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“I was made aware of a situation over the weekend involving an employee of the Dallas Stars organization,” Nill began. “Once I received all the information, we sat down, we had to digest everything and as I mentioned, we talked to general counsel and everything else and we made our decision.” Nill did divulge that he caught wind of the undisclosed incident this weekend via phone call and that the incident itself took place “a few days before that” with an investigation beginning on Sunday....

Here’s what we know so far. Dalvin Cook was sued by Gracelyn Trimble, who was alleging domestic abuse charges. Cook’s agent made the rounds, talking to various media personas and giving Cook’s side of the story. According to Pro Football Talk, Cook paints a different story. Is Dalvin Cook’s agent cooking up a story? Dalvin Cook was inside his home last November when a woman unlawfully entered the premises and Cook took action....

Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati on Monday but continues to steadily recover, tweeted a picture of himself and his parents getting ready to watch the game in his hospital room. Hamlin and his parents are all donning “Love for Damar” shirts with his No. 3 on the front. Hamlin had the same reaction everyone at home did when Nyheim Hines returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown....

When Lillard missed a pair of free throws that would have given Portland a lead with 18.6 seconds remaining, the Clippers’ bench laughed at him in an over-the-top display meant to get under his skin. In his postgame news conference, Lillard said George and Patrick Beverley shouldn’t talk trash after being sent home by the Trail Blazers in the playoffs before. Lillard hit an iconic shot over George last season to advance past the Thunder in the first round of the playoffs....

During an appearance on “The Woj Pod” with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Trail Blazers guard spoke on several topics, including the speculation surrounding Lillard and his future with the franchise. Ever since Portland fell to Denver in the first round of the NBA playoffs, rumors have swirled about Lillard’s status, but McCollum believes his longtime backcourt mate is “all-in” with the Trail Blazers ahead of the 2021-22 season. MORE: Potential trade scenarios involving Ben Simmons...

The RAW Superstar received permission from WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall to use his iconic finisher, the Razor’s Edge, during his time in NXT. His offense also consists of moves that are associated with heavy metal music, including Hit The Lights (Metallica) and South of Heaven (Slayer). Speaking to Sportskeeda Wrestling’s Liam Power, Priest confirmed that WWE allows him to create his own names for moves. In the video above, Priest discusses the recent RAW leg choke incident involving fellow Judgment Day member Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio....

There are so, so many people who need to hear this message. This time we’re hoping it reaches the ears of Louisvile’s Damion Lee. The 6-6,200-pounder is a good basketball player, averaging 16.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and two assists per game. He also fancies himself himself as an emcee. He recently released a track called “For the Ville”, an anthem dedicated to the Cards’ and its ‘meh’ at best. MORE: 16 most hated college hoops players ever | Indiana is shining again Rapping over a beat, which features an interpolation of the Luniz’s classic single, “I Got 5 On It”, a song about going half on a sack of weed, Lee gives you bars, if you want to call them that, such as: “My bars out this world/I ain’t talking spaceship/Thankful that basketball could take me to this places....

As demolition goes, it was nothing extraordinary. But as symbol, it was historic and a scene that will be repeated scores of times throughout the West in the coming years. On Butte Creek two more dams will come down next spring. On Washington’s Elwha River, where two dams block half a million salmon, one is likely to be demolished by 2000 and another is in environmentalists’ cross hairs. ““Dam removal is suddenly a viable option,’’ says Daniel Beard of the National Audubon Society and former director of the federal agency in charge of many Western dams....

The Buccaneers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1 and beat the New Orleans Saints in Week 2 before falling to Green Bay on Sunday. Through their first three games of the season, the Buccaneers offense has struggled. They’ve only scored three touchdowns and 53 points in three games. On First Take this morning, analysts Michael Irvin, Dan Orlovsky, and Stephen A. Smith talked about the Bucaneers-Packers game. Orlovsky stated how Brady and the Bucs’ struggles are being understated right now:...

Disclaimer: The video contains disturbing imagery. Viewer discretion is advised. In a shocking turn of events, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman broke his right leg after landing a kick on Uriah Hall. The kick was the first strike thrown in the match. As Hall tried to check the kick with his left leg, Weidman’s right leg immediately snapped. The former champion curled up in agony which resulted in a stoppage....

TheRealInsider was an account (now deleted) that, among other things, broke NDA to reveal the future Assassin’s Creed games ahead of Ubisoft Forward, stated God of War Ragnarok would be at the State of Play based on a Christopher Judge tweet, and accumulated enough “clout” and followers that his claims of new Silent Hill games and a Metal Gear Solid Remake were taken at face value. RELATED: YouTuber JiDion Says He ‘Sold Out’ in Emotional Video...

Sri Lanka lost the first three matches to the tourists, but two consolation victories have followed to hand Mathews and his side a lift ahead of their Twenty20 meeting on Tuesday. Mathews hit 11 fours and a six in an unbeaten knock of 97 off as many balls to carry the hosts to 299-8, before Dananjaya came to the fore with the ball. The all-rounder posted sensational figures of 6-29 - Sri Lanka’s best in nine years - to do the heavy lifting as the Proteas were all out for a dismal 121, putting a dampener on what had been a successful series....

Now comes another log for the bonfire. A small company named Heritage Oil, controlled by a British businessman named Tony Buckingham (thought by many to be a former mercenary, a description he denies), says it may have found black gold in an area straddling the Uganda-Congo border in the Great Rift Valley. A report by an independent engineering consultancy, Scott Pickford Associates, says there is a 10 percent chance that 1....

Last week, the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center announced that 28 states were under an excessive heat warning and cautioned that high temperatures nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit will “will increase the risk of heat-related illnesses.” Several states and cities such as New York and Boston issued warnings for the heat wave, telling residents to stay inside as much as possible and to be aware of heat-related issues. In New York, WNBC reported that the city’s medical examiner’s office announced that one individual died over the past weekend due to heat exposure....

That’s not exactly a good thing, but she’ll try to look at the bright side of a season-opening week that has brought far less success than a year ago . Patrick won the pole for the 2013 Daytona 500 to become the first woman ever to win a pole for a NASCAR Cup race. This year, she has not shown great speed at Daytona International Speedway, got caught up in a wreck in the exhibition Sprint Unlimited and finished 13th in her qualifying race Thursday....

“I’m excited to have my friend back,” Harvick said Friday morning at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “I don’t really care about the racing side of it. I’m just happy to have my friend back and be able to talk to him and hug him and support him. “That’s the part I’m looking forward to the most.” MORE: Stewart set to return | Stewart questions, challenges | Stewart sponsors, SHR future...

His words: “I’ve never seen that side of him and it’s crazy, all this stuff, the first time I heard about it was an interview about 20 minutes ago, because I’ve been doing book-signing stuff like all day.” “I got back to my hotel room at about 10-or-11-o’clock last night, and I woke up this morning just in time to start doing phoners, Everyone is like, ‘Hey! What do you think about this thing with Hulk Hogan?...

The incident allegedly happened during Sheamus’ return match on SmackDown, the one where he was accused of being reckless with Bryan. Everyone knew he was banged up but the concussion wasn’t diagnosed until later, and that’s why he had several matches after the fact. Bryan has now had several diagnosed concussions in his WWE career. Couple that with his injuries, and the company may be reluctant to ever move him back to the top of the card....

Though he enjoyed taking on the role immensely, there were times when it seemed he had no more interest in playing the famous secret agent, which led to him taking a break between the previous film Spectre and No Time to Die. Despite that, Craig was eager to get started when it came time to start work on his final film in the franchise. “I’m so glad I came back and did this last one....

SAN CARLOS, Calif. — It’s a warm September afternoon and Daniel Jacobs has just finished his workout at the SNAC gym as he prepares for his showdown with Serhiy Derevyanchenko on Oct. 27 at the Hulu Theater in New York for the vacant IBF middleweight title. He’s seated on the ring apron, thumbing through his phone. “There he is,” says Chris Algeiri, the former WBO junior welterweight titleholder and current boxing nutritionist....