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In his team’s mid-afternoon 3-1 playoff victory over the Lightning, the Blue Jackets forward pulled off a move that not only mystified veteran defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk but also froze netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy. With his team changing lines in the third period, Wennberg skated alone into the Tampa Bay zone down the right side — with three Bolts in the zone, mind you — went between the legs, kicked the puck to his stick and then flipped it over Vasilevskiy....

Encarnación missed Monday’s game against the Tigers and an MRI revealed inflammation in his back, according to MLB.com. Encarnación’s back issues are nothing new. The 32-year-old missed time last June and September and was listed as “day-to-day” in May and October of 2012. He also missed time with a sore back in 2008 and 2011, but did not previously have an MRI. “I have time to get ready, there’s lots of time before the season starts,” Encarnación said....

What a difference a few games can make. MORE: ’70s caps as ranked by a ’90s kid | One week in August proves nothing With a 16-inning loss to the Indians, the AL East-leading Yankees have now lost four straight games and hold just a half game advantage over the Blue Jays, who have won nine in a row. The Yankees are in a rut at the wrong time, and the stats are just plain ugly....

Liriano’s bullpen session Thursday went well, according to the Jays. MORE: Ranking the remaining four teams by chances of winning it all He was placed on the seven-day disabled list after being struck in the back of the head by Ranger Carlos Gomez’s line drive that was clocked at 102 mph off the bat, so the earliest he can be activated is Saturday. That means the Blue Jays will play Game 1 against the Indians with 24 players, one shy of the roster limit....

Given the numerous possible match-ups in the Second Selection, fans can get confused about how it works. According to Jinpachi Ego’s explanation, one player could go back and forth in the stages, which is somewhat confusing to the fans. So, let’s look at how it works. Blue Lock: How can a candidate pass the second selection? The Second Selection of Blue Lock has 125 candidates from the first selection out of all five strata....

RELATED: Should Fans Play The First Two Games Before Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds? Story Should Be at the Forefront for Blue Protocol Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds presented an interesting concept for its story, a Sword Art Online-esque affair that has players enter the world as a video game beta tester. The idea is neat, but it was a shame that Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds didn’t lean too heavily into the narrative given its home series is known for charming tales and compelling characters....

O’Reilly, Ivan Barbashev and Zach Sanford scored to help the Blues beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-1 on Monday night. St. Louis acquired O’Reilly from the Buffalo Sabres last offseason for a 2019 first-round draft pick, a 2021 second-round pick plus Tage Thompson, Vladimir Sobotka and Patrik Berglund. Buffalo never made the playoffs in O’Reilly’s three seasons there. He reached the playoffs twice with Colorado, the last time during the 2013-14 season....

I didn’t go to the ‘65 Newport Folk Festival with Dylan. I went as a regular person who always just bought tickets and went. But Albert Grossman, his manager, saw me walking around and said, “Hey, Bob is looking for you.” And so he gave me passes and I sold my tickets. Evidently they’d been calling my house, but I’d already left. I was on vacation. They wanted to rehearse and re-create the sound of the album for the show, and we finally got three songs together....

Bobby Lashley made his triumphant return to the company in 2018 after several years away and is slowly easing himself back into the main event picture, with a feud against Drew McIntyre in the works. However, his comeback took place the night after WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans, with rumors suggesting that he had been slated to be the partner for Braun Strowman at The Showcase of the Immortals....

All 837 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft then in service were grounded by the FAA on March 18, 2019. It was the longest mass-grounding of an aircraft in U.S. aviation history—some 20 months. The 737 MAX may soon be be recertified by the FAA for commercial service. The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing claim they have thoroughly tested the plane’s updated flight control system. Recertification could come as soon as Wednesday....

22 years on from its debut, Jet Set Radio remains one of the more unique franchises in the medium, managing to stay with fans even though it hasn’t spawned a new title since 2003. A series where players skate through urban environments, perform tricks, mark the city with graffiti, and dodge the authorities, it boasts a unique mix of style and gameplay that fans have waited a long time to see expanded upon....

Mourinho has won both matches since replacing Mauricio Pochettino as head coach, including a 4-2 victory over Olympiacos on Tuesday that secured a place in the last 16 of UEFA’s flagship club competition. Tottenham cannot finish above Bayern Munich in Group B, while Juventus are assured of top spot in Group D with one round of fixtures still to play. The two teams could therefore meet in the next round, but Bonucci would prefer not to play the London club....

In “The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats,” Philip Nel gives us a better grip on just why Dr. Seuss has so thoroughly captured the imaginations of several generations of readers—and the imaginations of their parents (when I was reading to my children, I would “lose” other favorites night after night just to have another go at “Fox in Sox” or “Green Eggs and Ham” or, best of all, “The Cat in the Hat,” and I never had a single complaint—family fun may be an oxymoron in almost every other instance, but we all loved Dr....

More than a half century after their discovery in Egypt, the so-called Gnostic Gospels, in which Mary Magdalene figures prominently, have emerged into popular culture. Actually, they were there all along, in the songs of minstrels, in the Tarot and in Arthurian legend. The mother lode of conspiracy theory concerns the underground brotherhoods that kept these traditions alive down to the present–variously identified as the Knights Templar, the Illuminati, the Priory of Sion and even those Main Street mystics, the Masons....

Just like in World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade Classic will radically reshape the landscape of WoW Classic, to the point where it’s essentially a whole new world. There will be new realms to explore and the whole game will be a bit different. When it drops, players will have to choose which version of the game each of their characters will be part of: stay with WoW Classic or progress to TBC Classic....

Somewhere in the midst of all these exciting titles sits Heroes of the Storm, currently still in alpha. Blizzard calls it a “hero brawler” — although there are striking similarities to the MOBA genre. Heroes of the Storm allows players to take control of characters from the Diablo, Warcraft and Starcraft franchises to try and defeat the opposing side in fierce battles. Blizzard hopes to separate their free-to-play hero brawler from the pack, and one of the ways they are trying to do this is with interesting and unique battlegrounds....

Netflix and Blockbuster have never been on the best of terms, so it was strange to audiences when Netflix announced they’d be doing a workplace sitcom focused on the former rental giant, as they were partially responsible for having killed their business model in the first place. Now, Blockbuster is aiming for the Blockbuster series created by former Brooklyn 99 writer Vanessa Ramos, which got abysmal ratings. RELATED: Gamer Finds Old Blockbuster Game That’s 15 Years Overdue...

The supposed Bloodborne 2 teaser comes in the form of an item that Deracine players can interact with. While playing the eerie VR game, players will come across an object called the Fiona Doll. Players are able to interact with the doll using the prompt, Make Contact, which appears to be a reference to a Bloodborne character called The Doll. When picked up, the Fiona Doll also moves like The Doll, with hands stretched in the air....

One player in particular who goes by the name Distortion2 online has come from the standard Dark Souls and Bloodborne speedrun community in order to conquer this newest beast in a shockingly short amount of time. This is after Distortion2’s initial run of the game that took a little over four hours to complete, with much of that time being to gush over returning to a low-resolution version of Yharnam....

The PS1 demake project is called Bloodborne PSX, and the goal is to recreate the Bloodborne experience through the first few boss fights. Project head Lilymeister has been steadily revealing the creation process on Twitter, uploading short clips of asset creation, game physics, and more. The boss music is done by freelance orchestrator Evelyn Lark, who uses a Roland SC-88 synthesizer to render the retro sound effects. The Father Gascoigne fight itself has apparently involved two weeks of work, and that work definitely shows in the not quite final product....