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Civic Memorial forward Abrianna Garrett (No. 23 in purple) was named a Chicagoland Soccer All-State player for the second straight year. She is pictured battling for the ball against Mattoon during a Class 2A regional game in Charleston last season.Rob Le Cates/The TelegraphAbrianna Garrett may be focused on being a UMSL Triton, but she is also being honored for her days as a Civic Memorial Eagle.Garrett, a recent CM graduate, was named to Chicagoland Soccer's 2024 Girls All-State Soccer Team, which was announced Friday.This is another honor for Garrett, who was also named all-state last season. Article continues below this…
Former President Jimmy Carter turned Bob Giordano's Olympic dream into a nightmare. President Carter's decision to boycott the Moscow Summer Olympics following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 has frustrated former elite U.S. weightlifters who were set to compete in their first Olympics but were outraged at home. “It's the biggest disappointment of my life,” Giordano, 73, who is 6-foot-1 and weighs 225 pounds, told The Post, a week before the 2024 Paris Olympics open on Friday. The Cedar Grove, New Jersey, resident insisted he bore no “ill will” toward the 99-year-old Carter, who is now in hospice care…
Transport agencies, businesses and governments were rushing Saturday to get all systems back online after hours of disruption. Widespread technology failures.The biggest ongoing impact will be on air travel: Airlines canceled thousands of flights on Friday, and many planes and crew are now in the wrong locations, while airports continue to face check-in and security issues. As of about 9 a.m. EDT on Saturday, flight tracking service FlightAware listed about 20,000 flight delays on its website. At the heart of this massive mess is CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company that provides software to many companies around the world.The company said…
Actress praised as the “Queen of Martial Arts Movies” Chen Peipei Zheng Pei-pei has passed away at the age of 78. Her family confirmed the news in a Facebook post on Friday, July 19, revealing that she had been living with a rare illness, which she had kept private.Remembered for an iconic roleDuring a film and television career spanning more than six decades, the Shanghai-born actress trained at the Shaw Brothers Studio and later appeared in numerous Shaw Brothers films. King Hu(Hu Jinquan) Action crime classic Come drink with me . Starring in classic martial arts movies. Golden Swallow ,…
Ethan Miller. Getty Images.I'm not sure what the heck is going on, but for some reason, Nike seems to love pissing off some of the best basketball players on the planet.It started with Jaylen Brown, and Nike likely played a role in keeping him off the U.S. national team.While the selection of NBA champion Derrick White was a no-brainer, most rational people would agree that not selecting Jaylen Brown was pretty odd, given his performance en route to the title. If you want to debate basketball form and the team's needs now that Kawhi is injured, that's fine. Whatever.While that…
The Vegas Golden Knights have a formula for success that has made them one of the best NHL teams in recent history: They've dominated the league by unearthing gems in the rough (think Chandler Stephenson and William Karlsson) and making bold moves (like trading for Jack Eichel). But their advantage goes beyond just having a talented front office that understands the rules.Tactically, Bill Foley and company are at the top of their game. Over the years, they have built a balanced team with depth at the forward line. With guys like Jonathan Marchessault and Mark Stone, they are scoring threats…
MANSFIELD — The gym inside Tim's Mid-Ohio Home Improvements warehouse on Marion Street is no-frills. The sparring ring is in one corner, its bright blue floor and blue-and-red corner pads in sharp contrast to the building's drab gray cement-block walls. Three black heavy bags hang from the loft's rafters, with two more waiting to be hung. It's rough and tough, the kind of hard-hitting place that produced the city's greatest boxer, former International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Charles Williams. Now 62, Prince Charles is the gym's de facto head trainer — though he'd still likely put in a few…
The 2024 Olympics kick off next week, and soccer will be one of the first sports to get underway before the opening ceremony. The men's soccer tournament will see 16 teams compete for the gold medal and provide a chance for promising young players to make a name for themselves. Group A of the men's tournament features hosts France, along with the United States, Guinea and New Zealand. Each team will be dreaming of bringing home a medal from France, but the path to the podium will be tough as they will have to beat each other. schedule Wednesday, July…
Brookhaven Academy to begin football season Published on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 8:56 a.m. Brookhaven Academy senior defender Ava Calcote will lead the team in her final soccer season. Brookhaven Academy's varsity team kicks off its season next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. (Hunter Cloud | Daily Leader) BROOKHAVEN — Brookhaven Academy's MAIS girls soccer season kicks off next Tuesday against the Hattiesburg Forerunners, and senior Ava Calcote said this will be her final soccer season. Coach Alex Brown said Calcote returns as a leader and captain for the team. Calcote is an experienced defender who has played for the…
CNN — Services are gradually being restored but delays are expected after the “biggest IT outage in history” has disrupted departments around the world, leaving thousands of passengers stranded in airports, halting emergency communications services and cutting off vital supplies to blood donation centres. Faulty software updates for the Microsoft Windows operating system issued by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused outages or disrupted services at airlines, businesses, government agencies, health and emergency services, banks, schools and universities around the world, experts told CNN. CrowdStrike's CEO said a fix had been distributed, but experts said it would be a lengthy process to…