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“We’re human beings, and people share different opinions and different political views,” veteran team leader Brooks Orpik said. “It’s no different than anybody else. People that are friends vote for different people.” Those differences were on public display the last week when two players said they would not join their teammates in visiting President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday to celebrate their Stanley Cup championship. Canadians Braden Holtby and Brett Connolly said they’d respectfully decline the invitation....

Never fond of the media, Freeh has refused to get drawn into the ongoing controversy over the FBI’s performance in the period before September 11. As a private citizen, he is free to turn down requests from reporters for interviews. The surprising part is that he has also managed to avoid being hauled before Congress. Two separate and powerful committees are looking into the attacks and whether agencies like the FBI could have prevented them....

Nader’s rants about the political “duopoly” that shuts out third-party candidates are old news, and his critique of Corporate America is getting shopworn, despite its searing accuracy. So Nader at age 70 is re-inventing himself as an antiwar candidate. It’s a smart political move, and it comes at a time when many analysts had written him off. Instead, the wily consumer activist has found an opening that could doom John Kerry’s chances in November....

“I think Diego Costa is doing fantastically and the numbers are obviously great, Fabregas the same,” said Mourinho. “His numbers for a midfielder are fantastic; the number of assists and the quality he brings to the game. But, for them to be playing so well the team has to be playing well. Ivanovic, Matic, Hazard, they are all playing well.” Fabregas had completed his move to Chelsea this transfer window from Barcelona in June, and statistically has been a hit so far for the Blues....

That has spawned countless nicknames, from The General to The Winter Soldier. There are a pair of recent additions to that list, both provided by a man who is something of an expert on good quarterback play. Allen started Buffalo’s wild-card clash with Miami in style, finding Dawson Knox in the end zone to open the scoring for the Bills. And with CBS — and its resident quarterback guru, Tony Romo — on the call, he was anointed an “ice-cold” nickname....

Den Bosch fans hurled racial abuse at the American national, who scored one out of the five goals, in the first half. The referee stopped play, but Altidore insisted that the game should go on. In reaction to this shameful incident, Altidore said, “It’s a bit disappointing that these things still happen in this time we’re in but what are you going to do? “You just hope that these people can improve themselves....

Alvarez (53-1-2) returns to super middleweight for the bout against WBA titleholder Smith in Texas and live on DAZN on Saturday. It will be the Mexican’s first bout since November last year as he takes on the unbeaten Smith (27-0). “I like risk, I like taking risk, taking this fight is a risk,” the four-division world champion told DAZN on Thursday. “I’m fighting the No. 1 at 168 pounds, so these are challenges for me and I continue to bring challenges forward and I like the risk of it....

Beyond that, it’s all a matter of who you believe. There is a report Tanev is out until after the Olympic break with a broken thumb. That report is not coming from the Canucks, who have him listed as “day-to-day” with the fairly common “upper-body injury”. While that seems like a massive gulf in estimates, it really isn’t. Yes, the Canucks have six games, including the Chicago contest, between now and the break....

Dragon’s Dogma 2 has officially been announced. It’s the sequel to 2012’s oddest action RPG, made by the original game director Hideaki Itsuno. It’s unclear why Capcom chose to do the announcement in a separate event that likely drew less overall attention, but the opportunity did give Itsuno time to thank fans for their continued support over the past decade. RELATED: Dragon’s Dogma Presentation Happening Later This Week Details regarding Dragon’s Dogma 2 are unfortunately thin....

The exact scope of this potential new Monster Hunter game is vague, perhaps in part due to the question needing to be translated from Japanese. Given the proximity of the answers, it seems fair to assume that specifying a younger audience is Capcom’s way of implying that the game will be on Switch, especially given all other platforms have Monster Hunter World with consistent updates to play. However, mentioning a younger audience may also be a way to suggest the new title will be a spin-off rather than an official entry....

While May 22 was the official 10th anniversary of Dragon’s Dogma’s release, Capcom has designated the entire month of May as a celebration of 10 years since the game’s creation. This news comes from a new website unveiled by the publisher to celebrate Dragon’s Dogma and its anniversary. The website first gives players a short trailer showing off gameplay of Dragon’s Dogma before treating fans to a message thanking them for taking up arms against Grigori....

The special Resident Evil sets will chronicle the franchise up to the latest installment. It will consist of three boxsets in total. The first will feature Resident Evil 0 and the remakes of the original three games. The second set will come with Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6, while the last set will have RE7, Village, and will also come with a series of art postcards. These new releases are to celebrate the series reaching a quarter of a century....

As lawmakers return home for the August recess, they’ll be reminding voters of their accomplishments. With the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate facing re-election, does this Congress deserve high marks? In the number of bills passed and signed into law, they compiled an impressive record: a major tax cut, an education bill that allied Bush with liberal icon Ted Kennedy, campaign-finance reform, corporate reform and the trade authority that President Clinton had been denied for eight years....

It’s not her mea culpa about health care reform they’re interested in, it’s the inside story of her marriage that attracts the media and should boost sales of her memoir. For Bill Clinton’s side of the story, we’ll have to wait until the fall of 2004, right before the presidential election–timing that doesn’t thrill the Democrats vying for their share of the spotlight. When it comes to candlepower and charisma, there’s no competing with the Clintons....

One man who couldn’t be happier playing alongside the former Gonzaga standout is point guard Josh Giddey, who is already developing intuitive chemistry with the 7-foot-1 unicorn. “He’s the ideal person for me to play alongside and he stretches the floor, he finishes at the ring, there’s not a lot of holes in his game if you zoom out to look at his game. There’s not many things he can’t do,” Giddey told The Sporting News at the launch of NBA 2K23 in Las Vegas....

The controversial Cleveland Browns wide receiver has been released from an in-patient rehabilitation facility after beginning therapy last month, Cleveland.com reported Sunday. MORE: Where disgraced athletes went wrong According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Gordon remains on the reserve/suspended by commissioner list after finishing a 30-day intensive program in New Hampshire. Browns coach Hue Jackson has made it clear he’s ready to “move on” from Gordon, though the team can’t trade him until he’s reinstated....

The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, citing anonymous sources, reported Sunday (subscription required) that Milwaukee is making available the left-handed relief ace, who will be due a big salary bump this offseason through the arbitration process. Brewers general manager David Stearns, in quotes to Rosenthal, refused to confirm or deny whether Hader was on the block. MLB Trade Rumors projects Hader, 25, will make $4.6 million after recording 37 saves and averaging 16....

Not only did the Raiders emerge with a 34-32 victory over their division rival, but Jacobs liked what was happening on the Las Vegas sideline. “Man, the sideline … it was like [there was no] anxiety,” Jacobs said, per Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “It was weird. It was like everybody was calm. You didn’t have somebody cussing at you, or going crazy at the refs. None of that....