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In JJ Redick’s debut, Lakers show their potential to contend: ‘We trust him’
2 months ago

In JJ Redick’s debut, Lakers show their potential to contend: ‘We trust him’

New York Times  

LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick sat down at the postgame dais, his consistently coiffed hair was wet and disheveled. Los Angeles is 1-0 with its first opening-night victory since 2016 — when starting point guard D’Angelo Russell and Timberwolves forward Julius Randle were considered the future of the franchise. “Felt like he attacked the game …

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Eagles and Packers sound happy to be in Brazil after expressing concerns before the trip
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Eagles and Packers sound happy to be in Brazil after expressing concerns before the trip

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — A nine-hour flight to Brazil and some time practicing under the sun in Sao Paulo seem to have softened the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers ahead of their season opener on Friday. “We all grew up playing on Friday nights under the Friday night lights,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said Thursday. I got goosebumps really …

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Sandra Lee’s latest feat after cancer and heartbreak: ‘Blue Ribbon Baking Championship’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sandra Lee’s latest feat after cancer and heartbreak: ‘Blue Ribbon Baking Championship’

LA Times  

When Sandra Lee won a blue ribbon at the Los Angeles County Fair, her sister called to tell her the good news. She hosts “Dinner Budget Showdown” on Roku, and on Friday, she’ll make her Netflix debut in “Blue Ribbon Baking Championship,” which takes “The Great British Bake Off” model and applies it to the cutthroat yet cozy world of …

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"A good song will age well": Mike Campbell talks Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks' gift and unearthing tunes
6 months ago

"A good song will age well": Mike Campbell talks Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks' gift and unearthing tunes

Salon  

For decades, Mike Campbell made his living as the guitarist, co-songwriter, and co-producer with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. I like the fact that the Beatles, a lot of their songs, even if there is a dark element in some of the characters, there's always this feeling that you're going to get through this, and things are going to work …

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"Nothing has compared to what we're seeing": Hala Gorani on the toll of covering Gaza war
9 months, 3 weeks ago

"Nothing has compared to what we're seeing": Hala Gorani on the toll of covering Gaza war

Salon  

Award-winning journalist Hala Gorani was "born in one country" and "raised in another with parents from somewhere else entirely," as she tells us in her new book "But You Don't Look Arab: And Other Tales of Unbelonging." Gorani also candidly discussed the emotional toll of covering war zones as a journalist, saying that “a human brain is not designed to …

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Michigan C Nugent, Texas WR Worthy say they will be full go for playoff after ankle injuries
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Michigan C Nugent, Texas WR Worthy say they will be full go for playoff after ankle injuries

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “But the fact that I knew we had four weeks to rest up after, it was like let’s let it ride,” he said Friday as the top-ranked Wolverines prepared to face fourth-seeded Alabama at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on New Year’s Day. “And I’m …

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The Saturday before we began our discussion, my students’ classmate was shot in Vermont. Did they want to continue? They did.
1 year ago

The Saturday before we began our discussion, my students’ classmate was shot in Vermont. Did they want to continue? They did.

Slate  

Back in August, I put the Palestinian novelist Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail on the syllabus for a novel-writing course I teach. The book’s first half takes up the story of an Israeli general in the Negev desert in summer 1949, not a year since what Israelis call the founding of their state, and what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, …

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‘You are the film, the film is you’: How six directors define what they do
1 year ago

‘You are the film, the film is you’: How six directors define what they do

LA Times  

Have you heard the one where Bradley Cooper does impressions of both Clint Eastwood and Sienna Miller? VIDEO | 05:37 Directors Roundtable: Bradley Cooper, Michael Mann, Alexander Payne and more The Envelope’s Directors Roundtable welcomes directors Blitz Bazawule, Bradley Cooper, Michael Mann, Alexander Payne, Justine Triet and Celine Song. Bradley Cooper directed “Maestro.” Bradley, with “A Star is Born” and …

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Magic Johnson, Josh Harris and other new Commanders owners introduce themselves to Washington fans
1 year, 3 months ago

Magic Johnson, Josh Harris and other new Commanders owners introduce themselves to Washington fans

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Magic Johnson handed Kanga Gwanyama $5,000 in cash, telling the 13-year-old he could only hold on to the money for five minutes and that most of it would go into savings. “We’ve been incredibly overwhelmed by the welcome we have gotten,” Harris said Friday, noting he now carries around throat lozenges because of how many conversations he’s having. …

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Neeraj Chopra underlines fitness as priority ahead of World Championships, brushes off 90m pressure
1 year, 5 months ago

Neeraj Chopra underlines fitness as priority ahead of World Championships, brushes off 90m pressure

The Hindu  

After a muscle strain in early May, Neeraj Chopra returned to competition at the Lausanne Diamond League a couple of days ago. But if by chance it doesn’t go, I always say I have to keep myself ready until the last throw. Last throw tak khel badal sakta hai.. It’s true that I usually have a very good first throw …

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Why is Matt Campbell still at Iowa State? To reset, rebuild the Cyclones’ magical rise
1 year, 7 months ago

Why is Matt Campbell still at Iowa State? To reset, rebuild the Cyclones’ magical rise

New York Times  

AMES, Iowa — So much has changed around Matt Campbell, but the head coach’s office has not. “You’re always gonna have to go up the rough side of the mountain here,” Campbell said. Everybody just kept pushing each other like, ‘We’re gonna get this.’” Campbell called it one of his most rewarding seasons yet and praised “some of the absolute …

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Joe Francis On Girls Gone Wild’s Stunning Rise And Fall
1 year, 7 months ago

Joe Francis On Girls Gone Wild’s Stunning Rise And Fall

Huff Post  

For women, culture is split into two eras: before you could flash your breasts on camera during spring break for a modicum of fame, and after. “It’s Kafkaesque.” The allegations were that Francis had filmed several minors in town while his company was gathering footage for Girls Gone Wild. “I didn’t do anything wrong.” If you appeared in a Girls …

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Will ChatGPT take your job — and millions of others?
1 year, 8 months ago

Will ChatGPT take your job — and millions of others?

Al Jazeera  

The latest AI wave will disrupt the workplace. The short answer: ChatGPT and its rival AI models could dramatically disrupt the labour market, including replacing routine jobs in some sectors. “It will certainly automate some tasks but it doesn’t mean that the AI can do all your jobs,” Nurski said. “Studies that have looked at the displacement effect have found …

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Latest attempt to restore powersharing at Stormont ends in failure
2 years ago

Latest attempt to restore powersharing at Stormont ends in failure

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The latest attempt to restore the powersharing institutions at Stormont …

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Bronny James’ complicated reality, where recruiting meets great expectations
2 years, 1 month ago

Bronny James’ complicated reality, where recruiting meets great expectations

New York Times  

Editor’s Note: This story is included in The Athletic’s Best of 2022. “Every time people saw him they expected him to get 35 points because he’s LeBron’s kid,” says one college coach. He then adds, referencing the vast attention that will follow Bronny to campus: “I do know this: Wherever he ends up, they’re going to have their hands full.” …

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Illinois defense grows into one of nation’s best by adopting hungry, businesslike approach
2 years, 2 months ago

Illinois defense grows into one of nation’s best by adopting hungry, businesslike approach

New York Times  

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — “Eat crumbs,” Kevin Kane tells his players. Bielema, the second-year Illinois coach who oversaw top-20 defenses in five of his seven years at his last Big Ten stop, Wisconsin, has taken to calling the Illini’s defense the “fire department” for the number of fires the group has put out so far. “We know, of course, if a …

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Joe Judge or Matt Patricia? Patriots’ play-calling situation on offense grows cloudier
2 years, 4 months ago

Joe Judge or Matt Patricia? Patriots’ play-calling situation on offense grows cloudier

New York Times  

— Joe Judge saw where the question was going before it was finished. I’m not the head coach here.” It was a blunt answer to a question that received added scrutiny following the Patriots’ first preseason game. After Patricia handled most of the play calling in training camp, Judge handled the majority of the play calling in Thursday’s exhibition against …

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Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation
2 years, 6 months ago

Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

NPR  

Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation Enlarge this image toggle caption Doug Mills/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Doug Mills/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Below, read the full transcript from the June 23 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. On the same day Acting Attorney General Rosen told Mr. Clark …

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Here's every word from the fourth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation
2 years, 6 months ago

Here's every word from the fourth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

NPR  

Here's every word from the fourth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Below, read the full transcript from the June 21 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. ADAM SCHIFF: In that statement — I won't read it in its entirety — former …

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What the Media Is Missing About the Buffalo Shooting
54 years, 11 months ago

What the Media Is Missing About the Buffalo Shooting

Slate  

News of the racist shooting in Buffalo reached Wesley Lowery at a strange moment: He’s finishing a book on the rise in white supremacist violence in the decades since Barack Obama was elected president. But I think it’s important to say at the outset that great replacement theory, at least to me, is like a piece of the white supremacy …

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In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’
2 years, 8 months ago

In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Beth Bowers grew up in the 1960s and 1970s with parents who marched in protests, wrote letters to members of Congress and voted in elections big and small. Now, there’s a lot of people calling it into question.” The voting advocacy group Common Cause will rely on thousands of volunteers like Bowers to identify misinformation floating around online …

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Trojan Horse Affair podcast: Host Hamza Syed explains the Serial show's controversial ending.
2 years, 9 months ago

Trojan Horse Affair podcast: Host Hamza Syed explains the Serial show's controversial ending.

Slate  

For a podcast that asks a lot of questions, The Trojan Horse Affair offers few concrete answers—or at least not the ones many listeners expected to hear. I think Brian always approached this investigation of the mind that he is a reporter, but he’s also a part of the story. I knew that we were recording always, and I knew …

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Gujarat Riots- 'We Did Our Job, Somebody Might Agree With The Conclusion, Somebody Might Not Agree':Mukul Rohatgi For SIT Tells Supreme Court
3 years ago

Gujarat Riots- 'We Did Our Job, Somebody Might Agree With The Conclusion, Somebody Might Not Agree':Mukul Rohatgi For SIT Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the arguments of Senior Advocate, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on behalf of the SIT in the petition by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT report exonerating the highest functionaries of the State of Gujarat, who were alleged to have been instrumental in the Gujarat riots of 2002. Mr. Rohatgi emphasised that when Zakia approached the …

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James Anderson urges Australians to be 'respectable' ahead of Ashes
3 years, 2 months ago

James Anderson urges Australians to be 'respectable' ahead of Ashes

The Hindu  

Veteran England pacer James Anderson has appealed to Australian cricketers to be "respectable" while engaging in verbal wars ahead of the Ashes. Australia Test skipper Tim Paine had said Ashes will go ahead even if England captain Joe Root is not a part of the tour amidst ongoing uncertainty about quarantine restrictions in Australia. Anderson termed the comments made by …

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