The report, citing unidentified sources, said Smith will have the procedure done Thursday to repair a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee. MORE: 2016 NFL mock draft | ND’s Fuller declares for Draft | Prosise too Smith had declared his intention to leave Notre Dame to enter the NFL Draft, but that plan could be in jeopardy, although the report said he’s still plans to apply for draft eligibility....
Brandon Wimbush and Ian Book helped Notre Dame to a 10-3 season in 2017, capped with a Citrus Bowl victory against LSU. The Irish have a top-10 ranking in Sporting News’ way-too-early top 25 poll as well, making the competition between Wimbush and Book more heated this spring than last season, when the former was the undisputed starter. MORE: Notre Dame 2018 lookahead What should we expect at Notre Dame?...
Everyone has a track record. Tommy Rees does, too. What makes anyone at Notre Dame think this time around will be any different from the previous three maddeningly inconsistent seasons? MORE: New Irish uniforms | New Shamrock cleats, too | ND gauntlet mishap “He has the power now,” says Notre Dame wideout T.J. Jones. Which is to say, Notre Dame needs Tommy Rees more than Rees needs Notre Dame. And after three years of the other way around, that might not be such a bad thing....
Steve Cooper has been heavily backed in the transfer market by owner Evangelos Marinakis as the Welsh boss looks to plot a path to safety this season. As part of a major overhaul of his squad, Cooper has spent around £146m ($168.6m), the fifth-highest amount by Premier League club this summer. Only Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United have spent more than Forest, who set a British record of 21 signings in a single window....
The world No. 1 made it three wins in as many Melbourne Park finals against Murray with a 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-0 victory on Sunday. MORE: Funny faces from the Aussie Open | Serena tops Sharapova for women’s title A mixture of class, remarkable defense and clever play contributed to Djokovic’s fifth Australian Open title. Murray more than matched Djokovic for large parts, but he failed to capitalize when the Serbian was — or at least looked — at his most vulnerable....
The stat Pogba won’t want you to see The Ivory Coast international this month made his comeback after a seven-week spell out of action due to knee ligament damage and featured from the start at Selhurst Park. Bailly was forced off early in the second half, though, fuelling speculation he could be set for another lengthy period on the sidelines. Manager Jose Mourinho assured it was not a recurrence of his previous injury and the centre-back has dismissed suggestions his latest issue will keep him out of action long term....
He’s got a new contract. He’s got his son Nick, who was helping out in San Antonio, working in the Warriors’ video room now. He’s leading a team that has won three of the last four NBA championships and is the overwhelming favorite to win it again this season. Staying happy will be the challenge for Kerr and the Warriors this season, when Western Conference rivals resume their attempts to take down the champs....
That’s much easier to do these days. The quest for youth–or, at least, the appearance of it–is ages old. But the range of nonsurgical, anti-aging options has soared in recent years. Most women are wary of going under the knife in their 30s and 40s, but they’ll undergo a temporary treatment that can smooth their skin in one lunch break. Less costly and more convenient than surgery, cosmetic injectables, IPL therapy and other wrinkle remedies are booming as more and more women incorporate them into their beauty-maintenance routines....
Arizona lost its first game of the season Saturday night. That was the least of its problems. LOSTLETTERMEN: Cal fan rushing court finds time for selfie “We might have lost Brandon Ashley for the year,” coach Sean Miller said on his radio show following a 60-58 defeat at California. “Certainly it’s a blow to us.” Miller said “there’s a really good chance” Ashley broke his foot when he landed wrong on a jump in the first half....
Nokia’s 1 series serves as the brand’s most modestly-specced but also impressively low-cost Android smartphone range and the 1.4 doesn’t do anything to subvert expectations here. The phone runs on Android Go (as did its predecessors) – the stripped back version of Android designed to run on more modest hardware. Speaking of hardware, the 1.4’s heart – a Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 chip – remains unchanged from last year’s Nokia 1....
When is the Nokia 2 release date? Nokia announced the new budget Android phone on 31 October 2017, which will go on sale in the UK on 26 February 2018. How much will the Nokia 2 cost in the UK? The global retail price is €99, and the UK price is set at £99. What are the new features and specifications? The surprise in this sub-£100 phone’s spec is that you get a bit less than we were expecting: rather than 16GB of storage and 2GB of RAM you get just half that, although there is microSD expansion up to 128GB....
It’s got similar specs to handsets like the Sony Xperia XZ1 and HTC U11 which cost £599 and £649 respectively. Other phones like the Galaxy S8 are even more expensive. That’s not to say the Nokia 8 is the bargain of the century with no rivals. In fact, the impressive OnePlus 5 is £449 and the Honor 9 is an astounding £379 so it’s not a done deal. Nokia 8 design and build It’s becoming increasingly difficult to make the design of a smartphone something new and interesting....
Last November, McCready lost to Republican challenger Mark Harris but Harris was never sworn into office. That’s because he found himself at the center of a ballot-harvesting scandal that forced him to give up the seat he had just won. Now we’re back, with McCready still in the race facing a new Republican challenger. It’s a very close race, and a very expensive one, too. The candidates are polling within a margin of error of each other, and nearly $20 million has been spent to date....
Hal H. Brown Jr., 69, of Asheville, was indicted on counts including securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. Brown is alleged to have convinced multiple victims that a company he purported to control, Oodles Inc., owned 420 pieces of intellectual property worth hundreds of millions of dollars. A criminal complaint filed in federal court alleged that Brown lured unsuspecting clients with claims of valuable relationships with Disney, Paramount and Apple, among other media companies, he said were interested in purchasing the properties owned by Oodles....
Images provided by North Korea showed what they said was a missile being launched from a submarine, CBS Evening News reported. The launch would represent a step forward in the country’s weapons development. Its launch may have been timed to coincide with the arrival of U.S. President Joe Biden’s North Korean envoy to the region. The envoy will reportedly meet with the United States’ East Asian allies to discuss plans to halt North Korea’s nuclear development, according to the aforementioned news program....
Russian and English fans were involved in violent clashes in Marseille last week before and after the two sides met. They are likely to cross paths again with Russia playing Slovakia in Lille on Wednesday and England facing Wales only 40 km (25 miles) away in Lens on Thursday. The regional police chief in Lille said in a statement the sale of alcohol would be banned from Tuesday evening until Friday morning and bars in the city centre would be closed from midnight Wednesday until Thursday evening....
In its appeal, Northwestern wrote: “In this unprecedented decision, the Regional Director set out to alter the underlying premise upon which collegiate varsity sports is based. By finding that Northwestern University’s football program is a commercial enterprise and that its football scholarship student-athletes are ‘employees’ within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (‘Act’), the Regional Director ignored the evidence of Northwestern’s primary commitment to the education of all its student-athletes, evidence that fully supports that its student-athletes are primarily students, and not employees....
Video games also have clearly defined console generations that are representative of the technological advances that were seen during that time. Everyone that has grown up playing console games will now relate previous generations to previous stages of their life, from the console they played as a teenager, to the console that first fascinated them with games as a child. RELATED: PlayStation Fan Shares Neat PS1 Blueprint Art The original PlayStation first released in 1995, which means the people that were first exposed to it as young children are now currently in their 20s or 30s....
The reigning Bundesliga champions scored four goals in the final half-hour of Sunday’s match to climb into second place, four points behind RB Leipzig. Thomas Muller opened the scoring and Robert Lewandowski added a second from the penalty spot to pave the way for an ultimately emphatic win. Thiago Alcantara and Ivan Perisic were also on target as Bayern made it four league wins in a row and back-to-back away victories in the competition for the first time since March....
