Monday (85-84 win as 14-point underdogs). Both went way UNDER the total, which was 206 and 203, respectively....
Game 2 Odds: Golden State -8.5 Total: 221.5 The series opener came on Monday, with Oklahoma City getting a surprising 108-102 win as 7.5-point road dogs. Golden State blew a 14-point lead in the third quarter and was outscored 23-14 in the fourth, resulting in just its third home loss this season. The low scoring fourth quarter helped keep the final score way UNDER the 225-point total. The loss dropped Golden State from a 5/9 NBA title favorite to 11/10 now....
LOS ANGELES — Oklahoma City has its starting five back together just in time for the playoffs. Their weeks apart didn't hurt their defense at all. Russell Westbrook scored 30 points in his return to the lineup, Kevin Durant added 27, and the Thunder held off the Los Angeles Clippers 107-101 Wednesday night in a possible playoff preview. Serge Ibaka came up with a big block of J.J. Redick's 3-pointer with 10 seconds left and added 15 points for the Thunder, who had their starting lineup together for just the second time since Christmas Day....
RELATED: Thymesia: How to Get All Endings Players will use Corvo’s Saber to dish out damage but are capable of unlocking and equipping special items called Plague Weapons. These sub weapons consume energy to use and players can also “steal them” from enemies if they strike them with a charged-up Claw Attack. Although it’s possible to make it to the end of Thymesia without ever using the available Plague Weapons, there are some hidden gems among the group that make combat and progression a bit easier....
It pushed harder. And eventually, West Virginia relented, unable to withstand the punishing ground game that has been the signature piece to Alabama’s dominance. Everyone was interested in what Alabama would do at quarterback. Blake Sims started — FSU transfer Jacob Coker didn’t take a snap — and he was solid (24 for 33, 250 yards_. But he didn’t win the game for the second-ranked Crimson Tide. Isn’t that the debate at Alabama — that the quarterback doesn’t have to win it for them?...
Tiger Woods caddied for his son Charlie Woods on Saturday for a junior event in South Florida. Someone captured the 10-year-old’s swing during the tournament and the clip has gone viral on social media. Fans will remember Woods’ emotional moment with Charlie after his incredible win at The Masters last April. Woods nearly broke down in tears when he hugged his son after completing one of the greatest comebacks in sports history....
Golf’s third major of the year begins at Pebble Beach on Thursday, with Woods among the top contenders after winning the Masters in April, ending an 11-year major drought to claim his 15th. Victory for the 43-year-old would see him tie Nicklaus and three other players on a record four U.S. Open crowns. He is now only three overall majors adrift of Nicklaus, who thinks the gap could become two at the venue where Woods won the same tournament by 15 strokes back in 2000....
Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas finally solidified them with a pair of bogeys on the tough par-4 18th at TPC Sawgrass. Woods made the cut on the number at The Players Championship, but only after getting a little help from two of the top players in the world. Woods struggled with accuracy and distance control during a steamy day on the Stadium Course. He shot a 1-under 71 to reach 1 under, earning a spot in the third round after some late cut movement....
Playing in his first event since the Los Angeles Lakers legend’s death on January 26, Woods finished with a 2-under par 69 after fading away after a strong start. While the 15-time major winner trails leader Matt Kuchar by seven shots, he caught the eye with a subtle nod to the memory of Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash just outside Los Angeles alongside with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people last month....
“The primary causal factor for this traffic collision was driving at a speed unsafe for the road conditions and the inability to negotiate the curve of the roadway. Estimated speeds at the first area of impact were 84 to 87 miles per hour and the final estimated speed when the vehicle struck the tree was 75 miles per hour,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said during a press conference on Wednesday....
Across his nearly 50-year acting career, Bronson starred in all kinds of movies: vigilante thrillers like Death Wish and Mr. Majestyk, war epics like The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape, and westerns like The Magnificent Seven and Once Upon a Time in the West. RELATED: Walter Hill’s Hard Times Would Make A Great Rockstar Open-World Game One of the actor’s strangest big-screen outings to the Old West was as much a monster movie as a straightforward western....
Due to overpopulation, Thanos experienced the destruction of his own home planet which is what caused him to seek stability in the universe. Though this sounds like a responsible and worthy desire, Thanos’s plan to exterminate half of all life is on par with some of the irrational thinking that the Joker displays. As a child, Thanos had a strange fascination with death that disturbed people around him. His behavior is similar to the Joker who is also fascinated by death as he kills innocent people for his own amusement....
Boggle iPad: So, Boggle has already made its appearance on the iPhone but, as previous board game titles on the iPhone OS have done, it now has a iPad friendly version. The iPad version houses the same features of the iPhone version - Challenge, Advanced and Self-Score. The difference? It looks a heck of a lot better on the iPad thanks to the real estate increase, and it’s $4.99 on iTunes....
Let’s take a look at the biggest poker event results from Atlantic City, Uruguay, Cannes and Los Angeles, while making a few more stops around the world in this edition of ‘This Week in Poker’. This week’s big names include 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel as well as Joshua Beckley and Neil Blumenfield, who will each get a shot at the WSOP crown this coming November in Las Vegas....
