It’s a phenomenal, detailed biography of the coach named by a panel of sports experts Sporting News convened in 2009 as “the greatest coach in American sports” — and it includes significant detail about the activities of notorious Bruins booster Sam Gilbert. We were curious what motivated Davis to invest so much of his energy into the project, and what he learned as a result. Sporting News: What made you want to write a book about John Wooden?...

Players can now swim and dive to discover new sea creatures, but there’s one specific creature that gamers will want to find: scallops. Finding just one scallop will initiate an encounter with Pascal, a new character in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Pascal will be glad to trade scallops for other goods like pearls, DIY Recipes and more. Read on to learn how to find scallops, pearls and what our friendly otter wants to trade....

Fans will first need to update their Animal Crossing: New Horizons to version 1.4 to gain access to fireworks, dreams and even backing up the island data, in case their Nintendo Switch gets lost or damaged. If your Nintendo Switch is in sleep mode, the game was likely updated already, but you can make sure by hovering over New Horizons using your cursor and pressing the plus button. Underneath the title of the game should be the version on the top left corner....

RIVERA: Astros show that old-fashioned pitching still plays A lot of people think the Astros steal signs from their opponents. This is not new. The Yankees, their ALCS opponent, are the latest to make the accusation. Well, good for the Astros. If an opponent has signs that are easy to steal, regardless of how they’re stolen, that to me is the same as a pitcher tipping his pitches, or hanging a curveball, or a fielder making an error that helps start a rally....

I’m not quite sure how to rank them, but I went back to 2000 on the indispensible Baseball-Reference Play Index and looked for unfamiliar names among opening day starting pitchers, sorted by ascending Game Score, the Bill James stat that evaluates a starter’s performance. Not all of the pitchers who got lit up are awful, and not all of the awful pitchers got lit up, but here are 10 lousy batteries and their Game Scores from those openers, to set as a “target” for this year’s potential Diamondbacks duo of Josh Collmenter and Tuffy Gosewisch…...

Astori, 31, was found dead in his hotel room ahead of Fiorentina’s match at Udinese on Sunday, with all Serie A matches consequently postponed. The cause of the defender’s death remains unclear, but an autopsy is due to be conducted while the rest of the squad fly back to Florence. Astori earned four of his 14 Italy caps under Conte between 2014 and 2016. “[The news] really hurt me. It’s very difficult in this moment to find the right words for the family,” Conte told Sky Sports ahead of Chelsea’s match against Manchester City....

At the time, the people of Midland had no way of knowing that they were actors in a larger drama about the national Zeitgeist–America in 1987 was coming out of the cold war and entering a confessional age that transforms domestic traumas into popular obsessions. Wisely, Jessica’s parents chose to keep their daughter away from the spotlight and to allow her to grow up as a normal little girl. Now in sixth grade at a private school, she gets A’s and B’s, likes country music, is sweet on a boy and plays with her three cats and two kittens....

Last Tuesday, Adams eliminated Bennett during a spontaneous two-on-one date. He was put up against Noah Erb after the pair of men caused tiresome drama that never seemed to end. For weeks, Noah and Bennett were at odds. That is, until Adams sent Bennett home. At the end of the episode, though, Bennett showed up at Adams’ door and confessed his love to her. She claimed that she needed time to think about his admission....

Hosted by Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi, the show sees four professional bakers try their best to win the business of the latest client. These clients are not the ordinary, as they have very important events from weddings to cancer survivor parties to celebrate. The contestants learn as much as they can about their clients before starting their bakes, and try to bring their personalities into their foods. There is a cake expert and chocolatier extraordinaire among the bakers, as well as the host who is on hand to provide whatever they need to take their bakes to the next level....

This has left viewers, hundreds of thousands of whom signed a petition to save the show when it was axed, wondering whether Netflix may revive the show, as they did with other canceled shows like Lucifer and Designated Survivor. Speaking to Newsweek, Baker and the Beauty creator Dean Georgaris and lead actress Nathalie Kelley both expressed openness for bringing a Season 2 to the streaming service. “I think I can speak for everyone when I say we would love to do a Season 2,” said Georgaris....

Although Isco has been in sublime form in the closing stages of the 2016-17 campaign, the Spain international is in danger of losing his starting berth to Bale following the Welshman’s return from injury. Bale fit for final, but expects bench role Bale has not featured since the La Liga defeat at the hands of Barcelona on April 23, but recently resumed squad training after shrugging off a calf problem....

For a bit of context, Battlefield 2042 was initially heralded as one of last year’s major releases, right up until the moment that consumers actually got their hands on it. All of the pieces were in place for this to be the next huge blockbuster. The early trailers showcased impressive production values, next-gen graphics, and an unprecedented sense of scale. Meanwhile, it had a terrific pedigree, with the usually dependable DICE at the helm, and it being part of a beloved franchise that has churned out nothing but hits lately....

Hector: I could’ve been selling trainers in JD Sports! Frankfurt signed Hector in the summer from Chelsea on a season-long loan deal, despite him never having setting foot in Germany before, but he has quickly adapted to life in the business centre of the country. Chelsea signed Hector for £4.7 million around 18 months ago from Reading and he chose the club he supported as a boy over Crystal Palace on a hectic deadline day....

I wasn’t able to find a job and fell into the traditional wife lifestyle; cooking and cleaning while my partner worked. I had been a babysitter before, however I knew being a mom would be totally different. I’ve had anxiety my whole life, but it ran wild when I became pregnant. Everything became completely magnified. At the time, I had a totally scientific mindset. I had a regular obstetrician and was planning on vaccinating my baby....

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey is no stranger to television screens. The Canadian-American crime drama television film premiered back in 2018 on Lifetime in the U.S. and Showcase in Canada. The film also held a special theatrical screening in Tampa, Florida in the same cinema where rapist, murderer, and kidnapper Bobby Joe Long was arrested in November 1984. McVey, who was held captive and raped over a period of 26 hours by Long when she was 17 years old, attended the film’s premiere....

Lee Rosbach honored his son in an Instagram post. “This past Saturday, my beloved wife Mary Anne and I laid our youngest son, Joshua Lee Rosbach to rest. After a twenty-year struggle, he finally succumbed to the demons he fought so long and so hard,” Lee Rosbach wrote. Opening up on his son’s 20-year battle with addiction, Lee Rosbach encouraged others struggling with the disease to keep fighting for their lives....

The woman became aggressive when a cashier at a store in northeast Philadelphia said the outlet would need to close because of staff shortages, just before 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 18. As the Chipotle employee told customers they would need to order online, the woman pulled a firearm from her purse and said if someone didn’t make her food she would be back and “there will be a problem,” according to police....

A Lionel Messi hat-trick and goals from Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez saw Barca continue their perfect start to the league campaign on Saturday. The result marked a third win from as many league games for Barca, who are top and four points ahead of Madrid after Zinedine Zidane’s men drew again. Valverde said he was pleased to be ahead of Madrid, although he conceded it meant little so early in the season....

The word, which according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, mean “cheat or swindle (someone).” Some also spell the word “Jip,” though that is incorrect spelling. It’s seemingly a common word in the American language, though many who use it may not realize the word has racist origins. “Gyp” is considered a slur because the word “gypsy” was originally used as a degrading term against Eastern European Romanies, otherwise known as Roma....

Nick, Andrew, Jessi and Missy all return to Bridgeton Middle School for a season of romantic loves triangles, embarrassing moments and musical numbers. Love bugs and hate worms are the creatures causing the teenagers problems in Season 5, joining their hormone monsters to guide the students through puberty. The cast list for Big Mouth seems bigger than ever in Season 5 so let’s take a look at who’s joining the cast, and who’s returning....