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Unfortunately, the Vikings will finish far behind the NFC North-winning Packers (12-3) again. Minnesota will need to try to stay alive against Green Bay on Sunday night, without starting QB Kirk Cousins. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers also will be motivated at Lambeau Field as they vie for the No. 1 seed. Here’s breaking down Minnesota’s dim outlook as it tries to avoid a second consecutive losing and non-playoff season under Mike Zimmer...

Rosenberg, who tweeted a chart Monday of NFL players arrested since August 2010, found Minnesota leads the league with 18 arrests. The Broncos followed closely behind with 16 while the Buccaneers and Colts tied for 13 each. The Texans, on the other hand, had just one. In total, 260 players have been arrested in 260 weeks. MORE: Disgraced athletes | Junior Galette soaks up love from new family Several Minnesota players, including Adrian Peterson and Everson Griffen, as well as ex-Vikings Chris Cook, Erin Henderson and Jerome Simpson, drove up the tally with multiple arrests....

Villarreal heads home requiring a famous and unlikely home victory by multiple goals to have a chance at securing a spot in the Champions League final. Otherwise, Liverpool will be snatching the coveted prize. The Reds, on the other hand, looks to complete the job started at Anfield. A goal from Sadio Mane plus a Villarreal own goal did the job, and Liverpool held the Yellow Submarine to just one shot across the 90 minutes....

According to Sports Illustrated, Scully was approached by Fox Sports earlier this month to be part of its MLB All-Star Game coverage, but the 88-year-old turned down the request despite Fox Sports willing to accommodate him however he wished. MORE: Classic photos of Vin Scully | Rare photos of Ebbets Field from the SN archives “I told (Scully), ‘Look, everyone would love to have you as part of the All Star Game,’” said Brad Zager, a vice president of production for Fox Sports....

This summer, Raptors team president Masai Ujiri made what may be the second-most important decision in team history, trading away a star guard — DeMar DeRozan — who had made a similar commitment to playing in Toronto. The Raptors got Kawhi Leonard, a bigger star, in return, but Leonard has made no such commitment to the team or city. Carter was, to put it mildly, surprised. “I think I’ll just say wow,” he said on Thursday....

Kurt Angle revealed the backstage reactions to the match, and he started by disclosing what Chris Benoit did after the bout. Chris Benoit gave Kurt Angle a big hug backstage, and the Rabid Wolverine was said to be delighted with how the match panned out. Vince McMahon was proud of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for their WrestleMania 17 match Vince McMahon complimented Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit backstage after the match....

The former WWE writer spoke in detail about the issues plaguing Big E’s ongoing run during this week’s Legion of RAW episode with co-host Dr. Chris Featherstone. Russo is familiar with how WWE operates behind the scenes and felt that Big E should stand up against officials regarding his booking. He also feared that the Powerhouse of Positivity could end up being another Drew McIntyre if the WWE isn’t careful about how they present their world titleholder on TV:...

Vinesh has already stamped her class at international level by winning the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games titles and it was just about getting some match competition under her belt after missing the Worlds due to an elbow injury. On way to her sixth National title, Vinesh conceded just two points in five bouts. She had earlier won five Nationals in a row from 2012 to 2016 in different categories....

In a speech in the White House Rose Garden on Monday, Trump declared himself the president of “law and order” and “an ally of all peaceful protesters.” But he said that the looting and violence that had erupted at protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man, while in Minneapolis police custody were “acts of domestic terror.” He warned governors that if they do not deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers to “dominate the streets,” then the U....

For those who regularly cook with broccoli, the mess it creates in the raw cutting process is a real downside, but it’s one that’s been apparently solved. TikToker Stephanie, known online as @steph2302, showed the way she cooks her broccoli, completely skipping the part that sees tiny bits of green left across the kitchen counter. In her post, Stephanie dunks the whole head of broccoli upside down in her pot of boiling water, making sure to keep the stem poking out the top....

The video began with one father asking a police officer outside the school about what happens if the students don’t want to wear masks inside the building. “If you don’t want to go in, you don’t have to,” the officer responded in the video. “I’m not going to force anybody—I’m not putting masks on anybody. That’s not my job.” “This is a county health department order and an order of the school,” the officer added....

The energetic storm was captured on cameras across southern parts of the state, with videos showing show how bolts of lightning cut through the dark every few seconds or so. Some footage shows the lightning forking across the sky, while other videos show clouds pulsing with blue light with the lightning obscured. One user, whose location on Twitter was set as the Californian city of Camarillo, said: “It’s a huge deal to have a lightning storm where we are in Southern California!...

Dan Jarvis posted the videos to his TikTok account @danjarvis021, where they received nearly 33 million views in total. The first video, which was viewed nearly 32 million times, played Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” in the background, as it showed the thorough pat-down Jarvis received. The second video, which was viewed nearly 1 million times, featured the same clip without the music. The text over the video said Jarvis was patted down by security due to his cochlear implant....

As expected from modern designs, the monitor can tilt to avoid glare, pivot from widescreen to vertical, or swivel depending on the need of the gamer, but its height adjustment options go a long way too. Based on the simple assembly, it didn’t seem like its height adjustments would be ideal, but they were. The ViewSonic monitor can be lifted as high as the gamer needs, and it can be impressively lowered when not in use....

The release date is based on rumors from some insiders and is, of course, not confirmed by Rockstar itself. They claim to have obtained the necessary data files for GTA Online that prove this, which isn’t too far-fetched. Vigero ZX release date in GTA Online Criminal Enterprises revealed by insider According to the above dataminer, Rockstar was supposed to launch the Declasse Vigero ZX along with the last weekly update on August 25....

During an interview the actor also confirmed that he had given the white horse to the stuntwoman who played Arwen in that scene. “The person who did that spectacular bit of riding was a stuntwoman who I ended up becoming friends with. I knew how much she liked that horse, so I bought it for her.” Sadly he then went on to confirm that while the white horse was still alive, his two horses had passed away in the time since....

There were a lot of emotions running through all the matches being played simultaneously across the country on Friday – but at the end, some like Yuvraj Singh got to race jubilantly to their teammates after winning knocks, and some like Shreyas Iyer had to take their exit from India’s domestic one-day season with head hung low, despite performing well. The most exciting matches of the day, which went down to the wire, were three Group A matches, involving Mumbai, Punjab and Tamil Nadu....

With 38 points from 15 games, the reigning champions are behind the Blaugrana on goal difference, with the latter’s 1-1 draw with Espanyol allowing Los Blancos to close the gap. Carlo Ancelotti’s side started the New Year with a 1-0 defeat of Cacereno in the Round of 32 of the Copa Del Rey, courtesy of Rodrygo’s 69th-minute winner. It was their third straight win across competitions and would them in good stead ahead of a daunting clash with a bogey team....

Villarreal come into this game on the back of a 3-1 win over Azerbaijani side Qarabag on Thursday in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. A brace from Spain international and former Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona striker Paco Alcacer, and a goal from young winger Yeremi Pino secured the win for Unai Emery’s men. Ghana international Owusu Kwabena scored the consolation goal for Qarabag. Ten-man Real Valladolid, on the other hand, lost 2-0 to Alaves in La Liga last Sunday....

Fast and Furious veteran filmmaker Justin Lin, who directed the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth films in the iconic 20-year-old action franchise, was tapped to make F9. The acclaimed director co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Casey. F9 wrapped filming back in 2019 and is the sequel to 2017’s The Fate of the Furious. Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, and Charlize Theron are all reprising their roles from the previous films, while Diesel’s 10-year-old son, Vincent Sinclair, is expected to appear as a younger version of Dom Toretto....