Day: April 2, 2025

Arsenal 2 Fulham 1

- Roshan

Bukayo Saka scored just seven minutes into his return after 101 days out injured to help Arsenal beat Fulham at Emirates Stadium.

The England forward came off the bench in the second half, with the score at 1-0, and showed Arsenal what they have missed during his absence, heading in Gabriel Martinelli’s flick at the far post on 73 minutes. Mikel Merino had given the Gunners the lead in the 37th minute when his shot was deflected into the corner after Ethan Nwaneri’s cut-back. Rodrigo Muniz pulled a goal back for Fulham in stoppage time when his shot was deflected by William Saliba and wrong-footed goalkeeper David Raya.

The win moved Arsenal to within nine points of runaway leaders Liverpool. It was a mixed night for the Gunners though who, despite the positive of having Saka back from his serious hamstring injury, lost centre-back Gabriel early in the first half, which is a worry for manager Mikel Arteta with a Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid next week. Fulham defended deep throughout the match but should have pulled one back much earlier when substitute Muniz headed wide from six yards out with the goal gaping. Arsenal take on Everton on Saturday in the Premier League before preparing for the first leg of their quarter-final against Real at home on Tuesday.

All of the talk before the match was of Saka’s return after Arteta had said that the forward was “ready to go” after his lengthy injury. The Gunners have suffered without him in the side and their failings in attack are one of the reasons they have not kept touch with Liverpool in the title race. In the 16 games that the 23-year-old was available in the Premier League for Arsenal, they scored 34 goals at a rate of 2.1 per game. In the 13 that he missed, the Gunners scored 19 at a rate of 1.5 per match – highlighting Saka’s importance to the side. His presence lifted the stadium and he received a standing ovation when he went out to warm up in the first half.

RIP Val Kilmer

- Roshan

Actor Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever, channeled Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s The Doors and starred as a tubercular Doc Holliday in Tombstone, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. His daughter Mercedes told The New York Times the cause was pneumonia. He was 65. He had been battling throat cancer for several years. The baby-faced blonde actor had a solid run as a leading man with a volatile reputation in the ’80s and ’90s, starring in “Top Gun,” “Real Genius,” “Willow,” “Heat,” and “The Saint.” He was born in Los Angels to a mother  of Swedish descent, and his father’s ancestry included Irish, German and Cherokee roots.

Originally a stage actor, he found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984) and Real Genius (1985), as well as the military action film Top Gun (1986) and the fantasy film Willow  (1988). Kilmer gained acclaim for his portrayal of Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1991). He was cast as a main character in films such as the western Tombstone (1993), and the crime dramas True Romance (1993) and Heat (1995). He portrayed Batman in Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever (1995), and continued to star in films such as The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), The Saint (1997), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Alexander (2004), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), and The Snowman (2017). Also in 1999, he played a blind man in the drama/romance At First Sight, which he described as being, of then, the hardest role he had ever had.

He was the lead in the scifi flop Red Planet in 2000. In 2022, Kilmer reprised his role as Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), his final film performance before his death. In 2020, he published his memoir, titled I’m Your Huckleberry: A Memoir. In 2021, a documentary on his life, Val, was released. His son provided the actor’s voice and the film utilized hundreds of hours of video he had recorded over the years, giving a revealing look at the sets he worked on and showing the actor to be an introspective thinker with an artist’s soul. In 2015, Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer and he had a procedure on his trachea that damaged his vocal cords to the point where he had extreme difficulty speaking. He also underwent chemotherapy and two tracheotomies.

He was a Christian Scientist but went against his religion to undergo chemo. Over the years, Kilmer dated Cher, Lesley Ann Warren, Cindy Crawford, Angelina Jolie, Daryl Hannah and Ellen Barkin. Kilmer was married to actress Joanne Whalley from March 1988 to February 1996. The two met while working together on the film Willow. They had two children, a daughter, Mercedes (b. 1991), and a son, Jack (b. 1995). In 2011, Kilmer sold his 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) New Mexico ranch, where he would trek, hike, fish, and raise bison.

WWE Legend Mick Foley Involved in A Horrific Car Crash

- Roshan

Hugely popular WWE retired legend Mick Foley sustained injuries in a car crash. The Hall of Famer known for his dedication and brutal matches, now retired and trying to enjoy life, Mick took to Instagram to update fans, revealing he had been involved in a car crash, with the photo provided leaving fans scared.  Mick Foley has been seen few and far between following his retirement in 2012. Embarking on a stint as WWE Raw’s General Manager for a period of time, the hardcore icon spends most of his downtime away from the squared circle. Trying to enjoy a life that offers him a high level of living quality, following a brutal career in the ring, it appears Foley can’t find that in retirement.

Taking to Instagram to update his fans, Foley posted a photo beside a wrecked car. Revealing in the caption he sustained numerous injuries, the WWE Universe will be glad to hear that the legend is still on his feet and managing. He sent out a message that he was sore from his knees to his neck, including a minor concussion. it is unfortunately nothing that the WWE Hall of Famer is new to. Having had his ear ripped off during a match, as well as losing a tooth, there is a reason why Foley is at the forefront of hardcore wrestling history.

Alongside his brutal dive off the top of Hell in a Cell and falling through the ring into the mat, the man behind the Three Faces of Foley has torn multiple muscles, broken countless limbs and endured numerous fractures. A one-of-a-kind wrestler, fans all over the world will continue to pray for Foley and are glad to hear he is doing OK.

Some Fun Facts About Peanut Butter

- Roshan

Here are some fun facts about peanut butter are in order, along with some recipes that use this beloved nut butter.

  • Archibutyrophobia (pronounced A’-ra-kid-bu-ti-ro-pho-bi-a) is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.
  • Marcellus Gilmore Edson was a Canadian chemist and pharmacist, who in 1884, patented a way to make peanut paste, an early version of peanut butter.
  • Women and children like creamy peanut butter best.
  • Men like chunky peanut butter best.
  • The world’s largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich, made in Grand Saline, T.X., weighed 1,342 pounds.
  • It takes one acre of peanuts to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
  • The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before graduating from high school. (I suppose I’m above average. Based on a 180-day school year, I ate about 2,160, just in school. That doesn’t count weekend and summers.)
  • If you took all the peanut butter that Americans eat in a year, it could coat the floor of the Grand Canyon.
  • If you add the amount of straight peanut butter plus peanut butter products consumed in America each year, they’d weigh 1.5 billion pounds.
  • Peanuts aren’t nuts. They’re legumes. So it’s technically inaccurate to call it a nut butter, but it’s usually refered to one anyway.
  • Most peanut butters are vegan and gluten-free.
  • It might be cancer-fighting. Girls between the age of 9 and 15 who regularly ate peanut butter were 39 percent less likely to develop benign breast disease by 30.
  • The south has the best climate for growing peanuts in the United States. Sixty percent them are grown in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama and Half of that 60 percent is used to make peanut butter.
  • Not everyone is crazy about peanut butter, especially those who are allergic to peanuts. About 2  percent of the world population is allergic to peanuts. (That’s a not-so-fun fact.)