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Tick, tick, tick ... The Penguins are a disaster, having won only four games in regulation with Thanksgiving a few days away. Their goal differential is a baffling minus-34, worst in the NHL , seven goals clear of San Jose . All of which brings us to the head coach. Mike Sullivan entered the season being viewed by many in the organization as bulletproof, for many reasons: • Those two Stanley Cup rings loom large. Advertisement • He has a particularly close relationship with Sidney Crosby , who very much believes in Sullivan. • Fenway Sports Group ownership has a fondness for Sullivan. • Sullivan has two years remaining on his contract following this season, and while Fenway might have a lot of money, the ownership group is oddly stingy with money at times, leading many to believe FSG wouldn’t be interested in paying for two head coaches for the better part of two seasons. • And maybe the biggest of all: Expectations were low this season anyway, with many in the organization figuring this team would miss the playoffs given it’s in a transitional period. So, is Sullivan in trouble? The above evidence would suggest he’s not. But the truth is only Kyle Dubas truly knows, which is a very interesting part of this situation. As things currently stand, the Penguins don’t really have a boss. Sure, Fenway is in charge, but who’s calling the shots? Is John Henry analyzing the lack of production from the power play? Is Tom Werner worked up about the bad defensive zone coverage? Is Teddy Werner taking notes on Tristan Jarry ’s glove hand? Honestly, I don’t know. And I don’t mean to mock. They actually all seem like very nice people, and I mean that sincerely. But that’s the thing about FSG: They’re so, so corporate. And they aren’t hockey people. What this means is Sullivan’s fate is very much in the hands of Dubas. The Penguins don’t really have a boss in terms of ownership. Mario Lemieux might have been the most hands-off owner imaginable, but he was still the boss and made certain decisions. And kept everyone accountable because of who he was. Dubas, frankly, has more power than anyone in the organization by a long shot. I think Dubas likes Sullivan a lot and thinks he’s a great coach. I’d also note Dubas, more than anyone, seemed very interested in squashing optimism before the season at his press conference. I think he knew there was a real chance this team wouldn’t be very good and thus Sullivan probably was expected to survive this season. Advertisement The question is, how poorly do the Penguins have to play for Sullivan to get fired? I’m sure there is a point where Dubas will say enough is enough. No coach, not even Sullivan, is immune from being dismissed. The Penguins are horrific right now. My sense all along, however, has been that Dubas and ownership don’t hold Sullivan responsible for what’s going on. So, sure, he could get fired. But I think the Penguins view that as a last resort. And I don’t think they truly want to let him go. • I sat down with Sullivan for a one-on-one interview last week . While I assure you I wrote about the comments from Sullivan that I found to be the most interesting and revealing, I’ve had a few days to consider his mood, his mindset and everything he said. If anything annoys Sullivan, it’s the perception that he doesn’t make in-game or in-season adjustments. He’s very sensitive to this. • Do the Penguins continually make the same mistakes in the defense zone? Absolutely. Do their special teams give them an edge on a regular, or even occasion basis? Absolutely not. Do the Penguins look stale? Absolutely. Put it all together, and you’ve got a splendid recipe for a coach firing. It’s undeniable. I will say this for Sullivan: His intensity and passion remain the same as they’ve ever been. This isn’t a coach who is mailing it in, or who isn’t going out of his way to ignite his team. He’s doing everything. Lineup changes. Hard practices. Days off. Benching Hall of Fame defensemen from the power play. Putting his future Hall of Fame centers on the same line. Lately, the Penguins have adopted more of a defensive posture. They were better defensively (baby steps) against the Tampa Bay Lightning and Winnipeg Jets , but it came at the expense of the Penguins’ ability to generate offense. I think it’s unfair to suggest Sullivan never changes. He’s never changed more than he has this season. Advertisement The problem is, of course, that it isn’t working. • The number of people in the Penguins organization who were disturbed by Crosby dropping the gloves on Friday against Winnipeg is high. Don’t take this the wrong way — no one has a problem with Crosby fighting. He’s a competitor of extreme measures and sometimes he fights. Fair enough. What people in the organization are troubled by is the reality that even at 37, Crosby is left to fight his own battles. The same can be said of Evgeni Malkin , 38, and Kris Letang , 37. One source in the organization told me, “If I played on the third or fourth line, saw Sid fight, and did nothing, I’d be (expletive) ashamed of myself.” Many people in the organization feel this way and are upset about the lack of fight this team displays on a regular basis. • I’d expect Tristan Jarry to keep playing on a regular basis. While he’s 0-2-1 since making his return to the lineup — and he’s given up 11 goals in those three games — the prevailing sentiment in the organization is that some progress has been made. Jarry allowed five goals in his return from Wilkes-Barre against the Blue Jackets , but the Penguins were so hideous defensively that game that the organization was very much willing to give the goaltender a pass. He’s been better since then, allowing three goals apiece against the Lightning and Jets, two of the NHL’s more gifted offensive teams. While Brayden Point ’s overtime goal was undeniably a bad look — Jarry’s penchant for allowing goals on the first shot of the game, something that’s remarkably happened in four of his six appearances this season, can’t be ignored, either — the Penguins think Jarry looks sharper and is in a clearer mindset now than he was in October. How he will play moving forward is anyone’s guess, and gauging Penguins goalies isn’t easy simply because of the horrific defense being played in front of them. But the Penguins want to find out if Jarry has a future with them, or can be potentially used as a trade piece down the road, once and for all. Advertisement • The organization is delighted with what it has seen from Owen Pickering . The 2022 first-round pick has dealt with some health setbacks but very much impressed the coaching staff with his performance during training camp. So far, he’s been one of the Penguins’ most steady defensemen. The sample size is small, but there is a mounting belief in the organization that Pickering is going to become a very good NHL player. There’s a chance he will return to Wilkes-Barre, but I’d bet on him seeing the majority of this season in Pittsburgh. The Penguins really like him and they’re very much aware of how dreadful their blue line has been. • The number of season-ticket holders I’ve heard from in recent days is staggering. While many complaints have been voiced, a displeasure with Fenway Sports Group ownership is by far the most common theme. (Top photo of Mike Sullivan: James Guillory / Imagn Images)poker game in casino 。

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The Kremlin fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday in response to Kyiv's use this week of American and British missiles capable of striking deeper into Russia, President Vladimir Putin said. In a televised address to the country, the Russian president warned that U.S. air defense systems would be powerless to stop the new missile, which he said flies at ten times the speed of sound and which he called the Oreshnik — Russian for hazelnut tree. He also said it could be used to attack any Ukrainian ally whose missiles are used to attack Russia. “We believe that we have the right to use our weapons against military facilities of the countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities,” Putin said in his first comments since President Joe Biden gave Ukraine the green light this month to use U.S. ATACMS missiles to strike at limited targets inside Russia. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh confirmed that Russia’s missile was a new, experimental type of intermediate range missile based on it’s RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. “This was new type of lethal capability that was deployed on the battlefield, so that was certainly of concern," Singh said, noting that the missile could carry either conventional or nuclear warheads. The U.S. was notified ahead of the launch through nuclear risk reduction channels, she said. The attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro came in response to Kyiv's use of longer-range U.S. and British missiles in strikes Tuesday and Wednesday on southern Russia, Putin said. Those strikes caused a fire at an ammunition depot in Russia's Bryansk region and killed and wounded some security services personnel in the Kursk region, he said. “In the event of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond decisively and in kind,” the Russian president said, adding that Western leaders who are hatching plans to use their forces against Moscow should “seriously think about this.” Putin said the Oreshnik fired Thursday struck a well-known missile factory in Dnipro. He also said Russia would issue advance warnings if it launches more strikes with the Oreshnik against Ukraine to allow civilians to evacuate to safety — something Moscow hasn’t done before previous aerial attacks. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov initially said Russia hadn’t warned the U.S. about the coming launch of the new missile, noting that it wasn't obligated to do so. But he later changed tack and said Moscow did issue a warning 30 minutes before the launch. Putin's announcement came hours after Ukraine claimed that Russia had used an intercontinental ballistic missile in the Dnipro attack, which wounded two people and damaged an industrial facility and rehabilitation center for people with disabilities, according to local officials. But American officials said an initial U.S. assessment indicated the strike was carried out with an intermediate-range ballistic missile. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post that the use of the missile was an "obvious and serious escalation in the scale and brutality of this war, a cynical violation of the UN Charter.” He also said there had been “no strong global reaction” to the use of the missile, which he said could threaten other countries. “Putin is very sensitive to this. He is testing you, dear partners,” Zelenskyy wrote. “If there is no tough response to Russia’s actions, it means they see that such actions are possible.” The attack comes during a week of escalating tensions , as the U.S. eased restrictions on Ukraine's use of American-made longer-range missiles inside Russia and Putin lowered the threshold for launching nuclear weapons. The Ukrainian air force said in a statement that the Dnipro attack was launched from Russia’s Astrakhan region, on the Caspian Sea. “Today, our crazy neighbor once again showed what he really is,” Zelenskyy said hours before Putin's address. “And how afraid he is.” Russia was sending a message by attacking Ukraine with an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of releasing multiple warheads at extremely high speeds, even if they are less accurate than cruise missiles or short-range ballistic missiles, said Matthew Savill, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, a London-based think tank. “Why might you use it therefore?” Savill said. "Signaling — signaling to the Ukrainians. We’ve got stuff that outrages you. But really signaling to the West ‘We’re happy to enter into a competition around intermediate range ballistic missiles. P.S.: These could be nuclear tipped. Do you really want to take that risk?’” Military experts say that modern ICBMs and IRBMs are extremely difficult to intercept, although Ukraine has previously claimed to have stopped some other weapons that Russia described as “unstoppable,” including the air-launched Kinzhal hypersonic missile. David Albright, of the Washington-based think tank the Institute for Science and International Security, said he was “skeptical” of Putin’s claim, adding that Russian technology sometimes “falls short.” He suggested Putin was “taunting the West to try to shoot it down ... like a braggart boasting, taunting his enemy.” Earlier this week, the Biden administration authorized Ukraine to use the U.S.-supplied, longer-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia — a move that drew an angry response from Moscow. Days later, Ukraine fired several of the missiles into Russia, according to the Kremlin. The same day, Putin signed a new doctrine that allows for a potential nuclear response even to a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power. The doctrine is formulated broadly to avoid a firm commitment to use nuclear weapons. In response, Western countries, including the U.S., said Russia has used irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and behavior throughout the war to intimidate Ukraine and other nations. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that Russia’s formal lowering of the threshold for nuclear weapons use did not prompt any changes in U.S. doctrine. She pushed back on concerns that the decision to allow Ukraine to use Western missiles to strike deeper inside Russia might escalate the war. ′′They’re the ones who are escalating this,” she said of the Kremlin — in part because of a flood of North Korean troops sent to the region. More than 1,000 days into war , Russia has the upper hand, with its larger army advancing in Donetsk and Ukrainian civilians suffering from relentless drone and missile strikes. Analysts and observers say the loosening of restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western missiles is unlikely to change the the course of the war, but it puts the Russian army in a more vulnerable position and could complicate the logistics that are crucial in warfare. Putin has also warned that the move would mean that Russia and NATO are at war. “It is an important move and it pulls against, undermines the narrative that Putin had been trying to establish that it was fine for Russia to rain down Iranian drones and North Korean missiles on Ukraine but a reckless escalation for Ukraine to use Western-supplied weapons at legitimate targets in Russia,” said Peter Ricketts, a former U.K. national security adviser who now sits in the House of Lords. ___ Associated Press writers Jill Lawless and Emma Burrows in London, and Zeke Miller and Lolita C. Baldor in Washington contributed to this report. ___ Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraineBest Boxing Day deals from Amazon Australia: Retailer launches December 26 deals early

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Rookie Michael Penix Jr. showed what a young QB can do on Sunday against the Giants, who need to learn from it. The No. 8 overall pick in the draft, Penix played a nearly flawless game in his first career start to help the Falcons thrash the woeful Giants 34-7 in their best performance in weeks. The Giants gambled in 2019 that Daniel Jones would be their franchise QB and it really never panned out. The one exception was the 2022 season, when the No. 6 overall pick had a career year and led New York to a 9-7-1 record and a playoff berth in the first season after Joe Schoen was hired as general manager and Brian Daboll was named coach. The Giants even won a playoff game. With the release of Jones last month, the Giants (2-13) are now a team without a quarterback who can perform at the level required of an NFL starter. Tommy DeVito and Drew Lock have split the last four starts but neither has provided much of a spark for the league's worst offense. Lock handed the Falcons the game with two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns. To turn things around next season, the Giants must find a quarterback. “I’d say it’s very important,” Daboll said Monday. New York is going to have a high pick in the draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in late April. It could even be the No. 1 overall selection. Choosing the right quarterback is going to be hard. There isn't a can't-miss choice in 2025 draft and forcing one early would be a mistake. Unless the Giants are convinced that Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders, Jalen Milroe or someone else is the next franchise player, they have have so many needs that it would be better to wheel and deal and fill as many holes as possible. Even if the Giants take a quarterback in the second round, there's bound to be someone available who has a chance to be better than what they have now. The calendar. The season ends in less than two weeks. The franchise is in disarray, and a shakeup appears likely. Daboll's future as the coach is not bright, considering the current skid and two straight losing seasons. Schoen has to share the blame and so do co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch, who hired the GM and coach. LB Darius Muasau. The sixth-round draft pick out of UCLA has started the last three games since Bobby Okereke (back) was hurt and eventually put on injured reserve last week. Muasau had 11 tackles Sunday along with a quarterback hit and a tackle for a loss. He made the defensive calls after LB Micah McFadden left with a neck injury. Lock. In his starts, Lock has had three interceptions returned for touchdowns. He also lost a fumble on a strip-sack at Atlanta. Lock sustained a shoulder injury during the game and had an MRI on Monday. Besides Lock and McFadden, S Jason Pinnock (eye) also left the game. C John Michael Schmitz and RB Tyrone Tracy were evaluated for ankle injuries on Monday. 1 — Thanks to the Raiders' victory over the Jaguars, the Giants will have the No. 1 overall pick in the draft with two more losses. For the ninth and final time, the Giants will try to find a way to win at MetLife Stadium. New York is 0-8 heading into Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts. Its only other winless season at home was in 1974 when New York played at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut, while Giants Stadium was being built. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl