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McCutchen – the 2013 National League MVP – joins the Phillies from the New York Yankees on a three-year, $50million contract. The deal includes a $15m club option, with a $3m buyout for 2022. McCutchen is a four-time Silver Slugger who boasts a career .287 batting average with 223 home runs and 185 stolen bases. The 32-year-old played the first nine years of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates before he was traded to the San Francisco Giants before the start of last season....

In case you didn’t know… Ronaldo faced United for the fourth time in the Champions League since departing Old Trafford and was on hand to open the scoring for Juventus in the 65th minute. Although his goal was a beauty, the Portuguese stirred massive controversy after he opted to celebrate it – an act which surprised many Manchester United fans. The heart of the matter Although the Red Devils eventually won the game 2-1, with Juan Mata and an Alex Sandro own goal overturning the result, many United fans have been left divided over the Portuguese’s action during the game....

In the photos, the 48-year-old actor steps onto the front porch of a California Pacific Palisades residence and seems to struggle as he tries to retrieve a mailing tube while also carrying at least 3 large iced coffees and a takeout container of donut holes. Numerous Twitter users have joked about how the image of Affleck struggling to do too many things by himself at home is an illustration of how overwhelmed most Americans have felt during a tumultuous year marked by a pandemic and stay-at-home orders....

As #NationalBoobDay trended on social media, the animal rights organization used the occasion to reiterate its objection to human consumption of cow’s milk. To drive the point home, PETA shared a cartoon image of a man lying flat on his back under a cow, as he drank milk straight from one of its teats. Captioning the eye-catching graphic, the organization wrote: “Are you drinking from a cow’s boobs this #NationalBoobDay?...

The meeting stemmed from a shouting match among Sherman, Carroll and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell after the Seahawks attempted a pass to tight end Jimmy Graham on first-and-goal at the Rams’ 1-yard line. Seattle was up 10-3 in the third quarter at the time. MORE: NFL Week 15 Power Rankings Thankfully for both Carroll and Sherman, the two seemed to have come to an understanding after the meeting. “I just spent an hour with him, and we’ve been through it,” Carroll said in an interview with Seattle radio station KIRO (via ESPN)....

Navarro spoke to Steve Bannon’s War Room Pandemic podcast on Monday and discussed the theory that COVID originated in a lab in Wuhan, China. This claim hasn’t been proven. Speaking in front of an image of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), Navarro once again called Fauci, who is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the “godfather” of the pandemic. NIAID is part of the NIH....

Both fighters took to Twitter to debate who will come out on top once the cage doors close behind them at UFC 256. The duel started when Aljamain Sterling claimed that his counterpart Yan knows that “Funk Master” will be a tough test for him inside the Octagon. In a sharp response to Sterling’s comments, Petr Yan asked him to stop assuming that he will be a tough challenge. The Russian fighter further claimed that he believes he will put Sterling “to sleep” on December 12....

The two-time Wimbledon champion saw off Serena Williams in the semifinals and her irresistible form proved too much for Kuznetsova to handle. MORE: French Open preview | Murray marches to Madrid final, will face Nadal Despite beating Russian compatriot Maria Sharapova to reach the final, Kuznetsova was unable to scale those heights again, losing nine games in succession as her chances unraveled completely. Kuznetsova held from 0-40 down in her opening service game, but she was unable to repeat the feat next as Kvitova took a 3-1 lead....

[HTML1] Yesterday, news on how much YouTube sensation PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, made last year exploded all over the Internet. Many people were shocked and outraged that someone just making videos for YouTube could earn a massive $7.45 million in 2014 alone, and let their voices be heard all over the web. “Money is a topic that I purposefully try to avoid for the five years that I’ve been making videos because I just feel like it’s not important to anyone,” PewDiePie said in a video he made to address the massive response to the news on his earnings....

Indeed, we were all spared. Pittsburgh scored late to set up an onside kick, failed to reel it in, and that was that. Denver won 23-16 and will host the Patriots in next Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. MORE: Broncos-Steelers stats, charts | PHOTOS: Best of divisional round This is where we’d normally say that Broncos-Pats represents a new game and a fresh start. To a degree, it’d be true; the Pats are going to be better than Pittsburgh....

Pfizer announced on Friday its oral antiviral showed to be 89 percent effective at preventing hospitalizations, a rate about 30 percent more effective than Merck’s pill. Both companies plan to ask the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorizations and the oral antivirals would be the first authorized COVID-19 therapeutic that a person could administer themselves at home. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA commissioner, told CNBC’s Squawk Box Pfizer’s trial results put the “end of the pandemic” in sight for the U....

Reed came out and shot a 5-under 65 in Round 2 of the PGA Championship to get back into contention. Reed, who had seven birdies on the day, made an important birdie on the par-3 ninth hole to close his round. MORE: Leaderboard | Spieth moves back into contention “It was one of those distances where I didn’t quite think I could get the 7-iron there, so I just tried to take some off of my 6,” Reed said....

Tiger Woods is a four-time winner at Doral, but it's a new Blue Monster that beckons professional golf's best this week. There's an added twist: How will Woods' back respond? MORE: Leaderboard via Golf.com | Doral: familiar, yet strange | Tiger’s prep day | First-day photos Thursday's first round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship is a test of skills for a field that includes Woods, Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy and other top golfers....

Phelps finished the final in 1 minute 54.66 seconds on Thursday, almost two seconds ahead of Japan’s Kosuke Hagino at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. China’s Wang Shun took bronze in 1:57.05, reports Xinhua. While the landmark is a swimming first, two other athletes have achieved the feat in other Olympic sports: Al Oerter in discuss and Carl Lewis in long jump. Phelps could also perform the so-called four-peat in the 100m butterfly here....

The Everton defender said: “The manager has said to us that it’s not important what anyone else thinks. It’s all about what we think. “We are Team England and that’s what we want to be. We want to be in it together and, as much as we would like to please everyone, the be all and end all is about the squad and the staff. “We would love to send out loads of messages, but we don’t care what other people think....

Speaking to the press after the game, Scolari playfully drew attention away from his side’s 3-0 loss, saying, “At least we didn’t concede four like Real Madrid.” Lionel Messi made his comeback from injury in that El Clasico game, setting up the second of Luis Suarez’ goals. The Argentine missed Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Guangzhou Evergande due to a new ‘injury’, falling prey to kidney stones that have caused him renal colic (abdominal pain)....

Lahm appeared in Wednesday night’s 2-2 draw against Benfica in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, as Bayern Munich advanced to the semis, winning the first tie 3-2 on aggregate (1-0 in the first leg), reports Efe. Already down 0-1 after the first leg in Germany, underdogs Benfica had to play Wednesday night’s match without top scorer Jonas who was suspended, and the injured Gaitan and Mitroglou....

Harang agreed to a one-year contract worth $5 million, plus the potential for performance bonuses. The 12-year veteran has played on six different teams over the last five seasons, most recently going 12-12 with a 3.57 ERA for the Braves last year. Harang, who turns 37 in May, brings experience to the Phillies roster. Before his 2014 season with the Braves, Harang had been struggling. He went a combined 5-12 with the Mets and Mariners in 2013....

What Causes Android Phones to Stop Ringing? When your Android phone isn’t ringing, there are several possible causes. In the worst cases, the phone might be physically damaged or infected with malware. Most likely, however, you inadvertently silenced your phone, left it on Airplane or Do Not Disturb mode, enabled call forwarding, or there’s an issue with a third-party app. How to Fix a Non-Ringing Android Phone Check your volume settings....

The image, which was shared on Twitter account Libs of TikTok on Tuesday, was liked 13,600 times and retweeted or quote-tweeted more than 2,600 times as of Thursday morning. On Instagram, the photo has more than 87,600 likes and spurred hundreds of comments. Students at the university confirmed to Newsweek that the presentation was not satire, and was in fact part of a mandatory program by the university’s Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life, which oversees the 51 fraternity and sorority organizations at the institution....