Roundup: Greg Abbott Tests Positive for COVID-19; Laura Prepon Left Scientology; Jamal Adams Gets Paid
Texas governor Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 ... U.S. aiming to extract 22,000 Afghans who helped military ... Nervous calm settles over Afghanistan ... Taliban's de facto leader arrives in Afghanistan ... Dow snaps winning streak, drops more than 280 points ... Biden administration to advise booster shots for COVID vaccines ... Despite latest surge, COVID-19 breakthrough cases remain rare ... Laura Prepon has left Scientology ... First look at "The Crown" Season 5 ... L.A. County reinstates mask requirement for outdoor concerts and festivals ... Jamal Adams gets huge extension from Seahawks ... Ex-All-Star Felipe Vazquez sentenced for sexually assaulting teen ... Patrick Beverley traded to the Timberwolves ... A's pitcher Chris Bassitt hospitalized after taking line drive off face ... Lakers worked out three veteran point guards ... Takeaways from second episode of "Hard Knocks" ...
40 observations about the college football schedule [Sports Illustrated]
What time is costing Mike Trout [CBS Sports]
Why the Afghan army folded [The Atlantic]
Why your team sucks 2021: New England Patriots [Defector]
College football rankings: Top 20 quarterbacks [FanSided]
Clean-shaven Travis Kelce is a trip [The Big Lead]
Urban Meyer's Tim Tebow experiment was absurd [The Athletic]
Eddie Murphy's Delirious is now 38 years old.
?38 YEARS AGO TODAY!?
— BROTHER (@BrotherHQ) August 18, 2021
Eddie Murphy's first comedy special, 'Delirious,' premiered on @HBO August 17, 1983! To no one's surprise, it is STILL funny. pic.twitter.com/yZxoSV0Rm0
Ted Lasso stars rewatch the show's best scenes.
The perfect caption for a tweet doesn't exi--
When you lie on your resume and still get the job. ???? pic.twitter.com/b1qLENavA1
— Fred Schultz (@fred035schultz) August 17, 2021
The Rolling Stones -- "Brown Sugar"