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“We will be playing without Stephen Roberts,” coach Gus Malzahn announced Tuesday at his weekly news conference (via AL.com). “Stephen’s going to be suspended for this game. … It’s going to be week to week. We’ll see what happens. We’ll see how he responds.” Roberts has played in 25 games over two seasons and became a starter at safety late last season. MORE: SEC preseason predictions He was “a passenger in a vehicle and fled from officers during a traffic stop,” Auburn Police Capt....

It’s the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, and it’s earlier than usual on the schedule. Auburn (1-0) beat Kentucky 29-13 in its opener, and sophomore Bo Nix passed for three touchdowns while spreading the ball out to six different receivers. The Tigers are always unpredictable under coach Gus Malzahn, but this would be a statement game. MORE: Week 5 picks against the spread Georgia (1-0) beat Arkansas 37-10 in its opener, but Kirby Smart has yet to name a starting quarterback for Week 2....

What Almirola didn’t know was he just suffered a compression fracture in the T5 vertebra in the crash involving Danica Patrick and Joey Logano on Lap 199 of the 267-lap Go Bowling 400. Logano’s damaged car veered into Patrick, sending them both into the wall. Almirola, about 10 cars back, was unable to stop and hit Logano’s car violently in Turn 2. Almirola had to be cut out of his car and was airlifted to the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he was held overnight into Sunday....

“It ain’t so,” Joe said. Well, though the truth is up for debate, it’s a funny story either way. MORE: That time an MLB player got a hit for two teams, in two cities, on the same day On this day in 1987, Twins knuckleballer Joe Niekro was ejected after umpires determined he was trying to scuff balls, presumably to give his signature pitch a bit more movement. That’s the short version....

Originally published in 1938, The Poisonous Mushroom coloring book uses a string of anti-Semitic troupes to teach children that Jewish people “abuse little boys and girls.” The book was used as evidence during Streicher’s Nuremberg Trial, after which he was executed. “This book brands the Jew as a persecutor of the labor class, as a race defiler, devil in human form, a poisonous mushroom, and a murderer,” according to a record of the trial....

The home side wrapped up their pre-season campaign with a 1-0 defeat to Chicago Fire last week. Gaston Gimenez scored the winning goal in the sixth minute. FC Cincinnati played out a 2-2 draw with Orlando City in their final pre-season game at the Exploria Stadium last Saturday. The two sides will be looking to get back to winning ways once competitive football resumes this weekend. Austin FC vs FC Cincinnati Head-to-Head This will be the first official meeting between the two sides and a positive result could set the tone for the rest of their league campaign....

The USA missed out on qualification after losing 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago, with Panama qualifying directly in third position after 88th minute goal in a 2-1 win against Costa Rica. That same Panama goal also allowed Honduras, who defeated Mexico 3-2, to move into the fourth position - which means they will now face the Socceroos over two legs on November 6 and 14. Earlier, Australia needed extra time to defeat Syria 3-2 on aggregate leaving them waiting a little over 12 hours to find out their CONCACAF opponent

Chris Lynn has recovered from a shoulder complaint and is back in the squad along with all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who was overlooked for the Test side. There are also a couple of surprises as Ben McDermott could make his international debut after securing a spot in the squad. Nathan Lyon could also play his first T20I since January 2016 having made the cut as well. Speaking about the reason for having joint vice-captains, Australian coach Justin Langer said: “As we outlined when he was selected as joint Test vice-captain last week, Mitch has experience captaining Australia A and WA, and he’s an extremely popular member of the team....

Mark Bresciano, Tim Cahill, Mark Milligan, Josh Kennedy and Luke Wilkshire are a step closer to representing Australia at three straight FIFA World Cups while the 30-man Socceroo squad contains two uncapped players, Ben Halloran and Bailey Wright. The squad will arrive Australia tomorrow for a pre-World Cup Camp in Gosford and Sydney before flying to Brazil on May 28 where they will face defending Champions Spain, 2010 World Cup runners-up the Netherlands and South American danger side Chile....

Being Refused Classification in Australia effectively means a game is banned on certain platforms, because most platforms require a rating in order to be published. Steam is the one big exception. Since Sludge Life was denied a classification, or was given a classification that effectively bans it, there’s no explanation for why it’s been banned. Sludge Life features a lot of criminal actions, ranging from drug use to vandalism. It’s possible that the game’s drug use is what got the game banned, but that’s just speculation....

Australia, winning four out of their five group games, have done it all while chasing. The toss has been a highly significant factor in this year’s T20 World Cup as nine out of ten games in Dubai have gone in the chasing side’s favor. Thus, Aaron Finch will desperately need luck in his favor on Thursday. Justin Langer said he backs Australia to chase any score in the knockouts, considering the team combination they have....

Almost everyone from the team had their contribution that affected the overall result of the series. Winning a 4 match test series 2-1 is something that will be remembered in the Indian subcontinent for a long time. This loss would have already started haunting the already underperforming Aussies. The team that toured Australia had a lot of pressure of winning majorly due to the series defeats in South Africa and England earlier in 2018....

They have tried to achieve it on seven previous occasions, but came out on the losing end 5 times and drew on 2 instances. But this time around, they won it, by 137 runs and the whole team contributed to this historic win. Other than man of the moment Jasprit Bumrah, special emphasis should be given to the innings of Cheteshwar Pujara, whose slow, but steady innings ensured that Australia came out to bat when the pitch was the most difficult....

Year 2018 was regarded as “the real challenge” for the “new” India that showed promise and hunger through their impeccable performances over the previous 18 months within the subcontinent. Finally, as India embarked on tours to South Africa, England and Australia, the time had come to stamp their authority outside their comfort zone and truly earn the respect for being the No. 1 team in Test cricket. The fans anticipated a better performance – a solid start by the openers, for starters - but unfortunately for them, history repeated itself....

The background Yasir Shah stands second in the list of the bowlers who have dismissed Steve Smith the most in Test cricket. Only England’s Stuart Broad has dismissed Smith more times (8) than the Pakistani leg-spinner. Smith has faced the 33-year-old in 10 Test innings – being bowled twice, caught on four occasions and leg-before once. Also see – Bangladesh Premier League Schedule The heart of the matter Talking to cricket....

The 41-year-old former midfielder is currently assistant coach of the Australia national side and will enter his first senior management position after the Socceroos’ World Cup campaign. Van Bommel, who spent seven years with PSV in two spells with the club, succeeds Phillip Cocu, who is moving to Turkish side Fenerbache. Formerly of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Van Bommel worked for two years as a youth coach at PSV, winning the national championship last season with the Under-19 side, and has been in line to take charge of the senior squad for some time....

Atlus has several specific provisions for what constitutes as “spoiler” within Persona 5, which video and stream producers should avoid. As a rule of thumb, however, they say that if it feels like a spoiler then content creators are better off publishing it. Here are the specific areas where Atlus wants spoilers to be avoided: Yasuke interactions beyond his initial introduction. Anything to do with a certain “Student Investigator” Ending segments of the first three Palaces Any boss fight except the Kamoshida fight Any content past the date of 7/7...

The former Wimbledon runner-up dropped his serve thrice to concede the tight first set 5-7 but was then able to rebound strongly for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 victory in 2 hours 12 minutes. The Czech now meets the eighth seed Benoit Paire, a 7-5, 6-3 winner over Evgeny Donskoy. A back injury had kept the 33-year-old away from the game for a major chunk of the 2018 season and he only made his return at the start of this year....

Tennis across the globe had to be halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with exhibition tournaments taking place sporadically in June, albeit under strict social distancing guidelines. The ATP Tour is now scheduled to restart in August with two tournaments ahead of the US Open. There are then three planned events in Europe before the French Open, which is set to be played in front of crowds. Ahead of the season’s resumption, the ATP has now confirmed that the rankings will be revised to cover a period of 22 months, from March 2019 to December 2020, with the rankings having been frozen since March 16....