Hardy will be the most appealing defensive end on the free-agent market. He will get to the market, because after he played only one game for the Panthers in 2014 — franchise tagged at $13.1 million guaranteed — he has priced himself out of Carolina. MORE: Top 25 NFL free agents for 2015 | Ranking new NFL head coaches | Best, worst salary caps The other two names who pop up as top 4-3 edge rushers on the market are the Giants’ Jason Pierre-Paul and the Bills’ Jerry Hughes....

If the Carolina Panthers’ star defensive lineman is found guilty in a jury trial of assaulting and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend Nicole Holder, he’ll become a case study under the league’s new personal conduct policy, which mandates a six-game unpaid suspension for first-time offenders like Hardy. MORE: Hardy tells teammates he’d play for free | Hardy paid for playoff win | 2015 NFL arrests A district court judge ruled in a July bench trial that Hardy was guilty of the misdemeanor charges stemming from his run-in with Holder, a local cocktail waitress, and subsequent May 13 arrest....

So, if this season was his only one in Dallas, then Hardy spent a little social media time Tuesday passing along some thanks to former Cowboys teammates. In two tweets, Hardy called wide receiver Dez Bryant, who spent much of the season injured, “a legend” and added that Hardy “couldn’t have asked for better teammates” than Bryant and quarterback Tony Romo, who also was injured much of the season....

“Quite honestly, you can’t rely on the Baby Boomers to carry the game of golf any more, they have done that for a long period of time but you’ve got to reach down to the millennials,” Norman said via Golf Digest. PHOTOS: Previous U.S. Open multiple-time champions | MORE: Golfer dies in Michigan after being stung by bees “Bring the kids in by letting them put speakers in golf carts, putting headsets on or playing in their board shorts or getting on an electric skateboard or something like that to take their clubs around, have fun with the game, speed it up, do what the kids like to do....

In an opinion piece published by the Anchorage Daily News, Brelsford, a former manager of the Bristol Bay Borough, said he “like many Alaskans […] no longer feel[s] at home in either party.” “On the campaign trail, many people have told me that both the Republican and Democratic parties have gotten off track on concerns that matter to Alaskans,” he wrote. “I am still a principled, pragmatic, get-it-done, no-drama, conservative....

The brown-colored insect, dubbed Nelloptodes gretae is tiny—measuring less than 1 millimeter in length—and has no eyes or wings. Michael Darby, a researcher from the Natural History Museum in London, who described the new beetle in the journal Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, said he settled on the name as a way to pay tribute to Thunberg—who began taking time off school on Fridays to protest outside Swedish parliament last year....

British artist Annie, who lives in Manchester, northern England, shared a video of herself giving the greyhound a cuddly toy filled with an ice pack to keep the animal cool as temperatures across the city soared this week. The clip, which has racked up three million views, showed the dog’s owner filling the toy, which she purchased from British chain store B&M, with the ice before the pooch gently snuggled up with the toy on the sofa....

Morata agent confirms Man Utd bid The France international has confirmed his desire to stay at the club despite heavy speculation linking him with a move to Manchester United. The 26-year-old said it would be wrong of him to force an exit in the wake of the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to uphold the transfer ban imposed on the club by FIFA. Griezmann has since agreed to a new deal that will reportedly double his wages but not see an increase in his release clause, which is understood to be set at €100m....

The waters from the hurricane moved the cement vaults, some weighing tons, around the state. The extensive search to not only find the caskets but also identify the remains is extremely difficult, and some caskets are never found, the Associated Press reported. According to Ryan Seidemann, chair of the state’s Cemetery Response Task Force, this devastating situation is not a one-time occurrence, as after the 2016 floods in Baton Rouge also had the same problem of moved or missing vaults....

With 6:42 remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 6, Randolph and Adams got tangled while heading back down the court. Randolph turned and punched Adams in the jaw. PLAYOFF PHOTOS: Eastern Conference | Western Conference Randolph is averaging a team-best 18.2 points per game with 8.7 rebounds during the series. The video of the incident from NBA.com.

The Warriors opened as 10-point Game 5 favorites at most Las Vegas sports books, with early bettors taking the points and pushing the line down to -9.5. The total sits between 195 and 195.5 as of this Wednesday-morning posting. Visit our odds page for current spreads and totals. As 4-point road favorites in Game 4 , the Warriors rolled 101-84. Not surprisingly, Curry played his best game of the series....

The first sign of an inguinal hernia is usually an unexplained bulge in the groin area. This type of hernia can be present at birth or develop over time. This article looks at the causes, symptoms, and risk factors of an inguinal hernia, and how they are treated. Symptoms Symptoms of an inguinal hernia may include: A bulge in your groin to the left or right of your pubic boneA feeling of heaviness or pressurePain when lifting something, bending over, or strainingPain when coughingPain that radiates from your pelvis to your leg...

Although it’s one of the country’s oldest (and oddest) traditions, dating all the way back to 1887, celebration of Groundhog Day didn’t actually originate in the United States. In fact, the groundhog wasn’t even a part of the original event that essentially inspired the day. The idea stems from an ancient European Christian celebration known as Candlemas Day. The holiday initially was an observance of the midpoint between the winter and spring equinoxes, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club....

Chasing what looked like a routine fly ball hit by the Mariners’ Cal Raleigh, the Guardians left fielder launched himself into the stands on a dead sprint and fell into the first row to make one of the best catches of the season. In an incredible display of awareness (and an impressive lack of self-preservation), Kwan popped out of the stands to throw the ball back to the infield and prevent Mariners baserunners from possibly scoring....

City have fallen down to fifth and 10 points behind Chelsea in the race for the Premier League title following their 1-0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool on Saturday. However, Guardiola remains positive and is ready to take on the challenge. Pep not sure when City will play his way “Normally I was at the top in Barcelona and Bayern Munich, a lot of times. But, OK, this is a new chapter in my career as manager and I am willing to try [and handle it] with these guys,” Guardiola said ahead of Monday’s match with Burnley....

Huddersfield double chance 10/3 Guardiola’s side have scored 40 goals in their 12 league games so far this season and go into the match as overwhelming favourites. The coach, though, is refusing to take an 11th consecutive league win for granted and believes his side could be in for a tough test against David Wagner’s promoted team, who have already beaten Manchester United at home this season. “We played last season against them [a 0-0 draw in the FA Cup],” Guardiola told a news conference....

It did the exact opposite. During his time in Italy, Hart merely confirmed the suspicions of his doubters, turning in a series of error-strewn performances as Torino finished ninth in Serie A. Indeed, Hart was officially the second-worst goalkeeper across the top five European leagues; he made five mistakes leading to goals - only Josip Posavec, of relegated Palermo, made more. Hart 11/8 for clean sheet vs. Swansea Torino chose not to pursue a permanent deal for Hart, with the club’s president, Urbano Cairo, even choosing to call out the error-prone stopper in the press ....

But that wasn’t the whole story. While the Clinton camp was heartened by the report–which essentially allowed them to say that if they were wrong to poach, so was Obama–Team Obama was not. Obama spokesman Bill Burton quickly contacted me to say that the postcard in question was mistakenly sent to a Clinton delegate–not, as I previously believed, to the entire list of Texas county delegates, regardless of affiliation. “The Texas Democratic Party gave us a list of delegates that indicated him as an Obama delegate–which is why he got the errant post card,” he says....

Before 2020, the previous record was set in December 2015 at 3,314,594 background checks for the month, but that was broken first in March, followed by another record in June. In December, there were 3,937,066 checks, a 34 percent increase from December 2019 that’s likely attributable at least in part to President Donald Trump’s election loss. The December spike isn’t entirely surprising, as background checks often skew upward at the end of the year....

Paul Clement argued on behalf of New York residents that their right to carry a concealed gun should be unrestricted, but he faced questions from both the conservative and liberal justices on the high court. While Chief Justice John Roberts was among those who suggested that the law was too restrictive, he also asked Clement where he thought guns should be barred, such as college campuses and places where alcohol is served....