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He also insisted that all of his comments this season have come from the unadulterated version of himself. “I don’t want to apologize for being myself,” he told reporter Kevin Van Valkenburg. “I just want to be myself.” Rodgers spoke with Van Valkenburg by phone on Thursday, two days before the Packers’ NFC divisional round playoff matchup with the 49ers. He said he granted the reporter’s interview request because he thought Van Valkenburg wanted to write a “hit piece” (Van Valkenburg said he submitted questions to the Packers beforehand) and Rodgers wanted to counteract that....

Despite the underachieving NFL game itself opening night, fans watched in record numbers. The ratings for Thursday night’s game, which saw the Packers beat the Bears 10-3, were the best in three years for a season opener, Sports Media Watch reported. The game, which drew a 15.3 rating for NBC reflected a 14 percent improvement from last season — a weather-delayed matchup between the Eagles and Falcons — and a 5 percent rise from the 2017 opener between the Chiefs and Patriots....

The Packers defense is getting pounded by the Lions, and Joique Bell's one-yard run for a touchdown that put the Lions up 33-10 was the breaking point. Williams had had enough. He jawed with Lions players in the end zone before a referee stepped in and cut him off. Then he shoved the official out of the way, resulting in an immediate flag for unsportsmanlike conduct. Williams will likely have a nice letter from one Mr....

The wise guys gave Chicago eight points on the road in Green Bay for Thursday Night Football, which means they either have zero respect for a Brian Hoyer-led offense, or they know the Packers, even without running back Eddie Lacy, will snap out of their offensive funk against their NFC North rivals. WEEK 7 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread Green Bay, 3-2 and coming off a disheartening loss to Dallas, needs a division win not only to keep up with undefeated Minnesota, but also to keep a comfortable cushion on top of emerging Detroit....

After Green Bay’s loss to Washington, the 10-time Pro Bowler made it clear that he still believes the Packers (3-4) are a playoff team. Getting back on the right track will be a challenge, though, as they face a Super Bowl contender in the Bills (5-1) on Sunday night. “I’m not worried about this squad,” Rodgers said during his postgame media availability. “In fact, this might be the best thing for us....

Line: Green Bay -3 (+100), Total: 45.5 Line movement: The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened Green Bay as 3-point road favorites (-110) last Sunday night. The spread shifted slightly in Denver’s favor with the Packers adjusted to -3 (+100) at some books and -2.5 at some books. Check our odds page for updated NFL lines from Las Vegas . Note the Don Best/Linemakers Power Ratings sees this game a little differently, saying Denver should be 2-point favorites given its 3....

Don’t blame the Packers. They did their job, just like they have in almost every game this season. Green Bay nearly cleared the 55.5-point total by itself in a 53-20 victory over Philadelphia. With that result, the OVER is now 9-1 in Packers games entering Sunday’s matchup at Minnesota (1 p.m. ET, Fox). No other club has had more games go OVER in the 2014 regular season. Since falling 19-7 at Detroit on Sept....

Both teams have already clinched a spot in the postseason, yet we all know how important home field is in the postseason so Green Bay and Minnesota are both feeling the pressure tonight. Here’s everything to know about betting on Vikings vs. Packers in Week 16, including updated odds, trends and our expert’s prediction for “Monday Night Football.” MORE: Get the latest NFL odds & betting trends at Sports Insider...

For the second straight night, the Padres walloped the Rockies at Coors Field in Colorado. San Diego’s Matt Kemp, Jon Jay and Cory Spangenberg combined to drive in 13 runs in the team’s 16-3 victory. The Padres completed a two-game stretch in which they scored 29 runs after being outscored 25-0 in their previous three. In Toronto, Jose Bautista tried to rally the Blue Jays, but Boston proved to be too much in a 8-4 Red Sox victory....

Being a former professional golfer turned influencer/model, Spiranac’s involvement with the sports world makes sense. She was once a promising LPGA Tour prospect before stepping away to do content. Spiranac reminded her followers of her sports background with a couple of shocking predictions for the upcoming year: She enthusiastically continued: She added: Her bold sports predictions didn’t end there, though, as she re-entered the world of golf she once left behind:...

Walking around Stockholm, it’s hard not to be struck by something gorgeous every time you turn a corner. Maybe it’s catching the last ray of golden sunlight glittering across the water as you walk along the cliffs of Södermalm; or noticing an ancient runestone embedded in the corner of a building; or stretching out your arms to touch the red-and-ochre buildings on either side of a narrow, cobblestone street, then looking up at a slice of blue sky between them; or stopping for a break in a square where shiny modern buildings frame statues of water sprites, and feeling astounded all over again at the effortless style of the beautiful people around you....

And Sharon wasn’t even prime minister yet. Ehud Barak, the man he trounced, still served as a caretaker. Because Sharon’s Likud Party has only 19 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, he cannot rule without forming a stable coalition. He would prefer a “unity government” including Barak’s Labor Party. “Sharon badly needs a deal with Labor to show the world he’s not so extreme,” says Zeev Shiff, a political columnist for the daily Haaretz....

First of all, congratulations on your first full season, and a great one at that, in Indian colours. In the last few tours, you have enthralled us all with pace and swing alike. You have shown big promise, and you certainly have the potential to fill the one void that Indian cricket has in an otherwise complete set-up: that of a genuine fast bowler. India has never had a plenitude of bowlers who can clock speeds of 140 kilometres per hour constantly and swing the ball at that pace, not since the days of Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath anyway....

Last night I saw you again. It was the season finale of HBO’s drama The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Lily Rabe, and Donald Sutherland. I should’ve been focused on savoring the final installment of the opulent melodrama, but I couldn’t. Even as Nicole Kidman descended in a private helicopter to save her son from the clutches of her deviant spouse, I should have been sneering at the obscenities afforded the wealthy even in fiction, but I couldn’t....

A dropped catch, a scratchy 14-ball 8 and a wasteful DRS review - these are your contributions during the IPL 2019 final for which you are being criticized right now. But little do the trolls realize that you are the bedrock of the CSK batting lineup. You have toiled hard for the team over the past 10 seasons, and the enthusiasm that you have shown on the field has bewitched us time and again....

The lines below are from the LVH SuperBook, as of today at 12:30 p.m. ET. Opening numbers are from when the LVH posted Week 1 odds in April. Packers at Seahawks Monday’s spread and total: Seahawks -5.5, 46 Opening numbers: Seahawks -5, 45 Notes: While Seattle can be found at -5, there have been some -6s out there as well, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see this number creep up ahead of kickoff....

Fuller’s pick, though, arrived with a little more than a minute to play and with the 49ers in desperation mode after giving up 21 unanswered points in the game’s final 6 1/2 minutes. He told Sporting News the moment felt “amazing,” but he felt the game was won well before he beat Niners receiver Deebo Samuel to Jimmy Garoppolo’s deep pass down the middle of the field. “They hit that deep ball to 10,” Fuller said when asked whether a specific play led the Chiefs to believe they could erase a 20-10 deficit in the fourth quarter, referring to quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ 44-yard strike to Tyreek Hill at the 7:13 mark....

The Catalan coach arrived in English football during the summer of 2016, having forged a reputation as one of the best managers in the business during stints at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. How City’s fans have wound up Pep Silverware was secured on a regular basis at both Camp Nou and the Allianz Arena, with Guardiola working with some of the finest talent in world football. Success was expected to follow him to the Premier League, but a tough start to his reign has offered a rude awakening....

For a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of scientists analyzed the bones of 35 animals that were found at Navan—including, pigs, cattle and sheep. This analysis revealed that some of these animals had been transported to the site from locations more than 100 miles away. “Our results provide clear evidence that communities in Iron Age Ireland were very mobile and that livestock were also moved over greater distances than was previously thought,” Richard Madgwick, an author of the study from the University of Cardiff in the U....