Yes, the 53. Football is going to be a little different now for the former NFL star. The receiver who once changed his last name to Ochocinco might be hearing a lot of "O Canada" this summer, and he insists he's humbled for that opportunity. Johnson was on the field with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL on Tuesday for the start of their three-day minicamp, and there's a very realistic chance that he will be with them when their season starts for real in June....

The Chateau d’Etoges is a glorious melange of crenelated towers, tapestry-hung walls and swans swimming in a moat. Legend says the estate gave Louis XIV the idea for his voluptuous gardens at Versailles. A night there costs just $90 per person, which includes dinner and breakfast. And outside, among the vineyards of Champagne, visitors can stop every so often to sample the local liquid gold. For years, Americans wanting to stay in a chateau have been directed to the Loire Valley south of Paris, a region famous for its lordly living....

And since scoring goals is considered the most glamorous skill in football, those who find the back of the net consistently can earn legendary status in the game. Stars of the past, present, and future clash in the Champions League record books, with their goalscoring marks considered among the most coveted records of all time. Today, talents like Erling Haaland the Kylian Mbappe look like they have what it takes to match the exploits of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who have left their indelible mark on Europe’s elite tournament....

What a night… As he has done so many times over his career, Cristiano Ronaldo again stole the headlines. Real are all but in the draw for the semi-finals now, while Bayern will be confident of joining them as they take a 2-1 lead back to the Allianz for the second leg. Be sure to check out all the Champions League reaction on Goal and join us tomorrow evening as Liverpool and Manchester City lock horns at Anfield, and Barcelona host Roma....

Salah has already begun to prove the point. She’s been issuing informal fatwas, or religious proclamations, for more than a decade, counseling women on marriage, hygiene and sex. In books, in lectures and even on her own satellite-television show, “Fataawa An Nisaa” (“Women’s Fatwas”), Salah offers a uniquely feminine perspective on Islamic law. In her view, women should be active in every aspect of public life–as long as it doesn’t detract from their duties at home....

But, beyond alma mater fandom, it can be difficult to parachute into a season and parse which teams are worth paying attention to. That’s the problem facing Sporting News reporter Dan Bernstein, who has been occupied covering football in recent months. He has enlisted the help of college basketball guru Eli Boettger to figure out where to turn his focus, with a particular emphasis on chaos and fun styles of basketball....

MORE: Scoreboard | Playoff images | Recap | STEELE: Has Lewis reached his peak? In fact, Rivers has made that point twice in the season-ending winning streak that is now five games, thanks to Sunday’s 27-10 AFC wild-card win in Cincinnati. In two of the wins, Rivers’ numbers have been nothing special, and he has done enough to let his teammates seal the victory for him. One was on Sunday, when he was not the quarterback who turned the ball over three times in the second half....

The Chargers have been in talks with Brandon Flowers, and the expectation is that a deal will get done soon, according to NFL Media. MORE: Eagles eye McCourty | Texans, Jackson agree to deal | Free re-signs with Cowboys Flowers said Thursday that he is “hoping” to remain with the Chargers and wasn’t stressing about hitting the open market. “To me, it’s very enjoyable because San Diego is a place that I love, since day one,” said the 29-year-old, who joined the Chargers last year because he wanted to face the Chiefs twice a year....

“The sweetest uniform in the NFL,” wide receiver Keenan Allen said, per the team’s website. “Those powder blues, they special. That 13 — Allen on the back — looks sweet.” The Chargers have worn different variations of the powder blues dating to their inaugural 1960 season in Los Angeles. They used the color scheme until 1974 in San Diego but then brought it back 20 years later as alternate jerseys....

Register for gifts at idofoundation.org, and participating stores will send rebates to your favorite charities. Or register at justgive.org for charitable gifts instead of china. Buy your gown at bridalgarden.org, a designer boutique run by a nonprofit, Sheltering Arms Childrens Services, in New York City. When you’re done, donate it to makingmemories.org, and the proceeds will benefit breast-cancer research. Donate centerpieces to a hospital and those bridesmaids’ dresses to glassslipper project....

I can report magical progress on this front for the Internet generation. It turns out that nowadays there is indeed such a thing as a free lunch, and it can help feed the hungry of the world. If you want to glimpse the future of philanthropy, try clicking on thehungersite.com. The site, a year old this week and winner of a Webbie (the Oscars of cool Web sites), lets you donate a cup and a half of rice or grain a day just by clicking on a button that says donate free food....

The “NBA on TNT” crew had so many jokes about the NBA star’s fashion statement. Charles Barkley was not a fan of Westbrook’s look. “I like Russell Westbrook but he looks like a damn idiot in that,” Barkley said. MORE: This Kawhi Leonard sequence is exactly why Raptors traded for him The internet had plenty of jokes, too:

On the evening of August 31, 1997, a car that Diana was traveling in with her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, collided with a central structural pillar in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris. Diana, Fayed and the Ritz’s acting head of security, Henri Paul—who was driving the car at the time of the accident—died, while Rees-Jones survived but suffered life-altering injuries. Following Diana’s death, a number of unfounded conspiracy theories have circulated, ranging from wild claims that her former father-in-law, Prince Philip, ordered her assassination to speculation that intelligence operatives were responsible for a blinding flash in the Alma tunnel that disorientated the driver and caused the deadly crash....

Woodson became the 11th player in NFL history to total 60 career interceptions with a first-quarter pick against the Bills. MORE: Has Sparano does enough to keep his job? | Where should Jim Harbaugh go? Woodson, 38, now has four interceptions this season and joins elite company in the 60-interception club. The all-time leaders: Paul Krause: 81 (1964-79) 2. Emlen Tunnell: 79 (1948-61) 3. Rod Woodson: 71 (1987-2003) 4. Night Train Lane: 68 (1952-65) 5....

Singleton, sandwiched between dozens of supporters and television cameras, preached Thursday night as his mother, a pastor at the church, would have. MORE: Charleston shooting victim a high school coach, mother of CSU baseball player | Chiefs player cousin of slain Charleston pastor “We are mourning right now, but I know we’ll get through it,” he said after a vigil at Collins Park in North Charleston. “My mom was a God-fearing woman....

At the time, it seemed as if that would be the end, and that Charlie Cox’s iteration of the character would remain a thing of the past. But all that changed in 2021 with Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hawkeye. The film saw the welcome return of Cox as Matt Murdock, a.k.a. Daredevil, while the Disney+ series featured Daredevil villain Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), a.k.a Kingpin, as the adoptive uncle to Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox)....

When he found his dad, NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Bill Elliott, and his mom, Cindy Elliott, he gave them big hugs. All three people were emotional, and his mom repeatedly yelled “Oh my god” in disbelief. Bill Elliott won the NASCAR championship in 1988 and has helped guide Chase Elliott to this point by drawing on his own experiences with the sport. Cindy Elliott has been an emotional rock for the 24-year-old....

NASCAR understood this. That’s why it overhauled its championship Chase two years ago. MORE: Meet the Chase drivers | Sunday’s starting lineup NASCAR wanted more emphasis on winning, and for winning drivers and teams to be heavily rewarded. It wanted more drama and intensity and a true playoff atmosphere, which it created with its elimination format. And it wanted a true championship race, or a Game 7 moment. It has gotten all that and more in the first two seasons under the new four-round system....

Gordon, along with team owner Rick Hendrick, distributed more than 600 rings to Hendrick employees. On one side of the ring was Gordon’s name along with the Hendrick Motorsports logo; on the other side was Gordon’s iconic No. 24 accompanied by citations of Gordon’s 93 wins, four Cup championships, five Brickyard 400 wins and three Daytona 500 victories. MORE: Classic photos of Jeff Gordon | Gordon’s final season, in photos...

The Spaniard showed his championship pedigree over the twelve rounds to outbox a brave and determined Ted Cheeseman to win via unanimous decision as the judge’s scorecards read 119-109, 119-109 & 115-114. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year The fight was all action from the moment the opening bell rang, with both men throwing and landing their jabs and counter hooks. Garcia working the head as well as the body while Cheeseman was biding his time, waiting to unload his big right hand in the first round....