Bob Dylan was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday morning.
Dylan was awarded the prize “for having created new poetic expressions within the American song tradition.”
The American musician had long been rumored to be considered for the prize, but literary watchers considered his name among those in the running a novelty. He is the first American to win the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993.
The room of watchers at the Swedish Academy seemed shocked by the announcement, one calling the decision “radical” when asking Sara Danils, permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, about the choice.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews has modern record 4 goals in NHL debut
OTTAWA, Ontario -- Auston Matthews needed 40 minutes to get into the NHL record book.
In the highest-scoring debut in modern NHL history, Matthews scored four goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but Kyle Turris scored 37 seconds into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 victory Wednesday night.
Matthews got his fourth with 3 seconds left in the second period, bringing his mother to tears in the stands.
He called it a “surreal” moment, adding that “I couldn’t believe that was happening out there.”
The 19-year-old from Scottsdale, Arizona, is the 12th first overall pick to score in his NHL debut.
“Since I’ve been the Leafs coach, that’s the best night I’ve had since I’ve been here by 10 miles,” said second-year coach Mike Babcock. “Not even close.”
Despite the historic first game, Matthews took responsibility for the loss after failing to pick up Turris coming into the Toronto zone. Turris took in a pass from Mark Stone with Matthews chasing, set himself and fired a shot by Frederik Andersen.
“That last play was 100 percent my fault,” Matthews said. “We came here to win and we didn’t get that done.”
Turris scored twice, including the tying goal 6:45 into the third period. Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson and Derick Brassard also scored for Ottawa.
Frederik Andersen stopped 25 shots for the Maple Leafs. Craig Anderson had 34 saves for Ottawa.
Matthews scored on his first shot 8:21 into the first period, snapping in a pass from Zach Hyman during a scrum around the net.
The second goal came with 5:42 left in the first period. He dangled through a pair of Senators near the blue line, stole the puck from two-time Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson along the boards then beat Anderson with an odd-angle forehand.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Babcock said. “He’s a good player. You see that second goal he scored, not many guys do that.”
Matthews put Toronto ahead 3-2 with a one-timer from inside the right circle on a feed from Morgan Rielly 1:25 into the second period, and fans showered the ice with hats.
The fourth goal followed a give-and-go with William Nylander. Matthews lifted the puck past Anderson after blowing by a defender in the slot. Nylander had two assists.
Matthews scored on his first three shots of the game.
“He’s a man,” Babcock said. “He’s 19 years old but he acts like he’s 27. He has great maturity. If you meet his mom and dad, you’re thoroughly impressed with the kind of people they are and the respect he has for his mom and sisters, the kind of guy he is.
“Don’t get me wrong, we would’ve drafted him anyway, but that makes him more special.”
His parents, Brian and Ema, were in the stands and celebrated the first goal with a kiss. After the third goal, Matthews’ mom was shown on the broadcast high-fiving fans and covering her face in disbelief. She cried following the third and fourth goals.
“Those were tears of joy,” Ema Matthews said. “I feel very excited. This is what Auston has been dreaming since he was 6, be playing right here in the NHL.”
“I hope that nobody’s going to wake me up here anytime soon,” Brian Matthews said. “This is unbelievable.”
Matthews’ success was no surprise to Senators coach Guy Boucher, who coached against the young center last season in the Swiss Elite League.
“He’s the real deal,” Boucher said. “I told everybody and I saw it firsthand last year so I’m not surprised. He’s the total package. He played against men last year and he’s playing against men now, so I’m not surprised.”
In the highest-scoring debut in modern NHL history, Matthews scored four goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but Kyle Turris scored 37 seconds into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 victory Wednesday night.
Matthews got his fourth with 3 seconds left in the second period, bringing his mother to tears in the stands.
He called it a “surreal” moment, adding that “I couldn’t believe that was happening out there.”
The 19-year-old from Scottsdale, Arizona, is the 12th first overall pick to score in his NHL debut.
“Since I’ve been the Leafs coach, that’s the best night I’ve had since I’ve been here by 10 miles,” said second-year coach Mike Babcock. “Not even close.”
Despite the historic first game, Matthews took responsibility for the loss after failing to pick up Turris coming into the Toronto zone. Turris took in a pass from Mark Stone with Matthews chasing, set himself and fired a shot by Frederik Andersen.
“That last play was 100 percent my fault,” Matthews said. “We came here to win and we didn’t get that done.”
Turris scored twice, including the tying goal 6:45 into the third period. Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson and Derick Brassard also scored for Ottawa.
Frederik Andersen stopped 25 shots for the Maple Leafs. Craig Anderson had 34 saves for Ottawa.
Matthews scored on his first shot 8:21 into the first period, snapping in a pass from Zach Hyman during a scrum around the net.
The second goal came with 5:42 left in the first period. He dangled through a pair of Senators near the blue line, stole the puck from two-time Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson along the boards then beat Anderson with an odd-angle forehand.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Babcock said. “He’s a good player. You see that second goal he scored, not many guys do that.”
Matthews put Toronto ahead 3-2 with a one-timer from inside the right circle on a feed from Morgan Rielly 1:25 into the second period, and fans showered the ice with hats.
The fourth goal followed a give-and-go with William Nylander. Matthews lifted the puck past Anderson after blowing by a defender in the slot. Nylander had two assists.
Matthews scored on his first three shots of the game.
“He’s a man,” Babcock said. “He’s 19 years old but he acts like he’s 27. He has great maturity. If you meet his mom and dad, you’re thoroughly impressed with the kind of people they are and the respect he has for his mom and sisters, the kind of guy he is.
“Don’t get me wrong, we would’ve drafted him anyway, but that makes him more special.”
His parents, Brian and Ema, were in the stands and celebrated the first goal with a kiss. After the third goal, Matthews’ mom was shown on the broadcast high-fiving fans and covering her face in disbelief. She cried following the third and fourth goals.
“Those were tears of joy,” Ema Matthews said. “I feel very excited. This is what Auston has been dreaming since he was 6, be playing right here in the NHL.”
“I hope that nobody’s going to wake me up here anytime soon,” Brian Matthews said. “This is unbelievable.”
Matthews’ success was no surprise to Senators coach Guy Boucher, who coached against the young center last season in the Swiss Elite League.
“He’s the real deal,” Boucher said. “I told everybody and I saw it firsthand last year so I’m not surprised. He’s the total package. He played against men last year and he’s playing against men now, so I’m not surprised.”
Kershaw tries again, Cubs launch into playoffs
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw starts the NL Division Series opener in Washington against Max Scherzer. The LA lefty has dominated hitters in recent years — except in the postseason. He's 2-6 overall in the playoffs, including 1-5 with a 5.45 ERA in his last six starts, often done in by elevated home run and walk rates. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner went 12-4 with a 1.69 ERA this year while missing more than two months because of a back injury.
WRIGLEY READY
Favored to win the World Series since opening day, the Cubs begin the playoffs when Jon Lester starts against the Giants. Wrigley Field figures to be packed and pulsating for Game 1 of the NL Division Series as the Cubs, who led the majors with 103 wins this year, try to get closer to ending their championship drought that dates to 1908. Johnny Cueto, who helped the Royals win the crown last year, pitches for San Francisco.
IS THIS PRICE RIGHT?
Red Sox star David Price is a five-time All-Star, a two-time ERA leader and a former Cy Young Award winner. But the Boston lefty is 0-7 as a postseason starter in his career with Tampa Bay, Detroit and Toronto. He'll try to end that 0-for-October string when he starts Game 2 of the AL Division Series at Cleveland against Corey Kluber.
WRIGLEY READY
Favored to win the World Series since opening day, the Cubs begin the playoffs when Jon Lester starts against the Giants. Wrigley Field figures to be packed and pulsating for Game 1 of the NL Division Series as the Cubs, who led the majors with 103 wins this year, try to get closer to ending their championship drought that dates to 1908. Johnny Cueto, who helped the Royals win the crown last year, pitches for San Francisco.
IS THIS PRICE RIGHT?
Red Sox star David Price is a five-time All-Star, a two-time ERA leader and a former Cy Young Award winner. But the Boston lefty is 0-7 as a postseason starter in his career with Tampa Bay, Detroit and Toronto. He'll try to end that 0-for-October string when he starts Game 2 of the AL Division Series at Cleveland against Corey Kluber.
2016 race devolves into ugly fight over treatment of women
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Already deeply divisive, America's campaign for president is quickly devolving into an ugly fight over who has treated women worse: Donald Trump, whose White House bid is floundering, or former President Bill Clinton, who isn't on the ballot.
Trump's campaign is now openly signaling it will spend the election's final month relitigating Bill Clinton's marital affairs and unproven charges of sexual assault, as well as his wife and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's unverified role in intimidating the women who were involved. But Trump is a deeply imperfect messenger, given that his attacks on the Clintons' treatment of women are being overshadowed by a flood of allegations that he kissed and groped women without their consent.
On Wednesday, The New York Times and the Palm Beach Post reported stories about three women who alleged Trump had inappropriately touched them. Separately, a People Magazine reporter wrote a detailed first-person account of being attacked by Trump while interviewing the businessman and his wife, Melania Trump.
The stories come less than a week after the publication of a 2005 recording in which the Republican nominee boasted of using his fame to kiss and grab women. The revelation prompted a flood of Republicans to revoke their support for Trump, with some even calling for him to drop out of the race — though a handful of GOP officials have since switched back to supporting their party's nominee.
Clinton adviser Jennifer Palmieri said the latest revelations match "everything we know about the way Donald Trump has treated women."
Trump's campaign denied the reports and threatened to sue The New York Times if the paper did not retract its story.
Taken together, the revelations about Trump and his counterprogramming about Bill Clinton have plunged an already rancorous campaign to new lows. The real estate mogul has also aggressively charged that Hillary Clinton not only needs to be defeated in November, but also "has got to go to jail." His campaign is also facing questions about ties to Russian interests accused of hacking Democratic groups, as well as the hacking of a top Clinton adviser's emails.
For Trump, the cumulative effect of his brazen strategy appears to be a tumble in the battleground states he needs to win in November. What was already a narrow path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory is virtually indiscernible for Trump unless there's a significant shakeup in the race between now and Nov. 8
Rather than trying to make up ground by shifting attention back to issues like trade that have energized Trump backers and could appeal to new voters, the Republican campaign appears to be moving swiftly to make Bill Clinton's past a centerpiece of the campaign.
Building on Trump's decision to bring three Bill Clinton accusers to last week's presidential debate, the GOP nominee is expected to have the women appear with him on stage at rallies and do a series of television interviews, according to a person briefed on the plan but not authorized to discuss it publicly.
Trump supporters are also confronting Hillary Clinton with the accusations about her husband. Multiple Clinton rallies were interrupted this week by hecklers shouting "Bill Clinton is a rapist." Earlier this week, right-wing radio host Alex Jones offered to pay $5,000 to anyone who can be heard on television shouting about the former president and wearing a "Bill Clinton rape" T-shirt.
Bill Clinton never faced any criminal charges over the allegations, and a lawsuit over an alleged rape was dismissed. He did settle a lawsuit with one of the women who claimed harassment.
The Trump campaign's hope is to showcase the decades-old accusations to young voters, particularly women, who may not have been old enough to remember the controversies that dogged the Clintons in the 1990s. And if the campaign can't get them to vote for Trump, the person briefed on the plans said the goal is to convince young voters to stay home and depress turnout, which would likely hurt Democrats.
Former Trump senior adviser Michael Caputo said the businessman's only way to win is to "go nuclear" on the Clintons.
"There's no way Trump can do anything positive to earn back women," Caputo said. "The only way he can stave off the bleeding is to drag them into parity."
But it's unclear whether Trump's strategy is even aimed at winning the election at this point. Increasingly, Trump's campaign feels like an opportunity for longtime Clinton opponents to air decade's worth of grievances about the Democratic power couple on the biggest stage in American politics.
Trump confidante and informal adviser Roger Stone has long been encouraging Trump to make Bill Clinton's alleged assaults and the way his wife treated those woman a centerpiece of the campaign. Steve Bannon, the Trump campaign's chief executive, ran Breitbart News, a right-wing website that eagerly promotes an endless string of conspiracy theories about the Clintons.
Hillary Clinton, who is on pace to become America's first female president is her lead holds, has tried to stay above the fray in recent days. She is yet to respond directly to Trump's decision to resurrect accusations about her husband.
And during a pair of rallies Wednesday in Colorado and Nevada, Clinton appeared to be looking toward how to heal the country's deep divisions if she's elected president, pledging she would be a champion both for her supporters and those who don't vote for her.
"I know how important it is that we stay focused on the concerns that people have, not on the demagoguery and distraction," she said.
Trump's campaign is now openly signaling it will spend the election's final month relitigating Bill Clinton's marital affairs and unproven charges of sexual assault, as well as his wife and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's unverified role in intimidating the women who were involved. But Trump is a deeply imperfect messenger, given that his attacks on the Clintons' treatment of women are being overshadowed by a flood of allegations that he kissed and groped women without their consent.
On Wednesday, The New York Times and the Palm Beach Post reported stories about three women who alleged Trump had inappropriately touched them. Separately, a People Magazine reporter wrote a detailed first-person account of being attacked by Trump while interviewing the businessman and his wife, Melania Trump.
The stories come less than a week after the publication of a 2005 recording in which the Republican nominee boasted of using his fame to kiss and grab women. The revelation prompted a flood of Republicans to revoke their support for Trump, with some even calling for him to drop out of the race — though a handful of GOP officials have since switched back to supporting their party's nominee.
Clinton adviser Jennifer Palmieri said the latest revelations match "everything we know about the way Donald Trump has treated women."
Trump's campaign denied the reports and threatened to sue The New York Times if the paper did not retract its story.
Taken together, the revelations about Trump and his counterprogramming about Bill Clinton have plunged an already rancorous campaign to new lows. The real estate mogul has also aggressively charged that Hillary Clinton not only needs to be defeated in November, but also "has got to go to jail." His campaign is also facing questions about ties to Russian interests accused of hacking Democratic groups, as well as the hacking of a top Clinton adviser's emails.
For Trump, the cumulative effect of his brazen strategy appears to be a tumble in the battleground states he needs to win in November. What was already a narrow path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory is virtually indiscernible for Trump unless there's a significant shakeup in the race between now and Nov. 8
Rather than trying to make up ground by shifting attention back to issues like trade that have energized Trump backers and could appeal to new voters, the Republican campaign appears to be moving swiftly to make Bill Clinton's past a centerpiece of the campaign.
Building on Trump's decision to bring three Bill Clinton accusers to last week's presidential debate, the GOP nominee is expected to have the women appear with him on stage at rallies and do a series of television interviews, according to a person briefed on the plan but not authorized to discuss it publicly.
Trump supporters are also confronting Hillary Clinton with the accusations about her husband. Multiple Clinton rallies were interrupted this week by hecklers shouting "Bill Clinton is a rapist." Earlier this week, right-wing radio host Alex Jones offered to pay $5,000 to anyone who can be heard on television shouting about the former president and wearing a "Bill Clinton rape" T-shirt.
Bill Clinton never faced any criminal charges over the allegations, and a lawsuit over an alleged rape was dismissed. He did settle a lawsuit with one of the women who claimed harassment.
The Trump campaign's hope is to showcase the decades-old accusations to young voters, particularly women, who may not have been old enough to remember the controversies that dogged the Clintons in the 1990s. And if the campaign can't get them to vote for Trump, the person briefed on the plans said the goal is to convince young voters to stay home and depress turnout, which would likely hurt Democrats.
Former Trump senior adviser Michael Caputo said the businessman's only way to win is to "go nuclear" on the Clintons.
"There's no way Trump can do anything positive to earn back women," Caputo said. "The only way he can stave off the bleeding is to drag them into parity."
But it's unclear whether Trump's strategy is even aimed at winning the election at this point. Increasingly, Trump's campaign feels like an opportunity for longtime Clinton opponents to air decade's worth of grievances about the Democratic power couple on the biggest stage in American politics.
Trump confidante and informal adviser Roger Stone has long been encouraging Trump to make Bill Clinton's alleged assaults and the way his wife treated those woman a centerpiece of the campaign. Steve Bannon, the Trump campaign's chief executive, ran Breitbart News, a right-wing website that eagerly promotes an endless string of conspiracy theories about the Clintons.
Hillary Clinton, who is on pace to become America's first female president is her lead holds, has tried to stay above the fray in recent days. She is yet to respond directly to Trump's decision to resurrect accusations about her husband.
And during a pair of rallies Wednesday in Colorado and Nevada, Clinton appeared to be looking toward how to heal the country's deep divisions if she's elected president, pledging she would be a champion both for her supporters and those who don't vote for her.
"I know how important it is that we stay focused on the concerns that people have, not on the demagoguery and distraction," she said.
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