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Roscoe Hill (blue) will compete along with seven other American boxers at the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Anusak Raowirath/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Boxing at the 2024 Paris Olympics will have 13 different weight classes (seven for men and six for women) in which athletes can win medals, and will feature 249 athletes from around the world, including eight from the United States. (While 249 athletes may seem like a large number, this year's boxing competition is the smallest overall field in decades, although it will be the first time that there is an equal split between men and women.)Both men and women…
Samantha Kubota and Scott StampAfter a long journey around the world, the Olympic cauldron has been lit!The identity of the person who will light the Olympic torch near the end of the opening ceremony is kept a closely guarded secret until the final minutes.After Rafael Nadal returned to the Seine with the torch, he was joined by Serena Williams, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci and U.S. track and field star Carl Lewis in a boat, who took turns holding the Olympic torch. The boats sailed up the Seine, making up what NBC commentator Mike Tirico called a “reverse trip” for the…
The 2019-20 NBA season will be unlike any other in basketball history. The season came to an abrupt halt in March 2020 due to the pandemic, but resumed in July in “The Bubble” in Orlando, Florida, with 22 teams competing for the NBA title. People have long debated how to frame a title run, given the lengthy breaks, quarantines, condensed schedules, play-in competitions, lack of travel and fans. Some would argue it should have an asterisk because, unlike other seasons, it was arguably easier since there were no road trips and no fans in attendance. Speaking on the Draymond Green…
Linebacker is the most polarizing position on the Virginia Tech roster for me. On one hand, they return key contributors like Keanta Jenkins and Keri Lawson. On the other hand, they lose Alan Tisdale, who played a total of five years at Tech and was one of the best players in the open field. It's hard to get a sense of how good this linebacker corps is, but that may be because they're the only position group without a player considered a “star” player on defense. Last year's defense was very solid, ranking 15th in the country in yards allowed…
Two very familiar names in Quad Cities hockey circles have been making several headlines this week.Both Dave Psenitsny and Jake Toporowski secured their futures by taking new coaching jobs.After being relieved of his coaching duties with the Quad City Storm after the 2023-24 season, Pseniczny didn't take long to find his next job behind the bench — and he did it without changing leagues.After six seasons with the Storm, Pseniczny was hired as coach of the SPHL's Macon Mayhem.Jake Toporowski, who served as an assistant coach with the Storm for two seasons (2019-20 and 2021-22 under Coach Przeniczny) and is…
Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a lawsuit against the NBA, alleging that the league breached its contract by selling a broadcast-rights package to Amazon. The suit marks a dramatic escalation of tensions between the longtime partners. Warner, which owns TNT Sports, believes it has the ability to match and essentially take over the Amazon deal under the terms of its previous rights agreement with the league.”We have taken legal action to enforce our rights after the NBA wrongfully refused to match our third-party offers,” TNT Sports said in a statement after the lawsuit was filed.NBA spokesman Mike Bass responded, “Warner…
INDIANAPOLIS — Data breaches caused by hackers have become a growing problem around the world, which is one of the reasons the demand for cybersecurity professionals is expected to grow. To that end, the Department of Defense partnered with local Indianapolis tech leaders to host a hackathon. WRTV “We know that our national security challenges of the future are going to be in high tech, so this is a great opportunity for kids to learn how they can contribute to their country while also getting exposure to some of these really exciting technologies,” said Andrew Kosak, deputy director of the…
STORY: Wall Street's main stock indexes closed higher on Friday as investors again piled into big technology stocks that sparked a broad sell-off earlier this week.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 1.6%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both closed up just over 1%.Five of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” stocks rose on Friday, including Meta Platforms, up more than 2.5%.The two exceptions are Tesla and Alphabet, whose poor performance sparked a major stock market sell-off on Wednesday.Further earnings reports from the Magnificent Seven are due next week, and the market's immediate outlook may depend on how these companies…
Attendees take photos of the Eiffel Tower as laser beams light up the sky during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images The 2024 Olympics officially kicked off in Paris on Friday night with an unprecedented opening ceremony. It was a spectacle that will go down in Olympic legend. Here are five takeaways from the opening ceremony: Paris flaunts: On Friday, the opportunity was well taken to showcase the City of Light, its culture and its people. Riverboats on the Seine, with the Eiffel Tower adorned with the Olympic rings as a backdrop, made for an…
WATERVILLE — Seven-on-seven field hockey is here because there is limited space to play the sport in the limited time available. But make no mistake: Field hockey players and coaches can learn a lot, even with fewer people on the field, and that's exactly what they did Friday at Thomas University's “Victories over Violence” tournament, when one of the fields was reduced to 7-on-7 matches. “I love 7-on-7 hockey,” Gardiner head coach Jess Merrill said. “It's a small-group field hockey that really teaches you to use your skills. You have to be good at passing and keep moving around the…