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Earlier this week, Tennessee moved all of its classes online for the remainder of the semester to comply with social distancing measures implemented because of the coronavirus outbreak. On Thursday, students taking the Communications 499 class were surprised by Manning, who dropped into the online session to give out some advice to the seniors who are spending their final year in college in unprecedented circumstances. During his time in college, Manning took the same class taught by professor John Haas, whose lesson he interrupted on Thursday....

Manning, who played mostly for the Indianapolis Colts and then the Denver Broncos from a span of 1998-2015, still holds the record for most passing touchdowns in a career with 539. Second on that list is New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady with 538, and third is Drew Brees with 537. Brees and the New Orleans Saints host the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night at the Superdome in New Orleans....

Speaking with the CEO of the Atlantic Council, a think-tank based in Washington, D.C., Pfizer head Albert Bourla said that he considers the spreaders of this misinformation to be criminals. He also blamed them for the loss of “millions of lives” to COVID-19. “Those people are criminals,” Bourla said. “They’re not bad people. They’re criminals because they have literally cost millions of lives.” Furthermore, Bourla stressed that greater rates of vaccination are the only thing that will bring the pandemic era to a close....

Of the last 34 PGA Championship winners, 21 have been first-time winners and 12 of the last 17 majors have been won by a golfer who had never landed a major before. With that in mind, here’s a selection of outsiders and dark horses to keep an eye out for when the PGA Championship gets underway on Thursday at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California. Collin Morikawa With odds of 30/1, Morikawa can just about be considered an outsider and there’s plenty to like about the 23-year-old, one of many California natives along with Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele who will be hoping to celebrate on home soil come Sunday night....

Three days after he withdrew in the middle of the final round at the Honda Classic with lower back pain, Woods returned to work at the Cadillac Championship. He said he feels better after a few days of constant treatment, and that he was good enough to try to defend his title. He won't play the new Blue Monster until Thursday's opening round. Still being cautious about back spasms, Woods said he would chip and putt while walking a course that is entirely different from the one where he has won four times....

In his first FedExCup playoffs appearance since 2013, Woods sits at No. 25 in the FedExCup standings after finishing T-40 and T-24 in The Northern Trust and Dell Technologies Championship, respectively. Tiger will need to play well enough at Aronimink Golf Club to remain in the top 30 of the FedExCup standings and advance to the Tour Championship in Atlanta. MORE: Here’s how the FedExCup playoffs work Here’s how to watch Tiger Woods and the rest of the field live at the BMW Championship....

Calling the trial “an initiative to help players further enhance their marketability via social media,” the PGA Tour sees the live-streaming and social-media photo sharing as a way for the players — often portrayed as a bland band of mostly white men — to show their personalities. “We feel it is important for the PGA Tour to continually look at ways for our players to showcase their personalities and connect with their fans,” Tour COO Andy Pazder said in a statement announcing the initiative....

Some condenser microphones use batteries or USB to power their active electronics. But if you have an XLR condenser microphone, your only way of powering it is through phantom power. So what is phantom power exactly? How does it work? And where can you get one? What Is Phantom Power? Phantom power is the mode of supplying DC voltage through a balanced audio connector to power a condenser microphone. To apply phantom power, you’ll need a phantom power supply to produce the correct power and a balanced XLR connector to transmit this power to the microphone....

RELATED: Phasmophobia ‘Bodysuit’ Update Adds Physical Interaction Between Ghosts And Players To make all of these extra stressors worth it, the professional difficulty triples cash rewards and experience points. The different maps in the game offer certain advantages and disadvantages to playing on professional. Some maps should be the default choice for any player wanting to run a professional hunt. 8 The Asylum The Asylum is the largest map that Phasmophobia currently has to offer....

The most recent update, Exposition, brought a load of changes and improvements to Phasmophobia. Everything from the tools to ghosts have received some form of new content or technical improvements. Not only is it huge fpr the game, but it also shows that developer Kinetic Games is dedicated to evolving on the experience that has already sold hundreds of thousands of copies. RELATED: Phasmophobia Fan Has Genius But Hilarious Idea for New Ghost Model...

Posting to the official Phasmophobia Twitter account yesterday, there is the possibility that two new ghosts may be getting added to the roster. The tweet came included with a screenshot which shows the game’s journal. This particular image lists the ghosts that are already included, such as the wraith, phantom, demon etc. But at the end of the list there appears to be two other entries, which have been blurred out, obscuring what they say....

Fourteen years later, Larson will be racing against his heroes every week in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series. MORE LARSON: Lofty expectations | His frightening crash | PHOTOS: Great rookies | Best Daytona 500s So will Larson be in awe when he takes the green flag every Sunday, racing against champions and legends like Gordon, Stewart and Jimmie Johnson? “It’s exciting but I don’t think about that stuff a whole lot,” Larson said....

MORE: 17 things we’ll never forget from this season | Latest NBA Mock Draft Jackson’s use of the word “goink” appeared to be a typo and became sort of a running joke throughout the playoffs on Twitter. While the phrase “how’s it goink?” looked like it should have been “how’s it going?”, Jackson proved otherwise in a Q&A with the New York Times. He was asked about that tweet and what the word “goink” meant....

With play under way, early starters might be looking at the afternoon threesomes for a hint at challengers. MORE: Advice from Jack Nicklaus | Tiger, Tiger, burning plight | Lingmerth wins Memorial Consider this trio: Webb Simpson, Padraig Harrington and Billy Horschel. They step to the tee at 1:50 p.m. ET with intentions on winning. And each has a good story to the season. Competition at TPC Southwind is the last before the U....

Mickelson has six second-place finishes in the U.S. Open, his first in 1999 and his most recent in 2013. And this year at Chambers Bay could be his last good shot at completing the career Grand Slam. MORE: U.S. Open schedules, tee times for Thursday | U.S. Open odds | Tiger plans to win “That’s been a career goal that I’ve had but haven’t really voiced, but now that I’m so close to it, it’s pretty obvious,” Mickelson said of the career Grand Slam on the KPMG Golf YouTube account....

The five-time major winner was facing the prospect of missing his allotted slot of 11:52 a.m. local time at Medinah on Sunday after the hotel he has been staying at was struck by lightning. That caused a fire at the establishment and an evacuation of the building, leading Mickelson to ponder whether he would make it on time as he was without his clubs. “How’s this for crazy? My hotel was struck by lightning, I was on [the] top floor, we were evacuated and the place is on fire (only thing of mine on fire this week),” Mickelson tweeted....

John McNesby, president of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, said earlier this week that Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams was “overthinking” his investigation into the incident and needs to “just move on with it.” MORE: Most heinous athlete crimes | Cowboys’ Randy Gregory suspended Williams responded with a statement Friday explaining that he plans to take all the time he needs. “I understand that people are interested in the outcome of our investigation, but we’re not going to rush because some people are impatient,” the statement read (via The Buffalo News)....

At the time of the October 9 shooting, Smith was temporarily living in the house, located in the New Jersey township of Woolwich, with his mother and McKenzie, according to NJ.com. During a celebration, McKenzie’s relative invited a friend to the house. Smith objected to the friend’s sexual orientation, Assistant Prosecutor Dana Anton said. “He made it known to his stepfather that he did not approve of that person coming into their house…that their house was a house of God,” Anton said....

The winger joins the Union as discovery signing on a one year deal, with club options for two additional years. Bruce Arena: Klinsmann did a ‘very good job’ growing U.S. Soccer​ Picault, 25, scored four goals and added three assists in his 22 appearances for St. Pauli in the Bundesliga 2. His emergence in Europe earned him a call to the U.S. national team, where he earned his only cap against Puerto Rico in May 2016....

Rivers retired from the league last season, and moved to Fairhope, Ala., to begin his coaching journey at St. Michael Catholic High School. The former Chargers and Colts quarterback recently guided the Cardinals to a 49-0 opening victory over McIntosh in his debut. MORE: Early NFL picks, predictions for Week 1 Scoring 27 points in the first quarter, St. Michael Catholic completely dominated. By the start of the second half, both teams agreed to cut the half into two six-minute quarters with a running clock....