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Students in the Oakland Zoo — as the student section at Petersen Events Center is called — threw fake money bearing Pitino’s face before the Panthers’ ACC game against the Cardinals on Wednesday. It was an obvious jab at the program, which is trying to outrun allegations a former basketball assistant paid escorts to have sex with recruits. MORE: 11 most disappointing teams this season | Pitino calls postseason ban ‘unfair’...

The Alliance Air flight took off from Mumbai airport at 6.30 a.m. local time on Wednesday morning. But a section of the ATR (a Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer) aircraft’s engine cowling fell during the departure, leaving one of the plane’s engines partly exposed, according to the Times of India newspaper. The Mumbai air traffic controller reported the issue soon after the flight took off and the engine cowling was recovered from the side of a runway....

Thomas entered the 2022 Players Championship as one of the favorites in the field, alongside Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa and Rory McIlroy. Rahm is the No. 1-ranked player in the world, with Morikawa behind him at No. 2. A competitive field is playing for a massive purse, the largest in golf history. While the winner of this event won’t get the bragging rights one of the four majors provides, the payout should be well worth it....

Still, when you walk up to the ballpark on a crisp fall day, the bright sun warming one side of the street but the shade providing palpable chill on the other, it is a bit jarring to go inside and find that the blue sky has been blotted out by a lattice of support beams and an overarching cap. FAGAN: Blue Jays all the way? | MORE: Jays’ logos, uniforms over the years...

PlayStation said that one of the biggest plans with the PS VR2 headset is to increase the level of immersion that players feel, and it believes that this newest iteration of the PlayStation VR headset will do just that. On the surface level, the headset looks very similar to the Oculus Quest 2, which recently saw a price hike as Meta continues to push its idea of the metaverse. With the pricing of the PS VR2 now revealed, virtual reality fans will find that the pricing of PlayStation’s headset and the pricing of the Quest 2 are very close, though the PS VR2 will obviously require the use of a PlayStation 5 console to use it....

Put the Bengals and Steelers on Sunday Night Football in Week 4, right when Cincinnati linebacker Vontaze Burfict returns from his three-game suspension. If you’re smart — and we know you can be — this will work out for everyone. Well, maybe not the NFC East or AFC East, but who cares? Go back to last season: What game was more discussed in its aftermath, other than maybe Super Bowl 50?...

For example, maybe you’ll experience a sudden illness that changes your outlook on life or inspires you to reconnect with loved ones. Since Pluto is far from the Sun, it’s energy isn’t as intense as planets that are closer. However, you can’t ignore Pluto’s subtle power and influence in your life. For instance, if you’ve got Pluto in your First House, the House of Self, it means you’re probably driven to become powerful....

Minutes from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) meeting on September 21 show that ministers were advised to “consider for immediate introduction” a package of potential restrictions, which included a short circuit-breaker lockdown to get the virus back down to manageable levels as well as banning indoor household mixing, closing all bars, restaurants, cafés and gyms and putting university and college teaching online. The government was also asked to tell people that they should work from home, which was the only measure adopted by the prime minister the following day....

After joining Tottenham from AZ during the close-season, Janssen - the Eredivisie’s top-scorer last term - has struggled to live up to high expectations at White Hart Lane. The Netherlands international was even linked with a move away from Spurs in January, but opted to stay put. Ozil to miss Liverpool clash Although Janssen has yet to start a Premier League game in 2017, Pochettino is happy with the way the striker has presented himself on the training pitch in recent weeks....

Klopp hints Liverpool win will annoy Chelsea A Harry Kane double followed by a Dele Alli strike saw Spurs take a three-goal lead in the opening 45 minutes, with the latter making it four early in the second half before Younes Kaboul pulled one back in the closing stages. Tottenham’s sublime performance allowed Pochettino to take off both goalscorers with an eye on the upcoming clash with leaders Chelsea and he was understandably delighted with his side’s display....

After 53 goals and 119 caps for England, national team captain Rooney called it quits on Wednesday. Pogba 7/1 first scorer v Leicester Rooney had not represented England since November last year but a recall appeared on the cards having hit the ground running at boyhood club Everton following his arrival from United, scoring two goals in as many Premier League matches. However, after becoming only the second player to reach 200 Premier League goals, Rooney has opted to focus on his club career....

Record signing Pogba was dropped to the bench by Mourinho earlier this year and has struggled to consistently find his best form. However, a game-changing brace in United’s 3-2 derby win over Premier League champions Manchester City earlier this month showed the 25-year-old at his very best and Pogba turned in another impressive display in last weekend’s 2-1 FA Cup semi-final victory against Tottenham at Wembley. “It’s good, very good....

WATCH: Lacazette scores 20th goal of the season Madrid travelled to El Sadar and were met by a spirited home side, who produced a battling display which belied their position at the bottom of the pile in La Liga. Cristiano Ronaldo gave Madrid the lead shortly after Osasuna right-back Tano was forced off with a double leg fracture, but the home side rallied and levelled through Sergio Leon. Madrid’s superior quality ultimately shone through, with Isco and Lucas Vazquez scoring in the second period, but Zidane acknowledged that the win may have flattered the leaders....

Poland’s various political factions have long found common ground when it comes to backing Belarusian opposition to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in office since 1994. However, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who is part of a centrist opposition party, met last week with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a Belarusian candidate in last year’s elections. Ryszard Terlecki, a deputy parliament speaker and prominent member of the non-opposition Law and Justice party, voiced his displeasure with Trzaskowski’s meeting on Twitter on Friday....

Tensions were already running high on Tuesday as Beijing marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Activists marched across the city in defiance of a police ban on demonstrations, raising the likelihood of more violent clashes. But in a disturbing turn of events and a severe escalation, police fired live rounds at activists, wounding at least one person, AFP reported. Alleged video of the incident is circulating on Twitter, showing a police officer firing a single shot from his revolver into the chest of an armed protester at point-blank range....

The body camera video was obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution from the Glynn County Police Department in Georgia and shows the alleged shooter, Travis McMichael moments after Arbery was shot. The video shows McMichael’s father, Greg McMichael speaking to police after the alleged shooting and saying “[Travis] had had no choice, man.” According to the Journal-Constitution, Greg McMichael is a retired investigator with the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office and the video shows him being known by many of the officers that arrived to the scene....

The chase began in the Bronx when police attempted to pull over a vehicle on East Fordham Road and Marion Avenue with excessively tinted windows. Police said the driver was smoking marijuana in the car as well. As the car attempted to get away, it reportedly ended up hitting seven other cars before making its escape. In a video posted by tattoo artist David Perez, a green Mercedes can be seen in the middle of traffic attempting to evade the police, who exited from an unmarked vehicle....

The Prosecutor’s Office of Saint Petersburg opened a criminal case into the unidentified man for his unusual hustle. Investigators found he had taken the wild animal to a nature reserve on the south coast of Neva Bay in order to charge park-goers to have their photo taken with the big cat. Authorities arrived on the scene while he was providing his “services” and he tried to leave discreetly but was stopped by police officers....