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Pilot has promoted Jamie Landis to executive vice president and chief administrative officer, a spokesperson for the travel center chain confirmed to C-Store Dive.
Landis, who was named senior vice president of business planning and execution in 2024, will continue leading that function while **** uming leadership of Pilot's safety, enterprise risk, procurement and communications functions. She will also spearhead the company's people team.
Landis succeeds Julius **** , who announced his resignation via social media last week. **** said in a LinkedIn post that he will remain at Pilot through the end of the year as an executive advisor to the CEO. Pilot's website reflects both leadership changes.
Landis' updated company bio says she is responsible for developing, refining and helping execute Pilot's long-term strategy, and for advancing the company's business ambition and supporting more than 30,000 team members across North America.

#landis #daily #vice

When you win an NBA championship, you get a summer to puff up your chest and talk your talk. In the final month of the offseason, the New York Knicks are going through that. After a mundane 53-29 regular season, they had one of the most dominant playoff runs ever.
The Knicks went a sizzling 16-3. That included a historic 13-game winning streak that featured blowout wins left and right. Everything clicked for New York. Jalen Brunson penciled his name in basketball lore. Karl-Anthony Towns had the last laugh with all his haters. And OG Anunoby is basically a New York deity thanks to his Game 4 tip-in win.
Now, Knicks fans are getting daring with their takes. That's what happens when you're sitting on the NBA throne. You've earned the right to say the most outlandish things ever and make them somewhat plausible. In recent days, we've seen that with Brunson being better than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
That 100-degree opinion has made the rounds on social media in recent days. Sports media personalities like Max Kellerman and Shannon Sharpe explained their reasoning recently for why Brunson's NBA championship ring has helped him usurp Gilgeous-Alexander in the league rankings.
Here's what both had to say:

#york #alexander #game #right

Missouri soccer showcased its most dominant performance of the 2026 season, flying past Northern Illinois in a 4-0 rout on Thursday, August 27 in Columbia. Junior midfielder Landis Canada led the way with her first collegiate brace, while Missouri's freshmen class continued to impress across the board.
The Tigers took the lead after 22 minutes of play, when junior midfielder Landis Canada drove the ball into the back of the net from point-blank range. The ball bounced around the box in the resulting calamity from a corner kick, and Canada finished it comfortably — finding her first goal of the season.
Freshman Lana Adams doubled the Tigers' lead in the 66th minute. She found her first collegiate goal by dancing around several Huskies defenders before rocketing the ball into the back of the net from 20 yards out. This broke the seal for the Tigers and allowed them to find their rhythm in front of the goal.
"It's mentality and execution," head coach Stefanie Golan said post-match. "I think that the women had the right mentality and they executed, and you know that's really what those opportunities come down to."
They continued this momentum when, just moments later, Canada found her second goal of the affair, knocking in a header from a corner kick in the 67th minute. The single-game brace matches her total goals in her collegiate career thus far.

#canada #goal #ball

Hollywood star Luke Evans has paid tribute to Tim Curry, who has died at the age of 80.
Curry was best known for playing the outlandish Frank-N-Furter in film musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He first played the role on stage in 1973 before the film version two years later.
Evans took on the role in the cult classic musical on Broadway, which concluded earlier this month.
The Welsh star previously said a song from the musical helped launch his career.
In a social media post, Evans shared a letter he wrote to Curry "with only three weeks left before I finally hang up the fishnets and heels" saying "there is, and always will be, only one Tim Curry."

#film #only #LUKE

This year has already delivered one of the most extraordinary IPO periods in recent years. ****** eX (SPCX), Cerebras (CBRS), and Jersey Mike's (JMKE) have been some of the buzzier names to debut in public markets.
But this could be just the tip of the IPO iceberg as we look into the fall — and along with it, some very bold promises on future performance.
Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) has filed confidentially for a potential IPO as soon as October. The Claude creator may pitch to investors that its potential revenue opportunities are above $30 trillion, per a new report from the Wall Street Journal.
OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) is not far behind, judging by all the execs it has sent packing this summer. It too could follow Anthropic with a seemingly outlandish future revenue estimate.
"I actually like it [the revenue estimate] because it talks about sort of what the opportunity is. If it's enterprise, if it's consumer, it's coding, it's actually changing not only how we do work, but also how we develop products. I think it is viable," Connor Group managing partner Jim Neesen said on Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. "I mean, if you look at their revenue growth, $65 billion is their run rate. They were $9 billion last year. That's a sevenfold increase. I do think that market opportunity is out there."

#revenue #estimate #Opportunity

In case you missed the news of the day, the ***** ociated Press preseason college football poll was released on Monday, and Ohio State took the No. 1 spot to pair like a fine wine, to go along with landing as the top-ranked team in the US LBM Preseason Coaches Poll.
And while that's all good and fine, the real news is that by appearing in the AP preseason poll, the Buckeyes extended a pretty outlandish record streak of appearing in the preseason poll for 38 consecutive seasons. That means many of you reading this weren't even alive the last time Ohio State wasn't a part of the AP poll when first released ahead of actual games being played.
In fact, by doing the math, the last time the Buckeyes weren't a part of the AP preseason poll was 1988. That was the first year under new head coach John Cooper, and it was a struggle. The Buckeyes finished the year with a 4-6-1 overall record (2-5-1 Big Ten).
Other teams with notable streaks behind Ohio State are Oklahoma (26 years), Georgia (24 years), and Alabama (18 years). Clemson's streak of 14 straight years came to an end with the Tigers being outside the preseason AP Top 25 this year.
Of course, being included in the poll during the preseason doesn't mean much if the team doesn't perform on the field, but it still speaks to the reputation and staying power of arguably the best college football program of all time.

#year

SeanStrickland believes Bud Light mishandled the aftermath ofDustinPoirier's arrest.

Poirier was arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta InternationalAirport on a charge of public drunkenness after he threatened tofight a police officer while intoxicated and even used a racialslur. He has since owned up to his mistake while accepting hisissues with alcoholism since his retirement, vowing to stay sobergoing forward.

However, Poirier (30-10) recently revealed that Bud Light canceledhis sponsorship due to the incident and Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight king Stricklandisn't on board with the decision.
While Strickland had initially mocked Poirier for blaming hisdepression, he has since expressed his heartfelt support for "TheDiamond." Strickland had even warned Bud Light against cancelingPoirier's sponsorship. The two-time champion recently lashed out atthe beverage company for the same.

Strickland (31-7) says Bud Light already betrayed America byprinting transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney's photo on theircans in 2023. He believes Poirier didn't deserve to lose hissponsorship for nothing more than an embarrassing drunk incident.Strickland says Bud Light should have instead extended their helpto Poirier to deal with his alcoholism.

"It made me so f*cking mad. Bud Light already f*cking betrayedAmerica with their f*cking tr--ny on a beer can," Strickland saidon the "Shawn Ryan Show." "How much of a piece of sh*t are you, BudLight? The moment something bad happens where you get a littleshame 'cause you got drunk on a plane and tried to fight a blackcop. Which is funny; it's not racist. You want to terminate hiscontract? They should have reached out to Dustin and said, 'HeyDustin man, you might have a problem with drinking. We're a beercompany, we sponsor you, can we help you?' That's not what theydid. They're gonna say, 'You used our product and you f*cked up.Get the f*ck lost, we don't want that bad image.'"

#poirier #even #used #alcoholism

John Harbaugh is rebuilding the New York Giants on the foundation of smothering defense and power running, but the team's success still ultimately hinges on how much quarterback Jaxson Dart can develop in Year 2, particularly how well he heeds the warning about a couple of "subpar" numbers his new coaches can't ignore.
Those numbers refer to what Bradley Locker of Pro Football Focus dubbed Dart's "subpar accuracy: His 11.2% plus accurate throw rate tied for last, and his 58.9% accurate attempt rate tied for 21st."
Issues with ball placement underpinned a "3.4% turnover-worthy play rate tied for sixth-highest" amongst quarterbacks in 2025. Becoming more accurate is part of the learning curve for any young signal-caller in the NFL, but Locker cautioned that "if Dart fails to make a jump in 2026, it could render some uncomfortable conversations and/or transactions next offseason."
Perhaps that's a little outlandish, given how the Giants traded up to invest a first-round pick in Dart during the 2025 NFL draft. Yet, the worrying numbers detailed by Locker are part of recurring issues for Big Blue's QB1 entering a critical sophomore campaign.
Dart's list of flaws contains some repeat offenders, with accuracy and "avoiding poor decisions and sacks" chief among them, per Locker. Fixing accuracy begins with dart refining his mechanics from the pocket, a process he's already begun under the watchful eye of a noted quarterback whisperer on Harbaugh's staff.

After years of success in WWE and WCW, Jeff Jarrett paved his own path in professional wrestling as a co-founder of TNA. But had he not stood his ground in contract negotiations, one of wrestling's most pivotal promotions might never have been born.
Jarrett's departure from WWE (formerly known as WWF) is an infamous story, often told as the moment when Jarrett "held up" WWE Chairman Vince McMahon ahead of his final match with the company in 1999. The story goes that Jarrett demanded $200,000 without a contract for his final match against Chyna — an Intercontinental Championship match — at that year's No Mercy pay-per-view. However, that isn't the whole truth, as Jarrett clarified on Monday's edition of "The Ariel Helwani Show."
"It is fascinating how some people say, 'Jeff Jarrett held Vince McMahon up.' Really think about that. **** ody's going to hold Vince up for — I mean, it's outlandish, it's ridiculous," Jarrett told Uncrowned.
"It was proposed, 'Hey, Chyna's going to have her first match,' or whatever it may be. So there really was a collision course between the male chauvinist deal [many characters were portraying] and 'here comes Chyna.' So that sets the course.
"One of the pieces of the puzzle that people just kind of gloss over was that Vince McMahon was taking his company public. And so the summer and early fall of that year, he was out literally going around the world. He'd go to 'Raw,' and then he'd get on a plane and do more bank — he's out prepping to sell and take the company public. So I was dealing with J.R. [Jim Ross] in my contract negotiations."

Every summer, especially during the “slow” time on the calendar, we ask VikingsTerritory writers for their hottest takes regarding the upcoming season, predictions that are bold and outlandish. This year is no different. You can read last year’s here.
Remember: these takes are designed to be “out there.” We’ll have formal predictions — serious ones — later this summer.
Predictor: Janik Eckardt
Greenard arrived in 2024 and logged 12 QB takedowns in his first campaign in purple en route to Pro Bowl recognition. Year No. 2 delivered underwhelming returns with only 3 sacks. That makes 15 sacks in a Vikings uniform, a total his successor, Dallas Turner, will eclipse in his first year as a starter.
Predictor: Tony Schultz

Like him, love him, hate him or be completely indifferent to him — Michael Block has a way of grabbing people's attention. Whether it be because of his putts, his ability to rise to the occasion (occasionally) or his personality, the spotlight seems to always be focused on Block.
Where the media outlines the 50-year-old's alleged "fall from grace" and "overly animated" persona, it's worth noting the attention he's brought to the sport of golf, for better or for worse, and after making his debut at the 2026 PGA Tour Champions **** 's Open at En-Joie Club this past weekend, Block is dreaming of reliving his 2023 PGA Tour glory at the U.S. Senior Open, preferably, with New Yorkers watching.
When someone as notably controversial as Block begins a sentence with "they're gonna hate me for this" and follows it with "I had a dream," it's hard not to tense up in anticipation of what words may come next.
But Block's dream of winning the U.S. Senior Open at 50 years old is one of the lesser outlandish things he's said.
"I literally had a dream that I would win the U.S. Senior Open the first year I turned 50, and that's something I've had in my head for a long time," Block said.

Fox Sports has **** embled a motley crew for its coverage of the North American-hosted 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup this summer, with a top panel consisting of Alexi Lalas, Thierry Henry, and Zlatan Ibrahimović, and anchored by Rebecca Lowe.
Despite what has appeared to be clear disdain from Henry and Ibrahimović toward Lalas, Lowe has insisted that there is "a lot of respect" between the panelists. However, those insistences have done little to curb others from declaring open season on Lalas and his hot takes and half-baked **** ysis; from The Athletic's Andrew Marchand penning a column wishing Lalas hadnever learned English to The Guardian's Aaron Timms claiming that Lalas specialized in "trollish, hyperventilating garbage."
Now, one of Lalas's most heralded teammates on the USMNT, Eric Wynalda, has thrown his hat in the ring.
"I think it's been unwatchable at times," Wynalda told John Shrader during an appearance on The Soccer Media Podcast. "Yeah, I think, I mean, I think a lot of people feel that way. I mean, Alexi is, kind of true to the Fox brand, has been told: this is what we need you to do, start a fight, say some things, insult some people, say something outlandish that no one will believe, and we'll see how many people will click into that. I think the American public has grown up now. I think our community, our soccer community is way too knowledgeable to fall for that anymore."
Eric Wynalda has covered the Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League, and the FA Cup for Fox, so if anyone has an inside track on what the network wants from its soccer **** ysts, it'd be him.

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