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Manfred, who was elected to succeed longtime MLB commissioner Bud Selig beginning Sunday, is the one who orchestrated the Biogenisis investigation that led to the suspension of Rodriguez and 13 other players. As he prepares for his return, Rodriguez wished to “get on the same page” with Manfred, the report said. MORE: In Memoriam: Ernie Banks | Report: A-Rod training with Barry Bonds During his last visit to the MLB’s New York City headquarters, Rodriguez stormed out of the building after independent arbitrator Fredric Horowitz denied Rodriguez’s legal team the opportunity to interrogate Selig for his decision to suspend Rodriguez for 211 games....

In January, Florida State ended the SEC’s run of seven consecutive BCS titles by slipping past Auburn, 34-31, in the game’s closing seconds. MORE: College football iconic players | Top 10 for 2014 | Signing Day roundup SDS: 90 3-star prospects who excelled in SEC The ACC has added Notre Dame to its playing rotation and now the league is reportedly considering taking it one step further by adding SEC matchups into the mix....

Bleszinski took to Twitter earlier this week to announce that he will soon be coming out of retirement to make video games again. His 223 thousand followers helped spread the word that within the next week details would be announced about his return. The seven day countdown (which Bleszinski actually has a website tracking) isn’t quite over yet, but some details being reported by Polygon may have broken the story a few days early....

This, really, should surprise nobody. Martin is, by far, the best free-agent catcher available, and the Cubs began their aggressive offseason by hiring Joe Maddon as their manager. Maddon, of course, is very familiar with Martin from Martin’s time as the Yankees’ catcher while Maddon managed the Rays. In that report, writer Bruce Levine says the Cubs “rolled out the red carpet” in a Thursday meeting with Martin. Martin hit ....

Based on playing time and general involvement, assumptions can be made about which players will be let go. Andre Drummond will be among the players released with the next cut, according to the Detroit Free Press. Drummond did not play in USA Basketball’s scrimmage against Brazil and is considered the teams 15th player, according to Marc Stein of ESPN.com. The team will be down to 12 players in time for the Basketball World Cup in Spain, which kicks off on Aug....

After news surfaced Thursday that Manziel allegedly hit his ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley several times in a Jan. 30 incident, his agent dumped him and his father expressed fears his son won’t see his 24th birthday. MORE: Maniel’s troubled career | Browns, NFL enabled Manziel Now a Tarrant County judge has signed a protective order to keep Manziel away from Crowley for two years, and ordered him to pay $12,000 in legal fees, WFAA in Dallas reported....

The sticking point reportedly is his contract, which he signed in 2012 and has two years left. Recently, he has "quietly" asked for a new contract, although there might be more to his potential skipping of minicamp than that. The Seahawks' last OTA session is Thursday. Lynch has missed OTAs in past seasons but has never been absent for a mandatory session. According to the Yahoo report, he would be subject to a $69,455 fine should he miss all three days....

Head coach Bob Stoops is expected to make a formal announcement of Heupel’s firing Tuesday morning, according to Sports Illustrated. MORE: Highest-paid coaches | Who is Ezekiel Elliott | Letter to Jim Rome The Sooners’ other co-offensive coordinator, Jay Norvell, was fired earlier this week. Heupel released a statement on Twitter: Under Heupel, 36, the Sooners finished in the top 20 of the FBS in scoring offense three out of his four seasons, including a 20th-place finish this season at 36....

The outside linebacker/defensive end has agreed to terms with Chicago, according to the Baltimore Sun. MORE: NFL free agency live blog | CASH: Marshall too much for Bears to handle The deal is for five years and worth nearly $40 million, according to league sources. McPhee said he wouldn’t mind being back in Baltimore, but with the Ravens strapped for salary cap space, money is thought to have been the deciding factor....

Feghouli is a pacy right-winger, known for his mazy dribbling skills and strong work ethic. Often the most hard-working member of the team, the Algerian international has racked up 29 goals and 27 assists during his time with Valencia. West Ham have already snapped up Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Havard Nordveit on a free transfer, and coupled with the move for Feghouli, they have added further depth and quality to the squad....

Vivendi, which used to have a majority shareholders stake in Activision Blizzard before selling most of it off in 2013, will reportedly accelerate its takeover plans of Ubisoft for a couple of different reasons. For one, Vivendi’s shares have fallen by about 3%, despite its recent acquisitions, which includes a 25% stake in Ubisoft. Secondly, Vivendi chairman Vincent Bollore wants to transform the company into a global powerhouse, an effort that will include taking over both Ubisoft and the advertising company Havas....

Pay as you go. Today, attackers can send junk mail free of charge–and so they do. Resources that aren’t metered tend to be wasted. If they had to pay for each thing they sent, there would be fewer attacks. It would be harder to steal people’s accounts if it cost the victims money–if such thefts happened a lot, there would quickly be a vibrant market for better security products....

As it stands, it looks like Reinkstone has succeeded in building a strong hardware platform with excellent note-taking features. Unfortunately, the buggy and near-unusable software mar an otherwise excellent comic book eReader and note-taking device. 140 PPI ePaper color screen Color note-taking Brand: Reinkstone Screen: Color DES ePaper Resolution: 1680 x 2232 Storage: 64 GB Connectivity: Dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5. 1 Front Light: White only OS: Android 11 Battery: 4....

There is something very special about players who have previously had career threatening injuries. It is as if they play with freedom, having before been in limbo, knowing all could be lost. There is a sense of great enjoyment and privilege in the way they stroke the ball around the pitch, take in the atmosphere before a match and relish every goal. They know how lucky they are and the fans in turn appreciate this as it lowers the boundaries between them and the footballer whom has himself come so close to being an observer....

Just days after the Nazis occupied Kiev in September 1941, around 34,000 of the city’s Jews were marched to the Babyn Yar ravine and shot dead over a two-day period, during the holiest days in the Jewish calendar. Massacres at the same site saw Ukrainian dissenters, Roma and the mentally ill suffer the same fate. The story of Babyn Yar evaded the historical record for decades. It has become a symbol for the lesser-documented fate of an estimated 1....

However, the game had a strong cast of characters that got better over time. Many would agree that some of Final Fantasy 15’s best content came after launch. Three DLC episodes focusing on the previously non-playable party members Gladiolus, Prompto, and Ignis came out for the first season pass. Another episode handing players the reigns of Ardyn Izunia, the game’s main villain, came later. These episodes provided a fun alternative to Noctis’ normal gameplay, and also allowed the developers to implement playable party members into the main game....

But what’s the benefit of fetching runs easily and without facing stifling challenges? Things were different during the days of uncovered pitches and pre-helmet era. In those days, countering testing conditions and hostile bowling was regarded as the yardstick to measure the best batsman in the business then. Batsmen relished challenges and didn’t boast of scoring big hundreds on flat decks while numbers hardly mattered for them. Unfavourable conditions hardly mattered for Sir Herbert Sutcliffe....

Then 20-year-old Adam Lanza used a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle from the manufacturer to kill his mother, 20 first graders, six teachers and then himself in December of 2012, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit said that Remington shouldn’t have been selling a weapon of that caliber to the public, and the company marketed the gun to young, at-risk males. The families who filed the lawsuit said their goal was to prevent more mass shootings in the future, the Associated Press reported....

How to Remove Personal Information From a Word File Microsoft Word includes a tool called Document Inspector that removes personal information from your document before you share it with others. Open the Word document you want to remove any personal information from. Wait until the document is completed before you remove the personal information, particularly when collaborating with other users because names associated with comments and document versions change to “Author,” making it difficult to ascertain who made changes to the document....

The 30-year-old striker has become something of a forgotten man at Stamford Bridge after slipping down the pecking order. He was allowed to spend the 2016-17 season on loan at Crystal Palace, but saw injury restrict him to just eight appearances. Cagliari are now willing to offer him a clean slate in Italy, but their proposal comes with a number of conditions. Cagliari 5/6 to beat Crotone Chelsea will need to agree to release Remy from the final year of his contract in order for a deal to be done....