That weekend is jam-packed with great football games, beginning two nights earlier on the first Thursday. Yeah, there’s football on Week 0, but the season really kicks into game on the weekend of Sept. 1. MORE: SN’s preseason top 25 And with college football — particularly in the first week of the season — comes overreactions. That said, here are 50 tweets we guarantee you’ll see on that opening weekend....
The loss had far more serious implications than ending one of college football’s most impressive records, as the Crimson Tide fell from No.3 to No.5 in the College Football Playoff rankings. It’s the first time Alabama hasn’t been in the top four since November 28, 2017, and it now faces the concrete possibility of missing out on the CFP for the first time since its inception in 2014. None of Alabama’s eight wins this season have come against a ranked opponent and it has only one such game remaining on the schedule, against No....
Among the speculation and rumors, some users and outlets suggested that Evolve, a property picked up by 2K Games after the THQ bankruptcy for a hefty $10.8 million. Those pundits were correct. The big price tag for the new IP stems from the game’s pedigree with its developers having previously created Left 4 Dead. Evolve is another co-op shooter, but with an alien theme so it’s an easy success story for whoever owned it, and it’s hype train begins now....
Produced by the Center for Global Development, a policy and research group in Washington that examines how the actions of wealthy nations affect the poor in developing countries, it is a treasure-trove of data that shows just what the world is up against when it comes to controlling CO2 emissions. The data reflect information that is publicly available from agencies such as Environment Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as well as calculations of CO2 emissions based on the kind of generators, fuel, efficiency and other specs at power plants....
Before starring in the Blue Beetle film, Maridueña was an accomplished television actor, with significant roles in Parenthood and Cobra Kai as well as a role as the DJ “King Tech” in Wu-Tang: An American Saga. Maridueña has also appeared as a voice actor in multiple animated series including Fast & Furious Spy Racers, Victor and Valentino, and Peacock’s Cleopatra in Space. Despite an acting career spanning almost a decade, DC’s Blue Beetle will merely be Maridueña’s second feature film appearance after debuting with a minor role in the 2013 indie comedy Dealin’ with Idiots....
COD Mobile brings new Legendary weapons each season along with various Epic Operators through the introduction of various lucky draws. These lucky draws can cost thousands of COD Points, highlighting just how premium a Legendary Weapon is. Following in the same fashion as COD Mobile Season 3: Tokyo Escape, the devs are expected to introduce similar weapons via lucky draws. Two of these lucky draws have already made their way into the game....
Warzone players might want to explore the C58 as a primary weapon. While it lacks the high fire rate like other weapons in the same category, it is still a decent weapon that can compete against majority of the Modern Warfare and Cold War weapons in Warzone. To get the C58, players need to grind out the Battle Pass to level fifteen to unlock it for free. Purchasing the Battle Pass gives players a fair headstart, and that might be enough to unlock the weapon if players want to get their hands on it without the time consuming grind....
For most players out there, the first week or two will be spent experimenting with weapon rebalancing changes to figure out which guns are in meta and which aren’t. To this effect, this article lists five preliminary candidates for a competitive loadout in COD Warzone Season 3. Note: Loadouts listed below are based on a combination of statistics and personal preferences. Choices for the “best” loadouts will vary from player to player....
London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe on Saturday called for more sustained exposure to Olympic and Paralympic sports between now and the next Games in 2016, hitting out at the dominance of football. The former two-time Olympic 1,500m champion praised media coverage of both Games in the British capital, particularly the Paralympics, which has been covered almost to the same extent by domestic newspapers and broadcasters. But he said he was concerned that football once again dominated the headlines on the eve of the final day of competition at the Paralympics, after England beat Moldova 5-0 in their first 2014 World Cup qualifier in Chisinau on Friday....
First flown nearly seven decades ago in 1952, the B-52 Stratofortress has been in continuous service with the U.S. Air Force since 1955. The heavy bomber pioneered the aerial leg of the U.S. military’s nuclear triad of air, land and sea delivery systems, and it’s set to receive some refurbishments to keep it operational until at least the middle of this century. That extension will give it a roughly 100-year run in the skies with a seemingly ever-evolving capacity....
The outpouring of support for Ukrainian refugees has been eager, but impromptu — as has been the shelter trying to keep up with a growing refugee population. After temperatures remained above average in eastern Poland and western Ukraine through most of February, they dropped below average in early March. Snowfall totals were fairly light, according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Randy Adkins, and with temperatures rising above freezing in most locations during the afternoon, there wasn’t much accumulation....
Colestipol works by binding bile acids in the intestines to prevent their absorption from the small intestine. This causes the liver to convert cholesterol into bile acid, lowering cholesterol levels in the body. Colestid is a prescription medicine available as tablets and granules to take by mouth. What Is Colestid Used For? Colestid is used along with a proper diet to reduce LDL cholesterol levels in the blood. This reduction in bad cholesterol helps decrease the risk of strokes and heart attacks....
Farrell underwent a radical transformation for his role in The Batman, providing the second live-action portrayal of Oswald Cobblepot if one is not counting the first movie version of the character that appeared in 1966’s Batman, starring Adam West. However, unlike other extreme makeovers in Hollywood, Farrell’s was mostly the obtained thanks to the film’s makeup artist and prosthetic designer, Michael Marino, whom Farrell credited by saying “I’ve never had less ownership about a part I played” when referring the Penguin....
For everyone expecting a circus when Kaepernick knelt for the national anthem in a road stadium for the first time this NFL regular season, they got only a few boos, a few birds, but mostly a little more respect from his teammates and fans — with no opposition from the opposition. This time, when “The Star-Spangled Banner” blared at the Panthers’ Bank of America Stadium with the flag draped all over the field, it wasn’t just Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid on their knees....
Punk criticizes WWE on Backstage CM Punk finally made a full-fledged appearance on WWE Backstage last night, complete with an interview with host Renee Young. Punk discussed a variety of topics, including the brand new Universal title, King Corbin’s “The Big Dog” segment on SmackDown, and Seth Rollins’ challenge. Punk also advised Rollins to stop tweeting, claimed that he didn’t like the blue Universal title belt, and referred to the Corbin segment as ‘‘garbage’’....
SI: Your head is in a different place. Your body, too, I’m guessing. How banged up do you get wrestling? CMP: When I stopped wrestling I literally lay in bed for two weeks. In a lot of ways I’m still decompressing for leading that life. I definitely went through a transitional period, probably with some depression mixed in—waking up and not knowing what to do. Normally you’re waking up to catch a plane, in a different zone....
During the exchange, correspondent Rosa Flores also brought up the rapes and kidnappings of migrant women who are seeking asylum. “I’ve interviewed women in Mexico who really just wanted to seek asylum in the United States, but they were expelled under Title 42 back to Mexico,” Flores said in a clip that was tweeted by CNN This Morning on Friday. “And once there, after that, they were kidnapped. They were raped....
Toobin was however critical of the rest of Trump’s defense team’s work today, including Bondi and attorney Eric Hershmann’s condemnation of former Vice President Joe Biden. “I thought Attorney General Bondi did an effective job at showing how sleazy the hiring of Hunter Biden was,” Toobin told Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer Monday. “There is no way to dress that up. He was given a great deal of money for a job he was unqualified for and the only reason he got it is because he was the vice president’s son....
