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It offers another chance for football bettors, even if the unpredictability factor is high. All of the games are being played at Birmingham, Ala., which takes the home-field advantage off the table for every team except perhaps the Stallions. There are some trends that are worth mentioning from the opening weekends for the last two leagues to try spring football. The Alliance of American Football (2019) and XFL (2020) had some interesting first-game trends worth knowing....

In many articles about Page’s Instagram post, news outlets clarified the story with phrases like “formerly known as [birth name]”. From a journalist’s perspective, there is a temptation use a high-profile transgender man’s birth name, especially when that person was well known under that name—as it adds clarity to the story and (more cynically) maxmizes search traffic on the article with the use of both names. LGBTQ+ media advocacy groups are clear on this: The use of someone’s deadname should be avoided in coverage of trans people, as it is harmful to many trans people and propagates a ciscentric worldview....

Musah, 17, became a darling of American fans upon accepting an invitation from U.S. men’s national team coach Gregg Berhalter to join the team for a pair of friendly matches next week in Europe, against Wales and Panama. Born in New York, raised in London, Musah has the choice to represent any of four countries, including Ghana and Italy, at the international level. He has appeared in youth competitions for England....

Why were so many in such a rush to see this? For a third consecutive game, the first two of them friendlies and then Monday night’s opening game in the Concacaf W Championship, the members of this USWNT edition showed they still have far to go to play like the world power they represent. They earned a 3-0 victory over Haiti, which will suffice relative to this tournament and its role as a qualifier for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup....

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced this week that it will disassociate itself with the “Come and Take It” flag unfurling tradition, and any other connections to the slogan, effective immediately. UTSA President Taylor Eighmy sent an email to students, staff, faculty and alumni that said the slogan would be removed from any events, buildings and the school’s website. The Roadrunners football team adopted the slogan during the 2011 season, and during 2016, a “Come and Take It” flag was unfurled in the student section at home games as a way to hype the crowd and perhaps inspire the team....

V Rising: How to Make Leather The first step toward making leather in V Rising is to reach the “Expanding my Domain” quest, which instructs fans to upgrade their Castle Heart. By the time that a player is on this quest, they should be at a suitable gear level and have already constructed a Blood Altar, which they should now interact with to access a list of available bosses. The boss that is relevant to making leather is Keely the Frost Archer, and survival game fans should select her and click on the “track blood” button below her portrait....

V Rising: How to Remove Floors The first step toward removing a piece of flooring is to confirm that it is not in contact with any walls or pillars. Indeed, it is impossible to remove a floor that is touching one of the aforementioned structural elements, and survival game fans may need to dismantle some of their walls and pillars if they are preventing them from excising some undesirable flooring. To do this, players much use the “dismantle structure” feature, which is assigned to the space bar by default....

Lacazette set for Arsenal switch The Serbia Under-21 midfielder has penned a five-year deal at Mestalla after leaving Astana. Maksimovic’s arrival signifies Valencia’s first dip into the transfer market, after making the loans of Simone Zaza and Fabian Orellana into permanent deals. Valencia are under new stewardship, with Marcelino hoping to improve on Los Che’s desperately poor 2016-17 campaign, when they limped to 12th in the league.

Jose Mourinho rotated his squad with qualification guaranteed. Sergio Romero took his place between the posts as David de Gea was rested. Chris Smalling was rested with Phil Jones taking his place. Marcos Rojo started ahead of Ashley Young and summer signing Fred started alongside Pogba and Fellaini in the middle. Andreas Pereira got a rare start for the Reds. Valencia started with their strongest possible 11 with nothing but pride to play for....

The 27-year-old Ecuadorean, who moved to Everton on a season-long loan deal from West Ham United, is yet to make a Premier League start this season, with all his five appearances coming off the bench. “Hopefully, I can play more games in this busy time over Christmas. I really want to be a part of the team and hopefully there will be a lot of rotation with players coming in and out,” Valencia told the club’s website (www....

The 38-year-old nine times world champion was admitted to hospital in Rimini after the accident in eastern Italy on Thursday. “Valentino will continue to receive pain relief over the next 12 hours and, over the course of the day, he will undergo routine diagnostic tests,” Yamaha said in a statement. “If the results are positive, he may be discharged from the hospital within the day.” Yamaha said Rossi, currently third in a championship he led before crashing in France last weekend, had spent a quiet night in hospital and felt less pain in his chest and abdomen....

Valheim starts players off in a meadow, almost naked and with no tools at their disposal. Like in Minecraft, the first minutes of Valheim are spent punching trees to get wood, which can in turn be used to create tools that make harvesting wood and other materials faster. These materials can then be used to create buildings that players can use to get shelter from the elements and enemies. It’s a familiar gameplay loop present in many survival games, but it’s more engaging in Valheim for a variety of reasons....

Valheim is already a highly-reviewed game, and one of the facets of the game that makes it amazing is its visual aesthetics. The art design is generally perceived as fantastic. Viewed from a broad perspective, Valheim can be quite jaw-dropping, especially as an indie-developed title. However, some of the textures look muddy up close, and that is where a mod may improve the game. RELATED: Valheim Modder Recreates Northrend In-Game...

Valheim continues to take Steam by storm, reaching six million units sold this month. It has attracted the attention of players and modders alike, with players adding Elder Scrolls’ Tamriel as well as a first person mode into the game. As players of World of Warcraft already know, Northrend is the seat of the Lich King and home of the Scourge from the expansion, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King....

The Viking aesthetic mixes well with the game’s survival mechanics and Valheim has seen rapid success in its first months of existence. The building system, however, has its limits with a relatively realistic approach to supporting structures. Players have therefore unlocked the game’s creative mode and added in mods to push their creations to new heights. RELATED: Valheim Update Makes It Possible to Build Maypole, Makes Other Changes U/ButterscotchPure4043’s post shows an area of Valheim under siege by an alien invasion....

Date: 1 September 2021 Tournament: 2021 US Open Round: Second round (Round of 64) Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Category: Grand Slam Surface: Outdoor hardcourt Prize money: $40,560,000 Victoria Azarenka vs Jasmine Paolini preview Three-time finalist Victoria Azarenka will face Jasmine Paolini on Wednesday in the second round of the 2021 US Open. Azarenka, who lost in the 2020 final to Naomi Osaka, opened her 2021 campaign with an imposing 6-4 6-0 win over Tereza Martincova on Monday....

Saturday’s US Open women’s singles final between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka has been postponed until Sunday because of forecast heavy rains and storms in New York, organisers announced. “The weather forecast for this evening is calling for storms with heavy rain and high winds,” said a tournament spokesman. “Due to the severe weather forecast, session 25 featuring the Women’s Singles Final will be postponed until Sunday, September 9, 2012....

Various political candidates are now posting the form of remixed photos and quirky videos in a bid to connect to wide base of young voters. As per reported in the NY Times, Tumblr users got the first dose of presidential debate, which started on Wednesday, with Mr. Obama’s team using a vague clip of Lindsay Lohan saying, “It’s October 3” in the comedy “Mean Girls.” And on Twitter, Mitt Romney’s bodyguard posted a picture of the candidate’s family playing Jenga before the debate....

The 26-year-old—tipped as a pre-games favorite for the gold medal—was not fast enough to progress from his semi-final race at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday. Bromell posted a time of 10.00 seconds, losing out to Nigeria’s Enoch Obaloluwa Adegoke also on 10.00 seconds and Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes who ran 9.98 seconds. “I want to say thank you to everyone who’s been with me on this journey,” Bromell wrote on Twitter shortly after the race....

"We are in communication with the State Department and are monitoring the situation in Ukraine," said U.S. Soccer spokesman Neil Buethe. "We are still planning on playing the game on March 5." The U.S. national team works with the State Department and local government officials when planning all away games, and Tuesday's events have not led to the cancellation of the friendly. The match is scheduled to be played in Kharkiv, which is located about 300 miles away from Kiev, where the outbreak of violent clashes saw several protestors killed....