Van Nistelrooy returned to Old Trafford as Erik ten Hag’s assistant in the summer and had a four-game interim spell in charge following his compatriot’s sacking in October. He left the club in the wake of Ruben Amorim’s appointment but was only out of work for two weeks after being appointed Leicester’s new manager on a deal until 2027. The 48-year-old had a glittering playing career with United and was disappointed his return had to end so soon. “The moment I took over the interim job what I said was I’m here to help United and to stay to help United, and I meant it,” he said. “So I was disappointed, yeah, very much so, and it hurt I had to leave. “The only job I would take as an assistant was at United because of the bond that I have with the people in the club and the fans. “But in the end I got my head around it because I also understand the new manager. I’m in football long enough, and I’ve managed myself, that you can think of a situation, me being there, I understand. “I spoke to Ruben about it, fair enough to him, the conversation was grateful, man to man, person to person, manager to manager, and that helped a lot to move on and straightaway get into talks with new possibilities which of course lifted my spirits.” The Dutchman takes on a difficult job at the King Power Stadium as he is tasked with keeping Leicester in the Premier League. He inherits an influential dressing room, which has seen a number of managers come and go over the last few years. Ruud's here for his first press conference as our Manager 😃 pic.twitter.com/A4Juixvorb — Leicester City (@LCFC) December 2, 2024 Van Nistelrooy revealed he has done his due diligence and also let the players know as well. “It’s the only way you can work. It’s mutual respect. I also mentioned to the players yesterday that I looked at the squad and started to make phone calls about players, because in football everyone knows everyone,” he said. “With two or three phone calls you hear stories about 20 players and for me it was important that you hear there are good characters there. That’s important, that there are good people there. “I look at the players how they play. I obviously don’t know them but I got general information and the individuals that they are a good bunch of people. That was important for me to get in.”Why Miami’s Pop-Tarts Bowl appearance is important even after missing College Football PlayoffOpinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here . ••• I have to agree, sadly, with Lois Thielen’s opinion piece, “ ‘I support a woman for president, but not that woman.’ Is that really it?” (StribVoices, Nov. 22). It was depressing to observe how the presidential race played out this fall, with letters to the editor that disparaged Kamala Harris’ competence and even her intelligence. There were continual protestations that people didn’t know enough about her policy positions, no matter how many speeches she gave, or that her policy positions lacked specifics, no matter how detailed her plans were. Meanwhile, Donald Trump could get away with claiming that China would pay for tariffs. There is one point that the writer made that I want to address. She mentioned that about 80 countries around the world have elected a woman as president or prime minister, and then wondered whether Americans are “just more sexist.” I think that it is important to remember that most if not all of those countries have a parliamentary system where the voters vote for a political party. In that situation, I think it’s easier for a voter to overlook the gender of the candidate at the head of their preferred political party. Cynthia Schou, Bloomington ••• Thielen has questions. So do I. If events this year had turned out differently and the election was a matchup between, say, Nikki Haley and President Joe Biden, would Thielen have voted for Haley because she’s a woman, even if she preferred President Biden’s policies? Or is it the case that she supports a woman for president, “but not that woman”? Joel Boon, Shakopee Here’s a radical suggestion Next time some billionaire is motivated to spend millions of dollars on a banana duct taped to a piece of Sheetrock, may they also be motivated to donate millions to Sharing and Caring Hands or some other worthy cause (”Banana-as-art sells for $6.2M in Sotheby’s auction,” Nov. 23). It’s tax deductible. Tom Baumann, Isanti, Minn. ••• Reading the paper Sunday morning, I was shocked and saddened by two articles along with the photos. One article depicted a banana taped to a wall that was sold for over $6 million — supposedly a valuable piece of art. The other showed a mother with her young daughters in Gaza describing how every night her children go to bed starving (”Where a bag of bread costs $13 and famine looms”). How tragic — this is unacceptable. Society needs to put children’s lives about all else. The money spent on that ridiculous art could have fed thousands of children. I know that many will say that the supplies are being blocked, but I’m sure that if we have the ability to fly rockets into space we can find ways to deliver aid to the innocent. Connie Heitz, Glencoe, Minn. ••• Please spare me the wailing and gnashing of teeth over millionaires losing bundles of cash and expensive jewelry when their mansions are burglarized ( ”Minnesotans targeted in pro sports burglary ring,” Nov. 23). I’m much more concerned about violence on the light rail and students getting robbed of their phones in Dinkytown. Mark Gortze, Champlin This isn’t his first rodeo To the Nov. 22 letter writers who are critical of Biden and believe Russia will soon launch nuclear weapons in response to Biden authorizing Ukraine to use American missiles in Russia: Vladimir Putin is bluffing. Relax. He’s not going to fire nuclear missiles and there will be no World War III. Biden may be old but he knows the game. He is a lame-duck president and Trump will be president on Jan. 20, 2025. It would be senseless for Putin to start a nuclear war now and risk annihilation when he only has to wait less than two months for our next president, who has made it clear that on Day One he will hand Putin as much of Ukraine as he occupies. Biden’s authorization helps Ukraine keep as much of its nation as possible before Trump hands the rest to Putin. Paul Rozycki, Minneapolis ••• I, too, am a longtime loyal subscriber to the Minnesota Star Tribune who is seriously considering not renewing my subscription, but for reasons completely opposite the ones in the letter on Nov. 22 (in which the writer lamented the Star Tribune reprinting “hit pieces” on Donald Trump). As a perfect example, the top letter in the same day’s Readers Write section stated “[Biden] has been largely responsible for all the death and suffering in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world.” What ? What in the world is this writer describing? I realize this is the Opinion section of the paper, but it is careless for a serious paper to highlight and run complete untruths about someone. Disgusting. The only reason I am considering keeping my subscription is the wonderful food and Going Out sections. Liz Knutson, Minneapolis Two plus two is ... So the Texas State Board of Education voted Nov. 22 to allow optional Bible-infused teachings in Texas elementary school classrooms (”Texas OKs optional Bible-based curriculum for public schools,” Nov. 23). I think it will likely work like this in first grade math classrooms: Two Bibles plus two Bibles equals four Bibles, and two Trump “God Bless the USA” Bibles plus two Trump “God Bless the USA” Bibles equals five Bibles. Pete Boelter, North Branch, Minn. ••• So the state of Texas wants elementary schools to “allow Bible-infused teachings” in the curriculum. Sounds reasonable, depending upon what material from the Bible is included. Let’s see: So that means there will be a lesson about not being Pharisee-like in your hypocrisy (Matthew 23:1-33 ) . Oops, not in there! OK, how about a lesson about the consequences of not being kind to “one of the least of these” (Matthew 25:41-45). Oops, must have forgotten about that one! Let’s try again. That verse about filling the hungry with good things and sending the rich away empty (Luke 1:53). Might be in there but I can’t find it! Well then, there must be a lesson on the justice message of the Old Testament prophets (Micah 6:8, Amos 5:24 and hundreds more). Darn, can’t find that, either! Maybe this verse is in there: “Learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow” (Isaiah 1:17). Must have been an inadvertent omission! Too long to quote here, but there is a wonderful “Bible-infused” message in Isaiah 58:6-7. But no, can’t seem to find that one, either! Looks like the Bluebonnet Learning instructional materials could use a little more comprehensive infusion from the Bible. David Hauschild, Blaine ••• When the Puritan founders arrived in the New World they were religious refugees. They in turn excluded the Catholics and Baptists, so Maryland and Rhode Island became sanctuaries for the non-Calvinists. Our founding fathers defined the separations of church and state because they saw how some leaders in the Anglican Church served the crown over and against the interests and concerns of the colonial quest for freedom. The Texas Board of Education is violating one of our core founding principles. We must protect the mission and witness of Christianity from becoming a political tool that again fosters intolerance and oppression of minority views in our society. Again and again, the Bible has been used to justify injustices. Misinterpretations of the Bible were used against Native Americans, women, African slaves, Jewish people, Muslims and our LGBTQ communities. Both Hitler and Stalin tried to co-opt the church because of the unique moral authority it holds. Sinclair Lewis’ warning about fascism coming to America in “It Can’t Happen Here” applies to this situation in Texas. We need this fine line between church and state to protect the integrity of the Gospel from the authority of men trying to usurp a place that belongs to God alone. Howard Dotson, Minneapolisblackjack live concert 。

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Each holiday season, the Winnipeg Jets hosts its Challenge Cup — a grassroots minor tournament held at the Hockey For All Centre. 180 teams from all over Canada, with some coming from as far away as Ranken Inlet, Nunavut, have come to face off on the ice and see how far their team can go. “It’s exciting,” said Maxwell Paseska, who captains Winnipeg’s St. James Canucks U11 team. “I want to go score a goal. I want to go get a goal with the team.” Teamwork is what the young players have been focusing on all season, so when they were able to meet Jets players Mark Scheifele, Dylan Demelo and Morgan Barron before their game, it was the push they needed to get onto the ice and do their best to play together to win. “They’re always being a team player, they’re not like, hogging the puck. They’re not trying to do it themselves. They’re always passing, they’re always talking,” said Paseska. The team also delighted in getting autographs from the Jets. “I got them to sign my water bottle and then my old Canucks jersey,” said Brody Ferenc, who plays left and right wing for the team, as he showed off his items to CityNews. Jason Paseska, who coaches the young players, said it was exciting but also important for them to meet Winnipeg’s NHL players. “They’re looking ahead in life and saying like, maybe I want to do that later in life. So it’s really good for them to see them in here and see what kind of they do to get ready for a game and practice and stuff,” he said. Dean Court, the director of amateur development and programming at the centre, said the tournament serves as inspiration for youth to ese how far they can go in the sport. “It gives kids an opportunity to see that, if I work hard maybe there might be an opportunity for me to be like them someday,” said Court. There’s a real chance these dreams can become a reality, as the Challenge Cup has seen its players eventually move into the NHL, like St. Adolphe’s Owen Pickering and Winnipeg’s Denton Mateychuk. “Everyone who normally wouldn’t get a chance to play in a tournament have a tournament right here locally,” said Court. The tournament runs through to January 2.NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota pitchers Justin Topa and Brock Stewart agreed to one-year contracts ahead of Friday's tender deadline along with fellow right-hander Triston McKenzie of Cleveland and Cole Sulser of Tampa Bay. Agreements and non-tenders reduced players eligible for arbitration to 169 from 238 at the start of last week. Teams and players are to exchange proposed arbitration salaries on Jan. 9, 2025, and those who don’t reach agreements will be scheduled for hearings from Jan. 27 through Feb. 14, 2025, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Topa was guaranteed $1,225,000 as part of a deal that included a $1 million salary for 2025 and a $2 million team option for 2026 with a $225,000 buyout. Stewart agreed to an $870,000 salary and can earn $30,000 in bonuses for days on the active roster: $10,000 for 112 and $20,000 for 142. McKenzie agreed to a $1.95 million, one-year contract and Sulser to a one-year deal that pays $900,000 in the major leagues and $450,000 while in the minors. AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLBEvery year at the IIHF world junior championships, the best under-20 players represent their countries in battling for hockey gold. But they have another mission as well: picking the perfect song for goal celebrations. Editor's Picks World Junior Championship guide: Top contenders, key players to watch 2h Rachel Doerrie Could the New York Sirens have hockey's most memorable goal celebration? 8d Greg Wyshynski It has become one of the most charming traditions at the annual tournament in recent years, to the point where speculation about the signature goal song has become news in Canada. The reaction to the reveal of the 2025 World Juniors' goal song, "Live is Life" by Opus, was mixed, as many fans were underwhelmed by the choice after years of bangers like "Let Me Clear My Throat" by DJ Kool and "Song 2" by Blur. Team USA is trying to win back-to-back championships, but they might have already claimed victory for the most memorable goal song of the 2025 tournament: "Free Bird," the 1973 rock anthem by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Americans showed an affinity for classic rock last tournament when they had "The Boys Are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy as their goal song. So how did they decide to play some Skynyrd, man, at this year's tournament? Team USA told ESPN that University of Denver defenseman Zeev Buium suggested the option. "I don't know, we were kind of on the bus, hanging out, trying to figure out a song. We were all throwing out songs and we all kind of clicked on it," said Buium, who was selected 12th overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2024 NHL Draft. Buium said goalie Jacob Fowler from the 2024 world junior team was a big fan of the song. "So we thought it was a good tune to go with," Buium said. Once the players settled on "Free Bird," the next decision was what part of the 9-minute song should be used after goals. The section of the song used for goal celebrations kicks in at the 4:45 mark, right after "Lord, help me, I can't change" as the guitars start rocking. "The first five or six minutes of that song are super mellow and not much going on. So we knew that was the part of the song we were going with," Buium said. "When I'm just hanging out with the guys, I'll just throw it on. It's a long song. Everyone sits around waiting for that part." The song was played 10 times in Team USA's 10-4 opening game win over Germany on Thursday and earned stellar reviews from fans and the players themselves. What a play 👀 #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/cQv4XX1T68 "It's one of the best ones in the tournament, for sure," said defenseman Cole Hutson. "It's just catchy. It's something you can sing along to after you score." The U.S. hopes to hear the song much more as the tournament continues, with the championship game taking place on Jan. 5, 2025. If they leave there tomorrow, you probably won't remember them. So they'll be traveling on now, 'cause there's too many games they've yet to play ...

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Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies from cancer at age 78NoneVan Nistelrooy returned to Old Trafford as Erik ten Hag’s assistant in the summer and had a four-game interim spell in charge following his compatriot’s sacking in October. He left the club in the wake of Ruben Amorim’s appointment but was only out of work for two weeks after being appointed Leicester’s new manager on a deal until 2027. The 48-year-old had a glittering playing career with United and was disappointed his return had to end so soon. “The moment I took over the interim job what I said was I’m here to help United and to stay to help United, and I meant it,” he said. “So I was disappointed, yeah, very much so, and it hurt I had to leave. “The only job I would take as an assistant was at United because of the bond that I have with the people in the club and the fans. “But in the end I got my head around it because I also understand the new manager. I’m in football long enough, and I’ve managed myself, that you can think of a situation, me being there, I understand. “I spoke to Ruben about it, fair enough to him, the conversation was grateful, man to man, person to person, manager to manager, and that helped a lot to move on and straightaway get into talks with new possibilities which of course lifted my spirits.” The Dutchman takes on a difficult job at the King Power Stadium as he is tasked with keeping Leicester in the Premier League. He inherits an influential dressing room, which has seen a number of managers come and go over the last few years. Ruud's here for his first press conference as our Manager 😃 pic.twitter.com/A4Juixvorb — Leicester City (@LCFC) December 2, 2024 Van Nistelrooy revealed he has done his due diligence and also let the players know as well. “It’s the only way you can work. It’s mutual respect. I also mentioned to the players yesterday that I looked at the squad and started to make phone calls about players, because in football everyone knows everyone,” he said. “With two or three phone calls you hear stories about 20 players and for me it was important that you hear there are good characters there. That’s important, that there are good people there. “I look at the players how they play. I obviously don’t know them but I got general information and the individuals that they are a good bunch of people. That was important for me to get in.”