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Laureano made an outstanding defensive play in the third inning, helping Jackson and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-0 on Saturday night. With one out and Eric Young Jr. on first, Laureano raced into the gap in left-center to haul in Justin Upton’s drive. The rookie center fielder then completed the double play by uncorking a long throw to first . “He’s a game-changer,” Jackson said. “I’ve seen him make a play similar to that in Triple-A when I was in Nashville....

The Colorado congresswoman, a noted pro-gun advocate, told Newsmax that “there are bad people who do bad things, and we need a way to protect ourselves.” Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, has been charged with killing 10 people in Monday’s shooting at the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. Officer Eric Talley, 51, a father of seven, was among the dead. Coming only days after eight people, including six Asian women, were killed at spas in Atlanta, Georgia, the tragedies have led to renewed calls for tougher restrictions on gun ownership....

Boebert—discussing her vote as the House adjourned without electing a new Speaker on Tuesday evening—told Fox News that the country’s first president had reservations about assuming the leadership, but “did what was right for his country.” The Colorado Representative labelled Jordan a “fighter,” adding the Ohio congressman “may not want it right now, but George Washington did not want to be president.” Boebert then argued she was “voting for anyone who actually brings unity to the Republican Party and helps get our country back on track....

The boisterous father of Lonzo Ball, the UCLA product many prognosticators believe will be taken No. 2 overall by the Lakers in Thursday’s NBA Draft, LaVar is loud, brash and a maniacal marketing maven. The man legitimately believes he could take Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one despite averaging just 2.2 points per game in a Division I college basketball career that lasted just 36 games at Washington State....

Addressing Mitchell’s participation directly, the firm said its personnel were “very concerned” upon learning of her presence during the call. Mitchell’s involvement in the conversation, wherein the sitting president encouraged Georgia’s Secretary of State to “find” 11,780 votes cast in his favor during November’s election, was confirmed by the Washington Post. The newspaper published an initial report and released the audio of the call of detailed and Raffensperger’s conversation Sunday morning....

ASUNCION (Reuters) - The South American Football Confederation could be forced to leave Paraguay due to a $10 million lawsuit relating to the land where its headquarters stand, CONMEBOL’s president said on Monday. The suit pertains to the title deed for the land in Luque, just outside the capital Asuncion, said Alejandro Dominguez. “We asked for more information to see if our deed is or isn’t legitimate and the answer I got was that it is totally legitimate,” Dominguez said....

Bell announced Tuesday in a news conference ahead of his exhibition boxing match with Adrian Peterson on July 30 that he will focus on advancing his boxing career instead of returning to the gridiron. He also admitted that he considered sitting out the 2021 NFL season to pursue a full-time boxing career. “Boxing is something that, you know, they always say it’s something you can’t play boxing. Last year, I almost sat out the whole year to try to focus on boxing because I kind of knew that was what I wanted to transition to....

Bell said Thursday that Pittsburgh spoke with his new team, the Jets, about a possible trade ahead of Tuesday’s deadline. Nothing came of discussions, obviously, because Bell is still a Jet, but it’s still noteworthy that the Steelers would look to bring him back after a public divorce that dragged out for almost two years. “I found out through my agent he had talked to the Jets and there were teams like Houston, the Packers, the Kansas City Chiefs and, surprisingly, the Steelers were all in the mix of trying to trade for me,” Bell told the UNINTERRUPTED/SiriusXM “17 Weeks” podcast (per NFL....

All of 16 years, his accomplishments on the international stage of Brazilian football has cascaded the landscape. The left-winger is already a regular with the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo senior side, paritcipating in the Brazilian Serie A. However, it is his record at age-group national team tournaments with the juniour Seleccao that has caught the eye of clubs such as FC Barcelona and more recenty Real Madrid. As Brazil romped to the 2017 South American Under-17 Championship, the São Gonçalo-born winger dismantled opposition after opposition and accumulated a rapid fan following....

“They were effective. They created opportunities and scored. England deserved to win. We played well in the first half but couldn’t score,” said Amadeu. Left winger Brenner had the perfect opportunity to score for Brazil when he found himself one-on-one with England goalie Curtis Anderson but the effort on goal was wide of the mark. His coach, however, refused to single him out for the team’s general profligacy. “I think in football you cannot pick one moment....

Speaking after the game, England U-17 coach Steve Cooper confirmed the availability of Borussia Dortmund player Jadon Sancho for the rest of the tournament. There were fears over a potential mid-tournament departure but all such rumours have been put to bed by the coach. “Jadon will be here with us. We don’t have any news on him leaving," confirmed Cooper. The crowd in Kolkata has been amazing so far in the tournament and the England coach is happy about playing their knockout fixture at the Salt Lake Stadium....

‘We started well, scored early on but then on our players became inactive and timid. They played under a certain pressure. We changed most of our players from the previous games, it was difficult. In the end were all disappointed with the result." He talked about how difficult it was for him and his team to cope with the multiple numbers of changes that were made for the game and how they wish to bounce back from the disappointing result....

Salim Abdourahmane lead the line for Niger, with Karim Tinni and Ibrahim Boubacar providing support from the flanks. Spain threatened right from the get-go, with Mohamed Moukhliss impressing in the double pivot. Niger found it difficult to deal with the one-touch passes, flicks and tricks of the Spanish attack. Goalkeeper Alvaro Fernandez didn’t have the greatest of starts to the game, as Niger, despite their opponent’s technical superiority, pressed high up the pitch....

India will be featuring in their fourth consecutive U19 World Cup final, having defeated Australia by 96 runs in a one-sided semi-final. In their previous final in 2020, they were stunned by Bangladesh. England, on the other hand, booked their place in the summit clash by getting the better of Afghanistan in their semi-final encounter. Ahead of the India vs England final, a number of current and former Indian cricketers wished Yash Dhull and co....

The triumph came in emphatic fashion as Dinesh Bana (13*) walloped James Sales for consecutive sixes in the 48th over. However, it was a tense fight throughout the chase of 190. India managed to keep their noses slightly ahead and the end result was a fair reflection of how the final panned out. After Bawa (5/31) and Ravi Kumar (4/34) held England to 189, India lost their way in the chase and were in trouble at 97 for 4....

Ubisoft is bundling three Assassin’s Creed games once again to form The Assassin’s Creed: The Americas Collection, with the theme this time around being the creation and the founding of modern America. Announced today for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, The Americas Collection (or Birth of a New World in Europe) brings together Assassin’s Creed III, Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. While pricing for the collection wasn’t given, the game will release next month on October 3 in Europe and October 28 in North America....

In Lora’s tweet, she called on the gaming industry to “end this dude” in reference to PewDiePie, which some fans took as a call for the YouTuber’s death. The rest of the tweet offered more context, with Lora asking the industry to “cut ties” with the world’s biggest YouTuber. Regardless, fans of PewDiePie called for a boycott of The Division 2 and Ubisoft products in general. Not long after, Lora’s Twitter bio was edited to remove any mention of the company she works for or the game she was developing....

The original Assassin’s Creed, released back in 2007, was an open-world action-adventure game set during both modern-day and the Third Crusade in the late-12th century across the Holy Land, which includes modern-day Israel and Syria. In the modern setting, players take on the role of Desmond Miles, a bartender abducted by Abstergo Industries tasked with using a machine known as the Animus to explore the genetic memories of his ancestor....

This one-hour VR experience will be a direct tie-in with Jean-Jacques Annaud’s upcoming IMAX docudrama, Notre-Dame on Fire, set to release in March. RELATED: Assassin’s Creed Timeline Shows When All the Games Take Place Ubisoft is the French video-game company behind the Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Watch Dogs franchises. This will be the third time Ubisoft’s in-depth knowledge of Notre Dame will be used. Set in 18th Century France, Assassin’s Creed Unity first featured a fully rendered 3D model of Notre Dame that took over 5000 hours to create....

The game wasn’t over, after all. While Porter remained in the back, the Bulls returned for one final play and preserved the victory they thought they had already secured. Zach LaVine scored 39 points and hit the go-ahead layup in the closing seconds, and Chicago beat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-107 on Wednesday night in a game that featured two endings . LaVine scored 13 in the fourth quarter as the Bulls wiped out a 10-point deficit on their way to a victory they sure won’t forget....