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One of last year's breakout fantasy stars, Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma, won't throw for the next four-to-six weeks after straining a tendon in the middle finger in his right hand. According to Mariners' beat writer Ryan Divish, Iwakuma reportedly injured the finger “when it got caught in the netting of a protective screen during an offseason workout.” Obviously, if Iwakuma won't even start throwing for a month, he's going to be well behind schedule by the time the season starts....

MORE: Must-see Cup Final photos | Explaining Brent Burns’ weird nickname for Joonas Donskoi Doonskoi scored 12:18 into overtime to give the Sharks the 3-2 win against the Penguins. The Sharks trail the series 2-1. Joel Ward, who has a flair for coming up big in the playoffs, tied the game with 11:12 left in regulation, which set up the 24-year-old rookie’s winner. Here’s the call courtesy of Antti Mäkinen from Viasat Hockey Finland....

According to data from Cal Fire, the National Interagency Fire Center and InciWeb, the national wildfire information system, the Lava Fire in Siskiyou County is the largest active wildfire in the state. The Lava Fire has burned at least 19,680 acres, northeast of the community of Weed, and is 27 percent contained. “Afternoon winds caused the fire to flare yesterday in unburned pockets within the interior, east of Highway 97....

On Thursday, we got to see why SEC coaches are unhappy with the way the rule works. While attending a camp at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis, Harbaugh and his Michigan staff picked up a recruit from 3-star running back Kiante Enis (Winchester, Ind.). MORE: 5-star studs, duds | SN Preseason Top 25 | Where is Harbaugh in SN coach rankings? “You can’t go wrong with Michigan,” Enis told 247Sports....

What drives people like Darwin to stick pins in conventional wisdom? And why do radical innovations so enrage people like Agassiz? To Frank Sulloway, a science historian at MIT, it’s no coincidence that Darwin was the fifth of six kids in his family, or that Agassiz was the firstborn in his. Sulloway has spent two decades gathering data on thousands of people involved in historic controversies–from the Copernican revolution to the Protestant Reformation–and running statistical tests to see what sets rebels apart from reactionaries....

The 2020 Paralympic Games are due to begin on August 24 and run until September 5, with approximately 4,400 athletes from 160 nations set to take part. On Thursday, organizers reported the case in the Paralympic village involved a member of staff who was not resident in Japan. Overall, 74 cases have so far been linked to the Paralympics, with the overwhelming majority linked to contractors and Paralympic Games staff who reside in Japan....

With the uncertainty looming over whether Watch 3 will ever be officially available and supported here comes even more risk. Being in an unsupported region makes using the software that much harder. Here’s a quick overview of what the watch is like. Huawei Watch 3 Hardware Out of the box, it’s easy to see why someone would want to wear this watch on their wrist. From an aesthetic standpoint, it’s beautiful....

Here’s a look at pitcher rankings, saves sleepers and weather warnings. Today’s action gets underway at 12:10 p.m. ET in Cleveland with the Cardinals-Indians. READ MORE: MLB DFS picks (night games) | Hitter matchups | Be the next FanDuel millionaire! SP RANKINGS 1. Johnny Cueto, CIN vs. SF 2. Michael Wacha, STL at CLE 3. Tyson Ross, SD vs. WAS 4. Anibal Sanchez, DET vs. MIN 5. Tim Lincecum, SF at CIN 6....

SPLITS TO KNOW Ryan Braun is 11-for-31 (.355) with two homers and four doubles against Homer Bailey. Khris Davis has been even better against Bailey (7-for-18, 3 HR, 2 2B). Righthanders Lorenzo Cain (.351 AVG, .946 OPS) and Alcides Escobar (.400, .937) actually hit southpaw Chris Sale well, but lefties Eric Hosmer (.214, .464) and Mike Moustakas (.200, .450) do not. Though he’s scorching hot right now, the Yankess’ Chris Young is just 1-for-13 (....

But the days when the two parties’ divide might be encapsulated by a reflexive Republican fiscal conservatism may be over. As freshman Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) tweeted in the wake of last November’s election, the results illustrate the fact that if Republicans are to succeed in the future, it will be as “a working class party, not a Wall Street party.” He’s not alone in seeing the Republican future as one in which it must switch from a default libertarian stand, opposed in principle to government spending, to a more open-handed populism....

The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office issued the criminal charges, which range from possession of an improvised explosive device to recklessly endangering safety, on July 10, according to the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD). On July 5, the MPD issued a news release that said officers were investigating after what they described at the time as a “powerful pyrotechnic” was thrown at officers. The device was thrown in the direction of two male officers and detonated east of the Milwaukee River along the 1200 block of North Water Street, police said....

For 16 seasons the polygamous marriage between Kody Brown and his wives Janelle, Meri and Robyn (and now ex-wife Christine) has kept viewers gripped. Over the years we have seen the Browns evolve through a multitude of relationship hurdles—and multiple house moves. Fans are eagerly awaiting the new season on TLC, which also features the 18 children of the Brown family tree. We are still waiting for news of when Sister Wives Season 17 will be on our screens, but in the meantime, Newsweek can fill you in on what star Janelle has been up to since Season 16....

After defying expectations to win their first American League East title since 1997, the Orioles once again find themselves as underdogs following an underwhelming offseason in which major league home run leader Nelson Cruz left for Seattle as a free agent, along with franchise stalwart Nick Markakis. The most notable arrival in Baltimore was Travis Snider, who has never had more than the 359 plate appearances in a season that he racked up last year for the Pirates....

According to betting experts Oddschecker, which aggregates betting data from dozens of bookmakers, Trump’s odds of victory on Thursday stood at 9-5. This, the comparison site said, implied a 35.71 percent chance of victory. His Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, has odds of 11-20, an implied chance of 64.52 percent, Oddschecker said. “In the past 24 hours Trump’s odds have increased to the equivalent of just under 1 percent, with Biden’s moving the same amount in the opposite direction,” said Oddschecker spokesperson Pete Watt....

The dogs, eight puppies and their canine mother, were found in various stages of heat distress in a West Houston backyard by officials, according to local news outlet Fox 26 Houston on Wednesday. The date of the incident was not reported. Five of the puppies had died due to the conditions, while the remaining three and their mother were transported to the Houston SPCA’s Animal Medical Center. Adam Reynolds, chief of Animal Cruelty at Houston SPCA, told Fox 26 Houston that it is against state law to leave a pet to fend for itself and “can quickly lead to deadly consequences with this blistering heat if you don’t check on your outdoor pets regularly....

That very small sample size is one way to look at the club’s recent success on the field. Thing is, though, the Yankees have been playing very good baseball for quite a while, so you could also point out that they’ve won 12 of their past 15 games, that they’re 16-5 in May or you could note that they’re 19-6 in their past 25 contests. If you wanted to back up to their lowest point of the season, when a five-game losing skid — to division foes Toronto and Tampa Bay — left them five games under ....

Here we take a closer look at the five states that have seen the largest increase in new cases per capita over the past week, from the previous seven days, according to data compiled by The New York Times. All population data below from the U.S. Census Bureau. Wisconsin Week-to-week change in new cases per capita: 4,775 New cases per capita in week one: 13,092New cases per capita in week two: 8,317Total population: 5,822,434 (as of July 2019)Total confirmed cases: 108,656...

The organization’s Board of Governors approved the recommendations of a working group, formed last May and co-chaired by Big East commissioner Val Ackerman and Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, assigned to consider whether and how to allow college athletes to earn money from their name, image and likeness. That group proposed a broad set of guidelines to permit athletes to use their NIL rights for such activities as personal appearances, autograph signings, commercial endorsements and social media influencing....

Here are five things to know about the Panthers before they take on the Denver Broncos at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Feb. 7. MORE: Best photos from Panthers-Cardinals | A photohistory of Cam celebrations | Peyton Manning’s best games Second Super Bowl trip in franchise history The Panthers are returning to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2003 season when the Panthers lost to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVIII....

The pair, a middle-aged man and woman from Venice, set out to prove their theory that the world is flat by attempting to set sail to Lampedusa, an island between Sicily and North Africa. The flat-Earthers left Venice during the Italian lockdown and went to Termini Imerese, a town on Sicily’s north coast, where they sold their car and bought a boat. From there, they headed for Lampedusa, which is off the south coast of Sicily, and therefore would require the couple to sail around the island....