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Not a bad way to go out, eh? MORE: Ranking the teams best suited to win the World Series Ross has retired as a player, but his schedule never really slowed down after the champagne finally stopped flowing in the Cubs’ clubhouse after the historic victory. He’s been on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” he’s appeared on “Saturday Night Live” with his teammates, he’s done work on ESPN’s baseball broadcasts and is a special assistant in the Cubs’ baseball operations department....

Paes arrived here Tuesday and almost immediately got back into the ‘Davis Cup mode’ after an unsuccessful sojourn in New York at the US Open as he and his doubles partner Radek Stepanek lost in the round of 16. Looking forward to Saturday when the doubles match is to be played, Paes, whose doubles ranking has slipped to 35, said he would let the No.27-ranked Bopanna lead, given the younger player’s style of play....

Speculation has surrounded Davis in recent weeks, with the Pelicans opting not to play him ahead of the deadline as a move to the Los Angeles Lakers was mooted. But while plenty of moves did happen on Thursday, Davis’ was not one of them. He will see out the season in New Orleans. We look at the situation with the Pelicans and the other key narratives from a whirlwind day of deals....

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes smashed its Kickstarter goal of $500,000 in 2020, eventually going on to raise over $4 million, and as part of its stretch goals Rabbit & Bear Studios announced that the game would receive a companion game with the working title “A Quiet Place.” This was the last of the game’s stretch goals, and during Xbox’s E3 2021 showcase, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising was revealed to be a 2....

The project is the brainchild of Stride Rite chief executive officer Arnold Hiatt, 63. “To me, it’s an investment, an economic investment,” he says. “To the extent that you can help your colleagues with their problems, you integrate them onto the team and you have an advantage over your competion.” A few years ago, Hiatt ordered up a study to see if mixing the generations would work at Stride Rite....

So, which teams could use a cornerback who’s turning 32 this summer, who just two years ago was still worthy of his “Revis Island” nickname, who has a Super Bowl ring, but who was so off his game with the Jets last year that teams are questioning whether he’s washed up? Who, in addition, could make the transition to safety that previous Hall of Famers have (Ronnie Lott, Charles Woodson, Rod Woodson), but who some have doubted has the temperament to change?...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who also owns Thai retail chain King Power, was among five people killed in the accident on Saturday outside Leicester’s stadium after a Premier League match. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch says it was able to obtain information from the helicopter’s black box despite it being subject to “intense heat” in the post-accident fire. Inspectors have started to analyze the data to determine what caused the aircraft to spiral out of control shortly after takeoff....

In a video posted to Twitter on several different accounts, the demonstrators can be seen outside the police station, which is surrounded by fences and an armored police vehicle. One protester who is at the front of the group can be seen waving the severed pig’s head above the fences while he and others yell and curse at the police officers behind the fences. Toward the end of the video, people that appear to be speaking behind the camera can be heard saying, “That’s a real pig head....

The segment began with Filoni promoting The Bad Batch, which is a spin-off/sequel of his other show The Clone Wars, giving a brief synopsis and showing off a surprisingly short clip. When asked by the GMA hosts what the new show was about and how it ties into The Clone Wars, Filoni said, “A lot of kids grew up with The Clone Wars. Now they’re a lot older, so we wanted to tell a story that explains what [the clones] do when something they fought for, that they believe in, the Republic changed and became the evil Empire that I grew up watching in Star Wars....

The scene appears in Episode 8 of the new season, and it sees Diego and Ben break into their respective languages while arguing about what to do to stop the impending disaster caused by the Kugelblitz. Castañeda and Min burst into laughter when the scene was brought up by Newsweek, with the pair sharing their shock over the improvised scene being kept in the show. David Castañeda and Justin H....

Luiz’s future remains open but there is concern about his lack of opportunities under Conte after making just four starts since he was first dropped for Manchester United’s visit to Stamford Bridge on November 5. His last appearance was in the 4-1 defeat by Watford on February 5, when he struggled physically against the Hornets’ powerful striker Troy Deeney. The 30-year-old has been out with a knee injury ever since and has made at least one visit to Barcelona to see a specialist about the issue, which flared up after Sergio Aguero’s red-card tackle on him last season....

“I’m mad at this guy, the pitcher who came out talking about it,” Ortiz said Thursday at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Fla. “And let me tell you why. Oh, after you make your money, after you get your (World Series) ring, you decide to talk about it. Why don’t you talk about it during the season when it was going on? Why didn’t you say, ‘I don’t want to be no part of it?...

Very early. The Czech forward has been known to bring a strong suit game to the rink. (See this custom-made one for the 2020 All-Star Game.) For Game 1 of this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs second round, he strutted into TD Garden in a suit he called “boring” but was anything but. Off-white with what looked like hummingbirds and blue foliage down the outside of the jacket and pants, the suit showed Pastrnak had brought his A-game on all levels....

Davis homered in the 12th inning, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 2-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. Jed Lowrie singled with one out before Davis drove a 3-1 fastball from Pedro Araujo (1-3) into the bleachers in left. It was Davis’ third career game-ending homer. “He went 3-0 and I took a strike to see a strike, and he came back with another fastball and I put a good swing on it,” Davis said....

After Webb's standout performance and MVP award in the Red Raiders' 37-23 Holiday Bowl win over then-No. 16 Arizona State, coach Kliff Kingsbury already knows the sophomore will be leading the offense. It doesn't hurt that the two quarterbacks Webb battled for the starting spot last season have transferred. But Kingsbury said what Webb went through last season seasoned him in ways that will benefit him going forward. MORE: SN’s top quarterbacks | Top 25 players | Best of Week 1 | Kingsbury dances...

Bengaluru took the lead in the tie after winning the first bout, which was the 57kg Mens category. Local favourite Sandeep Tomar displayed some outstanding and resolute defense to defeat his opponent Sergye Ratushniy. He made it 2-0 after some grappling by both players and made a stunning reversal as he broke free from an ankle hold and pinned down his opponent to take the score to 4-0. Ratushniy was quick to attack the ankle again and was successful this time around and reduced the deficit to 4-2....

Although Garvin no longer works at Bend Studio, he co-directed Days Gone with Jeff Ross. His penchant for making controversial statements has marred the IP, making Sony more unlikely than ever to give the green light to a sequel, a decision that would leave many fans in disarray. Still, the likelihood of Days Gone 2 happening remains at an all-time low. RELATED: Every Tattoo That Days Gone’s Deacon St. John Has...

In the not-so-distant future, hundreds of unmanned drones and on-the-ground rovers could swoop into an area of interest and spew crucial data to human military operators faced with limited sight lines or tasked with navigating unpredictable spaces, researchers the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said this week. Military experts say the aim is to transmit “critical insights to small ground units” from swarms of up to 250 collaborating autonomous robots....

He was asked how much responsibility himself and the selection committee chairman Rod Marsh should be owning following the loss and the coach remained very calm about it. “A lot,” he said. “As a coach and selectors we’ve got things wrong at certain times, there’s no doubt about that. We’ve got to own up like players have to and everyone else that our performances weren’t good enough, full stop. We’ve got to work on how we’re going to move forward....

The Liga club had blamed the Red Devils for sending documents too late but United retorted that they had proof it was sent on time. But the majority consensus was that Florentino Perez and co should not have left it so late in the transfer window when it was the worst kept secret that they were after the United Player of the Year. As a gesture to prove his commitment to the club, De Gea has since signed a 4-year contract extension at Manchester United, a deal that will see him remain at the club till 2018....