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Now, Tom probably was the greatest relic hunter who’s ever lived. He roamed battlefields all over the South, scouring them with a World War II mine detector that would ping with sonarlike excitement whenever it passed over heavy metal: Minié balls, bayonets, shrapnel, unexploded projectiles. If anybody knew what he was doing when it came to handling century-old ordnance, Tom was the man. Eventually the walls of my uncle’s rec room were lined with neatly catalogued artillery shells and other treasures dug up from yards in Atlanta, swamps in South Carolina, even pulled from the bottom of Louisiana bayous....

Gauff became the youngest qualifier at the All England Club in the Open Era last week and is through to the second round after stunning fellow American Williams 6-4 6-4 on Monday. Williams had won the grass-court grand slam twice before her compatriot was born, but the 39-year-old was unable to live with the teenager, who became the youngest female to win a singles match at Wimbledon since 1991....

There are two types of player I tend to shy away from in the first two rounds of fantasy baseball drafts: light-hitting speedsters and guys coming off a career year. Welp, that pretty much cancels out Jose Altuve. Fantasy owners are in love with Altuve; like, get-down-on-one-knee in love. Look, he’s a great contact hitter, but that .360 BABIP is coming down (.316 in 2013), as is his .341 average (....

Listed as “questionable” entering the Falcons’ game against Washington because of a hamstring issue, Jones was on course for his first no-catch game in four years when the Falcons went to halftime trailing the Skins, 7-3. MORE: NFL scoreboard | Worst of Week 5 | Terry Bradshaw blasts Greg Hardy, Jerry Jones Jones caught a 20-yard pass early in the second half, but was still having a tough time getting open....

Zaha helped to force an early Phil Bardsley own goal before playing a part in Michy Batshuayi’s strike that doubled Palace’s advantage at Turf Moor on Saturday. The Ivory Coast international then capped an outstanding individual display with a fantastic solo effort, beating defenders Charlie Taylor and Ben Mee before rifling past Tom Heaton. Burnley replied late in the game through Ashley Barnes but victory moved Palace above the Clarets into 13th place, with Hodgson’s side now eight points clear of the relegation zone....

The striker is a reported target of both Bayern Munich and Newcastle United, who are watching the Croatian after he has impressed during his three years at Hoffenheim. He has scored 102 times from his 179 games in all competitions for the German side and also started in Croatia’s opening 2-0 victory against Nigeria at the World Cup. Hoffenheim’s sporting director Alexander Rosen says the club rejected an offer for Kramaric in January, but did not rule out selling the player if a suitable bid is received in the summer....

The Harry Potter books make mention of various characters that never appear in the movies, including Peeves the poltergeist. Peeves is a mischievous poltergeist that lives to cause chaos and prank students and teachers alike at Hogwarts. Peeves is not technically a ghost, but he has many powers associated with ghosts all the same, like floating in the air and phasing through walls. RELATED: Hogwarts Legacy Doesn’t Have a Morality System, Players Can Be Evil...

Natsai Onai is the Gryffindor student companion in Hogwarts Legacy, and the third companion character revealed. It seems as though each house would have its own companion character, though a potential companion from Ravenclaw has been neglected thus far. Players may be interested in engaging with Slytherin and Hufflepuff’s companions as a way to diversify from the traditional iconography, but Gryffindor’s Natsai could still be an incredible character with the potential for unique mechanics....

The imagery of the different mythical creatures that call the Harry Potter universe home is stunning in the film and reminds fans of the wonders that Harry Potter can be filled with. Despite the source material’s true legacy fans of many ages were able to enjoy a story that while complicated seemed to touch on one of the more positive aspects of what it can mean to be a witch or wizard....

Hogwarts Legacy was officially revealed in 2020 during the PlayStation 5 showcase despite being leaked several months earlier. The release date for the game was delayed several times before it seemingly settled on its current February date. The game has not been without its fair share of controversies, and some have wondered how well the game will perform or even if it should. This, however, has not stopped the developer and publisher from pushing the advertising end of things....

RELATED: Hollow Knight: What The King’s Brand Does (& Where To Find It) Rancid Eggs grant the player the ability to summon their Shade, the hostile void creature that emerges from the player’s shell when it is opened upon death. This spectral foe usually resides where one last died and lingers there while in possession of the player’s precious Geo currency. However, to face this ghost without traveling to the site of one’s demise, the Knight will need to first acquire Rancid Eggs and then bring them to Confessor Jiji in order for her to summon one’s Shade....

Madison lived in the notorious Playboy Mansion with Hefner, the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, from 2001 until 2008 as Hefner’s main girlfriend, despite their 54-year age gap. Hefner died in 2017 at the age of 91. During Monday’s episode of her Girls Next Level podcast, which Madison co-hosts with former Girls Next Door star Bridget Marquardt, Madison said she purposely avoids appearing on The Howard Stern Show....

A cartoon is a cartoon, but John Goodman and Rick Moranis are not Jackie Gleason and Art Carney. Goodman blusters and Moranis dweebs through a formulaic script about how Fred almost comes a cropper through his ambition to rise from his job driving a brontosaurus at the quarry. Fred and wife, Wilma (Elizabeth Perkins), dream of the sweet life, but as Barney’s wife, Betty (Rosie O’Donnell), says, ““Fred’s no Albert Einstone....

Holstein Kiel come into this game following a 1-1 draw against Timo Schultz’s FC St. Pauli on Saturday in the 2. Bundesliga. Egyptian attacker Omar Marmoush, on loan from Wolfsburg, put FC St. Pauli ahead in the second half but a goal from forward Joshua Mees for Holstein Kiel ensured that the spoils were shared. Bayern Munich, on the other hand, lost 3-2 to Marco Rose’s Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday in the Bundesliga....

According to the Delhi Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2021, published in a gazette notification on June 1, holders of L-13 licenses will be allowed to deliver liquor at home. The new rules ascribed by the government allows the holders of the necessary licences to serve liquor in open spaces such as terraces, the courtyards of clubs, bars, and restaurants, where customers will have the choice of getting alcohol in bottles....

The other six participants for the event at Great American Ball Park are Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson, Rangers first baseman Prince Fielder, Orioles third baseman Manny Machado, Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson, and Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo. MORE: MLB’s active home run leaders | 2015 All-Star snubs The Home Run Derby will begin at 8 p.m. ET on Monday and will be televised on ESPN....

The Homeworld series is an iconic section of the real-time strategy genre, giving players command of massive fleets to defend the Kushan Mothership in fully 3D environments. Homeworld 3 looks to continue the series as a direct sequel, unlike the 2016 prequel Deserts of Kharak. RELATED: Four Day One Xbox Game Pass PC Games Will Be Revealed at The Game Awards Ever since Homeworld 3 started funding on Fig back in 2019, news about Homeworld 3 has been somewhat sparse....

Currently, Saina Nehwal is getting a lot of that at the 2016 Hong Kong Open Superseries which is just her second tournament since the surgery-induced lay-off. She is not only getting back into the thick of things but the fighting matches are also helping her to rediscover her champion’s mentality as was evident on Thursday at this tournament. The 2010 champion, seeded fifth, played a poor second game but got back into the groove just in time to post a 21-18, 9-21, 21-16 win over the 14th ranked Sayaka Sato of Japan....