Line: Seattle -1, Total: 42 Line movement and notes: The Seahawks opened as 1-point favorites last Sunday at several Las Vegas betting locations, with line adjusting to a pick ‘em on Monday. We’ve even seen Minnesota -1 pop up on some betting boards but Seattle -1 is the norm on Friday morning. Totals have been bet up from openers of 41 and 41.5. Check our odds page for updated NFL point spreads and totals....
Minnesota is already in a three-game hole in the NFC North with Green Bay (4-0) also undefeated. But with a seventh playoff team and third wild card, there is more room and opportunity to turn things around. The Vikings have fallen to the Packers, Titans and Colts, who had a combined record of 10-1 going into Week 5. The Seahawks have beaten the Falcons, Cowboys, Patriots and Dolphins, who had a combined record of 4-12 going into Week 5....
Earlier in July, it has been reported that a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. for NES has sold for $114,000. At the time, this purchase set a record for the most expensive game ever sold. Now, this record has since been broken by another Mario Game. Heritage Auctions revealed that it was able to see a sealed copy of the 1990 NES game Super Mario Bros. 3 for a whopping amount of $156,000....
The Super Bowl-winning coach will be back with the Rams in 2022, he told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. The Rams posted this gif Friday as further confirmation: McVay leaked his return after reportedly entertaining a long-rumored move to TV. MORE: Sean Payton reportedly in talks with Fox to replace Aikman A $20 million average annual value would have topped Troy Aikman’s reported agreement with ESPN to leave Fox ($18 million-plus per year), Tony Romo’s deal with CBS ($18 million per season) and a potential new contract for Cris Collinsworth with NBC ($12....
Fitch doesn’t really live in a Pizza Hut. It’s just that these days, he’s gotten a little paranoid. The phone has been ringing constantly, always some record-company guy, or maybe a lawyer or a music publisher-someone from a coast somewhere, representing more money or more power than Peter Fitch and his ratty-jeaned friends know what to make of. Fitch’s voice sounds quavery, shellshocked. “We didn’t ask for this,” he says....
The tweet, from New Zealand-based Twitter user @samxgrace shows The Goonies and Lord of the Rings star, with the message: “idk who needed this but Sean Astin from Stranger Things with an otter.” The original post has since been retweeted nearly five thousand times. However, many took exception to the fact the writer apparently felt the need to explain who the actor was, and only with reference to one prominent role among many....
Scherzer struck out 15 in only 6 1/3 innings, and the Washington Nationals then rallied for two runs in the ninth to beat the Phillies 5-4 Sunday. Scherzer and Phillies starter Jake Arrieta, who have combined to win the last three NL Cy Young Awards, kept things close into the late innings before both bullpens faltered. “I had my pitches, but I just kept falling behind in the count,” Scherzer said....
Jose Mourinho’s men failed to break the Saints down at Old Trafford, with Paul Pogba’s offside strike the closest they came to snatching three points. The result means that Manchester City can move 17 points clear of their bitter rivals if they defeat Crystal Palace on Sunday, and Scholes has criticised the way in which United performed, insisting they “never tested” the Saints’ backline, despite them losing 5-2 to Tottenham on Boxing Day....
He claims the post falsely accuses him and his wife of playing a role in the theft of a Black Lives Matter banner from the local high school. South Whidbey School Board member Damian Greene said a Facebook post made last month by United Student Leaders, or USL is libelous. The post, he said, insinuates that Greene and his wife Maureen had something to do with a Black Lives Matter banner being stolen and the vandalization of a congratulatory graduation banner....
In a press release on Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Hampshire said that 39-year-old Michael Chick was arrested and charged “with interstate stalking.” The press release said that Chick worked as a driver at Greenland Central School in Greenland, New Hampshire. “Chick is alleged to have threatened a child attending the Greenland Central School and threatening the child’s family, and to have travelled from Maine to New Hampshire to make the threats,” the press release said....
The school children consumed the food on Monday at their school in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India. “We had to rush the children to Rampurhat Medical College and Hospital as they started vomiting,” a school staffer who had prepared the meal said, as reported by The Hindu. The same member of staff also told reporters that a snake was found in one of the food containers that had originally been filled with lentils....
In their effort to prevent disaster, some schools are adopting a near-militaristic approach. Fire drills are mere child’s play compared with student rehearsals for armed intruders. “They know if I come on the P.A. and say ‘we’re in a lockdown situation’… to clear the hallways, get away from the windows and get down on the floor,” says Sharon Cross, principal of Schaumburg High in suburban Chicago, which instituted the drills last winter....
Second seed Schwartzman, ranked ninth in the world, needed just 81 minutes to seal a 6-3, 6-2 victory, setting up a third-round meeting with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. It was a less happy outing for third seed Shapovalov in Germany, the Canadian succumbing to a 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 loss against Gilles Simon. The result represented a measure of revenge for Simon after the Frenchman lost to world No. 12 Shapovalov in the first round of the French Open....
The team defined extreme inbreeding as the result of offspring produced by first or second degree relatives. This would include siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles. It would not include the offspring of first cousins. The negative health effects of inbreeding are well documented. Numerous studies in human, animal and plants have shown it increases the risk of mutations that can impact reproductive fitness. However, most human-based studies are confined to less extreme cases of inbreeding—for example, where first cousins have a child....
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Manchester in the U.K., studied a pair of pulsars with seven radio telescopes looking for behavior not covered by Einstein’s crowning achievement. And while they discovered relativistic effects that have never been witnessed before, the new phenomena were hypothesized in the theory, also known as the geometric theory of gravity, published in 1915....
Overview Scleritis can be destructive to the eye, causing intense pain and loss of vision for some people. Although scleritis may be associated with trauma or infection, more than half of scleritis cases are associated with an underlying systemic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis nodosa, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, herpes zoster virus, gout, and syphilis. Scleritis is thought to be a sign of inflammation that may be present elsewhere in the body....
Costa Rica was the surprise of the 2014 World Cup, winning a group that featured England, Italy and Uruguay and losing in the World Cup quarterfinals to the Netherlands on penalties. The Ticos haven’t quite managed to overtake the USA or Mexico in CONCACAF since, but they stand as the third-best side in the federation and are hard to deal with at home. To open the Hexagonal, Costa Rica took care of business on the road in Trinidad and Tobago, as it handed the Soca Warriors a 2-0 defeat....
Mariota leads the rookie fantasy discussion after a 13-for-16 performance with four touchdowns against his draft day “rival” Jameis Winston and the Bucs. But Williams proved why he’s the No. 2 back behind LeSean McCoy, and Phillip Dorsett’s window of opportunity just opened for Week 2 thanks to T.Y. Hilton’s injury. Based on our pre-draft knowledge and Week 1 scouting report, let’s break down whether these players are worth an add....
Swihart is an above-average defender with a plus arm and solid receiving skills who should have no trouble behind the dish. Offensively, however, he’s still a bit of a work in progress. A highly athletic switch-hitter, Swihart oozes potential, but still lacks polish. With a smooth swing, good bat speed and solid plate discipline, Swihart has all the tools to be a successful major league hitter. MORE: Fantasy Alarm Draft Guide He’s more fluid batting right-handed than he is hitting from the left side, but he should continue to improve his left-handed swing as he gains experience....
