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Tough calls ahead for U.S. coach Arena The 24-year-old U.S. international joins Wolfsburg after five seasons with Hertha, signing until 2022 at the Volkswagen Arena. Several outlets have put the transfer fee at €20 million ($22.5 million), breaking the previous record of $13 million when Jozy Altidore joined Sunderland from AZ in 2013. A Hertha academy product, Brooks made 24 appearances as the club finished sixth in the Bundesliga during the 2016-17 campaign....

MORE: Notable sports deaths in 2016 Thompson — who coached for 10 seasons at USTA until he was fired in March — suffered double organ failure in April and recently was hospitalized with a blood infection, the Tulsa World reported. “The UTSA family is very saddened to learn that Brooks Thompson passed away on Thursday,” Texas-San Antonio athletic director Lynn Hickey said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Michelle, his daughters, Ryan Michelle, Brooke and Addison, and the rest of his family in this difficult time....

Brown, 31, skipped practice because he continues to be unhappy about his ongoing dispute with the NFL over his helmet, Mayock revealed when he met with reporters. “Here’s the bottom line,” Mayock said. “He’s upset about the helmet issue. We have supported that, we appreciate that. At this point, we’ve pretty much exhausted all avenues of relief. “So, from our perspective it’s time for him to be all in or all out....

Getting bitten by one is uncommon and the bite alone rarely kills people. That said, severe reactions to a brown recluse spider bite can occur. If the reaction goes untreated, life-threatening complications may arise. This article details the signs and symptoms of a brown recluse bite and who’s at risk of being bitten. It also covers what you should do if you think you have been bitten by one of these spiders....

Garrett wrote on Twitter: “A ‘fan’ hopped out his car to take a picture with me and then punched me in my face. Hm, put your legs into it might have actually made me flinch.” He added that he was in his car when the fan flagged him down for a picture. He cracked the window just enough for the fan to get the photo and that’s when the punch happened....

Although the enormous new deal was agreed to in principle and announced on April 12, it wasn’t signed and executed by all involved parties until two weeks ago, on Sept. 6, according to al.com. It comes in the wake of Pearl leading the Tigers to their first Final Four appearance in April — but also as the program has been roiled in the federal pay-for-play case that included former Tigers assistant Chuck Person, who pleaded guilty to accepting some $90,000 in bribes....

The video shows shots of Biden’s hometown Scranton, Pennsylvania, while The Boss speaks about how the Democratic presidential candidate will fight for the people who currently live there. Pennsylvania will likely be a large deciding factor in Tuesday’s election. In 2016, President Donald Trump defeated former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Lackawanna County, where Scranton is located, and in Pennsylvania overall, according to PoliticsPA. Former President Barack Obama won the state in 2012....

Or, more accurately, went from Bruce Weber to Bruce Banner and turned full Incredible Hulk in the huddle, even spiking a clipboard. MORE: Pitino rocks all white suit | Calipari confuses Harrison, Wiggins | Matta rewards OSU with NBA Jam (Source: Jeff Rosen) Kansas State actually won the second half 40-35, but lost the game by a final of 68-57. Hopefully, the Wildcats can adjust the basketball budget to purchase more clipboards for future outbursts....

Bruins assistant coach Doug Houda played 561 games over his NHL career, and while he got hit in the face from time to time, he was usually prepared to take a beating. On Wednesday night, a puck went flying into the Boston bench and cracked Houda in the skull, forcing him to go to the locker room to get staples put in his skull. MORE: Ovechkin meets Pitt | Ducks send goalie to AHL...

Bryan Clark originally debuted for the AWA as The Nightstalker. As AWA was coming to an end, Bryan Clark moved over to WCW. After departing from WCW, Clark portrayed Adam Bomb in WWF from 1993 to 1995. It was a play on words from Adam to Atom. Bryan Clark later moved back to WCW as Wrath, a Mortal Kombat-inspired character. WCW was trying to capitalize on the popular video game series turned movie franchise at the time....

It all started with a series of recent tweets by the 21-year old. The first was a tweet about the streaming platform Hulu. His tweet managed to attract significant interest from the Minecraft community. Dream, GeorgeNotFound, Quackity, and Karl Jacobs were quick to responded to him. First up were Karl Jacobs, Sapnap, and Quackity. The trio decided to strike up a casual conversation under the tweet. However, subsequent tweets by Dream and George received the most likes and comments....

The fans praising Disney+ for including the K-pop group on the platform led to the hashtag #BTSonDisneyPlus on trending, but one more thing that caught the attention of ARMYs was the K-pop boy band getting censored in the videos. A few moments have been edited or removed, according to the ARMYs. Many words that seemed fine to the fans were also censored. It was even more surprising for them to listen to the exact words in the audio, but seeing those words censored only in the subtitles....

Trump took to Twitter on Monday to condemn Wallace and criticised NASCAR for banning the controversial Confederate flag from its races and events. In response, Wallace took the opportunity to spread the message of love and perseverance. In a Twitter post addressed to the next generation and little ones following my footsteps, Wallace wrote: “Your words and actions will always be held to a higher standard than others. “You have to be prepared for that....

Bucks general manager Horst said NBA MVP Antetokounmpo would be offered a five-year, $250million deal following the 2019-20 season. Horst publicly discussed Milwaukee’s plans for the Greek’s contract at a fan town hall meeting in a violation of the league’s ruled governing the timing of discussing player deals. “Under NBA rules, teams cannot commit to offer a ‘supermax’ extension before the summer following a player’s seventh season in the NBA,” the league said in a statement announcing the fine....

The Bucs are just one of three teams entering Week 4 with an 0-3 record. They are coming off an embarrassing 56-14 loss to the Falcons on Thursday Night Football. The Line: Steelers -7.5, Total: 44.5 Line movement: The Steelers opened as 8-point favorites at the SuperBook on Sunday but were down to -7 by Monday. Since then, the spread has bounced between 7 and 7.5 around Las Vegas....

Miller, 26, would be projected to get a little more than $14 million guaranteed if he accepted the one-year tender. That’s far from what he deserves, which is a long-term contract to make him the highest-paid defensive player in league history. A lot of “walk-year” defensive players have put together outstanding seasons. But none have waked off quite like the Super Bowl 50 MVP. The league’s most versatile outside linebacker was the most dominant force on a historically great defense and ended it by rendering a seemingly unstoppable quarterback useless....

Wheatley claimed that his role as a running backs coach was a dead-end in the eyes of some and explained how he was stuck. Here’s how he put it: Wheatley seemed to claim that quarterbacks, being the highest-profile position on the team, give a greater spotlight to their coaches over running backs. Of course, the statement could also be interpreted as a shot at the running backs as well, although they have not commented yet....

Such is the NFL’s circle of life. Championship-caliber teams have a specific window to reach that goal. Even the club that has kept it open the longest — New England — will someday be faced with the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era coming to an end and the inevitable setback it will cause. The 2016 Broncos were doomed long before the season began. MORE: Updated NFL playoff picture Denver’s time to shine began in 2012 once Peyton Manning replaced Tim Tebow, a quarterback that top football executive John Elway knew was only going to take the Broncos so far before falling short....

Brooke Bailey made her first appearance on ‘Basketball Wives’ in 2012. She was associated with Rashard Lewis, Vernon Macklin, and, most recently, Ronnie Holland. She married Ronnie Holland in 2014, after dating him for quite some time. The couple eventually filed for divorce, and Brooke Bailey is reportedly single. She announced her divorce on her Instagram page. It was captioned: Bailey initially appeared on the spin-off edition of the reality show titled ‘Basketball Wives LA....

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PARTING SHOT WITH H. ALAN SCOTT ON APPLE PODCASTS OR SPOTIFY Congrats on the new podcast, Now What? Thank you. It’s so exciting. I just interviewed Gayle King. I start every morning with Gayle King! What inspired you to do the podcast and how was Gayle? I mean, I was actually a little nervous. Just because she’s interviewed me and she’s always on that side. She was delightful....