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The Drive To End Hunger campaign sponsored Gordon’s team for 23 events in 2014. It will sponsor 13 events, including the Daytona 500, in 2015. MORE: National Guard leaving Earnhardt | Allmendinger sponsor | Gibbs appeal | Watkins Glen picks The new Gordon contract was announced two days after the National Guard announced that it would not sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Hendrick team next season. Drive to End Hunger has donated more than 30 million meals since AARP and AARP Foundation launched it in February 2011, which included sponsorship of Gordon....

Ultrasounds can detect changes (such as size or shape) in organs, tissues, or blood vessels, and may also show if there is an abnormal mass present, such as a tumor. The kidneys, liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, spleen, and abdominal blood vessels can all be seen with an abdominal ultrasound. Healthcare providers may use an ultrasound to get a better look at these structures and see if something is happening that could explain a person’s symptoms....

Reassuringly, the percentage of Americans confident about winning an unarmed fight goes down, the larger the animal. Most Americans—72 percent—believe they could beat a rat in a fight, which despite the rodent’s large teeth, could perhaps be feasible. However, some foolhardy people still believe they stand a chance against some of the scariest animals in Animal Kingdom, such as the grizzly bear, and the crocodile. So, are they right? Newsweek asked experts about some of the most fearsome animals on the list, and here is what they said....

The contrast between the two projects could not be clearer. Keystone would link the U.S. with a reliable ally and trading partner, Canada, and would be built by a Canadian company using American workers. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline being built by the Russian state-owned monopoly Gazprom would hand strongman Vladimir Putin a geopolitical weapon. Guess which one President Biden punished? Keystone The Keystone XL pipeline would move crude oil from Canadian oil fields to American refineries....

The two have now rightfully earned their place in Hollywood’s most unlikely friendships, joining the likes of Lauryn Hill and Zach Braff, Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson and Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart. Since their unlikely Twitter exchange, Penn and Cardi’s friendship seems to be going from strength to strength and fans of the YOU star and award-winning rapper cannot get enough. Newsweek has a full look at the timeline of Penn Badgley and Cardi B’s friendship....

It is a war that has been raging for decades in its current form, having mutated from previous centuries, with systematic implementation of long-term strategies hell-bent on achieving its goals. A war for the delegitimization of certain people, belonging to a certain religion, race, country—whatever the variant may be—to exist. A war in which the ends justify the means, including the weaponization of foundational, guiding principles of each generation—currently the rules-based order of international law and human rights—despite (or because of) the danger of their undermining and ultimate demise, to the detriment of those most needing and deserving protection....

CONLON: The Bastille was conceived to make opera available to more people. We are able to sell operas here that you can’t sell [elsewhere], and many are at 100 percent attendance. The Palais Garnier, the 19th-century opera house that was originally meant to be replaced by the Bastille, is also open and full. This shows that Paris was always a city that could house an international opera company. We’ve changed the tradition of the Paris Opera....

Across his prolific discography, Weird Al has thrown pop culture references of all kinds into his beloved parody songs. His spoof of Don McLean’s “American Pie” recaps the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. His spoof of Richard Harris’ “MacArthur Park” recaps the events of Jurassic Park. His spoof of The Presidents of the United States of America’s “Lump” recaps the events of Forrest Gump. And his spoof of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” recaps the events of Sam Raimi’s original 2002 Spider-Man movie (“Sling us a web, you’re the Spider-Man!...

Sargent’s troubles have been mostly posthumous. Critics lambaste him for being insufficiently modern; they also complain that he sucked up to wealthy idlers. But if we’ve learned the main lesson of modern art–it isn’t what you paint, but how you paint it–this Sargent show is a tonic. It’s filled with breathtaking bits of business, like the stroke that articulates a woman’s hand on a fan in ““Mrs. Carl Meyer and Her Children....

He praised the Indian side and felt that they ticked all the boxes except for making use of players like Rishabh Pant, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Basil Thampi. “The other side of the argument is that if India had played a second string side, it would’ve lost, may be, a game more and even that wouldn’t have made a huge difference to the team’s fortunes,” said Aakash. “And to assume that India would’ve lost the series if Yuzvendra Chahal, Rishabh Pant, Basil Thampi and Sanju Samson had played is preposterous, for that would be underestimating the younger brigade and over-estimating the West Indies....

The hashtag was started by a Twitter user on the eve of the anniversary. They wrote: “tomorrow marks 19 years since the passing of aaliyah. as a fandom, tomorrow at 6pm est, lets all change our pfp [profile picture] and header for 24 hours. within those 24 hours, the fandom will share their memories & stories of aaliyah using the tag #Aaliyah19Years on ig [Instagram] & twitter as well as streaming her music some type of way....

Such was 37-year old West’s supremacy today that he won by over seven seconds while recording his fourth win of the season which put him in line for his maiden ARRC title. While West cruised to victory untroubled and unchallenged on his Yamaha, behind him Tomoyoshi Koyoma (MUSASHi Boon Siew Honda), a former MotoGP rider, won a thrilling scrap with fellow-Japanese, the 19-year old Taiga Hada (Idemitsu Honda Racing India), to grab the second spot....

That connection helped No. 4 Michigan State avoid a letdown in a 35-21 victory against Air Force on Saturday. Burbridge put on a show with eight catches for 156 yards and three touchdowns in a breakout performance. Cook finished 15-of-23 passing for 247 yards and four TDs. MORE: SN Week 3 picks | Top 25 roundup | Week 3 photos The Spartans improved to 3-0. Here are four quick hits from Michigan State’s win....

In the bottom of the fifth inning, with the Blue Jays leading 2-1, Judge was plunked on the elbow guard by the first pitch of the at-bat. With a base open at first, it was easy to speculate that the pitch might have been intentional as it took the bat out of Judge’s hands and set up a force out at any base. When Judge was hit, he was clearly frustrated — as, it appeared, was Manoah — but the Yankee dugout was even hotter....

The Welsh midfielder was subjected to interest from many big clubs across Europe including FC Bayern and Paris Saint-Germain. Ramsey joined Arsenal in 2008 from Cardiff City for a fee of around £4.8 million. Ramsey made his competitive debut for Arsenal in the Champions League third qualifying round against FC Twente on 13 August 2008 and his league debut a month later against Blackburn Rovers on 13 September 2008, marking it with an assist to Emmanuel Adebayor for Arsenal’s fourth....

The Packers quarterback has long been one of the NFL’s best players, but since 2020, he has taken his game to a whole new level. As it turns out, there is always . . . mushroom for improvement. Rodgers revealed last August that he has experimented with ayahuasca on more than one occasion. Ayahuasca is a psychedelic drug that’s popular with, well, people who are into psychedelic drugs. Its effects are wide-ranging, and apparently turning someone into a superhuman football player is one of them....

Though he won the NFL MVP award for the third time last season, the struggles he and his team faced against the New Orleans Saints in a 38-3 route made many wonder if Rodgers’ mind was preoccupied by recent trade talks or even his time spent on the game show. Rodgers hosted Jeopardy! in April, and many fans of the show were impressed with his performance. The same couldn’t be said of football fans in regard to how he led the Packers on Sunday....

In the footage, reportedly taken in August and published online Tuesday by the right-wing activist group Project Veritas, Robach, 46, says: “I’ve had this story for three years. I’ve had this interview with [Epstein accuser] Virginia Roberts. We would not put it on the air. First of all I was told, ‘Who is Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story.’” “Then the palace found out we had her whole allegations about Prince Andrew and threatened us in a million different ways,” Robach continues, referring to the British royal that Roberts alleged in a 2015 court filing Epstein trafficked her to when she was 17....

Industry insiders see a direct link between Columbia’s rage and its panic that the $70 million-plus film could bomb-especially going head to head with the omnivorous “Jurassic Park,” which grossed $100 million in a record nine days. “The movie isn’t panning out and they’re blowing their cool big time,” says Wells. But the tempest may also be about him: he’s written articles critical of Columbia for several publications, has others in the works and is believed by Columbia executives to be the pseudonymous author of a Spy magazine column that, among other things, claimed chairman Mark Canton “dozed off” at a screening of one of his own movies....

It may seem odd that within one month Hollywood has brought forth two films in which a selfish, successful man is struck down and forced to reassess his life. “Regarding Henry” showed how sappy such a theme could be. But here, director Randa Haines, making her first film since “Children of a Lesser God,” does it right. The transformation of Dr. MacKee from a chilly, glib surgeon, who keeps both his patients and his family at arm’s length, into a compassionate mensch may sound, on paper, both predictable and pious....