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Green left Bayern Munich during this January transfer window, sighting more playing time with the second-tier Bundesliga squad. Green signed a contract with Stuttgart through 2019. MORE: Emery pleased with Ben Arfa in central role “The problem for Julian Green with us was that he didn’t play a lot of games because he had some strong competition up front,” Ancelotti said, via ESPN FC. “But I think from the very beginning right up until Christmas he improved a lot....

The 58-year-old, who was sacked from Bayern Munich in September, was seen in Australia as the highest-profile option to replace Ange Postecoglou and take the national team to Russia. But when asked on Italian TV if he was interested in the vacant Italy coaching role, Ancelotti explained he only wanted to manage a club team - eliminating any slim chance Football Federation Australia had of coaxing him Down Under....

The 39-year-old has 70.1 Wins Above Replacement to go with 419 home runs and a .281 batting average. Of the 38 position players in baseball history retired at least five years with between 65 and 74.9 WAR, 26 of them are in the Hall of Fame. Good cases could be made for many of the dozen players who aren’t, such as Bobby Grich, Alan Trammell, and Dwight Evans. There’s a caveat for Beltran, though....

The Knicks’ star, who injured his left knee in the second game of the year and has aggravated the injury a couple of times since, has been urged by “multiple people” to take some time off. MORE: Former Knick feels sorry for Anthony | Parker, other ACL patients, face better results | Kings coach replacements “I have multiple people saying just shut it down, take time off,” Anthony told reporters, according to the New York Post....

After an eight-year spell with Bordeaux came to an end this summer, the 35-year-old Frenchman had been a free agent and says he courted offers from Sporting and Arsenal. Gunners 13/10 for clean sheet Saturday However, the one-time France international was left disappointed on both accounts before signing up with Galatasaray on the final day of the Turkish transfer window. “I accepted Sporting’s offer. Everything was OK, but the deal was thrown off,” he told L’Equipe....

The late Star Wars legend will be joined by 38 new honorees for 2022 who have been selected by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Fisher passed away in 2016 and there have long been calls for her to get her own star, with Mark Hamill petitioning the committee on her behalf. The Luke Skywalker actor even suggested replacing Donald Trump’s star with one for Fisher back in 2018. While actor William Shatner tweeted that same year: “Hey @starwars is it true that @carrieffisher does not have a star on the walk of fame?...

But the Colts aren’t yet looking to trade for a veteran quarterback even with the uncertainty surrounding Wentz’s Week 1 status. As ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports, the Colts aren’t interested in trading for veteran quarterbacks such as Nick Foles, Gardner Minshew or Marcus Mariota. However, Mortensen acknowledged that could change if Wentz’s “relatively safe surgery and rehab gets complicated.” So, for now, Indianapolis will rely on an internal option to fill in for Wentz....

Verhaeghe had 12 points in the Panthers’ 4-2 series win over the Capitals, but no point was more important than the last: a goal in overtime of Game 6 off a gorgeous pass from trade deadline acquisition Claude Giroux to win the game 4-3. Verhaeghe was just 9 months and 18 days old when the Panthers beat the Penguins to advance to the Stanley Cup Final 26 years ago. Since then, it has been rebuild after rebuild as the team has looked to find its identity....

Madrid won 2-0 in Wednesday’s second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu to secure a 5-1 aggregate success over their fierce rivals, Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema getting the goals. Real Madrid 9/2 to win the Champions League Asensio’s stunning fourth-minute strike set the tone and Carvajal felt Barca had no answer as Madrid added domestic silverware to the UEFA Super Cup crown they picked up last week. “Our aim was to win both Supercopas and I think we were better than Manchester United and Barcelona,” Carvajal told reporters....

Despite being a club legend, the iconic goalkeeper saw his role at Santiago Bernabeu questioned under the Portuguese coach. Casillas was dropped from the side in 2012-13 amid reports of cracks forming within the Madrid ranks. Navas critics slammed by Casillas He was even jeered by certain sections of an unforgiving fan base as his long association with the La Liga giants began to edge towards a close. Casillas concedes that there was plenty he could have spoken about during a testing period for him on a personal level, but believes he was right to bite his tongue and retain his dignity....

She made several bombshell claims about how Trump and the White House responded to the riot, when a group of his supporters sought to pressure Congress to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election based on unfounded claims of voter fraud. Hutchinson’s claims have been scrutinized, with Trump and his supporters suggesting that she lied in her testimony. Some supporters of the former President have taken to comparing her to actress Amber Heard, whose much-publicized legal battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp reached its conclusion at the beginning of June when it was announced Depp had won his defamation case against Heard....

Castor oil comes from the castor bean, which is rich in ricinoleic acid—a type of fatty acid known to fight inflammation. This article discusses how to use castor oil for your hair and what the purported benefits are. It also covers what to look for when choosing a castor oil product and the possible side effects. Benefits of Castor Oil for Hair Many claims have been made about the benefits of using castor oil on your hair....

Bernie Buck of New York City embraced pension max 11 years ago, when he left the city-owned TV station WNYC-TV. Today Bernie, 70, and his wife, Joyce, 66, are struggling to understand and restructure some indispensable insurance that costs more than the agent said they’d ever have to pay. These are just two of unknown thousands of pension-max victims whose plans have blown up, or are going to. For this scheme to pay, it usually has to be started well before you retire....

The now-viral Reddit post, titled, “My cat demanding to be watered like a plant,” has been upvoted 10,300 times with 100 comments since it was shared on June 30. Redditor @Queen_of_winter shared the post to the subreddit “Animals Being Derps,” and people can’t get enough of the furry feline’s love of water. The 13-second clip began with the brown striped cat meowing outside as she faced some plants. “What do you want?...

Elin Dafydd told followers on TikTok she has vowed to “never get a cat” after witnessing her other half’s pet with the tiny rodent. She posted footage of the astonishing encounter to the social media platform under the handle elind20, with the resulting clip racking up over 750,000 views. The clip can be watched here: Writing alongside the video, Dafydd explained that she first began filming the video after spotting the cat trying to get through the tiny rectangular bathroom window....

The cases involved were from 1958 through 2020 and reported to authorities from mid-2018 to the end of 2020. The reports came from victims, families, other clergymen, the media and others. Of the cases reported, 144 have been confirmed or considered credible at the initial stage of the investigation by the Vatican’s Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. An additional186 cases are still being investigated while 38 have been rejected outright....

A poll released Wednesday from RealClearPolitics (RCP) and Catholic television network EWTN showed Republican candidate Doug Mastriano trailing 6.3 percentage points behind Democrat Josh Shapiro with less than two weeks to Election Day—a rare finding that showed Catholic voters prepared to split the ticket. Shapiro has an even larger advantage when analyzing general polling. RCP’s poll average has the Democrat with a 6.4-point lead, while FiveThirtyEight shows Shapiro with an 8....

In the now iconic, and somewhat traumatizing, sequence the king of the pride saves his infant cub and heir Simba from a stampede, only to find himself hanging from a cliff edge. He calls for his brother Scar to help him, but the villain instead sinks his claws into Mufasa’s paws crying: “Long live the king!” He then pushes him, which causes the king to plunge to his death....

As in other autoimmune disorders, such as lupus and psoriasis, the underlying cause of rheumatoid arthritis is not well understood. What doctors do know is that certain factors—including smoking and obesity—can place you at higher risk of not only getting the disease, but having more severe symptoms. Common Causes Rheumatoid arthritis, like all autoimmune diseases, is defined by an immune system that has gone awry. Under normal circumstances, the body produces defensive proteins (called antibodies) that are “programmed” to target and attack a specific disease-causing agent (called an pathogen)....

How Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Occurs Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) occurs when breathing is inadequate to rid the body of carbon dioxide in someone who is obese. There may be a handful of underlying reasons that contribute to this outcome. Ultimately, the result is the same, and these problems breathing may lead to complete respiratory failure. This can be identified by measuring the levels of carbon dioxide in the blood, which become elevated during wakefulness in people with obesity hypoventilation syndrome....