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Among the names considered are Tennessee’s Rick Barnes, Michigan’s John Beilein and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski. Previous winners in Virginia’s Tony Bennett and Gonzaga’s Mark Few have also been nominated. MORE: SN’s latest March Madness projections Among the 15 coaches nominated, four are from the ACC, while three are from the Big Ten. The SEC, Big 12, Big East, WCC, MAC, AAC, Mountain West and Southern Conference each have one coach represented....

Pelosi told the New York Times, in an interview published Saturday, that despite their large amount of social media fans, the four freshman lawmakers still only get one vote each. “All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world,” Pelosi said, referring to the four freshman lawmakers. “But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people and that’s how many votes they got.” Pelosi’s comments come after the four, collectively referred by some as “the squad,” voted against the House’s version of the spending package, which passed on a 230-195 vote, to tackle issues at the southern U....

Speaker Pelosi visited Taiwan amidst a whirlwind of military threats from China as well as criticism from her own party. After a tense call between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the White House urged Pelosi to back down and not travel to Taiwan, which the Chinese Communist Party views not as a sovereign nation but as part of China itself. Not only was President Biden not supportive of Pelosi’s trip, but China’s President Xi Jinping told the U....

Now, Pelosi is looking at a battle lost to far-left progressives who thought more money should have been tied to the bill. Her next target is likely moderate Democrats who opposed more spending. Progressive Democrats have indicated all along they would vote against a $1.2 trillion bill for infrastructure that didn’t also include an additional $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill that envelops far-left ideals like: free community college, lower child care costs, extended child tax credits, Medicare expansion, climate change and other items....

Such was the case back on a chilly grey morning in November 2019 when the destruction of the coronavirus was seemingly only affecting the people of China, and Americans were busy plotting their Thanksgiving holiday debauchery. Upon my groggy morning routine scroll through Twitter, I landed on a video of a little girl cloaked in all black and sitting at a drum set. I clicked play, and for a complete 57 seconds I watched, completely gobsmacked, as she drummed through Nirvana’s “In Bloom....

The 23-year-old, who lit the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony, suffered a defeat to 2019 French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4. The four-time Grand Slam winner took an eight-week break prior to the Games for mental health reasons. She previously announced she wouldn’t speak to the media during this year’s French Open because of the toll news conferences take on players’ emotional well-being, before withdrawing from the competition entirely....

The fight takes place inside Tokyo’s Ariake Arena. Inoue defends the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring bantamweight titles, while Butler puts the WBO title on the line. Considered one of the best boxers in the world today, Inoue is a three-division champion. He is coming off a dominant win over former rival Nonito Donaire. It only took two rounds to take out “The Filipino Flash.” Inoue believes it will take a little longer than that to take out Butler....

Serie A leaders Napoli were keen to conclude a deal with Ajax in the final days of the January transfer window to bolster their squad in the wide areas. But unfortunate circumstances apparently led to the transfer being delayed, although De Laurentiis told Gazzetta dello Sport a deal has been agreed for Younes to move to Naples in July upon the expiry of his contract with the Eredivisie side....

The Argentine, who moved to Turin last summer after three seasons in southern Italy, was given a rough reception upon his return to San Paolo on Tuesday. Wenger ridicules Arsenal protests The second leg of the clubs’ Coppa Italia semi-final was marked by jeers and boos towards the striker, and one fan went even further. Slipping security around the pitch perimeter, the individual was decked in a Superman shirt as he tried to approach Higuain....

However, even coach Massimiliano Allegri has conceded that the Bianconeri will have their work cut out retaining their title, with all of Italy eagerly awaiting what promises to be one of the most competitive seasons in recent memory. As a result, Goal has decided to get its brave band of Serie A editors, writers and experts to put their necks on the line by predicting the outcome of all the major prizes and individual honours…...

Partenopei fans will be able to match with their star striker Arkadiusz Milik on the platform as part of a new partnership between Napoli and Tinder, with four specially selected supporters getting the chance to meet him in person. Cavani open to Napoli return A verified profile of Milik will be active for two weeks and fans who swipe right and send him a ‘welcome back’ message - the Pole recently scored his first goal after a long-term knee injury - will be in with a chance of meeting him....

Maurizio Sarri’s side have won eight out of eight in Serie A this season to storm to the top of the table, scoring 26 goals in the process. City have netted 29 times to sit at the Premier League summit and their boss Pep Guardiola has talked up the prospective entertainment value of a game with Napoli, who he rates as one of the best three footballing sides in Europe....

Some people think you’re just pulling a PR stunt. Are you? Hell, yeah. I want to shock people into buying the album, and listening to it. I was shocked that people reacted that way considering all the things that have happened this year. I’m not waiting for a noose on my door or in my front yard to say something about it. Some rappers want to pass out turkeys on Thanksgiving....

The mission will see a Black Brant XII rocket take off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, which the space agency said might provide “a brief light show” for people living in the eastern U.S. and Bermuda. The rocket is not as big as the ones that are used to launch large satellites or astronauts into space. The four-stage vehicle is a type of sounding rocket, which are specifically designed to perform scientific experiments in sub-orbital flight....

Symptoms Congestion is a symptom and not an illness itself, but it can lead to: Runny noseStuffinessSinus pressureSinus headaches and possibly migrainesReduced sense of smell and tastePost-nasal drip, which can lead to a cough and/or sore throatDifficulty talking, eating, or sleeping because of breathing limitations Symptoms of nasal congestion can be mildly annoying, make you utterly miserable, or anything in between. Causes When you catch a cold, the virus gets inside your sinuses—a series of cavities and passages behind your nose, eyes, and cheeks—and irritates them....

Kyle Larson, who earned pole position for the third time in 2018, finished second. Chase Elliott started alongside Larson and finished third. Brad Keselowski, the winner of last weekend’s Consumers Energy 400, finished 16th. Points leader Kyle Busch finished 20th after wrecking twice during the race. The last 75 laps of the race were plagued with multiple cautions, including a wreck involving Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch and J.J. Yeley....

Let’s take a look at all the drivers odds and how they’ve fared on the world’s fastest half-mile track: NASCAR at Bristol betting odds KYLE BUSCH 5/1 - He’s got an 11.9 average finish in 21 starts, which include five wins, but his last win came in 2011, a span of eight races. Last fall he led the most laps (192) before settling for eighth-place. He’s led 1,703 laps at Bristol, which is tops among active drivers....

“Having a car balance that you can adjust because so much changes from the day when it’s hot and sunny, and then you get into the night when it cools down a little bit without any sun on the track," said three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner Kasey Kahne. “The track changes for grip. So if you can tighten your car up at the right times and do it the right way to where you don’t lose the attitude that you are looking for throughout the race, that’s key....

Byron, meanwhile, finished in ninth on Saturday. With the race coming down to its last stretch, though, Logano only had one thing on his mind: retribution. Logano bumped into Byron’s car, sending Byron spinning into the inner wall and securing a victory at Darlington for Logano. It was an eventful end to an eventful race, one that was dominated by a series of gnarly wrecks which left some of the sport’s biggest stars on the pit road....

Denny Hamlin had the pole and dominated the first half of the race, leading for 219 laps, but was passed just before the end of the second stage. Truex won that second stage ahead of Larson, but a slip from a crew member on Truex’s pit stop put Larson in the lead on the restart following the post-stage caution. Larson took advantage, only surrendering his lead because of pit-stop timing the rest of the way....