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On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers opened up their season with a relatively comfortable home win over the Atlanta Falcons. While the Steelers' offense didn't exactly blow anyone away, the defense was solid in this one, taking full advantage of Atlanta's dire quarterback situation to largely shut down the Falcons' offense.
Not in uniform for this game was Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr., who sat out despite being healthy as he looks for a new contract, which has prompted numerous trade rumors as the new season gets underway.
Now, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter has stopped by The Pat McAfee Show to give the latest update on those rumors.
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#porter

The stars are out again for a highly anticipated matchup of Ohio State football and Texas.
After making the trip to Columbus for Ohio State's 14-7 victory last season, movie stars Matthew McConaughey and Glen Powell once more showed up to support their beloved Longhorns.
See which celebrities are in Austin for the Ohio State-Texas game below.
Connor has an ABSOLUTE leg, might be the best kick we've had! 💪

$600K to him and $600K to charity 💰PatMcAfeeShow | KirkHerbstreit | McConaughey pic.twitter.com/SeSEiAUmSV
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#mcconaughey #matthew

ESPN College GameDay was very profitable for one University of Texas student. Each Week on the pregame show, former kicker Pat McAfee picks one student to take part in his Kicking is Easy field goal contest. This week, he picked Connor Kacena-Merrell from Zionsville, Indiana. And Matthew McConnaghey was on hand to help.
The Texas student from the Indianapolis-area complimented McAfee on his philanthropic efforts and said he enjoyed watching McAfee and new Pro Football Hall of Famer Adam Vinatieri at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Colts.
The freshman also said he would donate half his winnings to Building Tomorrow, an Indianapolis-based non-profit organization that works with communities in East Africa to give children access to quality education.
Kacena-Merrell had plenty of leg in his first attempt, but pulled it just a little bit wide right. McConnaghey and ESPN College GameDay's Kirk Herbstreit each promised to add $100,000 to the pot and gave Kacena-Merrell a second chance. Kacena-Merrell took advantage.
The UT student booted a strong kick right down the middle to win $1.2 million dollars. No matter what happens at the Texas-Ohio State game tonight, it was a great day for the young man from Indiana.

#merrell #espn

A week after Nick Saban and Pat McAfee practically did an infomercial for the Protect College Sports Act during College GameDay, one of the bill's co-sponsors, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), was given the chance to make a full-throated defense of the bill and why it needed to be passed by the Senate and House, with Cruz previously saying that if passed, President Donald Trump would sign it into law on a future episode of ESPN's flagship college football show.
Even by the standards of College GameDay, which has been known to put its thumb on the scale when it wanted, this whole affair has been wildly inappropriate. It's one thing for Kirk Herbstreit to chastise football players for opting out of meaningless bowl games; it's another thing for the show to put its full weight behind a Congressional bill without providing ample time to those proponents and opponents, especially when those who oppose the bill do so on the grounds that it will negatively impact the earning ability of the athletes who make the sport work.
However, it helps you understand this all-out blitz when you realize where ESPN's parent company is putting its money.
Joedy McCreary at OpenSecrets recently laid out the fight surrounding the PCSA, spelling out which entities are pushing for it and which are pushing back.
Per McCreary, several major broadcasting and cable companies are putting their money where their mouth is. The National ****** ociation of Broadcasters (NAB) and NCTA – the Internet and Television ****** ociation lobbied for the legislation. Amazon, Paramount Skydance, and Disney (which owns ESPN) listed the college sports measure among the dozens of bills they worked on between April 1 and June 30.

#bill #sports

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Kirk Ferentz is the Big Ten's all-time winningest football coach, but Ferentz has never led his team, the Iowa Hawkeyes, to the College Football Playoff and isn't a favorite to do so this season. The No. 21 Hawkeyes made a big quarterback decision Friday and have a tough task ahead on Saturday vs. Iowa State, with hope springing anew for a first-ever playoff season.
On Friday, ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit joined The Pat McAfee Show where he laid out how the Hawkeyes can snap their playoff drought.
"I feel like they are (a fringe playoff team) every year," Herbstreit said. "I always look at Iowa with Kirk Ferentz as a team that is always knocking on that ten-win mark. I don't think they get credit to be honest with you because of the style of ball they play.
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#iowa #herbstreit #clutchpoints

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KaMario Taylor showcased promising potential as a freshman last year. His ceiling presented an optimistic take for Nick Saban to express about the Mississippi State Bulldogs quarterback.
Taylor is preparing for the second year of his collegiate career with the Bulldogs. He made 11 appearances that included two starts in 2025, throwing for 629 yards with five touchdowns and one interception. Taylor also finished third on the team in rushing yards with 458 on just 82 carries while leading the team in rushing touchdowns with eight.
Saban talked about Taylor's skillset during an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show. He believed that the quarterback will exceed expectations and surprise a lot of people as a player in the SEC.
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#saban #state #kamario

Tucker Kraft remains one of the Green Bay Packers' biggest unresolved situations heading into Week 1. Green Bay has yet to reach an agreement on a contract extension with the young tight end, while the team also awaits a timetable for Josh Jacobs' potential NFL discipline amid his legal issues.
Adam Schefter weighed in on Kraft's contract talks with Green Bay, urging the tight end to think twice before walking away from guaranteed money that could be available to him.
"He's coming off a torn ACL and the Packers have a relatively strong offer out there. I think it's hard coming off an ACL to turn down real money," the NFL ****** yst commented during his appearance on The Pat McAfee show.
Jan 12, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft (85) reacts after the game against the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFC wild card game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images
Christian Gonzalez and Baker Mayfield showed that players can hold their ground during contract talks without letting negotiations drag into the regular season. Schefter cited both cases as examples for Kraft, who is still trying to secure his next deal with Green Bay.

#philadelphia

ESPN's "College GameDay" was back last weekend for Lane Kiffin's LSU debut, and in Week 2, it will air live from one of the most anticipated regular-season games of the 2026 season. GameDay will be at Ohio State vs. Texas in Austin, Texas.
GameDay starts at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN and runs until noon on Saturday, Sept. 12. The crew consisting of Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban and Pat McAfee will have their game picks and all the Week 2 ****** ysis.
In recent years, GameDay has been criticized for prioritizing SEC games over traveling across the country to showcase other college game-day atmospheres. This week, however, GameDay did not mess around, selecting the marquee matchup of the week between the Longhorns and Buckeyes. Other options included Kentucky hosting Alabama and Oklahoma at Michigan, but even those aren't top-4 battles like Texas-Ohio State.
Actor Glenn Powell, who completed his undergraduate degree at Texas, will be the celebrity guest picker.
The show also already announced that it will attend the LSU at Ole Miss game in Week 3.

#gameday #ohio

3 games Miami WR Malachi Toney could cement his Heisman Trophy race originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
If you haven't heard about Malachi Toney by now, you are living under a rock. The 18-year-old prodigy out of Liberty City, Florida has taken the college world by storm after his astonishing freshman season. He helped lead Miami Hurricanes to another national championship appearance.
Toney's week one performance against Stanford on Saturday will never be forgotten, literally, because he set the Miami Hurricanes' single-game receiving record with 234 yards and a hat trick. Eddie Brown previously set the record in 1984 against Boston College with 220 receiving yards. He finished his 2025 campaign with 1,211 receiving yards, 109 receptions, and 10 touchdowns, leading the team in receptions and receiving yards at 18 years old.
Miami head coach Mario Cristobal was asked about Toney on the Pat McAfee Show and gave nothing but praise to his star-studded receiver: "He's put on 12–14 pounds of muscle man; he can accelerate and decelerate at a higher rate." Cristobal said. "He is stronger, he is faster, and then the time he puts in it's never changed, he always tries to push the envelope with that."
Cristobal's praise and the stats tell the story of the player Toney is, but three games could close the door on his competition.

#receiving #hurricanes #college

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has never been shy about speaking his mind, and as he enters what he is adamant will be his final season in the NFL, Rodgers is making it clear that he's letting whatever comes to mind fly.
In a two-part interview on teammate Cam Heyward's Not Just Football with Cam Heywardpodcast, Rodgers did not mince words about his feelings toward ESPN, doubling down on his criticism of the network during the Steelers' training camp.
"ESPN is really scared," Rodgers ***** erted. "Because I can speak up and speak my mind. And that McAfee thing rattled their feathers because I didn't just say that on McAfee's show—honestly, I love Pat, and he's done more for that network than any other horrible show they have on there—they should pay those guys doing it.
"But I also said, 'you're a gutless organization,' because they haven't said anything. They spend so much time on certain issues, but you won't talk one second about the Danny Russini situation?"
Rodgers also made it clear how he feels about former President Barack Obama and the lack of impact he had on the Black community, as well as where current President Donald Trump's loyalties actually lie.

#espn #network

Pat McAfee has always flown the flag for punters in the NFL, but he has now admitted his playing career did leave him feeling slightly guilty.
There are a lot of players both past and present who do not consider kickers and punters as actual NFL players.
McAfee will certainly argue against that, but he does appreciate that the kickers and punters do not quite pull their weight in the same way as the other players do.
It must be said that McAfee is one of the few punters who put their bodies to the test by getting involved in tackling among other aspects of the game.
However, the 39-year-old has now admitted that he did feel guilty not having to learn the playbook in the same way the rest of the squad was made to.

#admitted #flown

Outside the quarterback battle, no player on Iowa's roster made more headlines this offseason than transfer wide receiver Tony Diaz.
Diaz transferred from UT Rio Grande Valley, hoping to become a difference-maker for the Hawkeyes' offense. The 5-foot-10 third-year receiver was super impressive throughout the summer, reportedly dominating in camp and earning a starting spot in Week 1. Plenty of national media members had taken notice of Diaz as the season neared. Just hours before Iowa's season opener on Saturday, that trend continued.
ESPN's "College GameDay" crew was in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday morning in anticipation of the LSU-Clemson game. During the show, the conversation shifted to the Hawkeyes, with the crew giving their thoughts on Kirk Ferentz's team entering the new season. Soon after, ***** yst Pat McAfee brought up Diaz, prompting host Rece Davis to list his 2025 stat line.
In Iowa's opener against Northern Illinois, Diaz lived up to the GameDay hype. Diaz finished with seven grabs for 84 yards and a touchdown. The San Marcos, Texas, product had a good rapport with both Hank Brown and Jeremy Hecklinski. Diaz won on his routes, created a ton of separation, and looked extremely shifty in the open field.
"If he's out there healthy, that's what he does. He got banged up a little bit in the spring, but he just plays hard and he plays fast also. He is fast and plays fast. As dumb as it sounds, he's really aggressive catching ***** . That does sound dumb and kind of silly in some certain ways.

#hawkeyes

It's not the first time, nor will it be the last. This past Saturday, College GameDay devoted a segment to the upcoming vote on the Protect College Sports Act this week in Congress. Regardless of your political leanings, a college football pregame show devoted time at the official kickoff of the season to publicly support national legislation with no representation of the opposing view.
Is this the new normal? Is this the expectation moving forward? Without question, college football needs some sort of reform. But is this act the fix? And should it be debated on a college football pregame show to kick off a new season of Saturdays in the fall? If Saturday was an example, where was the debate? There was none.
I'm not naive enough to believe sports and politics have never mixed on sports television programming. I've always argued that if there is a direct connection between sports and a political debate, then engage. But engage properly. Except, Saturday provided a moment where the intersection was direct. However, the forum was not open to the other side.
Instead, this was lobbying. Not discussion. This was advocacy, not debate.
Yes, Nick Saban is a staunch supporter of the act proposed in Congress. In fact, he testified before a Senate committee in support of the bill and appears in a commercial supporting it. Yes, Pat McAfee is also a supporter of the act. He's said as much on his daily sports talk program.

#sports #debate #political #pregame

It was recently revealed that Pat McAfee would bring his kicking contest back to College GameDay on ESPN for a fourth season, despite McAfee hinting twice last December that the series could be over for good.
McAfee funded the high-dollar-reward contest all on his own for the first three seasons and handed out more than $6 million. As Awful Announcing's Sam Neumann explained, "Either a fresh sponsorship agreement covering those costs or a renegotiated financial arrangement folded into McAfee's rumored $60 million-plus annual ESPN extension emerged as the two most plausible ways to bring the contest back without leaving McAfee personally on the hook for another year of six-figure kicks."
During Saturday's season debut of College GameDay at LSU in Baton Rouge, McAfee announced that a sponsorship agreement had indeed emerged. The Home Depot, which has sponsored College GameDay for 24 years, will match the dollar amount that he pays out for the entire 2026 season.
Additionally, the 33-yard kicking contest has officially rebranded as "Pat McAfee's 'Kicking is easy' contest" on College GameDay. The contest had been loosely referred to as that in the past, but now it's also listed that way on the ESPN graphic.
"This year, we have a massive update," McAfee said as kicking contestant Bruce was about to attempt a kick. "A company that has given millions and millions of dollars to college sports said, 'We want to help you in this whole thing.' Home Depot has said they will match anything that I put up [for the kicker] for the rest of the season."

#contest #bring

This article originally appeared on SteelersNOW.com.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed in an interview with Zito Salena of the Washington Post that he can't wait to be a father once he retires. Rodgers has said several times that this season will be his final one.
"My next chapter in my life is fatherhood. We are not expecting yet, but I cannot wait to be a father," Rodgers said.
During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show at St. Vincent College on Aug. 3, the four-time NFL MVP opened up on his marriage and how it's altered his life.
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#wait #father #life

Country music singer Lainey Wilson will serve as the guest picker on College Gameday for LSU football vs. Clemson on Saturday. The two sides meet for a Week One clash under the lights in Iger Stadium for the back half of a home-and-home set.
Wilson, a Louisiana native, made an appearance on SEC Nation in Baton Rouge last season. During an interview with Laura Rutledge, Wilson talked about her small town roots as well as her love for LSU. Now, she'll be sitting alongside Nick Saban, Pat MacAfee and Kirk Herbstreit before the Tigers open the 2026 season.
Soon after the announcement, Wilson joined The Pat McAfee show to talk about her selection as the guest picker and said she plans to perform on College Gameday. She follows in the footsteps of some of the most famous LSU alumni, such as Paul Skenes and Livvy Dunne.
Callin' Baton Rougelaineywilson is the Guest Picker for the 500th CollegeGameDay show pic.twitter.com/VrGbyBkKCV
"I'm just fired up to go back home," Wilson said. "I cannot tell you the amount of fun I have had at LSU football games."

#picker #gameday #baton #back

J.J. McCarthy stays on the Vikings 53 — and the injury story still doesn't add up. The Minnesota Vikings set their 53-man roster with J.J. McCarthy still on it, then spent Monday shuffling the edges. On The Real Forno Show, Tyler Forness and Dave Stefano unpacked the leak that McCarthy's ankle is suddenly "week to week," Ben Goessling's report that McCarthy himself chose not to play Friday, the Max Brosmer and Dillon Bell cuts, waiver claims of Trevor Keegan and Nick Samac, and a practice squad still taking shape.
Forness opened with the elephant in the room: he expected Minnesota to move on from McCarthy before the deadline. Then Adam Schefter said on Pat McAfee that the ankle is a multi-week injury — 10 days after the sprain, after McCarthy practiced fully Monday and Tuesday. "I don't buy it for a second," Forness said. "If it really was a multi-week injury… now we're calling it a week-to-week injury after he goes out and practices in full?" Stefano called a grade-one deltoid sprain "100% playable" and asked why sitting Friday or leaking "week to week" would help trade stock. Forness noted other backups (Quinn Ewers, Kyle McCord) already moved for sixth-rounders, and that waiting only shrinks the market. Goessling reported the sit-out was McCarthy's call, not the organization's. "It was him not being comfortable playing in the game," Forness quoted. "The whole thing just smells rotten."
Monday's moves were clearer. Minnesota claimed interior linemen Keegan and Samac after trading Walter Rouse, then waived Brosmer and Bell to make room. Forness said if McCarthy can't go Week 1, Kevin O'Connell will want a third active-roster quarterback because an emergency QB must be on the 53, not the practice squad. They also ran the rest of the roster: four tight ends with T.J. Hockenson in a contract year; Tyler Batty's torn ACL thinning the edge; Caleb Banks as a long-term "unicorn" pick, not a Year 1 finished product. "You drafted him for '27, '29, and '30," Forness said. "Trading him now would be incredibly shortsighted."
J.J. McCarthy saga: McCarthy practiced fully Monday and Tuesday before sitting out Wednesday. He chose not to play Friday's preseason finale despite the plan being for him to start the first half. Trade talks reportedly occurred but no deal materialized. Tyler expects a new quarterback added if McCarthy can't play Week 1.
Offensive line: The Vikings claimed Trevor Keegan (fourth-ranked PFF guard) and Nick Samac (top PFF preseason center), both with center versatility. Walter Rouse was traded for a sixth-round pick. Max Brosmer and Dillon Bell were waived.

#injury #bell

One of college football's growing icons is Pat McAfee. He has completely taken over ESPN after becoming a superstar addition to College GameDay.
However, after a reported $60 million salary, multiple layoffs at ESPN, and rumored plans to expand McAfee's presence, fans are starting to notice. They are also asking a simple question: Are we getting too much McAfee? Well, if you're ESPN, the answer appears to be no.
Now, another prediction has fans buzzing and feeling the McAfee mania.
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Awful Announcing made a prediction that McAfee's music could soon take over the network, starting with College GameDay. The prediction was heavily covered by ESPN ******* ysts and the network.

#gameday

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle is set to take another step toward a Week 1 return.
ESPN's Pat McAfee on Monday reported Kittle is set to participate in team drills for the 49ers in Tuesday's practice after only participating in the individual portions of practices since being activated off the PUP list.
It isn't necessarily a surprise that Kittle is going to work out in team drills since clearing that hurdle will be paramount to the team being comfortable flying him to Australia to play in Week 1. Kittle will first have to get through the team drills without a problem, and then they'll see how his body responds to going through the closest thing he's had to live football since January.
Barring a disaster, all signs have pointed toward Kittle playing in Week 1 vs. the Los Angeles Rams in Australia. There's been optimism about it since early in the offseason and there's never been any counter reporting to indicate Kittle and the team are eyeing anything but a Week 1 return.
There's always a chance Kittle doesn't quite feel right after Tuesday's practice and the team shuts him down until they're gearing up for Week 2, but it sure seems like the 49ers and Kittle are staying on the timeline that gets him in uniform for their 2026 opener.

#week #toward

Pat McAfee's studio runs on chaos, but 'Boston' Connor Campbell found something quieter last month. The longtime co-host of the show married Natalie, and only this week did the couple let fans in on it, sharing photos with a simple caption.
"Grateful to be married to the love of my life," Natalie Campbell and Boston Connor posted their wedding pictures on Instagram.
Connor tied the knot with Natalie Campbell on July 25, 2026, at **** hall Gardens and Mansion in Carmel, Indiana. The couple had gotten engaged back in February, so this had been a long time coming. Connor actually teased the wedding a little last month with a post on X, simply saying, "Highly recommend it." At that time, he'd dropped only the unofficial pictures.
Connor and Natalie met at the Four Finger Distillery via a mutual friend. They hit it off instantly, and sure enough, Connor popped the question in what is now their first home together. A diehard New England Patriots fan, he also made sure to slide in a football reference when he announced the engagement.
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#natalie #month

Lee Corso retired at the beginning of the 2025 college football season, leaving the show in the hands of Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Nick Saban and Pat McAfee. One of the most beloved figures in college football media, Corso had been with the show since its inception in 1987.
Herbstreit joined the show as a sideline ***** yst in 1995 and replaced Craig James on the desk the next season. Three decades later, it's clear ESPN made the right choice, but early in Herbstreit's run with the show someone at the network apparently didn't think it was working as well as it could.
Herbstreit shared the story on The Press Box podcast (via Awful Announcing):
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"I remember about the middle of the year, a guy came up to me at ESPN who worked on GameDay [and said], 'You'll never last if you don't figure out how to aggressively go after Corso,' because that's what Craig had done," Herbstreit said. "I just didn't think that I could do that."

#Football #espn

Self-proclaimed diehard Cincinnati Reds fan Kirk Herbstreit, who grew up in Centerville, Ohio, appeared Aug. 27 on ESPN's "Pat McAfee Show" to discuss a number of topics, including his dissatisfaction with the 2026 Reds.
"My whole life I grew up watching and listening to every Reds baseball game," Herbstreit explained during the broadcast. "I am a diehard Reds baseball fan. And after 13 years of underachieving, I am always a fan. But I am so beyond ****** off with the lack of competitive fire from the organization. They've beaten it out of me."
"Look at the stands," Herbstreit continued. "I'm not the only one. Look at all the (empty) red seats at the home games. It is what it is. … When I was growing up, Reds' baseball was as proud as any professional organization there was in all of sports, not just baseball. They don't have that now. Hopefully they'll get it back one day. I'm still a fan. I just get disgusted with them."
Herbstreit made similar remarks on McAfee's show in July, going into painstaking detail about how challenging it is for him to root for the Reds.

#reds #look #diehard

Adam Schefter has spent much of the offseason predicting Aaron Donald will return to the Los Angeles Rams. But on Wednesday's Pat McAfee Show, he sounded less certain — and more focused on the clock running out.
With the Rams set to open the season in two and a half weeks against the San Francisco 49ers in Australia, Schefter said the timeline for Donald to make a call is closing fast.
"These people know it's go time. Like two and a half weeks, time to start getting ready, which, again, makes me wonder what's going through the mind of one Aaron Donald right now as we get closer to the regular season," Schefter said. "I would think that he's probably getting close to making a decision at some point here. 'Cause either you're gonna do it or you're not gonna do it. We're at the point now where, like, you're coming back or you're not coming back. Does your body feel like it can handle it, or does your body feel like it can't handle it? What are we doing here? One way or the other, right?"
The comments mark a shift in tone from Schefter's earlier reporting. In June, he called a Donald return "more likely than not," and by early July he was noting momentum building around the idea after the Rams acquired Myles Garrett from Cleveland. Donald was later seen working out at the team's facility, and has had multiple workouts with the Rams during training camp.
Donald hasn't played since the Rams' 2024 playoff loss to Detroit. He made first-team All-Pro in that final season, logging eight sacks while playing more than 80% of Los Angeles' defensive snaps — hardly the profile of a player in decline. He's now 35 and would be more than two years removed from live game action if he suits up in Week 1.

#donald

Is Pat McAfee behind a major College GameDay shakeup? originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Changes are coming to "College GameDay" just days before the 2026 season.
Awful Announcing reported Wednesday that Jim Gaiero, who had been the show's lead producer for a decade, has been taken off ESPN's premiere game-day college football program.
While ESPN has attributed the move to a new role for Gaiero, there are also indications of Pat McAfee's involvement — the latest sign of his apparent friction with higher-ups at the network.
Here's what's known about McAfee's potential involvement in a longtime "College GameDay" producer being taken off the show.

#college #involvement #preferred

Indirect tax and compliance technology company Vertex has made three senior appointments to its leadership team as it prepares for its next stage of expansion.
Chatelle Lynch has joined as chief people officer (CPO) at the company, while Carlos Mercuriali has been named senior vice-president and regional manager for Europe.
The company also announced that Bala Chandran takes up the role of chief product and technology officer.
Lynch has more than 20 years of experience in organisational strategy and transformation-led businesses.
She previously held CPO positions at the RealReal and McAfee.

#technology #officer #vertex

Last week, ABC broadcast its coverage of the 2026 Patriot Games, an event United States President Donald Trump announced last year as part of the country's America 250 celebration marking the 250th anniversary of the United States.
The event, which promised to include "the greatest high school athletes" in the country as they competed for scholarship money, was broadcast in a primetime slot on ABC, was attended by Trump himself, and was praised by ESPN star Pat McAfee, who also attended the event alongside the president.
Despite all of that, the television ratings suggest that the event was an overwhelming failure, and Trump has been openly mocked as a result.
Trump unveiled the Patriot Games in 2025 as a first-of-its-kind athletic competition intended to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
"In the fall, we will host the first-ever 'Patriot Games,' an unprecedented 4-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes, one young man and one young woman from each state and territory," Trump said at the time.

#games #united

Last week, ABC aired its coverage of the 2026 Patriot Games, which were announced by United States President Donald Trump last year as part of the nation's America 250 celebration, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the country.
While it received some glowing praise from ESPN's Pat McAfee, who attended the event alongside Trump, the viewership numbers for the event were downright embarrassing.
The Patriot Games were a first-of-its-kind athletic competition that was announced by Trump in 2025 as a way to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
"In the fall, we will host the first-ever 'Patriot Games,' an unprecedented 4-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes, one young man and one young woman from each state and territory," Trump said at the time.
The games promised that athletes would be "tested on the skills from the Presidential Fitness Test, go through a military-inspired boot camp circuit, and finalists will compete in an obstacle course designed to test strategy and skill."

#athletes

There's little debate about who the greatest college football coach of all time is. It's none other than former Michigan State, LSU, and Alabama head coach Nick Saban, but as is often the case, failure to launch came before the rise to glory.
Not many know that Saban was once an ***** istant under former Ohio State head coach, the late, great Earle Bruce, from 1980-81. Saban started his coaching career as a graduate ***** istant for his alma mater, Kent State, in 1973 and was promoted to the linebackers coach in 1975. He also had stops as an ***** istant at Syracuse and West Virginia before Bruce hired him as a defensive backs coach in 1980. Amazingly enough, Saban was hired to replace another famous coach, Pete Carroll, on the Buckeye staff.
However, Saban's time with a scarlet and gray wardrobe was short-lived. He was fired after a 31-28 Ohio State win against Navy in the 1981 Liberty Bowl as part of a housecleaning of some of the defensive staff because of a reported disagreement in philosophy.
While appearing on the Pat McAfee Show, right out of the gate, McAfee -- with former Ohio State linebacker A.J. Hawk sitting in tow -- asked Saban if he was ever fired, and Saban was quick to point out his time in Columbus.
"Yeah, I talked to you about that. I got fired when I was a defensive backs coach at Ohio State," Saban said.

#assistant #bruce

Responding to Buss' side, Charania stressed that ESPN never reported that all six Buss siblings had voted to sell the remaining shares. "I just have to make it very clear, I fully stand by my reporting," Charania said on the Pat McAfee show. "What I reported was that there was a majority vote, at least four of six necessary to be able to close a transfer as far as the tag-along provision, and I had a statement from the Buss Family Trust."
This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: "What I reported was that there was a majority vote, …

#buss #charania #espn

Kaden Wetjen did not need long to make an impression in his first NFL game.
The Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver and return specialist turned heads during Thursday night's 28-9 preseason victory over the Green Bay Packers, catching two passes for 79 yards and a touchdown while displaying the explosive speed that made him one of college football's most dangerous return specialists.
His performance was impressive enough to draw praise from ESPN college football **** yst Kirk Herbstreit, who appeared on The Pat McAfee Show and offered a strong endorsement of the former Iowa standout.
"Kaden Wetjen out of Iowa is a freak," Herbstreit said. "I'm excited to see what the Steelers are gonna be able to do this year."
Wetjen's biggest play came on a 74-yard catch-and-run from fellow rookie Drew Allar. Wetjen caught the pass in stride, turned on his speed and raced deep into Green Bay territory, immediately demonstrating that his value to Pittsburgh may extend well beyond special teams.

#steelers #return #turned