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The fan-friendly event in Anchorage brought spectators up close to the 52 musher-dog teams gearing up for the famed 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) race. Mushers are generally more relaxed here than they will be for the real thing. But the dogs barked furiously before setting off, jumping and straining against their sled lines in apparent excitement to get going on the 11-mile (18-km) dash. Halana Hiatt of Denver was among the scores of fans who packed downtown to watch the action before she is set to return back home on Sunday....

The Wolverines finally broke through under coach Jim Harbaugh for the program’s first Big Ten championship since 2004, and that snapped Ohio State’s run of four straight conference titles. The Buckeyes, however, are the prohibitive favorite to strike back in 2022. Fourth-year coach Ryan Day brings back a loaded offense that features Heisman Trophy finalist C.J. Stroud, and Ohio State has a favorable schedule with most of the tough games at home....

The three-on-three league, founded by legendary rapper Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, expanded from eight to 12 teams for the 2019 campaign. The BIG3 also reduced its age requirement to 27, allowing for an influx of talented players like Royce White, Greg Oden and Larry Sanders. The defending champion Power return their full roster, led by captain Corey Maggette, but four new BIG3 teams (Aliens, Bivouac, Enemies and Triplets) will be looking to make a splash this season....

When the candidates were asked if they would give a gift or offer forgiveness to other candidates, Senator Elizabeth Warren talked about the hundreds of thousands of selfies she had taken with people. Biden said he also had done that, but took it a bit further. “My wife and I have a call list of somewhere between 20 and 100 people that we call at least every week or every month to tell them, ‘I’m here,’” Biden said....

According to FiveThirtyEight’s tracker, Biden’s average approval rating now stands at 41 percent, up from his lowest score in office of 37.5 percent recorded on July 20 amid decades-high levels of inflation and record-breaking gas prices. The last time Biden’s approval rating was at 41 percent was on June 1, with his current score the joint highest average score since it reached 41.1 percent on May 23. While still way down from the low to mid-50s he was recording in the first several months of his presidency, Biden’s approval ratings now rising from an all-time low is a much-needed step in the right direction for him and his party ahead of the upcoming midterms....

That improvement comes as the president continues to consider his options for the 2024 presidential election amid speculation about his future and voters’ apparent concern about his age. The Marist poll published on Thursday found that Biden’s approval rating is now 43 percent—up from 42 percent in mid-November—while disapproval of the job he’s doing has fallen from 54 percent to 48 percent over the same period. The poll was conducted from December 6 to 8 among 1,312 U....

During the hearing, Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders asked Califf a question related to Califf’s relations with drug companies and his investments in pharmaceutical stocks. “What kind of comfort can you give to the American people when you have been so closely tied to the pharmaceutical industry yourself?” asked Sanders. “I’m totally with you. The price of pharmaceuticals is way too high in this country,” Califf responded. Califf, who served as FDA commissioner before the end of the Obama administration, promised that he would work to make prescription drugs more affordable, use data to efficiently approve COVID treatments and tests, do a full review of the agency’s management of opioid painkillers, continue the focus on tobacco regulation and combat medical misinformation on social media if he were confirmed....

It should not have taken so long for Pompeo to come to such a conclusion on his last day in office, especially with the prevalence of Uighur testimonials and satellite images of Chinese camps. It makes you question the efficacy and authenticity behind the decision. It sows further doubt in our government institutions and highlights how genocide can be used as a political tool. We have seen for decades how presidents from both parties use the Armenian genocide for political expediency....

“It’s the closest we’ve been to the use of nuclear weapons in over 50 years,” says one civilian working at the Omaha, Nebraska-based Strategic Command. “But I’m not so sure that we are communicating the right thing to deter Putin.” The nuclear planner and two other senior officers who spoke to Newsweek say that President Biden favors non-nuclear options over nuclear ones, should Russia cross the nuclear threshold. The officials don’t disagree with that view, and none of them advocate any use of nuclear weapons in a preemptive strike....

The Clever Boys won the first leg 2-0 at home, and the Bafana Bafana international has warned they have to give their opponents the respect they need. While a 2-0 win at home is a healthy lead when it comes to continental football, Keet reckons they have to remain disciplined throughout the game on Wednesday night. Wits are yet to reach the group stages of the competition - they beat Reunion’s Saint Louisienne in the preliminary rounds and lost to Egyptian side Al Ahly in the first round on aggregate in 2017....

Greg Biffle was the big winner, but felt like a loser after a lousy performance. Brad Keselowski was so spectacular he was in awe of his dominating performance. The Chase for the Sprint Cup field is set. Who’s riding high, and who has to be concerned entering the 10-race playoff? Our winners and losers from the final race of Cup racing’s regular season: Winners Brad Keselowski — Keselowski turned what was supposed to be one of the most exciting races of the season into a complete dud....

In direct contrast to the move the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences made Tuesday, the Big 12 on Wednesday announced that it will proceed with fall sports on schedule in 2020. For now, that means the 2020 college football season is a go in the Big 12, which also released its complete, conference-only schedule for the upcoming season. The Big 12 Board of Directors made the call to proceed with fall sports on Tuesday night....

For better or worse, Stoops was dubbed “Big Game Bob.” Stoops lost some big games on the big stage for the Sooners, but he won a few more through an 18-year tenure that produced double-digit Big 12 championships and a national title in 2000. New coach Lincoln Riley has a label, but it remains to be seen if a nickname will follow. Riley, 33, is among a list of just five Power 5 coaches younger than 40, a list that included Minnesota’s P....

While Nese is a former Cruiserweight Champion, he has not been transitioned into a prominent role on the main roster like Buddy Murphy or Cedric Alexander. As per a report from PWInsider (via Cagesideseats), it is being stated that WWE is planning to build Mike and Nese as a long-term team. Both these Superstars are terrific performers inside the ring but have failed to make a major mark for themselves as singles competitors....

The league consists of a total of 59 matches; 56 league games, two semis and a final. The league will start from December 19 with the first game of the season being played between Brisbane Heat and defending champions Adelaide Strikers at the Gabba. The tournament will span across for 2 months before the final being played on 17th Feb. Let’s have a look at the squads till now and the stars from each team:...

Show recently returned to WWE RAW to help out Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe in their battle against AOP and Seth Rollins. He reveals that things were different when he first started in WCW as he was only in his early 20s. He was not trained in the craft and it wasn’t until he met The Undertaker that he started learning. He said: On WWE Live tours, The Undertaker would constantly critique Big Show after his matches and the big guy said that lessons like those helped mold him into a better wrestler....

Big Show recently appeared on The New Day’s Feel The Power podcast, where he talked about a variety of things like how he felt that Kofi Kingston would not fit into The New Day and more. One of the things that he talked about was how much he had to beg WWE Chairman Vince McMahon to get a show of his own and actually ended up banned from The Gorilla Position....

The conference will play eight games starting Oct. 24, a new schedule that offers a few new wrinkles for 2020. Ohio State — the three-time defending champions — will face rival Michigan in the final week of the season on Dec. 12. MORE: What to know about Big Ten football schedule start date & more That would be the end of the road of a successful return to college football — one that features some interesting cross-division games between the Big Ten East and Big Ten West divisions....

College football’s oldest Power 5 conference has plenty of streaming services for fans to watch their favorite programs, from Ohio State at Minnesota on Sept. 2 to the Big Ten Championship game on Dec. 4. The conference may have its share of intrigue this year, especially around Ohio State given the Buckeyes will be starting a freshman under center in CJ Stroud. The inexperience at that position could be just enough for the likes of schools like Penn State, Wisconsin or Iowa to eke their way up the conference standings, maybe pull off an upset and surprise for a Big Ten title berth along the way....