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Formula 1 defending World Champion Sebastian Vettel still leads the Drivers’ World Championship standings despite finishing fourth in the Chinese Grand Prix here at the Shanghai International Circuit Sunday. The following are the classifications of drivers’ championship after Spaniard Fernando Alonso won here: Sebastian Vettel (Germany) – Red Bull – 52 points Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) – Lotus – 49 Fernando Alonso (Spain) – Ferrari – 43 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) – Mercedes – 40...

A few spins, some spacing issues and lots of speed factored into the starting grid for the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix, with Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen continuing his climb into the F1 elite, taking pole on Saturday. Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas were prevented from a front-row lockout, much to the joy of F1 fans everywhere — even if the cries of Mercedes’ dominance ending over the sport a bit more than premature....

Techeetah: 33 points/Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler: 11 points The team takes home a single point from Formula E’s visit to Marrakesh. Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi, on setting the best times in all of the free practice sessions, once again prove the speed of the Audi e-tron FE04, but lack fortune in the race: Abt drops to tenth following a drive through penalty and his teammate is lying in fourth position behind the subsequent winner, when he has to park his car due to a technical issue....

He’s won the race from pole position despite Sebastian Vettel stealing an early first lap march on him. Vettel finished in second, with Williams’ Valtteri Bottas scoring the team’s first podium of the year. Hamilton now has back-to-back victories after his win in Monaco. FINAL TWO LAPS! Looks like it’s all but decided here – Lewis Hamilton leads from Sebastian Vettel, with Valtteri Bottas in third. Could this be Williams’ first podium of 2016?...

What the hell goes on in there? Does it even matter? “Stuff that goes on in the locker room can affect you … if you let it, just like anything can,” Ravens running back Justin Forsett told Sporting News. “But I think if you have a strong locker room, stuff that may be negative will be squashed and hashed out before you even get back on the field.” Forsett, playing for his fifth team in seven NFL seasons, has been around enough to understand that, yes, locker room culture absolutely matters....

More important than just the introduction of a person of color in a new IP like Forspoken is the fact that this doesn’t come as a customization option, but as the only way to play the game. Given some more recent controversies from publisher Square Enix over diversity, this casting choice shows the constantly evolving state of representation in games from the largest companies all over the world. RELATED: Forspoken’s Gameplay Bodes Well For Its Difficulty Options...

The war-torn land of Athia in Forspoken is home to many different types of enemies that the protagonist, Frey Holland, must go up against using her newly acquired magical abilities, thanks to a sentient cuff that she finds in her hometown of New York City. As players go through the story, they acquire more and more types of magic that add to the complexities of the combat system within the game....

The last 14 days in Fortnite have been packed with festivity and fun. The Christmas theme along with the ‘WinterFest’ event brought many new surprises to the Battle Royale map. However, as they say, all good things must come to an end, and the WinterFest has finally concluded too. The Fortnite map also seems to be going back into its normal landscape with the snow melting away slowly. All WinterFest challenges were also disabled as soon as the event came to an end....

With changes as time moves along, there will need to be some items removed from the game. Unfortunately, Fortnite decided to remove these three items, but it is time they made a return. They are sorely missed, sorely underrated, and could change the current game for the better. Top three underrated Fortnite items that need to return #3 – Mounted Turret The Mounted Turret was just one of those items that people loved to hate....

Len Bias' story is stuff of legend. Bias, who had all the talent in the world, was expected to take the NBA by storm as the No. 2 pick of the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Draft. In four seasons at Maryland, he had established himself as one of the great college basketball players. As a senior, Bias posted averages of 23.2 points and 7.0 rebounds and shot 54....

“Joe was one of a kind and I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to get to know him and his family,” Diamondbacks managing general partner Ken Kendrick said in a statement. “His sense of humor certainly stood out to all of us, but perhaps more importantly, the mark he left in the community around him will carry on his legacy for generations to come.” MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2016 | A-Rod retiring after 2017?...

With 2020 coming to a close, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s new PC build is a pleasant surprise for both PC gamers and NASCAR fans alike. The son of late NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt has finally built himself his own PC, despite being a long-time gamer. While the PC build is quite the statement away from the NASCAR Heat 5 coming to PlayStation 4, it was a fun build for the retired NASCAR racer....

Dalembert was booked on two battery counts and left Palm Beach County Jail on Monday under supervised release, according to the report. Police were dispatched to the scene after someone from the address dialed 911 and hung up. MORE: Dwight Howard reportedly hospitalized after China trip The two alleged victims at first told police nothing was wrong but later admitted that they “did not want Dalembert to know they called 911 because they were scared what he might do to them,” the police report says....

Former NFL head linesman Mark Baltz recently told WTHR television in Indianapolis that he was always suspicious about Jim McNally, the Patriots’ officials locker room attendant. MORE: Best photos from NFL Week 1 action | Peyton Manning happily accepted Andy Reid’s gift “He always asked for the footballs way, way before he was supposed to get them,” Baltz said prior to McNally’s reinstatement earlier this week. “If he could get them 10 or 15 minutes before he was supposed to get them, instead of the usual two minutes before the game — and there were some crews that let him do that — he would do it....

The former defensive lineman turned some heads in Las Vegas this week at the World Series of Poker. But after beginning Day 5 of the event Wednesday in 35th place (out of 8,569 entries) with $2.75 million in chips, he ran into some bad hands and was eliminated, finishing 131st. Still, Seymour took home $59,295, not a bad five-day haul for a guy in retirement. “As a competitor, you always want to still be in it," Seymour told PokerCentral....

Kevin Tuck was arrested on July 15 in connection to the January 6 insurrection. Tuck, 51, was a member of the Windermere Police Department until he was arrested and resigned. His son Nathaniel, who is also a former police officer, is also facing charges. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Harrington, both men boasted to their families about storming the Capitol. Tuck has been charged with obstruction of an official proceeding; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; entering and remaining in the gallery of Congress; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building....

Trump continues to face a myriad of investigations. He is facing two Department of Justice (DOJ) probes—one into whether he improperly stored classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence, and the other focusing on his conduct surrounding the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. He is also facing probes into his businesses by New York prosecutors, with a grand jury late last year finding the Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud, though the former president was not charged in the suit....

Pierson served was the national spokesperson for former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and was a senior adviser to his 2020 campaign. She also allegedly acted as a liaison between the White House and organizers of the January 6 rally in Washington, D.C. that immediately preceded the deadly breach of the Capitol, according to the committee and multiple reports from earlier this year. Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) sent Pierson a letter on Wednesday demanding that she produce documents related to January 6 by October 13 and appear for a deposition on November 3....

In a press release published on Tuesday, the Department of Justice identified the man as 31-year-old Ji Chaoqun, a current resident of Chicago. The press release said that Ji was “found guilty on one count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government, specifically the People’s Republic of China, without first notifying the Attorney General; one count of acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China without first notifying the Attorney General; and one count of making a material false statement to the U....

The former University of Kentucky basketball star-turned-politician faces about two years in prison for misdeeds while serving as the state's agriculture commissioner. Appearing Friday morning in U.S. District Court in Frankfort, Farmer apologized for letting down the people of Kentucky. Farmer was a shooting guard for the Wildcats from 1988 to 1992, a team known as "The Unforgettables." His jersey hangs as a monument in the rafters of Rupp Arena....