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In Australia, female athletes have been asked absurdly inappropriate questions by journalists, and the media has sometimes taken a patronizing and belittling attitude to reporting on women in sport. Tennis player Andy Murray made a pointed comment some years ago after a journalist referred to “the first U.S. player” to reach the semi-final of a Grand Slam contest, conveniently ignoring the numerous women who had done so. I don’t believe it’s right that athletes should be able to refuse media—part of their public contract is that they discuss the game and their own performance—but I do believe that there should be consequences for journalists who are brutish, misogynist or pointedly rude....

“If you look at Sarah’s journey to get here, this is not something that happened overnight,’’ Blandino said on a conference call officially introducing Thomas. PHOTOS: Sports pioneers | MORE: Eric Berry ‘doing really good’ | New NFL coaches’ biggest challenges Thomas reinforced Blandino’s words by downplaying the gender difference between her and every other official scheduled to work the 2015 season — to the point, she acknowledged, of tucking her hair into her cap on game days....

FAI Defined With FAI, the alteration in the shape of the ball-and-socket hip joint causes restricted movement. Sometimes, bone spurs can form around the hip joint. You can also have damaged cartilage in the hip and labral tears of the hip with FAI. When the hip is bent or turned, the bone spurs can cause the characteristic impingement of FAI, which produces the symptoms. FAI is often associated with hip-joint pain....

Two suspects, one male and one female, were arrested and charged for multiple crimes in Lorain, Ohio, including drug possession, drug paraphernalia, speeding and tampering with evidence. Drugs collected by police included cocaine and fentanyl. This comes as Maryhaven says Ohio has 200,000 drug addicts within its borders and opioid-related deaths are nearly double the national average. In a March 22 Facebook post, the Lorain Police Department posted a side-by-side photo of a regular Tylenol pill and also one made to look like the over-the-counter medication but was actually fentanyl....

While the headstones themselves haven’t sustained any damage, the desecration of the surrounding area has some Nelson residents concerned, including Francis Day. “I think we owe it to the people who are there, people who have paid a lot of money to purchase a plot, [to find a solution],” Day, who serves as the director of Marsden House Funeral Services, said.​ “They at least deserve the respect to have the place they rest kept nicely and left in dignity....

Barca: Messi, Iniesta to renew soon Neymar, 25, has been heavily linked with a move to Premier League giants Manchester United. But Fernandez said there was no chance of Neymar, who is contracted until mid-2021, leaving Camp Nou. “He is totally untransferable,” he told RAC1 on Monday. Barca were said to be considering a move for Dybala, the Juve star who helped knock the La Liga giants out of the Champions League quarter-finals....

Fevers aren’t generally dangerous, and an increased temperature isn’t even officially considered a fever until it is higher than 100.3 F degrees F. This article describes the possible causes of a fever so you can get a better sense of the wide range of reasons why your body may react in this way—and when medical attention is necessary. How Fevers Happen A fever is caused by a physiological process that raises body temperature....

The video was released by Navalny’s team after he was arrested by Russian authorities on January 7 upon returning to Moscow. Navalny had been receiving medical treatment in Germany following being poisoned back in August. The U.S. and its European allies, as well as Navalny, have blamed the Russian government and Putin directly for the apparent assasination attempt. New polling published Monday by Russia’s independent Levada Center found that just 26 percent of Russians said they had viewed the video investigation into Putin’s alleged corruption, The Moscow Times reported....

Similarly, FIFA gamers also enjoy the winter window as it brings change to the video game they have been playing for the last few months, with FIFA Ultimate Team given a new lease of life thanks to the January transfer updates. The transfer of new players to new clubs and new leagues also means that Squad Building Challenges in FIFA 18 now have more options and should be slightly cheaper to complete over the coming months....

The European champion will go back to England with the trophy, which was the only international silverware that it had yet to claim in its history. It became world champion thanks to an extra-time penalty kick goal by Kai Havertz, which gave it a 2-1 win over South American champion Palmeiras. The European participants have now won the title in each of the last nine tournaments. The last time a South American team won it came at the expense of Chelsea when Corinthians beat the Blues in the 2012 final....

Beckenbauer, a former World Cup winner as player and coach with West Germany, was on the committee that chose the hosts for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, which were controversially awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively. MORE: A portrait of Alex Ferguson | Chasing Sepp Blatter In the same announcement, FIFA said Angel Maria Villar, who has been a vice president on FIFA’s committee since 1998, also is being investigated....

Everything went fine for the next 35 years, but the U-17 FIFA World Cup has become the first aberration of the rule, not offering tickets to the initial patrons of the venue. This has not gone well with some of those fans, who gathered at the local police station on Saturday to launch a police complaint. While they wanted to document their protest, they didn’t want it to be a spoilsport to the grand event, one of the protesters informed....

NEWSWEEK: Let’s start with a definition. What is metastatic breast cancer? My understanding is that there are two kinds: metastatic cancer found at the time of the original diagnosis, which constitute about 10 percent of cases, and metastatic cancer diagnosed later (in a recurrence). Can you explain? Jo Anne Zujewski: Clinically, the most important distinction is whether the breast-cancer cells are confined to the breast and lymph nodes—this is sometimes referred to as early-stage breast cancer—or if they are in distant sites, such as the bone, liver, lungs....

Guardiola gives Toure no assurances after apology Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale have endured mixed fortunes since the season kicked off, falling far short of the performances turned in during 2015-16. Zidane has in turn faced pressure to use the likes of Marco Asensio and Alvaro Morata on a more regular basis; a move Figo believes would be a mistake. “If the BBC are all fit, they are players who have to be on the field....

The fly sequence was completed in record time, thanks to unusual cooperation between government-funded sequencers and a private biotech firm, Celera Genomics. “Biologists got the sequence 18 months earlier than they would have otherwise,” says Gerald Rubin, director of the University of California, Berkeley, fly lab that did much of the work. Scientists hoped the fly collaboration would serve as a model for human-genome sequencing efforts, but Celera and the public Human Genome Project haven’t been able to agree on data-sharing and publication protocols....

The contract details have not been made official, but multiple outlets reported that the deal could carry an AAV of $8.5 million. MORE: Results, grades, complete list of selections from 2022 NHL Draft The two sides have long been in conversations to keep Forsberg in Nashville. It was reported earlier this week that Forsberg’s camp wanted an AAV on the higher end of the $8-9 million range, while GM David Poile was offering a figure on the lower side....

Bettors are treated to what promises to be a pair of spectacular college basketball games in Saturday’s Final Four. Here are notes on betting line movement and picks on both games from The Linemakers on Sporting News. The first tip (6:09 p.m. ET, TBS) has Duke as a 5-point favorite over Michigan State. The spread has stayed relatively steady, although it’s been as low as -4.5 and as high as -5....

The South Korean freighter Golden Ray ship capsized on September 9, 2019, tipping over with 4,200 automobiles on its cargo decks. All crew members aboard were safely rescued, but the ship was a complete loss. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded the cause of the capsize was an officer’s error in calculating the ship’s stability, leaving the center of gravity too high. The eighth section of the ship that was removed Monday weighed over 4,410 U....

Orlistat, the first drug intended to control weight by interfering with the uptake of fat, is under consideration for approval by the FDA, and last week the manufacturer, Hoffmann-La Roche, announced the results of a study described as ““the largest and longest of an obesity drug ever.’’ The study enlisted 892 overweight adults who participated in a standard weight-loss program involving a 1,500- to 1,800-calorie diet and exercise. One in four received a placebo pill, while the rest took one capsule of orlistat before each meal....

The current crisis in the financial markets has some features in common with this episode. Complex structured finance products, like securitized subprime mortgages or credit derivatives, are the “monsters” of today. Just as some scientists doubted the very foundation of their disciplines then, some bankers today have lost trust in their peers and even in the markets. Just as mathematicians called for “clarification,” policymakers and investors are calling for “transparency....