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Miami’s punter and place kicker used pre-cooled footballs to prepare for the frigid temperatures in Pittsburgh, according to the Associated Press. The reasoning is because the footballs become harder when its colder, and the air pressure in them fall. That means the balls can’t be kicked as far. “They definitely become hard in the colder weather,” special-teams coordinator Darren Rizzi said. “But there’s only so much you can do in this kind of weather to practice....

The Jaguars’ youth movement is in full force, led by QB Gardner Minshew, undrafted rookie running back James Robinson and young first-round pass rusher Josh Allen. The Dolphins are headed in that direction, but are still keeping rookie first-round QB Tua Tagovailoa on the bench in favor of veteran bridge Ryan Fitzpatrick. Here’s how Sporting News sees the less-than-marquee matchup of two rebuilding Sunshine State teams playing out, including the betting information you need to know:...

These are two of the NFL’s surprise and feel-good stories of the first half of the regular season. The Lions (6-2 SU and 4-4 ATS) haven’t won a division title since 1993, but they are in the lead in the NFC North at the half-mile pole, one game ahead of Green Bay. The Dolphins (5-3 SU and ATS) have made their presence felt, too. At the moment, they are the foremost challengers to AFC East leader New England, for the Dolphins knocked off the Patriots (6-2) in Week 1....

The CNN host addressed Carlson’s comments on Tuesday, where he branded the Fox News talisman as having shown “ignorance.” Lemon said: “I just want to fill you in on something that is going on at the Fox propaganda network. I don’t usually respond to these things. I don’t like to punch down and I’d rather focus on issues on this show that are important to you, other than someone taking potshots at me....

Bayern edged past Leipzig on penalties after their DFB-Pokal tie in midweek finished 1-1. Bayern 6/4 to win to nil Leipzig director of football Ralf Rangnick sparked controversy by trying to confront Felix Zwayer after the referee blew for half-time, brandishing his mobile phone to show a replay of an incident in which his team were denied a penalty. Head coach Ralph Hasenhuttl criticised Rangnick’s antics but went on to accuse Zwayer of exhibiting “double standards” during the match....

The initial unanimity of the March 2020 sports cancelations has, in the age of omicron, ceased to exist. The National Hockey League, for instance, announced earlier this week a pause to its season. The NHL is nominally set to resume play on Monday, December 27, but it is difficult to see what could change on the ground between now and then. The NHL also announced that, due to the omicron surge, it would not be sending its athletes to Beijing in February to compete in Xi Jinping’s Winter Olympic Games....

North Korea, whose young ruler set the year-end deadline for a deal back in April, has been noticeably running out of patience as state media broadcast increasingly stern warnings against moves viewed as provocative on the U.S.’ part. After Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the international community to enforce sanctions in response to North Korea’s nuclear and conventional weapons program at Tuesday’s United Nations Security Council meeting, Pyongyang hit back with what may be its most serious retort yet....

In a statement, Trump said that he will be backing Gruters, a state senator and outgoing Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, as he attempts to replace current party treasurer Ron Kaufman in the January 27 vote. Gruters, who was the Florida State Chair of Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign, had previously received Trump’s endorsement when he ran for reelection as Florida state senator. Trump praised Gruters for helping him win the state of Florida in 2016, as well as 2020....

For all the drama Trump brought to international relations, top ministers from Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania all told Newsweek that the 72-year-old alliance is growing in strength, even as its members are split on how to respond to challenges new and old. “There was sometimes very harsh rhetoric on both sides,” recalled Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics in an interview with Newsweek. “I think that even at the very critical moments, there was a kind of understanding that NATO is relevant....

Former President Donald Trump said his Mar-a-Lago resort was raided by “a large group of FBI agents” on Monday night. Trump said the raid was hatched by “Radical Left Democrats” who are seeking to prevent him running for president in 2024. Prominent Republicans were quick to slam the FBI and DOJ, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis calling it “another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents....

The former president made the remarks while delivering what was billed as a “Christmas greeting” at the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday while he was in town for the final stop on “The History Tour” with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. But he went off-topic, discussing issues ranging from the country’s “embarrassing” withdrawal from Afghanistan to inflation. “I have to just start by wishing everybody a very, very merry Christmas,” Trump said, about a third of the way into his 10-minute address....

The New York Post published a scathing editorial on Tuesday that accused the former president of “egomania” and called on the GOP to focus on President Joe Biden’s “disasters” instead. Trump responded to the Post’s editorial on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday and complained that his “favorite newspaper” had now turned against him, while criticizing the editorial for what it left out. The Post said that the Mar-a-Lago raid had put Trump back in the news but that’s “a problem for Republicans, who need to move beyond him....

Kirschner shared a video on YouTube on Friday offering his analysis of the committee’s report and what it could mean for Trump, whom Kirschner describes as trying to “unconstitutionally retain the power of the presidency.” He argued that the contents of the committee’s report meant there was enough evidence to prosecute the former president. The former prosecutor outlined what he described as a “pressure campaign” that Trump had conducted against the Department of Justice (DOJ), state legislators, former Vice President Mike Pence and his own supporters....

During a Thursday interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, DeSantis called such precautions “the most significant threat to freedom” in his lifetime and likened them to the Berlin Wall. “They are basically saying that we are all just subservient to medical authoritarianism, whatever they think needs to be done,” said the governor. “We have to submit to it. That is, it’s probably, Tucker, the most significant threat to freedom in my lifetime certainly since the fall the Berlin Wall because taken to this illogical conclusion, you end up with Australia where they are forcing lockdowns at the point of bayonet....

While the title of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness alone indicates the sorcerer will be dealing with alternate worlds in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s uncertain as to how and why the master of the mystic arts finds himself in this situation and who his primary nemesis will be. While fans will likely have more answers after Doctor Strange’s appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home, an adult coloring pad and puzzle being released as a tie-in for the Doctor Strange sequel suggests Shuma-Gorath will serve as an antagonist in the film....

Steven Moffat, who served as showrunner of the series during Smith’s tenure, has a penchant for writing dramatic, often over-the-top speeches, and Smith is equally talented at performing them. As such, many of the Eleventh Doctor’s most iconic moments feature him delivering some form of heroic monologue. Here are just a few of the greatest speeches that the Eleventh Doctor delivered during his time in the TARDIS. RELATED: Doctor Who Casts Millie Gibson As New Companion To Ncuti Gatwa...

One of the most beloved Dalek episodes is the aptly named “Dalek” from Series 1 of the show’s 2005 revival: the story that reintroduced the iconic villains to modern viewers. Penned by writer Robert Shearman, “Dalek” has been praised by fans as not just a perfect showcase of everything that makes the Daleks such great villains, but also a potent character study of the Doctor himself. However, the episode also has a larger history that viewers won’t learn just by watching the TV series — it’s directly based on a much older and more obscure story by the same writer, one that’s arguably even better than its live-action successor....

“Within such a short time, we’ve seen the emergence of several variants of concerns and variants of interest. That’s not unexpected,” Dr. Bali Pulendran, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University, said. The Mu variant, which was first identified in Columbia in January, was labeled as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization on August 30 after early research indicated the strain could be more transmissible and more resistant to vaccines....

Two separate emails were received by Cooper’s staff, one stating that the Ukrainian Embassy and House Foreign Affairs Committee were asking about security assistance. The second email said, “The Hill knows about the FMF [Foreign Military Financing] situation to an extent, as so does the Ukranian embassy.” These emails were unclassified, but provided additional information to Cooper’s testimony that was not included in her previous deposition. “What was going on with Ukrainian security assistance?...