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“The cool thing about it is, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone have as much fun on the ice as that guy,” Strome said. “He’s always yelling, he’s hugging his post, he’s rubbing his post, he’s doing all sorts of things out there. … It’s fun to be around. It gives you a little confidence boost when you’re on the ice when you hear him cheering for himself after he makes a save.”

A report Evans and his partner wrote about the interview said they asked Thompson whether he’d been making payments on his loans with Washington Federal, and the alderman answered “Yeah.” But when he was asked to produce canceled checks as proof, Thompson replied, “No, there weren’t any.” He then requested an attorney be present for any further questioning, according to the report.

Prospective employers and job seekers interact during during a job fair on Sept. 22, 2021, in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles. California’s unemployment rate dipped a half-percentage point in December as the most populous state added 50,700 nonfarm jobs, accounting for more than a quarter of the nation’s 199,000 job growth for the month, according to new data released Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

In recent years the restaurant has become well known for using its outdoor sign to make jokes and, occasionally, political statements — many of which were aimed at former President Donald Trump. Its staff also routinely insults customers, which is something of an attraction, along with its char dogs. The restaurant also has nearly 13,000 followers on Twitter, where it refers to its die-hard fans as #weinerheads.

Gas price is seen at a Mobil gas station in Vernon Hills, Ill., Friday, June 11, 2021. Energy stocks powered through the broader market’s January 2022 slump and are poised to keep rising as long as oil prices stay high and worries about looming interest rate hikes remain. Oil companies and firms that provide services to the industry have been a safe bet as the economy recovers and oil supplies remain constrained. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

“I don’t have an answer to what is next, so that’s a little bit of a first for me,” said Brown, one of the most garrulous of American athletes. “I had three goals when I moved to Toronto, and I was fortunate enough to have checked them all off. So I think for me, you know, it’s about kind of figuring out if I want to set more (goals) and if I want to continue to push myself physically, mentally, emotionally.”