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Question: Erik Karlsson Trade to the New York Rangers Would Spell Disaster

One of the things that makes sports so great is the fact there are so many things fans can debate about. Whether it’s debating who is the best hockey player of all time, whether a referee blew a call or who should be starting in net the next day, there are endless topics to discuss with friends or keyboard warriors.
However, one thing that cannot be debated is the fact that Ottawa Senators defenseman, Erik Karlsson, is not only one of the best NHL defensemen today but is one of the best of his generation. In today’s NHL, despite an uptick in scoring, it’s still hard to find many forwards that can score more than 60 points in a season. Yet Karlsson, despite playing defense, has averaged 67 for his career. That sort of production has him in rarefied air with the likes of Al MacInnis, Brian Leetch and Phil Housley.
If Karlsson were to produce 67 points in 2018-19, he would be crashing the record books and be one of the 40 most prolific defensive scorers in NHL history at just 28 years old.
This is why it’s confounding that the Senators seem content to trade him and why rumors are circulating as to where he will go. One of his projected destinations is the New York Rangers, and as TSN’s Bob Mckenzie noted, “New York is New York and the Rangers are the Rangers.”
Despite what many perceive to be a rebuild, the Rangers cannot help but consider the idea of Karlsson in a Broadway blue shirt. And why not? Prolific scorers on the blue line do not grow on trees. On the surface, this seems like a no-brainer. But here is why Karlsson coming to New York would be a terrible idea.
The Rangers Already Have Their Erik Karlsson
His name is Kevin Shattenkirk, who the Rangers just finished signing for four years at $6.65 million per year in 2017. He took, what even he admits to, a hometown discount to join the team he rooted for as a child. While no one will confuse Shattenkirk’s production to Karlsson’s, he is no slouch in the scoring department with five seasons of scoring over 40 points.
In order to acquire Karlsson, the Rangers would almost certainly have to trade Shattenkirk or risk having little to no money to address several gaping holes on offense. Trading someone, who came to your team at a discount after just one season would send a terrible message. For better or worse, the Rangers already hitched their wagon to a high-priced, offensive-minded defenseman.
Offensive Defenseman Aplenty in New York
Here’s the funny thing. In one or two years, Shattenkirk may not even be regarded as the best scoring defenseman on the team. Despite a dip in production in 2017-18, Brady Skjei has shown the talent to be a prolific offensive defenseman. He had 34 assists (39 points in total) in 2016-17, his first full NHL season. Despite this, now-former head coach Alain Vigneault barely used him on the power play, severely stunting his offensive output. There is no question Sjkei, who is just 24, has the potential to be a 50-55 point scorer.
And Skjei isn’t the only young defenseman showing promise. Neal Pionk, 22, made his debut after the Rangers traded away many of their assets to close out the year. Pionk managed to score 14 points in 28 games, even though he was another player the coach rarely used on the power play.
Then there is the biggest wildcard of all, Tony Deangelo. So far, the hype has been bigger than his play. He has 22 points in 71 career games and his minus-31 is an eyesore. However, many people believed he was turning a corner in his development before sustaining a season-ending ankle injury in March.
None of these players is among the bevvy of defensive prospects the Rangers acquired in their various trades this year and don’t factor in the loads of early round draft picks the team now has in 2018 and 2019. Ultimately, the last thing this team needs right now is a defenseman that can score a ton of points but is mediocre at best in the defensive end.
The Rangers Need a New Beukeboom
Rangers fans under the age of 25 may not know much about Jeff Beukeboom but older fans will vividly recall the hulking 6’5″, 230 pound defenseman anchoring a tandem with Brian Leetch. While Leetch was dazzling the crowd on a nightly basis with slick moves that few in the league could pull off, Beukeboom was blasting opposing forwards that dared get near the crease. He was a no nonsense defensive-defenseman who never scored more than 20 points for the Rangers despite playing in the waning years of an era where forwards might score 70 goals.
This is what the Rangers need, or for younger fans to conceptualize, they need Dan Girardi in his prime, an All-Star candidate despite barely scoring any points. Between Shattenkirk, Sjkei, Pionk, Deangelo and additional prospects coming in, the last thing the Rangers need to think about is bringing in Karlsson. What the team needs is to look at a player like Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Ian Cole, who will be a free agent this summer and often averages over 150 hits per year.
Look Out for the 2019 Free Agents
The team can also look towards 2019 and going all-in on a more well-rounded defenseman like Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who can score 40 points and log over 150 hits per year while blocking nearly 80 shots. Obviously, being a good defenseman means more than throwing your body to block pucks but the point is that Ekman-Larsson is the two-way defender the Rangers need if they are looking to overhaul the team to contend by 2020.
It should be noted that there could be a host of defensemen in the free agent class of 2019 that would be a better fit for the team than Karlsson. There is no doubt he is a great player and there is also no doubt there are teams in the league where he will be a tremendous fit. The Vegas Golden Knights, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Vancouver Canucks immediately come to mind. But the Rangers are simply a bad fit for the future Hall of Famer.
Trading for him would be the sort of move the Rangers of old would make. Those teams went for the big name player regardless of fit and it was also why they missed the playoffs for seven straight seasons to start the 21st century. Rangers fans have to hope general manager Jeff Gorton sees this and says, thanks but no thanks if the Senators come calling.

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Grant Hughes National NBA Featured Columnist
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — DeMarcus Cousins will spend the rest of the 2016-17 NBA season walking on eggshells.
Having already served a league-mandated suspension for accruing 16 technical fouls, Cousins faces subsequent one-game bans for every two additional violations. Subduing emotion has always been difficult for the All-Star big man, but now the penalty for failure is more severe than ever.
Every incident that could produce a shout, scowl or diatribe against officials suddenly comes at a steeper price. Errant hands to the face of Donatas Motiejunas get extra scrutiny, for example. Reactions to low blows from Buddy Hield, obvious no-calls and every other potential outburst could result in another team-crippling suspension.
And you'd better believe it's weighing on Cousins.
"I don't know how to be myself anymore," he said softly from his locker stall at the Golden 1 Center on Friday night.
The Kings had just engineered a 22-point comeback to steal a win from the visiting Atlanta Hawks, but more importantly, it was Cousins' first night back from his initial suspension. He admitted the threat of future discipline affected his performance. Hence the miniature existential emergency.
"It's well known I'm a very emotional player," Cousins later explained to Bleacher Report. "I play with a lot of passion, a lot of emotion. I know that's what makes me the player that I am. When I'm kind of crucified for how I play, and they want change, it's hard for me to be the same type of player...It's just me trying to find the balance. I'm trying to make the adjustment, I'm trying to make the change for the better."
Can he sustain his productivity while snuffing out the fire that led to his suspension? And can he do it as the pressure of the season's stretch run intensifies?
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Cousins understands the stakes. He knows his team is within sniffing distance of the franchise's first playoff berth since 2007. And he knows one game lost to suspension here or there could be the difference between reaching what he's called his only goal and falling short again.
"The guy's trying so hard," head coach Dave Joerger said. "He's an emotional player, so it's like he's playing with one hand behind his back if he can't ever say anything. He doesn't want to hurt the team. He doesn't want to get another technical."
Cousins survived the comeback win against Atlanta without incurring tech No. 17, but it was no easy thing. He was sluggish, visibly frustrated and unable to hide the strain of, well...restraint. Is his effectiveness divisible from his emotion?
"I'm dealing with my own demons right now," he said. "I've got to focus on what's going on at the moment, and I did a terrible job of that."
Two nights later, Cousins was assessed a first-quarter technical foul for an errant swing of the arm that caught New Orleans Pelicans forward Motiejunas in the face. In order to compose himself, Cousins actually left the floor and went to the locker room.
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"It was kind of hard for me with that one because of the situation that had just occurred where I come back and the slightest thing and I'm back (facing suspension)," Cousins said. "It's hard, but I had to gather myself, refocus and get back to the main objective which is winning the game. I've got to walk the straight and narrow. It's all I can do."
Sacramento won that game as well, getting 28 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists from its best player—despite an ejection-triggering groin shot from Pelicans guard Hield. It was as if the basketball gods were testing Boogie. To his credit, he passed. Plenty of players with less volatile reputations would have snapped in that situation.
But so many more games lie ahead. So many more trials have yet to be undertaken. And, again, Cousins' margin for error is basically nil.
How he handles the challenge he's helped create for himself (despite protestations about unfair treatment from officials, he is partly responsible for his situation) will either signal the kind of growth so many have been waiting to see or reaffirm the doubts that have dogged him for years.
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He'll have help.
"I lean on all my teammates, not just Matt (Barnes). But he is the voice of our team. Everybody leans on Matt when times get hard because he's been through it all, seen it all on all levels."
Barnes, like Cousins, is no stranger to image problems.
"He's got a tough rap—the reputation he's earned," Barnes told ESPN-Tencent's Yuan Fang. "Whether it's good or bad. We both have bad and that took me my whole career to change mine and it hasn't worked. He just has to be able to adjust within his reputation and still be himself. He has to keeps his head."
Barnes has been a calming figure all season, which may seem odd given his volatile reputation. He commands respect like no on else on the roster, and you can see it in the locker room and on the floor. When the Kings found life in the second half against Atlanta, they did so after Barnes gathered his teammates together at the foul line before the third quarter.
When he motioned for a huddle, everyone—Cousins included—hustled over, leaned in close and listened to the veteran as he clapped his hands and exhorted them to perform.
"I thought Matt did a good job of really talking to us the whole game," Darren Collison said. "He was the leader when things weren't going well."
This is about more than Cousins' personal journey, though. The Kings have professed commitment to their big man, with general manager Vlade Divac saying Cousins won't be traded. A contract extension worth upwards of $200 million will likely come by July.
Cousins could validate that faith by adjusting his behavior and upping his level of play. Or he could falter and, in doing so, force the Kings to reconsider their committed stance. Worse still, he might come up short and get that max extension anyway, which would effectively consign Sacramento to another half-decade of maddening sub-mediocrity.
We've seen a lot from DeMarcus Cousins over the last six years.
He's got six weeks to show us something more.
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Free Willie
Joerger is loath to play Willie Cauley-Stein with Cousins, which is probably frustrating for fans who'd like to see athleticism like this alongside the proven productivity of an All-Star big man:
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But Sacramento's defense has been untenably bad in the 119 minutes the duo has played together, and it's only gotten worse as the season has worn on. In 50 minutes since Jan. 1, the Kings have allowed 118.1 points per 100 possessions with Cousins and Cauley-Stein on the court.
That's not to say Cauley-Stein's without his uses. Lately, his energy and rim-rolling prowess have charged up the Kings' scrappy second unit. He put up 14 points, five rebounds and four assists in a Feb. 8 win over the Boston Celtics.
"He's getting to balls that are outside of his area, and I think he's a lot more comfortable with our defensive schemes and also our offensive schemes where he can find seams to get to the rim."
In limited minutes as part of a unit with Anthony Tolliver, Matt Barnes, Ben McLemore and either Darren Collison or Ty Lawson, Cauley-Stein has solidified himself as a rotation player with upside. That's good timing by him, as Cousins figures to miss a few games before season's end, which will free up minutes in the middle.
Return of the Mac
Does it count as a return if Ben McLemore's viability as an NBA player was never really certain in the first place?
Rather than worry about the details, check this out: McLemore is tearing it up since regaining a role after six consecutive DNPs.
In February, he's averaging 13.3 points per game and hitting 50 percent of his threes. His 22 points and 6-of-10 effort from long distance were vital in Friday's win over Atlanta.
"He's always been a good shooter to me, it was just a matter of time for him to really turn the corner," Darren Collison said. "One thing about Ben, even when he wasn't playing, he was always in the gym. First one in the gym, last one to leave."
Cousins, as you'd expect, was more forthright: "Ben is like a little brother to me. It's bigger than basketball, just to see him remain positive, remain professional through the bulls--t and things not going his way ... I think he's hitting his stride. I think that good karma's coming around for him now."
Digging Holes and Microcosms
It's fitting the Kings are scrambling to make up ground in the West after an uninspiring first half of the season (or 50-plus games, as the case may be). Because that seems to be the way they operate.
Here's proof:
Kings False Starts Quarter Offensive Rating Defensive Rating Net Rating First 100.7 111.9 -11.3 Second 103.5 111.4 -7.9 Third 108.8 104.9 +3.9 Fourth 108.9 105.9 +3.0 NBA.com
On the one hand, failing to show up for games before halftime is a concern. But, on the other, the Kings have been forced to develop resiliency.
"Our fight and our heart is undeniable," Cousins said. "I believe everybody here can agree with me on that. That being said, we can't keep putting ourselves in that position. We gotta make these games easier for ourselves."
Not getting blasted in every first quarter (the Kings lost all three opening periods in their three-game winning streak) would be a good start.
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All quotes obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted. Stats via NBA.com and accurate through games played Feb. 14.
Special thanks to Shock Doctor for facilitating our interview with Cousins. Cousins uses Shock Doctor's mouth guards in every game, and team-branded products are soon to be released.


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— Hundreds of people are expected to gather Monday to honor the life and sacrifice of a Moore County soldier who was killed in Aghanistan earlier this month.
Army Spc. Christopher Harris died along with Jonathan Hunter in a suicide bombing in the country. Harris, of Jackson Springs, was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division.
Harris' wife shared that the couple was trying to get pregnant before he was deployed, and she recently learned she is in the early stage of pregnancy.
Visitation will take place from noon until 1:30 p.m. at the Jernigan Warren. A procession will then travel to the cemetery on Murchison Road in Spring Lake.
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Question: Sen. Mike Lee: Americans Don’t Want Obamacare Bailouts

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The Republican Congress that was elected to repeal Obamacare is now considering bailing it out. It shouldn’t.
Earlier this month, America’s Health Insurance Plans, the lobbying arm of the health insurance industry, sent a letter to the Republican leadership demanding billions of dollars in new subsidies for Obamacare insurance policies.
The letter did not mention that health insurance companies are already enjoying record high profits without additional taxpayer subsidies.
Unfortunately, the congressional leadership appears committed to giving the insurance companies what they want. The omnibus spending bill set to be released Monday will likely contain a provision that would send Obamacare insurers $10 billion in “reinsurance” payments a year for three years — 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Instead of repealing the Obamacare regulations that have caused premiums to more than double since 2013, Republicans are set to buy off insurance companies to hide the true cost of rising premiums.
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While advocates for these insurance subsidies argue that these payments will reduce premiums, it’s essential to understand that they do not reduce premiums in real terms.
There’s no real decrease in costs. They hide part of the premium by shifting it to taxpayers. That’s a bailout.
Don’t think for a second that this would be a one-time $30 billion price tag. Why would a future Congress allow a $10 billion annual bailout to end on a cliff in 2022? Insurers’ lobbyists will be back in 2022 leveraging their control over premiums for the spigot to continue.
What congressional leadership would be agreeing to by including reinsurance bailout funds in this omnibus is a $10 billion annual corporate bailout in perpetuity.
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On top of being bad policy, these reinsurance payments will fund abortion unless the Hyde Amendment — a pro-life protection preventing taxpayer funding of abortion coverage — is specifically applied.
Pro-life groups were clear in 2017 that unless the Hyde Amendment is included, any member voting for the reinsurance payments would “not only be voting to sustain what many have called the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade, but would also be voting to directly appropriate taxpayer dollars for insurance that includes abortion.”
Thus far, none of the bailout proposals have included the Hyde Amendment.
Congressional leadership needs to listen to the voters who sent them to Washington to end Obamacare. In a recent poll, 61 percent of Americans opposed Congress paying health insurance companies to temporarily lower premiums.
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What Americans need is real relief from the Obamacare regulations that are already raising the cost of health care. We need to allow the states to run their own health insurance markets again.
Bailing out Obamacare’s fundamental failures only puts the real goal further out of reach.
Mike Lee is the junior Republican senator from Utah. A version of this Op-Ed appeared on The Daily Signal website under the headline “Americans Don’t Want Obamacare Bailouts.”
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Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal was left needing only stitches after falling through a glass door, and should be fit to face Australia.
Tamim Iqbal was fortunate to escape serious injury after he fell through a glass door in a changing room following his dismissal in a Bangladesh practice match.
The opener was run out for 29 runs in Chittagong and displayed his frustration by hitting the door with his bat.
That led to the glass cracking when Tamim tried to open it, the 28-year-old falling through it and cutting his stomach on the shards.
Despite the bizarre incident, Tamim is expected to be fit for the first Test with Australia, which starts on August 27.
"The moment I pushed on the door the glass broke entirely," Tamim was quoted as saying by Bangladesh publication The Daily Star.
"I fell to the ground as well and if anyone saw the state of my pads, they would know how dangerous the accident could have been.
"Thanks to Allah that I got off from such a dangerous situation. The injury is nothing serious, I am just thankful since the situation could have been bad.
"The injured area sometimes stretches the skin but it's nothing serious."
Bangladesh selector Minhajul Abedin added: "We hope the stitches will be cut within a day or two and we expect him to be fit before the practice match.
"It was a bit scary initially because he is one of our major players and we would not like to lose him before this crucial Test series against Australia."

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New Delhi: Australian batsman Adam Voges was in the middle of one of the most bizarre incidents that took place in cricket during the BBL encounter between Perth Scorchers and Sydney Thunder.
The 37-year-old was stretched outside the crease while attempting a sweep shot but saw the ball going directly in the hands of the wicket keeper Jay Lenton. The excited Lenton probably thought that Voges had edged the ball and started appealing for a caught behind before noticing the the batsman was also out of his crease.
Voges, who got injured during the stretch while attempting the shot, had put his hand back in the crease before the wicket keeper could dislodge the bails.
Here's the video of the incident:-
Voges might have survived being given out after the decision was forwarded to the third umpire, but he still had to leave the field after incurring a groin-injury.


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What the GOP memo says (and doesn’t say)
Susan Walsh / AP
WASHINGTON — After more than a week of partisan bickering and social media-fueled buildup, the #releasethememo crowd finally got their wish.
President Donald Trump declassified it. The GOP majority of the House intelligence committee released it. And the public dissection of the four-page, GOP-authored document began.
Here are a few key takeaways:
WHAT'S THE GIST?
The memo makes a series of allegations of misconduct on the part of the FBI and the Justice Department in obtaining a warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, to monitor former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page.
Specifically, it takes aim at the FBI's use of information from a former British spy, Christopher Steele, who compiled a collection of memos containing several allegations of ties between Trump, his associates and Russia.
The memo says the FBI and the Justice Department didn't tell the FISA court enough about Steele's role in an opposition research effort. The research was funded by Democrat Hillary Clinton through a Washington law firm.
The document also takes aim at several senior FBI and Justice Department officials. Among them is former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr, who it says knew of Steele's anti-Trump leanings and whose wife worked at the firm behind the opposition research effort.
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WHAT'S NEW?
The memo provides the first formal government confirmation of the secret FISA warrant and that Page was the person being monitored.
Information like that is ordinarily considered among the most tightly held national security information, and it almost never gets released to the public.
Though the memo takes issue with the FBI's methods, it also confirms that the FBI and Justice Department believed there was probable cause that Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power and a judge agreed — four times over.
The memo fills in the timeline of the Russia investigation, showing that Page was under surveillance for months.
According to the memo, the Justice Department and FBI obtained the FISA warrant on Page on Oct. 21, 2016, and then had it reauthorized three additional times.
Given that FISA warrants must be renewed every 90 days, the memo indicates that the government monitored Page's communications for nearly a year.
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IT STARTED WITH PAPADOPOULOS
The whole Russia investigation, that is.
According to the memo, information about former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos "triggered the opening of an FBI counterintelligence investigation in late July 2016."
That's significant because Trump and his allies in the GOP have tried to undermine the Russia investigation by saying it all stems from the Steele dossier.
But the memo confirms reporting by The New York Times late last year that FBI concerns about Papadopoulos started the investigation.
Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI last year. Court papers show he had several contacts with people representing themselves as being tied to the Russian government starting in the spring of 2016.
Court papers show that Papadopoulos learned the Russians had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton in the form of "thousands of emails" prior to that information becoming public.
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THE FBI DID USE INFORMATION FROM STEELE, THOUGH
The memo says Steele's collection of reports "formed an essential part" of the FISA application for Page, but it doesn't specify exactly what information was used or how much.
It also says that the FISA application relied on a September 2016 Yahoo News article, and claims that the information in the article also came from Steele.
The document quotes former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe as telling the House intelligence committee in December that "no surveillance warrant would have been sought" from the FISA court "without the Steele dossier information."
According to the memo, the application also included "Steele's past record of credible reporting on other unrelated matters."
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NO UNDERLYING INFORMATION RELEASED
The accuracy of the memo is hard to assess because the majority of the underlying contents are classified or confidential.
The memo cites an initial FISA warrant application — a document which usually has dozens of pages — as well as three additional renewals by the court. None of those documents are public.
The same is true of the transcripts of the committee's closed-door interviews with McCabe and other senior FBI officials who had contact with Steele.
On Friday, the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, took issue with the memo's characterization of McCabe's comments, saying the former FBI deputy director was speaking generally about how any FISA application relies on "each and every component" included.
But the committee's chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes of California, said late Friday on Fox News the description of McCabe's comments is "a summation of a long interview and that's definitely what he said." He noted that other witnesses have said "similar things."
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'MINIMALLY CORROBORATED'
It's been a burning question ever since the dossier was published by Buzzfeed News last year: How much did the FBI corroborate?
According to the memo, not much at the time the FBI obtained the FISA warrant on Page. The memo cites FBI Assistant Director Bill Priestap as saying FBI corroboration of the dossier was in its "infancy" when the court authorized the first FISA warrant.
It also says an "independent unit" in the FBI conducted a "source validation report" on Steele's reporting and found it "only minimally corroborated."
But without the underlying documents or transcripts of Priestap's testimony, it's hard to judge the accuracy of the memo's description.

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Rep. Devin Nunes just finished up a must watch interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier on his now infamous memo. Full clip here:
Excerpts:
On coordination with the White House: No.
Nunes flatly denies "coordinating" with the White House and President Trump's lawyers "on the release of this memo" pic.twitter.com/kkomT2e85v — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 2, 2018
Nunes admitted he never actually read the FISA application. That was Rep. Trey Gowdy’s job:
.@BretBaier asks Devin Nunes if he read the actual FISA applications:
"No, I didn't," he says.
Says he sent Trey Gowdy to do that job. — Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) February 2, 2018
Devin Nunes tells Fox News he has not read the FISA application used to source the memo released today. Instead, House Oversight Chair Trey Gowdy, who he says helped write it, did. — DJ Judd (@juddzeez) February 2, 2018
Nunes said that he wrote the memo alongside Rep. Gowdy and two staffers. However, Gowdy was the only person who saw the underlying FISA applications because "he has a long career as a federal prosecutor," Nunes said. — Marianna Sotomayor (@MariannaNBCNews) February 2, 2018
Nunes went on to say that Dems are lying about if the FISA court was told of the political motives behind the dossier:
.@DevinNunes says on Fox that Dems are lying when they say FISA courts were told some sources had political motivations. Memo disputes. — Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) February 2, 2018
Nunes disputes House intel Dem Swalwell's statement earlier that it was disclosed to the FISA court that part of the evidence for Page warrant was from a politically motivated source. BAIER: True?
NUNES: No. — Jenna Lifhits (@jlifhits) February 2, 2018
Nunes said “very little” of the Steele dossier has been corroborated:
Nunes: "Very little" of the Steele dossier has been corroborated. — Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) February 2, 2018
On Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein:
Nunes says Rosenstein, Sessions and Wray "have work to do," says they've been "unwilling" to admit they have a problem — Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) February 2, 2018
Nunes on whether Rosenstein should be fired: "That's not my decision." — Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) February 2, 2018
Nunes on DAG Rod Rosentein: “I like him personally and I think he can fix the problems at DOJ.” — Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) February 2, 2018
On Carter Page:
"I don't believe somebody like Mr. Page should be a target of the FBI," Nunes says — Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) February 2, 2018
Asked by Fox News what he left out of the House Intelligence memo released, Devin Nunes says "The only area that I am familiar with that we left out would be the history of Carter Page." Which seems relevant. — DJ Judd (@juddzeez) February 2, 2018
"They wouldn't have received a warrant without the dossier," Nunes says — Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) February 2, 2018
Get the popcorn — there is another memo!
Devin Nunes: “This is just the first memo. There will be another one dealing specifically with the State Department’s role in all of this.” — Ned Ryun (@nedryun) February 2, 2018
Nunes hinted that he’s OK with the McCabe transcript and Dem memos getting released:
Nunes says he would not mind going through the process to publicly release the transcript behind the controversial McCabe point in the memo. — Jenna Lifhits (@jlifhits) February 2, 2018
As for Trey Gowdy, he took some heat today after he said nothing in the Nunes memo discredited the Mueller investigation:
It is important for the American public to know if the dossier was paid for by another candidate, used in court pleadings, vetted before it was used, vetted after it was used, and whether all relevant facts were shared with the tribunal approving of the FISA application. — Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) February 2, 2018
While this memo raises serious concerns with the FISA process, I have been and remain confident in the overwhelming majority of the men and women serving at the FBI and DOJ. — Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) February 2, 2018
As I have said repeatedly, I also remain 100 percent confident in Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The contents of this memo do not – in any way – discredit his investigation. — Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) February 2, 2018
Well, since Nunes had Gowdy actually read the FISA application, then maybe it’s Gowdy who we should be listening to?
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named a Nova Scotia judge as the province's new lieutenant-governor.
Arthur LeBlanc, who has been a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia since 1998, replaces John James Grant in the vice-regal job.
Lieutenant-governors represent the Queen in their respective provinces, handling her roles and functions, including granting royal assent to laws.
Leblanc was born in West Arichat, N.S. in 1943, graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 1964 with a commerce degree and earned a law degree from Dalhousie University in 1968.
He practised law in the province for 30 years before being named to the bench.
He is married to Rosemarie Patricia (Patsy) LeBlanc and they have three sons and six grandchildren.
The prime minister said LeBlanc is well respected for his legal work, as well as his contributions to and volunteer organizations.
"He is an excellent choice as Nova Scotia's next lieutenant-governor and I have no doubt that he will make many important contributions to the future of his province," Trudeau said in a statement.

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OTTAWA – The Liberals are tapping a long-time public servant to be the new ethics watchdog for the House of Commons.
Government House leader Bardish Chagger says Mario Dion is being nominated to become the next ethics and conflict of interest commissioner.
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Dion is currently the chairman of the Immigration and Refugee Board, but has previously served as chairman of the National Parole Board and the public sector integrity commissioner.
He is also a former legal adviser to a number of government bodies.
Today’s announcement comes after a heated question period during which the Conservatives peppered the government about who would take over from outgoing commissioner Mary Dawson, who is looking into a conflict-of-interest controversy involving Finance Minister Bill Morneau.
Justin Trudeau and some of his top aides sat out the selection process because Dawson is investigating whether the prime minister broke ethics rules during a vacation to the Aga Khan’s private island last Christmas.


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Question: Paper Talk: Mayweather Jr wants to buy Newcastle United, Manchester United kit leaks

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Lee from one of its parks, white nationalist groups — including white supremacists, the alt-right, the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis — descended on the city for a "Unite the Right" rally.\nOn Friday night, they marched on the normally sleepy college town, home to the University of Virginia, carrying torches. On Saturday conditions turned deadly as hundreds of the white nationalists, some carrying Confederate flags and shields and others in militia-like gear, clashed with counterprotesters in the city streets.\nAt one point a silver Dodge Challenger, allegedly driven by 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. of Ohio, rammed into a street filled with counterprotesters. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed, and at least 19 others were injured. Fields was charged with one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run.\nPresident Trump expressed sympathy to Heyer\'s family as well as to the families of Virginia State Troopers Lt. H. 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THE most bizarre rumour you’ll see in a while, Manchester United kit leaks but French concern grows over Paul Pogba.
It’s a Tuesday edition of Paper Talk.
SHOW ME THE MONEY
What is Floyd Mayweather meant to do with all his money?
Well, with rumours about potential buyers for Newcastle United doing the rounds in the UK, Floyd Money Mayweather Junior’s name has come up as a shock potential buyer.
Admittedly, this sale by maligned boss Mike Ashley has even seen WWE CEO Vince McMahon linked as an interested party. But The Daily Star is reporting that the boxing icon is looking at buying the club as an option for something to do, and to keep the notoriously publicity hungry athlete in the spotlight, now that he has retired.
“You better believe if I were to invest in Newcastle I would be back partying there often,” he reportedly said.
Camera Icon Actor Jack Nicholson, center, talks with boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Picture: AP
“I love Newcastle. Those guys like to party as hard as any city I have been to anywhere in the world. I met some of the players last year – and they are good guys. I am always open to new business opportunities and I love all sports, but I invest with my head not my heart.
“Investing with your heart is the quickest way to lose money. But if somebody put together a business plan and my people looking over it and went ‘Floyd that can make money’ then I would invest. Soccer might not be my game but I’ve got connections everywhere.
Camera Icon Maybe Rafa Benitez should stick around, after all. Picture: Getty Images
“Cristiano Ronaldo has been a long-time supporter and buddy of mine, so I might even be able to get him to finish his career off at Newcastle.”
Outspoken bravado or genuine interest? We’ll wait and see, but as the first boxer to eclipse $1 billion in earnings, he can most definitely afford it.
VERY NICE
Well, Manchester United better start playing with a bit more class next season, because according to notorious kit leak source Footy Headlines, their 2018-2019 away kit is simply beautiful.
The midnight shade of blue will have a gold trim as well – it befits a club of that magnitude. Well, it befits its history. Now, performances will need to go with it!
If Manchester United fans are a bit sceptical, that’s understandable. Just last week, this jersey - which looks like their home kit got messed up in the wash - was leaked as well.
Camera Icon Or is this Manchester United's away kit for next season? Picture: FOX SPORTS
POGBA ‘CANNOT BE HAPPY’
France boss Didier Deschamps is worried about Paul Pogba.
Deschamps told L’Equipe: “This is a situation that he must not appreciate because of everything he would have been able to offer. There must be numerous reasons.
“He cannot be happy with what he is going through with his club.”
Camera Icon France's midfielder Paul Pogba in France training. Picture: AFP
Deschamps added: “It’s not specific to Paul. It can happen elsewhere that a player is a bit down or is going through a particular situation with his club.
“That could be Paul now, or others at other times, and I will do as I always do and talk to that player to understand better, because I don’t have all the information.”
At least Deschamps gets the chance to watch him for himself in friendlies against Colombia and Russia.

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Arsenal will join Manchester City in the race to sign Riyad Mahrez this summer after the Leicester star's move to the Etihad broke down on deadline day.
The Algerian winger submitted a transfer request and has since gone AWOL, missing training with the Foxes.
Claude Puel left his star man out of the 1-1 draw vs Swansea and now the Gunners are looking to take advantage of the situation.
Leicester will likely sell their star man this summer to extract maximum value - with only two years remaining on his contract - and the Star report the Blues now have a fight on their hands to sign him in the next window.
A dream to work with Pep Guardiola may be spurned by Mahrez is Arsene Wenger offers him a starring role at the Emirates.
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Manchester United in advanced talks to snap up Ajax wonderkid Justin Kluivert - son of legend Patrick
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Chelsea could snare Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri for just £7million as Blues look to replace Antonio Conte
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Question: Embarking on solo project in group is bad - Reggie and Bollie

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Music of Friday, 6 October 2017
Source: dailyguideafrica.com
2017-10-06
Music duo Reggie and Bollie
Sensational Ghanaian duo, Reggie and Bollie of the X-Factor UK fame, have cautioned that embarking on solo projects while in a group is detrimental to the success of any musical group.
The group who won Best UK Music Artiste at the recently held 2017 International Achievement Recognition Awards (IARA) told 3FM’s Urban Blend Show with Miriam Osei Agyemang that artistes lose their identity as solo artistes once they agree to form or join a group.
“It is, therefore, necessary to put the interest of the group above any other individual interest no matter the circumstances,” they advised.
They bemoaned the growing feud between the brothers of one of African’s iconic music groups, P-Square, describing it as unfortunate because they are considered as a model for many upcoming groups in Africa.
The duo advised P-Square to strive to keep their differences away from the public and work at restoring sanity to the group.
Last week, a video of the estranged P-Square brothers, Paul and Peter, in a heated fight with their elder brother who also doubles as their manager in their lawyer’s office following the ongoing disagreement and split of the group went viral on the internet. Representatives of the group are yet to issue a statement regarding the incident.
Touching on their new appointment as tourism ambassadors for Ghana, the excited Reggie and Bollie explained that their primary task is to project the beautiful sight and sound of Ghana in their act as entertainers to make Ghana the ideal tourism destination in Africa.
Reggie and Bollie praised the development in Ghanaian music over the years, having begun their musical careers in Ghana before relocating to the UK, they acknowledged there is a lot of ingenuity amongst artistes from Ghana that has contributed to putting Ghanaian music on the world map, listing Flowking Stone, Wutah, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale and Samini as their top five artistes.

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Ova Drive music producer artiste Magnom divulges one single off his recently released Mature by Nature album . He christens this fast tempo afropop tune Jee Mi which features the man who usually sings in the Ga dialect and widely known as the voicebox Luther . Production credits to Magnom .


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openDemocracy is looking for participants for the Middle East Forum for Tunisia.
The Middle East Forum is a project that encourages emerging young voices to express themselves, exchange views and be heard. The project provides participants with a series of workshops to develop writing skills, media presence, and digital security as well as a free discussion space where they have the capacity to debate constructively. Participants in the forum host speakers, acquire skills, share knowledge, and give feedback to one another.
We are currently looking for 7 participants in or from Tunisia to join the project. If you are interested in participating in this project and developing your journalistic skills read the information below and send in your application.
Participants:
We expect that each participant will have the opportunity to achieve the following benefits:
- Career-related experience
- Practical and increased practice-based knowledge of journalistic writing, debate, social media
- Training which enhances digital security and the handling of human rights issues
- Increased knowledge and experience on how to create an online journalistic presence
Participants will be expected to:
- Adhere to policies, procedures, and rules governing professional behavior;
- maintain a punctual and reliable working relationship, abiding by the scheduled sessions and number of articles agreed to;
- communicate regularly with the facilitator, particularly in situations where the participant may need to adjust the terms of the working relationship (e.g., to reschedule a meeting/session);
- respect the opinions expressed and confidentiality of the group;
- take the initiative to volunteer for tasks or projects that the participant finds interesting.
Requirements
In addition to these general expectations, the participant will also be required to meet the following requirements during the program:
- Meet a minimum commitment of 12 sessions;
- develop a working relationship with the facilitator, such that he or she can adequately serve as a mentor;
- actively engage in debate, with a focus on the topics and how the discussions unfold;
- actively take notes during each session, to be shared amongst the group;
- actively engage and participate in developing an online space for debate;
- actively produce a minimum of one article per month, based on the discussions that take place;
- understand how to and actively promote your work;
- evaluate and monitor your own success in terms of reach;
- upon completion of the program, reflect upon and write about your experience during the program.
Who can apply?
You can apply for the position if you fall under any of the following:
Between the age of 21 - 30;
Are an aspiring journalist or blogger;
Possess knowledge in the specific region of the program;
Have an excellent command of Arabic and/or English.
How to apply?
- Send in a sample piece of 1000-1500 words in Arabic or English of something that interests you - a conversation that took place that struck a chord, an observation from your surroundings, a cultural event, an interesting initiative, your point of view on the politics of the region or why you would like to take part in this program.
- Your resume.
Deadline for applicaiton: September 15th.
منتدى الشرق الأوسط هو مشروع يشجّع الأجيال الصاعدة الشابّة على التعبير عن نفسها وتبادل الآراء وإيصال صوتها. يقدّم المشروع للمشاركين سلسلة من ورش العمل لتطوير مهاراتهم في الكتابة والحضور الإعلامي والأمن الرقمي كما يوفّر المشروع فضاء للمناقشات يمنح المشاركين فرصة التحاور بطريقة بنّاءة. يستضيف المشاركون في المنتدى متحدثين ويكتسبون مهارات ويتشاركون المعلومات ويعبّرون عن رأيهم بعمل زملائهم.
نبحث عن 7 مشتركين من تونس للانضمام إلى المشروع. إذا كنت مهتماً بالمشاركة في المشروع وبتطوير مهاراتك الصحفية، تابع القراءة وأرسل طلبك.
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سيحظى كلّ مشترك بفرصة اكتساب الأمور التالية:
- خبرة مهنية
- معرفة عملية بالكتابة الصحفية والمناظرات ووسائل التواصل الاجتماعي
- تدريب يعزّز الإلمام بالأمن الرقمي والتطرّق إلى قضايا حقوق الإنسان
- إلمام إضافي وخبرة في كيفية تعزيز الحضور الصحفي على الإنترنت
يُتوّقع من المشتركين:
- احترام السياسات والإجراءات والقواعد الملائمة للسلوك المحترف
- المحافظة على علاقة عمل دقيقة وموثوقة والالتزام بالجلسات المعيّنة وبعدد المقالات المتفق عليه
- التواصل بانتظام مع الميسّر، وتحديداً في المواقف التي يحتاج فيها المشترك إلى تعديل شروط علاقة العمل (مثلاً، تغيير موعد الحصة/الاجتماع)
- احترام السرية والآراء المعبّر عنها ضمن المجموعة
- أخذ المبادرة للتطوّع لمهمات أو مشاريع يجدها المشترك مثيرة للاهتمام
المتطلّبات:
بالإضافة إلى المتطلبات العامة، يجب أن يلتزم المشترك بالتالي خلال البرنامج:
- الالتزام بحدّ أدنى من الحصص يساوي 12حصة
- تطوير علاقة عمل مع الميسّر للعب دور المرشد بشكل صحيح
- المشاركة بالمناظرات بنشاط والتركيز على المواضيع وكيفية تبلور النقاش
- تدوين الملاحظات فعلياً خلال كلّ حصة وتشاركها مع المجموعة
- الانخراط في تطوير فضاء إلكتروني للمناظرات والمشاركة فيه
- كتابة مقال واحد على الأقلّ في الشهر، استناداً إلى المناقشات التي حصلت
- فهم كيفية تحسين عملك وتطبيق ذلك
- تقييم ومراقبة نجاحك استناداً إلى اتساع نطاق تأثيرك
- التفكير في تجربتك والكتابة عنها لدى إتمام البرنامج
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- كنت تطمح لتصبح صحفياً أو مدوّناً؛
- لديك إطّلاع واسع على المنطقة المحددة للبرنامج؛
- تتكلّم وتكتب العربية و/أو الإنكليزية بطلاقة.
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أرسِل نصّاً من 1000 – 1500 كلمة باللغة الإنكليزية أو العربية عن موضوع يهمّك، مثلاً حوار أثّر فيك أو مراقبتك لمحيطك أو حدث ثقافي أو مبادرة مثيرة للاهتمام أو وجهة نظرك حول سياسات المنطقة أو سبب اهتمامك بالمشاركة في البرنامج بالاضافة الى سيرتك.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Canadian swimming star Penny Oleksiak has another Canadian record to her name.
The 17-year-old from Toronto set a Canadian record en route to winning silver in the women's 50-metre butterfly on the Mare Nostrum tour on Wednesday. Her time of 25.76 seconds lowered the previous mark of 25.92 set last year by Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que.
Rebecca Smith of Red Deer, Alta., finished fifth in 26.35, while Savard was seventh (26.69).
Oleksiak's silver was one of three medals for Canada on the day. Markus Thormeyer of Delta, B.C., was bronze in the 100-metre backstroke to go with the silver he captured in the 200-metre event Tuesday. Rob Hill of North Vancouver, B.C., was fifth.
Kelowna-born Taylor Ruck won bronze in the women's 200 back.
Montana Champagne of Ottawa, who along with Hill is competing as part of Canada's national team development program, was fourth in the men's 400 individual medley. Ottawa's Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson also narrowly missed the podium, finishing fourth in the 200 I.M.
Edmonton's Richard Funk made two finals, finishing fifth in the men's 200 breaststroke and sixth in the 50 breaststroke. Sandrine Mainville of Boucherville, Que., was sixth in the women's 100 freestyle.

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2017 NEW ZEALAND SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tuesday, October 3rd – Saturday, October 7th
Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Center, Auckland
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Paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe increased her number of world records broken in Auckland this week to a mind-blowing 6, as the 24-year-old Kiwi made more history on night 4 of the New Zealand Short Course Championships. Competing in the 100m butterfly tonight, Pascoe cracked a new S10 World Record with her time of 1:03.13.
“It’s been a pleasure to be back home to race and be a part of a great week,” Pascoe said post-race.
Mary Fisher followed Pascoe’s lead with a new Para Swimming World Record of her own. Stopping the clock at 1:16.77, Fisher earned a new S11 World Record, hacking just under 4 seconds off of her own personal best in the process.
On top of the multiple age group records that fell yesterday, courtesy of Gabrielle Fa’amausili, Ciara Smith and others, Erika Fairweather established a new 13 years record in the 800m freestyle. Touching in 8:58.05, Fairweather easily won her age group’s national title by almost 30 seconds.
Fairweather had already set new 13 years age group records in the 400m IM (4:55.18), 400 free (4:22.52) and 200m free (2:03.57) thus far this week in Auckland.
National record holder Daniel Hunter has been suffering from illness this week, but was able to contribute to his Howick Pakuranga club’s 4x50m freestyle victory tonight. His squad earned a winning time of 1:30.37 in the men’s race.
The meet concludes tomorrow with two more sessions.


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A member of the Board of Trustee (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Buba Galadima, has campaigned openly in Abuja for one of the newly registered political party, the National Rescue Movement (NRM).
During the formal launching of the party, he urged Nigerians to join and believe in the party.
“NRM is a party that doesn’t believe in tribalism and nepotism. It is a party for Nigerians of all seasons. Senator Saidu Mohammed Dansadau is a man of integrity, a man of intellect and a fighter. For those of us who have worked with him, he is a diligent man. The NRM will do what is right for the party and our country. I, therefore, recommend the new face of politics in Nigeria,” Galadima said.
Speaking earlier, the National Chairman of the party, Senator Saidu Dansadau, stated that the APC has fallen short of the expectations of Nigerians.
“Today, the bind of unity of the country is under intense strain. Strident agitations of all kinds from several quarters suggest the balkanization of the country along ethnic lines. Hitherto silent fault lines have developed into the gulf, sowing suspicion and deep distrust, shaking the foundations of our unity and threatening the peace and security of our dear country.
“Insecurity and vices of frightening shapes and dimensions assail the land. Every patriotic Nigerian believes, the nation isn’t moving in the right direction. This country has never been as divided as it is now.
“All these are manifestations of accumulated years of bad leadership and of hollow commitment to the principles of patriotism. They have
robbed our country of direction or focus, allowed impunity, nepotism and mediocrity to be the blocks of a once promising nation.
“In the absence of natural disasters, our leaders have invented some man-made ones and through misadventures, have saddled the country with every imaginable vice, from wanton and dastardly killings, with no regard for the sanctity of human life, to kidnappings, armed robbery, ritual killings, insurgency and other economic despoliation,” Dansadau said.

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Question: Rather than work, playoff-bound Chiefs get a week to rest

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Alex Smith has known all along that he was going to report to the Kansas City Chiefs’ practice facility Monday, and he knew pretty much down to the minute what the rest of the day would entail.
He didn’t know his plans for the rest of the week until Sunday.
In the span of four sweet hours, Smith went from potentially spending the entire week getting ready for a road playoff game to having the rest of it off.
Coach Andy Reid said Monday he was releasing his players following their normal weekly meetings, a reward for their victory over San Diego that, coupled with Oakland’s loss at Denver, gave them the AFC West title and a much-needed first-round bye.
”For us, it was such a big swing,” Smith said. ”That’s kind of a credit to our division, I think, of how well they’ve been playing. Yeah, we took care of our end and obviously got some help from Denver, so it was pretty sweet when we saw the score there at the end.”
It is difficult to understate how important earning a bye was for the Chiefs.
Start with the health factor: Kansas City limped into the playoffs a year ago with a litany of injuries and, while they didn’t matter in a road victory over Houston, they did in a loss to New England the next week.
Now, the Chiefs (12-4) have a chance to give star pass rusher Justin Houston, who has missed the past two games with knee inflammation, another week to get healthy.
Running back Spencer Ware has another week to rest his bruised ribs. And safety Eric Berry has a week to rest a heel injury from the win over San Diego.
Even Reid, who rarely uses injuries as an excuse, discussed the importance of health on Monday.
”Listen, I was good with last year’s team. I thought we stood a chance. We were banged-up a little bit going in, we didn’t have everybody, and you’d like to have seen it,” he said, ”but you don’t make excuses for it. We’re probably a little bit more healthy this year than we were last year.”
The week off also gives the Chiefs more time to prepare for their divisional opponent in a game that will be played at Arrowhead Stadium.
And while they won’t know who that will be until this weekend, Reid said that longtime assistant Tommy Brasher has already compiled scouting reports on each possibility.
Besides, the Chiefs have already faced all the potential opponents this season.
Then there is Reid’s almost unassailable mark after a week off. He is 16-2 in the regular season after a bye, including a road win over Oakland this season, and was perfect in three divisional games in Philadelphia when his team earned a first-round playoff bye.
One of those seasons ended with the Eagles playing in the Super Bowl.
”I mean, every team is crazy different, it’s just – I don’t know. Every situation in this league is different, every game is different,” he said.
”I know the bye normally doesn’t hurt you. It’s normally a good thing to have if you handle it the right way. The players, I have enough trust in them to handle it the right way. The coaches will handle it the right way. And when we get back, we’ll handle the week the right way.”
It’s not just the players that are getting some time off this week, either.
Thanks to Brasher working ahead, Reid said he’s giving his coaching staff a few extra days to spend with their families.
They will reconvene later in the week to begin putting together game plans, and then watch the wild-card round unfold to see who they will face on Jan. 15 at Arrowhead Stadium.
”Last year we felt like we left a lot of that on the field, not being able to secure the division and taking the wild-card route, which is tough,” Chiefs safety Daniel Sorensen said.
”So that was our focus this year. We wanted to win the division. We wanted to get that first-round bye.
”We play really, really well in front of our fans and at home,” he added. ”We want to bring opponents into our place and have the advantage and set us up for the next step of going to the Super Bowl.”
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DAVIE — Ever since the tragedy in Parkland occurred there has been a link between the Dolphins and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and Wednesday that relationship entered a new chapter when the school’s football team watched the Dolphins go through offseason team activities before meeting with the pros.
Quarterback Ryan Tannehill and long snapper John Denney were among those who talked with the Eagles, who last week held their spring game to conclude spring practice.
The Dolphins were among the first to contribute to a fund for victims of the Feb. 14 tragedy that claimed 17 lives, adding $100,000 to the fund. Dolphins players attended a candlelight vigil in Parkland, Hall of Famer Jason Taylor attended the funeral of football coach Aaron Feis and members of the Eagles football team announced the Dolphins’ Day 3 picks on national television during the NFL Draft.
“I think it always helps you,” Douglas coach Willis May said of Wednesday’s field trip. “It makes you feel better. It takes your mind off everything and puts it on the game.
“We hope that especially in football season this year that the whole community of Parkland will come out and rally with us and help us and push us to have an outstanding year and together, we’ll forget about some things and just enjoy the beautiful game of football.”
The Eagles met with Tom Garfinkel, the Dolphins’ president and CEO, and were given a tour of the training facility.
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The visit was an escape from the everyday realities that still confront Douglas students as the school year winds down. May hopes it also was a learning experience, in a football sense, for his players to see the details pros must pay attention to as they work on their game.
“How do you think they got here?” May said he tells his players. “They do all the little things that we’re trying to get you all to do, but they do all those little things and have been doing them for a long time. And that’s what makes them great.
“So our guys see that and hopefully that’ll help them out a whole lot.”
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Leonys Martin and Castellanos followed with RBI singles off Jim Johnson to push the lead to 6-1.
"This is a big win for us, because we've won two out of three against a really good team," Castellanos said. "Now we can go for the series win tomorrow."
Iglesias sustained a hip contusion while sliding home, and sat out the final three innings.
"I just banged — I don't think it will be serious," he said.
Louis Coleman (2-0) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of relief.
Ohtani walked Martin and Victor Martinez in the first before allowing Niko Goodrum's two-out RBI single.
"I don't know if it was rust, I think he was just getting into a rhythm," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He's had some games this year like that, where he's getting a feel for his pitches early on."
The Angels tied it in the third when Albert Pujols' two-out single drove in Mike Trout.
Ohtani, who was throwing 91-mph fastballs in the first inning, hit 98 on his final pitch of the third to retire Victor Martinez on a soft liner to shortstop.
"That's a very talented young man," Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He was throwing 90, 91 and then he reached back for 98 when he needed it."
The game was delayed for 23 minutes by rain at the end of the fourth inning, but both starters stayed in the game.
Ohtani walked Martin with two out in the fifth and allowed a double to Castellanos before getting Candelario to ground out on a 101-mph fastball.
The game was delayed again by rain in the top of the sixth, this time for 41 minutes. Coleman replaced Fiers to get the last strike of the sixth, and Bedrosian came in for Ohtani.
GOOSE HUNT
A Canada Goose settled into right-centre field during the second rain delay, and an attempt to remove it ended in chaos. After the grounds crew set off two firecrackers and another member gave chase, the bird tried to escape, but crashed into an LED board on the façade of the third deck and fell two levels into the stands.
After several moments, a veterinarian who was attending the game wrapped the stunned goose in a blanket and took it to the concourse, where it was released outside the stadium and dashed into nearby bushes.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: Zack Cozart (forearm tightness) was a late scratch from the Angels' lineup. . Scioscia said he would talk to Ohtani Thursday morning to decide on his availability to hit in the series finale.
Tigers: Detroit put LHPs Francisco Liriano (right hamstring strain) and Daniel Stumpf (ulnar nerve irritation) on the 10-day DL before the game. Liriano's move is retroactive to Sunday, Stumpf's to Tuesday. The Tigers recalled RHP Johnny Barbato and LHP Ryan Carpenter from Triple-A Toledo. ... The Tigers sent Greiner to Toledo after the game and selected the contract of INF Ronny Rodriguez.
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Carpenter (0-1) starts for the Tigers on Thursday against Angels LHP Andrew Heaney (2-3) in the finale of the four-game series.
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Querrey hadn't even won a single match at Roland Garros since 2014 until beating Frances Tiafoe in the first round.
Querrey has been as far as the third round in Paris just once in 12 appearances.
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6:50 p.m.
A young American man trying an underhanded serve while cramping during a five-setter at the French Open. Hmmmm. Seen that before, haven't we? Except, unlike for 1989 champion Michael Chang, the unusual strategy didn't help result in a victory for Jared Donaldson against Grigor Dimitrov.
The fourth-seeded Dimitrov came back to beat the 21-year-old Donaldson 6-7 (2), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 in a second-round marathon that lasted 4 hours, 19 minutes on Court 18 at Roland Garros.
When it ended, Dimitrov leaned forward while raising each knee to give it a kiss — perhaps thanking his legs for carrying him to the win while Donaldson's gave way.
Donaldson, who is ranked 57th, was actually two points from winning when he led 6-5 in the fifth and got to love-30 on Dimitrov's serve. But Dimitrov took the next four points to hold for 6-all.
Dimitrov broke to lead 8-7 and served for the victory, but Donaldson broke right back.
In the next game, though, Donaldson could barely stand, let alone move well.
He double-faulted. Then he tried an underhand serve — not his first of the match, either — and lost the point.
Dimitrov hit a winner to break for a 9-8 edge, Donaldson slowly limped to the sideline for the changeover, and soon enough, it was over.
Chang famously used an underhand service motion while cramping during a fourth-round win against Ivan Lendl on the way to the French Open title 29 years ago.
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6:30 p.m.
Kei Nishikori has rallied past local favourite Benoit Paire to reach the third round of the French Open for the fourth consecutive year.
The 19th-seeded Japanese player needed nearly three hours on Court Philippe Chatrier to win 6-3, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 against the Frenchman.
"He was attacking every shot," Nishikori said. "He has one of the best touches on the Tour, it was fun to play him and also a difficult match today."
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6:15 p.m.
Second-seeded Alexander Zverev trailed by a set and a break — and was down a broken racket, too — before eventually collecting himself and coming back to beat 60th-ranked Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 2-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the French Open's second round.
Zverev equaled his best showing at Roland Garros; he also reached the third round two years ago.
If the 21-year-old German is going to get to the round of 16 he'll need to do something he never has at a Grand Slam tournament: defeat a player ranked in the top 50. Zverev's next match comes against 26th-seeded Damir Dzumhur.
Lajovic lost his eighth consecutive match that stretched to five sets.
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5:10 p.m.
Serena and Venus Williams have won their first Grand Slam doubles match in nearly two years.
The sisters moved into the second round of the French Open by coming back for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over the 14th-seeded Japanese pairing of Shuko Aoyama and Miyu Kato in front of a Court 3 crowd that raucously supported the Americans.
The Williams-Williams duo last competed at a major tournament together at Wimbledon in 2016. They won their 14th Grand Slam title in women's doubles at the All England Club.
This return to doubles came a day after Serena Williams participated in Grand Slam singles for the first time in 16 months, winning her first-round match at Roland Garros. Venus Williams lost in the first round of singles on Sunday.
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3:50 p.m.
Jeremy Chardy first wasted a two-set lead and then bounced back to beat 17th-seeded Tomas Berdych to reach the second round of the French Open.
Chardy led by two sets when their match was stopped by darkness on Tuesday, but Berdych mounted a comeback when they returned. Chardy played well in the decider and broke Berdych twice to advance with a 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8), 1-6, 5-7, 6-2 win.
"At two sets all, it was difficult in my head, and physically, too," said Chardy, who had never beaten Berdych in five previous matches. "I fought hard, all my body was shaking."
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3:25 p.m.
Former French Open champion Novak Djokovic posted another straight-set win to reach the third round of the clay-court tournament.
Facing Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar, the Serb delivered a solid display to prevail 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4 and move into the third round for the 13th time.
Djokovic, who underwent right elbow surgery earlier this year, is the 20th-seeded player in Paris, his lowest Grand Slam seeding since the 2006 U.S. Open.
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3:10 p.m.
The Williams sisters are back in Grand Slam doubles action for the first time in nearly two years.
A day after Serena Williams made her return to singles play at a major following a 16-month absence, winning her first-round match at the French Open, she is out on Court 3 at Roland Garros alongside her older sister, Venus.
They are facing the 14th-seeded pairing of Shuko Aoyama and Miyu Kato of Japan.
The American siblings, owners of 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, received a wild-card entry. They haven't played doubles together at a major since winning Wimbledon in 2016.
Serena Williams hadn't competed at any Grand Slam tournament since the Australian Open in January 2017. She gave birth to a daughter last September.
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1:20 p.m.
Marco Trungelliti's long, strange trip as a French Open "lucky loser" has come to an end with a second-round exit.
Trungelliti is the 190th-ranked Argentine who headed home to Barcelona after losing in qualifying at Roland Garros, then drew headlines for making the 10-hour, 650-mile (1,000-kilometre) drive back to Paris in a rental car with his 88-year-old grandmother, mother and brother once he found out he could get into the main draw.
He then won his first-round match.
But Trungelliti was beaten Wednesday by 72nd-ranked Marco Cecchinato of Italy 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-1 in a match that lasted just under 2 hours.
Still, Trungelliti leaves with 79,000 euros (about $90,000) in prize money — and a great story to tell.
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12:50 p.m.
Top-ranked Simona Halep put aside a terrible start and came back to claim 12 of the last 14 games, beating 83rd-ranked Alison Riske of the United States 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 to reach the second round of the French Open.
It was the last match of the tournament's opening round.
Halep, the runner-up at Roland Garros in 2014 and a year ago, played poorly in the first set, with only four winners and 16 unforced errors. But she had 16 winners and 12 unforced errors the rest of the way, while Riske made more and more mistakes.
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12:30 p.m.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is through to the third round of the French Open, making light work of 91st-ranked Lara Arruabarrena of Spain in a 6-0, 6-4 win on Court 1.
The eighth-seeded Kvitova lost in the second round last year when she was coming back to the tour after a knife attack in her home in 2016 that left her needing surgery on her left hand, her playing hand.
The Czech player made the semifinals at Roland Garros in 2012.
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12:20 p.m.
Simona Halep has turned things around in her first-round match at the French Open and is headed to a third set against 83rd-ranked Alison Riske of the United States.
After dropping the first set 6-2 at Court Philippe Chatrier, Halep grabbed 19 of the first 22 points en route to a 5-0 lead in the second, which she eventually took 6-1.
Halep, the runner-up at Roland Garros in 2014 and a year ago, cleaned up her game in the second set, with only five unforced errors after making 16 in the opener. Riske, meanwhile, had only two winners and 12 unforced errors in the second set.
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12 p.m.
Top-seeded Simona Halep is in trouble in her weather-delayed first-round match at the French Open, losing the first set 6-2 to 83rd-ranked Alison Riske of the United States.
Riske raced to a 5-0 lead and then broke Halep again in the eighth game to take the set.
In their only previous meeting on clay, in Rome in 2015, Halep dropped only three games in a 6-3, 6-0 victory. But Riske is giving the Romanian a far tougher test this time.
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11:20 a.m.
Play is underway on Day 4 of the French Open, with top-seeded Simona Halep facing 83rd-ranked Alison Riske of the United States in the last remaining match of the women's first round.
The encounter on Court Philippe-Chatrier was postponed from Tuesday amid gathering evening storms.
Halep, a two-time finalist at Roland Garros, needs to reach the semifinals or better this year to have a chance of holding onto her No. 1 ranking. She won both of her previous matches against Riske.
On the men's side, 2016 champion Novak Djokovic will face qualifier Jaume Munar of Spain in the second round.
The second-seeded players in both the men's and women's draws, Alexander Zverev and Caroline Wozniacki, will also be in action.
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After a win in her first match at a major in 16 months, Serena Williams discussed her French Open fashion statement, balancing tennis with motherhood and more. (2:59)
PARIS -- Serena and Venus Williams won their first Grand Slam doubles match in nearly two years, advancing to the second round at the French Open on Wednesday.
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The sisters dropped the first set before coming back to beat the 14th-seeded Japanese pairing of Shuko Aoyama and Miyu Kato 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in front of a Court 3 crowd that raucously supported the Americans.
The Williams-Williams duo last competed at a major tournament together at Wimbledon in 2016. They won their 14th Grand Slam title in women's doubles at the All England Club.
This return to doubles came a day after Serena participated in Grand Slam singles for the first time in 16 months, winning her first-round match at Roland Garros. Venus Williams lost in the first round of singles on Sunday.


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Barbra Streisand said she's never suffered sexual harassment but has felt abused by the media.
During a tribute to Streisand's decades of TV music specials and other programs, producer and long-time admirer Ryan Murphy queried her about her career, the #MeToo movement and her aversion to interviews.
"Never," she replied when asked if she had been sexually mistreated. "I wasn't like those pretty girls with those nice little noses. Maybe that's why."
She acknowledged the power of protests against gender inequality sweeping through Hollywood and society.
"We're in a strange time now in terms of men and women and the pendulum swinging this way and that way, and it's going to have to come to the center," Streisand said during Friday's Paley Center for Media event held at a packed theater.
Her reluctance to talk to news outlets is based on years of what she called inaccurate reporting, including one story that claimed she has an "awards room" at home dedicated to her Oscars, Emmys and other trophies. But it was the late TV journalist Mike Wallace who came in for the sharpest criticism.
Streisand said he asked her hurtful questions during a TV interview and she called him afterward to complain. But on a subsequent show, Wallace told viewers who'd objected to his treatment of Streisand that she "loved" the interview, according to the star.
"I thought, I don't know what date rape is, it's terrible ... but it was such a violation," she said. "Why lie?"
Wallace's tough questioning brought Streisand to tears on a 1991 interview on "60 Minutes."
Streisand said she demands control in her work but only in service to her art that's included directing, acting and producing TV movies, among them 1995's "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story," about anti-gay discrimination in the military.
Murphy, who admitted to being nervous as he began his one-on-one conversation with the star of "Funny Girl" and award-winning TV specials dating back to 1966's "Color Me Barbra," said he owed his career to her.
"People talk about Barbra as the greatest female star. I say, no, that's not enough," Murphy said, calling her a groundbreaker for those who don't fit the mold. "She was a touchstone, a beacon I followed my entire life.
The tribute, which kicked off the 35th annual PaleyFest LA television festival at the Dolby Theatre, was capped by the presentation to Streisand of the 2018 PaleyFest Icon award.
Streisand is a "truly magical artist," Maureen J. Reidy, Paley Center president and CEO, said of her work as a singer, actress, director and producer.
Streisand also is known for her political activism on behalf of Democratic candidates and issues including gay rights.

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