The NFL is cracking down on kickers using “foreign objects” to line up their kicks, something that has always been illegal but players have gotten away with due to loose officiating. But it seems not everyone involved was aware of the rule change – until it was being enforced in real time.
John Fassel, special teams coordinator for the Cowboys, told the team’s official website that he hadn’t been told of the crackdown – and that Bryan Anger, the holder for kicker Brett Maher, was warned mid-game in the wild-card matchup win over the Buccaneers about using a blade of grass to mark the spot on the field where he placed the ball. Read More...
LONDON — Armed police in Southport in North West England arrested a teenage boy with a knife Monday under suspicion of murder after two children were killed and others critically wounded in a mass stabbing at a seaside town on the first day of summer vacation, police said.
Chief Constable Serena Kennedy of the Merseyside police said at a news conference that two children died of stab wounds. Another nine children were wounded, and six of those children remain in critical condition at local hospitals. Read More...
Today’s movie-based puzzle comes with both colorful and circled squares. First, we have six film titles:
Fans of blockbuster superhero films may have spotted the pattern just from that, but in case you’re unfamiliar with it, two other answers at the bottom spell things out. 117A: [Colorful artifacts of Avengers films, represented by the puzzle’s shaded words] is INFINITY STONES and 123A: [Josh who played the supervillain who collected the 117 Across (this supervillain is spelled out in the puzzle’s circled squares)] is Josh BROLIN. Read More...
