Really, there was no other choice. The team flew overnight to Amsterdam and will train in the Dutch capital before heading to Russia ahead of Sunday’s Confederations Cup opener against Portugal. Where were Lozano & Chicharito in Mexico’s WCQ? While coach Juan Carlos Osorio and his charges may already be game-planning for Cristiano Ronaldo and European champions, we haven’t forgotten the World Cup qualifier. Let’s dive into five thoughts that occurred during the 1-1 stalemate…...

“We are shocked and saddened to watch the tragedy in Ukraine unfold. We stand with the Ukrainian people and our hearts go out to those affected. The Russian Government’s war against Ukraine is an unprovoked and completely unjustified attack,” Heineken CEO Dolf van den Brink said in a statement. “Heineken will stop the production, advertising and sale of the Heineken brand in Russia.” In a statement sent to Newsweek, a spokesperson for Heineken said that the beer giant’s business in Russia “represents less than 2 percent of our global sales....

The preseason favorite is Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, who finished fourth last year behind Young, Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson and Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett. Stroud’s odds are plus-200, which lead all college football players, according to the sports book Fanduel.com. Young is next at plus-400, followed by USC quarterback Caleb WIlliams at plus-600. Williams played for Oklahoma last season but entered the transfer portal. After former Sooners coach Lincoln Riley took the job at USC, Williams soon followed....

Young shuffled right, scrambled back to the left, pointed to the receiver and threw a cross-body 31-yard touchdown to JoJo Earle. Young smiled, and why not? That eliminated the hangover from last week’s loss to No. 3 Tennessee, ignited a 30-6 rout against No. 24 Mississippi State and hinted at a run that absolutely could happen in November. MORE: Why CFP games need to be on campus That 11 seconds told you Young will be in the mix to become the first two-time Heisman Trophy winner since Ohio State’s Archie Griffin in 1974-75....

The firefighters aren’t claiming it will be easy to snuff out the sometimes 400-foot plumes of flame. They simply maintain that when it comes to dealing with deadly gas, 4,000-degree temperatures and sand so hot that it turns to liquid glass, they know, after numerous expeditions to Mexico, Sumatra and Oklahoma, exactly what they are doing. “This is really no different than any of the jobs we’ve ever gone to,” says Wild Well president Joe Bowden....

Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took cells from Lacks 70 years ago as part of “a racially unjust medical system,” the estate said. Cells taken from Lacks’ tumor before she died of cervical cancer, known as the HeLa cells, became the first human cells to be successfully cloned and have been reproduced infinitely ever since. The federal lawsuit said that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., of Waltham, Massachusetts knowingly mass-produced and sold the HeLa cells that were taken from Lacks without consent from her or her family....

Speaking to the U.K.’s Sunday Times, the 99-year-old statesman said the U.S. is “infinitely more” divided now and highlighted the differences between the 1970s and modern politics. Most notably, he said, there had been a reduction in the possibility of bipartisanship. “The national interest was a meaningful term, it was not in itself a subject of debate,” he said. “That has ended. Every administration now faces the unremitting hostility of the opposition and in a way that is built on different premises....

That’s the opposite of what scientists had expected to find. For years, they had hypothesized that supplemental hormones might be a way for women to fend off hearing loss or further improve their hearing as they aged. Robert D. Frisina, a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester Medical Center and researcher at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, located at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT/NTID), and his colleagues wanted to test the theory by checking to see if women taking estrogen as part of hormone therapy had better hearing than women not taking hormone therapy....

Other titles to be released on VOD by the studios, and how long this new initiative will take, has not been decided upon; according to The Hollywood Reporter. NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell released an official statement about the move from theaters to digital, “Universal Pictures has a broad and diverse range of movies with 2020 being no exception. Rather than delaying these films or releasing them into a challenged distribution landscape, we wanted to provide an option for people to view these titles in the home that is both accessible and affordable,” per Vanity Fair....

“His enormous talent and outsized heart were perfectly suited to playing the larger-than-life yellow bird who brought joy to generations of children and countless fans of all ages around the world, and his lovably cantankerous grouch gave us all permission to be cranky once in a while,” read the press release. Spinney had controlled the puppets for both characters since the first season of Sesame Street in 1969 until 2018 (The show is marking its 50th anniversary this year)....

Some states, like New York, have managed to drastically reduce the number of new infections. Last year, the New York State Department of Health announced that 2,157 New Yorkers were newly diagnosed with HIV in 2017. That’s down 22 percent from 2013 and down an incredible 64 percent from 2001, when HIV case reporting began. But that’s not the case for all of the country. In Alabama, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a 9 percent increase in new diagnoses since 2013....

DeSantis backed a total of 30 candidates running in school board races in Florida, pumping money into their campaigns via his Friends of Ron DeSantis Super PAC and taking part in statewide tour to show support for those he backed. Of these 30, a total of 19 won their election outright, with a further six advancing into runoffs and five losing their elections. Ahead of the vote, the Republican praised all 30 candidates in a tweet as being “committed to the student-first principles of the DeSantis Education Agenda....

Avery was convicted of murdering photographer Teresa Halbach on Halloween, 2005. He maintains his innocence. He was first denied an evidentiary hearing by Judge Angela Sutkiewicz in 2017. Avery’s lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, appealed his case in October, and Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Lisa Kumfer responded Thursday with a 130-page document. The document rallies against the claim that Avery deserves a new evidentiary hearing after Zellner and team asked to submit new evidence for appellate consideration....

The controversial YouTuber-turned-boxer last week posted a new stunt to his Instagram story that appears to show him and his entourage driving along a sandy coast in a car and gold cart. Puerto Rico’s secretary of natural and environmental resources Rafael Marchargo released a statement confirming the investigation. “I have ordered an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the use of two motor vehicles on beaches that are presented to be in Puerto Rico,” Marchargo said in a statement, per TMZ....

Read on for more information on both herpes simplex viruses, including transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Types of Herpes Simplex There are two types of HSV strains: HSV-1: This strain typically causes an oral herpes infection but can cause symptoms in the genital area if that is where the virus was transmitted. HSV-2: This virus strain typically causes symptoms in the genital and anal area. It may also cause an infection in or around the mouth....

Griezmann continues to be linked with a move to Old Trafford and this week fuelled speculation that he could join United by saying there is a “six out of 10” chance the move will happen. Mourinho: Griezmann talk disrespectful Herrera is impressed with the 26-year-old’s ability and appears ready to welcome him with open arms. “Griezmann is a brilliant player, a phenomenon,” Herrera told Cadena Ser. “He is a star and all the teams in the world would want him....

The Heisman-winning running back explained his choice to enter the USFL on the “Dan Patrick Show” on Tuesday, and why taking the risk was worth it. MORE: College football bowl schedule | 10 draft picks with the most to prove “You know what it was? I flipped a coin,” Walker said. “I flipped a coin on whether I was going to stay in college or go to the USFL and it came up as the USFL....

Asked whether he’s spoken to his son in recent days, Walker—who is running to unseat Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia—admitted that he hasn’t spoken to Christian since the story broke about the former NFL player having other children. “I think he’s extremely hurt from that, and that was totally, totally not true,” Walker told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday. “That’s what’s so sad, and we haven’t talked about it....

A woman told The Daily Beast in a report published Monday that Walker paid for the abortion in 2009. Walker has said that he supports a total abortion ban. Walker said the story was false, calling the claim a “flat-out lie” on Fox News, and saying he didn’t know who the woman could be. He also said he would sue the publication. In follow-up piece on Wednesday, The Daily Beast reported that the woman who made the allegation against Walker is also the mother of one of his children....

On Monday, The Daily Beast reported that Walker—the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner and former pro football star—paid a woman he had gotten pregnant $700 to get an abortion, contradicting his campaign trail opposition to abortion even in cases of rape or incest. After Walker denied paying for an abortion, his son, Christian, called him a liar and a hypocrite in a series of widely trafficked posts on social media in which he alleged that his father left the family behind to have sex with women and threatened them with violence....