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The Carolina Panthers learned that firsthand on Sunday night after getting a long, good look at No. 26. That would be Steelers’ running back Le’Veon Bell, the sleeker version of the rookie that impressed in the second half of last season. Bell is the AFC’s leading rusher after three games, a big reason why Pittsburgh is 2-1. With backfield mate LeGarrette Blount, they’re both setting up as bigger reasons why the team is headed toward ending its two-year playoff drought....

Saturday night, McGeary makes his first title defense against Tito Ortiz in the main event of Bellator 142: Dynamite. MORE: Current UFC champions by weight class | Odds and picks | In praise of Conor McGregor Preliminary bouts from San Jose begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the main card starting at 9 on Spike TV. It was 2009 and McGeary had worked on construction sites in England since he was 15 years old....

The Bears are coming off a bye with another QB change, with a healthy Mitchell Trubisky replacing an injured Nick Foles. The Packers are coming off a tough marathon overtime loss at the Colts last week that pushed their lead down to two games. Chicago and Green Bay play again in Week 17, so it’s critical to extend to three vs. dwindle to one. How will the Bears respond with their season on the line, given the wild card seems out of reach?...

ESPN reports the Bears star wide receiver will miss Sunday’s game against the Raiders. MORE: Week 4 injury report’s biggest hits | FANTASY: Week 4 WR rankings Jeffery, who injured his hamstring in practice the week before the Bears second game, has missed the past two games, but reports earlier this week indicated he could be expected to return this Sunday. ESPN reported the team is now looking for Jeffery to come back the following week against the Chiefs....

Whether true or not, Edu and Beckerman are seen as two men vying for the same spot on the U.S. World Cup spot. If you subscribe to the belief that Jurgen Klinsmann is likely to bring two defensive midfielders to Brazil, and Jermaine Jones is going to be one of them, then in theory, that leaves one spot up for grabs for Beckerman and Edu (and Reading's Danny Williams for that matter)....

Well, today is a great day to start thanks to this MUO readers’ deal. It is a bundle of 11 Excel courses that cover everything from using VLOOKUP to API reporting. And the best part? You can set your own price! That’s right, just check out the list of courses included and you can pay what you think they are worth. What Excel Courses Are Available in the Bundle? Let’s run through the 11 Excel courses in today’s bundle....

Tricia Helfer, who played the villainous Cylon known as Number Six, returns to serve with hosting duties. The marathon event begins at noon on Monday and is set to end on Thursday, April 23. And if 76 episodes aren’t enough for you, Syfy is also airing the two TV movies set within the Battlestar universe: Razor and The Plan. You can also bet on there being some special guests joining Helfer throughout the marathon....

There are some beginner tips that a player needs to know while going through Cloudpunk. Although the game is story based, there are still going to be players who end up getting lost around the game’s area, and a player may need to know some things about Cloudpunk before they get started in the game. 7 Sell A Lot Of Useless Items As a player goes through the game, they will gather up all sorts of items in their inventory....

RELATED: Is Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed a Remake? The game brings back everything players love from the original and expands on it tremendously, featuring new locations, weapons, upgrades, and even multiplayer. Remastered and looking better than ever, returning players and even newcomers to the franchise will have no problems adapting to and enjoying this instant classic. 5 Coop Is A Must Let there be carnage. As mentioned previously, Destroy All Humans!...

RELATED: Souls Game Difficulty Tier List Similar to Dark Souls, this 2D dark fantasy game offers unique game mechanics and unforgiving combat. Here are some tips to remember, which can make the game’s difficulty more manageable. Developed by Clover Bite, Grime is available on Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, and Google Stadia. The game was released on August 2, 2021. 10 Pick a Peripheral Grime is brutal when it comes to solidifying the mechanics in the player’s mind....

A player may not be able to adjust to all of the information that this game requires right out of the gate. The game is rather complex, and a player may need some beginner tips before they can properly start playing Out of the Park Baseball 23. 7 Mess Around A Bit With The Resources There are many resources that a player will be given upon starting the game; although these are not resources in the typical sense within games, they are things such as written tutorials, online videos, and so on and so forth....

Johnson, the 6-10 left-hander marked by a signature lampshade mustache, stood from his bluish-gray seat down the left field line and began to throw. Seattle’s bullpen was located on the field at the time, putting him in sight of all 57,000 fans, and the crowd almost immediately recognized the significance of his practice tosses. He had pitched seven innings against the Yankees in Game 3 of the 1995 ALDS two days before, and he started his warm up session unsure whether exhaustion would limit his effectiveness in the decisive Game 5....

Spokesperson Hua Chunying made the analogy at a daily press briefing on Thursday when questioned about China’s recent “Wolf Warrior” approach to international relations. The phrase has origins in two patriotic Chinese films of the same name and now refers to an assertive and aggressive style of diplomacy, where the threat of military intervention and economic sanctions trumps soft power. Hua’s colleague, Zhao Lijian, was recently accused of being a “Wolf Warrior” diplomat when he started a fresh row with Australia by tweeting a doctored image showing an Australian soldier killing a young Afghan child....

Now that the games have concluded, the Winter Olympic torch has eventually made its way to Italy, where Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo are set to share hosting duties in 2026. The mayor of Beijing, Chen Jining, passed the flag to IOC president Thomas Bach, who then passed it to the mayors of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo followed by the Italian national anthem. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, while addressing the 2022 Winter Olympics, spoke about the challenges during the event while also congratulating the athletes for an incredible show....

Belarus’ Foreign Ministry said it is suspending a readmission agreement with the EU aimed at stopping the flow of illegal migration. It also said EU officials involved with drafting sanctions against Belarus will be banned from the country, without naming those to be banned. The EU issued economic sanctions on Belarus on Thursday over its forced diversion of a Ryanair flight to apprehend a journalist in May. “We note with deep regret that the forced suspension of the agreement will have a negative impact on cooperation with the EU in the field of combating illegal migration and organized crime,” Belarus’ Foreign Ministry said....

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army said in a statement on Facebook that some units of Belarus’ special operations forces had held combat readiness checks. Several Belarusian units in Volhynia and Polesia were also tasked with strengthening protection of a section of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border in the Brest and Gomel regions, the statement said. Belarusian state-controlled news agency Belta separately reported Thursday that Belarus is set to send more than 250 personnel to Russia for military exercises from August 30 to September 5....

Olivier Debie, a Belgium-based designer, expressed “surprise on social media that the emblem for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games unveiled last week, closely resembles the logo for a theatre in Liege” that his studio crafted. The official emblem for the 2020 Olympics was unveiled in Tokyo on July 24 and resembles a simple letter “T” in gold, red, black and silver against a white background. The designer said: “I cannot judge whether it was stolen or inspired by my work....

Belgium goalkeeper Courtois was influential in his side’s run to the semi-finals as his country achieved their best finish in the tournament, coming third. The Chelsea man kept clean sheets against Panama and England twice, while also impressing in a win over Brazil, to edge out finalists Hugo Lloris and Danijel Subasic. After it was confirmed he had won the award following the final, Courtois posted on Twitter: “One of the biggest individual honors you can get as a goalkeeper!...

A few months ago a thin book that has been in print for nearly three years arrived in the top 10 of The New York Times paperback nonfiction list. Last week it rested at No. 6. “90 Minutes in Heaven” is an extraordinary story. Written by a Southern Baptist minister named Don Piper and a coauthor, “90 Minutes” is a firsthand account of Piper’s devastating 1989 car wreck (his red Escort was, essentially, run over by an 18-wheeler), his trip to heaven–and his miraculous return to earth and life, thanks to the prayers of a fellow pastor....