The Mariners brought a dumper to a duel.
George Kirby outpitched Aaron Nola on Tuesday in the Mariners electric 4-1 win over the Phillies. Kirby struck out nine over 7 2/3 innings and turned in his best outing of the year. Cal Raleigh smacked another homer, giving him four on the series. And the rest of the lineup scratched and clawed a few more runs late to give the Mariners an impressive, all around, and fun win. That's back-to-back series victories over the top two Wild Card teams in the National League.
It's been a weird season for Kirby, something I feel I've written a dozen times in the last five months. He's walked a lot of batters (relative to himself) and struck out very few (relative to everyone). He survived the early part of the season by keeping the ball on the ground, but that's no longer the case and he's since been getting crushed. He's often seemed to nibble at the edges of the zone, unable to get chase out of it, and unable to get whiffs in it. He gave up 11 runs in his last two starts, making early exits in both.
But Kirby on Tuesday looked like the near-ace level pitcher of the past. He attacked the zone relentlessly with his four-seamer, ripping upper-90s fastballs with his best velocity of the season (97.9 mph). When he did expand the zone with the slow and bendy stuff, he got chase 49% of the time. Kirby generated 21 whiffs on Tuesday — the second most in a game for his career. He was aggressive, sharp, and borderline unhittable.
It was obvious right from the jump that something was special for Kirby. He led off the game throwing three pretty much middle-middle fastballs to Kyle Schwarber, each greater than 98 mph, and Schwarber swung through them all. "I knew I had it today," Kirby said of the four-seamer after the game. He then got ahead of Trea Turner with a few more fastballs registering 99 mph, before finishing him off with devastating sweeper away.

#four #season #zone #schwarber

Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz are back in the spotlight after a new report claimed the 64-year-old Hollywood star still looks back on their relationship with regret. According to insiders, Cruise considers Cruz the one who "got away". He had allegedly hoped their romance would end in marriage.
According to the Daily Mail, sources close to Tom Cruise say the actor remains frustrated with his love life as several of his former partners have moved on. The report claims Cruise has struggled to find a lasting relationship in recent years. While he has been linked to several women, none of those romances have reportedly turned into something permanent.
An insider said Cruise would still like to get married again and hopes to find a stable, long-term relationship. However, the report suggests one past romance still stands out above the rest. According to the source, Cruise fell deeply in love with Penélope Cruz after the pair met while filming "Vanilla Sky." The actors dated for a few years before ending their relationship in 2004.
According to the insider, Cruise saw Cruz as the woman he wanted to marry and was devastated when their relationship ended. They added that Cruz ended the relationship because Cruise's level of fame made it difficult for them to have a normal life together. The source added, "She dumped him and he was heartbroken. She was the one who got away." Cruz later married fellow Oscar winner Javier Bardem in 2010, and the couple has remained together ever since.
The Daily Mail report also claims Cruise has found it difficult watching several former partners move on. It mentions Ana de Armas, Katie Holmes, and Nicole Kidman among the actresses whose personal lives have continued making headlines. According to another source, Cruise's demanding career has often made relationships difficult. The insider claimed the actor puts filmmaking above everything else, leaving little room for romance.

#still #Romance #several

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea 's capital of Conakry early on Sunday, killing 30 people, according to the central government.
Authorities said that heavy rains, which started at around 2 a.m., washed over the refuse at Dar Es Salam — the largest landfill in Conakry — and triggered a landslide that buried nearby shacks. A search and rescue operation was underway to find survivors. Six people were seriously injured and several homes were destroyed.
The site, an open-air waste dump which is the largest in the city, had been designated for closure on Sunday, according to Lt. Col. Baldé Mamadou Bailo, the sanitation officer for the military engineering battalion.
Locals living around the landfill had been given eviction notices, which forced many to leave the area, but many others were still around at the time of the disaster, according to authorities.
"We will ensure that the remaining families are relocated elsewhere," Dienabou Touré, the minister of territorial administration and decentralization, said at the scene.

#landfill #guinea

Lakers expected to not waive $48M defensive menace over Bronny James, Dalton Knecht, Jaden Hardy originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in an interesting position, as they are currently one roster spot over the league's limit. They do have some time to make a cut or complete a trade to create the necessary ***** e.
It is simply a matter of what circumstances become available to them over the next month. Several names have been mentioned as potential roster casualties, and it appears the list has been narrowed down to three.
"Clearly, the Lakers need to dump someone, and I think it's going to be one of three players," Lakers insider Jovan Buha said. "It's going to either be Dalton Knecht, Jaden Hardy, or Bronny James."
LA has tried to make a trade that would free up a roster spot, but nothing has come to fruition yet. Jarred Vanderbilt and Dalton Knecht have been on the trade block throughout the summer.

#dalton #roster #trade

The latest round of Form 13Fs has dropped, and that means investors get to see what billionaire hedge fund managers were up to during the second quarter. One popular stock to buy was Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), and two prominent billionaire hedge fund managers bought the stock. Bill Ackman at Pershing Square increased their stake by 20% during the quarter, and it now makes up nearly 10% of its holdings. David Tepper of Appaloosa Management increased his Meta stake by more than 50%, and it now makes up a 5% position in his portfolio.
That's two smart investors dumping a lot of money into Meta's stock, but that information is now a bit old. The 13F filing reveals only what a firm's positions were as of June 30. Since June 30, Meta's stock is actually down 3% from where it ended the quarter. However, these two could have bought at any time during Q2. Since April 1, Meta's stock is down around 6%.
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So right now is actually a better buying opportunity than during any time in Q2. Is Meta still a buy?
Prior to Q2's earnings announcement, Meta stock was actually on the rise during the start of July, leading to quick short-term gains for these two investors. However, that all came crashing down following a poorly received earnings report. While Meta's revenue soared 28% during Q2, its costs increased by 55%, leading to shrinking operating profits. The market wasn't impressed by this or its spending plans and sold the stock off as a result.

#quarter

#1 – UNC || #2 – NC State || #3 – Wake Forest || #4 – Virginia || #5 – Clemson||#6 – Miami || #7 – Louisville || #8 – Pitt || #9 – Georgia Tech || #10 – Syracuse || #11 – Boston College || #12 – Virginia Tech || #13 – Florida State
Over the last eight months or so, there has been a conversation, mostly quiet but occasionally quite public, about whether the ACC should dump Notre Dame.
This first came up when both Notre Dame and Miami were candidates for the NCAA playoffs.
Since the Irish compete as an independent in football, it should come as no surprise that the ACC pushed full member Miami.
Apparently though, it was a surprise for Notre Dame, and A.D. Pete Bevacqua ripped the conference for it, saying it caused "permanent damage" to the partnership.

#notre #virginia #Tech

David Einhorn just placed a big bet on PayPal (PYPL). The legendary hedge fund manager added a new stake in PYPL stock during the second quarter, which quickly caught investors' attention.
Einhorn is no ordinary investor. He's known for spotting value where others see only problems. His firm, DME Capital Management, bought 1.42 million shares of PayPal during Q2 worth $61.5 million as of June 30. That's a serious vote of confidence.
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#paypal #pypl #capital #Third

Nvidia (NVDA) will release its second-quarter fiscal 2027 financial results on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Given the company's dominant position in the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure ******* e, Nvidia appears well-positioned to deliver robust revenue and earnings growth in Q2. Further, Nvidia's current valuation looks attractive relative to its earnings growth potential and peers, setting the stage for meaningful upside.
The broader AI investment cycle remains a significant tailwind for Nvidia. Hyperscalers continue to increase capital expenditures, while AI is expanding demand for advanced computing infrastructure across industries. These trends suggest that AI-related spending could remain elevated, supporting Nvidia's financials.
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Powerful Growth, Multiple Endorsements Bode Well for Oracle Stock

#Growth #looks #infrastructure

Given Oracle's (ORCL) strong growth and low valuation, along with the fact that it's benefiting a great deal from the ongoing AI revolution, Oracle's stock looks like a good buy for both value investors and growth investors. What's more, renowned investor Paul Tudor Jones acquired a sizable position in ORCL stock last quarter, while multiple, well-known investment banks and Zacks, a prominent research firm, are upbeat on the shares.
In Oracle's fiscal fourth quarter that ended in May, its revenue jumped 21% versus the same period a year earlier to $19.2 billion, while its earnings per share, excluding certain items, soared 24% year-over-year (YoY) to $2.11. Moreover, propelled largely by the AI Boom, its total cloud revenue climbed 47% YoY to $9.9 billion. Also noteworthy was that its remaining performance obligations (RPO), which include preferred revenue and backlog, jumped 363% YoY to a very impressive $638 billion.
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#billion #valuation

Nvidia (NVDA) stock is back in focus ahead of the company's Aug. 26 earnings report, and GF Securities ****** yst Jeff Pu believes Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform could be the key to its next major growth cycle.
Pu recently raised his NVDA stock price target to $345 from $308 while maintaining a "Buy" rating, citing increasing orders from major U.S. cloud providers. The call comes as investors look beyond Nvidia's current Blackwell business and ask whether the company can maintain its artificial intelligence (AI) dominance through 2027 and beyond.
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#beyond

Amidst the AI infrastructure boom and strong earnings by technology giants, there seems to be lingering fear of a potential bubble. Michael Hartnett, managing director and chief investment strategist at the Bank of America, is one of the strategists who believes that an AI bubble bust is impending. Harnett also opines that with the IPO of **** eX (SPCX) and the potential IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic, market concentration of technology stocks in the S&P 500 ($SPX) is likely to increase to 48%. This, in his view, is another worrying sign.
On the other hand, technology sector leaders like Nvidia (NVDA) continue to create value. In the last 52 weeks, NVDA stock has trended higher by 24%. During this period, revenue growth has been robust, and cash flow acceleration has been meaningful.
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#nvda #earnings #Potential #amidst

Steve Hanke earned the moniker "Money Doctor" after advising governments across the globe on how to use currencies to get inflation under control.
The professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University is now helping Venezuela and has been named a special advisor to a leading member of the country's National ******* embly.
He told Fortune's Shawn Tully that his solution for Venezuela's 400% inflation is full adoption of the U.S. dollar, meaning bolivars and the central bank would be abandoned. The idea is to remove the risk of a central bank printing money to help the government pay its bills, stoking higher prices.
"Taming inflation is the key to restoring stability in Venezuela, and all the other progress flows from that," Hanke explained. "Stability isn't everything, but without stability, which means stable prices, you have nothing. And there's no better case study showing that's true than Venezuela."
He should know. The Money Doctor persuaded Montenegro in 1999 to dump theYugoslav dinar for the Deutschemark. He also oversaw Ecuador's switch from the sucre to the U.S. dollar in 2000, marking the first dollarization in Latin America since Panama a century earlier.

#stability #bank

McDonald's (MCD) just entered the energy-drink market, but the bigger question for investors is whether the move can help revive the stock after a difficult year. The company began selling its Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer across U.S. restaurants on Aug. 17, marking McDonald's first entry into energy drinks.
The timing is interesting because McDonald's recently delivered a mixed second-quarter report. Adjusted earnings came in at $3.38 per share, beating the $3.32 consensus estimate, while revenue of roughly $7.1 billion fell slightly short of the $7.14 billion estimate.
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#billion #energy

SK hynix (SKHY) has emerged as a powerhouse in the global memory-chip industry, playing a central role in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. As data centers and AI infrastructure expand worldwide, demand for its dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and NAND flash products is accelerating.
That momentum has translated into record earnings and helped the company maintain its leadership in high-performance AI memory. The South Korean memory-chip giant has also expanded its reach in U.S. markets, with its American Depositary Shares now trading on the Nasdaq.
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#memory

Try not to look at the tickers of these two securities. Quick, tell me which one you'd prefer to invest in. Or, which one is clearly better.
You probably can't. And that's my point.
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#Third #raise #broadcom #dumping

Beyond Meat (BYND) investors are entering a critical new chapter after the company completed its 1-for-30 reverse stock split, with split-adjusted trading beginning Aug. 14. The move was primarily aimed at helping the plant-based meat maker regain compliance with Nasdaq's $1 minimum bid-price requirement after a prolonged slide in its stock. Additionally, Beyond Meat needs to maintain a closing bid of at least $1 for 10 consecutive business days before the Aug. 31 deadline.
Each 30 pre-split shares were consolidated into one share, while Beyond Meat also reduced its authorized common shares from 3 billion to 100 million.
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#billion #shares #bynd #Third

The ****** le of the "Bond King" is somewhat in contention. Many would give it to Bill Gross, though over the years, a younger Jeffrey Gundlach has at least shared the ****** le. In any case, when Gundlach posts something like this, it is worth . . . peeling back, shall we say?
Gundlach took aim at Wall Street's newest financial engineering trend. His beef? Nvidia's (NVDA) agreement with major private credit and ****** et management firms such as Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, KKR, and Goldman Sachs.
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#gundlach #bill

Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) will release its fiscal Q2 2027 earnings on Aug. 26 after the close of markets. The stock is heading into the confessional on a relatively calm note, down 3.33% over the last five days and trading 8.5% below the record highs it hit in May, days before its Q1 earnings report. Nvidia's Q1 earnings were the "usual" stuff, with earnings blowing past estimates and the company's own guidance. The Q2 forecast also came in ahead of Wall Street's estimates, but NVDA stock closed in the red despite a strong performance.
Consensus estimates call for Nvidia's Q2 revenues to nearly double year-over-year (YOY) to $92.01 billion. Nvidia has forecast Q2 revenues at $91 billion, plus or minus 2%, and the current estimates are toward the upper end of the company's guidance. As for the bottom line, ******* ysts expect Nvidia's Q2 earnings per share (EPS) to more than double to $2.01. Nvidia does not provide EPS guidance but forecasted GAAP gross margins between 74.4% and 75.4%.
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#earnings #estimates #guidance #forecast

The software sector has faced plenty of uncertainty in 2026, from shifting enterprise spending priorities to concerns over artificial intelligence (AI)-driven disruption. Yet some institutional investors are using the volatility to build positions in companies they believe can remain long-term winners. Whale Rock Capital Management is one such investor, and its latest quarterly portfolio disclosure offers an interesting glimpse into where the hedge fund sees opportunity.
According to its Q2 2026 13F filing, Whale Rock initiated fresh stakes in Snowflake (SNOW) and Twilio (TWLO), signaling renewed conviction in two software companies with exposure to powerful trends in cloud data and customer engagement.
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#rock #Companies #capital #snow

MASON − For the second time in three years, Jessica Pegula will compete for the Rookwood Cup.
Pegula, the WTA's No. 3 ranked player, defeated defending champion Iga Swiatek 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in the semifinals of the 2026 Cincinnati Open on Saturday, Aug. 21. The American also snapped Swiatek's 10-match win streak that extended back to the National Bank Open.
In a match between two of the best returners in the WTA, there were 13 breaks across two hours and 47 minutes of play. Sets came down to who performed best down the stretch, which was Pegula in the first and third sets. It also helped that many shots down the line went in Pegula's favor, and vice versa for Swiatek.
Pegula broke Swiatek first. Swiatek pounced on Pegula's serve to break right back but dropped the next game to Pegula, which was briefly interrupted by a drizzle of rain. Two breaks later, Pegula won the first hold of the match at 4-2, before Swiatek held for the first time next.
Swiatek beat Pegula's serve again at 4-4, but couldn't break for the set when she had the chance. Instead, Pegula won the next three games, taking advantage of Swiatek rushing her shots to gain a 7-5 lead. On set point, Swiatek dumped a wide-open volley into the net.

#swiatek #match #next

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza make the difficult choice every day between digging into garbage dumps for combustible materials to help cook their meals or crowding around the territory's scarce charity kitchens.
The Kahlout family has tasked their 12-year-old son, Omar, with walking daily to a nearby dump to collect plastic and other material they can use as fuel. He digs with his bare hands and fills a worn-out sack, then carries it back to the tent where he lives with his family of eight.
They live close to the dump. Rats swarm their tent. This is life for many of Gaza's 2 million Palestinians who still languish in displacement camps and war-ravaged buildings, 10 months after a fragile ceasefire was reached between Israel and the Hamas militant group.
Families expressed doubt on the progress of talks that aim to end the war. "The truce is only in the media," said Omar's father, Adam. He said the family survives on food from humanitarian aid packages and charity kitchens.
And yet Palestinians say the food at the kitchens is not enough. Each family is allowed one piece of fish with rice. May people leave with their pots empty, even as Israel's government has said it is allowing enough food into the territory that remains largely cut off from the world.

#palestinians #dump #enough #deir

MEXICO CITY, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The Mexican government expressed its "serious concern" after learning of a ‌preliminary ruling by the U.S. Department of ‌Commerce that found dumping in Mexican strawberry exports throughout the winter.
The Mexican Ministry of Economy said on Tuesday night in a statement that the Commerce Department found Mexico was selling the product at a price between ‌3.37% and 5.28% ⁠below the normal value, depending on the company, and that it had set ⁠the average dumping margin at 4.83%.
The case originated on December 31, 2025, when Florida producers filed a petition with Commerce and the International Trade Commission requesting antidumping ‌duties.
The move could affect nearly 5,000 Mexican strawberry growers — 97% of whom are small- or medium-scale farmers with up to 10 hectares (25 acres) of land — and 151,000 jobs linked to strawberry cultivation. In 2025, ‌Mexico exported 263,000 metric tons of strawberries to the U.S., worth $1 billion.
Mexico said it will monitor the process alongside ‌producers and exporters until the ITC's final ruling, expected in early 2027, and argued the criteria used by Commerce are inconsistent with the World Trade ‌Organization's Anti-Dumping Agreement and with provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

#strawberry #department

Fernando Mendoza got the start for the Raiders along with the most of the Raiders' second team offense. And it was not a good start to that...start. On his fifth play of the game, Mendoza threw a short dump pass over the middle and had it picked clean by Wade Woodaz and returned 80 yards for a touchdown.
It is possible the mistake was made by running back Mike Washington who began to move after the pass was thrown, leaving Woodaz was in perfect position to catch it and was gone for the score.
The defensive score came on the heels of the Texans offense driving down the field for an opening drive touchdown, making it a 14-0 game.
The pick six was not dissimilar to joint practices with the Texans on Tuesday where Mendoza also threw a pick six.
That one coming after some good work prior to that. This one, he's going to have to put it behind him and rally.

#start #woodaz

HONOLULU (AP) — Communities still recovering from last weekend's hurricane in Hawaii could get pounded again in coming days from another tropical system gaining strength over warm Pacific waters.
Hurricane Lala tore roofs off houses, uprooted trees, covered roads in mud and rocks and left many households without electricity. With thousands of homes and businesses still in the dark Thursday, forecasters warned yet another tropical cyclone is likely to approach the islands soon.
A depression moving west and northwest could become a tropical storm in the coming hours and pass near or south of Hawaii's Big Island over the weekend or early next week, the U.S. Central Pacific Hurricane Center said. That system could dump up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain on the Big Island and trigger life-threatening flooding, mudslides and rip currents, it added.
Forecasters said the disturbance had top sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph) and was located at midday Thursday about 900 miles (1,445 kilometers) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii.
"There's definitely tension in the air'' at the thought of more rain in communities that floodwaters turned into rivers, said Tiffany Edwards Hunt, a teacher living in Keaau, on the east side of the Big Island. "There were some areas that were completely washed out."

#thursday #forecasters

Cam Ward entered the NFL with the arm talent and improvisational ability that made comparisons with Patrick Mahomes easy to understand. Jason Whitlock thinks those comparisons may now be doing the Tennessee ****** ans quarterback more harm than good.
Whitlock argued that Ward's best path in Year 2 is not chasing spectacular off-script plays. Instead, he believes the 2025 No. 1 overall pick needs to play more like Brock Purdy, take easier throws, and get more comfortable operating within structure.
"If Cam Ward is going to make it in the NFL, he will have to stop trying to be Patrick Mahomes and adopt more of Brock Purdy's game instead," Whitlockwrote on X.
During the accompanying discussion, Whitlock agreed with former ****** ans scouting director Blake Beddingfield's recent argument that Tennessee needs Ward to become more of a game manager.
"The problem with Cam is he does not paint within the numbers enough," Whitlock said. "Take the dump down. Take the check down. Take the eight-yard hitch."

#patrick #instead

Demi Lovato posted a new Instagram carousel days before her 34th birthday.
"The tan lines will fade but the memories will last forever," she wrote in the caption.
Lovato sported a floral string two-piece in the cover photo.
Demi Lovato is just days away from turning 34, and she's soaking up the sun to celebrate. In an Instagram photo dump posted on August 17, the singer and actress modeled an itty-bitty string bikini.
"The tan lines will fade but the memories will last forever," Lovato, whose birthday is August 20, wrote in the caption. The cover image saw her pose in a tiny white two-piece complete with a floral print.

#demi #days #birthday #lines

Philadelphia Union set to sign USMNT defender from Ligue 1 side originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The last offseason saw the Philadelphia Union dump several former players to other teams in the league, including their leading goalscorer from the prior season, Tai Baribo, to DC United; Jakob Glesnes to the LA Galaxy; and Kai Wagner to EFL Championship side Birmingham City. Simply put, some of the bigger names for the clubs all went in a single window.
This fleet of departures wasn't helped out at all after the team failed to make any meaningful signings in the transfer market, which could've been a key contributing factor in why the team went from the top team in the Eastern Conference last season to dead last heading into the World Cup break earlier in the Summer.
Just as the team appears to be getting itself together, chaining some crucial wins in the MLS and shooting up the table in a last-ditch playoff push, the front office has been busy adding to the roster, mainly their defense.
According to a recent report by The Athletic's Tom Bogert, Philadelphia is nearing a deal to bring Mark McKenzie back to Subaru Park, six years after his departure from the MLS, with the deal being close to $2.5 million.

#philadelphia #union #deal #usmnt

The Colts are expected to sign longtime Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen, a source confirmed to IndyStar. It adds a six-time Pro Bowler who in eight of his 13 seasons in the NFL has caught at least six touchdowns and at least 80 ***** seven times – including last year.
Allen lands in Indianapolis after a one-season return to Los Angeles in 2025 to rejoin the franchise that drafted him 76th overall in 2013 and where he spent the first 11 seasons of his career – and 12 of 13 overall. Allen was traded to the Chicago Bears in March of 2024 and played a single season with the NFC North team before opting to sign with the Chargers just over a year ago during Los Angeles' training camp as a free agent.
That one-year deal made the 34-year-old again a free agent this spring, and he remains unquestionably the top free agent wideout on the market – not to mention seemingly a premier fit in head coach Shane Steichen's offense.
For a coach who prizes separation at the top of routes and a trusted pair of hands above just about anything else, Allen still fits the bill as he nears the end of his career. Though he's been one nearly his entire career, the Colts don't need Allen to be a No. 1 receiver with unquestioned WR1 Alec Pierce ascending to a more all-around this role this year coming off a season where then-rookie tight end Tyler Warren led the Colts in targets (112) and two seasons ago when starting slot receiver Josh Downs led the team in receptions (72).
But after the loss of Michael Pittman Jr. in March to a salary-dump trade to the Steelers, it was widely-believed the Colts had not done enough to replace not only his production – 80 catches for 784 yards and seven touchdowns – but his veteran leadership and presence in a room where the oldest players – free agent signee Nick Westbrooke-Ikhine (29 years old), Ashton Dulin (29) and Laquon Treadwell (31) had been fighting in training camp for the Nos. 3 and 4 WR spots in the Colts offense.

#free #receiver #seasons

CBS has gotten out of the NFL Insider business.
Via Drew Lerner of Awful Announcing, CBS won't be hiring an insider to replace Jonathan Jones, who recently left for a non-insider (in name) role with The Athletic.
It's no surprise. Last year, CBS decided to dump the insider segments from The NFL Today. Jones performed other roles for CBS Sports unrelated to the weekly Sunday rundown of news and notes.
As Lerner notes, the absence of Jones from the CBS pregame show was hardly noticed in 2025.
It's unclear why CBS made the move to not use Jones last year. One fair basis for speculation could be that not having an insider segment ensures that CBS will never be reporting anything that possibly would rankle The Shield. While potentially problematic items could be killed on a case-by-case basis, it wouldn't have taken much to get the word out that CBS, under new Skydance management, may have been putting the kibosh on anything the NFL may not have taken kindly to.

#jones #last #basis

A disabled man violently attacked a ******* worker before dumping her body in a canal with the help of his daughter, a murder trial has heard.
Chereiss Bailey was found dead near a waterway off Ryders Green Road in West Bromwich on 29 September last year.
John Anslow, 65, and his daughter Hayley-Marie Ferguson, 42, both from West Bromwich, are accused of placing Bailey's corpse in a wheelchair and adding paving slabs before pushing it into the water.
Anslow has admitted preventing a lawful and decent burial but denies murdering Bailey. Ferguson, who is not accused of murder, has pleaded not guilty to preventing a lawful and decent burial and another charge of ******* isting an offender.
On the opening day of the trial, Birmingham Crown Court heard Bailey, who was 36, was last seen on the afternoon of 27 September, two days before her body was found.

#bailey