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Purdue opened as a 4.5-point favorite at The Wynn sports book, which was the first number posted in Las Vegas at 3:30 p.m. PT on Friday. An hour later, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened Purdue -5.5. On Saturday morning, the point spread still ranges between -4.5 and -5.5 across town. Check for our odds page for updated college basketball lines. According to our updated Don Best/Linemakers power ratings, just 3 points separates these teams, with Purdue rated as the ninth-best team in the county, and Butler No....

Improbable as it may seem, given Sicily’s historic backwardness, multinational companies are opening factories and research centers in record numbers–60 in the last year alone. Why has Sicily suddenly become a business paradise after so many years of neglect? Money. New European Union incentives–including grants up to 66 percent of an investment–have helped make Sicily one of the most attractive places in Europe to set up a high-tech shop. Wages are low....

Announced at E3 2014, Scalebound was to be PlatinumGames’ first action RPG, and it would have been available exclusively on Xbox. Unfortunately, some behind-the-scenes issues prompted the cancellation of the game in 2017. In the years since, multiple members of PlatinumGames’ staff have expressed a desire to revisit the project. Keeping this in mind while also considering Xbox’s efforts to expand its presence in Japan, and it seems like a revival of Scalebound, though unlikely, would mutually benefit both PlatinumGames and the Xbox Series X’s library....

With just one week remaining until Election Day, officials said the problem could affect thousands of mail-in ballots in what the Texas Demographics Center estimates is the third most populous county in the state, though the officials said all impacted votes will still be counted. Recent polls show Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden narrowly leading incumbent Republican president Donald Trump in the traditionally conservative state, which hasn’t backed a Democrat in a presidential election since 1976....

The “Royal Blues” maintained their 100 percent record on Thursday as Yevhen Konoplyanka and Dennis Aogo smoothed the way for the victory to eliminate Nice, who suffered their fourth loss in this tournament, reports Xinhua. After an evenly balanced opening period, Nice ensured the first opportunity of the game when Anastasios Donis’ long-range effort rattled the woodwork in the 13th minute. However, the opener was scored at the other end of the pitch, as Nice goalkeeper Yoan Cardinale underestimated a deflected cross, allowing Konoplyanka to slot home from close range into the empty goal with 14 minutes played....

The 1.5-mile track will begin with a day of Nationwide Series testing Wednesday, one of a few places where Nationwide teams are getting extra time to work on intermediate track packages. The race culminates with the Sprint Quaker State 400 Saturday night. Here is the weekend schedule: Wednesday, June 25 Nationwide testing, 9-11:30 a.m. (no TV) Nationwide testing, 1-4 p.m. (no TV) Thursday, June 26 Truck practice, 9-10 a.m. (no TV)...

The Hulu doc then explores three potential angles: That the Bigfoot was responsible, that the men were killed by a local drug kingpin or that the incident never happened. The men’s claims of a Bigfoot butchering these men are particular to this area of California, where most of the so-called evidence for the existence of a Sasquatch comes from. The name “Bigfoot” itself dates from 1958. That year, a local named Jerry Crew discovered a set of gigantic footprints in Humboldt County....

Confederations Cup opponents Germany decided to rest their biggest stars for the upcoming tournament but South American champions Chile opted for a strong side. While Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger would have preferred to see Sanchez rested following consecutive appearances at the 2014 World Cup and the Copa America in 2015 and 2016, Chile boss Juan Antonio Pizzi had no hesitation including the 28-year-old in his 17-man squad, initially made up of European-based players....

The 4-0 FA Cup win over Yeovil Town on Friday presented all the hallmarks of a nightmare debut, but the Chilean instead was the star man in a sometimes shaky but ultimately professional performance by the Red Devils. The bobbly pitch did nothing for Sanchez’s trademark busy running style, while the Yeovil fans did their best to get on his back from minute one, optimistically labelling him “a waste of money” early on, but he took it all in his stride in a 72-minute display which promised far more to come when he finds himself in more favourable surroundings....

How quickly things have turned round for the flying winger: Back in favor for club and country, he cannot stop scoring. Sane chested in City’s opening goal in a 2-1 win over Watford on Tuesday, a seventh straight victory in the Premier League that left the defending champions five points clear. They are unbeaten after 15 games of the 38-match campaign. Since returning from the international break where he scored in back-to-back games for Germany, Sane has netted three goals in three league matches for City....

The Germany international is among those to have been mentioned as a possible Ballon d’Or winner of the future, with his fine performances for City this season drawing widespread praise. Sane is, however, of the opinion that he remains some way short of the best in the business, with the 22-year-old forward aware that he still has plenty of potential to unlock. He is also prepared to acknowledge that none of those around him at the Etihad Stadium, including in-form Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero, are yet to reach the level of star turns at Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea....

Sane played a key role in City’s successful 2017-18 campaign and was widely expected to make Germany’s roster for the upcoming tournament in Russia. Nevertheless, Low surprisingly opted against picking the 22-year-old as he preferred Bayer Leverkusen winger Julian Brandt instead. Ballack is not convinced Low’s decision was merely a tactical one, however, and suspects there might be issues between Sane and the Germany boss. “For me, it makes no sense at all....

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lost their first competitive match as a women’s doubles team as they crashed out of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix here. First-time pairing of Petra Martic and Stephanie Vogt pulled of a straight set stunner, 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday. Martic and Vogt were playing together for the first time and had one Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) doubles title between them. Before Wednesday’s defeat, Sania and Martina won back-to-back-to-back titles at Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston, a run which helped the India become the world’s No....

The No.1 seeded Hingis and Mirza battled Medina Garrigues and Shvedova for an hour and 41 minutes for a 7-5, 4-6, 13-11 victory, fighting off a match point down 10-9 in the match tie-break and needing six match points of their own to edge the Spanish-Kazakhstani defending champions on Friday. Their latest win ensured that they will overtake Australian Open champions Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova (currently No.2) and Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (currently No....

“He (Dhoni) is not the game changer as often as he was in the past,” Manjarekar said. “Earlier, he could tonk four sixes off six balls at will, now he can hit only one. He now has to rely more on others to win games.” A former Indian cricketer and now commentator, Manjarekar defended the likes of Ajit Agarkar and VVS Laxman, who had come in for a lot of criticism from Dhoni fanatics for questioning the former Indian skipper’s spot in the Indian T20 side....

Goals from forward Shahid Mushtaq, right winger Asif Majeed and substitute striker Taufeeq Ahmed ensured Jammu and Kashmir were not left to rue their profligacy in front of the goal. Especially in the second period when Shahid failed to get the better of the rival goalkeeper on two one-on-one chances and Prem Kumar shot wide with the goalkeeper well beaten. At the other end Uttar Pradesh failed to test J and K goalkeeper Vikramjeet Singh with their best chance coming at the end of the first session when striker Sumit Kumar Dubey fired agonisingly wide off a Suresh Patel through ball....

Already the league’s official cloud software partner, SAP worked with the NHL to repackage its statistics solution on NHL.com. The overhaul makes it more engaging to fans and also allows for a broader depth of information. With such a vast amount of statistics available to hockey fans, SAP helped the NHL sift through the clutter. “Hockey is extremely fast-paced with very little stoppage in play, which results in many aspects of the game failing to show up in the box score,” said NHL Chief Operating Officer John Collins....

The north London club had indicated they wanted to play the tie with the Irish province at Allianz Park, the Premiership side’s new purpose built home which features a plastic pitch. But Saracens would have had to have received local authority permission to increase Allianz Park’s 10,000 capacity to the European Cup quarter-final minimum of 15,000 — and they have now opted for Twickenham, which can hold more than 80,000 fans....

“Yeah, my wife asks me all the time what my future’s going to be,” American interim coach Dave Sarachan said ahead of Friday’s exhibition against Brazil. “But I look at it day by day and just doing my job and enjoying the role.” Sarachan was Bruce Arena’s top assistant with the U.S. national team from 2000-02 and returned after Arena replaced Jurgen Klinsmann in November 2016. Arena quit last October, three days after the U....