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Australia’s new Test opener Ed Cowan thanked noted cricket columnist the late Peter Roebuck for helping him in his career. The 29-year-old from New South Wales, who earned his maiden call to the Test team Wednesday, started scoring runs in the summer on the very day when Roebuck committed suicide in a Cape Town hotel. “Sometimes it is a trigger event, just that moment of inspiration that can lift you from getting starts to really kicking on, and I guess the passing of Peter probably did that,” Cowan was quoted as saying by Cricinfo....

The Cowboys netted a game-winning field goal off the leg of Greg Zuerlein on Sunday over the Chargers, picking up a 20-17 win, the first for Dallas this season. But seconds prior to the 56-yard buzzer beater, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy was second-guessing the use of a second-saving timeout. To set the scene: With the clock running and the Cowboys driving, Dallas had more than enough time to run another play with around 30 seconds left in the game and a timeout in their pocket....

While speaking to reporters Monday, Dallas cornerback Jourdan Lewis acknowledged the remarks made by the Eagles coach as he insisted the team is only worrying about itself. “That’s fine,” Lewis told USA Today. “You’ve still got to face an opponent and the results are still uncertain, so that’s definitely something to get his team riled up and ready to play. “When you put your affirmations out there so confidently, you feel like it means something way more than it’s already supposed to mean....

It’s an interesting idea that was thrown out by Colin Cowherd and Jason Whitlock’s on FS1’s “Speak for Yourself” Monday night. MORE: ESPN’s ‘NFL Countdown’ rookies brought it on Sunday Ryan may have temporarily saved his job with the Bills 16-0 win over Bill Belichick’s Patriots Sunday. But given his “goofy” antics (such as impersonating a reporter to the Patriots’ Julian Edelman) and churlish behavior after beating third-string QB Jacoby Brissett in Foxborough, Cowherd wondered if he’s already got one eye on a cushy TV gig....

Intrigued? You should be. Here’s everything you need to know about Crackdown 3, from the latest release date news to gameplay details and the latest trailers. To find out more about gameplay, take a look at our Crackdown 3 review. When is the Crackdown 3 release date? Crackdown 3 release date: 15 February 2019 Crackdown 3 was meant to launch way back in Summer 2016, but it has seen several delays....

Zimbabwe brought up their highest second innings score at the ground, beating the 2015 World Cup finalists (playing as Aotearoa) in the process. Openers Hamilton Masakadza (84 off 99 balls) and Chamu Chibhabha (42 off 48 balls) gave the home team a good start, before Craig Ervine played a glorious innings, taking over the proceedings of the match. Sean Williams came in at No.5 to partner him for the crucial last 5 overs....

Craig Sager Jr. tweeted Tuesday that his father left nothing for him and his two sisters. Sager Jr. said he never “contended anything to do with a will” because he expected the outcome. Sager Sr. had five children, three during his first marriage to Lisa Gabel from 1980 to 2002, and two during his second marriage to Stacy Strabel, a former Chicago Bulls dancer whom he married in 2001....

With the game set to debut on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 2, fans are ever closer to finally getting their hands on Crash’s newest adventure, with the game just over a week away. With that in mind, it seems Activision has seen fit to give players another taste of what they can expect when the beloved Bandicoot returns to screens, dropping a launch trailer filled with closer looks at the game’s biggest features....

According to Activision, the Future Tense DLC takes place in Crash Bandicoot 3’s Future world, so players can expect to take on a variety of robots, rockets, and other familiar enemies. Of course, just staying on the platforms is challenge enough. High-skilled players will also discover a challenging “Death Route” through the level, as well as other general hidden areas. In creating Future Tense, Vicarious Visions says that it was inspired by the Waterfall level in the original Crash Bandicoot....

Future Grand Prix events will add even more DLC characters to Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and while some have already been confirmed, a recent datamine posted on Resetera has revealed all the other characters coming to the game. The list is surprisingly expansive, and it includes characters from other Crash Bandicoot racing games, like Crash Tag Team Racing, as well as the Mario Party-style party game Crash Bash. If that weren’t enough, the list of Crash Bandicoot Nitro-Fueled DLC characters also includes five characters from the Spyro the Dragon franchise....

When the online GTA counterpart received its Diamond Casino and Resort DLC, players quickly found a nice little Bully Easter egg. This came in the form of a Canis Canem Edit wall piece found within its penthouse decoration management feature, with that being the European title for Bully. This Easter egg hid a little secret in morse code that, when translated, spells out DNA4 that many think connects to Bully 2....

Create a Drop-Down List The data added to a drop-down list can be located on either the same worksheet as the list, on a different worksheet in the same workbook, or in a completely different Excel workbook. In this tutorial, we’re using a list of cookie types. To follow along, enter the data in columns D and E shown in the image below. To create a drop-down list: Select cell B3 to make it the active cell....

AI image generators are a category of tools that allow you to create images, illustrations, and art by providing the app with a written description. The smart algorithms behind the apps decode that description and give you results in the form of images. So, let’s look at some of the prominent Android AI image generators available on Google Play and put them to the test. To make the results comparable, we generated the same three samples with each app using prompts: “Ancient Civilization,” “Old Berlin,” and “Neon City....

Crossovers between the two Nintendo titles seem to be community favorites. Online threads are usually filled with the fanbase sharing their recreations of popular spots in Breath of the Wild on a player’s island on Animal Crossing: New Horizons or custom designs of Zelda character outfits for the life sim characters. And even though both games are already more than several years old, the community always finds something interesting enough about the two games to keep making original content about them....

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its action against Credit Karma, a personal finances company with over 100 million users in the United States, on September 1. According to the FTC, Credit Karma pushed customers to apply for credit offers with claims that they were “pre-approved” and had “90% odds”—despite the fact that many people never qualified. Almost one-third of customers who applied for some of these “pre-approved” offers were denied, alleged the FTC....

The 26-year-old middle order batsman will make his Ashes debut at the Gabba on Thursday when the five-match series starts in Brisbane and he is braced for some jovial barbs when the action begins. “I hope they’ve got a song for me,” Handscomb told reporters on Tuesday. “I’ll be disappointed if they don’t. I want to see what they’ve got. “Both my parents are English; Dad was born in Cambridge and Mum (in) southwest London....

LONDON (Reuters) - Alastair Cook was left awe-struck and just the tiniest bit miffed too at Edgbaston this year when batting against the West Indian attack alongside Joe Root, the man who had replaced him as England captain. “It’s fairly frustrating when you have a 22-run start and he beats you to a hundred by 20 balls,” sighed Cook, whose own painstakingly compiled century had been rather eclipsed by the seemingly effortless and inevitable feel of Root’s sunny ton....

Maximum retainers for the Southern Stars – Australia’s national team – are set to rise from $37,000 to $50,000. When combined with increased maximum retainers for the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) of $12,000, the base rate for Australia’s best female cricketers rises to $62,000 per year. After the Southern Stars match payments and tour fees are added to the players’ base incomes, the top players are expected to earn in excess of six figures....

Here is a look at some superstitions followed by cricketers at the international level: Steve Waugh- The lucky red handkerchief Steve Waugh was one of the most respected cricketers to have played the game of cricket. Waugh, due to his dynamic leadership skills was an example for young cricketers on and off the cricket field. The right-handed all-rounder from New South Wales scored 10,927 Test runs at an average of 51....

Sri Lanka won one back against Bangladesh, while New Zealand lost a series to South Africa thanks to their rain gods, but their skipper continues to be their Rock of Gibraltar. Pakistan made short work of the T20 world champions, West Indies, in their favourite cricket format. That is a lot of cricket indeed and so there is no dearth of players who have turned in amazing performances. Kulasekara who turned in a fine, match-winning performance against visitors, Bangladesh, misses out....