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The fanbase of Assassin’s Creed has largely been at odds with the series’ developer over new information about goings on at the company. Accusations by employees of serious crimes and misdemeanors have been rampant. It is a scandal and an unconscionable situation that has not improved, although fans have attempted to keep a positive outlook on the games themselves. The Sisterhood is part of that, as is its recent podcast, intended to be the first in a series....

We’re more than a month into the MLB lockout, with negotiations basically non-existent, spring training reporting dates creeping closer, and lots of sports fans greeting it all with a full-throated … meh. If a recent poll from Seton Hall University is to be believed, a large chunk of sports fans looks at the lack of lockout progress not with anger or impatience, but with indifference. MORE: Why Shohei Ohtani was the easy choice for 2021 Athlete of the Year...

Officials in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, California and Oregon all announced a plan to phase out masks mandates in the coming months, leaving behind just a handful of states that still require most people to wear protective coverings in indoors. Now, some local governments are also moving to end requirements that individuals be vaccinated against COVID-19 in indoor settings. In Contra Costa, California, the health department announced on Friday that restaurants and bars will no longer be required to ask for vaccination status since more than 80 percent of residents are already inoculated....

Jardim led an exciting Monaco side featuring the likes of Fabinho, Kylian Mbappe and Bernardo Silva, and more, who have all been cherrypicked by some of the biggest clubs in Europe. The three names above are now at Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, and Manchester City respectively. Having made stellar sales almost throughout the entirety of his first spell in Monaco, Jardim was eventually sacked after failing to overturn a poor run of results and disappointing exits from the UEFA Champions League, where he led the team to the semi-finals in 2017....

After winning the first three games of the series, the Sixers have lost two straight, opening the door for the Raptors to force a Game 7. Rivers, who has been the head coach of three teams that have blown 3-1 series leads, has clearly taken exception to those that have begun to reference his unfortunate history with series leads. MORE: Will Raptors create history and overturn 3-0 series deficit?...

A surprising 7-4-2 start is buoyed as much by the departure of Max Pacioretty and the constant questions and trade rumors that followed him a year ago as it is by the healthy return of Carey Price and addition of Max Domi. But at the heart of it all is a shift in culture and attitude from a group of players embarrassed by a dismal 2017-18 campaign in which Montreal finished 14th out of 16 teams in the Eastern Conference with 71 points, the organization’s lowest non-lockout total since 1950-51 when the NHL only played 70 – not 82 – games....

Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died on May 25 last year after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes while he cried “I can’t breathe” multiple times. Chauvin and other officers were arresting Floyd for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill at a corner store. Widely circulated cellphone footage of the encounter sparked protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Minneapolis that quickly spread across the U....

The lawsuit—filed in Stark County Common Pleas by Look Ahead America, a group of former Trump campaign staffers—alleges that the Stark County Board of Elections engaged in illegal private talks before deciding to purchase 1,450 Dominion machines on December 9. The group is asking the court to invalidate the board’s approval of the purchase. “The process engaged in by the Board of Elections was not transparent and open to the public,” Look Ahead America Executive Director Matt Braynard said in a statement....

Date: January 7, 2023 Tournament: ASB Classic 2023 Round: Semifinals Venue: ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand Category: WTA 250 Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt Prize money: $259,303 Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | Australia - beIN Sports Coco Gauff vs Danka Kovinic preview World No. 7 Coco Gauff will take on seventh seed Danka Kovinic in the semifinals of the 2023 ASB Classic on Saturday. Gauff knocked out 2022 Wimbledon semifinalist Tatjana Maria and 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in the first couple of rounds to make the last eight....

Ash Ketchum has been the protagonist of the Pokemon anime and movies since the first episode aired in 1997, and he remains the main character in the ongoing Pokemon Journeys. The Pokemon hero has undergone several changes over the years, but despite all of these adjustments, he has been exempt from Pokemon games other than one title that represented the character as an image rather than a character model. This was with the N64s Pokemon Puzzle League that was released in 2000, which used Pokemon anime art to reflect Ash Ketchum, but Pokemon Master EX will be the first to use an official character model....

Khawaja’s place in the Australia side has been called into question, but the number three made a magnificent 171 before he was stumped off debutant Mason Crane (1-35). Moeen Ali (1-125) got the prized scalp of Steve Smith, caught and bowled for 83, but they were the only two wickets to fall as the Marsh brothers, Shaun and Mitchell, were unbeaten on 98 and 63 respectively to see Australia through to 479-4 - leading by 133 and well on course for a 4-0 series win....

The Bangladesh team is already in the city of Dubai where they will take Sri Lanka on the opening day of the tournament. Before the prestigious tournament kicked off, we take a deep look at the Bangladesh team to find 3 reasons why they can really expect to finish the event on a positive note this time around. #3 Addition of Shakib boosts the confidence of Bangladesh Because of a finger injury, the participation of the best all-rounder in the world, Shakib Al Hasan in the Asia Cup was uncertain....

The development comes after the ministry, on July 18, had urged the IOA to relax selection norms in specific cases concerning athletes or sports who/which could not qualify due to lack of exposure or non-participation in ranking events but have a strong chance of either winning a medal or finishing in top four. But the IOA stuck to its earlier criteria of picking athletes – top six in individual events and top eight in team sports – after a meeting of its Core Committee and Legal Committee....

SF1: Japan vs Indonesia (1) WS: Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) vs Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia) with the scores 16-21, 21-9, 18-21. It was a bit of a surprise that Tunjung, World No. 22, won this match against Yamaguchi, who’s ranked 2nd in the World Rankings. And it was also a bit of a strange score: apparently, Tunjung had a little dip in the second game. But that first loss for Japan was corrected immediately:...

“I was driving to Pune for training on September 9 and already suffering from cold and was sneezing too. On the way, I stopped at a chemist shop in hope of getting some medicine that doesn’t have any banned substance in it. I took a cough syrup and some medicines as recommended by the chemist for two days,” he said when asked about the reason for his consumption of banned ingredients....

Asif marked his debut with a stunning 6-36, while Abbas returned figures of 4-29 as Australia suffered an incredible collapse and were removed for 202 in response to Pakistan’s first-innings total of 482. Aaron Finch made 62 on his maiden Test appearance but after his 142-run partnership with Usman Khawaja (85) was broken by Abbas, Australia lost their remaining nine wickets for just 60. Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne were also making their debuts as Australia continue to explore their options in the absence of banned duo David Warner and Steve Smith, but neither could score a single run on Tuesday....