Total wages in the Premier League topped €2.69 billion in 2015, with the average wage bill in England’s top flight reaching €134.5m. Ronaldo ‘shocked’ by Owen fat joke By contrast, Serie A clubs paid out a combined €1.309bn, with each team spending an average of €65.5m in wages over the course of the year. The German Bundesliga paid out €1.251bn in wages for the year at a team average of €69....
With Norwich City and Watford already down, there is only one more team to be relegated to the Championship. There are now just two teams — Leeds United, and Burnley — battling for avoid being that one remaining club. Everton were firmly in the conversation, but a thrilling comeback win over Crystal Palace on May 19 mathematically secured the club’s Premier League safety. Relegation from the Premier League is a massive financial hit to a club, and can be devastating to a club’s future in both the short-term and long-term....
Responding to adversity in a positive way is one. And Dak Prescott did just that Saturday night in the fiercest, harshest, loudest environment in college football. He led Mississippi State to a 34-29 upset over eighth-ranked LSU. One possession after LSU’s Danielle Hunter returned his fumble 25 yards to cut the Mississippi State lead to 17-10 at Tiger Stadium, Prescott returned to the field with 102,321 fans making noise. Lots and lots of noise....
Your inaugural address expounded eloquently on “that most elusive of things in a democracy: unity.” In a nation exhausted by polarization and battered for nearly a year by a pandemic, these stirring words were welcome. Small wonder that your speech won praise both at home and around the world. I am writing to ask that you put that promise of unity into action with a gesture that could reassure one group of people you singled out: Americans who did not vote for you....
On Nov. 17, 2021, just five days after President Biden claimed a return to U.S. climate leadership at COP26, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland auctioned off 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Shell and other oil and gas corporations for offshore drilling. Formally referred to as Lease Sale 257, it is the largest offshore lease sale in U.S. history. There’s an obvious reason why this is wrong: We are at a critical moment in history where the U....
“We will overcome the threat of the virus,” Trump said in a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House. “The action I am taking will open up access to up to $50 billion of very important and a large amount of money for states and territories and localities in our shared fight against this disease,” he added. The 1988 Stafford Act provides much of the legal basis for the Trump administration’s forthcoming emergency response, allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate the provision of federal aid to state and local governments....
He explained how, when he met President Jiang Zemin for the first time in Shanghai a few months ago, “I told him how my faith has shaped my own life, and how faith contributes to the life of my country.” This time, he lobbied Jiang to meet with Tibet’s Dalai Lama and the pope’s ambassador, the papal nuncio. For some politicians, professing faith or going to church on Sundays is like an obligatory campaign swing: it looks good, but the heart isn’t in it....
After Smith succumbed to his battle with dementia at 83 on Saturday, Obama released a statement praising Smith for his dedication to his players and his community. MORE Smith: Coach K’s statement | Michael Jordan responds | Smith through the years While he was a mastermind on the hardwood, Smith also played a role in overcoming many social barriers during his time at North Carolina. His voice was heard during the Civil Rights movement when he recruited Charlie Scott to the university, making him the first black scholarship athlete to UNC....
Obama supported Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the American flag and the “Star Spangled Banner” during the G20 Summit in China on Monday. The President noted there’s a long history of sports figures using their public platform to protest racial and social injustice. “My understanding at least is he’s exercising his constitutional right to make a statement. I think there’s a long history of sports figures doing so. I don’t doubt his sincerity based on what I’ve heard....
The Presidents Cup is played with 30 matches with a mix of foursomes, four-ball and singles matches. Each match is worth one point, but if a match is tied after 18 holes, each team will recieve a half point. The magic number for one team to secure a victory is 15.5 points. Thursday and Saturday morning will start with five foursome matches. A foursomes match is played between two U....
Cheesy graphics and languid plots. But what guests! Ronald Reagan introed a re-creation of his near assassination. Video verite. But too many kids crying over handcuffed parents. Still the king. Redeeming feature: it catches killers. Overseas specials (such as to the U.S.S.R.) bond America with global crime. But beware bobbing-camera-induced nausea.
The Prince Andrew Charitable Trust (PACT) is being wound up after the Duke of York retreated from public life in the wake of a car crash TV interview about his links to Jeffrey Epstein. However, a watchdog had launched an investigation over payments to Andrew’s former private secretary Amanda Thirsk, who left Buckingham Palace after reaching a settlement. Britain’s Charity Commission has now ruled the money broke charity law and ordered that it be returned....
Britain’s next king has been hit by a new wave of allegations relating to an honorary title he gave a Conservative Party donor who seemingly helped bail out a failing project. It follows recent accusations he accepted €3 million in cash, including €1 million stuffed into a suitcase, from a Qatari politician. There is no suggestion the cash payments were in any way illegal, and they were deposited into the prince’s Charitable Fund after due diligence....
Why 2010? Well, that's when Fielder and Kinsler starred in a commercial for ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" with actor Adam Scott, in which the two players openly discuss a trade for each other. While the commercial is kinda spooky in hindsight, it's not exactly accurate. Tim Lincecum isn't worth Kinsler and Prince. In fact, he's probably not worth Adam Scott. (H/T @LarryBearden14)
The Duchess of Sussex is viewed “very negatively” by 73 percent of over 65-year-olds in the research by YouGov. Among this age group, the figure for Prince Harry is 69 percent while Prince Andrew stands at 60 percent. Across all age groups in the survey, which was conducted on January 10 and 11, Harry was viewed positively by 24 percent of respondents and negatively by 68 percent, giving him an approval rating of -44....
Brit Andrew Lawrence posted a Tweet saying “black guys are bad at penalties” after England lost the European Championship final to Italy in a shoot-out on Sunday at Wembley Stadium, in London. The comedian’s agency confirmed they are no longer representing him and venues where he had upcoming shows said they had canceled the performances. Lawrence makes regular YouTube videos impersonating Prince Harry and mocking Meghan Markle. In one about the birth of their second child Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, he said: “Obviously it will take my wife a little while to recover from the labor but I’m sure very soon she will be back to chasing me around the house with her Glock 19 shouting ‘I own you, you ginger p****’....
Jordan Dean tackles one of the most dramatic sagas in modern royal history, just months after Harry and Meghan dropped bombs on the monarchy through their Oprah Winfrey interview. The green light for Lifetime’s Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace was given in March, the same month as the CBS prime-time tell-all. Filming then began in Vancouver, Canada, in May, the same month Harry’s mental health docuseries The Me You Can’t See was broadcast on Apple TV, including incendiary accusations of “total neglect” by the royals....
The Duke of Sussex was asked about Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor when he met the “Bad Habits” singer in London on Wednesday. The pair had a dad chat after the musician’s own wife, Cherry Seaborn, gave birth to their baby daughter Lyra in August 2020. Hello! reported Sheeran said: “Congratulations, a girl right? We just had a little girl ten months ago now. You’re still in the trenches now! How do you manage with two?...
