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Four new teams and a rapidly expanding transfer portal have brought an influx of new talent to the Big Ten.The USA TODAY Sports Network's preseason player of the year has never played a game in the league, Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel was the unanimous pick for player of the year and Ohio State's Ryan Day was named coach of the year over Oregon's Dan Lanning ahead of Big Ten media days in Indianapolis this week.Gabriel was one of two unanimous selections to the All-Big Ten team, along with Ohio State WR Emeka Ogbuka, who appeared on all 14 votes. Ohio…
NFL training camp season is upon us, folks. Get ready for a flurry of information, rumors and hype. But fantasy managers need not be alarmed by the influx of information. Scott Pianowski has one important thing to know about each team. First up, the NFC South.Atlanta FalconsKyle Pitts has been a disappointment in fantasy through three seasons, throwing just six touchdowns and inconsistently hitting his ADP, but that's probably mostly down to the failure of the players around him: The Falcons haven't had a league-average rated quarterback since Pitts joined the team, a situation that was likely out of reach…
With just six weeks until the start of the 2024 college football season, the University of Virginia football team will officially begin fall training in just over a week. As anticipation builds for the new season, we're taking a look at what the Cavaliers' two-deep roster will look like when they open the season against Richmond on August 31. As a disclaimer, this is, of course, merely an educated guess as to what Virginia's depth chart will look like and does not in any way reflect the opinion of the coaching staff who will be making these decisions during fall…
Updated July 23, 2024, 02:13 ISTVeteran Chinese actress Chen Peipei, known for films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Come Drink With Me, passed away on July 17 at the age of 78 from a rare brain disease. She was a martial arts pioneer, China's first female action hero and is remembered as a martial arts queen. Martial arts queen and first female action hero, Cheng Pei-Pei, dies at 78Veteran Chinese actress Chen Peipei is now an iconic film star Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hidden Dragon and Come and have a drink with me He died at the age of…
For Michigan State, a scandal-plagued and tumultuous 2023 football season gave way to a hopeful new era last November when Jonathan Smith was announced as the Spartans' new head coach.Michigan State has struggled, going 9-15 over the past two seasons after going 11-2 and winning the Peach Bowl in 2021. The 2023 season was in turmoil as head coach Mel Tucker was suspended and ultimately fired after sexual harassment allegations were made against him by sexual assault survivor and activist Brenda Tracy. Tucker had previously hired Tracy as a speaker to the team.The Spartans' four wins in 2023 tied their…
The college football offseason has been in full swing since early December. Due to the transfer portal, NFL draft, injuries and eligibility changes, college football rosters have seen their fair share of shakeups, with coaching staffs across the country working diligently to evaluate changes and finalize rosters for the newly established 12-team playoff next year. With spring football over and the 2024 season fast approaching, ESPN staff took a look at the teams within the “Top 25 Post-Spring” to identify the biggest question marks for each contender and highlight weaknesses that could be improved upon before the late-August kickoff.Read more:…
Matt Dawson knows what it's like to stand on the Olympic podium, and he was willing to put his body at risk for one more chance at the Olympics. After breaking the ring finger on his right hand, an Australian field hockey player was given a choice by doctors: let the finger heal and sit out the Olympics, or have it amputated and compete in Paris. Dawson chose the latter. “I didn't have much time to make a decision,” he told Australian broadcaster Seven Network, via Olympics.com. “After I made the decision I called my wife and she said, 'I…
UFC strawweight contender Virna Jandiroba wasn't happy to hear less-than-positive opinions about women's mixed martial arts from fellow fighters. Jandiroba recorded her biggest win to date last weekend when she submitted former title challenger Amanda Lemos in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Apex, earning the right to her first title fight. The bout ended in a brutal armbar submission, marking Jandiroba's fourth consecutive win inside the Octagon. She was widely praised after this impressive performance, but one person who probably wasn't watching was lightweight Loic Radjabov. “The Tajik Tank,” who lost to Jandiroba on the main…
As the City of Light prepares to host the 2024 Olympics, a new narrative is emerging: Paris is on track to host the most cost-effective Olympics of the 21st century. In an era when Olympic budgets often spiral out of control, the French capital is taking a refreshingly frugal approach that dates back to London's 1948 “Austerity Olympics.” With a budget of just under $10 billion, a fraction of recent hosts such as Sochi and Beijing, Paris is revolutionizing the Olympic model through sustainability and clever reuse of existing infrastructure. Of the roughly 40 venues, only three are purpose-built: the…
Mark Mahaney, Managing Director and Head of Internet Research at Evercore ISI, appears on Catalysts to discuss stocks to watch in the technology sector ahead of major earnings releases this week.”We've seen big gains in a number of these stocks. I call them the Super Six. They are Google (GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Meta (Mega), [Platforms] “(META), Netflix (NFLX), Spotify (SPOT), The Trade Desk (TTD). All of them are up 30-60% year to date. That said, if you're rising at a reasonable valuation since the start of the year, rather than dropping and rising from a low, as happened last…