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Ohio St AD Ross Bjork is ‘absolutely’ confident that coach Ryan Day will return next year

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork said Thursday that he is “absolutely” confident that Ryan Day will be back as football coach in 2025. “Coach Day is awesome,” said Bjork, who came from Texas A&M to replace the retiring Gene Smith last summer. …

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1 month ago

Ohio State to keep all sports, add 91 scholarships in new college landscape

Associated Press

Ohio State’s athletic director says the school will add 91 scholarships for the next school year as college sports programs start adjusting to a changing landscape that includes paying players and new roster limits across all sports. In a letter this week to the Ohio State community, Ross Bjork, who oversees one of the nation’s biggest athletic departments, said the …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

For Big Ten ADs, SEC meet-up offers a chance to hash out the issues that just mean more

New York Times

When the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors hired Tony Petitti as commissioner in spring 2023, it mandated he work closely with Southeastern Conference counterpart Greg Sankey and thaw the icy relationship between the collegiate sports superpowers. “Given where we are with the overall landscape of college athletics, those who see things in a common way, to me we …

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3 months ago

College football guarantee games pay millions to small-budget schools but opportunities could shrink

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Ohio State’s anomaly For Ohio State, a confluence of events, including conference realignment, left the Buckeyes with a three-game nonconference schedule of guarantee games in 2024. Often Ohio State plays two guarantee games in a season to ensure having at least seven home games, but will …

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9 months ago

Ohio State hires Jake Diebler as head coach after he goes 6-2 in interim role

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State removed the interim tag from men’s basketball coach Jake Diebler’s title on Sunday and announced he will receive a five-year contract. “Jake Diebler possesses all of the characteristics we were seeking as we conducted a very comprehensive and thorough search for a new head coach,” athletic director Ross Bjork said. As an Ohio native, the …

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11 months ago

Ohio State introduces Ross Bjork as next AD: How will he approach coaching decisions?

New York Times

With a full section of his family sitting just to his right, Ross Bjork was introduced as Ohio State’s next athletic director, on Wednesday afternoon. Bjork said he and Carter had a conversation on Sunday, he began meeting with people at Ohio State, including football coach Ryan Day, on Monday, and then, the move was final. “I wanted to make …

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11 months ago

Ohio St hires Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork to replace the retiring Gene Smith

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! COLUMBUS, Ohio — Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork has been hired at Ohio State to replace longtime athletic director Gene Smith, who will retire July 1. “Few athletics directors have established such an impressive and strong record of success in athletics, in the classroom and …

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1 year ago

Jimbo Fisher’s failures left Texas A&M well short of national championship dreams

New York Times

By Sam Khan Jr., Bruce Feldman and Max Olson COLLEGE STATION, Texas — After the final game of the 2022 season, Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher spoke with an air of validation. The athletic department staffer said Fisher made it known he could get others fired: “He would say, ‘I’ve got the stick, and I’ll use it.’” The offense received …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Texas A&M fires coach Jimbo Fisher, a move that will cost the school $75M

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! But Fisher failed to replicate his success at Florida State in six years with the Aggies and athletic director Ross Bjork fired the coach Sunday despite owing him more than $75 million. And we just didn’t see the trend lines improving.” Instead of winning a title, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

How Texas A&M will pay Jimbo Fisher’s $77.6 million buyout, the largest in college football history

New York Times

When Texas A&M extended Jimbo Fisher’s contract just days before the Aggies kicked off the 2021 season, the program’s outlook was rosy. Fisher’s contract explains the buyout’s payment schedule as follows: “University shall pay twenty five percent of such amount in a lump sum within days of the effective date of termination of the Agreement, and the remaining balance shall …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Can Jimbo Fisher become a CEO head coach? Texas A&M’s season rides on the experiment

New York Times

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — On Jan. 6, 2014, Jimbo Fisher stood at midfield of the Rose Bowl and raised a crystal football in triumph after leading Florida State to a 14-0 record and a BCS national championship. “The first couple years that I was here, if I needed to talk to Coach, he’s in the film room,” Bjork said. “If …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak and the ‘explosion’ that set him on course for the top

New York Times

“This is not a fairytale,” warns technical director Peter Wennberg from the coaches’ office of the AIK academy. The Athletic visited the all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet Isak frequented “He was always kind,” says Gabriel Aphrem, a fellow AIK academy player and Sweden Under-17 international. He was one of them.” Snacke in the changing rooms at Rasunda “At that age, I don’t …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Nine Oscars red-carpet outfits once mocked – now iconic

BBC

Nine Oscars red-carpet outfits once mocked – now iconic Alamy From Babs to Bjork, here are the bold looks that were once derided at the Oscars but are now celebrated and deemed cool. As Dijanna Mulhearn, author of new book Red Carpet Oscars, tells BBC Culture: "A successful red-carpet moment can catapult an actor into superstar status, propel a fashion …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir wins FIFA claim against Lyon over pregnancy pay

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Lyon did not pay full wages to Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir when she was on maternity leave in 2021. French club Lyon were ordered by FIFA to compensate former player Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir for an effective pay cut during her pregnancy. Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir’s landmark ruling against former club Olympique Lyonnais sends a clear message to clubs and footballers worldwide: The …

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1 year, 11 months ago

NHL trade deadline: Bruins have no untouchable prospects in an all-in year

New York Times

Hampus Lindholm is making a run at the Norris Trophy. It’s easy to say, then, that Sweeney executed grand slams all around with the three deadline deals — not just in making the trades, but in signing Lindholm, Hall and Coyle to extensions. The right wing and left-shot defenseman, the Bruins’ top two prospects, look like future long-term NHLers. 1 …

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2 years ago

Texas A&M had national title hopes, a $94.9 million coach and a No. 1 recruiting class. What went wrong?

New York Times

Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher are expected to part ways on Nov. 12, 2023, The Athletic reports. But baseless accusations that a $30 million war chest — via name, image and likeness deals — was largely responsible for A&M’s recruiting success irritated Fisher, who called the claims “garbage.” And irritation turned to anger in May, when Alabama coach Nick Saban …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Bjork’s 2 goals, shootout winner lead Sabres over Islanders

Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Anders Bjork scored Buffalo’s last two goals in regulation and then had the deciding shootout goal, lifting the Sabres to a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday. “With the young legs and the young bodies we have on this team, we have the ability to stay energized the whole game and start making plays …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Bjork's swan dress: A reviled Oscars outfit that's now iconic

BBC

Bjork's swan dress: A reviled Oscars outfit that's now iconic Alamy Bjork's 2001 swan dress is iconic – but did it mark the end of fun on the red carpet? Getty Images At the 2001 Golden Globes, Björk wore an outfit featuring Michael Jackson's face in sequins Caroline Stevenson, head of cultural and historical studies at London College of Fashion, …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Bjork, Sabres spoil Backstrom’s 1,000th game, beat Capitals

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Anders Bjork scored his first goal with his new team and added an assist, helping Buffalo spoil Nicklas Backstrom’s 1,000th game as the Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Thursday night. “We’re still growing, but it’s cool to see where we’re heading.” Dustin Tokarski made 27 stops for Buffalo after Linus Ullmark was scratched with a lower …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Searching for ethical sugar

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Americans sure love sugar; we each eat an average of 6 cups of the stuff a week, for a total of 152 pounds a year. "That lack of traceability, along with the fact that sugar is often embedded with other ingredients, makes it hard for consumers to connect" social and environmental issues with it, says Fairtrade America COO Bryan Lew. …

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4 years ago

Bjork or Zombie Hunters? Netizens try to Guess Who Lives in 'World's Loneliest House' in Iceland

News 18

Films, art and literature across the world often romanticize seclusion and the joy of running away from the hustle and bustle of cities to live instead of where no one else is around. Creepy images of a terribly lonely house – the only one – on a perfectly lush but empty little island has been making people nervous on social …

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4 years, 1 month ago

What to watch in November when it comes to new films added to Netflix, Stan, SBS, Tubi and more

ABC

As cinemas have gone from shutdown to gradual re-opening this year, audiences have been spoilt for choice of streaming services: from Netflix, Stan, Foxtel Now and streaming package Binge, to Amazon Prime Australia, Apple TV+ and Disney+, arthouse specialists MUBI, and free services like ABC iview, SBS On Demand and Tubi. Spike Lee's Oscar-snubbed classic Do the Right Thing makes …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Raising the steaks: The impact of Lady Gaga’s meat dress 10 years on

The Independent

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Ohio St AD Ross Bjork is ‘absolutely’ confident that coach Ryan Day will return next year

Ohio State to keep all sports, add 91 scholarships in new college landscape

For Big Ten ADs, SEC meet-up offers a chance to hash out the issues that just mean more

College football guarantee games pay millions to small-budget schools but opportunities could shrink

Ohio State hires Jake Diebler as head coach after he goes 6-2 in interim role

Ohio State introduces Ross Bjork as next AD: How will he approach coaching decisions?

Ohio St hires Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork to replace the retiring Gene Smith

Jimbo Fisher’s failures left Texas A&M well short of national championship dreams

Texas A&M fires coach Jimbo Fisher, a move that will cost the school $75M

How Texas A&M will pay Jimbo Fisher’s $77.6 million buyout, the largest in college football history

Can Jimbo Fisher become a CEO head coach? Texas A&M’s season rides on the experiment

Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak and the ‘explosion’ that set him on course for the top

Nine Oscars red-carpet outfits once mocked – now iconic

Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir wins FIFA claim against Lyon over pregnancy pay

NHL trade deadline: Bruins have no untouchable prospects in an all-in year

Texas A&M had national title hopes, a $94.9 million coach and a No. 1 recruiting class. What went wrong?

Bjork’s 2 goals, shootout winner lead Sabres over Islanders

Bjork's swan dress: A reviled Oscars outfit that's now iconic

Bjork, Sabres spoil Backstrom’s 1,000th game, beat Capitals

Searching for ethical sugar

Bjork or Zombie Hunters? Netizens try to Guess Who Lives in 'World's Loneliest House' in Iceland

What to watch in November when it comes to new films added to Netflix, Stan, SBS, Tubi and more

Raising the steaks: The impact of Lady Gaga’s meat dress 10 years on