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In this edition, SN’s Joe Rivera got two minutes with Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN SPORTING NEWS: First things first: Have you retired the Jay-Z impression? KEVIN KIERMAIER: I have. People abused it early on, it’s just one of those things. I am a baseball player. I might bust it out spontaneously, but I’m not the Jay Pharoahs of the world or the entertainers who do this on the spot....

On the day that the New York Yankees made their five-year contract with free agent Brian McCann official, and the Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with A.J. Pierzynski on a one-year deal, Tampa Bay traded for Ryan Hanigan from the Cincinnati Reds in a three-way deal that also brought closer Heath Bell to the Rays from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Hanigan became excess to needs in Cincinnati when the Reds signed Brayan Pena to work in tandem with Devin Mesoraco....

The 38-year-old, whose deal was announced Monday night, has spent the last two seasons with the Rays. He started a career-high 87 games and batted .233 with two homers and 18 RBIs in 99 games. The veteran of 14 major league seasons, who had become a free agent, is a .238 career hitter with 39 homers and 213 RBIs.

Razer Has Thought About Project Hazel’s Relevance in the Future In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan said that Razer has thought about its mask’s relevancy after “vaccinations and everything has been rolled out.” The conclusion was that even after vaccination, precautionary measures are still going to be required. Additionally, it may take another year or more for a substantial population of the world to be vaccinated against COVID-19....

The two sides met in the semi-finals of the Champions League last season, where goals from Marquinhos, Angel di Maria and Juan Bernat inspired PSG to a 3-0 win in Lisbon. Neymar Jr., PSG’s €222 million acquisition from Barcelona, was a key player in that game. But after limping off against Istanbul Basaksehir on Matchday 2 of this season’s competition, he is unavailable for the game at Leipzig. Kylian Mbappe is also ruled out of the Leipzig game with a hamstring injury; he faces a test in 48 hours to determine the extent of his injury....

RB Leipzig come into this game on the back of a 1-0 win over Gerardo Seoane’s Bayer Leverkusen in their most recent Bundesliga game. A second-half goal from Hungarian midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai secured the win for Domenico Tedesco’s RB Leipzig. Union Berlin, on the other hand, beat Oliver Glasner’s Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 in the Bundesliga. First-half goals from Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi and midfielder Grischa Promel sealed the deal for Urs Fischer’s Union Berlin....

When the entire DFS community tends to fixate on one aspect of a tournament, that can indicate an excellent opportunity to look elsewhere. Although course fit is an important factor to consider in evaluating golfers, it is far from the only factor. Just like golfers, courses often end up playing much differently than the DFS community anticipates. An inaccurate bomber can win on what was thought to be a precision golf course....

The song is complete with scathing yet powerful lyrics, a choir singing backup, and Lovato pouring her heart out with every line. As per her Instagram, she will also be dropping a music video for the song Wednesday evening at 11 p.m. EST. Lovato has been politically vocal on her Instagram, encouraging people to vote and take action against racial inequality. She considers her latest single her own kind of letter to the president....

Vicky Neville is an ICU nurse in the U.K. and has been for 10 years. Though she has plenty of experience as a medical professional, her letter outlines how different the circumstances of the COVID pandemic are from past days on the job. The letter, which was penned for the website Nursing Times, begins with Neville explaining what her work situation was when the pandemic really began to get out of control....

Irene posted the apology as an Instagram caption alongside an all-black square. It was written in Korean, and translated to English by Newsweek. “This is Irene,” she began. “I sincerely apologize for hurting the stylist with my foolish attitude and careless words and actions. There was a lot of help from many people who worked hard together until I was here, but I am regretting and reflecting on the fact that I hurt a lot with my immature behavior....

The NFL and YouTube just inked a multi-year deal that brings the exclusive rights to NFL Sunday Ticket games to sports fans through the video platform in the United States. These games will stream via paid YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channel subscriptions, so they’re not available for just anyone with a web browser. This starts with the 2023 NFL season and brings out-of-market regular-season games to viewers based on their locations....

Manuel Pellegrini’s side had a forgettable 2019-20 league campaign, finishing 15th on the table just five points above the relegation zone. But Real Betis have looked better of late, having won all of their last four games. Pellegrini will be happy to have kicked off his stint at Betis with a win last week. However, it’s important that Betis register a win against Real Valladolid as they will be hosting reigning champions Real Madrid next week and will want to carry some momentum going into that game....

At $162,000, the median price for a second home now tops the $153,000 for primary residences, says the National Association of Realtors. Second-home prices have gone up 27 percent in two years, compared with an 11 percent increase in all homes nationally. The hottest spots, like the Carolina and Texas coasts and Michigan’s lakes region, are near water and cities. At tony Bethany Beach, Dela., prices on choice places have quadrupled in three years, reports agent Martha Lowe of Long & Foster, who concedes she gets nervous about the sharp jump....

Culley got stuck in an awful mess of lesser talent while the Texans played an entire season with quarterback Deshaun Watson inactive. His team played hard and had some moments offensively and defensively, but that wasn’t enough to save his job. Now it’s on the Texans’ “braintrust” of executive vice president Jack Easterby and general manager Nick Caserio to make us believe they know what they’re doing with a competent new hire....

This was never clearer than in the recent Test series between India and England, where it took until the fifth and final Test for any of the openers in the series to go past 50. That first opener to pass 50 was Alastair Cook, who played in his final Test match and ended a stellar career with a superb 147 at the Oval. Cook has been one of, if not the greatest opener that we have seen in Test cricket over the last decade or so, and the figures certainly reflect that....

Ranma 1/2 tells the story of Ranma Saotome, a young boy and martial arts prodigy. Despite his martial arts prowess, he can’t fight his way out of a fantastical curse; he turns into a girl whenever he comes into contact with cold water, and becomes a boy again once exposed to warm water. He is betrothed to girl who is also talented at martial arts, but hate men. While living with his betrothed fiancé, he attempts to make peace with her while trying to get rid of his curse....

The Raptors forward is out indefinitely after suffering a ligament injury to his left thumb during a workout session Monday, the team announced Wednesday. MORE: What the Top 6 2016 prospects need to do to go No. 1 overall | Unwrapping the possibility of KD to DC There is no timetable for his return, though he is expected to miss at least two weeks after sitting out Tuesday’s loss to the Knicks....

YouTuber Shane Luis, who goes by the alias RerezTV, recently posted a series of images on Twitter which seems to show a boxed Nintendo 64 console. Upon closer inspection, it turns out it’s not the 90s cartridge console after all, but an even rarer development kit, known as the DD or Disk Drive, used to make games for it. Luis says the box was sent to him from a private collector asking him to verify the contents and to “carefully document” it on the chance it is a valuable asset....

The impact occurred last week on October 15 at about 9:24 a.m. EDT, and was spotted by researchers at Kyoto University in Japan. The researchers were using the PONCOTS observation system, part of the Organized Autotelescopes for Serendipitous Event Survey (OASES). The team have released still images of the impact as well as video footage, which shows how a white spot briefly glows on Jupiter’s striped surface before slowly fading away....