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Miley Cyrus had an unplanned shout-out to make during her 2024 Grammys performance Sunday night. While performing “Flowers” during the awards show, Cyrus — who had taken the stage moments earlier when winning her first-ever Grammy for best pop solo performance — screamed out amid the lyrics, “I just won my first Grammy!” The singer, sporting a silver sequence dress onstage, decided to forgo backup dancers and show off her own choreography while singing the hit track. Also mid-song, Cyrus called out the audience for not singing along with her, saying, “Why you acting like you don’t know this song?” — which is a great question, given that the song went viral on social media following its release in January 2023.

The publisher of Sports Illustrated is planning to lay off most — and possibly all — of its journalists on staff, after failing to pay its licensing fees to the magazine's parent company. Authentic Brands Group, the magazine's owner, said in a statement that it ended its licensing agreement with The Arena Group, the magazine's publisher, to publish Sports Illustrated, but that it remained committed to the 70-year-old magazine's continued publication. "We are confident that going forward the brand will continue to evolve and grow in a way that serves sports news readers, sports fans, and consumers," it added in the statement. Authentic said it terminated the deal on Thursday "as a result of the company's failure to pay its quarterly license fee despite being given a notice of breach and an opportunity to cure the breach." The Arena Group said in a statement that despite its revoked publishing license, it is in talks with Authentic and will continue to produce Sports Illustrated "until this is resolved." BUSINESS 'Sports Illustrated' is accused of posting articles by writers created by AI The union that represents 82 Sports Illustrated employees, or about 80% of the magazine's staff, said in a statement on Friday that all its union-represented staff members were at risk of being laid off. "This is another difficult day in what has been a difficult four years for Sports Illustrated under Arena Group (previously The Maven) stewardship," the union said in a statement. Bankrupt and loving it: Welcome to the lucrative world of undead brands BUSINESS Bankrupt and loving it: Welcome to the lucrative world of undead brands The layoff news comes a day after publisher The Arena Group announced a "significant reduction" of its 100-member workforce, citing "substantial debt" and missed payments. Front Office Sports, which first reported news of the mass layoffs, said the company recently missed a $2.8 million payment to Authentic. Sports Illustrated grabbed headlines in November when reports surfaced with accusations that it had published stories generated through artificial intelligence under the names and photos of fake journalists. It's the latest major journalism publication to face staff cuts, falling on the same day that employees at the Los Angeles Times are staging a walkout in protest of planned layoffs. Earlier this week, Condé Nast announced that it's cutting staff at Pitchfork as part of a restructuring that will roll the music website into GQ magazine.

Trump vows to fight Maine's decision to ban him as a candidate in the primary election.

Pep Guardiola becomes the first manager to lift the Club World Cup with three different clubs. Matteo Kovacic takes the same record as a player. City are crowned champions of the world. We hope you enjoyed our live blog of the game in Jeddah. We’ll be back on Saturday with another live blog from Anfield as Liverpool entertain Premier League pace setters Arsenal.

The Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results. The ruling is a win for Trump and his lawyers, who have sought repeatedly to delay this and other criminal cases against him as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024. It averts a swift ruling from the nation's highest court that could have definitively turned aside his claims of immunity and pushed the case toward a trial scheduled to start on March 4.

Barcelona came from behind to beat Porto 2-1 on Tuesday and reach the Champions League knock-out rounds for the first time in three seasons, which coach Xavi said was "an important step" for the club.

Former President Jimmy Carter made a rare public appearance when he attended Tuesday's memorial service for his late wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died earlier this month. Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care since February, paid tribute to his wife -- who served as first lady from 1977 to 1981 -- at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University in Atlanta. The 99-year-old former president had a new suit made Monday for the occasion, and was accompanied by a physician when he left his home in Plains en route to the church. He was seated in the front row draped in a blanket with her face etched on it.

Patrick Kane is signing a one-year, $2.75 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Kane, who spent the first 16 years of his NHL career with the Chicago Blackhawks before a trade to the New York Rangers last spring, is six months out from hip resurfacing surgery. The nine-time All-Star has met with a handful of teams over the past month, including his hometown Buffalo Sabres, the Florida Panthers, Dallas Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins. According to sources, Kane narrowed his focus and was down to two Eastern Conference teams in the final week of his decision. His deal with the Red Wings doe not include any bonuses, sources said. EDITOR'S PICKS Grading the Patrick Kane signing for the Detroit Red Wings 5hGreg Wyshynski Grades for all 32 NHL teams at the quarter mark: Avs, Knights, Rangers lead the way 8hRyan S. Clark and Kristen Shilton Wyshynski: Why the NHL Thanksgiving standings trend may not continue this season 1dGreg Wyshynski Kane, 35, relocated his family to T

November 28, 2023 // Franchising.com // German Doner Kebab (GDK) has organised a traditional Leipzig lunch ahead of Manchester City’s UEFA Champions League clash with RB Leipzig. The gourmet kebab chain is keen to find common ground between the two football clubs ahead of the spectacular clash at Etihad Stadium and believe their love of kebabs is what connects both Mancunians and Germans.

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Since joining Manchester City in June 2022, Erling Haaland has scored goals and broken records and, on Saturday against Liverpool, the striker continued to make his mark on history by scoring his 50th league goal for the reigning Premier League champion. No player in Premier League history has reached half a century of goals quicker – Haaland doing so in 48 games. The previous record holder Andrew Cole, who played for Manchester United and Newcastle United, took 65 games to reach the mark. Haaland scored in the 27th minute to give host City a lead it only relinquished in the 80th minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold leveled for Liverpool. “We played really well, excellent performance,” City manager Pep Guardiola told BBC Sport. “I don’t have anything to complain or regret about how proud I am of the team.” Haaland found space between Liverpool’s center-backs and beat goalkeeper Allison Becker with a lasered effort into the bottom-right of the goal when Liverpool was in the ascendancy. The game failed to match previous high-caliber encounters between the two dominant teams of the era as neither was at its best. City thought it had doubled its advantage when Rúben Dias found the net only for the goal to be ruled out for a goalline foul on Alisson by Manuel Akanji. With 10 minutes remaining, right-back Alexander-Arnold drilled an effort into the far corner after being put into space by Mohamed Salah to earn Liverpool a hard-earned point. “This is a callous place to come and it is not a coincidence they have won I don’t know how many in a row at home. They are a super team,” Klopp told BBC Sport. “Can we play better? Definitely and we will … It is a good point for us and I am absolutely fine.” The result ended City’s perfect record at home in 2023, a run that stretched to 23 games, and allowed Arsenal to leapfrog both teams in the table after the Gunners beat Brentford later in the day.

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PRE-GAME COVERAGE: 2:30 P.M. ET ON TNT, TELEMUNDO, MAX, PEACOCK KICKOFF: 3 P.M. ET ON TNT, TELEMUNDO, MAX, PEACOCK, FUTBOL DE PRIMERA RADIO LINEUP NOTES USMNT vs. Germany, presented by AT&T 5G International Friendly Oct. 14, 2023 Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field; East Hartford, Conn. Pre-Game Coverage: 2:30 p.m. ET on TNT, Telemundo, MAX, Peacock Kickoff: 3 p.m. ET on TNT, Telemundo, MAX, Peacock, Futbol de Primera Radio Social Media: @USMNT on X and Instagram; U.S. Soccer on Facebook, The U.S. Soccer App Today’s USMNT Starting XI vs. Germany: 1-Matt Turner, 2-Sergiño Dest, 4-Chris Richards, 6-Yunus Musah, 7-Gio Reyna, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (capt.), 13-Tim Ream, 19-Joe Scally, 20-Folarin Balogun, 21-Tim Weah Substitutes: 18-Ethan Horvath, 3-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 5-DeJuan Jones, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Luca de la Torre, 15-Johnny Cardoso, 16-Kevin Paredes, 17-Alex Zendejas, 22-Lenny Maloney, 23-Kristoffer Lund GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT GERMANY USMNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Christian Pulisic (63), Tim Ream (53), Weston McKennie (47), Matt Turner (34), Tim Weah (34), Yunus Musah (30), Sergiño Dest (29), Gio Reyna (21), Chris Richards (13), Joe Scally (7), Folarin Balogun (5) Today’s Starting XI has an average age of 24 years, 217 days. It’s the youngest lineup the USMNT has put out in 12 matches against Germany. The lineup also averages 30 caps. Midfielder Gio Reyna makes his first USMNT appearance since suffering a broken bone in the Concacaf Nations League Final against Canada on June 18. Midfielder Yunus Musah (20 years, 319 days) becomes only the fourth USMNT player to earn 30 caps before his 21st birthday. He is the third youngest player to achieve the feat, beating Landon Donovan (20 years, 320 days) by one day. USMNT Players to Reach 30 Caps Before 21st Birthday Player Age Date of 30th Cap Jozy Altidore 20 years, 277 days Aug. 10, 2010 vs. Brazil Christian Pulisic 20 years, 288 days July 3, 2019, vs. Jamaica Yunus Musah 20 years, 319 days Oct. 14, 2023 vs. Germany Landon Donovan 20 years, 320 days Jan. 18, 2003 vs. Canada Nine of the Starting XI are age 25 and younger: Weston McKennie and Christian Pulisic (25), Chris Richards and Tim Weah (23); Folarin Balogun and Sergiño Dest (22); Yunus Musah, Joe Scally and Gio Reyna (20). Having just celebrated his 36th birthday on Oct. 5, Tim Ream becomes the 10th field player to earn a USMNT cap after age 36. The last time a field player 36 or older appeared for the USMNT came on Sept. 5, 2001, at Costa Rica in World Cup qualifying when 38-year-old Preki Radosavljevic came off the bench in the 71st minute. The last time a field player 36 or older started for the USMNT came in 37-year-old Thomas Dooley’s send-off match on Feb. 21, 1999, vs. Chile. Ream is also just the fourth modern-era (1990-present) field player to earn a USMNT cap after hitting age 36, following Fernando Clavijo (31 caps), Dooley (15 caps) and Preki (2 caps). Christian Pulisic captains the USMNT for the 18th time tonight. The team is 13-1-3 when Pulisic wears the armband, with the only loss coming in the 1-0 defeat to Italy on Nov. 20, 2018, in his first match as captain. USMNT Goal Contributions All-Time Leaders Player G+A Goals / Assists GP Landon Donovan 115 57 / 58 157 Clint Dempsey 76 57 / 19 141 Jozy Altidore 56 42 / 14 115 Eric Wynalda 51 34 / 17 106 Christian Pulisic 40 26 / 14 62 Brian McBride 40 30 / 10 95 Michael Bradley 40 17 / 23 151 Goalkeeper Matt Turner makes his team-leading 10th appearance of 2023. Turner has appeared in 15 of the 17 USMNT matches during FIFA windows since last September and has collected 21 shutouts and a 21-4-8 record in 33 career appearances. Striker Folarin Balogun starts his fifth consecutive match for the USMNT. Balogun and Scally make their first international appearances against UEFA opposition, while veterans Tim Ream and Weston McKennie each make their 10th appearance against a European national team. Tim Ream and Chris Richards partner in central defense for the second time tonight, having previously paired in last month’s 3-0 win against Uzbekistan in St. Louis. Five starters have ties to the German Bundesliga. Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund) and Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengbadlbach) currently play in the German top flight. At the same time, Weston McKennie (Schalke), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund), and Chris Richards (Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich) have previously spent time in Germany. Four starters have scored goals against European opposition. Weston McKennie scored 21 minutes into his international debut in the 1-1 draw against Portugal on Nov. 14, 2017, Gio Reyna and Christian Pulisic scored in the 2-1 win at Northern Ireland on March 28, 2021, and Tim Weah registered the opening goal in the USA’s 1-1 draw against Wales on Nov. 21, 2022, at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Should he come off the bench today, German-born midfield Lenny Maloney would become the third player in USMNT history to debut against the country of his birth, following Terry Springthorpe (June 8, 1953, vs. England) and Jerry Panek (August 3, 1973, vs. Poland). A potential Maloney first cap would also mark the 60th debut under Gregg Berhalter, tying him with Bob Bradley for the second most debuts among USMNT head coaches. Head Coach Debuts Games Coached Bruce Arena 89 148 Bob Bradley 60 80 Gregg Berhalter 59 62 Lothar Osiander 51 18 Bora Milutinović 51 96 Should he come off the bench today, Cameron Carter-Vickers would earn his first USMNT appearance since his strong performance against IR Iran in the World Cup group stage finale on Nov. 29, 2022. With his next goal or assist, Pulisic (40 G+A; 26 goals, 14 assists) will be in possession of fifth on the USMNT’s all-time goal contributions leaderboard. Gregg Berhalter has a 39-11-12 record in 62 matches as USMNT head coach and holds both the highest winning percentage (.726) and highest unbeaten percentage (.823) of any manager who has coached eight or more matches. Berhalter is also 2-2-3 against opposition from UEFA. Six starters are products of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, with five having come through MLS Academies: Weston McKennie and Chris Richards (FC Dallas), Gio Reyna and Joe Scally (New York City FC), Tim Weah (New York Red Bulls), and Christian Pulisic (PA Classics). The USMNT is 4-7-0 in 11 all-time matches against Germany. Today’s match is the first meeting since the USA’s 2-1 win on June 10, 2015 in Cologne. Six substitutions are allowed in three different moments. Halftime does not count as a substitution moment. Fernando Guerrero of Mexico is the referee for today’s match. The USA is 0-1-1 in matches officiated by Guerrero. He’s overseen the 1-1 draw with Panama in the Gold Cup group stage on July 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn., and the 2-0 defeat to Brazil in a friendly on Sept. 7, 2018, in East Rutherford, N.J. GO DEEPER

On Saturday, October 14, the moon will pass directly between the Earth and the sun, casting its shadow across Earth’s surface. Those in the path of the shadow — mainly in the Western United States, Mexico, and in Central and South America — will be able to look up and see a spectacular event: an annular “ring of fire” solar eclipse. This weekend’s path notably passes through the Navajo Nation and lands of other Indigenous people in the Four Corners region where these celestial events have particular cultural significance. Citizens of the Navajo Nation, the Diné people, avoid going outside, looking at the eclipse, or allowing the light of the eclipse to shine on them. Some tribal lands, including all Navajo Tribal Parks and the iconic Monument Valley, will be closed to visitors on Saturday to respect cultural traditions. (For Diné readers, a content warning: We have included a photo of a previous annular eclipse below.)

PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles slot cornerback Avonte Maddox is feared to have torn a pectoral during Thursday night's win over the Minnesota Vikings, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. He is expected to get a second opinion. If it is confirmed, he would be out for the season. EDITOR'S PICKS Hurts on Brown: 'Everybody wants to contribute' 14hTim McManus Sluggish Eagles eke out win over Vikings on TNF: Here's what we learned 1dTim McManus and Kevin Seifert Maddox exited the game in the second quarter, favoring his left arm as he went to the medical tent. After a brief examination, he went inside and was later ruled out for the night. He was replaced by Mario Goodrich, a 2022 undrafted free agent out of Clemson. With the slot corner position relatively thin, the Eagles experimented with moving veteran All-Pro James Bradberry inside during the summer. Bradberry sat out of Thursday's game with a concussion. Maddox, 27, has four career interceptions over five-plus seasons to go with 31 passes defensed. He has dealt with a number of injuries of late, including toe, ankle and hamstring injuries that limited him to nine games last season. The injuries are beginning to pile up for the Eagles. Linebacker Nakobe Dean (foot) is on injured reserve. Safety Reed Blankenship (ribs) and running back Kenny Gainwell (ribs) were sidelined for the Vikings game along with Bradberry. And running back Boston Scott (head) and receiver Quez Watkins (hamstring) were both hurt against Minnesota.

Gunman Kills 3 in ‘Racially Motivated’ Shooting in Jacksonville. Here’s What to Know Awhite gunman shot and killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, in an act that officials say was “racially motivated.” The shooter, who has not The shooter, who has not been publicly identified, texted his father to “check his computer” before the shooting which took place before 2 p.m., revealing dark manifestos detailing the suspect’s racism, according to authorities. The shooter’s father called police and sent the writings to authorities, but the gunman had already fatally shot three victims before killing himself.

When is Kourtney Kardashian’s due date? Kourtney is expected to give birth around October to December 2023. The Poosh founder revealed her pregnancy in June 2023 and had quite the baby bump. It’s likely that she will give birth before the year ends.

Ahsoka Tano has had one of the biggest character arcs in all of Star Wars, both in-universe and out of it. When she was first introduced in The Clone Wars movie, the previously unnamed Padawan of Anakin Skywalker was essentially a walking death flag. (There was no sign of her in Revenge of the Sith, which didn’t bode well for her survivability, presumably.) The fan base’s reception of this perceived filler character was skeptical at best and outright heinous at worst (a sign of things to come for other female characters in Star Wars). And yet, she became not only one of the most complex and essential characters in the franchise but one of the most beloved, to the point where she not only survived Order 66, but became an important part of Rebels and even had a voice appearance in The Rise of Skywalker prior to a live-action debut in season two of The Mandalorian.

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 37 charges related to alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump’s lawyers asked for a jury trial during the former president’s arraignment Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Miami. “We most certainly enter a plea of not guilty,” Trump attorney Todd Blanche told the judge. During the hearing, Trump sat hunched over with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face. He did not speak. Trump’s aide and co-defendant, Walt Nauta, was also arrested, fingerprinted and processed. He had an initial appearance Tuesday but will not be arraigned until June 27.