Clint Eastwood is a legendary Hollywood actor and director, but apparently he's also a fan of ******* .
During a recent episode of the Outlaw ******* podcast, Clifton Collins Jr. recalled working with Eastwood, and shared an on-set moment that involved the Dirty Harry star going completely quiet in the middle of a shoot.
According to Collins Jr., the crew noticed Eastwood had stopped moving and turned to see what was going on. "We all started looking, and he was like — it's like he was having a heart attack or something, but he was pretty still," Collins Jr. began.
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Then came the explanation for the stillness. "And he's like, 'Sorry guys, sorry. I was, I was just thinking about eating some ******* ,'" Collins Jr. recounted, before adding that Eastwood then snapped out of his daydream and told everyone: "When you're ready, go."

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On September 10, Shoe Station Group (NASDAQ:SHOE) held its first earnings call under its new name, and the numbers told a story of a company still finding its footing. Second quarter net sales fell 7.2% to $284.3 million from $306.4 million a year earlier, with comparable sales down 7.1%. But buried in the report was a sharper signal: August comparable sales improved to a 2.7% decline, a real jump from the second quarter's pace, and management is pointing to store-by-store product changes as the reason why.
Shoe Station's turnaround argument rests on giving up the idea that every store should look the same. Interim CEO Clifton Sifford said the company had been running nearly identical ***** ortments across its stores even though its two banners serve very different customers, and that approach stopped working. The shift already shows up in the numbers. Once the company localized its athletic ***** ortments ahead of back-to-school, adult athletic sales moved from a low single-digit decline in the second quarter to a low single-digit increase in August.
Running shoes comped positive in both men's and women's categories, and men's work boots, a replenishment category with loyal repeat buyers, grew 2%. Management believes this fall's boot lineup is the best it has fielded in years, heading into what Sifford expects to be a bigger nonathletic fashion cycle. E-commerce sales grew 18.8% even as store traffic fell, and in-store conversion actually improved, evidence that customers who show up are buying; they just are not showing up in the same numbers yet. The company also ended the quarter debt-free with $131.6 million in cash, up $39.7 million from a year ago, giving it room to fund the localized rollout without straining the balance sheet.
The flip side is that the entire second quarter was ugly across the board. Shoe Carnival branded stores, still 63% of revenue, saw sales fall 6.5%, while the newly converted Shoe Station banner dropped 8.4%. Gross profit margin fell 690 basis points to 31.9%, a mix of a promotional footwear market and management's decision to accelerate liquidation of aged inventory, trading margin for cash. That combination cut net income to $6.3 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, down from $19.2 million and $0.70 a year earlier.
Management is not projecting relief anytime soon. Sifford said plainly, "We are not ***** uming the environment improves," and CFO Kerry Jackson noted that gross margins in fiscal August were still running below last year's levels at a pace comparable to the second quarter. Full-year gross margin guidance of 32.5% to 32.7% implies 390 to 410 basis points of compression for the year. Store impairment charges reached $6.7 million on 11 stores year to date, and management has already conceded that the core problem is not price, since conversion rates rose while total customer visits kept falling. That points to a marketing and trust problem rather than a demand problem, and fixing it will take more tha

WICHITA, KAN. (KSNW) — Ninth-ranked Friends University cruised to a 61-10 win over Avila in its first home game of the season Saturday night.
The Falcons scored two touchdowns in each of the first three quarters and found the end zone three times in the fourth.
Nick Cordova led the rushing attack with 97 yards and one score. Walker Overman compiled 81 yards on the ground and one TD. E'derian Sykes ran for 73 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Elon Conley followed with 67 yards and one TD. Evan Cantu added 58 yards and one score.
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DJ Dingle threw a 45-yard touchdown to Kade Clifton for Friends' only completion of the night.

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When Cliftonville had last faced Glentoran at the Blanchflower Stadium in the Women's Premiership in 2025, it was a day they wanted to forget.
Nadene Caldwell's late winner on the final day of the season meant Glentoran lifted the league ******* le in dramatic circumstances at the expense of the Reds.
But, almost a year on, Cliftonville turned the tables on their ******* le rivals with a 2-1 win in east Belfast on Sunday, which put them in control of the ******* le race.
"I think it wasn't something that was mentioned, but I'd say subconsciously, if not consciously, people were thinking about the fact the last time we played at the Blanchflower, they were lifting the league," said key Cliftonville striker Teegan Lynch, who scored in Sunday's win.
"They're not great memories, they're more of nightmares, but at the same time it was maybe that extra 10% that we needed to get over the line.

#glentoran #time

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) -- The fall season began Monday for high school boys' soccer and girls' volleyball.
BOYS' SOCCER
Newton 6, Unity 0
Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 8, Clifton Central 1
Bloomington Central Catholic 4, Southeast 0

#boys #unity

Glentoran beat rivals Linfield 2-1 to progress to the semi-finals of the Women's Irish Cup.
Naomi McLaughlin opened the scoring in the 36th minute before Cora Chambers levelled for the Blues at Blanchflower Park.
But McLaughlin struck her second of game with eight minutes remaining to send Kim Turner's side into the final four.
Holders Cliftonville also progressed to the last four with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Derry City.
After an early own goal opened the scoring for Cliftonville, the Reds progressed thanks to goals from Teegan Lynch and Louise McDaniel either side of the interval.

#mclaughlin #side #linfield #irish

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The last two seasons for the Bruins have seen the team miss the playoffs or lose in the first round. Something was needed to give the team a spark. How about the return of an old teammate?
After a run with the Sabres and Penguins, Connor Clifton looks to once again create chaos with the Bruins, a team he spent his first five seasons with, signing a two-year contract with a $2.25 million cap hit.
The defenseman from New Jersey, a member of the ECAC All-Tournament Team at Quinnipiac, joined the Providence Bruins in 2017 before signing an entry-level deal with the Bruins in 2018. A fixture on the third defense pairing, Clifton became a menace on the ice in the early 2020s.
In those five seasons in Boston, Clifton had 10 goals and 33 **** ists. He accumulated a career-high 23 points during the 2022-23 season, during which he led the Bruins in hits (208). Clifton led the Penguins with 180 hits last season.

#bruins #connor

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement is scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m. ET. At the highly touted ceremony, several notable members in the Class of 2026 are being enshrined.
Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw and the 1996 United States Olympic Team are among those being recognized. Ahead of the event, fans have an opportunity to take a deeper dive into Delle Donne's personal life.
In November 2017, Delle Donne tied the knot with her partner Amanda Clifton in Long Island, N.Y., and became the first same-sex couple to be featured in The Knot's Dream Wedding, per Colleen Kratofil of People.com.
Delle Donne came out to the public back in August 2016. Upon getting married, both women described their special day as being nothing short of a dream wedding.
Clifton and Delle Donne met through a mutual friend in 2013, and speculation swirled on social media prior to their official engagement announcement.

#memorial #fame

Irish Premiership
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Kyle McClelland, Ben Quinn and Liam McStravick all found the net to secure a comfortable Cliftonville win on their travels away to Bangor.
Kyle McClelland broke the deadlock with a brilliant volley in the first half before Ben Quinn doubled the Reds' lead on the stroke of half-time.
McStravick secured the three points for the visitors in the 80th minute after finding the top corner from the edge of the box.

#bangor #half

The Mountain Amateur Athletic Club committee has announced its 2026 Hall of Fame class, featuring longtime coaches and former standout athletes from Western North Carolina.
The five-person class includes former Reynolds football coach Scott Conner, former Mars Hill football coach Tim Clifton, former Brevard College cross country coach Norm Witek, former Clemson women's basketball player Annette Wise and former UNC Asheville women's basketball player Sheila Ford Duncan. The Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are longtime Western Carolina football and basketball play-by-play announcer Gary Ayers, sportswriter Pete McDaniel and former Western Carolina and Cherokee football coach Kent Briggs. They will be inducted Oct. 4 at the Omni Grove Park Inn.
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Conner led the Rockets for 14 seasons, accumulating a 116-41 overall record, nine conference championships and two state championship game appearances. He also coached the Reynolds girls basketball team, leading them to the regional championship in 1991.

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After a summer of transfers, preparation and uncertainty, the start of the Irish Premiership 2026-27 season has finally arrived.
A full 104 days after Larne lifted the Gibson Cup in style, a north Belfast derby between Cliftonville and Crusaders will kick start what looks set to be another exciting year in the Irish League.
It has been a far from simple summer, with plenty of talking points off the field and even this week the threat of the season being delayed.
However, with that crisis averted and the opening round of matches now just days away, BBC Sport NI takes a look at some of the talking points around the league this season.
Now that red and white ribbons have been attached to the Gibson Cup once again, Gary Haveron and his Larne players will be determined to hold on to their crown this time around.

#season #league #start #talking

US-based accounting and professional services company CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) is set to use Digits' AI-native accounting platform to develop and train a "proprietary firm model".
Under the arrangement, Digits will supply its platform and model-training technology while CLA will contribute the technical expertise needed to shape and train the model.
Both companies plan to roll out CLA-trained AI capabilities to current and future clients over the next three years.
Digits founder and CEO Jeff Seibert said: "Business owners depend on their accountants for financial judgment, guidance, and peace of mind.
"And few firms deliver on that with the scale, tenure, and client empathy that CLA brings.

#platform #cliftonlarsonallen #business #based

Cliftonville captain Kelsie Burrows said that their emphatic Women's League Cup win against Glentoran "is a real good start" in their quest to win a domestic treble.
The Reds won the trophy for a fourth year in a row courtesy of a 4-0 victory over the Glens at Seaview.
Caitlin McGuinness scored twice with sister Kirsty and substitute Danielle Maxwell also finding the net as Brendan Lynch's side sent out a signal of intent against the Women's Premiership champions.
"Everyone is delighted. We wanted to come out here and press Glentoran as much as we could and we knew where their weaknesses were and the quality players that we have," Burrows said.
"We get the ball into Caitlin and she knows where the net is. Her pace and quality on the ball is brilliant.

Cliftonville and Glentoran are back in the Women's League Cup final at Seaview in a repeat of last year's thrilling decider.
The Reds came from behind to triumph 4-2 against the Glens to win the competition for a third year in a row.
This will be the first meeting between the two sides who sit first and second in the Women's Premiership table in the current campaign and it promises to be an intriguing battle as always.
Ahead of Sunday's final, BBC Sport NI looks at all you need to know about both teams.
Cliftonville began their defence of the trophy with a 3-1 away win against Derry City in April with Carla Devine netting twice either side of a Caitlin McGuinness goal.

Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray will join Prime Video’s WNBA coverage as a player contributor, making select in-studio appearances on the pregame show for the remainder of the 2026 season, Front Office Sports reported Monday.
The only active four-time WNBA champion, Gray is a six-time All-Star who has built a legitimate broadcast résumé between WNBA seasons. She worked as an ACC Network ******* yst on two separate occasions, calling regular-season and NCAA Tournament games as part of the network’s Nothing But Net studio coverage, and contributed to the Sacramento Kings’ pre- and postgame broadcasts during the 2023-24 NBA season.
The move follows the same template Kelsey Plum has been operating under since May, when Prime Video announced the Los Angeles Sparks guard as a player contributor for select appearances throughout the season. On the NBA side, Kyle Lowry joined Amazon’s inaugural NBA coverage in September 2025 with what the streamer described as “increased responsibilities in the future,” responsibilities that materialized when Lowry stepped into the studio for select shows during the NBA playoffs.
The active-player contributor model has taken hold across the W this season, with Sophie Cunningham landing a comparable role at USA Sports.
Gray joins a studio team anchored by host Allie Clifton alongside Hall of Famers Cynthia Cooper, Swin Cash, and Teresa Weatherspoon, with Candace Parker, Lindsey Harding, and Tamera “Ty” Young also contributing. Michael Grady and Parker lead the top game broadcast team, flanked by play-by-play announcers Lisa Byington and Mike Watts and ******* ysts Kara Lawson and LaChina Robinson. Prime Video is in the first year of an 11-year WNBA deal covering 31 regular-season games annually, one first-round playoff series each season, seven conference finals series, and three WNBA Finals.

For Kyle Youmans, play-by-play isn’t just a job description; it’s authorship in real time. Every snap, drive, and game-winning moment becomes part of something larger than the broadcast itself. While talking with Garrett Downing and Clifton Brown on The Lounge podcast, he described the unique responsibility that comes with stepping into a role where your voice becomes permanently tied to franchise history.
“That’s the way I look at it — it is an art form,” he said. “You get to put your stamp on those unique moments in sports, and you do it live.”
There’s no script in that environment. No second take. And in a place like Baltimore, where historic moments are already deeply embedded in fan memory, the margin for impact is even greater.
“You get to create the artwork that is play-by-play,” he said. “Some people will love it, some people won’t, but it becomes part of who you are in this industry.”
He also acknowledged the weight that comes with it — the idea that future Ravens highlights, playoff runs, and defining plays will carry his voice.

The Baltimore Ravens didn’t just hire a new broadcaster; they handed someone the job of shaping how future generations will hear their biggest moments. Kyle Youmans steps into that role with a mix of gratitude, urgency, and the kind of preparation that comes from years inside NFL media environments. Speaking with Garrett Downing and Clifton Brown on The Lounge podcast, Youmans made it clear this wasn’t just another career move. It’s the destination he’s been chasing since he first picked up play-by-play as a craft, moving through college sports, national **** ignments, and a long stretch with the Dallas Cowboys media team.
“I feel like anybody who has been able to call games play-by-play, this is the ultimate goal,” Youmans said. “To be the voice of a franchise as respected as the Baltimore Ravens… that’s what you work toward.”
He also reflected on how football shaped his identity growing up in Texas, watching games from multiple teams and eventually realizing how much impact a single voice can have on a fan’s memory of a moment.
“I knew at some point I wanted to go into sports,” he said. “Play-by-play was always that goal for me.”
What stands out most is how he framed the job itself — not as broadcasting, but as creation. In his view, every big Ravens moment from here on out becomes part of a living archive, where his calls will be tied to wins, losses, playoff runs, and everything in between. That mindset matters in Baltimore, where radio calls from past eras are still replayed and still matter. The expectation isn’t just accuracy — it’s identity. Now the question shifts from introduction to execution: how quickly his voice becomes part of the Ravens’ memory bank, and how those future moments sound when they arrive.

Northern Ireland international Conor McMenamin has returned to the Irish Premiership, joining Coleraine from St Mirren on a long-term deal after a permanent transfer was agreed.
The 30-year-old signed for the Scottish side from Glentoran in 2023 and started in the League Cup final win over Celtic last season.
McMenamin won the last of his 14 NI caps in June 2024, with his sole international goal to date came in a Euro 2024 qualifier against San Marino.
He also has had previous stints in the Irish League with Linfield, Warrenpoint Town and Cliftonville.
He excelled in his two-and-a-half year spell at the Glens, netting 33 goals in 66 appearances to earn his move across the water.

Mike Green isn't dwelling on his rookie sack total. Instead, he's focused on how close he came to producing much bigger numbers. Appearing on The Lounge Podcast with Ryan Mink and Clifton Brown, Green discussed a film session that helped reshape how he viewed his first NFL season. Green said a cut-up tape highlighting plays where he narrowly missed sacks and other impact plays showed him that his performance was better than the box score indicated.
"When he made that cut-up of all these plays that I was literally just this close to making, it kind of made me realize I was playing a little bit better than I was, even though the stats didn't necessarily show that," Green said.
The film also reinforced that many of the traits necessary to become a productive NFL pass rusher are already present.
"I think that cut-up showed me a lot about myself," Green said. "Even though I felt like I didn't necessarily meet the standard that I wanted to meet last year, I came very close."
When asked whether he believes he can become a double-digit sack producer, Green didn't hesitate.

Editor's Note: This story will be updated with comment from Nino Joseph.
Southwest Florida's top running back has hit the transfer portal — for the second time in four months.
And with that news, Barron Collier great Clifton Robinson can pop some champagne.
Nino Joseph, who announced his intention to transfer from Lely to St. John Neumann in January, is transferring to Miami Central, according to his social media pages on Thursday, June 4.
Joseph ran for 1,955 yards and 53 touchdowns a season ago with the Trojans, finishing 8-4 with a regional semifinal appearance. Joseph (4,615 rushing yards, 57 rushing TDs) was well-positioned to become Collier County's all-time leading rusher had he stayed, needing just 1,250 yards to overtake Robinson for the record, which still stands at 5,864 yards three decades later.