Every ETF.com fund page follows the same simple pattern: etf.com/[TICKER]. Want the Invesco QQQ Trust? Go to etf.com/QQQ. Want the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF? etf.com/VOO. Each page pulls together the fund's real-time market data, fundamentals, holdings, cost, and **** ysis into one place — so you don't have to hunt across a dozen websites to research a fund. Using QQQ as our example, here's what you'll find.
At the top of every fund page is the live quote — the fund's current price, daily change, and an intraday chart showing how it's moved through the trading day. Alongside it you get the essential trading data: previous close, opening price, volume, the day's range, the 52-week range, and real-time bid/ask prices and sizes. This is the information you need to actually place a trade intelligently — especially the bid/ask spread, which tells you how cheaply you can get in and out.
The Summary Data section gives you the fund's vital statistics in seconds: the issuer (who runs the fund), the inception date (how long it's existed), the expense ratio (what it costs you annually), the AUM (assets under management — a proxy for size and liquidity), the index tracked, the segment, and the fund's legal structure. For QQQ, this is where you'd instantly see it's an Invesco fund tracking the Nasdaq-100. These are the first things any investor should check before buying.
One of the most useful features is the Competing ETFs list. Rather than making you research alternatives on your own, the fund page shows you similar funds side by side — with their AUM and expense ratios — so you can immediately see whether a cheaper or larger competitor exists. On the QQQ page, for example, this is where you'd spot alternatives like QQQM. It turns a single-fund lookup into instant comparison shopping.
Right on the page, the built-in Compare ETFs tool lets you pit the fund against any other ticker — QQQ vs. VOO, QQQ vs. QQQM, whatever you choose — and see the differences in cost, holdings, and performance line by line. It's the fastest way to answer the question every ETF investor eventually asks: "Which of these two should I actually buy?"

#page #invesco #qqqm #real

For nearly two minutes, one of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned his counterpart they were going too fast as they approached for landing and after touchdown, according to flight information released Wednesday.
A summary of ******* pit voice recordings compiled by the National Transportation Safety Board said the fellow pilot never gave "a consistent verbal response" to the warnings. The plane touched down awkwardly, briefly attempted to take off and then smashed into a van carrying the five victims.
The Amazon plane came in fast on Sunday afternoon and then barreled roughly 1,300 feet (396 meters) past the end of the runway and smashed into a van carrying workers at a plane cleaning company before hitting a compact SUV as it slid across a public road before catching fire.
All five people who died were in the van. Five others were hurt, including two who remained in critical condition on Tuesday. The two pilots survived and were interviewed Wednesday by investigators.
At the point when the pilot first called out the plane was speeding, former FAA official Mike O'Donnell said the crew could have done a number of things to slow it down, including extending the spoilers, cutting the throttles and lowering the landing gear. Or the pilots could have just aborted the landing at that point and circled to try again.

#plane #wednesday

On Day 9 of this countdown, Collin O'Meara took you back in time to fill out the 2026 roster with one player from Huskies history. I have procured use of Mr. O'Meara's Delorean, but I'm not looking to the past, I'm headed back… to the future!
If you want to be surprised by each UW game this year, I don't blame you, but you should stop reading now. The time machine allowed me to see the actual results of each game, down to the final score. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring back a sports almanac from the future for betting purposes, so I can only give you a high-level summary of each result.
UW 38 – WSU 17. The Kirby Moore era gets off to a barely passable start for WSU as Caden Pinnick makes a few big plays against a new look Husky secondary. The Dawgs also pick him off two times and are able to turn things over to the second-string offense for the fourth quarter. UW totals over 200 rushing yards, with Williams, Carr, and Limar each going over 50 yards.
UW 48 – Utah St 14. Week 1 gave the Huskies a solid, definitive victory, but it wasn't such a beatdown that the Dawgs truly made a statement. In Week 2, they resolved to do exactly that. After focusing on the run game against the Cougs, Williams and Fisch decide to air it out to the tune of four passing TDs, including a pair of TD receptions for Decker DeGraaf.
UW 55 – EWU 10. Not content with the style points accumulated against Utah St., the Dawgs set out to establish themselves as a heavyweight against their cross-state FCS opponent. This year's Eagles are not one of the best squads they have put together, and the Dawgs made that clear with 38 points in the first half. Roebuck got things started with a long TD catch on the first offensive possession and UW never looked back.

#huskies #time #things

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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.
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Why ******* ysts Think Sellas Life Sciences Stock Can Gain 150% From Here
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#Stock #risk #business

Named Regulatory Navigator, the free tool enables organisations to receive an instant, indicative summary of relevant legal requirements based on their specific business profile.
The launch comes amid a period of expanding global regulation in areas such as sustainability reporting and forced labour, creating uncertainty for companies over which obligations affect them and when.
With rules varying by headquarters country, revenue, employee numbers, markets served, and whether a company imports goods, Sedex said companies often struggle to keep up with changing thresholds and deadlines.
The Regulatory Navigator aims to address this by guiding users through a short series of questions about their headquarters location, revenue, workforce size, market presence, and import activity.
The tool **** ses responses and highlights which of eight key regulations are likely to impact the business. These include the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the EU Forced Labour Regulation, Canada's S-211 Act to combat forced and child labour in supply chains, and Australia's Modern Slavery Act.

#Sustainability #labour #corporate #regulation

Pablo Torre, the journalist whose reporting led the NBA to crack down on the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing the league salary cap rules, said he is not done with the story.
"There is more to come than is in the NBA report,'' Torre said Wednesday, Sept. 2 during his podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out. "This is not everything.''
Torre, 40, and his two co-hosts did not provide specifics. But Torre did offer a couple of hints while pointing to the findings of an investigation conducted by referring to a law firm hired by the NBA, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
The investigation has centered one player, Kawhi Leonard, and how the Clippers funneled him money in violation of the league's salary cap rules after signing him in 2019, according to a summary of the law firm's investigation. Torre cited mention in the summary of an unidentified second player.
Torre also pointed out the investigation findings did not include Dennis Wong, the Clippers' co-owner. Steve Ballmer, the team's controlling owner, has been suspended from all league and team activities for a year.

#pablo #league #findings #player

The dust has settled on what has been an extremely eventful Tottenham Hotspur summer transfer window. You can see how busy Spurs were from the transfer summary article, which isn't even complete despite me doing my best to track it all summer long. (Alasdair Gold counted 54 moves this summer in all squads including reserves and U-squads; clearly I missed some, especially in the youth and reserve teams.) If nothing else, Tottenham Hotspur was certainly not idle.
But how did we do? Well… it's complicated. Spurs spend an obscene amount of money on new signings (£394m by best estimation, not including purchase options), offset a great deal by numerous player sales (£264m including options). The net spend is actually not that bad — £130m all said, which puts it in line with transfer spends in the last few years of the Daniel Levy era.
Spurs have turned over the club in Roberto De Zerbi's image, and whether you think that's a positive or not is very likely going to color your perception of the window as a whole. Matty and I have our takes. Let's see what you think!
Okay, so I'm going to get meta on you all right now. How do you even grade a transfer window? Do you look purely at the players brought in? Or do you look a level deeper, at what those signings imply about leadership and process? In my writing of this blurb, I went back and looked at my summary this time last year (which, by the way I rated as a C+, a rating I would say was pretty apt given the ensuing results, even though many thought we were being overly negative). Here's part of what I said:
There's a few things you need to take into account when looking at this window. There's the actual players signed; there's outgoings; there's the strategic fit; and then there's the timeline by which this happened and the process behind it all. The latter was a resounding, unequivocal failure.

#even #TOTTENHAM #summary

For the first trading session of August 26th, the U.S. dollar is holding tight due to market anticipation of the July PCE inflation report as well as market forecasts of the first Fed Chairman Jackson Hole speech by Kevin Warsh. A more hawkish timing for a potential September rate pause by the Fed seems to be the more prevalent market opinion, with the July PCE inflation report likely to reinforce that opinion or counter it and push the market towards an additional rate hike. Collins, Boston Fed President, said during the week that interest rates will need to go up unless core inflation (which is currently hovering around 3.3%) shows a material decline.
Fiscal policy is also a looking constraining. While Treasury attempts to stabilize long term yields by expanding its existing bond buyback programs, practices to support aggressive Treasury borrowing, have come back into the spotlight and prompted some to ask whether there is a real threat of "fiscal dominance" for a central bank. That is a theme that will almost definitely be addressed at Jackson Hole along with inflation and Fed independence.
The Euro, on the other hand, has a clearer and more pressing monetary policy environment. ECB Executive Board member, Schnabel, said that current policy remains accommodative and that rates will need to be raised higher in order to return inflation to target in a sustainable manner. ThisW applies especially in the current environment with elevated energy prices and re-enforces market expectations for a September rate hike.
Sterling is one currency impacted by the current divergence in narrowing policies. Even while inflation in the UK remains unacceptably high, growth has surprised to the upside, leaving the market not pricing aggressive easing. However, strong labor market conditions makes fast hiking a policy option.
For 26 August, the primary FX theme is uncertainty in U.S. inflation and Fed Policy versus clearer expectations for Euro zone rates, with PCE and the Jackson Hole summary by Richard Clarida and John C. Williams, the likely new Fed Vice Chair, as the likely dominant topics.

#market #hole #likely

There is a question hanging over the small carrier world right now, and two of the most knowledgeable transportation attorneys in the country did not flinch from it when they sat down separately on The Long Haul. The question is whether the small carrier, the one-truck owner-operator and the five-truck fleet, still has a viable future as an independent business, or whether the forces set in motion by the Supreme Court's Montgomery decision are quietly pushing that operator toward extinction as an independent and into the arms of a larger carrier.
Neither attorney sugarcoated it. Brian Nelson, a partner at Taylor Nelson Slattery Bernard in St. Petersburg, Florida, who spent years as general counsel inside a broker, a motor carrier, and a 3PL under one roof, walked through the legal machinery now bearing down on carriers. Greg Feary, president and managing partner of Scopelitis, the firm the biggest fleets in the country call when things go wrong, went further and named the outcome he is already seeing. Together, their two conversations form the clearest picture available of where the small carrier stands, and it is a picture every independent operator needs to see.
Start with the ruling itself, because everything else flows from it. In Montgomery v. Caribe Transport, decided this May by a unanimous 9-0 Supreme Court, the justices answered a single question: do brokers have a duty to select carriers that operate safely over the roadways? The Court said yes. As Nelson explained, that put brokers back into what he called the firing squad, meaning they can no longer get a negligent selection lawsuit dismissed early on the grounds that federal law preempts it.
Before May 14, in most of the country, a broker sued after a crash could file a motion to dismiss and often walk out of the litigation quickly on preemption grounds. Nelson described the old routine: file the answer, file the motion to dismiss, argue there is no valid claim, and get out. That door is now closed. As Nelson put it, brokers can no longer rely on that early exit, which means they now have to go through discovery and potentially all the way to summary judgment. That longer, more expensive path is why insurance companies are raising rates, because they know they will have to pay defense costs deeper into every case.
Nelson was careful to note that causation still matters. A plaintiff still has to prove that the specific thing the broker was negligent about, say, selecting a carrier with poor vehicle maintenance, actually caused the crash. But he explained how plaintiffs get around that requirement using what is called the reptile theory. The argument runs that if a carrier is bad at one thing, hours of service, for instance, a jury will believe they must be bad at everything, including whatever actually caused the wreck. The practical consequence, Nelson said, is that a carrier can no longer afford to be excellent at four things and poor at one. In his words, you have to take a hol

Cruise ship giant Carnival (CCL) hasn't enjoyed a strong performance recently and for good reason. With global economic headwinds and rising fuel cost concerns representing key barriers, investors took the safe road out and trimmed their exposure to CCL stock. That's fine but there's both a fundamental and quantitative signal that suggests a turnaround could be possible in October.
According to Google Finance's summary sheet, while Carnival delivered a solid second-quarter earnings print, escalating geopolitical crises have caused significant investor jitters. Over the trailing month, CCL stock has slipped more than 5%, contributing to a year-to-date loss of nearly 16%. Subsequently, the Barchart Technical Opinion indicator rates the ticker as a 56% Sell.
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#barchart #technical

Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles' offense provided an accurate summary of their summer during Tuesday night's open practice at Lincoln Financial Field. There were explosive plays, creative formations and impressive touchdown throws. There were also protection problems, missed opportunities and two interceptions returned toward the end zone by Riq Woolen.
The overall performance was uneven. The encouraging part was that the offense showed how difficult it could become to defend when its top skill players are healthy.
Hurts connected with Smith on a deep out route during the opening move-the-ball period. He found Smith again while rolling outside the pocket on a play-action concept. Smith later made one of the night's best catches, securing a deep crossing route in tight coverage against Quinyon Mitchell before accelerating toward the end zone. The chemistry was not perfect. Hurts underthrew Smith on a deep post that could have become a touchdown. Mitchell recovered to break up the pass. Smith also dropped a shallow crossing route on third-and-6 despite having enough **** e to extend the possession.
Their strongest connection may have come later when Smith caught a dig route against Woolen. The cornerback attempted to undercut the route, but Smith adjusted his angle, secured the pass and turned upfield for what could have become a touchdown in a live game.
Hurts' first interception came on a throw over the middle intended for Makai Lemon. Woolen recognized the dig route, drove in front of the rookie and took the football toward the end zone. The second interception occurred in two minutes. Hurts faced pressure from Jalyx Hunt and threw off his back foot toward Smith on an out route. Woolen anticipated the pass, secured his second interception and returned it for a touchdown. Both turnovers involved questionable ball placement, allowing Woolen to attack the football without going through the intended receiver.

#smith

While NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) may be a strong business overall, its recent severe underperformance has left many questions regarding forward viability. Over the trailing month, NXPI stock has lost roughly 19%, thus leading to a very modest year-to-date performance of just under 4%. Fundamentally, the chipmaker — which is heavily exposed to the Chinese auto market — may be facing broader economic challenges. Still, the weakness could offer a contrarian opportunity for bold speculators.
On paper, circumstances would seem optimistic. In the company's second-quarter earnings report, it exceeded headline metrics. According to Google Finance's summary sheet, NXP reported record non-GAAP earnings of $3.61 per share and revenue of approximately $3.50 billion, thus resulting in 19.5% growth year-over-year. Contributing to the strong print were accelerating adoption of software-defined vehicles and expanding physical AI infrastructure applications.
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#option #Semiconductors

With the FIFA World Cup, AFC Asian Cup, Winter Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, 2026 is another massive year for sport—with Australian teams and athletes well represented as always.
The Sporting News provides a summary of all the key dates and match-ups to mark in your 2026 diary.
Bookmark this page so you don't miss a moment of the action.
England. Fifth Ashes Test. SCG. 4-8 January.
Bangladesh. 2 Tests (home series). Winter.

#World #commonwealth #australian

Two cases making their way through the federal court system on the issue of broker liability have been added to the pool of litigation closely watched by the 3PL industry following the Supreme Court's Montgomery decision.
One of them involves J.B. Hunt as a defendant in the U.S. District Court for Arizona, where it and the plaintiffs are awaiting a response on a request by the trucking and intermodal giant for summary judgment. If granted, it could end J.B. Hunt's role as a defendant.
The second legal battle is in a case out of the U.S. District Court for Nevada with less glamorous names than J.B. Hunt where the judge earlier this month denied both plaintiff and defendant requests for summary judgement.
That case, Hardy vs. Singh, with 3PL AONE Brokerage Company LLC as a defendant, has the added aspect of involving the question of broker liability when a load is double-brokered.
In recent weeks, the renewed issue of broker liability post-Montgomery has come up in cases involving C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW)–where the 3PL is appealing a recent verdict of more than $600 million–and companies in the Penske (NYSE: PAG) network of companies, where an earlier dismissal of its brokerage arm from a lawsuit involving a fatal crash in Texas was reversed by the Fifth Circuit.

#broker #hunt

For a second straight preseason game, the Green Bay Packers got a magnificent performance out of rookie kicker Trey Smack. In the Packers' 33-13 win over the Denver Broncos on Friday night, Smack had another perfect night, hitting all four of his field goal attempts.
Similarly to his debut in Pittsburgh, Smack also booted a pair of those attempts from 50-plus yards, this time hitting from 51 and 59 in the thin Denver air. He also was perfect on three extra points as well, and he still has yet to miss a kick in preseason game action. It's a big second data point for Smack, and these early returns are great for the team, which traded up to select Smack in the 6th round of the 2026 NFL Draft.
Earlier this week, we asked Acme Packing Company readers about how confident they were that Smack would solve the team's recent kicking woes. The results of that survey are below, but in summary, Packers fans felt great after Smack's first preseason game:
More than 70 percent of survey respondents said that they were either "somewhat" or "very" confident in Smack, with only six percent in an "uncertain" category. (21 percent were neutral or had no opinion.) After Friday's performance, that confidence rating would surely increase even further.
None of Smack's kicks have yet come with a game on the line, so his clutch abilities still have yet to be put to the test. However, if he can deliver late in games the way he has so far in the preseason, the Packers should have an excellent opportunity to exceed the 9.5 win total set for the team by FanDuel and other sportsbooks.

#percent #denver #second

It's not too far of a stretch to say that Microchip Technology (MCHP) may not be on most investors' radar. Although MCHP stock is up almost 23% on a year-to-date basis, its recent performance has been lackluster. For example, in the trailing month, the ticker is down nearly 3%. Further, the volatility has triggered the Barchart Technical Opinion indicator, which rates Microchip as a 24% Weak Sell.
Fundamentally, the pessimism appears justified. According to Google Finance's summary, MCHP stock has faded due to broader macroeconomic pressures and yield concerns. Worryingly, this downturn occurred despite solid earnings performances and a strong forward guidance.
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#Stock #although #barchart

It's not too far of a stretch to say that Microchip Technology (MCHP) may not be on most investors' radar. Although MCHP stock is up almost 23% on a year-to-date basis, its recent performance has been lackluster. For example, in the trailing month, the ticker is down nearly 3%. Further, the volatility has triggered the Barchart Technical Opinion indicator, which rates Microchip as a 24% Weak Sell.
Fundamentally, the pessimism appears justified. According to Google Finance's summary, MCHP stock has faded due to broader macroeconomic pressures and yield concerns. Worryingly, this downturn occurred despite solid earnings performances and a strong forward guidance.
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Terrible Nike Stock Historically Offers a Near-Term Bounce When Things Are This Bad

#sell

Nick earns $95,000 combined but carries $41,000 in debt across a car loan, personal loans, and credit cards, living paycheck to paycheck.
Paying off credit cards with personal loans without changing spending habits creates two debt payments where one existed, worsening the balance sheet.
A zero-based budget, which **** igns every dollar a job before the month starts, is the single variable separating households that escape debt from those that don't.
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On a recent episode of The Ramsey Show, a caller named Nick, a sanitation worker who got married two months ago, laid out the math that keeps him up at night: $41,000 in total debt on a combined household income of roughly $95,000. He earns $75,000 while his wife, a commission-based dog trainer working four days a week, makes $20,000-$25,000. The debt splits into $15,500 on a car loan, $21,000 in personal loans, and $5,000 on credit cards. Nick's summary of the situation is that they're: "Living paycheck to paycheck and something ain't working. It doesn't make sense to me. This should not be happening."

#personal #living #combined

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The latest BLS data shows a surprisingly 'boring' month for trucking jobs, with only 100 added. Dive into what this means for fleets and owner-operators, and why the industry might not be 'overcorrecting' as feared. We also break down the volatile oil market, current diesel prices, and the complex Penske lawsuit that's shaking up broker liability. Get the crucial updates supply chain pros need to know.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated liability claims against two Penske entities in connection with a fatal 2018 jackknife crash in Texas, dealing a significant blow to carriers and brokers who ***** umed that tendering a load down the chain extinguished their legal exposure. The six-page ruling has broad implications for how carriers and brokers structure freight transactions and vet downstream partners.
The load — originating from an automotive seat manufacturer — traveled through at least four parties before the fatal accident. Penske Logistics, the ***** et-based carrier, first received the tender. It passed the load to Penske Transportation Management (PTM), its managed transportation and brokerage arm, which then handed it to Liberty Lane, which in turn brokered it to OK Trans, the carrier whose driver was involved in the crash that killed a motorist.
The Fifth Circuit took two distinct actions. It reinstated PTM as a defendant, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's Charas v. Trans Air precedent commonly referred to in freight as the Montgomery decision, which eliminated the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act's safety-exception shield for brokers. The court also reversed a Southern District of Texas summary judgment that had protected Penske Logistics from vicarious liability as the employer of the downstream driver.

#texas #court

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Saia President and CEO, Fritz Holzgrefe, shares insights into the current LTL freight market, including customer sentiment and Saia's strategic network expansion. Discover how Saia's investment in new terminals and workforce is cutting transit times, offering unparalleled service, and driving growth in competitive markets across the U.S. Holzgrefe also discusses navigating inflationary costs and balancing wage increases while maintaining a focus on customer value. #LTL #FreightMarket #SupplyChain
Saia has opened 70 terminals since 2017 as part of a deliberate, multiyear organic expansion that CEO Fritz Holzreif says is still far from its full potential. Since 2023 alone, the carrier has added close to 40 new locations and replaced or relocated another 30 facilities — a pace of physical network transformation that Holzreif said no other LTL carrier has matched in the same period.
The buildout matters because it has unlocked transit lanes Saia could not previously offer. Customers can now ship freight from Trenton, N.J., to Texas markets in three days, Holzreif noted — a direct result of the denser footprint. "Customers are coming to us and say, 'Oh, fantastic, you can now get my freight from Trenton, New Jersey to Texas markets in 3 days,'" he said. "That's significant. We couldn't do that historically."
"We are early innings of tapping the full potential of this business," Holzreif said, adding that the roughly 40 facilities opened since 2023 have not yet reached the profitability or density levels the company believes they can achieve.

#saia #since #markets

Wayne Barrow granted summary judgment on two claims in a court case against Faith Evans over control of The Notorious B.I.G.'s intellectual property
Barrow was named sole trustee by the rapper's mother Voletta Wallace before her death, replacing Evans' son C.J.
Evans allegedly blocked Barrow's rights to the trust, but the court ruled in his favor to manage the legacy
The Notorious B.I.G.'s former manager Wayne Barrow has secured a win in court over the rapper's widow Faith Evans, who he claims has tried to block him from his rightful share of the late star's trust.
A Delaware judge sided with Barrow in a judgment published on Aug. 7 that centers on management of the rapper's intellectual property and trustee appointments made by his mother Voletta Wallace before her death in 2025.

#claims

A former Nebraska women's basketball coach has acknowledged engaging in a five-month ***** ual affair with a player he supervised on the Nebraska team but said it was consensual and is now making an argument in court that he should be dismissed from that player's lawsuit against him, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY Sports.
The coach is former Cornhuskers ***** istant coach Chuck Love, who is being sued by the player, Ashley Scoggin, as part of a ***** le IX lawsuit in federal court. Scoggin sued Love and Nebraska in 2024, alleging she was groomed to have a ***** ual relationship with Love and then was kicked off the team after their relationship was uncovered in a ruse at a team hotel in February 2022.
In response, Love filed a motion for summary judgment July 31 that would drop him from the lawsuit if successful. This motion argues while he had a ***** ual relationship with Scoggin at Nebraska, it was consensual and doesn't violate the constitution.
"Plaintiff (Scoggin) and Love engaged in a consensual ***** ual relationship from September, 2021 – February, 2022," said the brief filed with the motion from Love's attorney, Denise Frost. "They told no one about it. Love did not make, imply or impose threats, retaliation or adverse consequences on Plaintiff in order to have ***** ual contact with her. Plaintiff never told Love 'no' to ***** ual contact or refused to engage with him."
Love's supporting brief said Scoggin initiated and engaged Love in ***** ually charged conversations and created provocative nude and semi-nude photos of herself and sent them to Love on Snapchat. Love's brief also said he and Scoggin had consensual ***** ual contact in various places, including the Speedway parking lot in Lincoln, in Love's office, in a Nebraska locker room, at Love's home and hotel rooms when the team traveled out of state. It noted Scoggin was 23 at the time and Love was 35.

#Nebraska #coach #lawsuit

The Seattle Seahawks and general manager John Schneider have a history of treading cautiously with players who have troubled pasts, but sometimes the the possibility of adding a promising young talent is too good not to explore.
NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported on Sunday that the Seahawks hosted former Detroit Lions first-round pick Terrion Arnold for a visit on Sunday. Arnold, who was drafted 24th overall in 2024, was released by the Lions on June 29 after he was arrested on eight total felony counts ranging from kidnapping to armed robbery. Here's a summary from the last time Arnold's name was linked to the Seahawks:
Authorities accused Arnold of orchestrating the abduction and beating of three men whom prosecutors believe were wrongly suspected of stealing luxury goods and $100,000 in cash from Arnold's AirBnB rental in Florida. Prosecutors further claim that although Arnold was not present at the time of the abduction and beating, he directed his ****** ociates to hold, beat, and pistol-whip the victims.
Arnold posted bond and is eligible to sign with any team. He previously visited the Houston Texans in early July.
The visit comes during third-round pick Julian Neal's ongoing absence as he navigates through a leg injury. Although head coach Mike Macdonald said Neal is not expected to be sidelined long-term, the team's interest in another cornerback indicates Neal's status is definitely something to monitor in the coming days.

#visit

With the FIFA World Cup, AFC Asian Cup, Winter Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, 2026 is another massive year for sport—with Australian teams and athletes well represented as always.
The Sporting News provides a summary of all the key dates and match-ups to mark in your 2026 diary.
Bookmark this page so you don't miss a moment of the action.
England. Fifth Ashes Test. SCG. 4-8 January.
Bangladesh. 2 Tests (home series). Winter.

#fifa #olympic #sporting

As most of you know, Cartilage Free Captain, or rather, yours truly was on the ground in person to experience Tottenham Hotspur's preseason tour of Sydney as they took part in the aptly named Sydney Super Cup.
This presented a rare chance for many fans to get up close and personal with the team that they love. Though this is the third time Spurs have made trips to Australia in four years (the most recent being against West Ham United in Perth and Newcastle United in Melbourne), it was the first time in a decade the Lilywhites had made an appearance in Australia's most densely populated city.
Once on the ground, I had the idea to write up a bit of a summary of the trip, but from a slightly different angle. Here at Cartilage Free Captain, we are not journalists; we are fans. But we always try and write from a balanced, factual, and ******* ytical perspective. As such, at times we try and remove the fan angle from our writing in order to deliver you, our readers, the best ******* ysis money can buy. Or rather, the best ******* ysis you can get for free. We like to think we're at least on par with the Metro.
But like I said, we are massive fans – and so I thought: why not let my flag fly a bit? What has this tournament and trip been like from a fan perspective… but also from having access a fan might not usually have? So this piece (and two to three others that will follow in a series this week) are being written from that point of view: part travel blog, part human-interest piece, part fan boy experience. Maybe that's of interest to you; maybe not!
But I plan on talking about the trip; about fans I talked to in Sydney; about my experience as a fan walking into the press box and seeing Spurs play for the first time. Hopefully you enjoy.

#free #experience #captain

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The logistics industry has a dirty little secret: trailers sit idle for 30-40% of their lifespan, costing carriers and shippers millions. Chris Hines, CEO of REPOWR, reveals how their new Trailer Optimization Platform (TOP) is transforming this inefficiency into opportunity. Discover how advanced data feeds and an execution layer can automate repositioning, boost utilization, and reduce operational costs. Learn why optimizing your "dumb boxes" is the next frontier in supply chain efficiency.
Trailers sit empty 30% to 40% of their working lives — and sometimes more — while every other link in the freight chain has been optimized. That is the core problem Repower is targeting with its new Trailer Optimization Platform, known as TOP, which automates the repositioning of trailer **** ets from surplus markets to deficit ones. CEO Chris Hines, a 44-year industry veteran, joined the Chattanooga-based startup to push it beyond its origins as a trailer marketplace and into an execution layer that carriers have long lacked.
The stakes are significant. A dry van trailer that cost $10,000 at the dawn of drop-and-hook operations now runs $50,000 depending on tariff conditions, Hines noted. Large carriers routinely run trailer-to-truck ratios of 2.5 to 3 to 1, meaning a fleet of 1,000 trucks could be managing 2,500 or more trailers — often tracked across a patchwork of TMS records, spreadsheets, and whiteboards. "Everything else is optimized in our chain," Hines said. "The gates are optimized, the dock's optimized, the truck's optimized, loads, fuel, but the trailers just lag behind."
"Visibility of the **** et is not enough. You need the execution layer and the automation to move the **** et to its next location." — Chris Hines, CEO, Repower

#optimized #chris #carriers #execution

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The freight market is seeing a major shift: capacity is tightening due to regulatory pressures and driver challenges, not just demand. Discover how these factors, alongside diverging spot rates and diesel prices, are impacting carriers and the overall supply chain. This deep dive into Q2 earnings from major players like Knight-Swift, Werner, and J.B. Hunt reveals a long-term trend.Learn more about the evolving dynamics of the trucking industry and what it means for the future of freight.
Truckload spot rates and diesel prices are moving in opposite directions, a divergence that supports the thesis that tight capacity — not fuel costs — is sustaining elevated freight rates. The Sonar NTI sat at $3.51 per mile as of the latest reading, climbing back from a mid-to-late June low near $4.90, while the diesel price at truck stops registered $3.48 per gallon, down from a July high near $3.80. The spread signals that carriers are holding rates even as fuel costs ease.
Tender rejections remain well above historical norms across all modes, according to Sonar data. The Sonar Truckload Rejection Index, or STRI, stands at 14.36%, above the six-month average of roughly 10.9%. Flatbed is the tightest mode at 23% rejections — down sharply from the 40% range seen in June and early July but still historically elevated. Reefer rejections sit at 19.46%, or nearly one in five loads, while van rejections are running nearly 50% above year-ago levels.
Recent carrier earnings are reinforcing the capacity-constraint narrative. Knight-Swift reported that its truckload segment operating income rose 69% year over year, with the carrier noting that strategic pricing recovery accelerated in June as recent bids took effect. The company described rapid tightening in supply-driven dynamics and tender rejections reaching levels not seen since 2021.

#capacity

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Paul Svindland, former CEO of Celadon, reveals the emotional toll of the company's bankruptcy. He recounts how FreightWaves breaking the news prematurely led to chaos, stranded drivers, and fuel cards being shut off during the harsh winter of 2019. Despite the operational health of the business, a mountain of financial and legal issues ultimately led to its demise. Svindland shares his candid thoughts on the challenges of a massive trucking turnaround and his new chapter with Mallory Alexander.
When FreightWaves published its Celadon bankruptcy scoop on a Friday night in December 2019, CEO Paul Svendlund had intended to wait until Sunday — flying into Indianapolis to brief his management team — before communicating the Chapter 11 filing to fuel-card providers and drivers the following Monday. The early publication triggered an immediate shutdown of fuel cards, stranding drivers on the road during winter holiday season and creating what Svendlund described as roughly 36 hours of chaos.
"I'm not going to lie to you. I mean, it was the first and probably only time in my professional career that I literally actually cried because I felt I let everybody down." — Paul Svendlund, former Celadon CEO
Svendlund, now CEO of Mallory Alexander and a turnaround veteran who also led Pacer and STG Logistics, told FreightWaves the filing was structured as a liquidating Chapter 11 rather than a straight Chapter 7, preserving the entity while winding it down because ******* et value exceeded outstanding loan balances. The company was burning approximately $1 million per month just to fund legal defense for former officers after exhausting its directors-and-officers insurance — a cash drain that made lenders unwilling to continue extending credit even as operations had stabilized.

#chapter #celadon

We provided a detailed summary of the findings within the Scottish FA's Independent Review into the events at the Scottish Cup quarter final at Ibrox between the Rangers and Celtic and within that we gave a summary of the latest Ibrox club's comments on the review.
8th March 2026 Ibrox , Scottish Cup Quarter Final. Rangers versus Celtic. Photo Vagelis Georgariou
We left Celtic's official response aside to cover separately. On the official Celtic FC website the Scottish Champions and Scottish Cup holders released the following response:
The Scottish FA has today published an independent review into the post-match scenes at the Rangers v Celtic Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox in March this year.
Celtic won that tie following a penalty shoot-out, on their way to eventually lifting the trophy as part of a league and Scottish Cup Double last season.

#scottish #quarter #final #independent