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The latest Japanese ace to undergo the posting process, the 27-year-old Maeda, like many imports, brings a positive mystique to his profile. The raw numbers are enough to make any front office giddy and give fan bases visions of the next Yu Darvish fronting their rotation for years to come. The transition from NPB to Major League Baseball is not easy, but with a long line of predecessors blazing the trail to the States, Maeda faces fewer questions than early Japanese players....

Say what? NASCAR's Most Popular Driver could finally win a Cup title? While winning plays an important role in the new Chase format, it is possible to win the Cup championship without a winning a race. As shown below, Earnhardt would have done it last year, rallying from a bad start in the Chase to win the title with a series of consistent finishes. NASCAR officials say that drivers would have raced differently under the new system, which rewards race winners and de-emphasizes consistency, or points racing....

Who he was: Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Major League Baseball went to war. The vast majority of active major leaguers drafted by the military served on USO All-Star teams, playing in front of servicemen in games designed to boost morale. But some players had more dangerous duty. Hank Greenberg, who’d just completed a year of peacetime military service that cost him most of the 1941 season, promptly re-enlisted and flew on reconnaissance missions over Burma....

Many games nowadays can rarely be sorted into a single genre, with the mixing pot of the video game industry constantly influence the projects of developers. In addition to Resident Evil and Silent Hill, Wronged Us is also taking inspiration from the Golden Joystick Awards’ Ultimate Game of All Time, Dark Souls. While FromSoftware’s Souls series is often recognized for its difficulty, its strides in world design are still being felt to this day, encouraging players to explore its world but rarely assisting them in their adventuring....

“Homeless service providers are facing a long list of needs during the COVID-19 outbreak, but it’s particularly challenging to know how to best help at this moment,” said Nan Roman, president and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness. She goes onto explain that there is a wide spectrum of what people who are homeless need ranging from cleaning products to medical support. What is the current state of homelessness in the U....

But what do free-to-play games have that negatively affect your sense of progression? Let’s take a look. Free-to-Play Games Often Have Predatory Monetization Practices One of the main reasons you may feel your sense of progression stifled in free-to-play titles is because of the implementation of predatory microtransaction practices. Whether this is purchasing a set of Apex Packs in Apex Legends to roll your dice and hopefully unlock a cool cosmetic, or purchasing level skips in Smite to skip through tiers of the battle pass, your progression is greatly affected....

Uses ZzzQuil is sold over-the-counter, meaning that you don’t need a prescription to purchase it. Sold as a liquid or a liquid-filled capsule, ZzzQuil is a sleep aid that is used to treat insomnia characterized by difficulty falling or staying asleep. ZzzQuil’s active ingredient, diphenhydramine, is most often used to provide relief from allergies; sleepiness is a side effect of this component. But since diphenhydramine is the medication’s only active ingredient, it is advertised to be safer than other “PM” sleeping pills that may also contain Tylenol (acetaminophen), ibuprofen, or other ingredients....

Whatever the reason, the current monitor line-up includes a product called the Omen by HP 25, and this has now been superseded with the new Omen 25i, a natural successor. The previous design used TN screen technology, had a refresh rate of 144Hz and colour 6 bits +FRC model, and the new Omen 25i can trump all those cards. But has it enough to take on the likes of LG and Samsung in what has become an increasingly competitive market?...

The HP Split 2 is powered by a present-generation Intel Core i-Series processor, as opposed to the Atom processor ship that powered the original version Envy 2. With its new processor, the Split 2 is almost identical like any other 13-inch ultrabook –kind laptop. The Split 2 looks great for web surfing all day long, media playback, productivity and emails. The CPU is fitted in the top half of the device apart from the SSD storage, battery and the RAM....

It all started when a player from Fairfield High School (Fairfield, CA) grabbed an interception and immediately started running towards his team’s own end zone. At that moment, Kha-Ron Thrower chased down his teammate and tackled him before he could cross the goal line. The coach on the sideline absolutely lost it and the player was really upset because he thought he was going to score. MORE: SN Week 8 college football rankings: Top 25 shaken up...

HTC One M9 vs HTC 10: Price When the One M9 launched in March 2015 it cost £579. The HTC 10 is roughly the same at £569.99 from HTC’s website Now, of course, you can buy the One M9 for a lot less: around £350 unlocked. However, there are better phones to be had for that sort of money – see our best phones chart for details. See also: One M9 vs One M8 comparison....

With a take on Apple, the HTC One Max features a Fingerprint Sensor. It’s compatible touchscreen houses 16M colors. With a 5.9inches tall Dimension, it provides a super resolution of 370 ppi. The taller (7.8”) iPad Mini 2 provides a resolution of 163 ppi. The HTC One Max, like Apple’s iPad, doesn’t provide you a SD slot. It’s models come in denominations of 32/64GB & a RAM memory of 2GB....

Now that we know that Samsung’s all set to unveil its latest Galaxy Note 3 pretty soon and that Apple will take on Samsung with its iPhone 6 latest by next year, we wonder if this would affect the success HTC could face with its stellar flagship, the HTC One. From the latest concepts of the Galaxy Note 3 that have surfaced on the internet, what we can say is that this device is expected to be one sleek thing, with a design akin to that of the Galaxy S4, only with a much bigger screen....

Edging towards a high-end design At a glance, the MateBook D 14 looks like a high-end laptop that wouldn’t look too out of place next to a MacBook Pro. It’s lightweight and portable at 1.38kg and 15.9mm thick, made from a durable aluminium alloy and sports a Space Grey finish that shimmers with a purple-ish tint depending on the light. It’s also available in mystic silver, as pictured, but this variant isn’t available in the UK....

Huawei P10 vs Huawei P10 Plus comparison review: UK price and release date So, what’s the difference in price between the Huawei P10 and its bigger brother, the P10 Plus? While there’s no UK pricing for either just yet, we do have a European price of 649 and 699/799 respectively. This equates to around £550 for the P10, and £590/690 for the P10 Plus depending on which storage option you decide upon....

The app is now live on App Gallery and provides a viable alternative to Uber, which is not available there to download. Bolt provides a ride sharing service akin to Uber’s, and also owns an e-scooter fleet for rental in cities. This could prove useful for Huawei phones owners if Bolt’s scooters come to their city following the news that rented electric scooters will be technically legal in the UK from tomorrow....

Welcome to one of the strangest campaign stops in history. Technically it was photo-op no. 4 on Monday, New Year’s Eve, three days before the Iowa caucus: a 2 p.m. haircut and shave at an old-school downtown Des Moines barbershop. But in truth it was yet another unusual moment in what could be described as the most unconventional presidential campaign in recent memory. Huckabee, who until recently was considered a long shot at best for the GOP nomination, has generated buzz and headlines for his White House bid by running an unorthodox campaign built on his image as a regular guy....

SN talked to Jason Fitzgerald, the brains behind the brilliant OverTheCap.com, to find out how teams fared in the first wave of NFL free agency. Fitzgerald discussed the best and biggest spenders, the Cowboys and the Redskins, and what he thinks about Jennifer Garner playing a "capologist" in the upcoming movie Draft Day. Those are just some of the highlights of the Iyer-Bender Huddle Up! Podcast interview, which you can listen to in its entirety right here: SPORTING NEWS: How did you get into this and how interesting was it to have the New York Jets as the first team you examined?...

Novice fishermen Steve Ecklund and Mark Boise went on a fishing trip near Lillooet, B.C., with guides from River Monster Adventures, Nick McCabe and Tyler Speed, on Father’s Day, when they caught the enormous fish. The sturgeon put up a big fight: it took two hours to wrestle it into the boat, with videos showing the beast leaping out of the water, revealing its true size. White sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America, growing up to 14 ft long, and weighing up to 1,500 lbs....