Revered as British acting royalty, Ben Miller has become something of a national treasure after leading the charge in Death in Paradise, Bridgerton, and Professor T.
No stranger to Hollywood, Ben, 60, has also racked up credits in major blockbusters, including Johnny English (2003) and Paddington 2 (2017), with his career continuing to flourish.
While Ben is used to travelling widely for film and TV shoots, the actor relishes his time at home with his wife, producer Jessica Parker, and their two children: Harrison, 15, and Lana, 11.
Based in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, Ben is also a proud father to Jackson, 20, from his seven-year marriage to The Inbetweeners star, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, and has spoken openly about remaining "good friends" with his ex-wife since divorcing.
Here's what we know about Ben's life away from the cameras…

#revered #miller #bridgerton #johnny

Home Alone 2 actor Tim Curry died on Tuesday, August 25.
According to TMZ, Curry's health was on the decline for over a decade before his death at the age of 80. The Hollywood star died at his Los Angeles home. No cause of death has yet been revealed for the revered actor.
In 2025, Curry shared with The Hollywood Reporter that he was still unable to walk following a near-fatal stroke in 2012.
"I still can't walk, which is why I'm in this silly chair, and that's very limiting. So I won't be singing, and I won't be dancing very soon. I still have real problems with my left leg," he shared at a screening for the 50th anniversary of the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which he starred alongside Susan Sarandon.
Curry often displayed his knack for musical theater in his roles, including playing Rooster Hannigan in the 1982 film adaptation of Annie, as well as several Broadway productions, such as Monty Python's Spamalot, My Favorite Year, and Hair.

#curry #still #won 't

O.J. Brigance, a former Baltimore Ravens linebacker and their longtime senior adviser to player development, has died, the team announced Monday evening.
Brigance battled ALS for the past 19 years. He was 56.
"For 22 years, we've been blessed to have O.J. as a teammate, friend and brother. It's a sad day, but also a celebration of all the gifts that O.J. bestowed upon our team and our city and the entire NFL community." Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said in a statement. "O.J. inspired us with humility, faithfulness, determination, competitiveness and love for humankind.
"We never once saw O.J. angry or frustrated by his disease. Instead, we all witnessed a hero who influenced so many people through his unwavering optimism and grit. O.J. Brigance is the definition of what it means to live like a Raven. I will miss his smile and the twinkle of joy in his eyes."
Brigance, one of the most revered figures in the organization and a source of inspiration to players, coaches and team officials, was diagnosed with ALS at age 38 following a seven-year NFL career with the Miami Dolphins, Ravens, St. Louis Rams and New England Patriots.

#Ravens #baltimore #eric

ARDMORE, Pa. – While the term cathedral is used to describe golf's greatest venues, the East Course at Merion Golf Club is arguably its most revered chapel, set on approximately 120 acres packed with history and some of the best golf holes in the world.
A step into the converted farmhouse that now serves as Merion's intricate clubhouse signifies a step back in time, with the club's famed archive room as the main vehicle.
The small, windowless room, established by George Scudder and now chaired by historian and 19-time Merion club champ John Capers III, is the main repository of Merion's history. It includes over 4,000 books and artifacts, including the standard from Justin Rose's 2013 U.S. Open victory, the unwashed striped, Merion-logoed polo Edoardo Molinari wore in winning the 2005 U.S. Amateur final, aerial images from Bobby Jones' slam-completing triumph at the 1930 U.S. Amateur, even some old horseshoes dug out of this historic dirt.
Jack Whaley will now have to part with his beloved Yorkshire County team rain jacket.
After a run of warm and sunny days in northwest Philadelphia, English skies set over Merion for the 126th U.S. Amateur Championship final. Perfect for Whaley, a 22-year-old from Doncaster, England, who embraced the relentless rain and washed away a 2-up deficit after 19 holes to defeat Stanford's Jay Leng Jr., 4 and 3.

#golf #step

OXFORD — Ole Miss football great Archie Manning will be getting a statue outside the Manning Center.
An Ole Miss spokesperson confirmed the news to the Clarion Ledger on Aug. 8, and said the school will have more information in the coming days.
Manning, 77, is one of the most revered figures in the history of the Ole Miss program. He was the star quarterback for Ole Miss from 1968-70 under coach Johnny Vaught. Manning also played baseball at Ole Miss.
Manning ended his Ole Miss career with 56 touchdowns, which was a school record, and 5,576 yards of total offense. He finished No. 3 in Heisman Trophy voting in 1970. He was a 1989 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame and was drafted No. 2 overall by the New Orleans Saints in the 1971 NFL Draft.
Additionally, Manning is the father of NFL greats Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. Eli played for Ole Miss from 2000-03 and was third in Heisman Trophy voting in 2003. Archie Manning now runs the Manning Passing Academy with his sons.

#manning

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To the editor: OSU is adding a JPMorgan Chase logo patch to all 36 varsity sport teams uniforms. The football team uniforms will also have a Nike logo and a Big Ten patch. In couple more years the uniforms will look like NASCAR driver suits. What next, naming rights for the team benches and medic tents? How about all the team support staff and managers having patches like the NASCAR pit crews? Next, they can add bus wraps for home and away rental busses with all kinds of additional sponsorships. Finally, we can start to add patches all over the uniforms of TBDBITL. Is the day very far away when the players and coaches will have to wear custom gear anytime they are on campus? The quest to grab more money to buy more players and build bigger facilities is beyond the pale.
Raymond D'Angelo, Westerville
To Raymond: If that's what it takes to pay the next Jeremiah Smith, I wouldn't put it past them. And neither would most of their fans.
Dear Brian: One thing became very clear after LeBron James announced his intent to take his talents (less than what they used to be) to Philadelphia: He never had any loyalty to the city, fan base or organization in Cleveland — a fan base that revered him, one that hoped he'd sign with the Cavs and end his career on a fairy tale note with one last hope of another championship. It was not to be. It was James' right to sign anywhere he wanted, no questioning that, but he was never the King of Cleveland, not even close. Yes, he helped bring a long-awaited championship to the city of Cleveland, and for that I am ever grateful! The Indians should have in 1997, but that is another story. It's apparent James didn't revere Cleveland as much as we would have liked to think. Remember him yelling "This is for you, Cleveland" after the Game 7 Finals victory in 2016? I think that was more about redemption for himself after he bungled the first free agency decision than about Cleveland ending its 52-year championship drought. The true face of Cleveland is Jose Ramirez. No doubt about it, not even close. The future Hall of Famer has shown his love for the city, the fans and the organization time and time again, signing extensions for less than what he could get on the open market. One could argue Joe Thomas and even Joel Bitonio are better representations of Cleveland than LeBron ever was. I'll always be grateful for the 2016 championship, but leave LeBron out of the King of Cleveland discussions.

#cleveland #lebron #next

The following article contains a discussion of suicide.
Each day Mark Beard spends in recovery is a reminder of what could have been. He is living a version of the future that his brother, the late former Liverpool Women manager Matt Beard, could have had.
Mark is a professional development coach at Premier League club Hull City. His brother Matt was a revered women's football coach synonymous with Liverpool, where he won back-to-back Women's Super League ***** les in 2013 and 2014 before returning to guide them back into the top flight in 2022. He also led West Ham Women to an unlikely FA Cup final, was twice voted WSL manager of the season and was posthumously inducted into the league's Hall of Fame this year.
Matt died at the age of 47 last September. The inquest into his death is not concluded, but a coroner's court was told that he took his own life.
In the months after Matt's death, Mark went to Sporting Chance, the residential treatment facility and mental health clinic founded by former ***** nal and England captain Tony Adams to help professional sportspeople. Mark checked himself in to address the drinking that had spiralled out of control as he faced the reality of life without Matt.

#Liverpool #former

TV presenter and Newcastle United fan Declan Donnelly has paid an emotional tribute to his "childhood hero" Kevin Keegan following the football legend's death aged 75.
Keegan, a revered figure who managed Newcastle United and also played for the club for two years, passed away on 20 July after a battle with stage four cancer.
Donnelly, alongside his presenting partner Anthony McPartlin, honoured Keegan on their podcast, Hanging Out With Ant And Dec.
The duo hailed him as a "true legend to Newcastle United supporters," reflecting on his profound impact.
They opened the episode by acknowledging Keegan's immense significance to the people of the North East.

#hanging

Troy Polamalu is revered in Pittsburgh Steelers lore as an instinctive football genius. But behind his Hall of Fame highlight reel was safety partner Ryan Clark, who routinely had to fix the backend coverages Polamalu abandoned when following his instincts.
Appearing on the "Not Just Football with Cam Heyward" podcast with Cam Heyward, Clark revealed what it was really like playing in tandem with Polamalu. Clark recalled a specific game against the Oakland Raiders where Polamalu decided to abandon his ******* igned quarter coverage to jump a short route.
"Troy comes up to me and goes, 'RC, we get that formation again. I'mma jump the hitch.' Whoa, Troy, that means that ******* ody's going to be on the seam, Troy. No one's covering the tight end on the go. He tells me, 'They'll never throw it.' So now I'm effed up. I'm playing the middle like a dummy. We get the formation? Exactly what he thought. They run the formation. He take off 43, to the hitch. Guess what they threw? The seam," Clark recounted.
Despite the occasional broken ******* ignment, Clark never voiced frustration to Polamalu or defensive coordinator ******* LeBeau. Clark recognized that restricting Polamalu's freedom would ultimately weaken the team.
"And I never complained to him cuz I never wanted him to feel, cuz he loved me so much, I never want him to feel that him doing and being who God made him to be took away from my ability to feed my family," Clark explained. "You can't tell somebody who can fly, right, to wear a weighted vest. It would have made us a worse team."

#Football

Madonna brought her A-game to her FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Halftime Show performance. She stepped out in Saint Laurent micro shorts that rode up her thighs. The "Like a Prayer" hitmaker delivered a look that was the perfect blend of athleisure and glamor.
Madonna once again proved why she remains one of the most revered showgirls to date, thanks to her incredible fashion sense. She donned several custom pieces from Saint Laurent, including a pair of silk mini shorts featuring dark purple accents. The shorts had an elasticated waistband and flared hem that hit her upper thighs. A row of crystals lined the shorts' hems on both legs.
The "Like a Virgin" hitmaker sported a structured lilac corset complete with side buckle details and lace panels over a Glenn Martens' Diesel lurex jersey zip top. The corset cinched her waist, highlighting her curves. She layered all of it with a custom Saint Laurent jacket featuring dark burgundy contrasts and shimmering crystal trim along the seams.
Further, adding a distinct football-inspired flair to the outfit, the back of the jacket was emblazoned with "MADONNA 10" in bold, crystal-embellished lettering. The lower half of her look comprised an array of high-octane footwear and legwear details. She was wearing fishnet tights and lace-trimmed thigh-high stockings. On one leg, she also sported a bright pink knee sleeve embellished with a glittering crystal star patch. Finally, she wore metallic leather Danceteria lace-up boots.
On her hands, Madonna sported a pair of custom fingerless gloves resembling traditional goalkeeper ones. Swarovski crystals adorned the gloves. She also had a bespoke crystal referee whistle hanging around her neck, which was a more literal nod to the sport. Further, Madonna accessorized with a Swarovski Millenia necklace. The crystals caught the stadium lights while she performed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the final day of his Australia trip, where he highlighted the strong sporting ties between the two countries.

During the visit, Modi presented former Australian captain Steve Waugh with a framed photograph from nearly 20 years ago, taken when Modi was the Gujarat Chief Minister and had met the cricket legend.

He also expressed happiness at seeing young talent in action at the stadium.

Modi said India and Australia have a great opportunity to work together in sports as both countries prepare to host major international events.

In a post on X, he said, "As both our nations prepare to host major global sporting events in the years ahead, there is immense potential to deepen cooperation in sports, youth engagement, infrastructure and talent development."
The two leaders also unveiled a Roadmap on Sport Cooperation, aimed at expanding collaboration in sports science, technology, talent development, infrastructure, trade and tourism. Modi reiterated India's ambition to host the 2036 Olympics after staging the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that the opening match of the 2026-27 Big Bash League season will be played at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium, making it the first BBL game to be held outside Australia. Welcoming the move, Modi said, "For any sporting league, hosting an event in India guarantees extensive reach and viewership."

Albanese also praised the strong cricket rivalry between India and Australia, recalling the record attendance during the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

He acknowledged cricket legends Steve Waugh and Lisa Sthalekar, saying, "It is a great honour to be joined here by two legends of Australian cricket who are both admired and revered in India too. Lisa Sthalekar and Steve Waugh." The leaders also visited the Shane Warne Stand at the MCG.
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SEATTLE: Seattle Sounders FC co-owner and Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. during an attempt to break the Guinness world record for largest soccer lesson at Pier 62 on June 15, 2025. (Photo by Soobum Im - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Team USA's World Cup is over early. Again.
For nearly 100 years, the Americans have been also-rans at best and ne'er-do-wells most of the time. But what would be the nation's legacy on the world's greatest stage if MLB's great athletes had grown up on a soccer pitch instead of a baseball diamond?
It is reasonable to ***** ume that MLB greats Ty Cobb, Mickey Mantle, Mike Trout, Jackie Robinson and Rickey Henderson would be as revered as Pele, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Franz Beckenbauer or Diego Maradona.
BOLTON, ENGLAND: Scoring star of the Brazil team Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, commonly known as Pele, takes a turn in goal during a World Cup training session on July 11, 1966. (Photo by Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

The Lionel Messi World Cup obits were starting to be written. It’s a good bet that some were finalized. Egypt led Argentina 2-0 in a World Cup quarterfinal Tuesday afternoon, in the 79th minute. A new World Cup champion would be crowned. Fold Cristiano Ronaldo into the piece. On back-to-back days, the two defining players of the past 20 years would exit the World Cup stage, most likely for good, given their ages. End of an era.
Idiots. (Present company included.) All scribes who had to scrap their stories got what they deserved. Haven’t we all watched enough of Messi in our lifetime?
An amazing, wondrous Argentina comeback unfolded on the pitch in Atlanta. And as well as Egypt played in almost pulling off a monumental upset, and as sympathetic we can all feel for the players and fans of the Pharaohs, Messi’s continued presence at this World Cup, after that breathtaking 3-2 Argentina victory on Tuesday, feels like divine intervention.
At age 39, Messi now has eight goals in this World Cup, more than any other player entering the quarterfinals. He started the tournament off with his first career World Cup hat trick and has now bookended his effort with a goal that, if Argentina should go on to win back-to-back World Cups, will be revered in Buenos Aires and beyond for generations.
Yasser Ibrahim scored for Egypt in the 15th minute to give the Pharaohs the early advantage. Egypt keeper Mostafa Shoubir denied Messi a penalty kick goal in the 21st minute, making Messi the first player to miss two penalties in the same tournament (excluding shoot-outs). Despite that setback, Argentina kept knocking on the door going into halftime. But some stellar saves from Shoubir kept the Pharaohs ahead.

Silverstone has historically been revered as the ultimate aerodynamic testing ground—a flowing, high-speed ribbon of the British GP asphalt that rewards massive downforce and supreme cornering bravery. But as the Formula 1 paddock sets up in Northamptonshire, the engineering conversation has entirely shifted from downforce levels to electrical survival.
Under the 2026 engine regulations, which mandate a massive 50 percent power reliance on the electrical hybrid system, the Circuit de Silverstone is poised to expose a glaring flaw in the new power units. A specific, iconic sector of the track is about to completely drain the cars of their electrical energy, setting the stage for a brutal weekend of energy management.
The core issue stems from how the 2026 power units generate their electrical momentum. With the complex MGU-H entirely removed from the rulebook, the cars must now rely exclusively on the MGU-K recovering kinetic energy during heavy braking zones.
If you look at the track map of Silverstone, the sequence from Turn 7 (Luffield) all the way through to Turn 15 (Stowe) presents an absolute worst-case scenario for that kinetic recovery. This sweeping sector takes roughly 35 to 40 seconds to complete and features absolutely no heavy braking.
Drivers will blast out of Luffield, sweep through Copse, and thread the needle through the legendary Maggotts, Becketts, and Chapel complex, relying almost entirely on throttle control and aerodynamic grip.

Elliot Anderson was the schoolboy footballer so good his teachers discussed placing a bet on him playing for England. The bet was never made - but Thomas Tuchel is backing him to be a winner at the World Cup.
Anderson's journey from the playing fields of Tyneside to the World Cup stage, and to potentially becoming the most expensive player in British football history, continues when England play Ghana in Boston on Tuesday.
The midfielder is the one that painfully got away from Newcastle United but is still revered and respected in his home city as the "quiet and self-effacing" local boy made good.
Anderson's first steps in football came playing with his two elder brothers Louie and Wil, the latter gaining prominence as a contestant on reality TV show Love Island.
Jonathan Roys, Anderson's former English and PE teacher at Valley Gardens, who was also his head of year, told BBC Sport: "His brothers had been through the school and I played against his dad. His brothers were decent, but I think being the youngest of three he was used to getting bossed about a little bit, but he took no quarter off anybody. He'd get stuck right in."

'Clash of Nations' review: Joe Louis-Max Schmeling's legendary fights, legacy revisited in History doc originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Joe Louis Barrow Jr. believes context is always important.
In that sense, he appreciated watching how The History Channel depicted his father Joe Louis in the documentary "The Clash of Nations: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling," which airs Friday at 8 p.m. ET on History. How those two boxers collided in two fights in the 1930s and their surroundings is the context behind the story-telling that requires that appreciation.
"The understanding of Joe Louis growing up the way that he did, in the environment that he did, and then juxtaposed Max Schmeling growing up the way that he did, and the environment in Germany at the time. I enjoyed that context," Louis Barrow Jr. told The Sporting News. "People don't realize that Joe Louis grew up in a very segregated community, and he was one of the few African-American people who was revered by all of America over time."
"The Clash of Nations: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling" explores those themes in both the United States and pre-World War II Germany. Louis dealt with racism during his rise as a heavyweight champion boxer – which coincided with the Harlem Renaissance in New York. Schmeling became a propaganda figure for Adolf Hitler during the rise of ****** Germany. Legendary boxing ****** ysts Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant are among the experts who offer insight.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Stand at the 13th tee at Shinnecock Hills, the uppermost point on one of America’s oldest golf clubs. Look out at the spread of the holes spilling down and away from this point, the windmill in the distance, the clouds strolling across the impossibly blue sky above.
It’s all gorgeous … as long as you don’t have to play the ******* thing.
Shinnecock is the most revered and fearsome test in major championship golf, a windswept brute capable of bringing anyone and everyone in the field to their knees. It’s one of America’s true legacy clubs, hosting the second U.S. Open in 1896 and joining with four other old-money institutions to form the United States Golf ******* ociation. This is as elite as golf gets, from every measure, and anybody who hoists the trophy here has earned it.
“If everything is going the way everyone wants it in terms of weather, setup, I think it's the best championship test in the country,” Rory McIlroy said earlier this week. “I think it tests all aspects of the game: driving, iron play, you need to have your wits about you on the greens.”
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Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley blasted CBS News leadership in a fiery meeting accusing editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of “murdering” the revered program, according to a source in the room and an audio recording obtained by NBC News. Tensions between journalists and leadership had already been high since David Ellison took over CBS News’ parent company Paramount in 2025. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports for TODAY.

Russia holds scaled-back WW2 victory parade as worries over war in Ukraine...

By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin
MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - Russia holds its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years on Saturday due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow's forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict ‌since World War Two.
The May 9 parade on Red Square marks Russia's most revered national holiday - a time to celebrate the Soviet Union's victory over ‌Nazi Germany and to pay homage to the 27 million Soviet citizens, including many from Ukraine, who perished.
Once used to show off Russia's vast military, including its nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles, this year's parade will have no tanks or other military equipment rolling over the cobbles of Red Square.
Soldiers will still march and cheer in the shadow of Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum, fighter planes will fly above the towers of the Kremlin and President Vladimir Putin will make a speech before laying flowers at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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