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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 17: Isaiah Winstead #31 of the New York Jets runs a play during a preseason game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on August 17, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Kara Durrette/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers continue to cycle wide receivers in and out of the roster. Per James Larsen of PFN, the Steelers are signing UFL standout receiver Isaiah Winstead.The East Carolina product caught 36 passes and four touchdowns in 10 games with the Louisville Kings during the 2026 UFL season. He was last on an NFL roster in the preseason of 2024 with the New York Jets, where he was a teammate of Aaron Rodgers.Winstead had a tremendous final year at ECU, catching 88 passes for 1,085 yards and six touchdowns in 2022. He has yet to appear in a regular season NFL game.The Steelers recently released wide receiver A.T. Perry to make room for Colton Dowell, whom they released almost immediately after signing. Winstead will now likely be fighting for a practice squad spot.Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!Steelers release recently-signed receiverSteelers plans for Pat Freiermuth will excite fansSteelers training camp: DK Metcalf circus catch highlights Saturday night lightsAsante Samuel Jr. is forcing himself into a major role with SteelersSteelers sign former Titans wide receiver

WTGL has landed its fifth franchise owner, and the name is a familiar one.Fenway Sports Group (FSG), the global sports and entertainment powerhouse behind the Boston Red Sox, Liverpool FC and Boston Common Golf in TGL, has acquired Boston Common Golf's WTGL team, further strengthening its ties to TMRW Sports and the rapidly expanding team-golf landscape.TeamMarketOwner / Ownership GroupAtlanta WTGLAtlantaArthur M. Blank and AMB Sports & EntertainmentNew York WTGLNew YorkSteve Cohen and Cohen Private Ventures (CPV)Motor City Golf ClubDetroitPrincipals Michael Hamp, Peter Hamp and Kevin KelleherLos Angeles Golf ClubLos AngelesAlexis Ohanian / Los Angeles Golf Club (with Serena and Venus Williams)Boston Common GolfBoston / New EnglandFenway Sports Group (FSG)The move gives FSG its first ownership stake in a women's professional golf team. The company was among the original ownership groups in TGL and an early investor in TMRW Sports, the parent company of both TGL and WTGL. Boston Common Golf's TGL roster is led by Rory McIlroy, and also features Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama.FSG's connection to women's golf dates back to 2023, when Fenway Sports Management entered a partnership with the LPGA aimed at expanding the tour's sponsorship and marketing opportunities. The WTGL investment marks the next step in that relationship.FSG was also instrumental in bringing a much-needed influx of cash to the PGA Tour when it was facing a challenge from LIV Golf."At FSG, we've always believed in investing early in ideas with the potential to grow and evolve the sports landscape," said Linda Henry, FSG partner and CEO of Boston Globe Media. "Our investment in TMRW Sports and partnership with the LPGA have only reinforced our confidence in the future of women's golf. WTGL is a natural next step, and we're proud to bring Boston Common Golf to the league and another world-class team to New England fans."WTGL is set to debut this fall at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, using a fast-paced team match-play format built around many of the LPGA Tour's biggest stars. Fourteen players have already been announced for the inaugural season, including six of the top 13 players in the world rankings. Collectively, the group owns 95 LPGA Tour victories, with additional roster announcements expected before the season begins.The addition of FSG gives WTGL another experienced ownership group as it continues assembling its inaugural lineup of teams."Fenway Sports Group has been a TMRW Sports partner from the beginning and understands what it takes to build an enduring team brand in one of the world's most passionate sports markets," said Mike McCarley, founder and CEO of TMRW Sports. "Boston Common Golf brings an established identity, a passionate fan base and an ownership group with a record of growing iconic sports properties. Adding FSG and Boston Common Golf strengthens WTGL as we build a premier platform for women's team golf in partnership with the LPGA."Charley Hull, Lydia Ko, Jeeno Thitikul, Lexi Thompson and Michelle Wie West are among the 14 LPGA stars committed to participate in WTGL's inaugural season.But the biggest star in women's golf, world No. 1 Nelly Korda, is not slated to compete in WTGL. The three-time major champion criticized the fact that a separate indoor league was created for the women as opposed to having them compete alongside the men, calling it a "huge and unbelievable miss."This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Fenway Sports Group adds women's WTGL team to golf roster

Choosing a fantasy football team name can be almost as difficult as building a winning NFL roster. Some managers want a clever player pun, while others prefer a movie reference, an old-school joke or a name designed to annoy the rest of the league. This collection brings together more than 600 names across quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, rookies, NFL teams and pop culture. It also includes old references to retired players and forgotten fantasy favorites, because a joke does not always need a current roster spot. Whether you want something funny, nostalgic, intimidating or ridiculous, this list delivers.Fantasy football rankings: Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight EndsQuarterback Team NamesAllen the FamilyJoshin AroundAllentownCountry Roads, Take MahomesMahomes AloneSherlock MahomesMahomes Is Where the Heart IsHurts So GoodLove HurtsLamar the MerrierGoff My LawnTurn Goff the LightsIn Goff We TrustBake It Till You Make ItThe Great Bake-OffCaleb Me MaybeBo Knows FantasyNix PicksStroud NineStroudy With a Chance of TouchdownsTua Legit to QuitMaye the Force Be With YouMaye DayPurdy GoodBrock and RollDart Side of the MoonDart AttackFields of DreamsThe Young and the RestlessBorn to be WildRetired and Former QuarterbacksFormer Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady is retired, but that shouldn’t slow you down if you’re considering a fantasy football team name based on him.Brady GagaThe Brady BunchBrady and the TrampHere’s My Number, So Call Me BradyLord of the RingsBrady Bunch ForeverBreesus ChristBreesus, King of the DrewsEasy BreesyPimpin’ Ain’t BreesyBrees Through the TreesFavre Dollar FootlongFavre From OverFavre and AwaySaving Matt RyanMatty Ice Ice BabyRyan’s HopeBig Ben There, Done ThatRoethlisberger HelperSherlock RoethlisbergerRivers Runs Through ItCry Me a RiversRivers of DreamsCam You Dig It?Lights, Cam, ActionSuper CamHey Darnold!Dude, Where’s My Carr?Carr TroubleCarr-dee BWentz Upon a TimeWentz It Rains, It PoursOnce You Go Dak, You Never Go BackRomo SapiensRomosexualRomoCopLuck Be a LadyGet LuckedLuck DynastyKaepernick SwagRG3POJohnny FootballTebow KnowsFlacco SeagullsFitzMagicFitz and the TantrumsMariota Had a Little LambWinston With the StarsFamous JameisGaroppolo Shot FirstJimmy G-String DivasNuthin’ but a Jimmy G ThangDeshaun of the DeadWatson Your WalletStafford InfectionStafford MeetingTannehillbilliesTrubisky BusinessMitch PleaseDalton AbbeyThe Red RifleRunning Back Team NamesBijan MustardTo Infinity and BijanBed, Bath and BijanBijan FriseBreece’s PiecesHall or NothingLights, Kamara, ActionKamara ShyRun CMCChristian MingleAchane ReactionAchane of FoolsBaby Back GibbsGibbs Me a BreakJahmyr I Go AgainTaylor MadeTaylor SwiftlyKing HenryHenry Given SundaySaquon and OnlyOh Saquon You SeeJeanty in a BottleSmooth OperatorHampton InnLove Is All You NeedLove ActuallySwift JusticeD’Andre the GiantCookin’ With GasCook CountyRetired and Former Running BacksBeast ModeSkittles Taste the RainbowMarshawn of the DeadLynch MobAll DayPurple Peterson EaterAdrian BeatersonGurley ThingsGone GurleyTodd Gurley and the Three BearsLe’Veon on a PrayerBell CowSaved by the BellZeke SquadZeke and DestroyHide and ZekeGurley, You Had Me at HelloFournetteflix and ChillTeenage Mutant Ninja Bortles and FournetteArian NationFoster the PeopleFrank the TankGore VidalGore and PeaceShady BusinessShady’s BackMcCoy Meets WorldDeMarco PoloJamaal About That BassJamaaliday InnMurray Up and WaitMake It WayneReggie Bush LeagueBush PushRay Rice BabyRice Rice BabyKnowshon MercyKnowshon, Know ProblemDoug E. FreshMuscle HamsterCJ2KChris Johnson and JohnsonPocket Full of MonteeEddie Lacy UnderwearA Lacy SundayLamar Miller TimeDevonta’s InfernoFreeman Ain’t FreeIngram ToenailsMarky Mark and the Funky BunchDuke NukemCarlos Hyde and SeekRun DMCMcFadden’s IslandJamaal Charles in ChargeSony Side UpKerryon My Wayward SonKerryon LuggageDrake’s New Favorite TeamKenyan Stop Me?Penny for Your ThoughtsPenny LaneDalvin and the ChipmunksMixon AdministrationSir Mixon-a-LotCatalina Wine MixonWide Receiver Team NamesDallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb has a great name for making a silly fantasy football team name.CeeDeez NutsSilence of the LambLamb ChopsPuka ShellsPuka? I Hardly Knew HerPukachuNabers Think Amon DrugsWon’t You Be My Naber?Good Naber PolicyAmon a MissionHere Comes the Sun GodOlave GardenOlave You ForeverFlowers PowerPickens Up the PaceSlim PickensHarrison FordWorthy OpponentsWe’re Not WorthyLadd CompanyLadd McConkey TonkLondon CallingLondon BridgeRice Rice BabyMetcalf Your MotherChase Your DreamsChase Is On the CaseTee TimeGolden OpportunityRome Wasn’t Built in a DayRetired and Former Wide ReceiversDez DispensersDez NutsDez-troyersDezpicable MeAntonio Brown TownBrown Bagging ItAB PositiveMr. Big ChestOdell Street JournalOdell Beckham Junior MintsBend It Like BeckhamOBJYNJulio Think You Are?Julio Let the Dogs OutMe and Julio Down by the End ZoneHooked on a ThielenThielen Like a Million BucksMore Than a ThielenAdam BombDiggs in a BlanketCan You Diggs It?Stefon Diggs My GraveThielen DiggsGolden Tate WarriorsTate Is EnoughGolden ReceptionDemaryius TargaryenGame of JonesMegatronCalvin and HobbesVictorious SecretBrandon Marshall MathersMarshall LawAmari 2600Amari Teenage RiotThat’s AmariCooper TroopersKupp My Life Into PiecesTwo Girls, One KuppKupp and At ‘EmKupp CheckBaby Got DakThe Catalina Wine MixonsJuJu Know What I’m Saying?JuJu on That BeatKing of the JuJusSchuster’s MillionsT.Y. 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Green With EnvyGreen InitiativeTurn Down for WatkinsWatkins on SunshineWatkins DeadHurns NoticeAllen the HurnsBorn to MaclinReturn of the MaclinMaclin on SunshineDeSean of the DeadJackson FiveAlshon WonderlandJeffery DahmerFlash GordonGordon LightfootJosh Gordon’s JointLandry ServiceDirty LandryJarvis IslandEmmanuel TransmissionSanders ClausSanders of TimeCrabtree and EvelynCrabtree HousePierre PressureGarcon With the WindCobb DeepSteady Cobbin’Randall Cobb SaladNelson’s ColumnJordy ShoreJordy Wants a CrackerWhite WelkersWelker Texas RangersWelker SkelterLarry Fitzgerald KennedyFitz and the TantrumsTight End Team NamesKittle Big TownKittle CornKittle Me ThisKelce LatelyKelce GrammerYou Belong With KelceLaPorta PottyLaPorta AuthorityBowers RangersAll the Small BowersPitts and GigglesThe Tortured Pitts DepartmentBig Hock EnergyHock and RollNjoku’s on YouAm I a Njoku to You?Kraft BeerKraft ServicesStrange ThingsStrange DaysLoveland FrogLoveland Is a BattlefieldGoedert DoneFerguson JenkinsAll About That BowersRetired and Former Tight EndsRob Gronkowski is another example of a perfect name for fantasy football team name creation.Gronk If You’re HornyGronkey KongGronk and RollGronkowski Party BusYo Soy FiestaGronkemonBaby Got GronkHernandez’s Hit MenWitten in the StarsWitten Protection ProgramJason’s LyricErtz, Wind and FireIt Ertz When I PeeDeath Ertz-tificateSo Good It ErtzErtz So GoodRudolph the Red-Zone ReindeerRudolph’s Red NoseOrange JuliusThomas the Tank EngineOlsen TwinsGregarious OlsenGates of HeavenAntonio’s GatesGates KeeperThe Gates Are OpenClay Harbor FreightFleener Than EverCoby or Not CobyVernon Down the HouseGraham CrackersGraham Central StationGraham SlamJimmy Graham BellJordan RulesReed Between the LinesReed It and WeepDelanie Walker, Texas RangerWalker DeadAustin PowersHooper TroopersFant-asticLiving the Fant-asyEifertedWhat Do You Noah ‘Bout It?2026 Rookie Team NamesTy BreakerBoston TD PartyShe Knows How to SadiqFernando-MoniumLive, Laugh, LoveI 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The Court of Arbitration for Sport is an independent organisation that resolves sports disputes worldwide [Getty Images]The Russian Athletics Federation has filed a new claim with the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge sanctions imposed by World Athletics.Athletes from Russia and Belarus have been banned from international competition under the world governing body since the country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.Russian Athletics says the ongoing sanctions "infringe on the organisation's rights", adding they "prevent it from fully representing the interests of Russian athletes on an international level."The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted Russia's suspension in July, potentially allowing the country to compete at the 2028 Olympics Games in Los Angeles.Cas, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, serves as sport's highest arbitration body and hears disputes involving athletes, federations and governing organisations."The sanctions against Russian Athletics are unprecedented. No other sports federation faces such severe restrictions," Boris Yaryshevskiy, chief executive director of Russian Athletics, said in a statement."They not only hinder the federation's normal operation but also hold back the development of athletics in Russia, particularly among young athletes, preventing us from properly representing our sport in the international arena."That is why we will consistently defend our rights, pursue the lifting of the sanctions through the courts, and continue our work in this direction. We are already preparing our next steps to restore justice."Russian Athletics lodged a separate appeal on 9 July challenging a decision by the World Athletics Council - the main rule-making and executive body of World Athletics - to extend the ban on Russian athletes from international events.Other sporting federations, including World Gymnastics, World Aquatics and World Boxing, have this year eased restrictions on Russian athletes competing. Some Russian and Belarusian athletes competed as neutrals at both the 2024 Paris Games and this year's Winter Olympics in Milan.

Pedro Porro and Djed Spence of Tottenham Hotspur celebrate after the 2024/2025 Europa League Final football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at San Mames stadium. Bilbao (Spain), May 21st, 2025. (Photo by Cesare Purini/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) One of the long tail effects of a World Cup year is that the players that go deep into the tournament are always the last to report back to their club teams for preseason training. I don’t begrudge them this at all — players put a lot of miles on their tires during a summer international tournament and basically don’t get much of a break at all. They’re mandated at least three weeks of down time after they’re eliminated from (or win) the competition, but in the case of clubs that make the semifinals, it generally means that those players don’t return for preseason until a couple of weeks before the new club season starts.That’s the case with three of Tottenham Hotspur’s players — Cup winner Pedro Porro, runner up Cuti Romero, and semifinalist Djed Spence. They are the last three Spurs players to return from summer vacation, and according to Football.London’s Alasdair Gold, all three are set to return to training this week. Spurs open the new Premier League season on August 22 away at Brentford. Of course, nearly every Spurs fan knows that at least two of those three players may not be at the club by the end of the summer transfer window. While Pedro Porro has confirmed his long term Spurs future by signing a new contract at the club this summer, the club is in active negotiations with Atletico Madrid and (maybe) Inter Milan over the sale of Cuti Romero, and there have been numerous rumors that the future of Djed Spence may lie away from Tottenham.Even so, returning this week means that one or all of those three players may participate in the upcoming home friendly this weekend against Hoffenheim at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. That friendly marks the first time that local English Spurs fans will be able to watch the team play in person this preseason, and as we inch closer to the start of the season it’s also likely we’ll see more and more first team players participating and starting. Tottenham are emphatically not done in the transfer window, with head coach Roberto De Zerbi stating for the record that he hopes to bring in 2-3 more attacking players in what’s left of the summer. Spurs are still, ostensibly, working to sign Manchester City winger Savinho and have been linked with Liverpool attacker Cody Gakpo and any other number of available (and perhaps unavailable) players. That said, after a flurry of expensive signings early in the window, Tottenham haven’t signed anyone new for the first team since July 6, which is leading to a fair amount of angst amongst supporters.Transfers are weird, twisty things and once again Spurs’ transfer drama could go right down to the wire with the club assessing all its options. But at least we can look forward to three important players returning, at least temporarily, to training.

Wiza Bondele, centre, a health worker on the prevention and control team, seen at work in Ituri province, eastern Congo, Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)2026-08-10T13:23:02Z BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record started in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization said Monday, as responders in eastern Congo struggle to catch up.The WHO regional director for Africa, Mohamed Yakub Janabi, told a news conference that sequencing indicated the outbreak’s start. He said some cases early in the outbreak were wrongly attributed to malaria and typhoid.“So we are chasing the virus, the virus is ahead of us,” Janabi said.Confirmed cases of Ebola in this outbreak have reached 4,200, including over 1,900 deaths, according to the latest government figures.The outbreak declared on May 15 is unlike most previous ones for Ebola because the Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines or treatments. Early testing was conducted for the more common type of Ebola, contributing to delays. This Ebola outbreak has killed more people at a quicker rate than any other, including the 2014-2016 outbreak that is considered the worst on record with over 11,000 deaths out of at least 28,000 cases. That outbreak took about eight months to reach 1,000 deaths.Ebola is rare but highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen and with contaminated surfaces and materials such as bedding and clothing. The disease it causes is severe and often fatal. Last week, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu said Ebola is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, while some health workers are striking over a lack of pay. Read More New cases are doubling in some hot spots, Ghebreyesus said on X after meeting with officials in the capital, Kinshasa. Health authorities have said between 60% and 70% of new cases are recorded outside of contacts being monitored, and that the outbreak is spreading at an “alarming” rate.Access to healthcare in the region already had been challenged by years of rebel conflict in one of Congo’s most remote and vulnerable areas, near the borders of South Sudan, Uganda and Rwanda.Several past Ebola outbreaks have also been declared late, including the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak. That outbreak was declared in March 2014, although the first human case later was found to have occurred in December 2013. 获取更多RSS：https://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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The Detroit Lions are preparing to be without Cade Mays for quite a while, but Dan Campbell gave fans one important reason for optimism.Campbell said Mays is expected to miss a “significant” amount of time after suffering a wrist injury during practice. The Lions coach also indicated that he expects Mays to be ready when the stakes are highest.The playoffs.Lions Expect Cade Mays Back for Playoff PushMays injured his wrist when a defensive lineman chopped down on it during practice, creating another challenge for a Detroit offensive line that was counting on him to help solidify the center position.Campbell did not offer a specific return date, but his playoff expectation gives Detroit a general timeline.For the Lions, that means preparing for most, if not all, of the regular season without Mays while leaving the door open for his return during a potential postseason run.That is a significant loss.Mays was targeted by Detroit this offseason as part of an effort to strengthen the interior of the offensive line. His absence now forces the Lions to find another answer in front of Jared Goff.Detroit Has Time to Find an AnswerThere is at least some good news here.Mays’ season is not expected to be over.If Detroit can navigate the regular season and get healthy at the right time, adding Mays back to the offensive line before or during the playoffs could provide a valuable late-season boost.Of course, the Lions first have to get there.For Dan Campbell and his staff, the immediate priority becomes identifying who can handle the center position while Mays works his way back.Bottom LineCade Mays is facing a lengthy recovery from his wrist injury, and the Lions will have to adjust without a player they expected to play an important role up front.Campbell’s timetable still leaves Detroit with something to circle.If the Lions are playing postseason football, he expects Mays to be available.For a team with Super Bowl aspirations, getting a key offensive lineman back when January arrives could matter quite a bit.

Explaining Why Patriots Cut O-Lineman Once Tipped To Protect Drake Maye's Blind Side originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Patriots shuffled their offensive line depth chart on Monday, parting ways with a hulking figure once expected to shine while protecting Drake Maye's blindside.New England released offensive lineman Caedan Wallace, according to insider Jordan Schultz. A 2024 third-round pick out of Penn State, Wallace played 10 games across two seasons with the Patriots. He was tipped to serve as Maye's left tackle, but wa moved to right guard after an injury-plagued first season.Here's what we know about Wallace's departure.MORE: Patriots Bring Back Player Who Once Earned LeBron James Shout-OutWhy Patriots Cut Caedan WallaceNew England drafted Wallace in the hopes that he would flip sides and fill the Patriots' greatest need across the line at left tackle. Wallace was traditionally deployed as a right tackle at Penn State, although his former offensive line coach believed Wallace could successfully transition to the left side."He hasn't taken any game reps, but he's taken many practice reps because I always make sure they're developing on both," former Nittany Lions offensive line coach Phil Trautwein told ESPN in 2024.MORE: Patriots Lock Up Key Drake Maye Weapon With Contract Extension"His career kind of was just different, but I would have no hesitation to put him on the left side."Wallace wasn't able to make it stick in the big leagues, falling victim to an ankle injury that landed him on IR as a rookie and appearing in just four games as a second-year player. Wallace moved to guard in his second season but failed to make much of an impact. He entered training camp as a backup across the interior line, but saw understudy Mekhi Butler leap over him in New England's latest depth chart.With Wallace's release, he becomes the sixth member of the Patriots' 2024 draft class to leave the roster. Only Maye and cornerback Marcellas Dial remain.More PatriotsLatest Patriots newsTom Brady's Patriots legacy: How legendary QB set new standardComplete history of Patriots championships

Most Cowboys fans would like to forget the specifics that brought defensive tackle Kenny Clark to Dallas about 54 weeks ago, since it involved trading away Micah Parsons, but Clark has been good for Dallas, as has been the other tackle the Cowboys got via trade, Quinnen Williams.Clark has opinions on Williams, and they are quite nice. So are the opinions Raiders edge rusher Maxx Crosby has about Dak Prescott. And happy news kept coming, as rookie Jaishawn Barham‘s injury isn’t serious.Dallas’ first preseason game is nearing and here is how the Cowboys are getting ready for it.More: Dallas Cowboys news. Can Dak Prescott make the Cowboys 'GOTI'?Kenny Clark, Quinnen Williams building chemistryThe first anniversary of the Micah Parsons trade is two weeks away, which will also be the one-year anniversary of Clark joining the Dallas Cowboys as part of that trade. That was three months before tackle Quinnen Williams became a Cowboys through a trade with the New York Jets.More: Could Micah Parsons makes his return against the Dallas Cowboys?Since then Clark and Williams have developed quite a bit of chemistry playing together, and Clark expounded on that in a feature on DallasCowboys.com.“He's just a dog, man," Clark said of Williams. "He does things the right way, plays with great leverage. He's a big guy and is able to be able to bend, got good ankle flexibility and all that kind of stuff, can play with his hands well. We're going to need him to keep on holding those double teams, all the big guys for real, so we can have our linebackers skip over the top."Just how good does Clark think Williams is?”I haven't played with a d-tackle like that my whole career," Clark told DallasCowboys.com. "I played with a lot of great players, but a guy that's dominant like that at the defensive tackle position, he's a great player. I'm looking forward to that, I hope they slide to him and I can get me some one-on-ones, and we do what it do."Jaishawn Barham injury not seriousThe Cowboys got a scare when rookie linebacker Barham limped out of practice Thursday, but coach Brian Schottenheimer revealed the groin injury isn’t serious. He was held out of practice through Sunday and his return isn’t set, but won’t be far off.Barham had been having an impressive training camp, wooing his versatility as a linebacker and edge rusher. The third-rounder Barham was Dallas’ third pick, after Caleb Downs and Malachi Lawrence were drafted in the first round.Dallas has also gotten safety Jalen Thompson back from a minor injury sustained on the first day of training camp and he practiced over the weekend.Maxx Crosby lauds Dak PrescottThe NFL is rolling out its top 100 players list and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott checks in at No. 31, a 48-spot improvement from a year ago. NFL.com even got Las Vegas Raiders edge rusher Maxx Crosby to weigh in on Prescott, and it turns out he’s a fan."Every time he's out there, he's in command," Crosby said of Prescott. "If you're a player or coach, you know how good he is. He sees everything that's going on. He's the highest-paid quarterback for a reason."NFL.com’s explainer on Prescott says this: “Not among his peers, who nominated him to the NFL Top 100 list for a seventh time, but Prescott feels underrated and underappreciated across the NFL fandom despite (or maybe due to) playing for America’s Team. He led the NFL in completions for a second time in 2025 and has quarterbacked a top-seven scoring offense in four of the past five seasons, the outlier being a year he missed nine games. It was basically all on his shoulders last season due to an absent Dallas defense that gave up the most points in the league. Prescott nevertheless managed four fourth-quarter comebacks, over half of the Cowboys’ wins.”Dallas Cowboys first preseason game coming upThe Cowboys open their preseason on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Seattle Seahawks. The 6 p.m. MT/7 p.m. CT start will be televised on the NFL Network. The Cowboys are at the Arizona Cardinals on Aug. 22 (11 a.m. MT/noon CT kick) then close the preseason with their one home game, on Aug. 29 vs. the New Orleans Saints (10 a.m. MT/11 a.m. CT kick).Dallas Cowboys preseason schedule 2026Dallas opens the semi-competitive part of its fall schedule against the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks on Aug. 15 in their preseason opener. Here is the three-game preseason slate.Week 1 Sat, Aug 15 at Seattle Seahawks 6 p.m. MT/7 p.m. CTWeek 2 Sat, Aug 22 at Arizona Cardinals 11 a.m. MT/noon CTWeek 3 Sat, Aug 29 vs. New Orleans Saints 10 a.m. MT/11 a.m. CTBret Bloomquist can be reached, bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com; @Bretbloomquist on X.This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Dallas Cowboys news: Kenny Clark loves chemistry with Quinnen Williams

The IPL trade window has generated a lot of hype in the off-season, especially with franchises looking to strengthen their squads before IPL 2027.Apart from the mini-auction that generally steals all the limelight, trades among various teams can be equally important since it allows them to fill their gaps without engaging in a bidding war.MAKE YOUR BET WITH DAFABET AND GET UP TO 200% WELCOME BONUSWith several prominent names already mentioned in the media, including Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya, the trade period promises to be quite exciting.While the transfer period is still on, The Sporting News takes a look at all the IPL 2027 confirmed transfers and the biggest rumours making the rounds.Add The Sporting News as a preferred news sourceIPL 2027 confirmed transfersAt the time of writing, only the trade deal between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants for Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav has been confirmed.PlayerFromToFee (in Rs)Rishabh PantLucknow Super GiantsDelhi Capitals₹15 croreKuldeep YadavDelhi CapitalsLucknow Super Giants₹13.5 croreMORE: Visit Cricket News for all the latest cricket coverage and opinionIPL 2027 trade rumoursHardik Pandya has undoubtedly turned out to be the most talked-about player when it comes to any deal being done.Reports have claimed that both CSK and DC are showing interest in acquiring the Mumbai Indians captain.The CEO of CSK, Kasi Viswanathan, has outrightly denied that there are any talks of recruiting Pandya to their team. However, reports are claiming that the five-time champions are indeed trying to explore all possibilities and Delhi Capitals are also a possible destination for him.PlayerFromToReported fee/packageHardik PandyaMumbai IndiansChennai Super Kings / Kolkata Knight RidersMI reportedly wanted Shivam Dube + Ayush Mhatre. Talks later shifted to Dube + Dewald Brevis, but MI sought an additional ₹10 crore, ending negotiations. KKR are also in the race, hoping to lure him with the offer of captaincy. The three-time champions could also include Cameron Green as part of a swap dealHardik PandyaMumbai IndiansDelhi CapitalsReported interest and DC could offer Axar Patel in exchange, according to Cricbuzz.Hardik PandyaMumbai IndiansRajasthan RoyalsRR could offer Yashasvi Jaiswal in exchange to sign Hardik Pandya. Hardik PandyaMumbai IndiansLucknow Super GiantsLSG are also in the fray for Hardik Pandya transfer as they could offer Nicholas Pooran as part of swap deal. Sam CurranRajasthan RoyalsRoyal Challengers BengaluruPossible swap involving Romario Shepherd has been speculated.Urmil PatelChennai Super KingsGujarat TitansPossible exchange involving Washington Sundar or Sai Kishore coming to CSK.Nihal WadheraPunjab KingsGujarat TitansPossible swap involving Gurnoor Brar moving to Punjab Kings.MORE: Why Ryan ten Doeschate quit as India assistant coach?Most expensive players in IPL history - Top 5RankPlayerTeamPrice1Rishabh PantLucknow Super Giants₹27 crore2Shreyas IyerPunjab Kings ₹26.75 crore3Cameron GreenKolkata Knight Riders₹25.20 crore4Mitchell StarcKolkata Knight Riders₹24.75 crore5Venkatesh IyerKolkata Knight Riders₹23.75 croreDafabetMAKE YOUR BET WITH DAFABET AND GET UP TO 200% WELCOME BONUSCLICK TO BETRelated Links:Who won the most IPL titles?Will MS Dhoni coach CSK?All the latest cricket newsAll the IPL-related news

Alex Davies hit an unbeaten 51 as Warwickshire beat Lancashire [Shutterstock]Warwickshire batter Alex Davies admitted he owes his teammates and supporters runs after helping steer the Bears to victory in their One-Day Cup win over Lancashire.Wicket-keeper Davies, who left Lancashire for Edgbaston in 2022, made an unbeaten 51 as the Bears chased 312 to win by two wickets at Rugby School on Sunday - and by doing so kept their slim hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals alive.By Davies' own admission, he has not accumulated as many runs this season as he would have hoped for or expected. He averaged just under 20 in the One-Day Cup prior to Sunday's knock which, along with the innings of Vansh Jani, who hit 88, proved a crucial contribution."I was just happy to spend some time out in the middle," Davies said. "It's been a pretty tough year. I'd say I'm down on runs - I owe the boys runs, I owe the club runs and I owe the fans runs."I was pretty determined to just be out there at the end. The way Vansh batted around me, I didn't really need to do much other than just be there at the end."Jani's 88 was a career-best score and was the latest eye-catching innings in the 21-year-old's List A campaign, in which he averages over 55 with the bat.A product of the South Asian Cricket Academy, Jani enjoyed first-team exposure last year but has progressed further across various formats this summer."I don't want to big him up too soon, or bring any unwanted attention but, without swearing, he's very good," Davies told BBC Sport."Seeing the way he has come into the squad…I don't want to make any too outlandish comments, but he's very good and it's been a joy to watch him bat."I've batted with him a couple of times in the warm up games. He's going to be a special player."Remarkably, although they are eighth in Group A, Warwickshire host Kent in their final group match on Tuesday still in with a chance of advancing to the knockout stage, but a number of permutations are likely to be required."We haven't worked out the specifics yet," Davies added."Whether it comes down to net run rate or it might be that we need to chase something down in 20 overs - if that's the case, we'll give it a crack and it might be entertaining."We will just control what we can control and, hopefully come Tuesday, we'll have the full picture."

Donald Trump has appeared in public with strange bruises on his hands for over a year now, but a photo taken this weekend at a golf tournament showed that they’re spreading up his arm, and people are concerned. “Trump is known for suspicious bruising, usually it’s the president’s hands—not arm—which draw attention,” Katie Francis wrote at The Daily Beast. “His mysterious bruising has spread.” Related Republicans keep on getting injured by handshakes. What’s up with that? She was referring to Trump’s attendance at the LIV Golf New York Tournament at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey. A picture, captured by Reuters photojournalist Dennis Schneidler, shows bruises on his right forearm. The bruises have only been noticed on his hands before, but he rarely wears short sleeves in public. His white polo shirt at the golf tournament exposed the extent of the bruising. Francis also noted that Trump had Band-Aids on his fingers as well. Earlier this year, the White House attempted to explain the constant bruising by saying that Trump “hit his hand on the corner of the signing table, causing it to bruise” at an event in Switzerland. Prior to that, the White House explanation for why Trump wears foundation to cover up his bruised hands was that he “shakes [Americans’] hands on a daily basis more than any other president in history” and that he has “chronic venous insufficiency,” which White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described as a benign condition.

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The Alabama state capitol is seen during a special session of the Alabama Legislature, May 4, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)2026-08-10T14:14:19Z WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in four of Alabama’s seven congressional districts will select U.S. House nominees Tuesday under a new map that eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts currently represented by Democrats.Primaries for all seven congressional districts were originally scheduled for May 19, but Republican Gov. Kay Ivey postponed the contests for the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that prompted a handful of Republican-controlled Southern states to throw out their congressional maps.The court-inspired actions in Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee, as well as earlier legislative actions in other states to redraw their boundaries through mid-decade redistricting, were part of a nationwide Republican effort championed by President Donald Trump to maximize the party’s chances of holding its slim U.S. House majority in the 2026 midterm elections. Alabama’s U.S. House members will continue to serve in their current districts until the end of 2026. Candidates in Tuesday’s primaries are running under the new Republican-backed boundaries, which go into effect in January 2027. Both of Alabama’s Democratic members of Congress are seeking reelection in their newly configured districts and are unopposed in their primaries.In the 2nd District, where U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures is running for a second term, the Black population will go from half of the population under the current lines to about 40% under the new lines. In the 2024 presidential election, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris beat Trump in the current district, 53% to 46%. But Trump would have beaten Harris 57% to 42% if the new boundaries had been in effect in 2024. Six Republicans are running to challenge Figures in November, including state Rep. Rhett Marques, Army veteran Joshua McKee and real estate broker Hampton Harris. Trump has endorsed Marques, who is the field’s top fundraiser. Read More Black residents will maintain a slight majority in the new 7th District, where U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell is running for a ninth term. Harris beat Trump, 61% to 38%, under the current boundaries and would have beaten him by slightly less, 58% to 41%, if the new boundaries had been in effect in 2024. Two Republicans, Ammie Akin and David Perry, are competing for the nomination to unseat Sewell.Here are some of the key facts about the election and data points the AP Decision Team will monitor as the votes are tallied: When do polls close?Polls close at 7 p.m. CT, which is 8 p.m. ET.What’s on the ballot?The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts.Who gets to vote?The special primaries are open to any registered voters in their respective congressional districts. Although Alabama does not register voters by party, voters will be asked to declare a party preference upon selecting a party’s primary ballot.How many voters are there?As of June 1, there were 3.8 million registered voters in Alabama. Each congressional district in the state has a total population of about 718,000. How many people actually vote?About 409,000 ballots were cast across the state in the May 19 primaries, which was roughly 11% of registered voters. Past vote totals for the four new congressional districts are unavailable.How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot? Relatively few Alabama voters cast their ballots before Election Day. The state is one of the only holdouts in the country not to offer some form of in-person early voting. In the 2024 primaries, about 4% of Democratic primary voters and about 1% of Republican primary voters voted by mail.When are early and absentee votes released?Vote release practices vary from county to county. Most counties tend to release results from absentee voting in the first vote update, sometimes along with results from in-person Election Day voting.How long does vote-counting usually take?In the May 19 state primary, the AP first reported results at 8:28 p.m. ET, or 28 minutes after polls closed. The last vote update of the night was at 12:54 a.m. ET, with more than 99.9% of total votes counted.When will the AP declare a winner?The AP does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow a trailing candidate to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why. How do recounts work?In 2010, the Alabama attorney general issued an opinion that Alabama’s automatic recount law does not apply to primaries. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is subject to a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.Are we there yet?As of Tuesday, there will be 84 days until the 2026 midterm elections.___Follow the AP’s coverage of the 2026 election at https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/. ROBERT YOON Yoon is an elections and democracy reporter for The Associated Press, with a focus on analyzing vote and demographic data and explaining the intricacies of the electoral process. He is now covering his seventh presidential campaign cycle. facebook mailto

Travis Barker poses for a portrait in New York on Thursday, June 11, 2026. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)2026-08-10T14:00:42Z NEW YORK (AP) — The inferno rages onscreen three minutes into “ Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear.” Dashcam footage lifted from a police car shows the blaze: It’s 2008, and Barker has survived a plane crash in South Carolina. Four others did not. And then, a cut. The documentary, which follows the Blink-182 drummer from 2017 to 2026, is a celebration of Barker’s life before and after the life-altering accident, a central event in a career full of them. The film began as a mirror of his memoir, 2015’s “Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums,” but became something else entirely after a producer suggested it end with the image of Barker, then still unable to fly due to post-traumatic stress disorder, walking toward a plane.Ending on that note, “where this thing still has power over me,” didn’t sit well with him. Instead, he boards a plane at the end, but the documentary’s final images are a slide show of family photos, including his wife Kourtney Kardashian and kids.“I almost died,” he says. It “could be helpful to share my life.” An elastic artistBarker’s resume is long, and a two-and-a-half-hour documentary can only cover so much of it. The film hits most of the big notes, quickly establishing Barker as a rebellious kid with a supernatural drumming ability from age 4, when he got his first kit, to now, at 50. And that’s with many projects in-between: From the SoCal punks Feeble, which he joined while working as a trash collector, to his stint in the ska band The Aquabats and multiplatinum, pop-punk legends Blink-182 — the band that skyrocketed Barker into superstardom. Also covered? His love of skateboarding and car culture, his clothing brands, side-projects Box Car Racer and +44, turntable duo TRV$DJAM, various experiments and collaborations in hip-hop (Bun B, Lil Wayne ) and beyond.But it all began with drumming, and hilariously enough, Animal from “The Muppets” — his first drumming hero — until he discovered cross-genre greats like jazz legends Buddy Rich, Dennis Chambers and Elvin Jones as well as Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee. Read More “Where drumming got really serious for me was after my mom passed, so it was therapy,” he says, reflecting on his childhood. “It’s like my life. It’s like oxygen to me.” It’s also a kind of sport. Barker has long been a dedicated, athletic percussionist, and he likens it to a boxer’s meditative state. “It’s like when you see a fighter and he just goes for broke the first round. There’s sometimes where I just feel like that,” he says. “Something just takes over my body.”Many events in life threatened that euphoria, but none quite as physically as the plane crash. “I was in a burn center for six months on morphine and I had 30 surgeries,” he recounts. “Seventy percent of my body was burned.” At one point, he didn’t only fear if he would be able to drum again — even walking was a question mark.Lessons from tragedyEven before the crash, Barker’s life — as marked with musical triumphs as it has been — offered lessons in resiliency. “Whether it was my mom passing away or my plane crash, I learned — and through watching friends of mine and just living life — I’ve seen traumatic experiences either destroy someone or define them,” he says. “Every loss I had, or every everything I took to the chin, it made me stronger. At the time, I can’t realize it, right? I can’t like really wrap my head around it. But ... that’s why I went so hard and I was so determined to play music and so determined to succeed. Plan B was only making Plan A work. You know? There was no Plan B.”The same tenacity can be applied to his sobriety and dedication to flying again — a journey emboldened by his family. “I fly all the time now and I feel turbulence and I can’t even tell you what’s going on in my head. And I just look over and my wife’s perfectly OK,” he says. “My son loves airplanes and plays with airplanes and it’s so innocent. It’s so beautiful.” “They’ve been my greatest joy,” he says of his children, who grow up on screen across the film’s near-decade of filming. As someone who has lost a lot and thought about what it would be like to lose even more, when it comes to the topic of legacy, Barker has a simple dream. “I think I’d want to be remembered for my music and my drumming and being a great father, husband, and son and brother,” he says. As for the doc? “Maybe my story helps somebody,” he pauses. “I don’t love how everything happened. I don’t like the losses that happened. But I like how hard I had to work. I like that I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I liked that I had to navigate and find my way. And the journey was awesome.” MARIA SHERMAN Maria Sherman is the music reporter at The Associated Press. She is based in New York City. mailto

Mark Zuckerberg, whose superyacht apparently spent the weekend ignoring or missing the distress signal from a boat that ran out of fuel near Alaska, has posted a deranged, 6,500 word essay detailing his vision for AI superintelligence, a future that is “for everyone” but which sounds less social than ever.Zuckerberg posts these types of essays every so often for purposes that serve his own company, and this one, called “The Future Is For Everyone,” is designed to defend against general backlash to AI but also to Meta’s own practices. Zuckerberg lays out the potential use case for Meta glasses (whose huge marketing campaign cannot get people to stop calling them “pervert glasses”), AI agents, open weights AI development, and why data centers are not bad for communities, actually. Like most Silicon Valley “utopian” essays, to believe that any of this is going to go how Zuckerberg suggests it will requires one to have been recently concussed or to willfully ignore how this technology is being used today and believe that thousands of years of human nature will suddenly shift. For example, Zuckerberg writes “Everyone will have an exceptionally capable personal agent that understands you, your goals, and everything you care about. Your agent will work 24/7 on your behalf to improve your relationships, health, career, finances, home management, hobbies, and more. It will free up time for the things you enjoy, and help you accomplish more than you could otherwise. It will have strong privacy and security options so you can trust it to handle all of your personal content knowing that no one else can access your information, similar to how encryption works on WhatsApp. You’ll be able to interact with your agent through any device, including your glasses to keep you present in the moment with the people you care about.” Zuckerberg does not grapple with, or even gesture at, the idea that some people may not want to have an AI agent working on their “hobbies.” He does not consider that, even if everyone were to have an AI agent, perhaps not everyone would use these AI agents for good. In the few months that AI agents have become popular among the early adopter set, we have seen “benevolent” AI agents endlessly spam humans and the internet with drivel. And those are just the kind-of-annoying ones. We have seen AI agents hack companies, and over the weekend an Australian man went viral because his AI agent that he asked to sign him up for gym classes did so by hacking the gym’s reservation system and canceling other people’s reservations. Like many AI weirdos, Zuckerberg explains how AI has already changed his life by allowing him to automate many of the joyful tasks of parenting by outsourcing them to an agent: “My agent flags interesting information and helps me prototype ideas. It helps keep me healthy by monitoring my sleep and then watching as I train and giving feedback. My daughter loves to bake so my agent plans personalized recipes for us to make together each weekend, orders the ingredients, and then offers suggestions as we’re baking,” he writes. “My 8 year old daughter can already code her ideas and produce videos in an evening that would have either taken me months or been impossible previously. Now we’re designing a robot together.”Zuckerberg’s essay goes on and on and on like this. He imagines a future where everyone can do everything and wants to do everything. In Zuckerberg’s future, everyone will have a business run by their AI agent. Everyone will be inventing things and doing basic research on the nature of the universe and physical elements, for some reason. Zuckerberg writes that Meta employees, with the help of AI, are “generating novel crystal structures that are ideal for augmented reality glasses,” then writes “everyone will soon have invention superpowers,” and that “everyone […] will be able to contribute to scientific progress.”In this future that, again, is for “everyone,” Zuckerberg explains that AI tools will be free, but that, actually, using it will be a tiered system that is exactly the same as it is now: “For everyone to be part of the future, everyone must have the ability to use superintelligence to improve their lives and shape the world. We will offer free versions that will be accessible to billions of people. For those who want to pay to use more compute, there will be a dynamic auction mechanism that will guarantee that everyone gets the lowest price possible for the intelligence and compute they’re using while also ensuring the capacity is used for whatever people collectively find most valuable.”Zuckerberg’s essay is full of platitudes and sentences that mean nothing, “thought experiments” that are not developed or explored in any way, discussions of “freedom,” etc. Here are some sentences: “Humanity is not a monoculture. People’s diverse values represent different tradeoffs they would make on important issues. There is no technological solution that can align with everyone’s opposing interests and values at once.”“As a thought experiment, imagine only one person had a superintelligent lawyer. They would have an unfair advantage in court — even if they were wrong on the merits. That would lead to a worse society. But now imagine everyone has a superintelligent lawyer. In this case, justice would be carried out much more fairly and efficiently than it is today when there is often an imbalance in skills and resources in litigation.”“People have an infinite demand for new experiences and have always found new problems to tackle.”“While the number of questions a person can ask in a day is limited, the number of valuable things superintelligence can invent to help achieve your goals is unlimited.”“If people can use AI to invent incredibly valuable new things, then it will make more sense to allocate it towards that rather than automating existing jobs. The more superintelligence serves as a tool of invention, the more likely that individual capability outpaces automation and the future is better for people.”“In a free society, people will have tools that can be used for good or harm, but law enforcement and military have more weapons and intelligence-gathering.”There is an entire section on data centers. In Zuckerberg’s future they are powered by power infrastructure Meta owns (which is not the case currently) and create lots of high-paying, long-lasting jobs (not the case currently). There is an entire section on “preventing government tyranny” by giving everyone superintelligence: “To maintain freedom, we must ensure that superintelligence primarily empowers individuals. The ideal in liberal democracy is that people naturally hold all rights and only agree to restrict some freedoms to protect the common good. Similarly, individuals should have access to personal superintelligence and should only be subject to restrictions when truly required.”Zuckerberg does not address the backlash to his company, his data centers, his social media platforms, or his surveillance glasses. He does not discuss the slopification of the internet, gestures at job loss only through the lens that superintelligence will somehow fix it once AI agents start businesses for everyone or “invent incredibly valuable new things,” and describes a future in which bad actors essentially do not exist or are easily dispatched with. It’s the future Zuckerberg wants. It’s not the future “everyone” wants.

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