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Tom Wrigglesworth is a British comedian who happens to look exactly like the Packers’ famous quarterback. Wrigglesworth made a trip to Green Bay to immerse himself in cheesehead culture and hopefully meet his look-a-like, Rodgers. MORE: Colin Kaepernick fine reduced | How can NFL fine players for wearing Beats headphones? | Rolando McClain’s career resurrected by Cowboys The comedian wandered around Green Bay, fooling the locals, even getting accused of actually being Aaron Rodgers pretending not to be Aaron Rodgers....

Therefore, it didn’t sit well with Rodgers last month when his team traded up to draft a quarterback in the first round—when it selected Jordan Love from Utah State. In a conference call Friday, Rodgers acknowledged the possibility of not finishing his career with the Packers. “I think it was more the surprise of the pick, based on my own feelings of wanting to play into my 40s, and really the realization that it does change the controllables a little bit,” Rodgers said....

The Green Bay Packers quarterback defended the usage of the drug during a recent appearance on The Pat McAfee Show. He wanted everybody to know that Ayahuasca was not a drug, and said: Despite the NFL reigning MVP’s comments asserting that Ayahuasca isn’t a drug, Colin Cowherd begged to differ. On his eponymous Fox Sports 1 show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, he addressed the quarterback’s comments: Rodgers’ comments on Ayahuasca arose after he and his teammates took part in an ayahuasca tea celebration in the end zone during the Packers’ Week 2 win over the Chicago Bears....

In an interview taped before Mike Richards announced he would be stepping down as Alex Trebek’s replacement, Rodgers told NFL.com’s Adam Schein that he “definitely would’ve” accepted the gig had it worked around his schedule with the Green Bay Packers. “Yeah, I definitely would’ve,” Rodgers said on Sirius XM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio. “I mean if they would have figured out a way to make it work with my schedule, yeah, for sure....

On the sidelines of the historic battle for the Ashes urn, the discovery of the artefacts harking to a time even more ancient than the Ashes urn itself has created quite a sensation. Australian curator Dr Gaye Sculthorpe made the discovery when it came to her notice that the objects had the name of WR Hayman inscribed – the manager of the Aboriginal cricket team that toured England from May to October in 1868....

In all probability, the major star attractions for the domestic event will remain intact, with the national players set to be available to participate as the board is unlikely to give them an NOC to play in leagues outside the country. “If there is an international tour in that time, only 12 or so guys will be playing. What about the rest of the players? They can’t sit around for six weeks and not do anything,” a source close to the CSA told ESPNcricinfo....

Three days later, at the maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) specialist’s, mom saw her son again, stretching and cute. The doctor saw something else: “Your baby has a condition called cystic hygroma. I’m really sorry.” Reeling and confused, she asked what her son’s life would be like if he survived. After a long pause, the doctor answered, “We don’t really have any data on that. Most people terminate at this point.” No other support was offered....

No matter what this wise and experienced man does–no matter how imaginative his mixture of measures to dampen demand for drugs and disrupt the supply of them–a decade from now there will be complaints that drug policy has not “worked” because the “war” on drugs has not been “won.” (The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 promised “a drug-free America by 1995.”) Then, as now, many will say that legalization would do less harm than current policies do....

The striker hobbled off the Mestalla pitch in the first half of the 2-2 draw after a collision left him clutching his left side before he was then taken away on a stretcher. Abraham, who is due to have an X-ray on Thursday, said after the match that he does not think the problem is as serious as first feared. “It’s much better,” he told Chelsea TV. “At the time I was fearful of the worst, but I was able to walk, move about, so hopefully it’s not too long [out of action]....

Mahrez emerged as a late target for Pep Guardiola’s league leaders in January following an injury to Leroy Sane, with the two clubs entering negotiations as the deadline approached. However, Leicester held firm and are said to have demanded £95 million for the 26-year-old, leaving City to concede defeat in their pursuit. As a result, Mahrez is now reported to have missed training four days in a row having not turned up on Friday, with Puel refusing to confirm whether he has permission or not....

The two rivals played out a riveting Serie A game that ended in a 1-1 draw. Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty for Inter Milan was cancelled out by an own goal from Stefan de Vrij at the other end, although both sides will rue missed chances. Lautaro Martinez saw a spot-kick saved by Ciprian Tatarusanu, while Ante Rebic and Franck Kessie came close to scoring for the Rossoneri late on. Alexis Saelemaekers’ effort came off the post as Milan went for it in the final few minutes of normal time....

Celtic have endured a dismal Europa League campaign this season and are yet to win a match in the competition. The Scottish giants were thrashed by Sparta Prague by a 4-1 margin last week and are in desperate need of a boost of morale at the moment. AC Milan, on the other hand, are at the top of the Serie A standings and are only one point behind group-leaders Lille in the Europa League....

RELATED: Gaming Franchises You Can Complete (In Less Time Than Assassin’s Creed Valhalla) Developer Ubisoft Montreal has slowly tried to amend that with DLC. The Wrath of the Druids and Siege of Paris expansions have shown the impact that the Vikings had outside of the game’s main narrative. That said, history still leaves room for more in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Plenty of other events in the Northmen’s sagas are ripe for adaptation....

While ACB Kerala Kombans have a decent squad on paper, they are quite inexperienced barring Manu Thomas. USC Madeburg, meanwhile, have multi-dimensional players who can contribute on various fronts. Nihil Koneri and Mick Murray are two high-profile players in their ranks. ACB vs USCM Probable Playing 11 Today ACB XI Rohit Rajan Unnithan, Nandu Krishnan, Niroson Jero, Arjun Nagathankandy, Ajmal Salam, Tojo Thomas, Manu Thomas, Sonam Ravi, Antony Poulose, Juno Varghese, Amal Silva....

But Putin, it turns out, may be a less than perfect pitchman for his anticorruption campaign. New revelations are focusing attention on a murky episode from his past in St. Petersburg, a city known to many Russians as the country’s “criminal capital.” The indictment of a onetime business associate in Western Europe on charges of money laundering and fraud is raising serious questions about Putin’s former role in the affairs of a mysterious Russo-German property-development firm....

Blame Annie Leibovitz. The photographer-to-the-stars shot Moore in lace undies, spike heels and a slinky peignoir before going for the all-in-all. The photos were then put before VF Editor in Chief Tina Brown, for whom controversy has become as common as a cover on The Real Madonna. “I was immediately drawn to it,” says Brown. “To me, it’s as beautiful as any of the great Madonnas or a Picasso.” VF staffers were all for it, though one editor calls it “our eloquent naked preggo issue....

The FBI backed out of Smirnov’s Waco strategy, and the crisis ended in blazing disaster. But psychological-warfare experts on all sides still dream that they will one day control the enemy’s mind. And in a tiny, dungeonlike lab in the basement of Moscow’s ominously named Institute of Psycho-Correction, Smirnov and other Russian psychiatrists are already working on schizophrenics, drug addicts and cancer patients. You’ve heard of subliminal advertising, right? The psychiatric community generally agrees that subliminal perception exists; a smaller fringe group believes it can be used to change the psyche....

“Ripley’s has a long history of creating wax figures of the US President to display at our Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks and Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Odditoriums. Our wax figures will need repairing from time to time, ranging from Hollywood celebrities to political figures,” Suzanne Smagala-Potts, public relations manager of Ripley Entertainment Inc., told Newsweek. “Ripley’s only showcases the highest quality of exhibits and wax figures. When a wax figure has been damaged, we will remove the figure from public display and send it to our talented team of artists for repair....

Bill Clinton’s office is in Harlem, but I still get looks when I tell people I live there. You see, I’ve been white all my life–and Harlem’s been black for a lot longer. And the Harlem that New York taxi drivers are getting to know today is anything but the Harlem of yesteryear, which few of them knew at all: a poor, angry, crime-ridden neighborhood evacuated after the booming ’20s and destined for the dustbin of the 20th century....

Chelsea to have unbeaten PL season - 100/1 Having sold Nemanja Matic to Manchester United for £40 million, Antonio Conte is keen to bolster his midfield ranks before the end of the transfer window. The sales of both Matic and Nathaniel Chalobah have left the Premier League champions short of options in the middle of the park, despite the arrival of Tiemoue Bakayoko from Monaco. And Conte is keen to secure England international Drinkwater as soon as possible, with the Blues kicking off their title defence against Burnley on August 12....