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On Tuesday, the Bills brought back Cole Beasley, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, luring the slot receiver out of a short-lived retirement. Beasley played in 2022, a two-game stint with the Buccaneers before deciding to call it a career. Garafolo reports that Beasley is heading to the team’s practice squad, but should be elevated in short order to the active roster. MORE: NFL power rankings for Bills entering Week 15...

Inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, Ngannou successfully defended the UFC heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane. Not relying on his power to beat the crafty Gane, Ngannou would win thanks to a sound wrestling game. After the fight, it was UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard, not White, who presented the title to Ngannou. White also didn’t appear at the post-fight press conference. Ngannou, who competed in the last fight of his current UFC deal, has been very vocal about his displeasure with the terms of his contract....

The U.S. Senate is still awaiting guidance on whether the minimum wage increase falls outside of the scope allowed under what’s known as the “Byrd rule,” as the slim Democratic majority is pursuing a route to pass the next COVID-19 relief bill through a procedural move that allows a simple majority instead of the 60 votes normally needed. Under the Byrd rule, the shortcut, formally known as reconciliation, can’t be used to pass measures that fall outside the scope of the federal budget....

It also makes Judge the third-highest-paid player in baseball next year, trailing only Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander of the Mets (both at $43.33 million). The three highest-paid players in the sport will be in New York next season, but only one of them is a Yankee. Judge’s deal came shortly after speculation about him going to the Giants reached a fever pitch at MLB’s winter meetings. Reports began to swirl he was closing in on a deal with San Francisco, but the Yankees ultimately landed their top offseason priority....

With the MLB Winter Meetings in full swing, free-agent slugger Aaron Judge is the biggest name on the open market. Coincidentally, Judge wasn’t in San Diego on Monday night — he was in Tampa, Fla., taking in the Buccaneers-Saints “Monday Night Football” matchup. Judge’s appearance at Raymond James Stadium is notable for a couple reasons. No. 1 is that he was wearing a Mike Evans jersey. MORE: MLB Winter Meetings — Latest rumors, signings and more in San Diego...

Just like “neutral” algorithms programmed by white computer programmers, photography has long favored white skin over black. In 2020, Twitter’s auto-cropping tool got caught ignoring non-white faces, but it goes back a lot farther than that. Photographic film itself was optimized for pale skin tones. Digital cameras are way better, but much of that can be attributed to how they work rather than an effort to capture dark skin better....

The Machine barreled up a high fastball from Pirates reliever Chase De Jong and drove it to right-center field at PNC Park. The homer leaves him just three shy of No. 700 with 21 games left in the season. After Pujols hit his homer, the camera hovered on the bleachers just long enough to show a scrum to come up with historic ball. In the more immediate term, the two-run blast came in the top of the ninth inning and gave the Cardinals a 4-3 lead, which they would hold onto for the win....

When that study concluded, a Pfizer spokesperson said it did not determine the efficacy of the booster in the 5-to-11-year-olds. But that didn’t matter to the CDC. Seemingly hoping for a different answer, the agency put the matter before its own kangaroo court of curated experts, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). I listened to the meeting, and couldn’t believe what I heard. At times, the committee members sounded like a group of marketing executives....

During an appearance on the “I Am Athlete” podcast, former Tampa Bay running back LeSean McCoy offered insight on Brown’s unceremonious exit and provided an explanation for why the veteran wide receiver got so upset on the sideline. McCoy, who played for the Buccaneers during the 2020 season, couldn’t confirm if Brown was truly too injured to continue playing, but he told the podcast panel Brown was “angry” because he wasn’t being targeted and had incentives on the line....

Rahul was not included in the squad for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand. His omission came after he requested leave due to family commitments. Reports suggest that he is set to tie the knot with Athiya Shetty on January 23. The cricketer’s residence has reportedly been decorated to mark the upcoming nuptials. The wicket-keeper batter is likely to be Team India’s primary wicketkeeper and will continue to reprise his role at No....

Read on to learn why your eyes could be dry, as well as prevention and treatment methods. What Are Dry Eyes? Millions of Americans suffer from dry eyes. While it might seem like a simple irritation, it is a major symptom of dry eye syndrome. Dry eye describes eyes that don’t stay lubricated for a variety of reasons. It’s important to manage dry eye, not just for your comfort, but also to avoid unwanted side effects, including vision changes or vision loss....

I am using Chrome as my main browser, and on some sites things aren’t clickable but work on other browsers. The two main ones are: Linkedin where you have the page that has ‘People you might know’ I can’t click on the bottom bar (connect, send message, shared connections) of each listing, but I can click on the profile. Not really a page but when I bookmark a page with getpocket and go to add tags, I can get the tag list to show but can’t click any of the options, so I have to type the tag in full....

For the first time since the 2002 Western Conference Semifinals, San Antonio will play a game inside of the Alamodome. The stadium served as the team’s home venue for nearly a decade before they moved to their current arena, now called the AT&T Center. While the 2022-23 season hasn’t been filled with a ton of high moments for Spurs fans, they are certainly excited about embracing the nostalgia surrounding the Alamodome game....

AT&T’s full-bore stock-promotion campaign explains why the company is creating a separate “tracking stock” tied to its wireless business. (The announcement hadn’t been made last week, but is virtually certain to have been made by the time you read this.) News of AT&T’s plans, reported in the Nov. 22 Wall Street Journal but never confirmed by the company, sent AT&T stock up almost 25 percent in just four trading days....

Australian biotechnology firm CSL and the University of Queensland (UQ) announced on Friday that they were abandoning trials of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate after researchers found that the shot generated antibodies in participants which interfered with HIV diagnostic tests. CSL said there is no chance that the vaccine caused HIV infections, and routine follow-up tests confirmed that there was no HIV virus present in the trial participants. The findings mean that “significant changes would need to be made to well-established HIV testing procedures” in order for this vaccine to be rolled out....

That doesn’t mean the Bears didn’t do their job. Bryce Petty totaled 285 yards and three touchdowns against the Cowboys. Shock Linwood (21 carries, 113 yards, TD) and David Chafin (21 carries, 103 yards, 3 TDs) ran all over the place. There’s no “game control” argument. Baylor still has chances to run it up against Texas Tech and Kansas State the next two weeks. The Bears also have a compelling-yet-understated four-tiered argument for the College Football Playoff....

Head coach Didier Deschamps had both the luxury and the curse of having to leave out a group of players who would likely have strolled into any other squad at the tournament. Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette? Not consistent enough. Manchester United’s Anthony Martial? Not good enough. Kingsley Coman? Not fit enough. Amid all the absentees, though, it was the omission of Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema that caused the greatest stir....

But DeChambeau had a tough time on the course Sunday afternoon. Not with his performance, but with the fans and players he was going up against. And that marred his tournament as a whole. Here’s a look at the two major incidents that DeChambeau dealt with on the course Sunday. MORE: FedEx Cup, explained — Standings, leaderboard, point totals, more What did Bryson DeChambeau say to Patrick Cantlay? DeChambeau and Patrick Cantlay were engaged in a tough battle down the stretch that would culminate in a six-hole playoff....

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Saturday that Gronkowski will not travel to New England, and he will miss the “Sunday Night Football” matchup against the Patriots. MORE: Tom Brady could be latest QB to beat all 32 NFL teams | Why Pats have no chance vs. Bucs Schefter later followed up to say that he suffered multiple fractured ribs in the Buccaneers’ loss to the Rams last Sunday. However, it wasn’t just fractured ribs the four-time All-Pro suffered....