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Bayern Munich has been known to pilfer top, in-prime talent from Borussia Dortmund over the years, but that trend was recently bucked. Niklas Sule, one of the best defenders in Germany, has announced he will sign for Borussia Dortmund on a free transfer this summer after the expiration of his Bayern contract. Dortmund fans hope that the signing will help narrow the gap between the two clubs, which is currently at nine points at the top of the standings....

Among those individuals and organizations that support SOPA are dozens of video game related companies – from Epic Games all the way down to Nival – who have made the bold choice to show their hand, and reveal their stance to their fans. Some have felt the sting of supporting SOPA, while others have preemptively dropped support lest their products suffer in the market. But ultimately there are still a ton of companies that support the Act, and those who do not and to help clear the issue of who is for and who is not, Rock Paper Shotgun has put together a handy list of many prominent game publishers and developers and indicated what their stance is....

Sixteen of the best U.S. teams will start competing on Aug. 19 for the first Little League World Series action in nearly two years as the 2020 edition was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the 73rd Little League World Series, Eastbank Little League from Louisiana won the title over Pabao Little Little of Curacao. With no international teams this year, an American team will be named champion for the third straight edition....

The operation has dealt with a number of hurdles to get itself started, including difficulty in luring top talent from the PGA Tour due to the tour’s strict policies against competing in other leagues. LIV Golf has attracted talent. Past British Open winner Greg Norman has staked his entire reputation on the league, repeatedly stumping for it and bemoaning the stranglehold the PGA Tour has over competitive play. The league has attracted some talent....

It’s possible the distraction from controversy surrounding their exit to the Saudi-backed golf organization had something to do with it. Perhaps the lack of competitive play as some has accused LIV Golf from having played a role, too. Or, the quick turnaround between tournaments in which players jet set “across the pond” from London to play in a major tournament contributed to their paltry play. Have no fear, though. LIV Golf is back and its participants hoping to put the distractions and poor play in the past....

Alongside Berlanti, the show will be written by Diablo Cody, known for her work on films like Juno and Jennifer’s Body, and Heather Regnier, who worked on the 2019 4th season of Veronica Mars. Both writers have also been brought on as executive producers to be joined by Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and David Madden of Berlanti Productions. There is currently no word on whether the original show’s creator Craig McCracken will be involved....

The White House is scheduled to hold a press conference at 1 p.m. ET in the press briefing room. The event will be live-streamed on the White House official website, as well as C-SPAN. Fox News has also been broadcasting these daily briefings in their entirety. The United States currently has over 466,200 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 16,686 death, as well as 26,522 recoveries according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center....

At least three shootings in the last few months were live-streamed, broadcasting the suspect’s violent actions across social media platforms. Experts told Newsweek that the appeal of live-streaming violent crimes might come from the world’s obsession with social media, making it even more critical that social media companies quickly remove violent content. Thaddeus Johnson, a senior fellow with the Council on Criminal Justice and former Memphis, Tennessee, police officer, said that the live-streaming ability on social media platforms “have provided everyone a platform to be a star” on the “world stage....

DeSantis announced that all teachers and principals from the Pinellas County School District, which Lakewood is part of, would be awarded $1,000 bonus checks for their efforts to educate children amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re happy to be able to, one, provide a token of appreciation for the principals and the teachers, but particularly here in Lakewood to highlight a great success story. The effort has paid off, and it’s integral for a lot of these kid’s futures,” DeSantis said....

The 62-year-old former Argentina, Chile and Athletic Bilbao coach, who is acclaimed by the likes of Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino and Jorge Sampaoli as a coaching visionary, was appointed by Lille amid great fanfare this May. Biesla was installed as head coach as Les Dogues underwent a huge squad overhaul, with former Barcelona vice-president Marc Ingla and ex-Monaco technical director Luis Campos brought on to the board by ambitious new owner Gerard Lopez....

Since the release of the film, the creators, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, have come out as trans themselves, which has been a strong point in favor of this interpretation. Recently, the Netflix Film Club YouTube channel released a video featuring Lilly Wachowski as she reflected on those interpretations. RELATED: The Matrix 4 May Start Filming This Summer In the interview Lilly Wachowski expresses happiness over how the film has helped others come to terms with their own identity: “They come up to me and say ’these movies saved my life…....

Lincoln City made the third round with a sensational 5-0 win over Bradford City in the previous round. They only scraped through the opening round, needing a penalty shootout to get past Scunthorpe United. Liverpool reached the quarterfinals of this competition last year, but a young side lost 5-0 to Aston Villa that day, with the entire first team having traveled to Doha to play in the FIFA Club World Cup....

“Our ads will stay up,” Lincoln Project’s senior communications adviser Ryan Wiggins told Newsweek Friday evening. “We will continue to prosecute the campaign against a Trump second term and work to defeat the republicans senators who enable him.” Wiggins said the political action committee’s upcoming ads will focus “both” on policy issues and Trump’s character. “We will defeat Trump and Trumpism (and its adherents) at the ballot box next month,” she said....

Instead of playing Malta’s national anthem, the first two seconds of Linkin Park’s hit song Numb blared through the speakers at the ground, much to the amusement of the fans and players. The error was quickly spotted and the song was stopped before the national anthem L-Innu Malti was played. Unfortunately for Malta, they could have done with that song as they lost 1-0 to Slovakia with Adam Nemec scoring the winner....

In the end It doesn’t even matter" Should a legacy be defined by the absence of an international trophy? Should the absence of one trophy with the nation be blamed on a single player? Should a player still be defined by the chances he could not take? Or should a player be considered the greatest of all time despite his failures at a certain level? The lines at the top belong to Linkin Park....

In case you didn’t know.. Coming through the ranks of Spanish giants, FC Barcelona, Lionel broke into the first-team in the 2005/2006 season. Since then, there has been nothing but sheer dominance from the 31-year-old Argentine forward in the world of football, with only Portuguese superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, being able to compete with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. The FC Barcelona talisman has scored 593 goals and set up another 238 in the 675 appearances he has made so far....

The Blaugrana star also downplayed his side’s chances of winning the Champions League, stating that the presence of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner does not guarantee any European success. In case you didn’t know… The Catalan giants are scheduled to face Premier League side, Manchester United, in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after an individual masterclass by Messi fired the side to the next stage of the competition. The 31-year-old registered two goals and two assists to register a 5-1 win over Lyon....

In case you didn’t know…. José María Gutiérrez Hernández, known as Guti, was an attacking midfielder for Real Madrid in his playing days. The former Spanish international was an instrumental part of Real’s dominance in the early 21st century. During his tenure at Madrid, Guti lifted three UEFA Champions League titles and five La Liga championships. Guti is really famous for his comments amongst the Madridistas. He has been on the headlines of various Spanish newspapers for his controversial comments and off-field activities....