Hoda Kotb's unusually emotional encounter with a stranger on an airplane did not end when the flight landed. The former Today anchor now says she and the mystery man have recently started texting.
Kotb shared the update during her Aug. 21 return to Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, while immediately cautioning viewers not to read too much into it. "This is not a real love connection," she said before explaining how the story had unexpectedly continued.
The pair first met on a flight and later crossed paths again when Kotb traveled to Cannes for work with her Joy 101 company. She initially thought the connection had faded after that second encounter, but revealed Friday that they have since resumed contact.
When Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones pressed for details, Kotb confirmed that the man is single and described him as "really cute" and "very handsome." She still refused to define what the connection might become, saying, "There are connections. I don't know what it is."
Kotb said the original encounter began simply because she happened to be seated beside the man on a flight, but their conversation became much more personal than either apparently expected. "It was the weirdest connection in the world. We were both crying," she recalled during her Aug. 21 appearance.

#connection #encounter #jenna

KANSAS CITY, MO - Suddenly, Detroit Tigers pitcher Troy Melton didn't look comfortable.
He stomped on the mound in Kauffman Stadium, trying to fix his landing spot. He knelt behind the rubber and scraped at his cleats. The usually unflappable pitcher seemed out of sorts at the end of his outing in a 5-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals o Friday, Aug. 21. He gave up a pair of home runs, which was odd on its own – he had given up only one dinger in his last eight starts.
So, that was weird. But now, here's a little perspective: He ended up giving up just two earned runs in 5⅔ innings and it felt like a bad start, which tells you how impressive he has been.
But on this night, the Tigers were doomed by the long ball.

#kansas #runs #melton

KANSAS CITY, MO - Suddenly, Detroit Tigers pitcher Troy Melton didn't look comfortable.
He stomped on the mound in Kauffman Stadium, trying to fix his landing spot. He knelt behind the rubber and scraped at his cleats. The usually unflappable pitcher seemed out of sorts at the end of his outing in a 5-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals o Friday, Aug. 21. He gave up a pair of home runs, which was odd on its own – he had given up only one dinger in his last eight starts.
So, that was weird. But now, here's a little perspective: He ended up giving up just two earned runs in 5⅔ innings and it felt like a bad start, which tells you how impressive he has been.
But on this night, the Tigers were doomed by the long ball.
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#runs #melton

As Fiorentina's summer transfer window builds towards denouement with the future of Moise Kean, the secondary narrative couldn't be about anything other than his putative replacement. The usual rumormongers have offered up a handful of names: Lorenzo Lucca, Joshua Zirkzee, William Osula. None of those spark joy even in conjunction with the previously-signed Mateo Pellegrino. Recently, though, a new name darkened my consciousness, one that left me sweaty and shaking. Consider this my formal plea: Fabio Paratici, please, please, please do not sign Mauro Icardi.
If you've been living under a rock, Icardi looks like a great signing. He's hit 10+ league goals in 10 seasons across 4 clubs in 3 countries. He holds an Italian passport, speaks the language fluently, spent nearly a decade in Serie A with Sampdoria and Inter Milan, and has twice been capocannoniere. He's a free agent after his contract with Galatasaray ran out this summer following a 14-goal campaign which demonstrated he's recovered from a major knee injury the year before. At 33, he could have another couple productive seasons, especially because he's always relied more on his poaching instincts and lethal finishing more than his physicality.
If you haven't been living under a rock, though, you know that Icardi is just about the stupidest signing Fiorentina could make. I'm going to list four reasons. Feel free to add your own afterwards because whoo boy can you probably come up with more.
Mauro Icardi is a messy, messy guy. The tabloids have fed on him like vultures for years in a way that makes me uncomfortable but he seems incapable of, for want of a better phrase, being normal. His relationship with Wanda Nara is the stuff of podcasting legend. The tl;dr is that they started hooking up when she was married to his teammate and mentor Maxi López, leading to an ugly divorce and weird custody situation that included Icardi getting tattoos of López and Nara's kids.
That relationship ran its predictable course but not before Nara registered herself as his agent and initiated a disastrous falling out with Inter Milan. After all that, she found evidence of his infidelity and kicked off a years-long cycle of short-term breakups that reached its inevitable conclusion in an acrimonious divorce and subsequent legal battle over alimony and custody that's led to international travel bans, alleged leaks of "intimate videos," mutual accusations of cheating, and missed child support payments. Because the wrangling stretches across continents, it offers unprecedented legal complications and will probably drag on for years before a judge can make any sort of ruling.

#years #mauro #Milan #though

Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers gave fans a moment they won't stop replaying, and it had nothing to do with the final score.
Late in the second quarter of Thursday's Fever-Wings game, Clark was dribbling out the clock with Dallas holding a foul to give. Bueckers grabbed her arm to draw the whistle, and Clark clearly didn't appreciate it. She yanked away, fired the ball down the court near Bueckers, and stayed visibly frustrated as the two headed toward the tunnel.
Bueckers wasn't rattled. Cameras caught her looking at Clark and mouthing two words that instantly took over WNBA social media: "Calm down."
The line landed everywhere within minutes. Fans, podcasters and outlets all weighed in on who came out looking better in the exchange, and the reactions ranged from amused to pointed.
"Paige says 'calm down,' and she's absolutely right. Caitlin Clark has been weird as [expletive] lately with all the shenanigans and flailing and shouting at refs," one fan wrote on X.

#clark #bueckers #fever

Louisville City FC and the Louisville Independent Business Alliance have come together for the return of "Keep Louisville Weird Night."
The theme night will take place Aug. 29, when LouCity hosts Detroit City FC at Lynn Family Stadium at 8 p.m. ET.
Lou City players will debut a new "Keep Louisville Weird" pregame warmup shirt designed by local artist John Embry. The shirt was styled after the drawings of Ralph Steadman, who collaborated with Louisville's Hunter S. Thompson.
The tops, which fans will be able to purchase at the team store alongside a new scarf, showcase a drawing of Lynn Family Stadium and the city skyline.
Along with the new apparel, Lynn Family Stadium will hold a variety of different activities that will begin taking place an hour and a half before the match begins.

#night

The BBC has announced that four new pundits will join its rotating cast of Match of the Day experts for the new Premier League season.
Former Tottenham and Brentford manager Thomas Frank and the recently-retired Ashley Young will be part of the coverage on the channel, along with ex-Belgium centre half Toby Alderweireld and fellow former Spurs player Robbie Keane.
The quartet join an established roster of pundits that includes Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer. The presenting trio of Gabby Logan, Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates will continue in their second season after taking over from Gary Lineker fronting the programme.
While the long-standing highlights show remains in place, Saturday lunchtime's Football Focus has been axed after 52 years on the air.
BBC One will instead show The Football Interview, with Kelly Somers speaking to Tottenham midfielder James Maddison ahead of the first Saturday of the new top-flight season.

#show

It was a good-looking Shane Baz that greeted New York tonight. Not only did the O's starter make a big first impression, striking out three Yankees in the first inning (and on three different pitches!—curveball, heater, changeup), he also pinched into the seventh and struck out a season-high ten batters.
Alas, as my colleague Paul Folkemer put it in his preview of this series, through no fault of his own, Baz has been something of a bad-luck charm for this Orioles offense, and tonight, it was like that again. In total, the Birds managed just four hits (all but one singles). They scored just once, on a Coby Mayo solo homer (his second four-bagger in two nights), instead going 0-for-6 as a team with runners in scoring position, with seven men left on.
There's probably blame to be allotted for the bad hitting, but let's start with cheers for the good pitching. The box score says Shane Baz gave us 6 1/3 innings and three earned runs, but this is largely due to a Josh Walker stumble in the seventh. I'll be darned if Baz didn't look much better than that. So let's give him his deserved kudos.
Baz whiffed the first three Yankees hitters he saw, plus two more in the second. It was a ruthless beginning. Four of his first five outs were by K. The fastball was zippy, the sinker was running, and the knuckle curve was unhittable.
For six innings, Baz made just one mistake, a hung changeup to leadoff man Trent Grisham, who somehow was well out front of the offspeed pitch, put a weird swing on it, and still managed to send it to the flag court. Baseball is full of random things like that, but seeing how the two starters looked it was a real surprise, truthfully, that the Yankees had struck first.

#yankees #shane #good #tonight

PORTLAND, Maine — Red Sox left fielder Roman Anthony will play in a baseball game Tuesday for the first time in three-and-a-half months.
Anthony will serve as the designated hitter and bat second as he begins a rehab ******* ignment with Double-A Portland. First pitch at Hadlock Field against Reading is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.
"I was driving here today, and it just felt weird to finally be here," Anthony said. "A long process for me and took a lot longer than I could have expected when I first did it. But I'm happy that it's all behind me and I can just play baseball."
The 22-year-old tore a ligament under his right ring finger while swinging during an at-bat in Detroit on May 4.
He initially expected to be on the injured list for the minimum 10 days.

#expected #maine

PORTLAND, ME. — Roman's Return.
On Tuesday, Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony took a step in the right direction when he began a rehab ******* ignment with Double-A Portland.
Anthony hit second and served as designated hitter for the Sea Dogs in his first live baseball game in over three months.
"Super excited," said Anthony ahead of Portland's game at Hadlock Field. "I was driving here today, and it just felt weird to finally be here. It's been a long, long process for me and took a lot longer than I could have expected when I first did it.
"But I'm happy that it's all behind me and I can just play baseball."

#portland #first #game #return

I'd say "stop me if you heard this one before," but you can't stop me, because I have a recap to write. The Braves fell behind early, and didn't hit any homers, losing a close-ish game on the margins to the Twins. When you don't hit homers, you need BABIP, and when you don't get BABIP, chances are you're going to lose. That's pretty much what happened on Monday night at Target Field.
This game was a weird one in many ways. After a 45-minute rain delay, the Braves grinded Bailey Ober for 26 pitches, but ultimately came up short. Both Drake Baldwin and Michael Harris II singled, but Mauricio Dubon fouled out weakly to right on the eighth pitch he saw from Ober. Then, the Twins pulled off some high-wire only-in-baseball garbage, aided by Martin Perez' inability to keep the ball in the zone. Look, I'll just post the snip from the Baseball Savant gamefeed:
Basically, a soft double, two walks, a bloop double that basically kissed the chalk that no one was able to run down, a very soft bloop, and then a perfectly-placed slow roller. Put that together, and it's four runs. Yeah, Perez shouldn't be walking two guys in an inning if he's not going to strike anyone out, but… help us out a bit, BABIP gods, eh?
They would not. The funny thing is, the Twins didn't manage to get much of anything going the rest of the way, but neither did the Braves. Perez basically cruised until the fourth, when the Twins managed two hard liners, but Ryan Jeffers had a weak flyout to strand them. Perez completed five innings with a 3/2 K/BB ratio — no walks after those two to the second and third batters he faced. Victor Mederos had a 1-2-3 sixth, and then Tyler Kinley came on (white flag?), hit a batter, walked another, and gave way to Ray Kerr, making his first MLB appearance since June 15, 2024. Kerr threw literally one pitch, a down-the-middle sinker to Kody Clemens, which turned into a groundout. For the eighth, the Braves left Kerr in the game, and somehow, the Twins loaded the bases with none out again (somehow equals a hit-by-pitch, a single, and a bunt that Kerr threw too high for Ozzie Albies to flag down at first and still touch the base). But, despite me looking very askance at the Braves for deciding to throw Kerr in for an up-down in a close game while still recovering from Tommy John Surgery, he somehow got out of it with no runs scoring, thanks to two pop-outs and a groundout.
That was the pitching slate for Atlanta; the hitting slate was a lot more frustrating. The Braves made Ober throw a ton of pitches, a la the first inning, but to little avail the first two times through the order. After that first inning, they got a leadoff single in the second and a two-out walk in the third, but didn't do anything with either. They finally broke through in the fifth: Austin Riley singled to start the frame, and Drake Baldwin pulled a double down the right-field line. Ronald Acuña Jr. got a fastball down the pipe on 2-1 at a sad 85.6 mph and yanked it down the left-fiel

Well, this was ugly in every conceivable way. However, the Diamondbacks can perhaps be forgiven for being "off" this evening in Boston, as matters off the field took center stage. Face of the franchise Ketel Marte no-showed at Fenway Park this afternoon, forcing a roster change with just minutes to go before first pitch, as he was placed on the restricted list. Mitch Bratt had a bad start, Zack Littell showed why he got DFA'd, and the offense was barely more present than Marte, as the D-backs lost the opening game of the series against the Red Sox, by a large margin, which accurately reflected the tenor and tone of this one.
The weirdness began with the late announcement of the team's line-up. And when I say late, there was less than ten minutes to go before first pitch, and there was still nothing from the D-backs. Finally, a late, shocking roster move was announced. Ketel Marte had been placed on the restricted list, with Jose Fernandez replacing him. Fortunately, Fernandez was in town anyway, as possible coverage had Nolan Arenado had to go on the injured list. That was avoided – Arenado is officially day-to-day with his trunk issue (I'm going to keep calling it that!) – so he could take Marte's spot on the roster.
But what had happened to Ketel? Everyone was stunned, even John Gambadoro, who usually is very good at having the pulse of the team, called the move "so unexpected." It was known that Marte had flown to Boston with the team – his Instagram feed made that clear, with a report of teammate Corbin Carroll winning NL Player of the Week being the last post. But he wasn't at Fenway for batting practice. The team gave him as long as possible, but eventually had to pull the trigger. Nick Piecoro had as much an explanation as anyone: "I'm told Ketel Marte is doing OK physically, he just didn't show up to the ballpark tonight."
While we all pondered what that might mean – especially given Marte's previous willingness to go AWOL, necessitating a trip to the restricted list – there was still a game going on. Sort of. In the sense that only Boston seemed to turn up. From the first pitch, it seemed that starter Mitch Bratt was not on form, with his pitches a couple of miles per hour down on normal. Considering he has been a command and control guy, rather than a power one, this wasn't good. But the command wasn't there either. He walked two in the first and, though Bratt was able to strand them, a lead-off walk in the second came round to score, plus one more, for a 2-0 Red Sox lead.
After one more inning, and one more run, Bratt was done for the night after 65 pitches. His final line: three innings of work, allowing three earned runs on four hits and three walks. He was basically a shadow of his previous three starts, where he tossed 18 innings and allowed three runs. The team turned to Zack Littell as the long relief mop-up guy, and it's safe to say his second outing wasn't anywhere near as good as his previous one either. To be blunt, we ki

It was a weird day on Monday for the Arizona Diamondbacks, to say the least.
The Diamondbacks flew to Boston to kick off a three-game series against the Red Sox. First pitch was scheduled for just after 7 p.m. ET. Typically, you see teams announce their starting lineups hours ahead of time. On Monday, the Diamondbacks had to wait until the buzzer to get their official lineup in.
That is because of the absence of superstar infielder Ketel Marte.
Marte flew to Boston with the Diamondbacks, but he didn't show up to Fenway Park on Monday.
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#diamondbacks #flew #arizona #first

It's safe to say Paul Hollywood grew up on staple English foods like sticky toffee pudding, Scotch eggs, jam roly-poly, and beans on toast. And while Americans may think barbecue-less beans with a light tomato-based sauce piled on toast sounds just plain weird, many Brits are similarly perplexed by the idea of a peanut ****** er and jelly sandwich. Hollywood is one such Brit who used to think PB&J seemed like an unusual pairing — until he tried it, that is.
The renowned baker and television personality told Mashed that, while he had been curious about peanut ****** er and jelly sandwiches, having heard about them in movies, he didn't grow up with them and remained skeptical. "I was always like, 'What are you crazy? That doesn't go together,'" he said. He'd had both spreads separately before but only had them together when someone on "The Great British Bake Off" made him a peanut ****** er and jelly sandwich. Hollywood didn't fall in love with the sandwich but dubbed it "all right." At least he can now see the appeal of the beloved sweet-and-savory combination. Perhaps he'd be more fond of Ina Garten's elevated PB&J.
Read more: 10 Nostalgic Sandwich Chains That Are Slowly Being Forgotten
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So, peanut ****** er and jelly didn't wow Paul Hollywood. But one sandwich the "Bake Off" judge does love is an egg and cress, another traditional British favorite often served with afternoon tea. The simple sando features creamy egg salad and peppery watercress nestled between slices of soft bread. But there's one thing he thinks his favorite sandwich should have in common with the average American first-grader's PB&J. In a short video shared on Facebook, Hollywood declared that he prefers to upgrade tea sandwiches by cutting the crusts of his bread off. The celebrity chef also mentioned that he enjoys a ham and cheese sandwich on a crusty baguette as well as a steak sandwich with rocket (aka arugula) on focaccia bread.

#sandwich #jelly #paul

Danny Trejo leads Aspercreme's "KO Boomer" campaign
For Danny Trejo, age is just a number.
"I ain't ready to cash in my chips yet," the 82-year-old Machete star declared over a recent Zoom call. "One of the most important things is staying active."
That youthful ****** for life became one of the driving factors behind Trejo's newly-announced role as brand ambassador for Opella's pain relief ointment Aspercreme (one of the leading lidocaine brands in the United States).
"When you live hard, you're gonna get sore—I don't care how old you are," he explained. "I'm still doing action movies at 82, so believe me, I feel it. But a tough guy can't be walking around smelling like a medicine cabinet. That's why I use Aspercreme—it really works to target my pain, and there's no weird smell. You can wear it under a suit, and I do a lot of public appearances. I've used it for events and ****** ody knows. When they reached out to my agent, she even said, 'He uses that!'"

#i 've

We really aren't gonna escape this weird Indiana-Notre Dame… thing anytime soon, huh?
The Hoosiers and Fighting Irish are in the news again, this time because Curt Cignetti was asked about it during an appearance on Big Ten Network this past weekend.
"Yeah, I'd like to play Notre Dame," Cignetti said. "They oughta come to our place twice, we'll go up there once, since they're not in a conference. I'd love to play them. It'd be a great in-state game."
Indiana came under fire earlier this month when it was reported that the Hoosiers asked out of an existing home-and-home series against Notre Dame set for 2030 and 2031, a move that several members of the former fanbase approved of.
Cignetti's comments have the media machine up and running again, just in time for some preseason storylines.

#hoosiers

Martin Odegaard believes the physical setbacks he endured during the previous campaign have ultimately helped him develop greater resilience.
The midfielder lifted the Premier League trophy in May—his first piece of silverware since joining ***** nal in 2021—though his individual campaign was frequently disrupted on a personal level by knee, shoulder and muscle problems.
Restricted to just 16 starts in the league, the Norwegian missed the Carabao Cup final defeat against Manchester City, a result ***** nal reversed on Sunday with a 3-0 win in the Community Shield.
"Last year was really a big struggle with a lot of difficult moments," Odegaard said after capping a standout performance in Cardiff with his first goal for the club since December.
"It is the worst thing for a footballer to not be able to be on the pitch and I had quite a lot of weird injuries, and bad luck.

#arsenal #league #premier #restricted

Alex Weir was known for his consistent runner-up results in Erie District Golf ******* ociation majors through this decade's first half.
Now, the Kahwka Club member appears set on atoning those close calls.
Weir, who was four strokes out of first place at the Aug. 16 start to the EDGA Amateur's final round, chased down leader Drew Deimel over the back nine at Lawrence Park Golf Club.
The duo required a playoff to determine this year's ******* list after they tied at 7-under par following 54 regulation holes.
It ended after 55 thanks to Weir, who successfully defended with a birdie three for the course's 364-yard first hole. His comeback victory vs. Deimel, the 2010 champion, occurred after the Amateur's third playoff since 2019.

#weir #district #association

It was only a matter of time before Scottie Scheffler pulled it off again.
After a season full of near-misses and second-place finishes, the top-ranked golfer in the world absolutely ran away with the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Sunday. Scheffler posted a final-round 66 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, which ended up giving him a massive eight-shot victory to open the PGA Tour's playoffs.
The win not only earned Scheffler a $3.6 million check, but it also solidified his spot atop the FedExCup standings with just two tournaments left on the schedule.
Scheffler has been firmly at No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings and the FedExCup standings throughout the year, but he's struggled to actually win on Tour since his season-opening victory back in January. Since then, Scheffler has finished in second five times, including in his last start at the 3M Open. A pair of those runner-up outings came in the form of a playoff loss, too.
While 11 top-10 finishes and a win is hard for anyone to complain about, it felt like a weird step back for the man who had dominated golf in vintage Tiger Woods-like fashion over the past several seasons.

#World #finishes

Joey Logano — winner: "My team did a great job. The pressure was on everybody to make the right calls, to execute the runs, to have a good pit stop there. We were door-to-door pretty much onto pit road. That tested everything we had. I thought we were gonna be in good shape because the run before that we were a lot faster than (Chase Briscoe) right at the end, but we weren't able to be the same amount of good as we wanted to be. This is the first time I've had all of my kids here for a win, so this is a real special one for our family. I'm looking forward to enjoying it. It's a great recovery so far. There's a long way to go in the season, but we can see the front from here. We've still got a couple more to gain some more points to set ourselves up better. I just like doing burnouts. That's really all there is to it. I thought it was a cool opportunity to do a burnout right here. I might get my hand slapped, but it was worth it."
Chase Briscoe — second: "Yeah, I don't know what more I needed. I thought that last run I was a little bit better than him. To get there at the end, prior run to the pit stop, I just lost brakes, got really, really loose. Gave up a three-second advantage. That was ultimately the difference. One bad run. Like I said, that was the difference maker there in the end. It's weird to be running second here. This has been a real struggle to me, this place. I think that's my first ever top 10 here even. To get close, not get it done is so frustrating. I had a really fast Toyota and wasn't able to seal the deal there in the end. The brake deal was interesting. I had great brakes. I felt like a large majority of the race it was to my advantage. I could get into the corner so deep compared to everyone. As I kind of lost that, I lost my advantage. I came not mediocre, but I wasn't quite as strong as what I needed to be to maintain there. Yeah, definitely frustrating from that standpoint, but still huge improvement from what I've been here, for sure. Go on to the next one. Yeah, that's great (to clinch a Chase spot). Obviously that was the goal. You want to be able to race for a championship. A long way to go. We need to get fifth in points. We continued to do what we needed to do from that standpoint, had a great points night. It would have been great to have 15 more points at the end. Yeah, just frustrating to say the least to have one slip away like that at the end."
Austin Cindric — third: "Yeah, that's kind of the name of the game here, especially since they introduced this right side here last year. I thought that was one of our strengths. We could fire off good enough, but I thought I was one of the best cars, especially after about 30 laps. We were a little too good too late in the runs, but, overall, like I said, it was a much needed run for our Ford Mustang. I feel like car performance-wise, for sure. You saw that from all four of our cars. Obviously, with Joey getting the win, the 21 was super strong all night and Ryan ha

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Scottie Scheffler settled in after a rough start Saturday for a 2-under 68, giving him a two-shot lead over Sam Burns and Sungjae Im in the FedEx St. Jude Championship going into a final round where so much is at stake from the top to the bottom of the leaderboard.
Scheffler is trying to break a streak of five runner-up finishes and five other top 4s since his lone victory this year in his first tournament of 2026.
He was at 13-under 197 and will be in the final group with Burns, his closest friend in golf, who got back into the mix with a 62. His year has been marked by close calls in the U.S. Open and British Open, but Burns has no victories to show for it.
This will be the first time they are paired together in the final group.
"It's always a little weird just because I want him to have success so much and I think he wants the same for me," Scheffler said. "Tomorrow we'll go out there and play our game and see where things finish up at the end of the day. It will be competition like normal.

#much #five #year #group

"It's weird for one of your best players on defense and leading tackler to also be one of your most improved players," safeties coach Taylor Mays said of senior safety Alex McLaughlin's offseason.
The three-time First Team All-American, who is entering his second year in his role with the Washington Huskies, did not hold back with his praise of the senior following Thursday's practice. McLaughlin, who transferred to Washington ahead of the 2025 season after two standout years at Northern Arizona, will enter his second season at Montlake after earning an All-Big Ten honorable mention last fall.
After leading the Huskies with 94 tackles, McLaughlin has taken a major leap in his abilities as a vocal leader both on and off the field for Ryan Walters' defense.
"I really like where he's at right now," Mays told the media on Thursday.
With fellow safety Makell Esteen and cornerbacks Tacario Davis and Ephesians Prysock all leaving the program after 2025, McLaughlin has stepped into a leadership role in the secondary as one of its best and most experienced players.

#mclaughlin #washington #huskies #safety

One of the main priorities for most coaches is to get out of the Week 0 scrimmages healthy.
At the same time, new Bloomington North coach Andy Harding wanted to get as many reps as possible for freshman quarterback Fisher Pugh and avoid any chances of injury. He got a few more than he was planning on at Dennis O. Martin Field on Friday, Aug. 14 in a two-hour controlled workout against Southport.
Pugh had to finish up the scrimmage with some of the backups after Tristan Stogdill rolled out to throw a pass, which fluttered well off target and ended his evening with an apparent injury. Pugh took a good lick in the final set of plays but bounced right back up.
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"We knew we wanted to get him a lot of reps," Harding said. "We were also getting Tristan Stogsdill some reps. I don't exactly know happened, but we didn't put him back in because (his arm) felt weird.

#coach

Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle was sitting in the home clubhouse at Comerica Park before Friday's game when a reporter informed him of a former teammate going to a division rival.
When asked what it would be like to see the player on the opposite side, McGonigle kept it brief: "That'll be weird."
The Chicago White Sox claimed former Tigers catcher Jake Rogers off waivers on Friday, Aug. 14, hours before the start of a crucial three-game weekend series between the Tigers and the White Sox at Comerica Park.
Rogers began the season with the Tigers but has taken a tour of American League teams over the past couple of weeks, first playing three games with the Baltimore Orioles after a July 30 trade from Detroit. He then appeared in three games for the Boston Red Sox after his inclusion in a deadline-day trade that sent catcher Adley Rutschman to Boston.
And after the Red Sox put Rogers on waivers on Aug. 11, the White Sox became the fourth AL team to employ Rogers in 2026, hoping he could support their struggling catching situation.

#tigers #boston

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Joshua Dobbs understands the business side of the NFL better than most players. Still, the veteran quarterback was not pleased with how the New England Patriots handled his departure.
Dobbs, who recently joined the Detroit Lions, publicly criticized his former team Tuesday while discussing his unusual offseason. New England reportedly hoped to trade the veteran backup before eventually releasing him two weeks after the start of free agency. By then, several teams that could have pursued Dobbs already had filled their backup quarterback openings. That left the 31-year-old waiting for another opportunity and without a team during organized activities.
"It was a weird offseason because it was my first time not having OTAs and everything, and that was just by the nature of my situation in New England, with the timing," Dobbs told reporters. "That was very frustrating, the way they handled that."
It was a blunt ****** sment from a player who has experienced nearly every form of roster uncertainty during his NFL career.

#england #handled

Bella Ramsey's friendship with Pedro Pascal on "The Last of Us" generated plenty of buzz among fans, but the 22-year-old actor can't seem to understand the fuss about it.
In a recent interview, Ramsey, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them **** ouns, hinted that their relationship has changed and admitted it was "sort of weird to talk about it."
They also discussed their **** uality, explaining that they're not "100% straight," and said they aren't particularly bothered by being misgendered as long as people remain respectful.
Bella Ramsey suggested they and Pedro Pascal are no longer as close as they once appeared to be following the buzz they generated on "The Last of Us." In a recent interview with The Guardian, the Emmy-nominated actor revealed that the pair are now "loosely in touch."
Ramsey and Pascal's relationship became a major talking point after the first installment of the hit series, in which his character, Joel, was tasked with escorting their character, Ellie, across the United States following the collapse of society caused by a mass fungal infection that turns its hosts into zombie-like creatures.

#ramsey #bella #buzz

Veronica Perasso revealed to her Instagram followers that her experience of getting numerous cosmetic treatments made her have some scar tissue, constant health concerns, and body image issues, which she is struggling with. Veronica encouraged younger women to consult qualified professionals before doing the same.
In the second video on her Instagram account regarding her surgeries, Perasso refuted her fans who claimed that the outcome was something to envy.
"Part 2 of the rundown of all my surgeries. Some of you are confused because you guys see my stomach, and some of you think, wow, that's goals. How do you think you didn't look good? Well, because after the surgery, I did not look this way. I was still fat after a liposuction because they removed the fat out of here. Still, my face, my arms, and my legs were not in shape," she said.
She said the liposuction was followed by complications.
"And then I had a lot of fibrosis, it's scar tissue, and it looks so weird, and this is because I got massages, I got it treated," she said.

#veronica #scar #tissue #look

Former NBA veterans Enes Kanter and Royce White declared their entry into the 2026 WNBA Draft to exploit the league's ambiguous eligibility rules.
Their declaration came as part of a larger movement to limit the inclusion of trans athletes into women's sports, specifically the WNBA, after Indiana Fever's Sophie Cunningham raised the same issue.
Kanter and White's former NBA peers are not looking kindly on their move, with a cult-favourite point guard joining Robin Lopez in criticising Kanter and White's decision.
Ty Lawson was drafted No. 18 in 2009 and enjoyed a nine-year NBA career as a role-player who was a fan favourite. Lawson slammed Kanter and White on X for what they're doing to the WNBA.
"These ex-NBA players declaring that they're women and trying to get in the 2027 draft is F– weird!!!!"

#kanter #former #royce

The answer is: Power hitting, sloppy opposing defense, and iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms.
The questions is, what are three things likely to produce runs Tuesday night?
The San Francisco Giants got four runs Tuesday night, which was enough to defeat the Houston Astros, 4-1, after 7 2/3 innings from a pair of magnificent Carsons. Winning a close game where the Giants ran the bases opportunistically and the other team committed a bunch of errors? That's some weird, wild stuff.
Carson Whisenhunt had a rough start, letting six of the first nine Astros he faced reach base. But he escaped and eventually earned his third win of the season after giving up just one run in 5.2 innings. Then Carson Seymour came through with two shutout innings of relief, yielding only a single to "Late Night" LaMonte Wade, Jr.
It was a different sort of game for the Giants, who continued their hard-luck ways Monday when Andrew Susac fouled a ball off leg and fractured his kneecap, which will keep him off the field and off his scooter for the foreseeable future. But Tuesday, the breaks started to go their way.

#carson #power

Dax Shepard recently opened up about an awkward childhood memory involving his mom and an outfit she occasionally wore in public. During a recent episode of Armchair Expert, he recalled his reaction to seeing his mother in a white tank top and the attention he feared it might attract. Shepard's story was part of a wider conversation about experiences growing up with single mothers.
Dax Shepard has recalled feeling uncomfortable when his mother wore a tank top during his childhood.
The actor discussed the experience while speaking with Taron Egerton on an episode of Armchair Expert, explaining that he became particularly uneasy when other men appeared to notice his mother in public. Shepard recalled accompanying his mother to places such as the grocery store when she occasionally wore a white tank top.
"My mom has big ***** ," the host said while describing the experience. He recalled, "My mom would occasionally wear a f***ing white tank top, and I just remember like, 'Oh f*** man. We're going to the grocery store. She's in the white tank top. There's gonna be like weird dudes that just start talking to her.'"
Shepard admitted that he strongly disliked those situations, saying, "I hated it." Egerton said he experienced similar emotions while growing up with his own mother. The Rocketman star described her as an "attractive woman" and said he remembered feeling angry and inadequate when he noticed other people paying attention to her.

#tank #occasionally #armchair