In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Owens called the Ukrainian president a “dirtbag actor” and accused him of “trying to start World War 3” by attempting to pin blame for the missile strike on Russia. International concerns that the incident could force NATO to intervene in the Russia-Ukraine war emerged after initial reports suggested the missile that hit the Polish village of Przewodow on Tuesday might have come from the Russian military....

Alvarez battered a game but outclassed Angulo on Saturday night before stopping him with an uppercut that prompted referee Tony Weeks to move in at 47 seconds of the 10th round. Alvarez never was able to put Angulo down, but hit him throughout the fight with hard combinations that almost always found their mark. By the middle rounds, the only suspense left in the fight was whether Angulo could go the distance....

Alvarez and Smith will do battle at the Alamodome in San Antonio and live on DAZN on Saturday night for the WBC super middleweight title. ALVAREZ vs. SMITH: Fight date, time, PPV price, odds The Mexican will drop back down to the 168-pound limit to take on WBA champion Smith, who boasts a 27-0 record. Alvarez, the four-division world champion, and Smith needed no extra incentive to win, but they were informed last week the vacant WBC strap is now also there for the taking....

Alvarez destroyed Kirkland in an action-packed fight, winning by third-round knockout on Saturday night in front of 31,588 people at Minute Maid Park in Houston. MORE: Boxers to watch | Why boxing isn’t dead | Mayweather reneges on rematch To begin the fight, Kirkland came right to Alvarez and stunned him with a straight right hand, which backed the Mexican superstar against the ropes. Once Alvarez got off the ropes and threw his first shot, it was over for Kirkland....

Boxing’s pound-for-pound king — who could easily fight just once or twice a year — continues to stay busy. But his stablemate, 23-year-old star Ryan Garcia, has only fought twice in nearly two years. Canelo made headlines when he told Complex he believed Garcia is “wasting his talent” and doesn’t see him as “100 percent dedicated” to boxing. MORE: Canelo Alvarez vs. Caleb Plant: Date, fight time, TV channel and live stream...

The 28-year-old is the youngest of eight children, including six brothers who all became professional boxers to varying degrees of success. Alvarez started boxing at 13 and turned professional at 15. He has won multiple world titles in two different weight classes, including holding the distinction of being the current unified middleweight champion after defeating Gennady Golovkin in their rematch in September 2018. MORE: Join DAZN to watch Canelo Alvarez and 100+ fight nights a year...

Boasting a 51-1-2 record, including 35 knockouts, Alvarez became a three-division world champion his last time out, stopping Rocky Fielding in the third round to capture the WBA (Regular) super middlweight title. Alvarez has defeated former world titleholders such as Shane Mosley, Amir Khan, Austin Trout, Erislandy Lara and Gennandy Golovkin in his illustrious career. Jacobs sports a 35-2 record with 29 KOs. He is a two-time middleweight champion, having won the IBF belt in his previous bout, as he defeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko by split decision back in October....

Vancouver acquired Sutter and a 2016 third-round draft pick from the Penguins last Tuesday in exchange for center Nick Bonino, defenseman Adam Clendening and a second-round pick next year. Sutter was entering the final season of a two-year, $6.6 million deal. MORE: NHL coaching changes | 2015: Year of the smart contract Sutter tallied 21 goals, 12 assists and 14 penalty minutes in 80 games with the Penguins last season....

If using an Android with Google Play, tap on the top search bar labeled, ‘Google Play’ and type in ‘CapCut. ’ In your search results, tap on the app titled ‘CapCut - Video Editor. ’ You will only need to complete this step the first time you open the app! For now, you are just choosing one video clip. We’ll guide you through adding more clips in a later step....

Of all the hockey jerseys in the world, that is one. The logo is better than we’d initially thought; the nod to the Washington Monument in the middle of the ‘W’ is cool, as are the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia stars. But man, historical or not, the barber pole look is just too much. There’s always going to be a faux-back element to Classic jerseys, but this a logo and design the franchise never came close to wearing, and beyond that, on its own merit, it’s … hoo boy....

Capitals prospect Stanislav Galiev and his wife treated themselves to what they called “exotic food” while on vacation in Vietnam. MORE: T.J. Oshie sends care package to young fan | Justin Williams’ Stanley Cup experience will help Capitals In the Instagram video, Galiev swallows a still-beating cobra heart and chases it with the snake’s blood. His wife ate the reptile’s gallbladder off-camera. A photo posted by @galixon on Jul 18, 2015 at 9:05am PDT...

White House aides attributed Bush’s heightened moral concern about the spreading AIDS epidemic to eyewitness accounts brought back from Africa by Christian missionaries. That may be the case, but before we get too dewy-eyed about Bush’s transformation, what he has proposed is not all that it seems in the glowing headlines. The announcement in Bush’s State of the Union Message gave every appearance that the United States was joining with the world community to attack a global scourge....

Watching democrat Jim McDermott hold forth from Iraq on how President Bush is misleading the American people made me wonder how such a smart person can do such a dumb thing. The trio of Democratic House members who traveled to Iraq–and then, while still on enemy soil, gave numerous interviews critical of U.S. foreign policy–are learned people with significant life experience. There’s not a lawyer among them. McDermott is a psychiatrist, Michigan’s David Bonior is a former seminarian and California’s Mike Thompson is a former college professor....

I envisioned dining with corporate chieftains and listening to Powell make a post-9/11 pitch for greater citizen involvement. But the 100 or so people gathered in the ornate Benjamin Franklin Room at the State Department were a far more eclectic group than businessmen with deep pockets. There were heads of nonprofit international groups, ambassadors from Third World countries, several prominent Democrats and a handful of media types, including liberal columnist Mary McGrory....

He is melding the war in Iraq with the war to win tax relief on stock dividends. It is a shameless exploitation of a military victory with the goal of intimidating Republican holdouts on Capitol Hill. Just as Bush crushed Democrats in last year’s congressional elections with appeals to patriotism, he is now turning the big guns on his own party. Two moderate Republican senators, Ohio’s George Voinovich and Maine’s Olympia Snowe, are under intense pressure to renege on their pledge to hold Bush’s tax cut at $350 billion....

ABSURD AS IT seems, the Iraqi president has beaten Bush at the game of diplomacy. With the exception of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush stands alone in his determination to use pre-emptive military force against Iraq. There is so much sentiment against Bush’s proposed action that a Senate Democratic aide mused that it would be “easier for Saddam to get a U.N. resolution authorizing arms inspectors to check U....

With few exceptions, lawmakers are keeping their criticism and their cheerleading to themselves, and letting the administration do its job. “Enough people up there understand this is serious, and demagoguing isn’t going to help,” says former Republican representative Tillie Fowler, a member of Secretary Rumsfeld’s Defense Policy Board. Politicians know they’re in a zone where every word and phrase is parsed. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle told reporters that he didn’t want to say anything that Colin Powell might have to explain....

In its latest assessment of the war in Ukraine on Thursday, the ISW, a U.S.-based think tank, gave an overview of the battle for Soledar, which is located near the embattled city of Bakhmut in the Donbas region. The Wagner Group, a mercenary organization founded by Russian billionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin in 2014, has reiterated this week that it had taken control of Soledar. Prigozhin said on Tuesday, however, that pockets of Ukrainian resistance were holding out in the center....

Jones sent a few tweets to Bulls center Joakim Noah after some comments he reportedly made during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Cavs. Jones and some of his Ohio State teammates attended the game and the Buckeyes quarterback had a message for the crowd. MORE: Seeing means believing Cardale starts | 15 breakout candidates | Play these games now While Jones was giving his announcement, Noah had some words....