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Move over, William Nylander. Your little brother has arrived with the Maple Leafs. The Leafs on Friday afternoon announced the signing of forward Alexander Nylander to a one-year contract that carries an average annual value of $775,000 US. Nylander was recalled from the Toronto Marlies, and in a corresponding move, the Leafs placed forward Matthew Knies (upper-body) on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 20. In July, the Marlies signed Alex Nylander to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Not long after, he told the ’s Lance Hornby that it would be “a dream come true” to possibly get a chance to play with his older brother (by just under two years) with the Leafs. “I can’t wait for that chance to come,” Alex told Hornby in August. “But I know I have to prove myself first.” A veteran of 121 National Hockey League games with Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Columbus — in which he had 25 goals and 24 assists — he did just that with the Marlies. In 14 games, the 26-year-old Nylander scored eight goals and recorded four assists for the Leafs’ farm team. How Nylander lines up at practice on Saturday at the Ford Performance Centre, and then ostensibly used against the Utah Hockey Club on Sunday, remains to be seen. Many in Leafs Nation would love to see him get a shot on a line with his brother, but there’s another rather viable option for coach Craig Berube. In recent games with the Marlies, Nylander was on a line with Fraser Minten and Nikita Grebenkin. The latter two already are with the Leafs, given the club’s long list injuries at forward, and were sharp in the win against Vegas on Wednesday. Either way, the younger Nylander will be eager to make an impact immediately. X: @koshtorontosunWASHINGTON (AP) — The House shut down Democrats' efforts Thursday to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz , pushing the fate of any resolution to the yearslong investigation of sexual misconduct allegations into further uncertainty. The nearly party-line votes came after Democrats had been pressing for the findings to be published even though the Florida Republican left Congress and withdrew as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general. Republicans have argued that any congressional probe into Gaetz ended when he resigned from the House. Speaker Mike Johnson also requested that the committee not publish its report, saying it would be a terrible precedent to set. While ethics reports have previously been released after a member’s resignation, it is extremely rare. Shortly before the votes took place, Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., who introduced one of the bills to force the release, said that if Republicans reject the release, they will have “succeeded in sweeping credible allegations of sexual misconduct under the rug.” Gaetz has repeatedly denied the claims. Earlier Thursday, the Ethics panel met to discuss the Gaetz report but made no decision, saying in a short statement that the matter is still being discussed. It's unclear now whether the document will ever see the light of day as lawmakers only have a few weeks left before a new session of Congress begins. It's the culmination of weeks of pressure on the Ethics committee's five Republicans and five Democrats who mostly work in secret as they investigate allegations of misconduct against lawmakers. The status of the Gaetz investigation became an open question last month when he abruptly resigned from Congress after Trump's announcement that he wanted his ally in the Cabinet. It is standard practice for the committee to end investigations when members of Congress depart, but the circumstances surrounding Gaetz were unusual, given his potential role in the new administration. Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., the committee chairman, said Wednesday that there is no longer the same urgency to release the report given that Gaetz has left Congress and stepped aside as Trump's choice to head the Justice Department. “I’ve been steadfast about that. He’s no longer a member. He is no longer going to be confirmed by the Senate because he withdrew his nomination to be the attorney general,” Guest said. The Gaetz report has also caused tensions between lawmakers on the bipartisan committee. Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild, the top Democrat on the panel, publicly admonished Guest last month for mischaracterizing a previous meeting to the press. Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing and said last year that the Justice Department’s separate investigation against him into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls ended without federal charges. His onetime political ally Joel Greenberg , a fellow Republican who served as the tax collector in Florida’s Seminole County, admitted as part of a plea deal with prosecutors in 2021 that he paid women and an underage girl to have sex with him and other men. The men were not identified in court documents when he pleaded guilty. Greenberg was sentenced in late 2022 to 11 years in prison.
Tyrone Mings feared his career was over after needing three surgeries to fix a knee injury - as the Aston Villa star impressed on his Premier League return after 15 months Mings suffered an ACL injury in Aston Villa's opening game of last season The defender made his Premier League return in Aston Villa's win over Brentford LISTEN NOW to It's All Kicking Off! : Why can't Chelsea win the league? They made seven changes and still scored five. Do you think Liverpool could do that? By JOE BERNSTEIN Published: 18:40 EST, 5 December 2024 | Updated: 18:49 EST, 5 December 2024 e-mail View comments Aston Villa and England defender Tyrone Mings feared his career was over after 'exhausting all avenues' of recovery following a terrible ACL injury sustained on the opening day of last season. Mings had three operations to try and fix the problem and was finally rewarded for his perseverance when he played his first Premier League game for 15 months in Wednesday's 3-1 win against Brentford . Trying to stay calm and collected afterwards, the popular 31-year-old admitted: 'There were times when I genuinely did think I would not be able to recover from this knee injury, such was the severity and complication of it. 'There were a lot of setbacks. In April I was thinking I had pretty much exhausted all avenues of what I can do here. 'There were definitely days when I thought I have been banging my head against a brick wall for a few months and not made any progress.' Mings' life was turned upside down when he was carried off in the first half of Villa's 5-1 defeat at Newcastle in August 2023 with severe damage to his anterior cruciate ligament. Tyrone Mings started his first league match in 15 months in Aston Villa's win over Brentford Mings admitted he feared his career was over following an ACL injury at the start of last season Mings had three surgeries to fix the problem and admits the journey back was 'absolutely awful' He couldn't even start his recovery for three months until surgery removed pins from his cartilage. Muscle wastage left his right leg thinner than his left and he spent three weeks having further rehab in America as recently as the summer. Though his Champions League comeback last month was marred by conceding a penalty against Bruges by picking up the ball, returning to Premier League action this week was a red-letter day for the 31-year-old who has won 18 caps for England. He impressed in the centre of defence as Villa achieved their first victory in nine matches. 'The journey back has been absolutely awful. I wondered what was keeping me going; personal pride, family, or dreaming of nights like this. It was a little bit of everything,' he explained. 'I am a big believer in visualisation and had imagined what it would be like to be back at Villa Park, winning. 'The support and all the messages was really heart-warming, I honestly thank the Villa fans for that. It was a good feeling. 'I've had good days, bad days, bad hours. It's meant I can put everything into context and I'll be calmer after a win or a loss. Mings' Champions League comeback had been marred by the concession of a bizarre penalty Unai Emery revealed it is only in the last few weeks that Mings has taken part in all their sessions Mings impressed against Brentford as Aston Villa earned a first victory in nine matches 'When I think of where I have been, bad days in football don't seem too bad. 'I never thought: 'I am never going to play football again' but there were certainly days when I thought, 'will I?' if that makes sense.' Mings reached his lowest point at Easter when he'd already been out eight months and still wasn't able to train consistently. 'Very stop-start' is how he described it. Visiting knee specialist Bill Knowles just outside Philadelphia in May gave him an extra motivation and he pushed himself to the point of exhaustion in order to make himself available for Unai Emery this season. The Villa boss says it's only in the last few weeks that Mings has been able to take part in all the sessions without needing a break. 'It's been a long time,' nodded Emery. 'It's fantastic news not only for Tyrone but the doctors too. It's good for everyone.' Premier League Aston Villa Tyrone Mings Share or comment on this article: Tyrone Mings feared his career was over after needing three surgeries to fix a knee injury - as the Aston Villa star impressed on his Premier League return after 15 months e-mail Add commentScotia cuts targets on telecoms, with no end to Quebecor's mobile price war in sight
This article originally appeared in Nuggets, the Minnesota Star Tribune’s free, weekly newsletter about legal cannabis in Minnesota. Sign up at startribune.com/nuggets . Gov. Tim Walz weighed in Thursday on the Office of Cannabis Management’s decision to cancel an early cannabis license preapproval lottery after a judge blocked it last month . The ruling came in response to lawsuits filed by applicants who said they were unfairly denied entrance to the lottery. In an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune, Walz said he wasn’t surprised that litigation tied up the licensing process, saying, “I talked to other governors — this happens in every state.” But he said he is disappointed that Minnesota won’t preapprove some social equity applicants for cannabis business licenses. ”I think there’s some equity pieces in there that’s important,” Walz said. “But the courts are the courts. And I just told [OCM], ‘We’re not going to get hung up on that. Just move forward.’” A key goal of the canceled license preapproval lottery was to allow a select number of cultivators to immediately begin growing, helping build the state’s supply chain before the market launches. Now, cultivators won’t be able to begin growing until the market starts to roll out next year. At this point, the governor said he doesn’t think there’s much else the state can do to build supply ahead of time. “The market, the supply and demand, will catch up. When they first launch, will there be shops that aren’t able to fill them? Probably,” Walz said. “Look, by the end of ‘27 or so, the ‘28 season, they’ll make up for it.”
CLASS ACTION NOTICE: Berger Montague Advises Evolv Technologies (NASDAQ: EVLV) Investors to Inquire About a Securities Fraud Class ActionThe DEI movement – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – is on the wane nationally, yet Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont remains fully on board. Thursday, he named Mariana Monteiro, formerly Lockheed Martin’s executive director of global diversity and inclusion, as Connecticut’s chief equity and opportunity officer. The new agency, established by executive order in July and dubbed the Connecticut Office of Equity and Opportunity, will be tasked with “ensuring that Connecticut state government is a leader in equity and inclusion,” Gov. Lamont said, “with the goals of eliminating institutional and systemic barriers and creating opportunity and access for all those it serves and employs.” Back in the real world, on which Gov. Lamont seems to have turned his back, successful entities like Walmart are withdrawing from DEI programs. Nov. 26, Newsweek magazine produced a Who’s Who list of companies that have stepped back from DEI – among them, Ford, Toyota, John Deere, Stanley Black & Decker, Lowe’s, Tractor Supply, Bud Light, Molson Coors, and Harley-Davidson. Meanwhile, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 11 blocked Nasdaq’s DEI rules, which “required thousands of public companies that trade on Nasdaq to have at least one woman, person of color or LGBTQ member on their boards unless they explained why they did not,” USA Today reported. These decisions may reflect a growing public disdain for “woke” mandates on business, government and education, but there’s much more to it than that. “Now, a compelling new study confirms that DEI fosters racial and group animosity, not tolerance,” according to the editors of National Review magazine in a Nov. 29 editorial. “The study released (Nov. 25) by Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers University Social Perception Lab ... found that participants exposed to DEI materials were more likely to perceive prejudice where none existed and were more willing to punish the perceived perpetrators.” In a bizarre but telling example, researchers found most subjects agreed with the sentiments of Adolf Hitler when the word “Jew” was replaced in his writings with “Brahmin,” an Indian term often used to describe “a socially or culturally superior person.” The editors noted: “Most, if not all, DEI-themed trainings promote a victimhood mentality by organizing society into a hierarchy of ‘oppressor’ and ‘oppressed’ on the basis of immutable traits, then demonize anyone who is supposedly sitting comfortably atop the totem pole.” A study last summer by Connecticut Comptroller Sean Scanlon and the head of the University of Connecticut’s School of Public Policy found, much to their dismay, that Asian men and women, and white men, “are the highest earners (in state government) when compared to their colleagues.” This prompted Mr. Scanlon to call for a redoubling of efforts to “prioritize equity and diversity in our workforce.” He did not acknowledge that the high earners benefit not from their skin color or ancestry, but from their own educational attainment and work experience. Evidently, Gov. Lamont is on the same page as Mr. Scanlon – seemingly oblivious to the fact his constituents need solid, effective management in state government, based on merit, not a pathway for a few “diverse” individuals to secure jobs that other applicants could do better. Hopefully, Ms. Monteiro will hold to her promise to “enhance ... competition without compromising merit” in the state workforce, even though her new boss declined to utter that word in his announcement of her appointment.