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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has been pressuring Trump’s longtime accountant, Allen Weisselberg, 73, to turn on him in the 18-month probe into whether the ex-president and Trump Organization committed financial crimes by manipulating the value of assets for loans and tax gains. In a recent interview with the New Yorker, published Friday, Cohen predicted that Weisselberg will eventually cooperate with prosecutors to protect his own family from serving time in prison....

“What it says to me about Donald Trump, and what it should say to every American out there, is that it’s irresponsible, it’s ignorant and worse than that it’s immoral,” Cohen said Saturday on MSNBC. Trump’s rally, scheduled to take place in Cullman, Alabama, on Saturday evening, comes as the state faces a dramatic increase in COVID infections thanks in part to the highly contagious Delta variant and low vaccination rates....

ESPN’s “The Last Dance” wrapped up on Sunday, and the 10-part series did a great job at painting Michael Jordan in a mythological light — but apparently a less-than-good job at telling the truth, according to “The Jordan Rules” author and “The Last Dance” commentator Sam Smith. Smith, who was given airtime at various points during the series, called Jordan’s claim that the Bulls would have reunited for one more season following their 1997-98 championship run “a complete and blatant lie....

League Cup winning Swansea City manager, Michael Laudrup is reportedly unhappy at the Welsh club. The Dane seems to be at logger-heads with the team chairman Huw Jenkins over the budget cap placed on the club for the summer. With Swansea playing in the Europa League, now the manager believes he could do with a lot more money to beef up the squad. Last summer, the team spent £5 million twice on Pablo Hernandez and Ki Sung-Yueng but the former Barcelona player wants to spend more for the club to have any realistic chance of of winning another trophy....

Along with serving as a sports analyst for Fox’s Sunday and Thursday football coverage, the former New York Giants player spends his weekday mornings appearing as a co-host on Good Morning America while hosting Strahan, Sara and Keke fills his afternoons. Then in the evening, viewers get to watch him again on $100,000 Pyramid. His work in TV has nearly surpassed his 15-year professional sports career, however, Strahan’s road to becoming a daytime talk show household name didn’t come without a few hurdles....

Waltrip hasn’t driven full time in NASCAR’s top series but fits what Aaron’s wants. As such, it is extending his ties for the 50-year-old driver. MORE: Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s latest ad deal | This could be Junior’s year Waltrip and Aaron’s have been linked for 16 years. A deal extends their connection, the firm announced. “Michael epitomizes the energetic personality of NASCAR,” according to an Aaron’s release on the new deal....

McCool stated that Phoenix gave her a concussion in a match way back when both women were mainstays in WWE. She didn’t sell the concussion and didn’t let Phoenix know what had happened. Years later, Phoenix made a comment about the incident in a WWE Magazine and Michell McCool realized that Phoenix knew about it all this time. Michelle McCool and Beth Phoenix’s real-life problems McCool further stated that a while ago, people posted a meme highlighting that match, which eventually led to many fans asking her about the incident....

Morgan is one of only 27 people that Trump follows on Twitter and during his state visit to the U.K. in June, was the only journalist the president granted an interview to. Their ties started back in 2008 when Morgan won the celebrity version of The Apprentice, which Trump hosted, and he wrote in The Spectator magazine he was a close personal friend of the president. It was in light of this that Morgan was asked in the finale of the BBC political program, This Week, what he thought of the Democrat contenders who might take on Trump in 2020....

That’s precisely the question being asked in Washington, D.C. Rhee, 37, has taken on the city’s most unruly job: reforming the D.C. public schools. When the city’s new mayor, Adrian Fenty, asked her to be his schools chancellor last summer, she refused at first. “Absolutely not. That’s an impossible job,” she recalls saying. D.C.’s public schools spend more per student than almost every other major school district but have some of the worst test scores in the country....

Here come the spoilers: Captain Philippa Georgiou is killed off early in the season, only for Michelle Yeoh to return as the Mirror Universe version of the character. Now that her character seems to have left Discovery, it would seem she is being set up for her very own spinoff show centered around Section 31. RELATED: Star Trek Adds First Non-Binary and Transgender Main Characters In an interview with IGN, Yeoh discussed what it was like moving on from the show and also some of the thoughts behind how her character will handle their new environment....

However, Nintendo wasn’t about to let Metroid fans go empty handed once again as it had another surprise announcement to make. For years, rumors have been swirling about a game known as Metroid Dread, though Nintendo never gave much information regarding the 2D action title. Years ago, reports indicated that Dread had been outright canceled, dealing another blow to Metroid fans. However, as it turns out, those reports were indeed false as Metroid Dread is not only real, it launches in just a few months....

Wright was placed on the 15-day disabled list on April 15 with a strained right hamstring and later was diagnosed with spinal stenosis during his rehab, causing another setback. He could rejoin the team after the All-Star break if he is cleared for baseball activities next week. MORE: Mets have one of the worst alternate unis | Eight most important comeback stories of playoff race Manager Terry Collins, who has spoken with Wright in the past few days, told reporters that Wright is the most upbeat he’s been “in a long time” as his physical therapy with back specialist Dr....

Alderson interrupted Collins’ pregame press conference in front of many of the media naysayers and handed the manager a lineup card, via ESPN.com. MORE: Memorable Mets moments | Five bold predictions for the Mets | Collins was close to losing job last year “Terry, here’s your lineup for (Thursday),” Alderson said, via NJ.com. “I’ve been waiting for that,” Collins responded. Speculation grew when the Mets announced Wednesday’s lineup that featured Jacob deGrom batting eighth, while David Wright batted second for a second consecutive game and Daniel Murphy batted fifth....

At least while they’re with the Fireflies. That’s because the team on Wednesday unveiled new glow-in-the-dark uniforms and caps players will wear during the 2016 season. MORE: The best and worst of the MLB’s spring training caps The team is playing its first season in Columbia after 32 years in Savannah. The team had been known as the Sand Gnats for the past 20 seasons (just try coming up wtih a cool uniform promotion with that nickname)....

El Tri have reached the last 16 in the last seven consecutive World Cups — stretching back to USA ‘94 — but they have not reached the quarterfinals since their hosting of the tournament in 1986. Gerardo Martino’s side powered through CONCAF qualification, with 28 points from 14 games, finishing in second place behind Canada. However, they face a battle to get out of Group C, alongside Argentina, Poland and Saudi Arabia, with the likely prospect of France in the last 16....

Chip Kelly, then the Ducks’ coach, introduced Meyer to his team and made the mistake of calling him a “retired coach.” “Urban stops him right there,” says longtime Oregon running backs coach Gary Campbell, “and says, wait a second, I’m not retired. Right then, the red flag goes up for me.” Right there is all you need to know about Meyer and the cost of winning. The same guy who left Florida in December of 2010 and took a $1 million bonus as part of resigning his position because of “medical issues,” was imbedded with the Oregon football team a few months later and trying to, as he says now, “understand their culture....

MGM Cricket Club have had a fine outing so far in the tournament, winning two of their three games. In their previous match, they came out on top against Bukhatir XI with a comprehensive 66-run victory. Meanwhile, the Karwan Blues haven’t had the perfect start to their campaign. They suffered a three-wicket defeat against the Interglobe Marine in their last match. MGM vs KAB Probable Playing 11 Today MGM Cricket Club...

Xiaomi makes some incredible-value smartphones for users in China, India and more recently in Spain, France and Italy. Its devices are now officially available in the UK, so we no longer have to import them from China, but still have to familiarise ourselves with the MIUI interface. That is, of course, unless they purchase the Mi A2 or Mi A2 Lite, global versions of the Mi 6X and Redmi 6 Pro running pure Android One....

But Miami athletic director Blake James told the Sun-Sentinel on Saturday that he expects Golden to remain with the Hurricanes. "Al and I are in regular communication," James told the Sun-Sentinel. "He is our football coach and I believe he will be our coach going forward." Earlier Saturday, ESPN.com's Brett McMurphy reported that Golden would meet with Miami on Saturday. Vanderbilt's James Franklin and former Tennessee Titans coach ike Munchak — he was fired Saturday — are considered backup candidates if Golden isn't hired....

Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers could have hardly gone worse for the Heat, who lost veteran guard Goran Dragic and All-Star big man Bam Adebayo to foot and shoulder injuries respectively, while Jimmy Butler, Miami’s leading scorer in the playoffs, was in clear discomfort after rolling his ankle. While Butler is expected to play Game 2, the presence of Adebayo and Dragic remains in doubt and there are concerns the latter could be out for the remainder of the series....