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The app will launch in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands first. Sony hopes to roll it out to other European countries soon thereafter. Sony also hopes to add to functionality that will allow users to post directly to the PlayStation Blog as well as other, unannounced, features. The app will be free to download when it arrives. While this app does not let you play games or get trophies like owners of Windows Phone 7 devices can do with Xbox Live, it is a step in the right direction....

STG Football bills itself as “the only officially licensed NFLPA Football Game on the blockchain,” and it has now been formally rated by the ESRB, which has provided a short description of how the game plays in practice. Since it’s backed by an NFL organization as prominent as the NFLPA, STG Football promises access to an extremely wide roster of real-life superstars, all of whom will be turned into NFTs....

France’s Sebastien Ogier extended his lead at the top of the world championship standings with success in the Rally of Portugal on Sunday. The Volkswagen driver, at the head of the standings since Friday’s first day, beat Finnish Citroen DS3 rival Mikko Hirvonen by 58 seconds with Jari-Matti Latvala (VW Polo) over four minutes back in third. This was 29-year-old Ogier’s third consecutive success of the season after Sweden and Mexico and his third in Portugal after wins here with Citroen in 2010 and 2011....

This is exactly the problem Social Security is going to face 10 years from now–a bulging and costly retiree class. In this respect, private pensions are like canaries in the coal mine, because the change in the environment affects them first. Unlike Social Security, corporations have to set aside money for pensions in advance. They’re saying they can’t pay it–an early warning that government will be dialing back on future benefits, too....

The BeSafe device, created by Vancouver’s four-year-old Brave Technology, is a wireless button and phone app that provides on-demand assistance to those who call in. The makers of the device hope to foster trust between addicts and the services offered, hopefully offering a way away and out of their addictive behavior. County commissioner signed an $100,000 contract with BeSafe Tuesday to ensure that the buttons will become available early next year....

DeWine was forced to cancel plans to greet Trump in Cleveland earlier on Thursday due to testing positive for the virus. However, a test given later in the day indicated contradictory results. “UPDATE: In a second COVID-19 test administered today in Columbus, Governor Mike DeWine has tested negative for COVID-19,” DeWine’s account tweeted. “First Lady Fran DeWine and staff members have also all tested negative.” The first test given to DeWine had been an antigen test, a less common type of test that can produce fast results but are also known to sometimes produce inaccurate results....

James Rhodes, 53, was arrested on Tuesday over a verbal attack on Kiauna Larkins, Stow Police confirmed. In a video of the incident, which has been watched more than 47,000 times on Twitter, a man can be seen shouting at a delivery driver in the parking lot of a Stow apartment complex on April 17. The clip, shared by CBS News reporter David Begnaud, shows the man climbing out of his car and hurling abuse and expletives at the woman, who is accompanied by a young child....

MORE: College hoops live odds | ATS standings | Oddsmakers’ power ratings Line: Purdue -11.5 Total: 137.5 Trends: Ohio State 12-7 SU, 9-10 ATS, 8-11 O/U. Purdue 16-3 SU, 11-4 SU, 6-9 O/U KenPom efficiency ratings: Ohio State 78 (overall), 162 (offense), 32 (defense). Purdue 9, 43, 4 Effective FG percentage: Ohio State 50.8, Purdue 53.9 EFG% against: Ohio State 45.6, Purdue 41.0 Analysis: This has all the makings of a grind-it-out Big Ten game, with Purdue’s terrific interior defense (fourth nationally in defending two-pointers)....

Not fast enough, obviously. Because during that short time, from about 3 p.m. Monday until he sat down in Dayton on Thursday with candidate Chris Holtmann and was able to declare to associates afterward “We got our guy,” Smith’s competence routinely was questioned in public forums. Can you imagine that? You don’t even get three days now to do something as intricate as hiring an employee to whom you might eventually pay $25 million, whether or not he’s a success....

Sailing crews who practiced on the waters Monday complained that the oil was turning their white boats brown, the Associated Press reports. MORE: XXXI greatest American Olympians | Rio Olympic venues “We’ve never seen anything like this. It was all over the place,” Finnish sailor Camilla Cedercreutz told AP. “There was no way you could avoid it.” Cedercreutz’s sailing partner, Noora Ruskola, said other sailors told her, “Your boat looks like a toilet....

In a press conference on Saturday, Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said an offshore oil production operation had leaked 126,000 gallons into the water. According to KABC, Carr told reporters: “We want the community to know that as a city, we’ve been working with our federal, state and county partners to mitigate the impact that could be a potential ecological disaster.” She added the U.S. Coast Guard had been notified of the spill at around 9 a....

Line: Oklahoma -4 Total: 164.5 MORE: College hoops live odds | ATS standings Trends: Oklahoma 17-2 SU, 9-8 ATS, 11-6 O/U. LSU 13-7 SU, 5-14 ATS, 8-11 O/U. KenPom efficiency ratings: Oklahoma 1 (overall), 7 (offense), 12 (defense). LSU 63, 46, 103 Effective FG percentage: Oklahoma 56.6, LSU 51.8 EFG% against: Oklahoma 44.4, LSU 49.8 Analysis: LSU hasn’t covered in six straight games and is one of the worst ATS teams in college basketball....

OU rolled Tennessee 34-10 last season in Norman, Okla. as a 21-point favorite. They’re not favored on the betting line by quite as much this time around. Line movement: Tennessee opened -3 in the Golden Nugget’s Game of the Year lines, but the game soon moved to a pick ’em. Most other books opened it this week as a pick ’em, but betting action has made Oklahoma a short favorite....

Major Corey Britt was relieved of his role as senior company officer at Station 34 in Oklahoma City, according to the NBC-affiliated KFOR channel citing firefighters with knowledge of the situation. Fire Chief Richard Kelley told reporters: “We don’t transport patients,” in response to questions about the disciplinary hearing, which took place at Oklahoma City Fire Department headquarters earlier this week. “That’s not our job.” Kelley said Britt, who has worked as a firefighter for 25 years, will keep his same rank and pay but will face “internal corrective measures....

MORE: Top 25 scores, updates | Who to root for: Notre Dame or FSU? Knight was injured on a scramble with 8:44 left in the first quarter. He appeared to injure either his left arm or shoulder. Redshirt freshman Cody Thomas replaced Knight, who exited for the locker room. UPDATE: Knight returned on the Sooners’ next drive. 

Hurts finished 17 of 24 through the air for 415 passing yards and three touchdowns, adding 70 rushing yards and another score on the ground against Texas Tech in the Sooners’ Big 12 opener. Afterward, the Heisman-contending quarterback hit the gym for your typical post-game workout. Check out some of his workout from Hurts’ Instagram post below: MORE: Hurts opens Heisman Trophy lead with stat-stuffed Big 12 debut This isn’t the first time this season the former Alabama quarterback has hit the weight room right after a game....

Or maybe it should. As the numbers from recent seasons show, the path to the upper reaches of the NBA lottery does not always intersect with the road to the Final Four. The NCAA Tournament’s 64-team bracket has been cut in half, and from Zion Williamson to Ja Morant to RJ Barrett and more, nearly a dozen potential lottery picks are still in the tournament, only one win away from the Sweet 16....

The big takeaways? Chip Kelly is the second-favorite to coach the 49ers and Titans, Hue Jackson will surely get a job (as if that wasn’t clear already), Adam Gase will as well, and Mike Shanahan will likely be back in the NFL after a two-year hiatus. MORE: Ranking every head coaching opening, from most to least desirable Based on these odds, it also appears as if the Giants will stay in house with OC Ben McAdoo....