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Because the real Super Bowl hoopla has yet to arrive, the story of the Patriots’ under-inflated footballs has been the main topic as of Tuesday night. The Patriots have been the center of controversy before, and the natural instinct for all media outlets is to correlate the two situations, but it’s really a non-story. However, it is a distraction nobody on the Patriots’ side really wants to deal with heading into the biggest game of the year....

California-based SpaceX has successfully managed to launch the second Dragon capsule into space, and this capsule is well on its way towards the International Space Station to fulfill its role as a cargo ship. Ever since Atlantis returned after its last shuttle flight in July 2011, NASA has had to rely on private firms like Space X to help restock the space station. The Dragon capsule is expected to arrive at its destination by Wednesday carrying 1000 pounds of key science experiments, much-needed gear, and even chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream for the astronauts on board the space station....

The capsule, which was filled with lab equipment and supplies when it launched, returned to Earth Tuesday loaded with 2,700 lbs of research materials produced by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Tech Crunch reported. The capsule launched into its third trip to space on July 25 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, it reached the space station two days later as they floated above southern Chile on July 27, according to a SpaceX press release....

The Arsenal full back was brought into the squad after Real Madrid defender Carvajal picked up an injury in the Champions League final win against Atletico Madrid last month. Bellerin made his senior Spain debut in a 3-1 friendly win over Bosnia in May and enjoyed a strong season with his club Arsenal, where Czech Republic internationals Petr Cech and Tomas Rosicky played. “I was about to head off on holiday for the summer when one of my family phoned me,” he told UEFA....

Barcelona star Cesc Fabregas and Arsenal winger Santi Cazorla each scored a goal to give reigning World Cup champion Spain a 2-1 victory over Haiti on Saturday in an international football friendly. Cazorla, a midfielder earning his 53rd cap, blasted a left-footed shot from outside the top of the penalty area in the eighth minute to put the Spaniards ahead to stay and Fabregas followed with a header in the 19th minute....

“We are planning to hold a friendly match involving La Liga clubs in India, but I cannot say when it will be held. We did hold matches last year,” Cachaza told reporters here. “There is huge money involved in holding such a match and we need participation of local promoters for doing it. This is one reason. The other reason is, the players get some time at the end of season, say in June, but it is difficult to think of players keen on playing a friendly,” he said....

The two European powers have each recently won World Cup titles, with Spain triumphant in 2010 and Germany winning in 2014. Still, the story for the two teams coming into this match couldn’t be more opposite. Spain enter round two on the heels of a 7-0 obliteration of hapless Costa Rica who shipped second-half goals at will. Germany, meanwhile, were caught out by Japan in a shock 2-1 defeat that saw them take a first-half lead and fail to see out the match....

Inter are winless in their last four matches in all competitions, while the talismanic Icardi has not scored in Serie A since his penalty clinched a 1-0 victory over Udinese on December 15. Despite Inter’s dip, including a Coppa Italia quarter-final defeat to Lazio on penalties, they remain third in the league table ahead of Saturday’s trip to Parma. Antonio Conte has been linked with taking over from Spalletti even though the Inter coach signed a new three-year contract last August....

Inter celebrated their sixth successive victory in all competitions thanks to captain Mauro Icardi, who scored twice in a 2-1 triumph at SPAL on Sunday. Spalletti’s men came into the match following a Champions League win against PSV, but Inter looked set to share the points after Icardi’s opener was cancelled out by SPAL’s Alberto Paloschi with 18 minutes remaining. However, Icardi restored Inter’s lead 12 minutes from the end, much to the appreciation of Spalletti – who praised his team’s belief having suffered against SPAL....

A strong defensive effort supplemented by Travis Trice’s timely shooting led the seventh-seeded Spartans past No. 2 seed Virginia 60-54 on Sunday in Charlotte. Trice had 23 points and Branden Dawson added 15 points and nine rebounds to lead the way for Michigan State. MORE: Must-see photos from Sunday’s games | Villanova band member brought to tears | Insane UK dunk Virginia’s exit came on the heels of top-seeded Villanova’s loss to N....

Last month, Henson called the New York Post “heartless” and “cruel” over on social media. She shared a photo of how shooter Kyle Rittenhouse and shooting victim Trayvon Martin were portrayed in the headlines. She argued that Martin did not have “the blood of innocent lives” on his hands. “Entertainers, we need to boycott publications that continue to criminalize innocent Person of Color after they have been murdered by the law!...

It’s been three years since the Human Genome Project was completed, ushering in a new era of science and medicine along the way. But sorting out which genetic variants aid, abet or outright cause which diseases has proven cumbersome and slow. As scientists have discovered, however, health and disease come down to more than just DNA. How frequently each gene is translated into a protein—a.k.a. its expression level—is just as important, if not more so....

In front of 47,525 fans at AT&T Stadium, “The Truth” ran roughshod over Garcia en route to a clean sweep on every scorecard, with scores of 120-107, 120-108 and 120-108. It was one of the most dominant performances over a pound-for-pound fighter that you could imagine. Spence used a stiff jab, effective body punching and his size to stifle Garcia over the course of 12 one-sided rounds. To his credit, Garcia (39-1) held firm despite Spence emptying the artillery on the four-division champion....

Juventus and Spezia have played out draws in their last two league fixtures and will be hoping to get back to winning ways in this weekend’s clash. Andrea Pirlo’s side are unbeaten in their last five fixtures, but three draws in that period have seen them drop to fifth in the league standings. The Old Lady have received a huge boost prior to their lengthy trip as superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has tested negative for COVID-19 and is in contention to start for the club for the first time in over three weeks....

Marvel Games announced two books that will feature Miles Morales, one being the aforementioned art book, and the other being a novel that takes place before the events of Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The art book’s cover depicts Miles Morales in action, fighting off two street thugs while wearing his popular hoodie-jacket combination and shorts with Air Jordans. RELATED: Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition is Actually a Great Deal As of this writing, the hoodie-bomber jacket suit hasn’t been confirmed in any official capacity, but the suit being on the cover of the game’s art book is a good indication that may be included in the final product....

Miles Morales is one of the flagship launch titles for the PlayStation 5, and it features an impressive array of graphical enhancements when played on PS5, such as the option to choose either native 4K or 60 FPS output. However, these flourishes are occasionally hindered by a bug that causes Miles Morales to turn into random objects as he swings his way through New York. Streamers have found themselves fighting crime as bricks, crates, sheets of ice, and more....

Now that Spider-Man: Miles Morales has been confirmed to be a launch title for the PlayStation 5, and players are getting even more amped up. Miles Morales isn’t DLC and isn’t Spider-Man 2, meaning a sequel is still coming at some point in the future. But it will have many similar gameplay mechanics and the same New York City setting, meaning a formula for success. The original Spider-Man game saw great reception and highly positive reviews, but this means that Miles Morales will have a difficult task to overcome: to live up to its predecessor’s reputation....

At this point, all that has been officially confirmed about Spider-Man: No Way Home is the fact that Holland will be joined by returning co-stars Jacob Batalon, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, J.B Smoove, and many more from the wall-crawlers previous solo films in the MCU. A roster of familiar faces from other Marvel films will be joining the aforementioned stars as well, including Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange, who is said to be taking over the late Tony Stark’s role as a mentor to Peter Parker....

The news comes from a small video clip posted on the official Marvel Twitter page. The 31-second clip begins with a close-up of the door leading to director Jon Watts’ office. Tom Holland, who stars as Peter Parker and Spiderman, walks out, accompanied by co-stars Jacob Batalon and Zendaya. Tom, using his natural English voice, discusses frustrations with the co-stars, as he regrets the announcement of using another fake subtitle for the new movie....

For those unfamiliar with the character of Doctor Octopus, the villain is a tragic one, boasting a neurological disease that will eventually see him losing motor functions. Building four mechanical, tentacle-like arms to help with this issue, a neural implant sees Doctor Octopus controlling the arms with his mind. Though this eventually leads to him being corrupt, the real-life suit does not have the same defect — and the process of controlling it is a bit simpler than an implant in the brain....