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Anik has recently completed eight years as the lead UFC voice on PPV and ESPN transmissions and is the man typically partnering Joe Rogan on the mic. However, the fans are not too sure about Cruz having another chance behind the microphone. Since Anik announced he and Felder would be joined by Cruz’s presence, social media is having different reactions regarding the former UFC bantamweight champion. On Reddit, it is not hard to find threads criticizing Cruz’s comments....

He’ll deny it. He has denied it. But in the last month or so, the Colorado governor’s publicity people have been busy. Polis has written an op-ed in the Washington Post defending charter schools. Libertarian journalist Nick Gillespie recorded a glowing podcast profile for Reason. There was a holiday weekend puff piece in The Hill. And this Monday, the Wall Street Journal praised Polis for standing up to the climate lobby....

Dominic Stricker’s rapid rise on the ITF tour has given many Swiss hope of a new player to root for after Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka retire. The 18-year-old recently asserted his status as one of the brightest prospects in men’s tennis by winning the boys’ singles and doubles trophies at the 2020 French Open. In doing so, Stricker became the first Swiss since Roger Federer himself to win both the junior events at the same Slam....

Yevgeny Khruschev is among those looking back. A former psychological operations officer in the Soviet Army, he served in Afghanistan’s Paktia Province from 1982 to 1984. Five years after he left the country, the Soviets made their final withdrawal-defeated, and with a depleted economy that helped touch off the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. Khrushchev (no relation to the former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev), is now deputy chairman for international affairs of the Afghan Veterans’ Union....

And with the release of Don’t Starve Together, players would now be able to join forces with their friends and see how far they can survive the wilds. But, Don’t Starve Together features more survival mechanics than its predecessor, so players will need to learn what to do if they want to survive. One crucial feature is managing Hunger which is why players will need to know which food source is best to use while surviving the unforgiving land of the wilds....

Waugh spoke in reference to India coach Shastri’s comments that this is “the best Indian side in the last 15 years”. “Look I have played against some great Indian sides and I am not sure that the current side is better than the ones we played against,” Waugh told ESPN Cricinfo in an interview. He understood that Shastri wanted to boost the morale of his team but he felt that sweeping comments could have been avoided....

Lawyers for Sterling asked the Second District Court of Appeals to stay a probate judge’s ruling that cleared the way for the sale. They said the judge prematurely finalized his ruling so the sale can be completed without a chance to appeal. MORE: In wake of Donald Sterling, does sports world really need Donald Trump? Sterling’s lawyers said in their request for a writ of mandate that if the sale goes through, “Donald will have lost a unique and irretrievable asset: a ’trophy asset’ coveted by high net worth individuals around the world — one of thirty NBA franchises in the country, and one that under Donald’s thirty-year ownership has recently become one of the most successful....

Talks over stimulus had been ongoing but Trump on Tuesday said he had told his representatives to “stop negotiating” and that instead he would aim to pass another bill if he were to win the election. “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business,” Trump said in one of a series of tweets....

Mac Daddy Santa, in case you haven’t seen, is Woods posing Thursday as a shirtless Santa that went viral on Twitter. No word on how well Trump, reportedly a low single-digit handicap, or Woods played. Woods is no stranger to presidential golf outings. He played a round with President Obama three years ago in Panama City, Fla.

ABC News reported Friday night that Trump spoke by phone with the former MLB slugger from the Oval Office and asked for ideas on dealing with the emergency. Rodriguez, a source told the network, will not be part of any official effort to combat the pandemic. Neither will his fiancee, singer/actress Jennifer Lopez. The source also said the call was “pleasant,” which is a surprise to many people who remember how Trump repeatedly ripped Rodriguez on Twitter as the former Yankees infielder struggled in the 2012 AL playoffs and then got entangled in the Biogenesis scandal....

“It’s Mitch McConnell’s fault. Spending money to defeat great Republican candidates instead of backing Blake Masters and others was a big mistake. Giving 4 Trillion Dollars to the Radical Left for the Green New Deal, not Infrastructure, was an even bigger mistake. He blew the Midterms, and everyone despises him and his otherwise lovely wife, Coco Chow!” Trump said on his social media platform, Truth Social. Democrats achieved major gains in some states over the past week, while Trump-endorsed Republican candidates were left with losses that the GOP found disappointing as they were positioning themselves for a Senate majority....

In a new poll from the Pew Research Center, 83 percent of participants said they have no confidence in Trump on world affairs. Only 16 percent said they had confidence in him to do the right thing when it comes to international relationships. Out of the six leaders included in the survey, Trump received the lowest score, followed by Xi, with 78 percent of participants expressing no confidence in him on world affairs, and Putin, with 73 percent....

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was delivered in a very tense and sharply divided partisan atmosphere on Tuesday. Republicans could be heard shouting “four more years” at one point, while Democrats sat silently or shook their heads in disagreement. Trump spurned Pelosi’s offer of a handshake at the beginning of the speech and she tore her copy of his speech at the conclusion. The tweet from the president’s eldest son echoed a number of other social media posts by conservatives blasting Pelosi, including the initial response by the White House....

The eldest son of former President Donald Trump taunted Cheney over her removal as the GOP’s No. 3 in the House, adding that if she involved herself in midterm races it would be “the first time she became active in anything.” He also called on the caucus to oust “CNN and MSDNC Republicans” next. House Republicans booted Cheney, a vocal critic of the former president, from her role as conference chair in Wednesday’s caucus vote....

McDaniel, who Trump had backed in 2017 after she helped deliver him Michigan during the presidential election the previous year, has not yet formally announced plans to seek a third term in the post. Trump tweeted on Wednesday: “I am pleased to announce that I have given my full support and endorsement to Ronna McDaniel to continue heading the Republican National Committee (RNC). With 72 MILLION votes, we received more votes than any sitting President in U....

“I’m not stupid,” Carroll said regarding sleeping with the gun, in a two-hour sit-down interview with the Guardian at her cabin in upstate New York. Carroll, a journalist and advice columnist, alleged last month that Trump raped her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in the 1990s in Manhattan. They are the most serious sexual assault allegations against the president to date. Carroll said she has been “forced to stop looking at her social media feeds” and “had bullets loaded into the handgun in her bedroom....

Speaking to Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network, Trump baselessly claimed that he had won the election against President Joe Biden, and said that Limbaugh also believed he had secured a second term in the White House. The radio host died from advanced lung cancer on Wednesday at the age of 70. His fourth wife, Kathryn Limbaugh, announced his death on his radio show, which was credited with influencing a generation of right-wing broadcasters....

Meta, formerly Facebook Inc., which also owns Instagram, is set to decide whether to let the former president back on its platforms after Trump was suspended in the wake of the January 6 attack. Trump was initially suspended on January 7, 2021, for at least two weeks after praising the Capitol rioters in a Facebook video and telling them, “We love you, you’re very special,” before asking them to go home....

Team medical director Dr. Timothy Kremchek said Chapman could begin throwing off a mound in six to eight weeks, a timetable that could get him back in games in late May. The left-hander with a fastball that has reached 105 mph could start exercising and throwing on flat ground in a couple of weeks, Kremchek said. The doctor called Chapman "a very lucky guy." A metal plate was inserted in the bone above Chapman's left eyebrow, with perhaps a bone graft as well, and will remain there permanently....

It’s a scene playing out in stores across the country—and it may change the way Americans think about health care. Seeking treatment for a bladder infection at the same place you buy dinner may feel strange (and if it doesn’t, wait until you’re asked to produce a urine sample not far from the produce aisle). But by offering patients quicker, cheaper alternatives to doctors, so-called convenience-care clinics—staffed by nurse practitioners who offer low-cost treatment for easy-to-diagnose conditions—are spreading faster than a cold in a kindergarten....