Back when Manning was the Patriots’ worst nightmare. Bill Belichick wasn’t kidding Monday when he concluded his heaping pile of praise for Manning by saying, “I have a ton of respect for Eli and all that he’s done. I wish he’d done a little bit less in a couple games against us.” Does anyone actually need reminding? Tom Brady & Co. would have two more rings if not for Manning’s heroics. There was the first shocking upset back in February 2008, when a then-perfect Patriot team watched Manning escape a sack he never should have escaped to complete a pass he never should have completed, a connection to David Tyree that remains one of the greatest Super Bowl plays of all time. Then there was the upset sequel four years later, when one Manning throw again made the difference in the game, a sideline strike to Mario Manningham that you can put up against any throw by any great quarterback in a league celebrating its 100th anniversary this … [Read more...] about Eli Manning, Hall of Famer? You’d better believe it
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GrabBike drivers brake early, fearing for their lives
Others are learning self-defense skills following the murder of several colleagues. It’s only 8 p.m., but 42-year-old Nguyen Hung Thuan, who has been a GrabBike driver for around two years, has stopped receiving bookings from customers, choosing to merely sit and surf the internet at a corner of Nguyen Cong Tru and Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Streets in District 1. Normally, early morning and night-time are the peak hours for GrabBike drivers to earn extra money because of higher demand. "I used to pick up passengers until 11 p.m. and return home close to midnight, but now I don’t dare to. I am afraid of being robbed and killed," said Thuan, who rents a room in District 8 with his wife and two children. "After 8 p.m. I turn off my ride-hailing app and take a rest. Anyone would like to earn more money, but safety comes first. Some of my people have lost their lives after late-night trips to remote areas and outlying districts because they were not careful. " Le Hung Minh, 32, who … [Read more...] about GrabBike drivers brake early, fearing for their lives
REVIEW: SDMT puts on a compelling ‘Man of La Mancha’
San Diego Musical Theatre’s “Man of La Mancha” is a moving tale of dreams, heartbreak and the realities of Spanish life circa 1594 as two stories unfold on the Horton Grand Theatre stage through Oct. 27.The first is of a man named Don Miguel de Cervantes (Broadway veteran Robert J. Townsend), an unsuccessful poet, soldier and actor who has turned to tax collecting as a means of survival. Unfortunately for him, he foreclosed on a monastery and — as a consequence — is imprisoned in Seville, Spain and is awaiting trial for heresy since the show takes place in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition.(The Inquisition was a 355-year effort by Catholic monarchs to identify heretics and bring them to justice.)His fellow detainees have their own hierarchy in the prison, as Cervantes and his also imprisoned servant Sancho (Broadway veteran Jeffrey Landman) quickly find out. To save his meager possessions — mostly costumes, but especially a manuscript for a play … [Read more...] about REVIEW: SDMT puts on a compelling ‘Man of La Mancha’
Lemon Grove man gets prison for fatal stabbing after an argument
Authorities still don’t know why a Lemon Grove man got so angry after an argument that he came back and stabbed the other man to death last year.Gustavo Flores, 39, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison for killing 47-year-old Juan Martinez, with an additional year in prison for an unrelated, previous case involving an assault with a deadly weapon.Flores turned himself in a week after the June 21, 2018 stabbing and pleaded guilty a year later to voluntary manslaughter and personal use of a deadly weapon.A dozen of Martinez’ family members showed up in El Cajon Superior Court to hear Judge Robert Amador impose the sentence that was agreed upon when Flores changed his plea to guilty. The oldest of the victim’s two teenage sons told the judge their father “was everything to us,” a man who advised them and took care of them.“I still don’t understand why you didn’t think twice before you did what you did,” said Juan Martinez, … [Read more...] about Lemon Grove man gets prison for fatal stabbing after an argument
He doesn’t want to live in Canada
Love Letters newsletter signup. Dear Meredith, I've been dating a man for about two months and the attraction is undeniable. It's the best sex of my life, he's got similar career and life goals, he's smart, makes me laugh when I'm panicking about nothing, he's grounded and tender. OK, OK ... yes, I'm in the honeymoon phase. But something is stopping me from going further into this relationship – the fact that he wants to move back to his home country in a few years, and he seems quite convinced he doesn't want to live here – Canada – long-term. And there is just no way I can see myself living where he is from. I want to explore things with him for a bit longer, but I'm really afraid that in a few months or in a year, we'll just be in the same place – or rather, we won't be because we won't want to live in the same country. I'm 32 and I do want to have children. I know I still have time, but it just feels like at this stage in my life, dating someone "just for … [Read more...] about He doesn’t want to live in Canada