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The top deal so far in the summer of 2022, the €87.3 million ($88 million / £73.9 million) deal that sent midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni from AS Monaco to Real Madrid, would rank fourth among the transfers of the 2021 summer window, behind Jack Grealish to Manchester City, Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea, and Jadon Sancho to Manchester United. Four of last summer’s top five most expensive deals were made by Premier League clubs, and that English financial dominance has carried over....

On the eve of Manning’s expected announcement that he will retire from the NFL, the Patriots coach took some time to reflect on the end of an era in which the two gridiron masterminds accounted for more than a few memorable moments. MORE: Peyton Manning’s 18 career milestones | How to watch Manning’s retirement announcement “It is with great admiration that I congratulate Peyton Manning for his tremendous career in the National Football League," Belichick told ESPN....

Just half of the Democrats hoping to nab a seat in the Oval Office next year have qualified for the September debate, but the 10 who didn’t are still clinging on to hope that they’ll be able to take the stage in October. At a press conference Wednesday, de Blasio said that it would be “really tough to conceive” that he would continue his run if he did not qualify for two debates in a row....

When the Buffalo Bills drafted the East Carolina wide receiver with the 37th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, Jones was sporting an interesting t-shirt. Jones wore a shirt that had seven white Ford broncos chasing a single police car, the reverse of the iconic picture captured during former Buffalo Bills running back OJ Simpson’s famous police chase in California in 1994. Strange concept. Jones could be just goofing around, but maybe the shirt design has a deeper social message?...

Donovan had to pay back $500,000 to Florida, which in part “compensates (University Athletic) association for its costs and expenses associated with Coach’s termination of the agreement, including, without limitation, those associated with terminating assistant coaches without cause,” according to his contract terms. Anthony Grant is going from Florida to Oklahoma City with Donovan, while Rashon Burno is going to Nebraska and John Pelphrey is yet to find a new gig....

Billy Gunn has been with AEW since 2019. Initially, the legend was hired as a coach and was mainly relegated to backstage appearances. Gunn would then form The Gunn Club with his two sons, Austin and Colten. The trio have since appeared on Dynamite and Rampage, revitalizing the veteran’s career. During her appearance on AEW Unrestricted, Gonzalez had resounding praise to share for the WWE Hall of Famer. Dasha also spoke about the moment Billy Gunn contacted her and offered her an opportunity to join AEW....

To U.S. investigators probing the deadly blast, Bin Laden’s musings are no flight of poetic fancy. Since the attack last fall, the FBI has strongly suspected Bin Laden’s involvement. For years he has railed against the presence of American forces in the Persian Gulf. And the FBI believes several of the suspects detained by Yemeni authorities shortly after the attack belong to Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda organization. Though connecting the evidence directly to Bin Laden has always been difficult, FBI documents obtained by NEWSWEEK suggest the Feds may be close....

Biomutant is a very ambitious new IP, and it combines tons of cool features from popular games and different genres into one big radiation-ridden cauldron, with the end result being a fantastic action RPG. The sandbox for Biomutant is huge, and this open-world RPG is filled with mutant furry creatures sporting mechanical limbs, toothbrush swords, bio-contamination weapons held together by loose bolts, multiple gadgets that unlock flight or other abilities, among other equipment....

One of the biggest plot developments that threw players a curveball was a plot twist during the climax. Atlas, seemingly the one voice of reason in a world gone mad and the one person concerned for Jack’s safety, has been playing him from the start. Turns out “Atlas” was in fact an alter-ego developed by one Frank Fontaine, a crooked con artist without the slightest shred of human empathy (though he is very good at faking it)....

Biden made his comments during an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. The interview, broadcast Wednesday night, was Biden’s first since the Islamic extremist militant group seized control of Afghanistan. Stephanopoulos pointed out that in July, Biden said a Taliban takeover was highly unlikely. “Was the intelligence wrong or did you downplay it?” Stephanopoulos asked Biden. Biden replied, “I think there was no consensus. You go back and look at the intelligence reports....

“Joe Biden wants to impose the highest capital gains tax rate since the Jimmy Carter era known for its economic stagnation,” according to a press release from the group. “Biden wants to take the current capital gains tax rate of 20 percent and double it to 39.6 percent. That’s the highest rate since 1977, when the highest possible capital gains rate was 39.875 percent.” Americans for Tax Reform offered several different examples of Biden suggesting that he wants to increase the capital gains tax, in a video posted by the organization on YouTube....

If it’s going to take hold for Bielema at Arkansas, it’s going to take hold this weekend against Texas Tech. “This is where our plan overall as a program kicks in,” Bielema said. Heaven help the rest of the SEC if it does. Here’s what makes this whole Bielema experiment at Arkansas and the SEC so intriguing: He’s the perfect coach for the brash, loud and proud conference. When his team is on, there’s no more spectacularly obnoxious winner in the game....

MORE: SN’s power rankings | 10 teams making playoff push early The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled it wouldn’t accept Northwestern University football players seeking to form a union. “I’m glad the unionization process has cooled for right now,” Bowlsby said (via USA Today). “But the fact is — and it probably will be in the sport of men’s basketball — there will be a day in the future when the popcorn is popped, the TV cameras are there, the fans are in the stands and the team decides they’re not going to play....

From lost cause, the 11th hour save, to an uneasy marriage of 10, to an iron-clad Grant of Rights, to not being bullied back into a championship game, to staying at 10 teams, thank you, to, inevitably, a weaker non-conference schedule. It’s simple math. When you go from four non-con games to three, the eventual loser isn’t the teams. It’s the fans. Frankly, with the depth of the Big 12, every team needs wins....

Yet this double response–horror at atrocity, amused contempt for stupidity and Dickensian rascality–is appropriate. Orwell, still the sanest observer of the totalitarian mind, would have relished this book; his nightmare regime in ““1984’’ knew ““day-to-day falsification of the past . . . is as necessary . . . as the work of repression and espionage.’’ And he would have understood why these faked photos look so shamelessly bogus: they express contempt for the ignorant masses while warning sophisticates that the regime will stop at nothing....

In case you didn’t know… Last night at a House of Hardcore event, Big Cass suffered a seizure. Cass was supposed to appear during the second half of the show but had his seizure during intermission. According to Bill Pritchard of WrestleZone, the former WWE star was hospitalized after the incident. Tommy Dreamer asked the fans and crew in the back to say a prayer for him, and also stated that this wasn’t a “drug-related episode....

The conference-only schedule begins Sept. 3 and concludes with the Big Ten championship game Dec. 5. Each Big Ten team will have two bye weeks built into the schedule to account for possible changes because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. MORE: Notable college football players opting out in 2020 The most noticeable item? Michigan will play at Ohio State on Oct. 24 — the eighth week of the proposed schedule....

Damien Sandow had some issues with United Airlines and decided to air his grievances on Twitter, as seen in these tweets: In this WWE Tough Enough digital extra, Renee Young talks to GiGi, who was eleiminated from the contest this week about her elimination and what’s next. 0 votes

However, repairing a truck frame comes with its own set of challenges, and these are best handled by an experienced auto body repair shop instead of on your own. What Causes Truck Frame Damage? Frame damage to a truck can be caused by a variety of incidents, but the most common is a collision or accident. If the truck strikes another vehicle or an object, the shock and force of the collision will be transferred through the body of the truck, including the frame....