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"What do you mean, you don't possess a car?" The tall man in the cowhand cap asked, taking a gander at me like I'd recently arrived from Mars or New York. He may have respected my sheer chutzpah, however I question it. Inquiring as to why I don't at present claim a car is an inquiry I get frequently. I have a Triumph Sprint ST and Suzuki GSX-R as my fundamental methods for transportation. In the wake of disposing of my Nissan Sentra I just... didn't supplant it. In any event, not with something on four wheels. What If It's Typhoon Or Sasquatch Weather? I'm a strong advocate for wearing full gear as much as possible. Yes, you might have heard this philosophy called ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time) because, frankly, it's a damn good idea. In typical Dallas summer weather, I wear an Alpinestars T-GP Plus R Air Jacket, which breathes really well, except for the lower part of the arms which are not mesh. My main helmet is a Bell RS-1 with a Transition...

​ Living day to day in the wake of battling is going extremely well for ex-UFC and Strikeforce star Keith Jardine, who resigned from the game soon after losing to Roger Gracie at Strikeforce: Rockhold versus Kennedy in 2012. Jardine, otherwise called 'The Dean of Mean', contended under the UFC standard from 2005-2010 and, amid that time, got prevails upon previous light heavyweight champions and UFC Hall of Famers Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin. The 42-year-old has since gone one to feature in over 30 films and television shows, including the likes of Gamer, John Wick, and Breaking Bad. Jardine, whose acting career actually began shortly after his 2007 victory over 'The Iceman', is now a regular on hit TV shows such as Shameless and Godless, and the former Strikeforce middleweight title challenger says Hollywood is much more competitive than fighting ever was. "This is way more competitive than fighting ever was," Jardine told Mike Chiappetta of MMA Fightin...

​ On the off chance that there's one thing you can bet on with LSU cornerback Donte Jackson, it's that he's a renegade. He's a person who chose where he went to secondary school since individuals disclosed to him it wouldn't work out. He's a person who wound up at LSU incompletely in light of the fact that individuals growing up let him know he'd wind up some place like Nicholls State or Southeastern. Presently he has another choice to make, maybe his greatest one. What's more, you best trust he's out to demonstrate more individuals off-base. A draft-eligible junior, Jackson hasn't made up his mind yet about whether he'll declare for the 2018 NFL Draft with a year of eligibility remaining. He said he's going to wait until after the Citrus Bowl to work that out with his coaches and family. But that doesn't mean Jackson hasn't thought about his future. And more important, it doesn't mean other people haven't thought about hi...

Weight reduction, enhanced entrail movements+3 other medical advantages that you hsould know. Bamboo shoots are a critical piece of the Asian cooking and are presently picking up ubiquity in different nations as well. For the individuals who don't know bamboo shoots are essentially the sprouts which develop close to the bamboo plant and are milder. Bamboo plant all in all is an exceptionally valuable and practically all aspects of the bamboo plant is put into utilization. Talking about the health aspect of the bamboo shoot, it is rich in various components like proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and fiber which makes it a very healthy ingredient to consume. Bamboo shoots should be boiled thoroughly before eating . It can simply be eaten after boiling, as a side or can be added to soups, salads, gravies and stews. Bamboo shoots are stored as pickles, which are highly popular. Here are a few health benefits of consuming bamboo shoots that you should know. Weight Loss Bamboo shoot is ...

Turner Sports says its "Inside the NBA" studio group will call a Christmas night diversion in Los Angeles alongside its other common obligations.  Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson will be at Staples Center for the Lakers' diversion against the Minnesota Timberwolves. They will call the nightcap of the group's five-diversion occasion plan for expansion to their standard pregame, halftime and postgame scope. Turner said Thursday it will be the first live game the team has called together. Reporter Kristen Ledlow also will contribute to the telecast.

Aussie phenom Ben Simmons added another prestigious award to his collection on Tuesday. The 21-year-old NBA star was ranked the number one athlete in Sporting News Australia's "SN50" list. The list in its' inaugural year ranked the 50 best Australian athletes 21 years old and under. Simmons who's competing in his first NBA campaign grabbed the number one spot ahead of some of Australia's brightest young talents including Rugby League star Tom Trbojevic (21), Tennis sensation Ash Barty (21) and Olympic Swimmer Mack Horton (21). Simmons is averaging 18 points, 9.2 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game for the Philadelphia 76ers. Milwaukee Bucks center Thon Maker (20), who will once again be eligible for the list next year, finished ranked in the 10th spot overall. SN Australia polled numerous writers, commentators and executives in different codes across the country from the NBA, NRL, AFL, Rugby Australia, Fox Sports and the Daily Telegraph.

​ In his five years at McLaren's F1 team, Ayrton Senna won three World Championships and was regarded as one of the best drivers in the sport — ever. McLaren is honoring Senna with an entirely new car, built with one singular purpose — to be the fastest car on the track. While the Senna will be street legal, it has an absolute minimum in creatures comforts, with everything focused on being a lethal track weapon.  Limited to only 500 units, the entire run has already been sold. "If James Bond were to make an app for the stuff he wanted to buy, this would be the app." — Doug Stephens, Retail Futurist ​

​ UFC NEWS - Express Sport brings you the latest headlines from the Ultimate Fighting Championship. UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has revealed he's hopeful of having his proposed 155lbs title unification bout with Conor McGregor take place in March or April.  "Well ... [with] a wink and a nod it was done!!!" Ferguson said in an Instagram post. "T'was a very minor surgery and now getting ready to unify my belt with McNuggets in the first [quarter] of the year (March - April), as recovery is going great!!! #DefendorVacate." Meanwhile, the Nevada Athletic Commission are willing to hand Nate Diaz a boxing license.  "I don't think he's requested a boxing license, to date," NAC executive director Bob Bennett told Express Sport. "But from what I know of Nate and who he spars with, I believe he may have been a sparring partner at some point in time with Andre Ward, he and Nick. "So, if he applied, I would see no reason wh...

​ The Seattle Seahawks lost Sunday's game to the Jacksonville Jaguars but won't lose any players to suspensions moving forward.  On Monday, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll confirmed that no Seattle players were suspended in the aftermath of Sunday's 30-24 loss, per Liz Mathews of USA Today. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the league is "still reviewing" the extracurricular activities that occurred. Seahawks defensive linemen Sheldon Richardson and Quinton Jefferson were ejected, per ESPN.com's Brady Henderson, as scuffles broke out when Jacksonville took issue with how aggressive Seattle's defense was on the final kneeldowns.  Jefferson then attempted to climb a wall into the crowd when Jaguars fans reportedly threw drinks at him while he was leaving the field. ​

Overweight and obese people who eat almonds and chocolate every day may have lower cholesterol than their counterparts who don't consume these foods, a recent experiment suggests. Consumed separately, almonds and chocolate have each been linked to lower blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol and hunger levels in previous studies. For the current study, researchers tested cholesterol levels in 31 overweight and obese people. For four weeks, all of them followed a typical American diet. Every day for another four weeks, they all added almost one-third of a cup of almonds to the typical diet.  In another four-week period, participants added almost one-quarter cup of dark chocolate and about 2.5 tablespoons of cocoa powder per day. Everyone also had a four-week period of adding both the nuts and the dark chocolate with cocoa to their diet. Adding just the almonds reduced participants' levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by seven per cent, the study found. The resu...

After LaMelo Ball and LiAngelo Ball signed with an agent with the intent of playing overseas, Lithuanian club Prienu Vytautas emerged as a potential destination for the Ball brothers. With the initial report of the Lithuanian club deciding within the next 24-48 hours, the Ball brothers have agreed to one-year deals according to Shams Charania of The Vertical: LaMelo, 16, and LiAngelo Ball, 19, agreed to deals with Vytautas that will allow the two prospects to start their careers in a competitive professional league with a history of producing NBA players and focus on development. Both will report to the team in early January, sources told Yahoo Sports. The youngest Ball left Chino Hills High School before his junior season to be home-schooled. As for the second Ball, he recently parted ways with UCLA after receiving an indefinite suspension for the shoplifting incident in China. As Jonathan Givony of ESPN mentioned in his report, there is a possibility they could be playing for free in...

The 31-year-old claims he can shovel in thousands of calories while still remaining ripped—but is this actually possible.  Every night, King Schratz (born Dave Schratz) sits down in front of his 62,000 Instagram followers to eat his first, and only, meal of the day. Today, it's 12 bacon-egg-cheese sandwiches and a pile of fries. Earlier in the week, it was cheeseburger sliders, or a bulging-at-the-seams fajita plate.  He lists the nutritional content of each of his meals, adding the hashtag #IIFYM, and he says that each of the feasts runs him about 3,700 calories — yet he has a lean, muscular body, which he proudly displays in his weightlifting videos on Instagram. Schratz has become notorious for limiting himself to exactly one gigantic meal a day. He owns a personal training business called BioFit Solutions in north Jersey, and he claims that he stays in shape by burning off the calories with his intense, 2-hour daily workouts. "It's almost like I'm having a cheat me...

Tests have since revealed that Curry's ankle is "stable and structurally intact," but he will miss at least two weeks with a sprained right ankle. Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry suffered a gruesome ankle injury against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. Tests have since revealed that Curry's ankle is "stable and structurally intact," but he will miss at least two weeks with a sprained right ankle. Curry has a history with his right ankle. After spraining it several times during the 2010-11 season, Curry had surgery in 2011 to repair "instability that existed in the ankle due to recurrent ankle sprains." He then sprained the same ankle multiple times during the 2011-12 season, limiting him to 26 games. He required ankle surgery once again in the offseason, this time to clean out "loose debris and scar tissue." It was following Curry's second surgery that the Warriors signed him to a four-year extension worth $44 m...

​ Everybody's familiar with Batman's favourite form of transport – the Batmobile. It's gone through many iterations during the hero's decades of service, and the most recent versions have been nothing short of incredible. But when Batman removes the mask and becomes reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne (played most recently by Ben Affleck), he still needs stylish transport – and for the most recent Justice League movie, the duty of providing that fell to Mercedes. The film's producers originally procured an E-Class Convertible for Diana Prince – aka Wonderwoman, played by Gal Gadot, but something rather more spectacular was needed for Bruce Wayne. In the film, the car in question is a one-off version of Mercedes' Vision Gran Turismo. "To put Bruce Wayne behind the wheel of an experimental prototype vehicle like the Vision Gran Turismo... it's a great fit," said Charles Roven, Justice League producer. Originally conceived as a 'virtual concept'...

​ According to various users on Facebook and Twitter, 'Notorious' boxed the crap out of a guy at a bar in Crumlin, Ireland on Sunday. What's the truth? UFC superstar Conor 'Notorious' McGregor, who has left even his die-hard fans fuming for showing no interest in defending his lightweight title anytime soon, has been rumoured to be involved in a bar brawl in Ireland on Sunday night. McGregor, who received the payday of his lifetime after losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr in a boxing ring earlier this year, was reportedly heavily drunk at the Black Forge Bar in Crumlin, Ireland. It was then that he had an altercation with a fellow customer, NOW IDENTIFIED AS A DRUG LORD'S DAD! "What a wanker. Always honoured his loyalty...until tonight...he came into his 'local' and he started on some poor innocent kid.punching him.I really hope it turns out that we got the wrong end of the stick. But I doubt it. [sic]" read a Facebook post from a certain fan Lisa L...

​ Marcus Peters chucked an official's flag into the stands, stalked off the field wearing a smile, then ran back onto it without wearing socks when he realized he hadn't been ejected. Well, he won't have to worry about socks on Sunday. Chiefs coach Andy Reid suspended the volatile young cornerback for their game against Oakland after a series of antics that have humiliated not only Peters but the entire organization. The latest came in last week's loss to the New York Jets, when a late penalty was called and Peters picked up the flag and flung it into the stands . Peters proceeded to leave the field, assuming that he'd been kicked out of the game, and was evidently undressing when he realized his mistake. So Peters ran back onto the sideline without wearing socks, only to watch the Chiefs' last-ditch drive fall short in a 38-31 loss — their sixth in the last seven games. "I've done a lot of thinking and come to the conclusion I'm going to suspend hi...

New Zealand-born UFC star Mark Hunt has been cleared to fight again by doctors after admitting he had been suffering medical issues in an online article. Hunt was suspended after he admitted in an article on the Players Voice he was slurring his words, struggling to sleep and forgetting things he had done 24 hours earlier.  The confession prompted UFC President Dana White to suspend the heavyweight fighter for "medical reasons" - a decision Hunt protested heavily saying words from the interview had been taken out of context. Hunt accused White of the suspension being payback for his ongoing court case against the UFC over his UFC200 fight with Brock Lesnar in 2016.  Lesnar won the bout by unanimous decision but it was later overhauled to a no contest after Lesnar tested positive for performance enhancing drugs - a result which started Hunt's campaign against PEDs in MMA and the danger it has on disadvantaged fighters in the Octagon. After the medical suspension, Hunt went...

​ Pittsburgh Steelers' wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Cincinnati Bengals' safety George Iloka were both suspended one game after a physical divisional battle Monday night.  The NFL is a physical game, and viewers were reminded of that last night, as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals engaged in a tough divisional matchup. It was filled with unnecessary penalty flags that ruined what was a highly-contested, well-played game between rivals.  The teams combined for 20 penalties, and the Bengals had a team-record 173 penalty yards, courtesy of NJ.com's Darryl Slater. There were two flags that stood out from the rest, though, and those involved Steelers' receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Bengals' safety George Iloka. Smith-Schuster and Iloka were both suspended for one game without pay for violations of safety-related playing rules, according to NFL.com's Kevin Patra. Patra also noted that Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reported both players are appea...

Zumba is an aerobic fitness programme featuring movements inspired by various styles of Latin American dance and performed primarily to Latin American dance music. Here's another reason for you to join Zumba classes. According to a study, indulging in Zumba dance class for three days in a week not only make you physically fit, but also improve your quality of life and emotional health. This research consisted of implementing a brief exercise intervention based on the famous fitness and wellness programmes. Quality of life is a broad concept comprising various aspects of our life. More specifically, it is divided into eight important dimensions: social, emotional, physical state, physical pain, physical functioning, vitality, mental health and general health. Yaira Barranco Ruiz and Emilio Villa Gonzalez from the National University of Chimborazo (Ecuador) conducted the study for five weeks. The physical exercise programme was carried out three days a week at the end of the workday,...

The Los Angeles Lakers plan to an active team ahead of the Feb. 8 NBA Trade Deadline, according to general manager Rob Pelinka. Though the deadline isn't until the first week of February, the NBA trade season kicks off Dec. 15 when players that signed fresh contracts in July become eligible to be shopped around. In a recent interview with the Mason and Ireland Show on ESPN LA Radio, Pelinka spoke openly about the team's intent to be aggressive on the trade market this season.  "December 15, I think you're going to see the trade market open up. I think teams are going to be aggressive. I always say when there's limited cap room, there's more trades. When there's tons of cap room, teams tend to be more free-agent focused. Since there's limited cap room around the league, I think teams are going to be aggressive with trying to reshuffle," said Pelinka, who replaced long time GM Mitch Kupchak earlier this year. It's no secret that the Lakers are tr...