Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

PHILADELPHIA — The referees called it “forward progress,” but the Giants called it something more profane. “That’s some bulls–t, man,” Kayvon Thibodeaux said. With the score of Sunday’s game against the Eagles tied early in the second quarter, Jalen Hurts tried a Tush Push on fourth-and-inches. He crossed the first-down marker, but Thibodeaux ripped the ball out of Hurts’ hands. “The refs kind of have a hard job because they don’t know when to stop it,” Thibodeaux said. “It’s tough on defense because you stop the first surge, the ref doesn’t blow the whistle. You get the ball out and…

The world of Anne Rice continues to grow. At this year’s New York Comic Con, The Vampire Lestat — the third season of AMC’s critically acclaimed Interview with the Vampire — wasn’t the only story enthralling the crowd. Talamasca: The Secret Order, the newest chapter in the expanding Immortal Universe, took the convention by storm with executive producer Mark Johnson, showrunner and executive producer John Lee Hancock, and stars Nicholas Denton (Guy Anatole) and William Fichtner (Jasper). They were joined on the Main Stage by Interview with the Vampire star Eric Bogosian (Daniel Molloy), showing us part of the crossover…

LOS ANGELES — Max Scherzer has pitched for five teams since 2019, three of which reached the World Series. The former Mets co-ace has already earned rings with the Nationals and Rangers over that stretch. If Scherzer is going to add a piece of Blue Jays hardware to his collection, it would behoove him to contribute Monday night, when he is scheduled to face the Dodgers in Game 3 of the World Series. Nobody appreciates the moment more than the 41-year-old Scherzer, even after all his October battles. Scherzer will be starting a World Series game for a fourth franchise…

Two US Navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz — a Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet — crashed during separate “routine operations” over the South China Sea on Sunday, with all five crew members rescued and in stable condition as the Navy investigates both incidents. The US Pacific Fleet — the Navy’s largest operational command — said in a post on X that around 2:54 p.m. local time, an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Battle Cats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 crashed in the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier…

Britney Spears’ family is reportedly extremely scared for her after seeing footage of her swerving dangerously while driving home during a night out with a friend. The pop star’s family is “terrified” Spears is “losing control,” the Daily Mail reported, comparing her erratic behavior to how she acted before her breakdown in 2007 when she shaved her head and lost custody of her two sons with Kevin Federline. The family is now reportedly in crisis talks over how to help Spears. Britney Spears’ family is reportedly “terrified” she’s “losing control” after she was filmed driving erratically in Thousand Oaks, Calif.,…

So how do your favorites pair up in this gridiron/slasher mash-up?So some people out there think that horror fans and NFL fans are two totally different subcultures. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Heck, go to any Raiders game and you’ll see scores of people in the crowd dressed up like Michael Myers, Chucky and Pinhead — even on Christmas Day. Despite what some know-nothings might tell you, there’s definitely a lot of overlap between horror fans and pro football fans. In fact, there’s so much overlap that you could argue that each and every team in…

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dismissed current Gov. Gavin Newsom’s argument that the proposed redistricting in the state was temporary, calling the notion “total fantasy.” “I think when he — when they say this is temporary, there is no such thing. I mean, the longest programs are government programs that are temporary. Okay, just remember that if this is a tax program or if it is the redistricting program, anything that is temporary with government is permanent,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” responding to a clip of Newsom touting his Proposition 50 legislation that would reshape congressional…

A Japanese tourist on a European vacation with his daughter tragically plunged to his death at the ancient Roman Pantheon temple in a freak accident on Friday, according to Italian authorities. Morimasa Hibino, 69, was believed to be resting on the parapet next to the 2,000-year-old landmark when police believe he lost his balance and plummeted 23 feet to his death, Italy’s La Repubblica reported. Morimasa Hibino, 69, was vacationing in Rome with his daughter when he fell from a wall near the Pantheon and died. ANGELO CARCONI/EPA/Shutterstock Rome’s ancient monuments are 23 feet below the current street level, making…

Following the Miami Dolphins’ worst loss of the season, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa cited his lack of height for not being able to target his receivers downfield, saying “you don’t just want to throw it blindly.” Well, that’s exactly what he did in his latest outing — and it resulted in his best performance of the season. Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa had his best game of the season after waking up with his left eye swollen shut. X / @brgridiron Tagovailoa woke up with his left eye swollen shut on Sunday morning, and proceeded to complete 20 of 26 passes for…

Struggling with feeling good enough can all at once be both a lifelong struggle and also something you tend to forget about on a day-to-day, conscious level. So instead of being aware of how your low self-esteem impacts your life, you may be prone to moving from one self-esteem crisis to the next. This is exhausting and all-consuming, so much so that you may lose sight of how your self-esteem might be what is perpetuating your unhappiness. Feeling not good enough, like you don’t quite measure up or you don’t belong, or that you need to dupe people into thinking…