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One of those players is Johnson’s former teammate and fellow wideout, Nate Burleson. Burleson, who is retired, shared the field with Johnson from 2010-13, and formed a close bond with the then-young receiver. Tuesday, Burleson posted a touching message on his Instagram account in remembrance of Johnson. In addition to Burleson, former Lions quarterback and Johnson teammate Dan Orlovsky sent out a few tweets about the 30-year-old’s retirement. A photo posted by Nate Burleson (@nateburleson) on Mar 8, 2016 at 8:20am PST

Silver was criticized on Twitter after the predictions made for the election fell short. Verified users used their platforms to ask why the editor-in-chief’s model and its polls were still taken seriously. According to Pew Research, while polls can be useful they and can be “accurate in identifying Americans’ preferred candidate” they can fail to identify the winner of an election. This can be for a number of reasons such as poll methodology, bias, and more....

In case you didn’t know… Babu has previously won the National Rapid Chess Championship in Ahmedabad last Saturday and is currently the National Champion in the classical format after winning the title in Patna last November, thus completing a ‘double’. He was well on his way of bringing in a unique hat-trick by conquering the triple national championships when he faced an upset at the hands of International Master Dinesh Kumar Sharma....

The person says the French club wants Cardiff to pay the first installment of the transfer fee. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. FIFA says it received “a claim from FC Nantes against Cardiff City in connection with the transfer.” Sala, an Argentine forward, was killed last month before ever playing a match in the Premier League....

Gian Piero Ventura was sacked in November after the 1-0 play-off loss to Sweden meant the four-time World Cup winners failed to qualify for the finals for the first time since 1958. Luigi Di Biagio, the Under-21 boss, has been handed the reins on an interim basis while the Italian Football Federation seeks a permanent successor, with the likes of Carlo Ancelotti, Antonio Conte and Roberto Mancini reportedly in the frame....

Every time Osaka took the court for a match in the tournament these past two weeks, seven times in all, she wore a face mask that displayed the name of a Black person who was killed, in most instances by police. On Saturday, the name was Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy shot dead in Cleveland in 2014. MORE: Osaka’s WD protest at Western & Southern Open Osaka’s victory will allow her to amplify her message against police brutality, and the first opportunity arrived when she was interviewed on the court by ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi following her victory....

“I’m disappointed in every loss, but I feel like this one sucks more than others,” she said. “I definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure for this. I think it’s maybe because I haven’t played in the Olympics before, and for the first year [it] was a bit much.” The expectations and pressure were enormous for Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, the highest-paid female athlete in the world and Japan’s poster girl for the Tokyo games....

While the Scudetto slipped out of their hands, it is still an exciting time to be a Napoli fan especially when someone of the stature of Ancelotti is in-charge of your team. The former AC Milan manager is a serial winner and many will hope that he can take the southern Italian team to the next level but if he is to do that, Napoli will need to keep hold of their top stars....

Title-chasers Napoli will look to maintain their purple patch against AC Milan on Sunday, when a win for the visitors and defeat for Juventus at Lazio could blow the title race wide open. A week after a 5-2 win over Torino, Napoli outclassed Genoa 2-0 last week to stay nine points behind leaders Juventus — a gap which most pundits feel is sufficient to secure the Bianconeri’s 29th title, despite having seven games to play....

The verdict paves the way for Narsingh to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the 74 kg category that he had qualified for by clinching a Bronze medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championship. A visibly relieved Narsingh said that the verdict proved his innocence and that he would now do everything within his power to return from Rio with a medal. “Right from the first day, I have had faith that I would be cleared....

RELATED: 10 Characters That Can Defeat Naruto (In An Eating Contest) Ino is a diligent mentor who shares a lot of qualities with her son Inojin, although there are many things that set them apart. Inojin innovates and interacts with his friends in a way that completely sets himself apart from Ino and Sai, establishing his own character that is not only valuable but efficient in battle. 10 Similar: Ino-Shika-Cho Trio Much like his mother and predecessors before him, Inojin was placed into a team with members of the Akimichi and Nara clans....

A Jonin is known to be incredibly powerful, and they are usually the strongest that a village has, after their Kage. While the world of Naruto has seen the introduction of quite a lot of powerful Jonin over the years, there have also been some who have disappointed the fans as well. Here are the 8 most unimpressive Jonin in the Naruto series to have ever appeared. 8 Baki Baki was a Jonin from Sunagakure and one of the most menacing characters back during the Chunin Exams arc....

While the amazing jutsu present in the show are easily one of the biggest draws of the series, one can’t fail to mention the ninja tools used in the series as well. After all, one of Naruto’s first iconic moments came from a ninja tool that has become famous in its own right. Suffice to say, that ninja tool will be touched upon in this list, along with several others....

RELATED: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Best Supports, Ranked And for fans who understand which jutsu in the series dish out the most damage from a distance, Shinobi Striker offers a lot of options to allow them to make their dream sniping ninja. However, just which abilities and skill-set combinations work the best for such a build? Fire Is The Cleanser Fans of the Naruto series will fondly remember Sasuke of the Uchiha Clan, who are known for their specialization in Fire Release....

Frank Rubio, of Miami, was originally selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. Prior to receiving his Doctorate of Medicine from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, he flew more than 600 hours’ worth of combat missions in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot. He said his September 21 launch to the International Space Station alongside Roscosmos (Russian) cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin is “an incredibly important mission....

The first race of the postseason will be the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin come into this event as favorites to win the season title as each driver has four wins on the year, but Kevin Harvick just earned his third — so don’t count him out just yet. MORE: Watch the South Point 400 live with fuboTV (7-day free trial)...

Though Logano led 309 of the 500 laps, Truex Jr. made things interesting, climbing from fourth to second place in the final 20 laps. It appeared for a moment that Truex Jr. would beat Logano, but Logano did what he needed to do in order to claim a must-have victory — much to the displeasure of Truex Jr., who displayed his emotions after the race with two thumbs down as Logano celebrated....

Briscoe shot out of a cannon on a restart with three laps to go in the Ruoff Mortgage 500 and kept the rest of the field in his rear-view mirror to capture the first NASCAR Cup Series victory of his career. “It’s unbelievable. I was crying the whole last lap,” Briscoe said during his postrace interview. “This is definitely a team win. I’ve got to thank everybody that’s gotten me to this point....

The win marked Busch’s sixth of the season and marked a successful defense of the Gander Outdoors 400 title. With the victory, Busch tied Kevin Harvick for the most in NASCAR this year and solidified his spot atop the point standings. NASCAR AT POCONO: Starting lineup for the Gander Outdoors 400 The race started off with 13 drivers, including Busch and Harvick, forced to the rear for failing post-qualifying inspection....

The Richard Childress Racing driver was a much-accomplished driver on the Xfinity circuit, twice winning the competition. But he hadn’t claimed a victory in the Cup Series until Sunday. Reddick out dueled Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott to claim the Kwik Trip 250. Elliott, who secured pole position in qualifying, led for 36 of the race’s 62 laps. However, Reddick, who took 16 laps Sunday, outpaced him in the final stage and showed calm on Turns 5 and 6 to keep Elliott at arms length....