After hooking his drive left into the trees, Kirk had an small opening toward the green. His ball came to rest just off the back edge of the putting surface, setting up a nervy chip shot down the slope. He then checked up his awkward chip short of his intended landing spot and it came to rest about eight feet from the hole. MORE: Enormous sinkhole forms on Missouri golf course | Rory misses cut on European Tour...

In a surprising move, Chris Mullin will down as the head coach of St. John’s, per Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. The news broke shortly before the start of the national championship game between Virginia and Texas Tech. St. John’s has yet to officially confirm the report. MORE: SN’s way-too-early top 25 for 2019-20 Mullin, a former All-American with the Red Storm as a player, was hired to lead the program in 2015 without any previous head coaching experience....

Smith has faced backlash after he bounded onto the stage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre and slapped Chris Rock in retaliation for a joke that the comedian made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The screen star later apologized to his fellow nominees and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as he accepted his Best Actor prize for King Richard. On Monday, he took to Instagram to apologize to Chris Rock....

Asked if Sale would pitch again this year, Dombrowski said Saturday, “I don’t know one way or another at this point. “We’re in a situation where I don’t know where it’s really going to take us at this point.'' According to the Boston Globe, Sale is scheduled to visit Dr. James Andrews in Florida Monday to have his left elbow examined. Sale, 30, has put up some very good numbers this year striking out 218 batters in 147 1/3 innings of work with a 1....

Letters From Christopher: The Tragic Confessions of the Watts Family Murders was written by Cheryln Cadle and published in September 2019. Though Cadle is the primary author, she corresponded with Watts in prison about his crimes (hence the “letters” part in the title) in order to publish the book. The book apparently details the night in August 2018 that Watts murdered his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, as well as his two young daughters: 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste....

The real estate agent is going through a very public divorce as details of how she was “blindsided” by the filing by the This Is Us actor are explored on the show. Now Hartley’s first ex-wife Lindsay Korman has jumped to her former husband’s defense—while Stause has shared a message about women supporting each other. Taking to Instagram, the soap-opera actress wrote: “In a day when social media should be used for positivity … an inspiration towards movement in an honest and deserving way, I’d like to join, by highlighting my appreciation for my family....

ROMO HYPES DARNOLD: CBS analyst sees success for Jets rookie He’s on his third, and probably last, team of 2018, the Super Bowl champion Eagles. On Thursday, he had a chance to exact preseason revenge against Gang Green. Instead, he did this . . . . . . and this . . . . . . and this. In short, he gave Jets fans one final chance to make jokes about him....

The prominent Christian leader previously served as the chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom from June 2019 to June 2020 under former President Donald Trump. The Southern Poverty Law Center describes Perkins’ organization, the Family Research Council, as “an anti-LGBT hate group,” noting that the Christian leader has taken it in “in a harder anti-LGBT direction, using it to publish false propaganda about that community and contending that gay rights advocates intend to round up Christians in ‘boxcars....

Christian Matthew Manley, 26, originally from Alabama, was arrested in Alaska on Friday on charges related to the riots at the Capitol, the Anchorage Daily News reported. He now faces seven charges including assaulting police officers, disorderly conduct and engaging in violence in a restricted building, during the assault on the Capitol. A criminal complaint, shared by an FBI officer in Alabama on October 5, said in August officers interviewed a relative of Manley who said he had discussed going to the January 6 rally a month before it took place....

These procedures treat certain types of diseases and cancer, especially cancer the involves the blood cells. Types of Graft-Versus-Host Disease Graft-versus-host disease can be acute or chronic. These are distinguished based on how long it takes for symptoms to occur after the transplant: Acute graft-versus-host disease occurs within 100 days of the transplant. Chronic graft-versus-host disease is defined as occurring at least 100 days after the transplant. There is also an overlap syndrome in which people can develop both acute and chronic forms of graft-versus-host disease....

Toyota’s relentless rise is leading to a historic changing of the guard in Motown. Analysts say Toyota will inevitably displace Chrysler from the Big Three permanently (though Chrysler is likely to hold on to the No. 3 slot for this year). And it could get worse. Chrysler “might fall to No. 5 or No. 6 or nothing,” says veteran industry watcher Maryann Keller. Chrysler’s share of the U.S. auto market is in free fall, slipping to 11....

In 2019, Norris hosted a 5K run in Texas to raise money for one of his charities. As each runner crossed the finish line, they were given a high-five my the man himself. Everyone left with a broken arm, except Norris himself. There was no Norris race in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus tried penetrating his Lone Wolf Ranch in Grimes County, Texas, but now the virus is in retreat....

Schumer is the senior senator from New York, one of the states hardest hit by the virus. Both New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo repeatedly asked for medical equipment and funding as the virus spread through the state, including a request for upwards of 30,000 ventilators. In his letter, Schumer suggested “a data-driven, organized and robust plan from the federal government” was the only to resolve the difficulty states have reported in obtaining medical equipment....

One crucial document they’ll surely want to examine: a memo written after the meeting between Goss and Negroponte, which records that Negroponte strongly advised against destroying the tapes, according to two people close to the investigation, who asked for anonymity when discussing a sensitive matter. The memo is so far the only known documentation that a senior intel official warned that the tapes should not be destroyed. Spokespeople for the CIA and the intel czar’s office declined to comment, citing ongoing investigations....

Brennaman has been worked for FOX Sports as an announcer since 1994. He is currently in his 14th season as a commentator and announcer for the Reds. Brennaman’s father, Marty Brennaman, had been the broadcast voice of the Reds from 1974 to 2019. Thom Brennaman was in the midst of calling a double header between the Reds and the Kansas City Royals when he allegedly uttered the slur. “One of the [expletive] capitals of the world,” Brennaman said before going on to introduce the pre-game show....

The Washington wideout is leaving under his own terms after dealing with a personal battle. He opened up about his mental health in a lengthy Twitter post Sunday night. He discussed his problems with depression, anxiety and general unhappiness with how his life was unfolding. MORE: SN Preseason Top 25 | Bowl projections “I missed spring practice because I was checked in the hospital. I was in a special program for people like me, that taught me how to cope with my problems and what to do when I hit my lowest of lows,” he writes....

The claim this time is that Justice Thomas improperly voted on a January 19, 2022, case. That suit was brought by former president Donald Trump to block the disclosure of his communications with top staff and lawyers at the time of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. According to critics, Justice Thomas should have recused himself from the case because his wife, Virginia Thomas, had sent text messages urging Trump appointees to challenge the election results....

Sidelined for years, with a market share tumbling from marginal to microscopic, classical music is enjoying a widespread renaissance. The Savoy is just the latest sign. In Britain, sales of classical CDs were up 8 percent last year, against a global downturn of more than 7 percent for all musical genres. Best-selling albums like Hayley Westenra’s “Pure,” and “Bryn” by opera heavyweight Bryn Terfel, made it onto the pop top-10 lists....

During halftime of Clemson’s game against Kent. State, the Tigers band decided to have some fun with last year’s game vs. the Buckeyes. As you might remember, No. 2 Clemson won 31-0 over No. 3 Ohio State in a fairly surprising beatdown. That savage beating was then brought back Saturday. If these two teams meet again this season, expect the Buckeyes to use this as bulletin board material.

So which team’s title drought is on the clock now? Just look at the school whose last championship came the year before Clemson won it all: Georgia, your drought is in focus now. MORE: How every team since 2000 has fared after winning title Twenty schools have a won a national title since Vince Dooley led the Bulldogs to their 12-0, national championship season in 1980 (with the help of a freshman sensation named Herschel Walker)....