Chris, Matt, and Nick Sturniolo celebrated their PEOPLE's ******* iest Man Alive Readers' Choice nomination in a playful video
The brothers face Jackson Olson, Jack Innamen and Sammy Batchelder in the ******* iest TikTok star category
Fans can vote through Oct. 12 before the winners are revealed Oct. 20
The Sturniolo triplets are feeling thankful — and having a ******* y off to prove it.
The brothers were nominated for ******* iest TikTok Star in this year's PEOPLE ******* iest Man Alive Readers' Choice Poll and showed their gratitude by flexing their looks in a hilarious Instagram Reel on Oct. 2.

#sexiest #alive #readers #star

When developers hand governance to residents at build-out, HOA fees spike as homeowners absorb true amenity costs and cover reserve underfunding through special ****** sments.
HOA fee increases in post-transition communities routinely outpace the 2027 Social Security COLA of roughly 3%, squeezing retirees on fixed incomes.
Demand the reserve study, CC&Rs, and community development district bond balance before signing. If the sales office stalls, the pitch was rehearsed, not substantiated.
Two retirees, same $1 million, same 4% rule, buy one finished with $1.4 million, the other hit $0 in 12 years. Our free reader guide explains the flaw that separated them, and the income-first method built to avoid it.
Readers in their late fifties and early sixties ask weekly: Can I retire to a Margaritaville community, and what will it cost over twenty or thirty years? The brochure sells one version, while the sales center sells another. The real question a retiree should ask is what happens once marketing wears off and the structural issue the sales presentation almost never covers emerges.

#retirees #community #years #sells

Dispatch.com readers can vote for their favorite boys high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Dispatch.com mobile web or Dispatch app once per hour by scrolling down to ballots listed below.
Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
Last week's Athlete of the Week: Berlin's Ethan Litton voted Boys Athlete of the Week presented by Wexner Medical Center
If you can't see the ballot when you scroll to the bottom of this story, try refreshing the link or clearing the cache in your browser. You do not have to be a subscriber to vote.

#wexner #medical

There were plenty of great performances from around the local gridiron as area football teams opened their seasons. Tommy Cassell picked a few of the best performances for readers to vote on to decide the Hometeam Football Player of the Week.
More: Check out the Hometeam Central Mass. high school football standings, leaders
These picks were selected from performances reported by area coaches to the Hometeam Scoreboard. Coaches or administrators are encouraged to report game results and highlights each night by calling the T&G sports desk at 508-793-9350 or emailing sportstelegram.com.
Abalo rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown and also made 13 tackles to lead the Burncoat defense in a 34-6 beatdown of Bourne.
This senior led the Warriors' defense with seven tackles and a pair of sacks, with one of his sacks resulting in a safety on defense during Narragansett's 29-6 victory over Monty Tech.

#Football #coaches #tackles #sacks

Every week, the Las Cruces Sun-News will nominate several athletes for its Athlete of the Week award, sponsored by the El Paso Children's Hospital. The winner is decided by you, the readers.
Last week's winner was Las Cruces High School football's Denton Walter with 2,534 votes (98% of votes).
The award highlights the best performances from Las Cruces-area athletes from the previous week. This week, there are seven nominations from football, girls volleyball, and cross country from Las Cruces, Centennial and Organ Mountain high schools.
More: Live updates: Las Cruces area Week 4 high school football scoreboard
The poll will close at noon on Friday, Sept. 18. There are no restrictions, so vote now and vote often.

#week #award

Ryan Garcia will defend his WBC Welterweight ****** le for the first time later TONIGHT (Sat., Sept. 12, 2026) against British brawler, Conor Benn, inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in what is one of the most anticipated ****** le fights of 2026.
Garcia is riding high on confidence after winning the strap earlier his year, defeating Mario Barrios via unanimous decision (recap here). As for Benn, it's chance to win his first major world ****** le and is coming off a dominant victory over Regis Prograis earlier this year (relive it here).
Many readers check in before, during and after the fights to share their thoughts on all of the action, as the main card kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on Paramount+. Feel free to leave a comment (or several) about the bouts and chat with all the other Maniacs during the show — it's always a lot of fun!
147 lbs.: Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn — Garcia wins via second-round TKO
200 lbs.: Jai Opetaia vs. Noel Mikaelyan — Opetaia wins via ninth round KO
Heavyweight: Damazion Vanhouter vs. Raphael Akpejiori — Vanhouter via first-round KO
135 lbs.: Mark Magsayo vs. Andres Cortes — Cortes wims.via unanimous decision
130 lbs.: Oswaldo Molina vs. Pablo Rubio — Rubio wins via unanimous decision
168 lbs.: Abel Gonzalez vs. Raul Salomon — _Gonzalez wins via unanimous decision
154 lbs.: Vlad Panin vs. Dakota Linger — Panin wins via fourth-round KO
147 lbs.: Jose Ramirez vs. Alex Rocha — Rocha wins via unanimous decision
147 lbs.: Sean Garcia vs. Abraham Morales — Garcia wins via majority decision
Round 1:

#decision #round #unanimous #title

Ryan Garcia will defend his WBC Welterweight **** le for the first time later TONIGHT (Sat., Sept. 12, 2026) against British brawler, Conor Benn, inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in what is one of the most anticipated **** le fights of 2026.
Garcia is riding high on confidence after winning the strap earlier his year, defeating Mario Barrios via unanimous decision (recap here). As for Benn, it's chance to win his first major world **** le and is coming off a dominant victory over Regis Prograis earlier this year (relive it here).
Many readers check in before, during and after the fights to share their thoughts on all of the action, as the main card kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on Paramount+. Feel free to leave a comment (or several) about the bouts and chat with all the other Maniacs during the show — it's always a lot of fun!
147 lbs.: Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn —
200 lbs.: Jai Opetaia vs. Noel Mikaelyan —
135 lbs.: Mark Magsayo vs. Andres Cortes —
Heavyweight: Damazion Vanhouter vs. Raphael Akpejiori —
130 lbs.: Oswaldo Molina vs. Pablo Rubio —
168 lbs.: Abel Gonzalez vs. Raul Salomon — _Gonzalez wins via unanimous decision
154 lbs.: Vlad Panin vs. Dakota Linger — Panin wins via fourth-round KO
147 lbs.: Jose Ramirez vs. Alex Rocha — Rocha wins via unanimous decision
147 lbs.: Sean Garcia vs. Abraham Morales — Garcia wins via majority decision
COMING SOON …

#decision

The results are in for the first SB Nation Reacts polls of the regular season for our Minnesota Vikings, so let's take a look at how everyone is feeling on the eve of the new campaign.
We had two questions for you this week, with the first one being the question that we'll be asking every week this season going forward: How confident are you that the Vikings are moving in the right direction? While the number is above the 50% mark, it isn't quite as high as we've seen it at the start of seasons in the recent past.
Of those who responded to our poll, 60% feel that the team is, in fact, moving in the right direction. As we've generally stated, this can mean different things to different people, but there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered about our favorite squad as we head into the season opener. Hopefully we'll get some positive answers to those questions on Sunday afternoon against the hated Green Bay Packers.
Speaking of that matchup, our other question for this week was how you think the purple will fare in their first game of the season. Our readers feel, overwhelmingly, that our team will come out with a victory, though the margin seems to be up for some debate.
Of those who responded to our poll for this week, 48% believe that the Vikings will emerge victorious by a touchdown or less, while another 34% believe that they'll win by an even greater margin. So, 82% of those who responded to our question for this week believe that our favorite team will be getting off to a 1-0 start to the 2026 season, which is nice. Of those who believe that the Vikings will be starting 0-1, the numbers. . .which somehow add up to 101% rather than 100% because of rounding errors (I ****** ume) that I haven't seen. . .have a slight lean towards the Vikings losing by more than a touchdown than they do toward them losing by less than that.

#season #first #team #we 'll

Regular readers know that I've followed one of the great Cy Young horse races in recent memory, with Cam Schlittler going great start-for-great start with the Blue Jays' Dylan Cease. We got a little bit of separation this week, as the Athletics touched up Cease for four runs in five innings on Monday, and then Schlittler allowed just a solo shot in seven frames against the Rockies on Tuesday. Cam has crept just ahead by fWAR, enjoys a considerable lead in bWAR, and right now I think would end up at the top of most voters' ballots.
But something struck me in the aftermath of Cam's night against Colorado, the same night that Aaron Judge returned to the lineup. Cam Schlittler isn't just the Cy Young favorite, but he's built himself an MVP case. No pitcher has won the award since Clayton Kershaw for the 2014 Dodgers, and the last AL winner was 2011 Justin Verlander. Yordan Alvarez is in the hunt for the first Triple Crown since Miguel Cabrera, Bobby Witt Jr. is probably the best overall player in the league, and if Junior Caminero tops the AL in home runs and plays on the Junior Circuit's best team, he probably gets his share of votes too.
And yet here's the thing: Cam stacks up fairly against all three of them!
Let's take Yordan, who I think has the inside track on the award right now. Schlittler's 0.1 fWAR back, a difference that is literally negligible, and more than three-quarters of a win better by bWAR. Alvarez's candidacy is based around the Triple Crown, probably being the best hitter in baseball, and dragging what we thought was a finally-deflated Houston Astros team to a division ****** le. ****** py AL West or not, that is exactly the blueprint for an MVP, if one for a slightly older voter.
Should Alvarez not win the Triple Crown, he loses a bit of his case, though he's likely still the best hitter in the game on a division winner, one who will have played in the neighborhood of 155 games. That's the big thing both undercutting Witt's MVP claim while bolstering his position as best all-around player — the Kansas City shortstop has only played 128 games at time of writing, yet leads the league in fWAR and bWAR among position players. With a solid-but-not-spectacular 18 homers and 124 wRC+, the parts of his game beyond hitting are doing the heavy lifting there as well. All that and the fact that the Royals are so bad work against him when it comes to end of season awards though, and Bobby seems cursed to be the Dave Stieb of shortstops.

#schlittler #young #cease

Well STS readers, I come to you this week recovering from an extremely sobering experience last Saturday night. I predicted a fight even in a loss, and if it even qualified as a fight, it resembled Drago vs. Apollo in Rocky IV. Probably an adequate ******* ogy because Apollo USED to be great, but he was no match for the modernized superweapon Drago. Did the Soviets cheat to develop him? Absolutely, but at that point they were doing whatever it took to be superior no matter the morality of it. Clemson fans like me could be heard yelling "throw in the ******* towel!" by maybe the fourth possession of the game. It was that obvious that Clemson was completely and totally outmatched at the lines of scrimmage and the surrounding skill had zero chance because of it on either side of the ball.
How did it come to this? I posted this in a comment on the game review thread and will paste it here as it summarizes what I have painfully allowed myself to realize: "I hate it for Dabo and others who really want to do this the way it is supposed to be done, which is to develop men and grow boys to men and that takes time more often than not. That is what the transfer portal and NIL and lack of tampering control has created and as much as Dabo has tried to evolve I just don't see how he could ever get to what actually has to be done now if you want to be elite. I bet if you begin to track LSU, Ohio State, Texas, etc, going forward, you will see that maybe 50% of their rosters will start and finish with them and the other half will be brought in from elsewhere at some stage of their five-year playing window. Dabo swallows hard just to have the maybe 15% we are up to now that would check that box. I totally understand why, but either Dabo has to let go of that OR Clemson needs a huge break and actual sane rules return to CFB. Otherwise, we are back to 1995 where we might be able to beat ok teams and bad teams but are done beating anyone that is legit top 15 in stature."
I am a Clemson Tiger for life and lived through the lean years between Ford and Dabo. I'll still tune in and attend games when I can, but I know now that something has to give if Clemson is ever going to hope to compete at the highest level and it may get worse before it can get better. I'm still looking for pathways to wins, as many wins as this team can find a way to manage. I agree they are likely better than that product we saw in Baton Rouge, but that is not saying a lot either considering how FCS level the Tigers looked in that game.
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#apollo

Welcome back, readers! I am happy to return for a second year as The Sporting Tribune's fantasy football ****** yst. If you are new here, my mission is to help fantasy managers with any dilemmas or questions they may have through the course of the season to ultimately win their leagues. For the next 17 weeks, I will produce weekly fantasy content that will go over the waiver wire, rankings, and Start 'Em, Sit 'Em columns.
Being a fantasy manager often means having to make difficult roster decisions, but I aim to take some of the guesswork out of it with my Start 'Em and Sit 'Em column for every position. It goes without saying that I won't include obvious calls like "start Trey McBride" or "sit Tommy DeVito." Instead, I search for players that could be perceived as fringe that could propel your lineups for weekly wins.
As always, if you have any questions or don't see your players on here, feel free to follow me on Twitter (X) – JamesNewell96 and send me a message, where I typically respond in a timely manner.
Kyle Pitts Sr. @ PIT (Projected FPTS - 9.4): Despite the news of Cooper Rush likely being named the Week One starter, I am still high on Pitts. He finished last season as one of the top fantasy tight ends with Kirk Cousins under center. Besides, Atlanta doesn't really have many options for pass catchers after Bijan Robinson and Drake London, and new head coach Kevin Stefanski typically uses his tight ends. Pittsburgh is also a favorable matchup, allowing 11 touchdowns and the third-most points to the position last season.
Dallas Goedert vs. WSH (Projected FPTS - 8.5): Goedert finished last season with a career-high 11 touchdowns. While it's easy to ****** ume some regression, the Eagles traded A.J. Brown, and rookie wideout Makai Lemon is coming off a hamstring injury. Philly's passing attack will likely feature DeVonta Smith and Goedert for at least the early part of the season. He will take on a Commanders team that allowed 12 touchdowns the season before (tied for the second-most). Goedert should expect to see a fair share of targets, making him worth putting in your lineup.

#fantasy #touchdowns #projected

This article contains details, including depictions of violence, which some readers may find distressing.
Without the interventions of her family and friends, Amy says she would have married the man who had physically and psychologically abused her for much of their relationship.
Had the wedding gone ahead, she fears he would have eventually killed her.
Christopher Malcolm, a serial rapist who was recently jailed for his crimes, inflicted life-changing injuries on his former fiancée - on one occasion she said he left her face "black and blue" just before she visited her terminally ill father for Father's Day.
Amy, not her real name, told the BBC that staying in the relationship was often a means to calm the violence and survive. So long as Malcolm was free, she said she did not feel safe enough to report him to police.

#details

Good morning. Stocks fell on Monday as long-dated bond yields continued to climb amid surging oil prices, raising concerns that the Federal Reserve will need to hike rates at its policy meeting next week.
The 10-year Treasury (^TNX) crept up to 4.8% while Brent crude futures (BZ=F) topped $98 per barrel amid continued Iran-US tensions in the Middle East. Goldman Sachs ******* ysts see a case for oil reaching $120.
Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading, based on a heat map powered by Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data.
Tech stocks (XLK) rose as Nvidia (NVDA) and other chip stocks gained slightly. The Energy (XLE) sector rose more than 1%, while Financials (XLF) and Consumer Discretionary (XLY), which are more sensitive to interest rates, slipped.
Here are some other notable stocks that Yahoo Finance readers are viewing this morning: Tesla (TSLA), Sandisk (SNDK), and Alibaba (BABA).

#rose

Dispatch.com readers can vote for their favorite girls high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Dispatch.com mobile web or Dispatch app once per hour by scrolling down to ballots listed below.
Deadline is 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.
The boys Athlete of the Week poll was published Sept. 7. Voting is open until 4 p.m. Sept. 11.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
Last week's Athlete of the Week: Worthington Kilbourne's Molly O'Leary voted Girls Athlete of the Week

#dispatch #voting

Friday nights are back, and so is The Record's weekly search for the top high school football performance in San Joaquin County.
Each week during the 2026 season, one standout player will be voted the Martin Dentistry Football Athlete of the Week.
The choice belongs to you, the readers.
This week's ballot features 10 nominees from Stockton, Tracy, Lathrop, Lodi, Manteca, Oakdale and Escalon after their Week 1 performances.
Everyone is encouraged to submit nominations for the upcoming week by emailing dackermanngannett.com.

#Friday #county #tracy

Editor's note: We've freshened up the design of our Athlete of the Week poll. Voting is easier than ever. Click your favorite athlete or team to cast your vote.
With the 2026-27 high school sports season approaching, the El Paso Times will give readers a chance to vote to select El Paso's top athletes and teams.
This week, readers can vote for the Boys Athlete of the Week in football and cross country for the week of Sept. 1-5.
Here are this week's nominees:
Maurice Edwards, Americas football. Against Andress he had 477 yards of total offense and rushed for eight touchdowns.

#week #athlete #Football #times

A new book about the Princess of Wales is coming out at the end of the month, but ***** O! readers will have the chance to see it in person first at an exclusive event we are hosting on Wednesday 23 September in central London.
Author Ingrid Seward's new book, Catherine & Diana, explores the two most famous Princesses of Wales – the current holder of the ***** le, Catherine, and the late mother-in-law she never met, Princess Diana. Both royal women, who are often compared, have shaped the monarchy in their own unique way and their relationship to the Crown is the subject of Ingrid's book.
To celebrate these two iconic Princesses of Wales, ***** O! is hosting an intimate event – a live recording of A Right Royal Podcast – on Wednesday 23 September at Quaglino's – and you're invited! You'll have early access to Ingrid's book and be the first to hear an extract from it, plus have the chance to buy a signed copy, before it officially hits shelves later that week.
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Our hosts of A Right Royal Podcast, Emily Nash, Andrea Caamano, and Emmy Griffiths, will be quizzing Ingrid on the real Diana and Catherine. Step beyond the headlines as our royal experts share their anecdotes about meeting the two Princesses, their take on how these royal women have influenced the monarchy, what Catherine's supporting role during her husband William's reign will look like, and much more.

#princesses #princess #hello #wednesday

Nearly every bar around town will be showing Tennessee football's home opener against Furman, but some of our favorite spots to watch the Vols are places where you can see and hear the game.
College football season is the best time of year in Knoxville, and more than 100,000 fans are expected to pour into Neyland Stadium on Sept. 5 as the Volunteers kick off their season against the Paladins. Bars across the city also will be packed with crowds dressed in orange and white.
To save you the hassle of showing up somewhere you can't hear what's happening on TV, here's a quick list of places we know will have the sound on during the game.
Looking for a hole-in-the-wall to kick off the Tennessee football season? Back Door Tavern is a dive bar fixture on Kingston Pike, and it's the place Knox News readers voted Knoxville's best Vols bar in 2025.
With TVs on almost every wall, you shouldn't miss a moment of Tennessee's first game. This bar proudly displays Tennessee flags and signs, as well as Vols memorabilia behind the bar, on the ceiling and above its stage.

#game #showing

Michael Burry, the investor made famous by "The Big Short," told readers of his Substack in February that there was "one specific aspect of their financials that I find troubling" about Nvidia (NVDA). The number he pointed at was purchase obligations of $95.2 billion in the company's fiscal 2026 annual report, "up from $16.1 billion the same time last year." Six months later, Nvidia has filed again, and the comparable commitment line is far larger.
The Feb. 26, 2026 post was ******* led "Short Thought: Nvidia Ratchets Up the Risk." Burry's summary of what the figure meant, quoted at the time by CNBC and Business Insider, was blunt: "This is not business as usual. This is risk." He wasn't describing a crash in progress, just a balance sheet he thought had taken on a new kind of exposure, and Barchart reported the post when it landed.
Dear GameStop Stock Fans, Mark Your Calendars for September 8
Why ******* ysts Think Sellas Life Sciences Stock Can Gain 150% From Here
Jensen Huang: Nvidia's Vera Rubin Platform Turns Electricity Into a $40 Billion Cash Machine

#Stock #risk #business

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains details some readers might find disturbing.
A Mexican musician, his pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter, as well as their nanny and a family dog were found dead on Tuesday, in a gruesome homicide case.
Jonathan Meléndez, the 38-year-old keyboardist of the well-known indie rock band Camilo Séptimo, was among those found dead in an apartment in an upscale neighborhood near Mexico City late Tuesday night, the State of Mexico Attorney General's Office said. His wife, Ana Paula, 35, was four months pregnant.
The second woman's family confirmed to reporters that the 21-year-old, named Aleida Romero Victorio, worked for the couple as a nanny.
"She was a very hardworking and responsible girl who did not deserve for this to be done to her," said her aunt, Lorena Victorio Cabrera.

#year #pregnant

Last week, Statesman columnist Cedric Golden joined sports columnists from the Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News to discuss which Texas players made ESPN's top 100 - and who was snubbed. You can watch the full episode here.
This week, the hosts are asking readers about tailgating and fan culture.
Sign up for the Daily Briefing from the Austin American-Statesman. Start your day with the must-read headlines from Austin's most trusted news source.
This article originally published at Which Texas college has the best tailgate atmosphere? Sound off!.

#cedric

We're two weeks into the football season, and what a whirlwind it has been.
Between upsets and close finishes, picking high school football games has seemingly never been more difficult. We at The Post, of course, are finding that out the hard way.
Every Thursday, our panel takes its best shot at forecasting the county's biggest games. As always, we're putting our reputations on the line and inviting readers to do the same. After all, predicting high school football is easy until the games actually start.
If you want to be included in next week's Palm Beach Pick 'Em, look out for weekly poll on Mondays then submit your picks to Eric J. Wallace (ejwallaceusatodayco.com) and Alex Peterman (apetermanusatodayco.com).
Get discount to stream games on NFHS Network

#Football #we 're #high #post

BATTLE CREEK - We are listing the top 10 high school boys cross country runners in the area and asking readers to vote for who will end up being the Battle Creek Enquirer Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year when the season is over.
It's the 2026 Battle Creek Enquirer Preseason Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year poll.
Meets have just started, and some athletes are already serving notice that they are ready for breakout years. But here's a preseason list of possible choices.
MORE: Enquirer Boys Cross Country Season Preview
You can vote for who you believe to be the Preseason Battle Creek Enquirer Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year below. Online poll open until noon on Sept. 11

#year #season

When bestselling author Katherine Rundell meets young readers, they sometimes play it cool.
They know fantasy books like her "Impossible Creatures," set on magical hidden islands with dragons and sphinxes, are fiction. But they lean in anyway, with a glint in their eyes, and ask, "Just to check, though, is any of it real?"
It's a rewarding comment for the author, 39, who crafted a world real enough to spark that kind of wonder. Speaking to USA TODAY with the soothing lilt of a Miss Honey, Rundell is protective of her young readers and their imaginations. In a recent essay in The Guardian, she argued that artificial intelligence "risks becoming an iron curtain that comes down between a young person and their potential for thinking."
Could fantasy books be the antidote? Rundell is the first author since J.K. Rowling to simultaneously top the children's book charts in the UK and U.S. Queen Camilla will gift every Year 6 student in the UK a copy of "Impossible Creatures" for Christmas this year. Walt Disney Studios has ***** ed up the film rights for a whopping seven figures. And a recent review said the series' next installment, "The Neverfear" (out now from Knopf Books for Young Readers) "would make JRR Tolkien proud."
"I don't think the world is going to become an easier place to be in the next few years. I think it's going to get harder … So I would love to write a book that has in it peril, danger, but also has in it a sense that even amid peril and danger and fear, it is worth finding reasons to rejoice," she tells USA TODAY. "There is a reason that the book begins and ends with a feast, because I wanted the idea that there is always cause for hope. There is always a reason to come together and celebrate love, celebrate humanity."

#year

As the 2026-27 NBA season approaches this fall, Bleacher Report released an interesting list, as they ranked the best players by each age. Unexpectedly, there were multiple Houston Rockets players who earned that distinction.
Beginning with the more surprising of the two, Amen Thompson was named as the league's best 23-year-old. Last season, Thompson took a huge jump, playing 79 games and averaging a career-high 18.3 points to go along with 7.8 rebounds, 5.3 ******* ists, 1.5 steals and 0.6 blocks. Although he was snubbed from an All-Defensive selection, Thompson did finish eighth in Defensive Player of Year Award voting. Other notable 23-year-olds that Thompson was selected over include Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero and Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller.
As readers may have expected, Kevin Durant (age 37) was the other Rockets forward listed, as Alperen Sengun fell short to Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham among players at the age of 24. A season ago, Durant averaged 26 points per game, tying him for 10th in the league. He also averaged 5.5 rebounds, 4.8 ******* ists, 0.8 steals and 0.9 blocks. James Harden, a former MVP in Houston, was the only other 37-year-old in the same realm as Durant, averaging 23.6 points and eight ******* ists between the Clippers and Cavaliers.
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#year #durant #forward

BATTLE CREEK - We are listing the top 12 high school girls swimmers and divers in the area and asking readers to vote for who will end up being the Battle Creek Enquirer Girls Swimmer/Diver of the Year when the season is over.
It's the 2026 Battle Creek Enquirer Preseason Swimmer/Diver of the Year poll.
Meets have just started, and some athletes are already serving notice that they are ready for breakout years. But here's a preseason list of possible choices.
MORE: Enquirer Girls Swimming/Diving Season Preview
You can vote for who you believe to be the Preseason Battle Creek Enquirer Swimmer/Diver of the Year below. Online poll open until noon on Sept. 9

#swimmer #preseason #season #vote

GOLF
Girls
Middleburg 209, Keystone Heights 260
Course: Eagle Landing (Middleburg).
The USA TODAY Network is kicking off the high school sports rush with an opportunity for Florida Times-Union readers to get a discount on a yearly subscription to the NFHS Network.

#golf #keystone #eagle #today

We want your predictions for UFC Fight Night 285. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we'll use the official tallies that are registered by Friday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).
Those reader consensus picks will be part of the main card staff predictions we release ahead of UFC Paris (Paramount+), which takes place Saturday at Paris Oriental Sports Center in China.
Make your picks below.
Records: Benouaich (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Montenegro (6-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Division: Strawweight

#picks

A new crop of players will soon make their names known across Section V as the high school football season kicks off this week.
We want to know who will be the best football player in the upcoming Class D season? We're asking readers to help answer that question.
Twelve teams are slated to play in Class D this fall, a number which could change. They are Attica, Avon, Canisteo-Greenwood, Clyde-Savannah, Geneseo/Mount Morris, Holley/Lyndonville, Mynderse, Notre Dame Batavia/Byron-Bergen, Oakfield-Alabama/Elba, Red Jacket, South Seneca/Romulus and York/Pavilion.
The Democrat & Chronicle compiled a list of returning all-stars and standouts from 2025. Fans can now vote in a poll to predict who will rule Section V Class D in the coming months.
Our poll remains open until 8 p.m. Sept. 3. The winner will be announced on the DandCSports Instagram page.

#section #we 're #avon

Was Jonathan Haidt right all along? Readers of this newsletter—and writers at Reason—are surely divided on this one. On Wednesday of this week, news broke that Meta had reached a humongous $17.1 billion settlement with 47 states and the District of Columbia, forced to pay damages due to child-endangerment claims stemming from its social media algorithms and platforms.
"The owner of Facebook and Instagram agreed to the financial penalties for violating federal child privacy and states' consumer protection laws, the states announced," reports The New York Times. "Meta also agreed to limit how long teenagers can spend on its platforms and to bans on features that stoke mental health issues, striking at the heart of the company's business of engagement for advertising."
"The settlement effectively ends a bellwether federal trial in the U.S. Northern District of California in Oakland, where California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey were seeking roughly $200 billion over accusations that Meta harmed children," adds the Times. Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, at times invoked a Section 230 defense, the "First Amendment of the internet" that makes it so companies don't bear liability for the posts of their users—which Reason has repeatedly defended amid a media landscape that doesn't seem to understand the value of Section 230.
"After years of being barred from suing social platforms, state prosecutors have gotten creative," wrote Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown earlier this month about the California/Colorado/Kentucky/New Jersey suit. "They're now claiming that this isn't about user-generated speech but about tech companies' product design. In this case, the states claim that providing photo filters is contributing to teens' body dysmorphia and that 'psychologically manipulative' features like displaying post 'like' counts, sending notifications, and using algorithms to curate content around a user's particular interests are what's keeping kids hooked, not the actual content on Facebook and Instagram. It's a silly claim, since clearly there could be no 'addiction' to social media if not for the content or communications contained on these platforms."
"The attorneys general and plaintiffs say that Meta's algorithms trap its users in the infinite scroll, hours of time spent staring at half-naked influencers or malnourished celebrities, images that breed body dysmorphia, anxiety and depression," reads a different Times article. This case was very explicitly built off of arguments and research found in Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation, which has enjoyed mainstream appeal. "Mr. Haidt met with some of the attorneys general on Zoom, briefing them on his research," the Times continues.

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