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Shrinking pay-TV universe, finances can’t stop sports rights from climbing

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Sports

Both Major League Soccer and Formula One have signed new media rights deals in the past 90 days that are significantly more valuable than their expiring deals. The Big Ten Conference signed a record deal following the move, and the Champions League hopes the value of its rights will increase, as well. The increase comes at a time when the world of pay-TV is shrinking, inflation is stretching consumers’ wallets, and the threat of a recession will temper advertising spending. Considering the head winds, it’s reasonable to wonder when the so-called sports bubble will burst – or at least showRead News

Yankees Search For Discounted Solutions On Skiing

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Sports

Welcome to The Opener, where every weekday during the regular season you’ll get a fresh, up-to-date story to start your day from one of SI.com’s MLB writers. NEW YORK — During the worst six weeks of baseball the franchise has seen in 27 years, the Yankees tried everything they could think of between the lines. They tried to hit better. They tried to pitch better. They tried to make the field better. Nothing worked. They are 14–25 since July 8, and their lead in the American League East has shrunk from 15.5 to 8.5 games. So they moved outside theRead News

NASCAR signs deal to sponsor Alabama sports

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Sports

In its first sponsorship, NASCAR paid Univ. Alabama becomes the official partner of the Alabama Crimson Tide Athletics. This is the first time NASCAR has sponsored a collegiate athletic department, and it was revealed last week by a social media post from the Crimson Post Sports Network account, although it shared no details about the deal. SBJ has since learned the sponsor’s inventory and assets: It’s a one-year deal from this summer through the next, though NASCAR didn’t disclose how much it spent. It grants NASCAR the right of use for Alabama’s IP; on-site activation opportunities and experiences; integration ofRead News

Ted Leonsis, owner of several DC pro sports franchises, among candidates to buy Nationals, per report

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Sports

The Washington Nationals are expected to be sold this season, changing hands for the first time since the Lerner family bought the club from Major League Baseball in 2006 for $ 450 million. According to the Washington Post, Ted Leonsis, a face and name known to Washington sports fans, has become one of the potential suitors. The Post reported on Tuesday that Leonsis’ Monumental Sports & amp; The entertainment group gained access to Nationals financial data. As you might expect, this is a step in which Leonsis can bid on a franchise. Here’s more, again, courtesy of the Post report:Read News

How Krystle Hogan Empowers Clipper Nation

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Sports

Sports Illustrated by Onyx Empowerment highlights the diverse journeys of black women in sports—from professional athletes, to up-and-coming stars, coaches, administrators and more—in the series, Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women. in Sports. As the current vice president of sales and ticket services, Krystle Hogan uses her muscle and expertise to continue to shape the team’s culture of excellence and ensure Clipper Nation knows it’s all family. From her beginnings as a young player and basketball enthusiast to a veteran in the industry, Hogan continues to let her work speak for itself as she expands the makeup of what’s possible forRead News

Montgomery area high school sports highlights in the first full week of the season

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Sports

Here are the top performers in Montgomery area high school sports for the week beginning August 22. To submit high school scores, statistics, records, leaders and other items, email jshames@gannett.com or sports@montgomeryadvertiser.com. PRESTAUN PRIMER: Everything you need to know about the 2022 high school football season Top PERFORMERS: See who stood out in Montgomery-area high school sports for the first week of the season Volleyball Tuesday Annie Bressler, Hooper Academy: Had nine kills and six service aces in a three-set win over Fort Dale Academy. Avery Rogers, Prattville Christian: Notched 14 kills over four sets against St. James and Trinity.Read News

The commission proposes a location for a new sports complex

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Sports

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – A long-awaited project moves another step toward the construction phase. At its meeting on Tuesday, August 23, the Jonesboro Publicity and Promotions Commission announced the location of its sports complex. Officials recommended that the project be located at Race Street and McClellan Drive. The property is owned by Arkansas State University, so the commission has asked the mayor for help in the purchase process. When it comes to maintaining revenue, officials said the sports complex’s offerings should keep them out of the red, thanks to community support. Chairman Jerry Morgan wants to make sure the commissionRead News

Comcast has agreed to sell its majority stake in the NBC Sports Washington area network

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Sports

Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin # 8 climbs the ice with the puck during a match against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Capital One Arena on April 24, 2022 in Washington. John McCreary | National Hockey League | Getty Images Comcast has agreed to sell its majority stake in NBC Sports Washington, a regional sports network that broadcasts local Washington, NBA and NHL matches to Monumental Sports & amp; Game. Monumental, which invests in sports teams and businesses, has held a 33% stake in the network since 2016. Following an undisclosed deal close, it will take over 67% of Comcast’s position.Read News

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy make up TMRW Sports

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Sports

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and former sports industry executive Mike McCarley today announced the formation of TMRW Sports, a company focused on building technology-focused sports with progressive practices. sports, media and entertainment (declared “tomorrow’s sports”). The joint announcement was made today by McCarley, founder and CEO of TMRW Sports, along with co-founders Woods and McIlroy. Woods said: “I’m excited to work with TMRW Sports to bring people access to sports. Many athletes, investors, and people I meet from all walks of life share our love for sports, but they also share our desire to build a better future for theRead News

Women wonder about rocket science

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Science

Tiera (Guinn) Fletcher ’17 decided at the age of 11 to become a rocket scientist. Almost 16 years later, she helped bring to life one of the most powerful rockets ever built – NASA’s Space Launch System, which will send the Orion spacecraft and its crew into space. “Playing a role in getting the rocket to that point — I felt like a rock star,” says Fletcher, now a project engineer at Boeing. “It almost brings tears to my eyes because I’ve seen it start on paper, physically crawled into the engine section, helped integrate the parts, checked it againstRead News

Kicker: Inexact science | WORLD

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Science

WORLD Radio – Kicker: An inexact science A wrong weather forecast cancels a fireworks display NICK EICHER, HOST: Even with today’s technology, trying to predict the weather is always – let’s say, an inexact science. Two now unemployed Hungarian weathermen understand this all too well. The government had planned what it called “Europe’s biggest fireworks display” last Saturday along the Danube. Some 40,000 fireworks were locked and loaded. But the national weather service postponed the event a few hours earlier, warning that extreme weather was on the way. But then the storm didn’t show. It ended up missing the capitalRead News

Barnard: Meat packaging is not rocket science | drivers

On 2022-08-24 By C86 Team

Science

It means you’re getting about $8 per pound for beef, which is the same price at the grocery store, but you’re also getting $8 per pound for strip steak, which is $18.99 less than the grocery store price! So whether you eat steak or roast, buying a beef is totally worth the savings. How long will cattle prices stay up? Livestock prices to fall as rebuilding demand eases Average sales prices for cattle and sheep are expected to fall in 2022-23 as the drive to rebuild the herd continues to wane (Figure 1.1). While herd rebuilding continues in many partsRead News

Caroline Juang: Combining Art, Science and Outreach

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Science

Caroline Juang: Blending Art, Science, and Outreach Caroline Juang is a doctoral student at Columbia University who uses satellite data and other techniques to study climate hazards. She is also an artist and a STEM promoter. In a 2002 TED talk, former astronaut Mae Jemison urged the public to make it our mission to integrate science and art into our thinking, education, and outreach. She suggested that if we frame art and science as a dichotomy and ask people to choose whether to be “logical” or “creative” (but not both), we lose talent on both sides. Fortunately for the fieldsRead News

Child Dies After Shooting Himself Playing Video Games: Police

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Video Games

A child was killed after a gun they were playing with was fired while their caretaker was in another room at the time. The incident happened Monday night in Detroit, Michigan while an uncle was watching two siblings. The two boys, aged 6 and 5, found a gun that wasn’t properly secured and started playing with it. While they were doing so, the gun accidentally went off and the 5-year-old was hit with a bullet in the eye. The uncle was reportedly in the basement of the house at the time playing video games, WXYZ News reported. “The 6-year-old saidRead News

The 20 Best Xbox One Off Road Video Games of All Time

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Video Games

When it comes to driving, and racing in particular, there are all kinds of ways to drive. Cement, gravel roads and, of course, off-road. The latter is popular with those who want a more “extreme” way to drive, and if you have an Xbox One you have plenty of options. #20 Grand Theft Auto V Ok, the good news with this entry is that we can pretty much tell you that GTA 6 is in the works, so that’s a really good thing for the fans. The bad news is that we really don’t know when it might be released…Read News

8 Movies That Feel Like Video Games

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Video Games

Usually, the feeling of playing a video game is completely different from watching a movie. Games usually take a lot of time to complete, usually taking hours—even tens or hundreds, sometimes—to complete, compared to the few hours viewers spend finishing a film. Games are often almost non-stop action, while action films usually take breaks to provide more interesting exposition between scenes. And of course, the most significant difference is that games are interactive, whereas the act of watching movies is a passive experience that the viewer has no control over. But the two media sometimes cross each other. Some videoRead News

These are the most popular video games for virtual photography

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Video Games

Video game photography is still a relatively new medium with Gran Turismo 4 back in 2005, the first to offer a photo mode. However, that list has grown steadily, and now Crucial, a computer memory company, has published a study of the most popular video games for photography. Topping the list is 2018’s Red Dead Redemption 2 with fans posting 457,000 Instagram photo posts for the game. That’s a fifth of all posts related to the game. Perhaps not surprisingly, the Wild West-themed game tops the list, with a subreddit dedicated to photography from the game. The game world isRead News

From Women’s Soccer to Monster Slaying: The Most Exciting Video Games of Fall 2022

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Video Games

Splatoon 3 Nintendo’s bright and fun version of the shooter features kids who can transform into squids and octopuses to swim through lakes of paint, splashing the level (and the opposing team) with color to victory. Departure on September 9; Nintendo Switch. Session: Skate Sim In the works for many years, Session aims to be the realistic skating game that skateboard fans have been missing since EA’s Skate series died in 2010. Aside from the crazy tricks and time ‘unrealistic air of, for example, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Session makes even landing a trick a challenge. September 22; PC, PlayStation,Read News

The 10 Most Advanced Remastered Video Games, According to Reddit

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Video Games

With The Last Of Us Part I earning a remake set to hit shelves on September 2nd, attention is returning to the beloved game and its sequel. However, while fans are excited to see the game remastered again, there are some concerns that it won’t be able to offer much of an improvement over the original. After all, there have been many remasters over the years that offer little to the gaming experience other than graphical improvement and access to the next generation of consoles. However, there are some remastered games that really improve the gaming experience to an incredibleRead News

As video games evolve in 2023, GameFi will introduce a new economic model | Bitcoinist.com

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Video Games

Video games first appeared as a peculiar technological quirk at a science fair in the 1940s, becoming one of the largest and most profitable entertainment industries the world has ever seen. With the rise of internet connectivity and mobile gaming devices, the industry has become so integrated with modern life that there is hardly a person alive who has not played some type of video game. The creator of the first gaming machine in the world had never imagined the incredible impact that his device had on the modern world. Launched at the New York World’s Fair in 1940, Dr.Read News

Ohio is tied for most video game hours played per week in the country with game times on the rise

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Video Games

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Well, Ohio. They can’t say we don’t know how to have fun. Ohio tied with Michigan and Texas for the states with the most weekly gaming hours, at 17 hours per week, according to a new study from video game company Solitaire Bliss, owned by Mongoose.net. This is three hours more than the typical American gamer who plays an average of 14 hours of video games a week. As video games served as a haven during the onset of the pandemic, this may not come as much of a surprise. But two out of three American adultsRead News

The United States and Italy lead trade relations with Valenciaport

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United States

How do you pronounce Giornale? How do you pronounce Grande Ariana? Ariana Grande The pop princess and new “Voice” judge said in a radio interview in 2018 that her grandfather had one statement (“GRAND-ee”), but then her brother changed it to “GraHn-day”, but she said that she preferred the old pronunciation. way. Do you pronounce the E in Grande? Ariana Grande’s name should not be pronounced “Grahn-deh.” As pointed out by BuzzFeed during a new Beats One interview, it’s “Grand-ee.” Grande reveals that her grandfather said “Grand-ee.” Is Le Monde left or right wing? Le Monde is the leading center-leftRead News

Fact vs. Fiction: Kremlin Disinformation About International Sanctions – US State Department

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United States

Economically, the sanctions imposed on Russia to stop aggression have a powerful and growing effect. Now Moscow has gathered economic data to back up President Putin’s insistence that all is well and Russia’s economy is going strong. This is simply not true. Since February 2022, the international community has imposed numerous sanctions on Russia in response to its war against Ukraine. In an effort to undermine the impact of the sanctions, deflect international condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, and deter future actions, the Kremlin has spread disinformation about the effectiveness of the sanctions. A new study from Yale offersRead News

Collaborative Declaration on Workforce Development in the Global Textiles Sector – United States Department of State

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United States

The State Department applauds North Carolina State University, Gaston College, Catawba Valley Community College, and the Universidad Tecnologica Centroamericana (UNITEC) for finalizing their partnership to collaborate on joint training programs and grant funding for textile co-production education and training. US companies are making significant investments in the development of co-production facilities that create jobs in the US and Central America, reflecting the US government’s efforts to create economic opportunities in the region. This agreement will strengthen the security and integration of the supply chain, providing benefits to producers and consumers in the Western Hemisphere. The US government will continue toRead News

Standing Against Religious Persecution – United States Department of State

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United States

As we mark the fourth annual International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, we remember that countless individuals have been killed, injured, imprisoned, threatened and harassed because of their beliefs. We honor the sacrifice and price paid by too many to follow their conscience or plead for others to do the same, and we stand with the persecuted and recognize our common humanity and collective commitment to the right to freedom of religion or belief. It also underlines the importance of protecting these rights for everyone, especially the most vulnerable amongRead News

Looking back on the history of World Rugby Sevens in the United States

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United States

The World Rugby Sevens is coming to the United States for the first time since 2020. After facing a delay due to restrictions caused by COVID-19, the HSBC Rugby Sevens is packed in Los Angeles, with the two-day tournament scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Ahead of the 2021-22 series finale starting with pool action on Saturday, let’s take a look back at how past tournaments have fared in the United States: What is the USA Sevens? Administered by World Rugby, the USA Sevens is one of the largest rugby tournaments in North America, along with the Vancouver Sevens in Canada.Read News

Are Cuban migrants to the United States “illegal”? It might be the wrong question

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United States

GRU, abbreviation of Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie, (Russian: Chief Intelligence Office), Soviet military intelligence organization. It had no formal connection with the KGB, the Soviet political police and security agency, although Western intelligence authorities believed that the KGB had agents in the GRU. How much did The Courier cost? The courier Language English Dinner $26 million Does The Courier have a happy ending? ‘The Courier’ ending explained. In their quest to stop nuclear war, Penkovsky and Greville became close friends. They showed each other around and introduced themselves to their culture. She also met each other’s family. Is there a partRead News

US Embassy Visit to Nuku’alofa, September 20 to 27, 2022

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United States

US Embassy Trip to Nuku’alofa, September 20-27, 2022 The U.S. Embassy in Suva, Fiji will offer consular services to U.S. citizens in Tonga from September 20-27, 2022. We will accept applications for Services for American citizens, including foreign birth reports and US passport applications, as well as provide notarization services for documents for use in the United States. Applicants should not make irrevocable travel arrangements until they have received their new/valid passports from the US Embassy in Suva, Fiji. The Embassy cannot guarantee that passports will be available on a particular date. Please note the usual estimated processing times below:Read News

Adopting New U.S. Measures Japan’s Relations With South Korea Can Be Eased

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United States

If the United States hopes to facilitate a genuine and sustained rapprochement between South Korea and Japan, thereby cultivating the foundations of a more peaceful, stable, and harmonious Indo-Pacific region, it must understand and recognize its own role in perpetuating these divisions. An Exclusive Peace Treaty In the crucial period after World War II, the United States’ decision to exclude Korea from the peace treaty with Japan dismissed Korean grievances against Japan and instead established a framework whereby the strategic interests of The United States would have priority over the resolution of the bad story. As World War II ended,Read News

Americans urged to leave Ukraine amid fears of further Russian attacks

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United States

(CNN) The US government is urging Ukrainian Americans to leave the country immediately, warning that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch attacks on public institutions and government facilities before Independence Day. of Ukraine. Wednesday’s anniversary — which marks 31 years since Ukraine broke ties with the Soviet Union — also marks six months since Russia’s unprovoked attack on the country. “The US Embassy encourages US citizens to leave Ukraine now using privately available transportation options if it is safe to do so,” said a security alert on the embassy’s website. “The security situation across Ukraine is extremely volatile andRead News

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