But here’s our best judgment on organizations that had a team in the top 31 in the owner standings. Hendrick Motorsports: A MORE: A look back at Mark Martin’s career | Owens: Give Danica time | Banquet lineup Hard to give the champions anything but an A as Jimmie Johnson (six wins) earned his sixth Cup title. Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t win a race, but he rallied to finish fifth in points....
One coach got the Gatorade treatment (Shane Beamer) and another enjoyed a field-storming (Lance Leipold). Here are reviews of the new eras that kicked off in 2021. Bryan Harsin, Auburn RESULT: Defeated Akron, 60-10 OVERVIEW: Hard to quibble with a 53-0 lead after three quarters. Yes, the Tigers were 35-point favorites, but they covered that with ease. QB Bo Nix was 20-for-22, Auburn scored on its first eight possessions and kept the Zips at zip til the fourth quarter....
Smith may not sing, but her prose certainly does. “Teeth” is an epic, omnivorous comedy about London. It’s about clashing cultures and generations, about people with too much history in their blood or none at all. The dim Archie Jones and the fervent Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal are old war buddies. Archie folds leaflets. (He used to be a cyclist: “Archie hadn’t always folded paper.”) Samad is a waiter who glows with regrets....
The amateur rider only announced on Friday that the 174th Grand National at Aintree would be his final ride and the 39-year-old completed the fairytale story by winning the big race of them all. “I can’t say anything, but that’s a dream,” Waley-Cohen told ITV Racing. “It has been a love affair, they aren’t all good days. There are bad days in this sport. That is beyond what I was thinking, it’s a fairytale and a fantasy....
But one grandma on TikTok took her creativity to the next level and definitely “understood the assignment.” @breecebabies is an account run by a family of twin toddler girls. This week, it posted a video of the twins dressed up in their homemade Halloween costume that has now been viewed over one million times. The text overlay on the video read: “had to be a slinky dog for Halloween. Grandma Nailed it....
The guard came to be known as a dirty player during his four years with the Blue Devils for multiple tripping incidents and other shenanigans. That history followed him to the NBA, and while there have been incidents in the league, the severity of his discretions has tapered down. On Friday night, however the Duke version of Allen appeared to return. Why was Grayson Allen ejected vs. Bulls? Allen was whistled for a hard foul on Alex Caruso in the third quarter of the Bucks-Bulls matchup at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum....
One of the men, Danny McDaniel, had a close encounter with the shark when it took a bite out of his nine-foot kayak. “Felt push to the left, looked to right, giant great white shark a foot from my boot,” McDaniel told local reporters. “His upper half of body was out of the water, his dorsal fin was out of the water.” Jon Chambers, who was kayaking alongside McDaniel on Saturday morning when the incident took place, was the first to spot the animal....
Greg Skomal, a senior fisheries scientist at the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, caught the breathtaking apex predator on camera while tagging sharks off the peninsula. In the video, the shark can initially be seen swimming close to the camera. A few seconds later, however, the fish has returned and begins swimming towards the underwater camera as it moves from that area of the ocean. The shark is able to keep pace with the camera, while the animal’s distinctive dark black eyes are visible on the video, along with its razor sharp teeth....
The fabled dish, and Joey Tribbiani’s favorite food, comes in many forms with various fillings, but it seems one option has taken things too far for some. Chef Caroline Lange shared a recipe inspired by her childhood with Food52, which she called “Marinated Green Bean Sandwiches.” Lange shared the inspiration behind the pairing, saying on the website: “I grew up visiting the beaches of Westerly, Rhode Island—and on so many evenings, salty and sleepy, we’d drive over to Watch Hill for the sunset, the people-watching, and the ice cream cones....
Although no oil has been located off the coast of Greenland, officials there believe undiscovered but potentially extensive oil reserves could help the autonomous Danish territory gain financial independence from the Scandinavian nation. Greenland gets an annual subsidy of about $540 million from Denmark. As global warming continues to cause ice to retreat around the island, oil and mineral reserves could emerge, and the resulting revenue could decrease Greenland’s dependence on the subsidy....
Greenpeace Greece official Kostis Grimanis said the project should be terminated before “it starts to wreck the Mediterranean.” Grimanis said the project means “exposing endangered species and crucial ecosystems to unbearable noise and pollution from seismic blasts and deep-sea drilling operations.” “And for what? To keep burning oil and gas, one of the dirtiest and most expensive energy sources, when the climate crisis demands we urgently walk away from them....
Hardy, 34, has given MMA a try, including a run with the UFC. Hardy has since moved to boxing. He made his pro debut in October, beating Mike Cook via knockout. Hardy will now fight Hasim Rahman Jr. on November 19, replacing former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort, who tested positive for COVID-19. The Sporting News looks into how Hardy has accumulated his fortune and where he stands among the wealthiest athletes in the world....
Olsen signed a one-year contract with the Seahawks in February a couple of weeks after the Panthers released him. According to the Post, he will be Fox’s No. 2 game analyst and will be paired with play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt. Even if Olsen plays more football beyond 2020, Fox will wait for him, per the report. MORE: The latest 2020 NFL schedule update Olsen for years has been making guest appearances as an analyst on Fox’s football broadcasts, clearly preparing for a post-playing career move to the booth....
The International Olympic Committee confirmed the postponement of Tokyo 2020 on Tuesday amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s Games were scheduled to get underway on July 24, but the spread of coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the globe. USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo spoke of his and Popovich’s continuing commitment to the squad. “The commitments everyone made for 2020 are still there; we’re all-in and we’re committed,” Colangelo told ESPN....
The Spurs head coach and outspoken critic of the president sounded off to Dave Zirin of The Nation, criticizing Trump’s response to America’s current civil unrest following the death of George Floyd, citing a lack of leadership in the face of racial turmoil. Some of the highlights from Pop’s incendiary comments on The Nation: Popovich’s rage would find more targets than just Trump in the interview. The five-time NBA champion also attacked Republican senators Ted Cruz (Texas) and Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) for lacking the “courage” to stand up to Trump in the country’s current situation....
The Pokémon Company revealed the top 10 Pokémon of 2020 in a short video recapping each entrant. It’s an interesting list as it includes some of the usual suspects from past years (Charizard/Lucario) but also has some notable omissions including the franchise’s mascot, Pikachu. It should be noted that Mimikyu, the Ghost and Fairy-type Pokémon that imitates Pikachu to get more love, made the list at number three. Here’s are the top 10 Pokémon of the Year for 2020:...
Led by Greta Thunberg, the activists told reporters that there will be demonstrations in cities all over the globe ahead of a United Nations summit in Glasgow. “It has been a very, very strange year and a half with this pandemic, but of course, the climate crisis has not disappeared,” Thunberg told reporters. “It’s the opposite, it’s even more urgent now than it was before.” A recent report from the U....
“This is all we hear from our so-called leaders: Words. Words that sound great but so far have led to no action,” she said. “Our hopes and dreams drown in their empty words and promises. Of course, we need constructive dialogue, but they have now had 30 years of blah, blah, blah. And where has this led us?” The Youth4Climate summit gathered about 400 activists from 180 countries who will send their requests for change to a United Nations climate summit that will begin on October 31....
The state leader joined Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in accusing the attorneys of filing a legal complaint “based on falsehoods” and using their law licenses in an attempt to “disenfranchise” the voters of Michigan. The three top Michigan officials also accused the attorneys of crossing an ethical line “outright” when they pursued the King vs. Whitmer case, which sought to overturn Biden’s election victory in Michigan based on baseless claims about conspiracy facilitated by foreign actors....
Griezmann had been strongly linked with a transfer to Manchester United in pre-season, before ultimately opting to remain in Madrid . Ever since it became clear a switch to the Premier League was not going to materialise, Barca emerged as a suitor and reports have even claimed Griezmann held talks with them at the end of last year, though the Catalan club strongly denied this . Nevertheless, speculation continues to suggest Barca will make Griezmann their primary target before next season and the striker just wants his future sorted early so he can concentrate on France’s World Cup campaign....
