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The stats guru’s latest book is titled “Outside the Box: A statistical journey through the history of football”, and it’s packed with insight and information. Six percent of all Premier League defeats, for example, have been suffered by poor old Sunderland. Steven Gerrard, meanwhile, marked his final Liverpool appearance by playing in the club’s heaviest defeat since 1963, as they were beaten 6-1 by Stoke City. The nuggets of knowledge keep coming, with Harry Kane already having scored as many Premier League hat-tricks as Cristiano Ronaldo, Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Bergkamp, Eric Cantona, Diego Costa and Gareth Bale combined....

Some of Oregon’s most famous alumni and athletic legends — Marcus Mariota, Ty Burrell, Nike designer TInker Hatfield, et al — teamed up to recreate the “Shout” scene from “Animal House.” MORE: College football Week 2 picks | The best College GameDay signs Highlights: Mariota as Bluto, the actual Otis Day and the Knights and everything Dan Fouts did. Nike wins again.

“This fire is going to continue to grow—the extremely dry vegetation and weather are not in our favor,” Joe Hessel, Incident Commander for ODF Team 1 Incident Management Team, said in an update on Thursday. “We are going to continue to prepare lines, protect structures, and move resources as we can around the fire’s edge.” According to data posted to the InciWeb national fire information system, the Bootleg Fire has burned at least 227,234 acres and is 5 percent contained....

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a 2D platformer with limited action combat. It initially launched on PC and Xbox One in March, earlier this year. Like its predecessor, Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps was very well-received. Not only does or and the Will of the Wisps have incredibly fluid movement and combat, but it has beautiful visuals rich with color....

Osaka’s win was just as dramatic as her U.S. Open victory over Serena Williams four months ago — but for vastly different reasons. The Japanese player was up a set and a break and had three championship points, but Kvitova produced the greatest service hold of her decorated career to fight back from 0-40 down and win the second set. MORE: A look back at the epic Nadal-Djokovic 2012 final...

Former world no.1 Andy Murray suffered another setback after a lingering hip pain has forced him to foresee retirement and he felt extremely dejected at the press conference on Friday. On the other hand, world no. 2 Rafael Nadal would be making a comeback after a knee injury made him retire from last year’s US Open. Let us look at the potential draw of the The Big 3 of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic:...

The top seed dominated her way through the opening set before recovering from 5-1 down in the second to win the match 6-3, 7-6 (2) in an hour and 27 minutes. “This is just a dream come true for me and I’m so proud to be an Aussie,” Barty told the crowd. It was Barty’s third Grand Slam title, after victories at the French Open (2019) and Wimbledon (2021), with her 27th-seeded opponent Collins featuring in her first Grand Slam final....

This four-seater rides on formidable 19-inch wheels, has LED taillights for excellent all-weather visibility and stops fast with racing-inspired Brembo brakes. And like any true fashion plate, the GranTurismo insists on custom flourish. There are 19 exterior colors to choose from and 10 interior leather hues. You could pay less for a comparably equipped car but you wouldn’t cut nearly as dashing an image. –Tara Weingarten

The hosts, on the other hand, will be looking to get one over the Atezados, having lost each of the last three meetings between the sides since 2018. Avai picked up a morale-boosting result on Monday when they saw off Botafogo 1-0 away from home. Prior to that, Eduardo Barroca’s side were on a five-game winless run, picking up one point from a possible 15. Avai are currently 14th in the Brasileiro Serie A standings after picking up 14 points from 11 games so far....

Soderberg’s signing is expected to open possibilities for additional Avalanche trades, starting with Ryan O’Reilly. MORE: All-time No. 1 draft picks | Entry Draft, first round 7 ET Friday | How to watch draft Soderberg’s deal, according to Mike Chambers of The Denver Post , is for five years with a $4.75 million cap hits. Other reports say the contract includes a no-trade clause its first two years and a limited no-trade clause in its final three....

Now, the company is adding more privacy and security features for both tiers. All users, including those with Avast One Essential, get the following: Paying subscribers on the Individual and Family plans also get: Scam Protection (Android only): Notifications when a suspicious link is found in messages, whether received over SMS, social media or messaging apps. Where links are deemed ‘safe’, they are automatically opened in your web browser. For possibly dangerous links, you’ll have the option to ignore the link or continue at your own risk....

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will likely give players a more intimate experience of the maliciousness that the RDA is capable of as well. Especially since the organization’s history of violence and power seems to have a consistent presence in the Avatar universe. As the single largest non-governmental organization, the RDA has been able to set itself up with a fairly lucrative treaty. Enforced by the Interplanetary Commerce Association the treaty gives the RDA the rights to all materials, minerals, and other products from Pandora in perpetuity; as long as the organization does not use weapons of mass destruction in space and limits its military power....

Avatar 2 passed Spider-Man: No Way Home last week, which makes the Avengers, Star Wars, and Cameron’s own Titanic the next names on its hitlist now that Avatar 2 is one week away from its 45-day release cycle. Avatar: The Way of Water indeed benefited from an extended theatrical window in China, where Avatar is incredibly popular, that will see the film stay in the country well past this weekend’s Lunar New Year celebrations until mid-February....

The images revealed new locations in the world outside of Pandora, with various Na’vi spotted within them. The photos don’t really indicate anything about the plot just yet – other than the fact that we’ll be seeing new places and creatures that exist in this fantasy world. Actors reprising their roles include Sam Worthington as Jake Sully and Zoe Saldana as Neytiri. Sigourney Weaver will also be returning, but she will be playing a different character – not Dr....

So, let’s talk about the biggest mistakes to avoid when investing in cryptocurrency. 1. Investing Because a Coin’s Worth Just Went Up One of the most common mistakes that beginners make when investing in crypto is buying a particular coin just because its price or market share recently increased. The thing is about the majority of crypto value jumps is that they don’t usually last. Cryptocurrencies fluctuate massively in value, and that’s just the nature of the industry....

We can get rid of the away kit annually but we can never change the rules of the game: until the end of eternity there will be away games on the opposite side of the world. This is SupeRugby. The home kit will be darker than the usual blue in 2019. This year the away kit will be green fading into white. Which brings us to the topic of this piece: the 2019 schedule....

Ayana, who set the 10,000m world record while winning the gold in Rio Olympics, transferred her stunning form on track to road race as she clocked one hour, seven minutes and 11 seconds to emerge champion in her maiden half marathon race. Ethiopians ran away with all three top positions as Ayana’s compatriots Ababel Yeshaneh and Netsanet Gudeta were second and third in the elite women’s race, clocking 1:07:19 and 1:07:24 respectively to cover the 21....

Curry appeared in an Instagram post rocking blonde hair on Sunday. “Mom goes blonde (temporarily),” the natural brunette wrote. What happened next was an onslaught of critics who commented harshly on the photo, attacking all aspects of the photo, from her new hair and apparent weight loss to allegations that she Curry’s lightening her eye color. According to some folks, the wife of NBA star Stephen Curry’s new blonde hair was merely an attempt to look more like a white woman....

The athlete, who hails from Tirupur in the state, won a silver medal in the recently concluded Jakarta Asian Games. “I am looking forward to improving my timings now. Making it to the final at the Olympics in itself would be great. As one keeps bettering his timings, medal chances obviously increase,” Ayyasamy said. He was speaking at a felicitation function organised by the Tamil Nadu Athletic Association here....

It couldn’t have been more than a few minutes later when Yankee catcher Yogi Berra lashed a line drive toward the left-field corner of Yankee Stadium. With two men on base and Brooklyn clinging to a 2-0 lead in the sixth, my heart—indeed, the hearts of all proper Bostonians—filled with dread at the prospect of a Yankee comeback. Dodgers outfielder Sandy Amoros raced after the ball and, with a desperate lunge, speared it near the foul pole, then fired it to the infield, where the runner was doubled off first base....