Новости за 21.12.2017

The big man literally handed the mic to a beloved assistant coach.

Five-star class of 2018 defensive end KJ Henry will play his college football at Clemson, he announced on Wednesday. With his announcement, Henry chose to let one of his beloved assistant head coaches, Patrick Murphy, announce it with him. Murphy has had a mental disability since birth and has been a longtime fixture at West Forsyth High School for 26 years.

"He means everything," Henry said via WFMY News 2 in August. Читать дальше...

Things haven’t worked out for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain at Liverpool Arsenal sold the England international for around £40million this summer Oxlade-Chamberlain may not get on the pitch for Liverpool and could get a frosty reception READ MORE: Arsenal star set to break record held by Manchester United’s Paul Pogba Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain infamously had a nightmarish game the last time Liverpool and Arsenal played earlier this season.The post Why Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be... Читать дальше...

Ale Moreno unveils his projected lineups for Real Madrid and Barcelona, and key difference makers for both teams ahead of El Clasico. BARCELONA -- Total budgets nearing $1 billion, revenues unthinkable just one decade ago, $300 million in annual sponsorships, and studies underway to strengthen their financial and media position. El Clasico may indeed be a pinnacle moment for the Spanish League, but the battle to be had between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid extends well beyond the pitch. The two giants... Читать дальше...

Paul Clement became the sixth Premier League manager sacked this season when bottom club Swansea City ended his one-year tenure on Wednesday but any upswing in results the Swans enjoy will be largely down to luck, according to a leading analyst. The so-called "new manager bounce" often accompanies a club parting ways with a manager and hiring a new one as demonstrated this month with West Ham United's resurgence under David Moyes after he replaced Slaven Bilic. But research by the 21st Club suggests the phenomenon is over-rated. Читать дальше...

On this week's episode of the show, the panel will discuss the seemingly short-lived Floyd Mayweather-to-UFC saga, UFC 219 storylines, the argument for penalizing weight cutting, MMA "stocking stuffers" for 2017 and more.

As Congress passes a massive rewrite of the U.S. tax code that could mean the largest transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top in history, it is also negotiating a stopgap spending measure that will not include the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. This comes as seven young DACA recipients and one ally were released from jail Wednesday after six days in jail on hunger strike. The eight were arrested Friday... Читать дальше...

Moskau (dpa) - Russland hat eine Reaktion auf US-Sanktionen gegen den autoritären tschetschenischen Machthaber Ramsan Kadyrow angekündigt. «Mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit kann ich sagen, dass wir das Prinzip der Gegenseitigkeit einhalten werden», sagte Kremlsprecher Dmitri Peskow am Donnerstag in Moskau. Details nannte er nicht. Die US-Regierung wirft Kadyrow schwere Menschenrechtsverletzungen vor und hatte am Mittwoch etwaige Vermögen eingefroren. Amerikanischen Unternehmen und Bürgern ist es künftig verboten, mit ihm Geschäfte zu machen. Читать дальше...

Once again, Hall proves he inherited his mother's sense of humor.

According to the UK’s Daily Mail, Chris Brown was caught outside of a popular LA gay club – fighting with a transgender. The article provides PICS of Chris fighting with a t-girl, and he is approached by another – who “breaks it up.” Here’s what they say: Chris Lopez, a Hollywood socialite, says she was […]

It happens.

Deerfield Beach (Fla.) linebacker Rosendo Louis committed to South Carolina on Wednesday, the first day of college football’s Early Signing Period.

But not without a little hitch at the beginning of his announcement:

VIDEO: Rosendo Louis makes his announcement for *South Carolina*.

He botched it at first saying “South Florida” in a pretty comical moment at the ceremony.

Did #USF get an unexpected LOI from an All-American LB?@RJ_DREAMCHASER @DB_BucksFB pic.twitter.com/QTPgADw99M

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle released photos from their engagement Thursday morning, and they're a dream.

Paulo Dybala is back, or at least that's what Juventus is embracing ahead of its showdown against Roma on Saturday

Les cas de choléra au Yémen, déchiré depuis deux ans par une guerre civile alimentée par la rivalité entre l'Iran et l'Arabie saoudite, atteindraient désormais un million, selon une évaluation du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge.

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Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing has raised more than $4 billion to help it expand overseas in an increasingly strong challenge to U.S. rival Uber. Didi's latest round of funding values the company at more than $50 billion. Didi is on track to launch in Mexico next year in its first foray overseas, and the company said Tuesday that it was working on offering its service in Taiwan. Didi said it planned to use the new cash to "scale up investments in AI (artificial intelligence) talent and technologies... Читать дальше...

Can’t miss picks for every game this week.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year ... or is it? This week there is no Thursday night game (YESSSSS!), but there are games scattered across the weekend and into Monday. On the surface, none of them are kind of marquee matchups we had last week.

The Colts at the Ravens for the Saturday matinee? The Steelers against the Texans and the Raiders at the Eagles finishing things off on Monday, Dec. 25?

Talk about a lump of coal in... Читать дальше...

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll on the nation's priorities was conducted by NORC from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. It is based on online and telephone interviews of 1,444 adults who are members of NORC's nationally representative AmeriSpeak panel. The original sample was drawn from respondents selected randomly from NORC's National Frame based on address-based sampling and recruited by mail, email, telephone and face-to-face interviews. NORC interviews participants over the phone if they don't have internet access. Читать дальше...

Steve Nicol shares his thoughts on who will come out on top in the El Clasico showdown between La Liga's biggest superstars. Former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas praises Lionel Messi and gives a prediction of this weekend's El Clasico. How do Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's El Clasico stats stack up against each other? All eyes may be on Saturday's Clasico at the Bernabeu, but we've looked ahead to see who could be the stars of the future for Real Madrid and Barcelona. Читать дальше...

BARCELONA (Sputnik) - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has promised that the Catalans will "demonstrate the strength of the people" at the snap parliamentary election on Thursday.

Im Bieterrennen um die insolvente Air-Berlin-Tochter Niki will der Insolvenzverwalter am morgigen Freitag zumindest zu einer "Weichenstellung" kommen.

This past year has been a good time to be invested in the U.S. stock market. Just ask President Trump.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Police in Syracuse say they've charged a 24-year-old man with fatally shooting another man outside a store in city street last weekend. Officials say Ali Muhammad, of Syracuse, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the slaying of 19-year-old Dunier Chestnut. Police say Chestnut was shot as he left a convenience store Sunday afternoon. He later died at a hospital. Officials say witnesses reported seeing Muhammad running down the street after the shooting. Читать дальше...

Warfare History Network

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Or, build massive artillery that can destroy Paris from far away. 

World War I’s stalemate on the Western Front ushered up varied solutions. The Allies developed tanks for traversing no man’s land to get at the enemy. But tanks had faults: Artillery could stop them, so could mechanical problems and difficult terrain; and they could not get the job done without lots of infantry.

Across the trenches, Germans had little regard for tanks and produced but few models. Читать дальше...