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BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander said it felt like a playoff game at Camden Yards.
A few more performances like this, and the Baltimore Orioles will be there.
Santander homered off Tommy Kahnle in the ninth inning to give the Orioles a 1-0 victory over New York on Friday night, spoiling Aaron Judge’s return for the Yankees. Judge walked three times in his first game back from a toe injury, but the Orioles kept New York off the scoreboard with a spectacular defensive effort.
In the eighth inning alone, Santander made a lunging, sliding catch in right field, and second baseman Adam Frazier made a diving stop on Anthony Rizzo’s grounder with a man on second.
“Great defense, great pitching, that’s how we win baseball games,” Santander said.
Orioles rookie Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings, going toe to toe with New York’s Gerrit Cole, who went seven. Félix Bautista (6-1) struck out two in a scoreless ninth. Kahnle (1-1) couldn’t match that in the bottom half, allowing Santander’s one-out drive that went well beyond the fence in right-center field.
The Orioles remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Tampa Bay atop the AL East, and they now lead the last-place Yankees by nine.
The game was delayed 2 hours, 32 minutes by rain, but that did little to dampen the enthusiasm of a crowd that included a mix of Yankees fans cheering Judge and Orioles fans embracing their first-place team.
“Right before the start of the game, it felt like a playoff game,” Santander said. “That’s good to have those fans to support us. Hopefully they can continue to do that.”
Judge lined out to right field on the first pitch to him in the first, but he reached base the other three times he came up.
Anthony Volpe was robbed twice by stellar Baltimore defense. Third baseman Ramón Urías made a diving stop on his one-hopper in the fifth. In the eighth, Volpe led off with a fly to right that Santander reached out and caught before sliding on his stomach across the grass.
New York eventually had two on and two out that inning when Rizzo’s grounder looked headed to right field. Frazier’s diving play prevented that.
“Defense won us the game,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “Adam Frazier, diving play off Rizz. Santander with a great diving catch. We turned some double plays.”
Each team had only four hits. Rodriguez was one of Baltimore’s prized prospects, and after being sent back to the minors for a bit, he may be finding a groove.
“I just love his delivery right now and the tempo of his delivery,” Hyde said. “Just really, really competitive.”
DEADLINE OUTLOOK
Orioles general manager Mike Elias said it’s no secret that the Orioles are working on potentially adding pitching upgrades at the trade deadline. He said the team has the wherewithal to make “good baseball trades” even if it means adding payroll.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: Elias said he hopes OFs Cedric Mullins (right adductor groin strain) and Aaron Hicks (left hamstring strain) can return and play a large part of August. … Elias said LHP John Means (left elbow UCL surgery) and RHP Mychal Givens (right shoulder inflammation) will probably be pitching in games in the Florida Complex League in the early part of August.
UP NEXT
Baltimore’s Tyler Wells (7-5) takes the mound against New York’s Clarke Schmidt (6-6) on Saturday night. Schmidt will be on extended rest, having last pitched July 21.
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METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Jimmy Graham offered a few reasons why — at age 36 and without having played football last year — he could become a playmaker again for the New Orleans Saints.
“I’m feeling better than ever. I’m still 6-(foot)-7 and I like the red zone,” the veteran tight end said Saturday in his first public comments since rejoining his first NFL team Tuesday. “I definitely came into this with a chip on my shoulder and with something to prove.”
Estimating he weighed as much as 285 pounds in his previous stint with the Saints, when he worked out like “a meathead,” Graham said he has been cycling “hundreds of miles a week” and has changed his workout and eating habits to suit to his age.
“I know I’m definitely in shape,” said Graham, now listed at 265 pounds. “That’s not a problem at all.”
Graham, who has caught at least eight touchdown passes in six of his 12 NFL seasons, was a favorite target of former star quarterback Drew Brees and among the most popular players in New Orleans before the club surprisingly traded him to Seattle in 2015.
Many fans were upset, including general manager Micky Loomis’ own daughter. So, too, was Graham.
“For me, it was pretty shocking,” Graham said. “I thought I would never leave this place. … I woke up to the part of the business that hurt.”
Alluding to a difficult childhood in which he sometimes lived in an orphanage, Graham added, “at first it was very difficult because of my connection with Drew as an ‘older brother’ and all the people in this building.”
“It was family, you know?” Graham continued. “So, for me, a guy who didn’t have a lot of family, it was definitely a difficult time.”
Graham played three seasons with the Seahawks — where he had a major knee injury 2015, but also his last 10-TD season in 2017 — before spending two seasons each at Green Bay and Chicago. He said he spent several of those seasons avoiding interviews because he “didn’t really have a lot to say that was positive.”
In recent years, Graham said, he longed for another chance to play in New Orleans.
“I’ve been trying to come home for a long time,” Graham said, adding that by last season, he didn’t want to play anywhere else. He said several teams reached out to him in 2022, but he told his agent, Jimmy Sexton, “that if I don’t retire as a Saint that I wasn’t going to play again.”
Sitting out last season was “extremely weird, especially after you spend a whole offseason preparing (to play), working out and making sure you’re in shape,” he said. “I think everything happens for a reason and I think it’ll be to my benefit.”
The Saints used a third-round pick to draft Graham in 2010, despite the fact that he’d played just one season of football at Miami after spending four seasons as a basketball power forward for the Hurricanes.
In just his second NFL season, Graham caught 99 passes for 1,310 yards and 11 touchdowns and was selected to his first of five Pro Bowls. He had another banner season in 2013, with 1,215 yards and a career-high 16 TDs receiving.
Around that time, current Saints tight end Foster Moreau was playing for Jesuit High School in New Orleans and had a signed No. 80 Graham Saints jersey in a shadow box in his room.
“Jimmy was a dog, and he still is. Honestly, he runs great,” Moreau said. “So, it’s just such a funny situation. You walk into the locker room and, ‘Oh my God! Jimmy Graham right there.’”
Graham’s production plummeted in his final season with the Bears in 2021, when he caught 14 passes for 167 yards and three TDs in 15 games.
And while the Saints cannot be sure how well he’ll play this season, they expressed confidence he’ll be a leader in the locker room. Graham sounded ready to embrace that role, noting that he, along with 13th-year defensive end Cameron Jordan, are the only players on the roster who’d once been teammates with most of the stars of the Saints’ 2009 championship team.
“I understand what that culture was like and what that looks like, the sacrifice that it takes and the brotherhood – that bond – that needs to be molded,” Graham said.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — United States midfielder Savannah DeMelo can speak some Portuguese and may be able to put it to use in the Women’s World Cup.
The U.S. plays Portugal on Tuesday to wrap up the tournament’s group stage, and a fter a disappointing 1-1 draw against the Netherlands, the Americans needs a win. At stake is both the top spot in Group E and also a much-needed boost to team confidence.
That’s where DeMelo can help.
The 25-year-old’s dad, Robert, is from Portugal and had a successful career as a player in that country before becoming a coach. DeMelo has dual citizenship and understands Portuguese.
“I’ll definitely be listening for it,” she laughed.
DeMelo made her first international start for the United States against Vietnam in the group opener, a 3-0 victory for the Americans.
Prior to the World Cup, DeMelo had played in only one other match for the United States: she was a substitute in the team’s send-off match against Wales in San Jose in early July. DeMelo, who plays for Racing Louisville FC in the National Women’s Soccer League, was the first U.S. player since Shannon Boxx in 2003 and third overall to be named to the World Cup roster without any previous appearances for the national team.
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski started DeMelo in the both of the American’s World Cup matches. She played both opening halves before being subbed off for veteran Rose Lavelle, who has been playing limited minutes for the United States because of a knee injury suffered in April.
The journey from being named to the team to getting a start in the World Cup has “been a crazy roller coaster of emotions,” said DeMelo.
“But I think I’ve had a lot of great people, including the girls on the team, who have been super helpful with getting me acclimated to the team,” she said. “And I’m just super grateful to be here.”
The United States may need to switch up its tactics against Portugal.
The Americans are tied on points with the Netherlands in Group E and have an advantage over the Dutch on goal difference. The top two teams in the group advance to the knockout round.
But the results haven’t been as emphatic as they were in 2019, when the U.S. opened with a 13-0 victory over Thailand and went on to win their second straight World Cup title, and fourth overall.
The United States trailed the Netherlands by a goal in the first half before Lindsey Horan scored a game-tying header in the 62nd minute.
One reason for the less-than-dominant play could be inexperience. DeMelo is among 14 U.S. players appearing in their first World Cup.
Fellow midfielder Andi Sullivan, who is also making her tournament debut, said it takes some adjustment to play together as newcomers.
“That’s definitely a challenge that we’re going through, is that we just kind of came together,” Sullivan said. “It’s not like a team that you’re training with all year round, constantly. You’re in and out all the time. So I think you’re constantly adjusting.
“But the way that you get in sync is we watch a lot of stuff together, we communicate constantly. We’re very direct when something’s not going the way we want it to go,” Sullivan added. “You have to be direct and clear and honest and loud.”
DeMelo is also among six players at the World Cup who play for Racing Louisville. Among the Racing Louisville representatives are Ary Borges, who scored a hat trick for Brazil in its 4-0 victory over Panama to start the tournament.
DeMelo, who said her father never pushed her into soccer growing up, could have played for Portugal at the senior level.
“It could have been an option,” she said, “but I think my heart was always with the United States.”
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FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Here’s why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport: She is never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old American won the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday at the world championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with Michael Phelps for the most golds at worlds.
She also is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 8.87 seconds, which is the seventh-quickest she’d ever swum — wasn’t quite good enough in her favorite event.
“I’m just always trying to think of new ways to improve. I mean I’ve already got everything turning in my head right now. I kind of wanted to be better than I was tonight,” she said, twirling her right hand beside her right ear, trying to stir up ideas.
“I’m pretty tough on myself,” she said. “But I think I have found the balance of being tough on myself but also having that grace.”
The 800 was Ledecky’s second individual gold following her win in the 1,500 free on Tuesday. She also took silver in the 400 free. Li Bingjie of China took silver in 8:13.31, and Ariarne Titmus of Australia got the bronze in 8:13.59.
“It’s fun to leave a meet with your favorite event, and I just wanted to leave it all in the pool,” Ledecky said.
It was only the fourth gold for the United States in the seventh of eight days in the pool. Meanwhile, Australia has been piling it on with 13 golds, matching its best at the worlds. Australia won three more golds on Saturday.
The Americans lead the overall table with 31 medals (16 silver), Australia has 20 and China 13.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia made history of her own with gold in the women’s 200 backstroke. McKeown’s victory gave her a sweep of all three backstroke events after earlier wins in the 50 and 100. She became the first swimmer to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for her disqualification earlier in the 200 IM.
“You can’t change the rules,” she said. “I got ruled out. It’s just the cards I was dealt with and I couldn’t do much more than that. So I just had to carry myself the best I could and channel all my anger and turn a huge negative into a positive.”
Regan Smith of the United States picked up the silver in 2:04.94, while Peng Xuwei of China got the bronze in 2:06.74.
Sarah Sjöström of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the 50 butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 seconds and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjöström’s individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps’ mark.
Sjöström also broke her own record in the 50 free, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old mark was 23.67 set in 2017.
“There are not too many secrets,” Sjöström said about her longevity. “Just do the work every day, go to practice, and stay humble.”
Zhang Yufei of China, who took gold in the 100 fly, claimed the silver in 25.05, while American Gretchen Walsh got the bronze in 25.46.
Japanese fan favorite Rikako Ikee finished seventh (25.78) in the 50 fly but was greeted warmly by the home crowd.
The 23-year-old Ikee won six gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and was expected to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019. Her comeback continues to resonate with both the Japanese public and her fellow competitors.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia led all the way to capture the gold in the 50 free in 21.06. It was his first individual gold in the worlds or Olympics.
American Jack Alexy collected his second silver of the worlds in 21.57 to go with his silver in the 100 free. Benjamin Proud of Britian, last year’s world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Caeleb Dressel won the event at the Olympics but did not qualify for the U.S. team. McEvoy’s time was quicker than Dressel’s winning time in Tokyo — 21.07.
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on. Josh Liendo of Canada earned the silver in 50.34, while American Dare Rose made the podium with the bronze (50.46).
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania equaled the world record of 29.30 in her semifinal in the 50 breaststroke.
Australia won the 4×100 mixed freestyle relay in a world record of 3:18.83. The Americans took silver in 3:20.82, with Britain getting the bronze in 3:21.68. The relay is not an Olympic event.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin is not offering any apologies for the move he made last weekend at Pocono that caused Kyle Larson to hit the wall and let Hamlin sail on to victory.
Truth be told, it’s what NASCAR was hoping to see more of when it established the system that divides races into three stages, rewards drivers with points for doing well in those stages and allows them to accrue playoff points, Hamlin said.
“That is what it was geared to do — give us the sense of urgency to ramp up and that regular season performance matters to get to the final four with a shot,” he said at Richmond Raceway. “The system is doing what it was designed to do.”
Hamlin also has changed, he said, after getting spun several times while leading.
“If you have one person willing to be aggressive and one person not, aggressive will win every time,” he said.
Larson, who said things are “fine” between he and Hamlin after they exchanged text messages Friday night, agreed that the point system encourages the aggressive approach Hamlin took, but added that it “makes the guys on the receiving end more mad as well just because of what’s at stake and what’s taken.”
Larson said four or five restart battles with Kyle Busch at World Wide Technology Raceway in June showed how cleanly he tries to race other drivers.
“I respect Kyle and that’s why I raced him with respect at Gateway, and I respect Denny every bit as much, if not more, or I did,” he said.
“I tend to blow things over pretty quickly,” Larson said. “This time, I probably have let it linger on my attitude a little bit this week just because it’s happened more often with him than any other driver in my career and also a win was taken.”
Larson won the first Richmond race this season in April.
POINTS RACE
William Byron has dropped 30 points behind Martin Truex Jr. in the points race with five races remaining before the playoffs begin. The regular season champion gets a 15-point bonus, but Byron doesn’t expect to make any changes to the way he’s racing while trying to secure that top spot and bonus.
“It’s really important but we can’t get too focused on the result of the regular season points,” he said. “We obviously want those points, but our process has been like it is to this point, and if we start focusing on that carrot out in front of us too much, it’s going to get us off-track.”
CHASING SPEED
Chase Elliott said Richmond is “such a weird place” where his car never feels good, but he was pleased to make the second round of qualifying. He’ll start fourth.
“Any position you can gain is good ahead of 10th,” Elliott said. “I also know this is a place where you can qualify really good and be really bad.”
Elliott missed six races with an injury and another while serving a suspension. He hasn’t won yet and likely will need to win to make the playoffs. He’s 21st in points.
“There’s a few guys that I feel like have been consistently good at this track and the rest of us are kind of hit or miss,” Elliott said. “Hopefully we can hit it tomorrow and just put together a solid day, try to get some stage points and just get up in the mix.”
HEAT CHECK
The temperature was near 100 degrees when the cars went out for qualifying, and the heat index made it feel even hotter. It’s expected to be about 90 on Sunday.
“There’s less grip and more emphasis on tire management,” Brad Keselowski said. “It will be a different race here than it was in the spring, for sure.”
Truex and Larson are the betting favorites Sunday, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Wendie Renard was threatening to skip the Women’s World Cup and Eugénie Le Sommer wasn’t in selection contention just a few months ago under France’s previous coaching regime.
A management overhaul and a change of heart ultimately led to two of French football’s most experienced players combining for Les Bleues on Saturday to deliver a 2-1 win over Brazil that put them into a strong position to progress to the round of 16.
Le Sommer missed with a diving header in the 13th minute but needed only four more minutes to convert her next chance, beating Brazilian goalkeeper Leticia with a more emphatic header to score her record-extending 90th international goal.
Debinha equalized for Brazil as the hour approached, and the game opened up as both teams pressed for a winner. That’s when Renaud stepped in.
Renard, who’d been in doubt for the match because of a calf injury she picked up in France’s lackluster opening 0-0 draw against Jamaica, drifted unmarked to the back edge of the box to meet a corner kick with a powerful header in the 83rd and clinch victory.
It meant the well-traveled Hervé Renard, who was hired in March to replace Corinne Diacre, became the first head coach to win games at both the women’s and men’s World Cups.
His upset victory with Saudi Arabia over eventual champion Argentina was one of the highlights of the men’s World Cup in Qatar last year. His French women’s team showed signs against Brazil that it could go deep in the tournament.
He credited his veteran players, either recalled or convinced to remain, for the turnaround.
Wendie Renard “is the most important player in the dressing room. Always talking, motivating the the other girls,” the France coach said, describing his captain’s influence on the team. Of other veterans like Le Sommer and Kadidiatou Diani, he added: “You need leaders in the team — they have a good experience and we need them to motivate also the other players.”
Le Sommer, who missed selection for the 2022 Euros under former coach Diacre, was in the thick of the early action for France.
The French started with a high tempo and had three chances before Sakina Karchaoui’s long floating ball into the area found Diani, who leaped and headed square for Le Sommer to finish off from directly in front.
The Brazilian women had never beaten France but started to meet them for intensity as halftime approached, helped by the majority of an almost 50,000-strong crowd.
Debinha equalized in the 58th, finishing off a quick passing movement into the area, controlling a deflected ball with the outside of her leg before firing in a right-foot shot.
Leticia kept Brazil in the game with a string of impressive saves, and Selma Bacha hit the side netting with her shot from the right in the 75th, unable to break the deadlock for France.
After Renard broke the deadlock, Brazil sent Marta in the 86th for her 22nd World Cup appearance — moving her to outright second on the country’s all-time list — but she wasn’t able to equalize in a frenetic finish.
Brazil is now winless in 12 women’s internationals against France, a setback for a team that opened the Women’s World Cup with a thumping 4-0 win over Panama, with Ary Borges scoring three goals and providing the back-heel assist for one of the goals of the tournament.
Against a more disciplined defense, the Brazilians weren’t able to finish despite creating ample opportunities.
Coach Pia Sundhage said she was disappointed with her Brazilian team’s first half and overall lack of cohesion.
The defensive lapse on the set piece that led to France’s winning goal was discouraging, she said, before adding: “I’m more disappointed we couldn’t make this a game where we play like the Brazilian style.”
Jamaica edged Panama 1-0 later Saturday in Perth to join France on four competition points in Group F, one ahead of Brazil. On Wednesday, three teams will be vying for two spots in the next round when Brazil meets Jamaica in Melbourne and France takes on Panama in Sydney.
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At Spring Island, a popular put-in spot on the upper Klamath River, a dozen or so whitewater rafters are getting ready to run a reach called Hell's Corner Canyon. The thrill seekers adjust helmets and snug their life jackets as Nate McLennan, a rafting guide with Noah’s River Adventures, describes what they’ve signed up for.
“We've got two big Class Four-plus rapids: one called Caldera; one called Hell’s Corner,” says McLennan. “They’re going to be long, big, fast: lots of paddling; lots of grabbing on; lots of shifting around in the boat.”
McLennan covers safety next: what to do in case of an involuntary group swim; how not to club fellow passengers in the head with a paddle. While he talks, the other guides load gear and pump the inflatable rafts taut. By 10:00 a.m., trailers from three Rogue Valley rafting companies—Noah’s, Momentum River Expeditions, and Indigo Creek Outfitters—have swarmed the boat ramp.
The boats from Indigo Creek push off first. In one, the guide sits at the stern while his crew of four practices coordinated turns. Then they set off downriver, bumping over frothy riffles and past a jumble of basalt boulders before disappearing around the bend.
Bart Baldwin, who owns Noah’s, calls Hell’s Canyon a “giggle fest.” “The kids love it; the adults love it,” he says. “It's just one after another after another after another of warm, splashing water.”
Guides like McLennan cut their teeth on the Upper Klamath; the run they’re doing today consists of 14 technical, hard-to-read miles and 42 named rapids.
“You know, the Rogue River is where you get a lot of your first paddle strokes,” says McLennan. “And then you come up here. This is where you really dial in all those techniques and skills, learning to run bigger river features.”
Spring Island is just downstream of the J.C. Boyle Dam and hydropower plant near the Oregon-California border. That this trip is possible through the summer is thanks to coordinated releases of water from the powerhouse. But J.C. Boyle, along with three other dams that are part of the Lower Klamath Project, will be removed next year, and the powerhouses decommissioned (the smallest of the four dams, Copco 2, has already been partially deconstructed). When guides return to the Upper Klamath in 2025, this stretch of the river will be forever changed.
A place at the table
The dirt-and-gravel road to Spring Island passes by J.C. Boyle’s power generating infrastructure: a “power canal” diverts water from upriver into massive twin pipes, or penstocks, that swoop hundreds of feet downslope to two power generating turbines enclosed in squat metal cylinders. The power plant has greater capacity than any other in the Lower Klamath Project, which together produce enough power to support about 70,000 homes.
During the rafting season, the controlled release of water from the plant pumps the river’s volume up to between 1500 and 1700 cubic feet per second. These daily pulses are timed to peak mid-morning, when boats put in at Spring Island.
“It’s the same every day in summer,” says Pete Wallstrom, who owns Momentum River Expeditions. “May 1 through October, we know exactly what’s going to happen.” This consistency allows guides to learn the big water, making it safe to take a wide range of passengers down the run.
Offering this trip when people are looking for relief from summer heat has been a huge advantage, says Baldwin.
“That warm water, hot weather, big water—that’s the combination we’ll lose,” he says.
Although “river rats” are generally friends of wild rivers, local guides and outfitters will be giving up one of their biggest draws when the Klamath River dams are removed. Right now, the Hell’s Canyon trip represents about 50% of Noah’s business and one third of Momentum’s. Once the dams are gone, outfitters may still be able to run commercial trips on the Upper Klamath in spring, when flows are naturally high. But when the volume dwindles, it will be too risky to expose loaded rafts to the sharp volcanic rocks.
The owners of Noah’s, Momentum, and Indigo Creek, which account for the vast majority of commercial traffic on the Upper Klamath, formed the Upper Klamath Outfitters Association in 2005 to ensure they had a voice in the process as plans for dam removal inched forward. While they made an early decision to support dam removal, they’ve also been clear about what’s at stake for their businesses.
“We’ll have this season, and then we’ll have a season with no business and then we’ll have to rebuild on the new stretches,” says Wallstrom. “We understand this needs to happen for dam removal, but it’s also a challenge.”
Outfitters won’t be able to run the Upper Klamath at all in 2024, while the reservoirs are being drawn down and the dams deconstructed. Even as deconstruction begins, the outfitters have been adamant about not giving up their final season as they brace for the hit to their businesses next year.
This spring, they negotiated with the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, which is overseeing dam removal, on a compromise: they agreed to give up a week in June and to cut their season short in the fall so that Kiewit, the deconstruction contractor, can prepare for the drawdowns, which will begin in January.
“At this point it's been a little bit of back and forth, but they hear us and they've conceded some things as well,” says Baldwin. “And so I believe we're on track for a really good last year up there.”
The timing of the drawdowns was chosen to minimize the impact of sediment in the water for fish and spawning. Meeting that deadline is critical, says Mark Bransom, CEO of KRRC. “It's important to note that if we are not prepared to undertake drawdown of the reservoirs in the January timeframe, we could very well lose an entire year.”
A new era of recreation
For decades, PacifiCorp maintained campgrounds, picnic areas, and boat ramps around the dam reservoirs. KRRC has already begun closing some of these; meanwhile, they are planning five new recreation sites with the help of GreenWorks, a Portland-based landscape architecture firm, and input from area tribes, residents, outfitters, fishing groups, and the states of California and Oregon.
The designers are considering everything from parking and accessibility to cultural resources, says Paul Agrimis, principal landscape architect at GreenWorks. “We are also thinking a lot about climate change and providing shade as we have hotter, dryer summers.”
Sites will include wheelchair-accessible fishing platforms, water-conserving toilets, and landscaping that blends with the restored reservoir footprints. Locations were chosen to steer visitors away from sensitive tribal cultural sites and to provide access to fishing and whitewater runs, some of them newly exposed or invigorated.
The powerhouse site below J.C. Boyle Dam will be revamped as Moonshine Falls. This new recreation site will serve as the take-out for the Upper Big Bend run, which is currently hidden under the J.C. Boyle reservoir, and the put-in for the Big Bend run, where water is currently diverted to feed the hydropower plant.
KRRC has landed a $3.5 million grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board for the design and construction of the three new sites in California. One of these, called Copco Valley, will serve as the put-in for a new whitewater run called Ward’s Canyon.
KRRC will do some work to reduce hazards in Ward’s Canyon, which flows through a scenic basalt gorge between Copco 1 and Iron Gate dams. For decades, this section was dewatered to help feed the Copco 2 powerhouse. Now, cottonwoods clog the river channel.
“We're going to remove a significant amount of vegetation,” says Bransom. “We're going to break up some large boulders and try to reposition those to improve safety and boating conditions.”
Ward’s Canyon will make for a short but exhilarating run, with several Class 3 and 4 rapids stacked one on top of another. Because of its easy access and proximity to Interstate 5, it’s likely to be popular with commercial and private boaters alike.
“There'll be something that's open that has never been open to commercial whitewater boating,” says Baldwin, who has run Ward’s Canyon a few times. It’s fun, but short, he says, “It's not as big and technical as the Hell’s Corner reach.”
In 2020, KRRC, PacifiCorp, and boaters collaborated on a “flow study”: PacifiCorp released water from J.C. Boyle to simulate different flow conditions; rafters and kayakers ran sections of the river and reported back on the potential hazards and opportunities.
Without the dams, the Klamath River will run free for 250 miles to the ocean, possibly opening up new options for multi-day trips. But though the study gave outfitters a taste of what’s to come, they won’t really know what some of these runs are like—in particular, the ones that are submerged under the reservoirs—until the dams are removed. Baldwin and Wallstrom aim to get their boats back on the Upper Klamath as soon as possible in 2025 so they can learn the new runs and start marketing trips.
Witnessing history
The one-day trips that local outfitters run through Hell’s Canyon last most of the day. Guides draw out the experience by pulling the boats ashore above the first big rapid and pausing halfway for lunch.
This stretch of Wild and Scenic river is special not just for its exhilarating rapids, but because of its remoteness: no roads and few people, but you’re almost guaranteed to spy bald eagles and ospreys soaring above.
“Rivers allow you to see a certain area from a much different perspective than you might normally hiking on a ridge looking down upon it,” says McLennan. “You're floating on the lowest point in the valley looking back up on everything.”
Wallstrom says that so far, the 2023 season has been their best ever. He hopes people will seek out the new Klamath River trips in 2025—not just to support local rafting companies, but so they can witness the healing river.
“I’m just so excited to see a healthier Klamath River,” says Wallstrom. “Hell’s Canyon is an incredible way to introduce people to whitewater, but at the same time what allows that is very unhealthy for the river, and we love rivers.”
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Ward's Canyon was dewatered to feed the Copco No. 1 dam powerhouse. Water was actually diverted at the Copco No. 2 dam.
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BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Chasing his first PGA Tour victory Lee Hodges shot a 5-under 66 on Saturday to stretch his lead to five strokes with a round left in the 3M Open.
Hodges had a 20-under 193 total at the TPC Twin Cities to break the tournament 54-hole mark of 195 set last year by Scott Piercy. Hodges led at 8 under after the first round and a record 15 under after the second.
“I have nothing to lose,” Hodges said. “I’m out here playing with house money. I have a job next year on the PGA Tour, this is all great. This is just icing on the cake.”
J.T. Poston was second after a 66. Defending champion Tony Finau was another stroke back at 14 under after a 67.
Hodges’ best finish in 64 prior events was a tie for third at The American Express in 2022, the only other time the 28-year-old Alabama player has led or shared the lead after 54 holes.
And he almost certainly has played himself into the playoffs that begin in two weeks. He began the week 74th in the FedEx Cup standings, with the top 70 players qualifying.
“I honestly don’t think I’ll be that nervous tonight.” Hodges said. “I’ll hang out with my wife. We’ll go do something fun. I mean, yeah, it’s just golf at the end of the day. I’m lucky to be here.”
Hodges opened with an up-and-down even nine holes, then had five birdies on the back nine.
“I didn’t think I played bad on the front nine, I just couldn’t really get it close to the hole and when I did, I couldn’t make the putt,” he said.
Things were much different after the turn.
Hodges dropped birdie putts from 12 feet on No. 10 and nearly 11 feet on No. 11. His tee shot on the par-3 13th stopped 4 1/2 feet from the cup for another birdie. He added a 5-foorter for birdie on 16 and a 7-footer on 18.
He’ll be paired with Poston on Sunday the final group.
“We play some practice rounds together and I know him really well,” Poston said. “He’s a good friend. So, if I can’t get it done tomorrow, I’ll be pulling for him.”
Finau birdied four of his final eight holes. Last year, he trailed by five shots early in the final round and won by three at 17 under.
“It was just nice to make a run on the back nine today just to give myself a chance,” Finau said. “If I’m eight back, that’s a whole different feeling than five or six. I was just happy with the way I finished my round today and to creep up and just be a little closer to the lead.”
Aaron Baddeley was fourth at 13 under after a 65.
Sam Ryder (65), Keith Mitchell (67), Billy Horschel (68) and Kevin Streelman (69) were 12 under. Ryder birdied in his final five holes — and seven of nine — to toe the tournament back-nine record of 29. Mitchell set that mark two years ago.
Kevin Yu shot 29 on his first nine, tying a score recorded by five others, but he was 5 over for his final six holes to finish with a 67. He was tied for 11th.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander said it felt like a playoff game at Camden Yards.
A few more performances like this, and the Baltimore Orioles will be there.
Santander homered off Tommy Kahnle in the ninth inning to give the Orioles a 1-0 victory over New York on Friday night, spoiling Aaron Judge’s return for the Yankees. Judge walked three times in his first game back from a toe injury, but the Orioles kept New York off the scoreboard with a spectacular defensive effort.
In the eighth inning alone, Santander made a lunging, sliding catch in right field, and second baseman Adam Frazier made a diving stop on Anthony Rizzo’s grounder with a man on second.
“Great defense, great pitching, that’s how we win baseball games,” Santander said.
Orioles rookie Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings, going toe to toe with New York’s Gerrit Cole, who went seven. Félix Bautista (6-1) struck out two in a scoreless ninth. Kahnle (1-1) couldn’t match that in the bottom half, allowing Santander’s one-out drive that went well beyond the fence in right-center field.
The Orioles remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Tampa Bay atop the AL East, and they now lead the last-place Yankees by nine.
The game was delayed 2 hours, 32 minutes by rain, but that did little to dampen the enthusiasm of a crowd that included a mix of Yankees fans cheering Judge and Orioles fans embracing their first-place team.
“Right before the start of the game, it felt like a playoff game,” Santander said. “That’s good to have those fans to support us. Hopefully they can continue to do that.”
Judge lined out to right field on the first pitch to him in the first, but he reached base the other three times he came up.
Anthony Volpe was robbed twice by stellar Baltimore defense. Third baseman Ramón Urías made a diving stop on his one-hopper in the fifth. In the eighth, Volpe led off with a fly to right that Santander reached out and caught before sliding on his stomach across the grass.
New York eventually had two on and two out that inning when Rizzo’s grounder looked headed to right field. Frazier’s diving play prevented that.
“Defense won us the game,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “Adam Frazier, diving play off Rizz. Santander with a great diving catch. We turned some double plays.”
Each team had only four hits. Rodriguez was one of Baltimore’s prized prospects, and after being sent back to the minors for a bit, he may be finding a groove.
“I just love his delivery right now and the tempo of his delivery,” Hyde said. “Just really, really competitive.”
DEADLINE OUTLOOK
Orioles general manager Mike Elias said it’s no secret that the Orioles are working on potentially adding pitching upgrades at the trade deadline. He said the team has the wherewithal to make “good baseball trades” even if it means adding payroll.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: Elias said he hopes OFs Cedric Mullins (right adductor groin strain) and Aaron Hicks (left hamstring strain) can return and play a large part of August. … Elias said LHP John Means (left elbow UCL surgery) and RHP Mychal Givens (right shoulder inflammation) will probably be pitching in games in the Florida Complex League in the early part of August.
UP NEXT
Baltimore’s Tyler Wells (7-5) takes the mound against New York’s Clarke Schmidt (6-6) on Saturday night. Schmidt will be on extended rest, having last pitched July 21.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — United States midfielder Savannah DeMelo can speak some Portuguese and may be able to put it to use in the Women’s World Cup.
The U.S. plays Portugal on Tuesday to wrap up the tournament’s group stage, and a fter a disappointing 1-1 draw against the Netherlands, the Americans needs a win. At stake is both the top spot in Group E and also a much-needed boost to team confidence.
That’s where DeMelo can help.
The 25-year-old’s dad, Robert, is from Portugal and had a successful career as a player in that country before becoming a coach. DeMelo has dual citizenship and understands Portuguese.
“I’ll definitely be listening for it,” she laughed.
DeMelo made her first international start for the United States against Vietnam in the group opener, a 3-0 victory for the Americans.
Prior to the World Cup, DeMelo had played in only one other match for the United States: she was a substitute in the team’s send-off match against Wales in San Jose in early July. DeMelo, who plays for Racing Louisville FC in the National Women’s Soccer League, was the first U.S. player since Shannon Boxx in 2003 and third overall to be named to the World Cup roster without any previous appearances for the national team.
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski started DeMelo in the both of the American’s World Cup matches. She played both opening halves before being subbed off for veteran Rose Lavelle, who has been playing limited minutes for the United States because of a knee injury suffered in April.
The journey from being named to the team to getting a start in the World Cup has “been a crazy roller coaster of emotions,” said DeMelo.
“But I think I’ve had a lot of great people, including the girls on the team, who have been super helpful with getting me acclimated to the team,” she said. “And I’m just super grateful to be here.”
The United States may need to switch up its tactics against Portugal.
The Americans are tied on points with the Netherlands in Group E and have an advantage over the Dutch on goal difference. The top two teams in the group advance to the knockout round.
But the results haven’t been as emphatic as they were in 2019, when the U.S. opened with a 13-0 victory over Thailand and went on to win their second straight World Cup title, and fourth overall.
The United States trailed the Netherlands by a goal in the first half before Lindsey Horan scored a game-tying header in the 62nd minute.
One reason for the less-than-dominant play could be inexperience. DeMelo is among 14 U.S. players appearing in their first World Cup.
Fellow midfielder Andi Sullivan, who is also making her tournament debut, said it takes some adjustment to play together as newcomers.
“That’s definitely a challenge that we’re going through, is that we just kind of came together,” Sullivan said. “It’s not like a team that you’re training with all year round, constantly. You’re in and out all the time. So I think you’re constantly adjusting.
“But the way that you get in sync is we watch a lot of stuff together, we communicate constantly. We’re very direct when something’s not going the way we want it to go,” Sullivan added. “You have to be direct and clear and honest and loud.”
DeMelo is also among six players at the World Cup who play for Racing Louisville. Among the Racing Louisville representatives are Ary Borges, who scored a hat trick for Brazil in its 4-0 victory over Panama to start the tournament.
DeMelo, who said her father never pushed her into soccer growing up, could have played for Portugal at the senior level.
“It could have been an option,” she said, “but I think my heart was always with the United States.”
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin is not offering any apologies for the move he made last weekend at Pocono that caused Kyle Larson to hit the wall and let Hamlin sail on to victory.
Truth be told, it’s what NASCAR was hoping to see more of when it established the system that divides races into three stages, rewards drivers with points for doing well in those stages and allows them to accrue playoff points, Hamlin said.
“That is what it was geared to do — give us the sense of urgency to ramp up and that regular season performance matters to get to the final four with a shot,” he said at Richmond Raceway. “The system is doing what it was designed to do.”
Hamlin also has changed, he said, after getting spun several times while leading.
“If you have one person willing to be aggressive and one person not, aggressive will win every time,” he said.
Larson, who said things are “fine” between he and Hamlin after they exchanged text messages Friday night, agreed that the point system encourages the aggressive approach Hamlin took, but added that it “makes the guys on the receiving end more mad as well just because of what’s at stake and what’s taken.”
Larson said four or five restart battles with Kyle Busch at World Wide Technology Raceway in June showed how cleanly he tries to race other drivers.
“I respect Kyle and that’s why I raced him with respect at Gateway, and I respect Denny every bit as much, if not more, or I did,” he said.
“I tend to blow things over pretty quickly,” Larson said. “This time, I probably have let it linger on my attitude a little bit this week just because it’s happened more often with him than any other driver in my career and also a win was taken.”
Larson won the first Richmond race this season in April.
POINTS RACE
William Byron has dropped 30 points behind Martin Truex Jr. in the points race with five races remaining before the playoffs begin. The regular season champion gets a 15-point bonus, but Byron doesn’t expect to make any changes to the way he’s racing while trying to secure that top spot and bonus.
“It’s really important but we can’t get too focused on the result of the regular season points,” he said. “We obviously want those points, but our process has been like it is to this point, and if we start focusing on that carrot out in front of us too much, it’s going to get us off-track.”
CHASING SPEED
Chase Elliott said Richmond is “such a weird place” where his car never feels good, but he was pleased to make the second round of qualifying. He’ll start fourth.
“Any position you can gain is good ahead of 10th,” Elliott said. “I also know this is a place where you can qualify really good and be really bad.”
Elliott missed six races with an injury and another while serving a suspension. He hasn’t won yet and likely will need to win to make the playoffs. He’s 21st in points.
“There’s a few guys that I feel like have been consistently good at this track and the rest of us are kind of hit or miss,” Elliott said. “Hopefully we can hit it tomorrow and just put together a solid day, try to get some stage points and just get up in the mix.”
HEAT CHECK
The temperature was near 100 degrees when the cars went out for qualifying, and the heat index made it feel even hotter. It’s expected to be about 90 on Sunday.
“There’s less grip and more emphasis on tire management,” Brad Keselowski said. “It will be a different race here than it was in the spring, for sure.”
Truex and Larson are the betting favorites Sunday, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
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Triple digits once again for the area, with an afternoon high of 102 degrees here in San Angelo. We’re still continuing our above average temps. Skies started the morning very sunny, but we’ve seen a slight increase in our cloud content through the afternoon. Winds have been out of the southeast around 10 mph. Through the evening we will see our temps gradually cool to the mid 70s for our overnight lows. Skies will remain mostly clear and winds will be out of the southeast at 5-10 mph though shifting out of the south southwest after midnight.
For our Sunday as we finish our weekend we’ll see another day similar to what we saw today with afternoon highs in the upper 90s to lower triple digits for our area. Skies will be mostly sunny once again and winds will be out of the southwest at 5-10 mph through the morning and will shift out of the southeast through the afternoon. For the overnight hours our temps will drop to the | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/weather/klst-evening-forecast-saturday-july-29th-2023/ | 2023-07-30T00:25:43 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/weather/klst-evening-forecast-saturday-july-29th-2023/ |
Talking fashion, basketball camps and more with Deuce McBride – The Gold and Blue Nation Podcast
It doesn’t seem like Deuce McBride is that far removed from WVU men’s hoops, but the former Mountaineer guard just completed his second season in the NBA with the New York Knicks.
Last month, the Knicks expressed their commitment to McBride by picking up his $1.8 million team option.
“It’s an amazing feeling. Anytime you hear guaranteed money you get a little happy,” McBride said in an exclusive interview for the Gold and Blue Nation Podcast.
“People were saying they were automatically going to pick it up but when you get to this level it’s a whole different business. Until then, I had no clue. When they told me they really see a future with me and things like that, it just gives me more confidence to go workout and keep representing New York the right way.”
McBride says younger assistants will be “huge” for WVU
Over two seasons, McBride went back and forth between the NBA and New York’s G-League team Westchester where he’s really shown his skill.
In 2021-22, McBride played in six games for Westchester, averaging 27.8 points per game. He only played for the G-League squad once this past season and put up 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
“It’s been a tremendous help to go down there and build my confidence and work on my game,” McBride said. “I think it also gives them a reminder that I am a player they drafted for a reason. When I go down there and do what I do, I think it will allow me to gain more interest from other teams and things like that, but obviously I want to stay with the Knicks, so I think it just helps them understand I am a really good player and I am someone they should hold tightly.”
With guards like Derick Rose, Jalen Brunson and Quentin Grimes on the roster, it was hard to find extra playing time for the reserves like McBride, but he did see his time with the Knicks increase this past season. He appeared in 64 regular season games and averaged 11.9 minutes and 3.5 points per contest.
However, McBride said just being around those veteran players and watching them work had an impact on his growth.
How WVU prepared Deuce McBride for professional basketball
“I’m not taking for granted the type of leaders they are because they were also listeners and in my position at one time,” McBride said. “I always felt like the best leaders were the best listeners and want to learn and continue to learn.”
McBride has learned a lot about himself in the process, too. He reached milestones on the court, like a career-high 18 points and also had the opportunity to experience everything else the game can provide like walking in a Paris fashion show.
Now, it’s time to accomplish even more in his young NBA career. As he said previously, he wants to prove to the Knicks he is a valuable player to have in their arsenal, and doing so begins with consistency.
“My rhythm as a player comes from a lot of time working on my game as well as getting time on the court. I think that would lead me to a lot of consistent play,” McBride said. “Not everybody can go out there and shoot it 20 times, so you have to be efficient and consistent in a very small amount of time.” | https://www.wowktv.com/goldandbluenation/mcbride-reflects-on-two-seasons-in-the-nba/ | 2023-07-30T00:26:59 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/goldandbluenation/mcbride-reflects-on-two-seasons-in-the-nba/ |
Zenek Luci was born deaf to a family in Welland, Ontario. He used hearing aids as an infant before receiving a cochlear implant in an operation, his father, Gabriel, says.
"He was about one year old when it was turned on," Gabriel says. "When it's first turned on, they do a mapping, so they they start really low and see where they're responding to the sound."
Invented in 1957, cochlear implants are worn by more than two hundred thousand Americans, according to the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, an industry trade group.
Viral videos of patients receiving cochlear implants and hearing for the first time pack an emotional punch. It's a technology that's transforming lives—and one that's long stirred debate within the Deaf community. Dr. Samantha Kesteloot, an audiologist, educates families about implants and wears one herself.
"There's an internal part and external part," she explains. "The internal part is surgical, and there's an electrode array that is inserted into the cochlea, which is the organ of hearing."
"The outside part is a processor, which sort of looks like a hearing aid," she says. "That picks up the acoustical sound and converts it to electrical stimulus, and then those signals are sent down the electrode array and electrically stimulate the auditory nerve." That's the nerve that sends signals to the brain that correspond to the sensation of hearing.
Many adults with hearing loss say the implants have dramatically improved their lives.
Lou Ferrigno, the actor who once portrayed the Incredible Hulk, recently told students who were deaf or hard of hearing, and how implants have helped him. They "changed my life tremendously," he said. "There's so much hope that people can have better hearing, better lifestyle."
Dr. Keseloot, meanwhile, received her implant in 2017.
"It's completely changed my life," she says. "I always was a pretty high achiever with hearing aids, but I was always just kind of missing out on a lot of social things." Dr. Kestellot says she would "just sort of smile and nod and pretend I understood." Now, she says, "I can keep up in noisy situations."
SEE MORE: Parents push for insurers to cover pediatric hearing aids
Roughly one in five Americans has some form of hearing loss, according to the National Institutes of Health. And there is a thriving Deaf community in the U.S. that communicates with sign language. So adults who are eligible for implants have the choice of whether they want to receive them.
There's considerable debate, however, around their use with kids.
The FDA has approved the technology for children as young as nine months.
Without Zenek's implant, using just the hearing aid, "Everything he said was gibberish," says Gabriel Luci. "So that told us, okay, he's not getting enough with the aid."
"If a family desires listening in spoken language outcomes, the natural goal for the child is to speak and listen," says Dr. Kesteloot. "The best route is to aid and then implant if the hearing aids not doing enough. And then if the child chooses to sign later or, you know, and refuses the implant later, that's a choice that they can make."
Some parents of deaf children decline the procedure, says Dr. Kesteloot, including parents who are deaf themselves. "A lot of culturally deaf parents choose not to implant their children because they don't really have a need for it. Their life is based around sign language," she says. "And then also, some parents believe that the child should make the decision when they get old enough to make the decision. And that's, you know, a little tricky because there is a critical period for language development."
Dorian Smith Garcia wrote recently that videos celebrating cochlear implants "play into audism," which implies that people with hearing loss need to be "cured or corrected."
Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin, who is Deaf, says she isn't opposed to cochlear implants. But she told the World Science Festival in 2019 that Deaf culture built on sign language offers immense rewards for children.
"There is still a great deal of pressure that people should explore the option of cochlear implants because that's better than signing, that you shouldn't sign," she told the audience. "I would say to these people, who are you to decide for us?"
Gabriel Luci, who has a second child with implants named Sasha, says the decision should be up to every parent of a Deaf child.
"I do believe that getting my kids cochlear implants gives them more opportunities, though. I'm not taking away any opportunities from them; I'm only giving them opportunities," he says.
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Fans gather for “Back Together Saturday” as part of Panthers Training Camp
Thousands of fans gathered to see the Panthers prepare for the upcoming 2023-2024 NFL season.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WBTV) - Football season is right around the corner and fans in the Carolinas are ready to see their beloved Panthers take the field.
Fans at Wofford College enjoyed football activities, games, and an autograph session for children after the conclusion of “Back Together Saturday” Panthers practice. There was fun for football fanatics and people of all ages who wanted to enjoy the atmosphere as a new season is among us.
Nice to have you back 😁 pic.twitter.com/uA5usxHqJZ
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) July 29, 2023
Thousands of fans gathered to see the Panthers prepare for the upcoming 2023-2024 NFL season. Approximately 15,000 people showed up to Wofford College to see the new look team.
This team will be lead by new coach Frank Reich and new franchise quarterback in Bryce Young. Frank Reich is starting his first season taking over as the head coach bringing his offensive expertise here to Carolina after former head coach Matt Rhule had struggled to make progress offensively last season.
The Panthers were 30th in the NFL in third down conversion rate, 29th in yards per game, and 19th in points per game. Reich along with offensive coordinator Thomas Brown are looking to turn that around but they started by adding new pieces throughout the offense.
In addition to trading up to No.1 overall to draft Bryce Young, the Panthers didn’t hesitate to add pass catchers Adam Thielen, Lavsihka Shenault, D.J Chark, and Hayden Hurst. They also are looking to maintain what was a solid run game by adding former Eagles running back Miles Sanders next to Chuba Hubbard.
HC Frank Reich recently named Bryce Young the starter going into week one of the regular season and it seems like their wasting no time trying to see how good of a fit Young can be in Reich’s scheme with the personnel around him.
Bryce ➡️ Chark pic.twitter.com/L9KAgeLwZu
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) July 29, 2023
Another highlight of the team is the defense. Ejiro Evero’s defense can be disruptive when healthy given the amount of talent on the roster. Also defensive standout Brain Burns has been the highlight of camp despite reports of him being in contract negotiations with the team.
Cornerback Jaycee Horn has quickly emerged as one of the most skilled standout corners in all of football but has been battling with injuries. Shaq Thompson, CJ Henderson, Donte Jackson, and Yetur Gross-Matos have made good plays all camp that have given Frank Reich reasons to be optimistic during camp.
The Panthers defense has been the highlight of the team over the last few seasons and given the talent as well as the productivity, Carolina has the chance to be the best defense in the NFC South this season.
A few Panthers legends also made an appearance in Spartanburg today. Former Panthers Steve Smith, Chris Gamble, Charles Johnson and Mike Rucker made an appearance and also got the chance to catch up with a few veteran players on the team.
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— Steve Smith Sr. (@SteveSmithSr89) July 27, 2023
The Panthers will have many more practices to go before their first preseason game against the Jets on August 12. There is currently 90 men on roster but as we get closer to September teams across the NFL including the Panthers will have to reduce their roster from 90 to 53 players.
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(The Hill) — More than 20 states across the U.S. are under heat advisories as of Saturday.
From the California coast to the Midwest to the Southeast and the North- and Mid-Atlantic, 110 million Americans are facing scorching temperatures that could even get up to triple digits, according to ABC News.
Earlier in the week, the National Weather Service warned of “continued excessive summer heat” across the country in a forecast discussion. In the Washington, D.C. region, daily highs sat around 96 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NWS. In New York City, temperatures topped out at 90 degrees.
“Triple-digit heat continues across the southern half of the Plains to the eastern Gulf Coast while cool and unsettled weather continues across the northern Plains toward the Midwest,” the NWS said in their latest forecast discussion on upcoming weather between Monday and Tuesday.
The NWS said cooler temperatures will arrive in the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Sunday. However, they said these cooler temperatures will be preceded by thunderstorms as a result of the cold front creeping south.
“However, prior to the arrival of the cool air, the cold front will trigger strong to severe thunderstorms along with locally heavy downpours which may be accompanied with gusty winds and/or squalls as they move through the aforementioned areas from west to east through tonight,” the NWS aid in the forecast discussion. | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/more-than-20-states-in-us-still-suffering-from-excessive-heat/ | 2023-07-30T00:27:04 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/more-than-20-states-in-us-still-suffering-from-excessive-heat/ |
It's the beverage backlash rocking the bluegrass state.
"If you're going to make bourbon, you really need to be in Kentucky, and we want you in Kentucky to do that," said Jack Mazurak said.
Mazurak is the director of governmental and regulatory affairs for the Kentucky Distillers' Association.
The point of contention? The end of a barrel tax.
In March, Governor Andy Beshear signed off on a bill outlining the phasing out of the property tax placed on aging barrels of bourbon in the state.
The phase-out, which will begin in 2026, will see that tax reduced by a few percentage points each year, leading to its full elimination by 2043—a move being applauded by the state's roughly $9 billion bourbon industry.
"From an economic development perspective. When you look at a barrel tax, that's a punishment for growth. That's a punishment for success," Mazurak said.
Mazurak says the annual barrel tax was problematic as the demand for bourbon has been growing, leading distillers to produce and store more aging barrels of bourbon and therefore pay more in taxes.
"Last year, we had 12 million barrels aging in the state and paid $40 million in barrel taxes. So, you know, it went from 9.5 million in 2009, 2014 when things really started taking off, it was about $14 million in barrel taxes we paid. But I mean, just the increments that it was jumping each year was incredible. And it's a growing pain," Mazurak said.
Mazurak says the barrel tax only served as a deterrent for new distillers looking to set up shop in the state.
"If you're a startup, if you want to come to Kentucky and start up a small distillery, that's a major disincentive," Mazurak said. "So, you could go to Tennessee; you could go to Ohio, Indiana. You could go anywhere, right? And start up your distillery and not face these costs."
But while distillers are static about the tax break, counties that are home to distillers are now bracing for a financial hit in the coming years. In a state that's estimated to produce95% of the world's bourbon, that's big money.
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"They feel like they haven't been listened to, like they've been thrown under the bus, like they've been abandoned, like they haven't been supported, like they've been very supportive of this industry. I'm not so sure they're going to be in the future," Pam Thomas said.
Pam Thomas is a senior fellow at the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.
She says, like anywhere else, property taxes are used to fund local services. In the case of the funds collected from the barrel tax, that money has historically been used to fund schools, emergency services like fire and police, roads, and more in Kentucky.
"The thing about local governments in Kentucky is they do not have a lot of revenue sources. Their biggest revenue source is their property tax," Thomas said. "The thing about local governments in Kentucky is they do not have a lot of revenue sources. Their biggest revenue source is their property tax."
Thomas says overall, many counties are struggling with the bourbon industry's claims that the barrel tax has been a burden on business.
"It's pretty clear, given the growth of the industry, and you can go and look at the press releases from the governor's office, that they're in a boom, that they're in a huge boom, that the boom is already expected to last more than five years. So, the argument that it's making us not competitive, it just really doesn't hold water," Thomas said.
She adds that dropping the tax might end up disconnecting the industry from the communities where it operates as well.
"I just don't think they're going to get the local support that they got before because they do feel like they've been duped. And, you know, I would say that they have," Thomas said.
Thomas says the distillers knew what they were getting into when they opened their doors in Kentucky.
"Every single distillery that's come into Kentucky, and there's like 90 of them now; just a few years ago, there were only 14 or 15. They did a cost-benefit analysis that included the barrel tax, and they decided to come here anyway," Thomas said.
But for Mazurak, there are more important things.
"Bourbon is wonderful to have, the enthusiasm and the tourism, and the demand. But at the end of the day, it's not a grocery item; you know, nobody has to have it. It's not a good tax policy to balance your county budget or to really have it tied in with schools because your kids' education and my kids' education is more important than that," Mazurak said.
Making the bourbon battle a topic of discussion at Kentucky watering holes for years to come.
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(NEXSTAR) — Pretend you accidentally knock your drink over. What would you say happened to it? If you’re from Texas, or just from the south overall, you might say it “tumped” over.
In general, the word is used when something falls over, spills over, or is knocked over. You can tump someone over or be tumped over by someone else. It’s a useful word — but is it even a word?
And moreover, why do Texans say this?
While “tump” isn’t only found in Texas, you’ll definitely hear it there. Several Texas news outlets have attempted to trace the word’s origin, including Texas Monthly, which pointed to a now-26-year-old post on a message board called Word Wizard (the website is now gone, sadly). According to Texas Monthly’s John Nova Lomax, that lost-to-time post explained that “tump” was a word meant to mimic the “thump” of something falling and hitting the ground.
A common etymological theory is that the word is a combination of the words “tipped” and “dumped” — both of which are frequently followed by the word “over,” as “tumped” often is. In other words, what’s known as a portmanteau, as explained by Texas Standard in 2017.
Again, the verbal phenomenon isn’t signature to only Texas. Many southern outlets, including Oklahoma’s The Oklahoman and Alabama’s AL.com, have noted the trend. Nevertheless, Texans online appear to proudly own the word.
“If you used the word ‘tumped’ you’re: A) from Texas B) not from Texas and possibly just had a stroke. See a doctor ASAP,” joked the popular Texas Humor Twitter account in 2014.
Musings on the word can be seen in connection with Texas Reddit, including this giant thread of Texas slang words.
In a 2020 Reddit thread, one new Texan asked how long until they could convincingly say “Yeehaw,” to which someone posed a counter-challenge: “The real test is when you can properly use ‘tumped over’ in a sentence.”
We may just never know where tump came from. What’s more, researching tump can be more difficult than it used to be since a certain former president’s last name takes up considerable search engine real estate now.
Finally, if anyone ever laughs at you for using tump, just know this: the word’s even made it into the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. So tump away, Texas! | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/what-does-tump-mean-and-why-do-texans-say-it/ | 2023-07-30T00:27:09 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/what-does-tump-mean-and-why-do-texans-say-it/ |
Weeks after catastrophic storms dumped two months of rain in two days over Vermont, causing floods around the state, people continue a long road to recovery.
The reality that rebuilding Vermont will take months as opposed to weeks is sinking in.
More than two weeks ago, Amber Poploski hoped her home would fare better in the torrential rains.
Downpours and flooding made roads in her town of Ripton, Vermont, impassable. She says a firefighter caught her attention, and then...
"I heard a noise, and then I shined my flashlight up. I see the tree coming up. I thought there’s no way I am going to make it out of this," said Poploski.
The Poploskis' home, which was sitting on a hillside, went tumbling down in amudslide as the soil soaked from record rains.
"I ran down the hill, and then I had to wiggle out of whatever I was stuck under," said Poploski.
Miraculously, Poploski escaped serious injury. Her family and three dogs avoided danger too. She’s now nursing an ankle sprain, but she and her husband are dealing with the pain of losing just about everything.
"Every program they’re offering, you have to qualify for FEMA, but we don’t; they offered SBAA loans, but you need to be covered under FEMA," said Poploski.
Even though the Poploskis' home is a total write-off loss and the land is badly damaged, it’s in a county that has a disaster declaration. Their state senator says she’s trying to raise the issue and get them more help.
SEE MORE: Vermont farmers reeling after widespread flooding ruined crops
"Because FEMA determines everything on a county-by-county basis, even people in our county who have had major disasters happen to them have not yet been able to access the FEMA assistance," said State Senator Ruth Hardy.
The lawmaker added that when the state legislatures go back into session, it’s something they will have to examine.
Vermont's Emergency Management agency says more than 4,000 homes were damaged earlier in July, after two months of rain fell in two days, swelling rivers and causing mass floods.
Many in Vermont’s capital, Montpelier, see a long road to recovery ahead.
"I think more people are coming into it, realizing with the time and the silt and category 3 contaminated waste, you gotta properly remove it," said business owner George Estes.
Many don masks in the downtown business district. It’s to guard against the dust from the dried-out silt and black mold festering in flood-damaged dry walls.
Woodbury Mountain Toys is an independent business that is now having to start from scratch. It's selling gift certificates to keep things running.
"We’ve got a lot of support. Working really hard, trying to get it done, we’re hoping for a good holiday season. It would be lovely if we could get open by October, when foliage is at its peak," said Karen Williams, owner of Woodbury Mountain Toys.
Vermont’s fall foliage draws plenty of tourists; businesses hope to recover by then, so people spend too. The Poploskis are hoping they can find solutions to rebuild their dream home.
"We went from having this almost paid off in four years to having to start all over," said Poploski.
The couple Scripps News spoke with is hoping a disaster declaration can include their county so they can get help faster.
In Montpelier, people have been left wondering if a new normal with climate change means they should rebuild their homes and businesses higher.
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WEST PORTSMOUTH, OHIO (WOWK) — A fatal crash is under investigation in Scioto County.
Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers say that Joseph Winn Junior, 24 of Portsmouth, was driving along US 52 heading east when he collided with a driver going the opposite direction who turned left into a driveway.
Winn Jr., died at the scene in West Portsmouth when the accident happened a little after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/fatal-crash-under-investigation-in-scioto-county/ | 2023-07-30T00:27:12 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/fatal-crash-under-investigation-in-scioto-county/ |
Showers and storms are expected again Sunday. They'll start off isolated at the coast late morning with the sea breeze moving onshore. They'll become a bit more widespread along and east of I-75 before trying to move back west late in the day.
Forecast: More scattered storms Sunday
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ST. ALBANS, (WOWK) — Two men from Michigan are facing charges in St. Albans after a pursuit Saturday that ended when the vehicle had some mechanical issues.
St. Albans Police say Levonte Marvontez Bell, 36, of Detroit, Michigan and Jaylen Dalaino Bell from Dewitt, Michigan are both facing charges.
Police say they pulled the driver over, as a part of a drug investigation. He stopped for a minute near Spruce Street and MacCorkle Avenue and as the officer approached, he drove off.
The chase went through a convenience store parking lot across the Nitro St. Albans bridge onto route 25 in Nitro, then on Intestate 64 west into Putnam County.
During that time officers say the suspects tossed drugs –that they believe to be fentanyl, out of the car window.
When the car slowed down because of mechanical issues, police say the passenger got out with no issues, but the driver resisted and was eventually removed by police.
Officers say during the arrest they recovered a large sum of cash from the car.
Levonte Bell is charged with the felony charge of possession with intent to deliver fentanyl. Jaylen Bell was charged with the felony charges of fleeing with reckless indifference and possession with intent to deliver fentanyl. | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/two-men-from-michigan-facing-drug-charges-in-st-albans-following-pursuit/ | 2023-07-30T00:27:13 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/two-men-from-michigan-facing-drug-charges-in-st-albans-following-pursuit/ |
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The 3rd Annual Knightdale Alumni Weekend kicked off in Wake County Saturday with a big rivalry basketball game.
The game featured men and women from both Knightdale and East Wake High Schools playing for bragging rights between the rival schools.
The event hosted a dunking contest, a 3-point shooting contest, and a live DJ.
This is the first year that the East Wake alumni were added.
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Organizers said they hope to add two more local schools to next year's alumni weekend.
"We've been doing it for three years, to try to find a way to get our alumni back together. We're a new school. So we actually had to (find) our alumni first," organizer Randy Pearson said. "We started just off the whim, and now it's turned into this every year...next year we're trying to bring more schools involved."
The weekend event will end with a family cookout and car show on Sunday with food trucks, inflatables, face painting, and fun for the whole family. | https://abc11.com/annual-knightdale-alumni-weekend-basketball/13570261/ | 2023-07-30T00:27:51 | 1 | https://abc11.com/annual-knightdale-alumni-weekend-basketball/13570261/ |
The Discovery Center of the Hancock Park District organized an open house for visitors to explore the various activities and attractions.
The Discovery Center, named after Richard S. "Doc" Phillips, organized an event to showcase its various programs. Attendees could engage in multiple activities, including bird watching, reading, interacting with touch table puppets, and watching nature videos. Additionally, visitors could observe up-close animals such as fish, crayfish, and clams.
"We offer a wide variety of programs. We do have this building open up once a month for Sunday open houses. We do have our historical homes opened up out at Litzenberg Memorial Woods open once a month. We do have two different story times that happen here once a month, as well as our portable planetarium program. But, in other programs we do, we do just about a little bit of everything throughout the year at all of our parks." explained Tim Kleman, Program Specialist.
If you want to know more about the services provided by the Hancock Park District, you can visit their website or contact (419) 425-7275. | https://www.hometownstations.com/the-hancock-park-district-for-richard-s-doc-phillips-discovery-center-invites-visitors-to-participate/article_00f9d4da-2e60-11ee-895c-73ef9b475818.html | 2023-07-30T00:29:15 | 1 | https://www.hometownstations.com/the-hancock-park-district-for-richard-s-doc-phillips-discovery-center-invites-visitors-to-participate/article_00f9d4da-2e60-11ee-895c-73ef9b475818.html |
8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least eight dogs died of heat-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, police said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
Jennifer Webber, executive director of the Humane Society of Hobart, responded to the call at 7:40 p.m. and said the dogs displayed signs of heatstroke: Salivating heavily, wobbling, vomiting and convulsing.
“There were already several dogs dead on the scene, and multiple failing fast,” Webber said. “Their crates inside the truck were completely trashed on the inside and the little water bowls were the size you’d give a parrot. And they were empty and torn up as if the dogs were exasperated.”
In a statement posted online, the Lake Station Police Department described the incident as a “freak event.” Telephone and email messages seeking further comment were left with the police station Saturday.
“This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
But Webber said she encountered resistance when attempting to gather facts for the investigation she is authorized to conduct. The police officer in charge of the scene told her she could leave because the deaths were an accident that “the owner will take care of.”
The owner, who was driving the car, used abusive language, cursed at her and refused to produce health certificates, Webber said. Such paperwork is typically signed by veterinarians in each state involved and required to move dogs across borders for commerce. Webber said she doubted a veterinarian would have approved travel on Thursday, when heat indices exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
The extreme heat is a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
“He shouldn’t have been traveling at all. So No. 1: That is neglectful,” Webber said. Then, the police let the owner drive away — this time with the door to the cargo area open — with several dead dogs and others who should have been hospitalized in crates that were not secured in the cargo area, she continued.
The truck, crates and dogs are evidence she wanted to inspect.
Even more, five of the dogs were transported to veterinary hospitals — in ambulances used for people, not in the specialized humane society vans offered on site. Webber filed a notice of seizure of the dogs when they’re released. According to Lake Station ordinance, the humane society may confine any dog who is “ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care” or “reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected.”
But Webber claimed that Lake Station police blocked the order, directing the hospitals treating the animals to release them to the owner when they are well again. She said that in her five years working with Lake Station, that has never happened.
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The Bicycle Riders took advantage of the cooler weather to raise funds for a youth group with a religious foundation.
The Rally Point River Ride has been happening for 15 years, where participants bike through the park's path and local roads, covering distances ranging from 10 to 62.5 miles. The Rally Point Youth Center, a faith-based organization on the north side of Lima, coordinates this yearly activity. It helps the center gain the resources to guide children and facilitate their connection with God.
"We specifically are targeting the urban youth within our area. We have after-school programs, we have club nights, and we have small groups. During the summer, we have summer programming as well, camps, retreats, and all that." added Junior Ramos, Rally Point Director.
The River Ride event aims to raise approximately $20,000 to support the ongoing mission of Rally Point. Additionally, the organizing committee expresses gratitude towards Great Lakes Crop Insurance for their generous contributions for 15 years. | https://www.hometownstations.com/townnews/cycling/in-the-2023-rally-point-river-ride-cyclists-from-in-and-around-lima-pedal-for/article_4ce74054-2e5f-11ee-b8c0-332b50db825a.html | 2023-07-30T00:29:21 | 0 | https://www.hometownstations.com/townnews/cycling/in-the-2023-rally-point-river-ride-cyclists-from-in-and-around-lima-pedal-for/article_4ce74054-2e5f-11ee-b8c0-332b50db825a.html |
House fire in Union Grove caused by lightning strike
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Union Grove Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire near Jemison Saturday afternoon.
Fire officials received a call around 3:02 p.m. Saturday afternoon of a fire caused by lightning during a small but intense pop-up thunderstorm in the area.
Crews arrived on scene in five minutes, and upon arrival, they observed a structure fully engulfed in flames. Another lightning strike nearby also hit a main water line, forcing firefighters to shuttle water in from other areas of the county.
The fire was described as “very quick and volatile.” The homeowner and a neighbor immediately saw flames coming from the center of the structure after the lightning strike.
Three fire departments are on the scene working to hit the hot spots of the house and completely extinguish the fire.
At this time, no injuries have been reported.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: J.J. Spaun
After the third round of the 3M Open, J.J. Spaun is in 27th place at -8.
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J.J. Spaun Insights
- Over his last 18 rounds, Spaun has finished better than par on 12 occasions, while also shooting three bogey-free rounds and 15 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded a top-five score in one of his last 18 rounds, while ranking among the top 10 scores of the day twice.
- Over his last 18 rounds, Spaun has finished within five strokes of the top score for the day eight times.
- Spaun has finished in the top 10 once in his past five events.
- He has qualified for the weekend in four of his past five appearances.
- Spaun has finished with a score better than the tournament average in three of his past five events, including one finish within three shots of the leader.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- Spaun finished 66th in his only finish at this event in three visits.
- In his past three appearances at this tournament, he has made the cut once.
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,017 yards in the past year, while TPC Twin Cities is set for a longer 7,431 yards.
- TPC Twin Cities has seen an average tournament score of -8 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The average course Spaun has played i the last year (7,308 yards) is 123 yards shorter than the course he'll be playing this week (7,431).
- The tournaments he has played in the past year have seen an average score of -5. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -8.
Spaun's Last Time Out
- Spaun finished in the 30th percentile on the 16 par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of 3.13 strokes.
- He averaged 3.84 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at the Barracuda Championship, which was good enough to place him in the 90th percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 3.97).
- Spaun was better than 88% of the golfers at the Barracuda Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.25 strokes per hole, compared to the field average of 4.53.
- Spaun carded a birdie or better on one of 16 par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, worse than the field average of 1.6.
- On the 16 par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Spaun carded three bogeys or worse (more than the field average of 2.2).
- Spaun had more birdies or better (11) than the field average of 6.4 on the 44 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship.
- In that most recent tournament, Spaun's showing on the 44 par-4s included a bogey or worse three times (the field's average was worse, at 5.6).
- Spaun finished the Barracuda Championship recording a birdie or better on nine par-5 holes, while the field averaged 4.3 on the 12 par-5s.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5s, but Spaun finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Spaun Odds to Win: +3300 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: JT Poston
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and JT Poston is currently in second with a score of -15.
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JT Poston Insights
- Poston has finished below par on nine occasions, completed his day bogey-free three times and finished 13 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 16 rounds played.
- He has recorded one of the five best scores in two of his last 16 rounds played.
- Over his last 16 rounds, Poston has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round twice, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- Poston has finished in the top 10 twice in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at the past five tournaments he has entered, he made the cut three times.
- In his past five events, Poston has finished within five shots of the leader once. He posted a score that was better than average twice.
- Poston hopes to qualify for the weekend for the fourth straight time.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- Poston has one top-20 finish in his past two appearances at this tournament. His average finishing position has been 20th.
- Poston made the cut in each of his last two attempts at this event.
- At 7,431 yards, TPC Twin Cities is set up as a par-71 for this event. In the past year, tournaments on the Tour have been played on courses with a shorter average distance of 7,017 yards.
- Golfers at TPC Twin Cities have averaged a score of -8 per tournament, lower than the Tour-wide scoring average of -5 in the past year.
- The average course Poston has played in the past year has been 140 yards shorter than the 7,431 yards TPC Twin Cities will be at for this event.
- Events he has played in the past year have seen players average a score of -5. That is higher than this course, which has a scoring average of -8.
Poston's Last Time Out
- Poston finished in the 62nd percentile on the 16 par-3 holes at The Open Championship, with an average of 3.06 strokes.
- He averaged 4.09 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at The Open Championship, which was strong enough to place him in the 72nd percentile of the field on par 4s (the tournament average was 4.18).
- On the 12 par-5 holes at The Open Championship, Poston was better than 50% of the field (averaging 4.75 strokes).
- Poston shot worse on par 3s than the field his last time out, carding a birdie or better on one of 16 par-3s at The Open Championship (the other golfers averaged 1.3).
- On the 16 par-3s at The Open Championship, Poston had two bogeys or worse (less than the field average of 2.3).
- Poston recorded more birdies or better (six) than the tournament average of 3.4 on the 44 par-4s at The Open Championship.
- At that last tournament, Poston posted a bogey or worse on nine of 44 par-4s (the field averaged 8.1).
- Poston ended The Open Championship bettering the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.4) with four on the 12 par-5 holes.
- On the 12 par-5s at The Open Championship, Poston outperformed the tournament average of 1.2 bogeys or worse on those holes by carding one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Poston Odds to Win: +650 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Lee Hodges
The 3M Open is nearing the end, and following the third round Lee Hodges is in first place with a score of -20.
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Lee Hodges Insights
- Over his last 13 rounds, Hodges has shot better than par on 10 occasions, while also shooting three bogey-free rounds and eight rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has finished with the best score of the day in one of his last 13 rounds, while scoring among the top five in three rounds and the top 10 on four occasions.
- Over his last 13 rounds, Hodges has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- Hodges has won one of his past five tournaments.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut twice.
- Hodges has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his past five tournaments. During that same span, he's posted a better-than-average score twice.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- Hodges has one win in his past two starts at this event. His average finish has been ninth.
- In his most recent two attempts at this event, he's made the cut every time.
- Hodges finished atop the leaderboard at this event back in 2023.
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,019 yards in the past year, while TPC Twin Cities is set for a longer 7,431 yards.
- Hodges will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,306 yards in the past year.
Hodges' Last Time Out
- Hodges was relatively mediocre on the eight par-3 holes at The Open Championship, averaging 3.13 strokes to finish in the 41st percentile of competitors.
- His 4.55-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at The Open Championship ranked in the second percentile of the field (the tournament average was 4.18).
- Hodges was better than 57% of the competitors at The Open Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.67 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.78.
- Hodges failed to card a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the field averaged 1.3).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Hodges recorded one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 2.3).
- Hodges failed to record a birdie or better on any of the 22 par-4s at The Open Championship. The tournament average was 3.4.
- At that most recent outing, Hodges' showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse 12 times (compared to the field's better average, 8.1).
- Hodges ended The Open Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.4), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- On the six par-5s at The Open Championship, Hodges outperformed the field's average of 1.2 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Hodges Odds to Win: -350 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least eight dogs died of heat-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, police said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
Jennifer Webber, executive director of the Humane Society of Hobart, responded to the call at 7:40 p.m. and said the dogs displayed signs of heatstroke: Salivating heavily, wobbling, vomiting and convulsing.
“There were already several dogs dead on the scene, and multiple failing fast,” Webber said. “Their crates inside the truck were completely trashed on the inside and the little water bowls were the size you’d give a parrot. And they were empty and torn up as if the dogs were exasperated.”
In a statement posted online, the Lake Station Police Department described the incident as a “freak event.” Telephone and email messages seeking further comment were left with the police station Saturday.
“This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
But Webber said she encountered resistance when attempting to gather facts for the investigation she is authorized to conduct. The police officer in charge of the scene told her she could leave because the deaths were an accident that “the owner will take care of.”
The owner, who was driving the car, used abusive language, cursed at her and refused to produce health certificates, Webber said. Such paperwork is typically signed by veterinarians in each state involved and required to move dogs across borders for commerce. Webber said she doubted a veterinarian would have approved travel on Thursday, when heat indices exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
The extreme heat is a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
“He shouldn’t have been traveling at all. So No. 1: That is neglectful,” Webber said. Then, the police let the owner drive away — this time with the door to the cargo area open — with several dead dogs and others who should have been hospitalized in crates that were not secured in the cargo area, she continued.
The truck, crates and dogs are evidence she wanted to inspect.
Even more, five of the dogs were transported to veterinary hospitals — in ambulances used for people, not in the specialized humane society vans offered on site. Webber filed a notice of seizure of the dogs when they’re released. According to Lake Station ordinance, the humane society may confine any dog who is “ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care” or “reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected.”
But Webber claimed that Lake Station police blocked the order, directing the hospitals treating the animals to release them to the owner when they are well again. She said that in her five years working with Lake Station, that has never happened.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Aaron Baddeley
Following the third round of the 3M Open, Aaron Baddeley is in fourth place at -13.
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Aaron Baddeley Insights
- Baddeley has finished better than par six times and shot five rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 12 rounds.
- He has carded a top-five score once in his last 12 rounds.
- Over his last 12 rounds, Baddeley has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on four occasions.
- In his past five appearances, Baddeley has not finished in the top 20.
- He has made one cut in his past five tournaments.
- Baddeley has finished with a score better than the tournament average in one of his past five events.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- Baddeley has an average finishing position of 41st in his past three appearances at this event.
- In his most recent three attempts at this event, he's made the cut each time.
- This course is set up to play at 7,431 yards, 414 more than the average course on the Tour in the past year.
- The average course on the Tour in the past year has played to 69.25 strokes per round and a score of -5. At TPC Twin Cities, the scoring average is lower at -8 per tournament.
- Baddeley will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,263 yards in the past year.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -7 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Baddeley's Last Time Out
- Baddeley finished in the 30th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of 3.13 strokes.
- He averaged 4 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 22) at the Barracuda Championship, which placed him in the 53rd percentile among all competitors.
- Baddeley was better than 50% of the competitors at the Barracuda Championship on the tournament's six par-5 holes, averaging 4.5 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.53.
- Baddeley carded a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, worse than the field average of 1.6.
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Baddeley recorded fewer bogeys or worse (one) than the field average (2.2).
- Baddeley carded fewer birdies or better (five) than the tournament average of 6.4 on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship.
- At that last tournament, Baddeley's showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse five times (the field's average was worse, at 5.6).
- Baddeley finished the Barracuda Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.3), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Baddeley finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Baddeley Odds to Win: +5000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Adam Long
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Adam Long is currently in 39th with a score of -6.
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Adam Long Insights
- Long has finished better than par nine times and carded five rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 12 rounds.
- He has registered a top-10 score once in his last 12 rounds.
- Long has posted a score within three shots of the day's best in two of his last 12 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day four times.
- Long has made the weekend and finished in the top 20 on the leaderboard once in his past five appearances.
- He has qualified for the weekend in one of his past five tournaments.
- In his past five events, Long has posted a score better than average in one of them.
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- In Long's previous four appearances in this tournament, he has finished among the top five once. His average finish has been 14th.
- In his past four appearances at this tournament, he has made the cut three times.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 414 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- Players have recorded 69.25 strokes per round and an average score of -5 in the past year on Tour. Events hosted on this course have a lower scoring average of -8.
- The average course Long has played in the past year has been 160 yards shorter than the 7,431 yards TPC Twin Cities will be at for this event.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -6 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Long's Last Time Out
- Long was rather mediocre over the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, averaging par to finish in the 59th percentile of the field.
- His 4.05-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship placed him in the 39th percentile.
- Long shot better than just 29% of the golfers at the Barracuda Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.67 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.53.
- Long failed to record a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the other golfers averaged 1.6).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Long did not card a bogey or worse (the tournament average was 2.2).
- Long's four birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship were less than the tournament average (6.4).
- At that most recent outing, Long's par-4 showing (on 22 holes) included a bogey or worse four times (better than the field's average, 5.6).
- Long finished the Barracuda Championship with a birdie or better on three of six par-5s, fewer than the field average, 4.3.
- On the six par-5s at the Barracuda Championship, Long recorded one bogey or worse, more than the field average of 0.7.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Long Odds to Win: +10000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Adam Svensson
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Adam Svensson is currently in 49th with a score of -5.
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Adam Svensson Insights
- Over his last 17 rounds, Svensson has shot below par on 11 occasions, while also carding two bogey-free rounds and nine rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has recorded one of the 10 best scores of the day in one of his last 17 rounds.
- Svensson has recorded a score within three shots of the day's best in two of his last 17 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day six times.
- In his past five appearances, Svensson has had an average finish of 43rd.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut four times.
- In his past five appearances, Svensson has posted a score better than average in one of them.
- Svensson has made the cut in three tournaments in a row.
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- In Svensson's past three appearances at this tournament, he has finished among the top 20 once. His average finish has been 32nd.
- Svensson has two made cuts in his past three appearances at this tournament.
- Svensson last competed at this event in 2023 and finished 49th.
- Courses on the Tour in the past year have averaged 7,019 yards, a good bit shorter than the 7,431-yard length for this event.
- The courses that Svensson has played in the past year have had an average distance of 7,292 yards, while TPC Twin Cities will be 7,431 yards this week.
Svensson's Last Time Out
- Svensson was in the 40th percentile on par 3s at the John Deere Classic, with an average of par on the 16 par-3 holes.
- He averaged 3.82 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at the John Deere Classic, which was strong enough to land him in the 89th percentile of the field on par 4s (the tournament average was 3.95).
- Svensson shot better than 54% of the competitors at the John Deere Classic on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 4.58 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.60.
- Svensson carded a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic (the field averaged 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic, Svensson had two bogeys or worse (more than the field average of 1.6).
- Svensson carded more birdies or better (11) than the tournament average of 6.4 on the 44 par-4s at the John Deere Classic.
- In that most recent outing, Svensson had a bogey or worse on three of 44 par-4s (the field averaged 4.8).
- Svensson finished the John Deere Classic carding a birdie or better on six par-5 holes, while the field averaged 3.8 on the 12 par-5s.
- On the 12 par-5s at the John Deere Classic, Svensson underperformed compared to the tournament average of 0.6 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Svensson Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) is currently responding to a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle on North Street and Midland Boulevard.
Police say there were two people on the motorcycle and both suffered injuries. One of the victims has "life-threatening" injuries, according to FSPD.
Investigators are working to analyze the scene and delays are expected for "the next few hours" according to police. Drivers are asked to consider a different route if they are headed to that area.
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Office of Mayor George B. McGill and the House of Barbers are hosting a back-to-school "Haircuts & Braids" event in Fort Smith next month.
House of Barbers will be providing free haircuts and braiding services to people of all ages at the event. There will be a live DJ and lots of back-to-school giveaways.
When?
The event will be held on August 11-12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where?
It will be held at House of Barbers located at 115 North 10th Street Suite G-1.
Giveaways
Besides haircuts and braids, the event will also be providing free:
- Backpacks
- School supplies
- Hot dogs
- Burgers
- Drinks
Do I have to sign up?
Walk-ins are accepted so no registration or appointment will be required.
House of Barbers says this event has a much deeper meaning.
"This event is not just about haircuts and school supplies; it's about coming together as a community in a joyful and peaceful way. We invite each and every one of you to be a part of this celebration of unity and support."
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Billy Horschel
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Billy Horschel is currently in fifth with a score of -12.
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Billy Horschel Insights
- Horschel has finished below par on seven occasions, completed his day bogey-free twice and finished eight rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 15 rounds played.
- He has registered a top-five score once and a top-10 score twice in his last 15 rounds.
- Horschel has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in three of his last 15 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day five times.
- Horschel has finished in the top five once in his past five tournaments.
- He has made three cuts in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five tournaments, Horschel has finished in the top 10 once.
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- Horschel finished fifth on the leaderboard in his previous appearance at this event, in 2023.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 412 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- Courses that Horschel has played in the past year have measured an average of 7,306 yards, 125 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard TPC Twin Cities this week.
Horschel's Last Time Out
- Horschel was in the 67th percentile on par 3s at The Open Championship, with an average of par on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4.27-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at The Open Championship was poor, putting him in the 31st percentile of the field.
- On the six par-5 holes at The Open Championship, Horschel shot better than just 21% of the field (averaging 5.00 strokes).
- Horschel recorded a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the other competitors averaged 1.3).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Horschel recorded less bogeys or worse (two) than the tournament average (2.3).
- Horschel did not card a birdie or better on any of the 22 par-4s at The Open Championship. The field average was 3.4.
- In that last tournament, Horschel had a bogey or worse on six of 22 par-4s (the field averaged 8.1).
- Horschel finished The Open Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.4), with one on the six par-5 holes.
- On the six par-5s at The Open Championship, Horschel outperformed the field average of 1.2 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Horschel Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — According to court documents, on July 29, 2023, U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks ruled to stop the Arkansas new library censorship law from going into effect.
Judge Brooks issued an order for a temporary restraint for the law that would go into effect Aug. 1.
Act 372 is known as the library obscenity bill. Multiple libraries and library patrons, including the Fayetteville Public Library, say the act is unconstitutional. The plaintiffs say the act broadens who can call library material obscene and can punish someone caught giving that content to minors.
They also disagree with section five of the act, saying it is unconstitutionally vague and would cause viewpoint discrimination.
The defendants, which include the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office, deny the plaintiff’s motion and say this law is meant to protect children from obscene material.
Arkansas Senator Dan Sullivan said the following in reference to the decision.
"Act 372 was overwhelmingly passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. I'll continue to fight to keep material that is harmful to minors away from our most vulnerable. We will be appealing this decision to the Court of Appeals and investigating other legislation to protect our youngsters."
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Grayson Murray
Before the final round of the 3M Open, Grayson Murray is in 34th place at -7.
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Grayson Murray Insights
- Murray has finished below par on 10 occasions, completed his day without a bogey once and finished eight rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 14 rounds played.
- He has carded the best score of the day once while finishing in the top-five three times in his last 14 rounds.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Murray has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- Murray has finished in the top 10 twice in his past five events.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut twice.
- Murray has finished with a score better than the tournament average in two of his past five appearances, including two finishes within five strokes of the leader.
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- In his past two appearances at this event, Murray placed 64th in his only finish.
- Murray made the cut in one of his past two entries in this event.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 414 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- TPC Twin Cities has seen an average tournament score of -8 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The courses that Murray has played in the past year have had an average distance of 7,328 yards, while TPC Twin Cities will be 7,431 yards this week.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -8 among finishers, the same as the average at this course.
Murray's Last Time Out
- Murray finished in the 17th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of 3.25 strokes.
- His 4.09-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship was below average, putting him in the 29th percentile of the field.
- On the six par-5 holes at the Barracuda Championship, Murray shot better than 50% of the competitors (averaging 4.5 strokes).
- Murray carded a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the other participants averaged 1.6).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Murray carded more bogeys or worse (four) than the field average (2.2).
- Murray's four birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship were less than the tournament average (6.4).
- At that last outing, Murray posted a bogey or worse on six of 22 par-4s (the field averaged 5.6).
- Murray ended the Barracuda Championship underperforming compared to the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.3), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Murray finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Murray Odds to Win: +10000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Kevin Streelman
Kevin Streelman is in fifth place, with a score of -12, after the third round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.
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Kevin Streelman Insights
- Over his last 14 rounds, Streelman has shot better than par on five occasions, while also posting one bogey-free round and six rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded the best score of the day in one of his last 14 rounds, while scoring among the top 10 twice.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Streelman has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- In his past five tournaments, Streelman has had an average finish of 50th.
- He has made the cut in two of his past five tournaments.
- Streelman hasn't finished inside the top 20 in any of his past five appearances, with an average finish of 50th.
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- In the past year, the Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,017 yards, 414 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard par 71 for this week's tournament.
- In the past year, Tour stops have seen an average score of -5, while TPC Twin Cities has a recent scoring average of -8.
- The average course Streelman has played in the past year has been 153 yards shorter than the 7,431 yards TPC Twin Cities will be at for this event.
- Events he has played in the past year have seen players average a score of -5. That is higher than this course, which has a scoring average of -8.
Streelman's Last Time Out
- Streelman was in the fourth percentile on par 3s at the Barbasol Championship, with an average of 3.38 strokes on the eight par-3 holes.
- He averaged 3.95 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 20) at the Barbasol Championship, which was strong enough to place him in the 69th percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 4).
- On the eight par-5 holes at the Barbasol Championship, Streelman shot better than 46% of the field (averaging 4.5 strokes).
- Streelman did not record a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at the Barbasol Championship (the other golfers averaged 1.4).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barbasol Championship, Streelman had three bogeys or worse (the other golfers averaged 1.9).
- Streelman's five birdies or better on the 20 par-4s at the Barbasol Championship were less than the tournament average (5.2).
- At that most recent outing, Streelman's par-4 performance (on 20 holes) included a bogey or worse four times (better than the field's average, 4.9).
- Streelman finished the Barbasol Championship with a birdie or better on four of eight par-5s, less than the field average, 6.2.
- The field at the Barbasol Championship averaged 0.9 bogeys or worse on the eight par-5s, but Streelman finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Streelman Odds to Win: +8000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The U.S. State Department has selected an Indigenous artist to represent the country at the 2024 Venice Biennale.
Jeffrey Gibson, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, will be the first such artist to have a solo exhibition in the U.S. Pavilion at the prestigious international arts event.
That's according to a statement this week from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the government body responsible for co-curating the U.S. Pavilion, alongside Oregon's Portland Art Museum and SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico.
The State Department's records of the U.S. Pavilion exhibitions date back to when it was built, in 1930.
Although Indigenous artists have shown work more broadly in Venice over the years, the last time Indigenous artists appeared in the U.S. Pavilion at the Biennale was in 1932 — and that was in a group setting, as part of a mostly Eurocentric exhibition devoted to depictions of the American West.
"In 1932, one of the rooms was devoted to Native American art, but it was done in what I would say was a very ethnographic type of presentation," said Kathleen Ash-Milby, curator of Native American Art at the Portland Art Museum, and one of the co-commissioners of Jeffrey Gibson's work in the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. "It grouped native people together and didn't really focus on their individuality as much. There were Navajo rugs on the floor. There were displays of jewelry. Many of the artists were not named."
Ash-Milby, who is also the first Native American curator to co-commission and co-curate an exhibition for the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, told NPR her team selected Gibson because of the artist's wide-ranging, inclusive and critical approach to art-making.
"His work is multifaceted. It incorporates all sorts of different types of media," the curator, a member of the Navajo Nation, said. "But to me, what's most important is his ability to connect with both his culture and different communities, and bring people together. At the same time, he has a very critical lens through which he looks at our history as Americans and as world citizens. Pulling all those things together in the practice of an American artist is really important for someone who's going to represent us on a world stage."
Born in Colorado and based in New York, Gibson, 51, focuses on making work that fuses together American, Native American and queer perspectives. In a 2019 interview with Here and Now, Gibson said the art world hasn't traditionally valued Indigenous histories and artistic representations.
"There's this gap historically about these histories existing on the same level and being valued culturally," Gibson said. "My goal is to force them into the contemporary cannon of what's considered important."
A MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner, Gibson has had his work widely exhibited around the country. Major solo exhibitions include one at the Portland Art Museum last year and, in 2013, at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art. His work is in the collections of high-profile institutions like the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art. Gibson participated in the 2019 Whitney Biennial.
"Having an Indigenous artist represent the United States at the Venice Biennale is a long overdue and very powerful moment," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Director Christopher Bedford said in an email to NPR. "Centering the perspectives of contemporary indigenous artists is a critical component of fostering inclusivity and equity in museums, and in our world."
The details of Gibson's contribution for the 2024 Biennale are mostly under wraps. Curator Ash-Milby said the artist is working on a multimedia installation with the title "the space in which to place me" — a reference to a poem by the Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier.
According to the organizers of the U.S. Pavilion, the upcoming Biennale will enable international audiences to have the first major opportunity to experience Gibson's work outside of the U.S. It will be on view April 20 through Nov. 24, 2024.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Lee Hodges
The 3M Open is nearing the end, and following the third round Lee Hodges is in first place with a score of -20.
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Lee Hodges Insights
- Over his last 13 rounds, Hodges has shot better than par on 10 occasions, while also shooting three bogey-free rounds and eight rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has finished with the best score of the day in one of his last 13 rounds, while scoring among the top five in three rounds and the top 10 on four occasions.
- Over his last 13 rounds, Hodges has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- Hodges has won one of his past five tournaments.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut twice.
- Hodges has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his past five tournaments. During that same span, he's posted a better-than-average score twice.
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- Hodges has one win in his past two starts at this event. His average finish has been ninth.
- In his most recent two attempts at this event, he's made the cut every time.
- Hodges finished atop the leaderboard at this event back in 2023.
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,019 yards in the past year, while TPC Twin Cities is set for a longer 7,431 yards.
- Hodges will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,306 yards in the past year.
Hodges' Last Time Out
- Hodges was relatively mediocre on the eight par-3 holes at The Open Championship, averaging 3.13 strokes to finish in the 41st percentile of competitors.
- His 4.55-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at The Open Championship ranked in the second percentile of the field (the tournament average was 4.18).
- Hodges was better than 57% of the competitors at The Open Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.67 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.78.
- Hodges failed to card a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the field averaged 1.3).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Hodges recorded one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 2.3).
- Hodges failed to record a birdie or better on any of the 22 par-4s at The Open Championship. The tournament average was 3.4.
- At that most recent outing, Hodges' showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse 12 times (compared to the field's better average, 8.1).
- Hodges ended The Open Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.4), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- On the six par-5s at The Open Championship, Hodges outperformed the field's average of 1.2 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Hodges Odds to Win: -350 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Sam Ryder
Following the third round of the 3M Open, Sam Ryder is in fifth place at -12.
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Sam Ryder Insights
- Over his last 14 rounds, Ryder has finished better than par on seven occasions, while also shooting one bogey-free round and four rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded one of the five best scores in one of his last 14 rounds played.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Ryder has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on two occasions.
- In his past five appearances, Ryder has had an average finish of 48th.
- He has made two cuts in his past five tournaments.
- Ryder has not finished within five shots of the winner or recorded a better-than-average score in any of his past five events.
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- Ryder has had an average finish of 30th with a personal best of 25th at this tournament.
- In his past four appearances at this event, he made it to the weekend twice.
- Courses on the Tour have played at an average length of 7,017 yards in the past year. This tournament will be held on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 414 yards longer than average.
- In the past year, Tour stops have seen an average score of -5, while TPC Twin Cities has a recent scoring average of -8.
- TPC Twin Cities checks in at 7,431 yards, 170 yards longer than the average course Ryder has played in the past year (7,261 yards).
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -6 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Ryder's Last Time Out
- Ryder was in the 52nd percentile on par 3s at the Genesis Scottish Open, with an average of par on the 10 par-3 holes.
- His 4.25-stroke average on the 20 par-4 holes at the Genesis Scottish Open ranked in the fifth percentile of the field (the tournament average was 4.03).
- Ryder was better than 71% of the golfers at the Genesis Scottish Open on the tournament's six par-5 holes, averaging 4.5 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.64.
- Ryder fared worse on par 3s than the field his last time out, recording a birdie or better on one of 10 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open (the other competitors averaged 1.8).
- On the 10 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open, Ryder had one bogey or worse (the other golfers averaged 2.4).
- Ryder had fewer birdies or better (two) than the tournament average of 4.9 on the 20 par-4s at the Genesis Scottish Open.
- In that last outing, Ryder's par-4 performance (on 20 holes) included a bogey or worse six times (worse than the field average, 5.6).
- Ryder ended the Genesis Scottish Open with a birdie or better on three of six par-5s, underperforming the field average, 3.6.
- The field at the Genesis Scottish Open averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Ryder finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Ryder Odds to Win: +10000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Seonghyeon Kim
Seonghyeon Kim is in 27th place, with a score of -8, after the third round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.
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Seonghyeon Kim Insights
- Over his last 12 rounds, Kim has scored below par seven times, while also carding six rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has yet to finish any of his last 12 rounds with one of the 10 best scores of the day.
- Over his last 12 rounds, Kim has finished within five strokes of the top score for the day three times.
- In his past five events, Kim has not finished in the top 20.
- He has qualified for the weekend in one of his past five appearances.
- Kim has not finished within five strokes of the winner or recorded a better-than-average score in any of his past five events.
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- TPC Twin Cities measures 7,431 yards for this tournament, 414 more than the average course on the Tour inthe past year (7,017).
- TPC Twin Cities has seen an average tournament score of -8 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- Kim will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,290 yards in the past year.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -6 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Kim's Last Time Out
- Kim finished in the 59th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of par.
- His 4-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship placed him in the 53rd percentile.
- Kim shot better than 50% of the field at the Barracuda Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.5 strokes per hole in comparison to the field average of 4.53.
- Kim shot better on par 3s than most players his last time out, carding a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the tournament average was 1.6).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Kim had fewer bogeys or worse (one) than the field average (2.2).
- Kim's two birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship were less than the field average (6.4).
- At that last outing, Kim's showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse two times (the field's average was worse, at 5.6).
- Kim finished the Barracuda Championship underperforming compared to the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.3), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Kim finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Kim Odds to Win: +8000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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On a folded, white poster board, Kenithia Alston had glued childhood photos of her son, Marqueese, along with the program from his funeral in 2018.
It wasn’t until the District passed a law in 2020 that requires police to release body-camera footage within five days of an incident that Alston was able to see the footage of Marqueese’s death. Even so, she said she still feels she is partially in the dark about what happened because parts of the footage were not made available.
At the center of her board, next to the names of two other Black men who were also killed by D.C. police, she printed in bold font: “WHY NOT FULL BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE?” All of it should be released, she said.
It was the final day in the DC Justice Lab’s week-long advocacy training, in which activists, nonprofit groups and grass-roots organizations collaborated on possible solutions to public safety challenges across the District. The final task for the nearly dozen community leaders was to present their ideas to visitors to the fifth floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
Naïké Savain, director of policy at DC Justice Lab, said the fair is a way to see how public safety can be addressed in the District, from a lens that isn’t purely based on violence prevention.
Participants presented ideas on providing culturally competent mental health and rehabilitation support, helping formerly incarcerated people adjust to life after prison, and improving family visitation policies at prisons.
Savain said it’s important to request solutions directly from people who have been personally impacted by these issues, prioritizing Black residents.
“It’s really important in bringing humanity and personal experiences to our events, and for people who joined today to hear personal experiences of those impacted by these issues is really powerful,” Savain said.
Shortly after the fair began, Ronald E. Hampton stopped by Alston’s station, awed by the mother’s work over the last few years.
Hampton, a retired police officer and former executive director of the National Black Police Association, was part of the DC Police Reform Commission when the 20-member body issued a list of recommendations two years ago addressing public safety beyond policing and enforcement.
Hampton, who frequents grass-roots events now as a criminal justice and safety consultant, said he still hasn’t seen much progress yet. The Community Safety Fair is a way of meeting individuals directly affected by local challenges, Hampton stressed.
“This is an important conversation to be having among people in D.C. who have witnessed these issues firsthand,” he said. “It’s planting the seeds for change.”
Patrice Sulton, who founded the DC Justice Lab, said the lab had been thinking of doing a project of this nature since the organization began in 2020. Over the past week, the lab helped participants build the research, resources and skills needed to evolve their ideas. Attendees learned best practices for public safety campaigns, how to use social media and how to work with the media.
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JACKSON, MI - A sea of purple filled the streets as people gathered to honor cancer survivors at Cascade Falls on Friday, July 28 for Relay For Life.
The Jackson Relay For Life started in 1991 and was the largest in the nation prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Money raised for the event helps fund cancer research. It’s a community-wide event, and this year $9,000 was raised by at-risk children in the Jackson County Health Department’s Get Real program.
“Your zip code should not determine your chance of survival against cancer,” said Katie Jones, senior development manager at the American Cancer Society.
This year, over 400 people and 45 teams registered for the event, with more cancer survivors attending this year than the year before.
“Relay isn’t sad. It’s a celebration, a celebration of how far we’ve come and where we are headed,” said KayCe Parsons, a survivor.
Parsons has fought three different types of cancer.
“Breast cancer saved my life. If they hadn’t found the breast cancer, then they wouldn’t have found the multiple myeloma and then the rare cancer,” Parsons said.
The Relay for Life community wants cancer to be a thing of the past for future generations.
“For my grandkids, I want this to be a footnote in history,” co-event lead Tami Reed said.
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THREE RIVERS, MI -- A collision between a van and bicycle left one person dead Friday night, police said.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Adam Svensson
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Adam Svensson is currently in 49th with a score of -5.
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Adam Svensson Insights
- Over his last 17 rounds, Svensson has shot below par on 11 occasions, while also carding two bogey-free rounds and nine rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has recorded one of the 10 best scores of the day in one of his last 17 rounds.
- Svensson has recorded a score within three shots of the day's best in two of his last 17 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day six times.
- In his past five appearances, Svensson has had an average finish of 43rd.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut four times.
- In his past five appearances, Svensson has posted a score better than average in one of them.
- Svensson has made the cut in three tournaments in a row.
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- In Svensson's past three appearances at this tournament, he has finished among the top 20 once. His average finish has been 32nd.
- Svensson has two made cuts in his past three appearances at this tournament.
- Svensson last competed at this event in 2023 and finished 49th.
- Courses on the Tour in the past year have averaged 7,019 yards, a good bit shorter than the 7,431-yard length for this event.
- The courses that Svensson has played in the past year have had an average distance of 7,292 yards, while TPC Twin Cities will be 7,431 yards this week.
Svensson's Last Time Out
- Svensson was in the 40th percentile on par 3s at the John Deere Classic, with an average of par on the 16 par-3 holes.
- He averaged 3.82 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at the John Deere Classic, which was strong enough to land him in the 89th percentile of the field on par 4s (the tournament average was 3.95).
- Svensson shot better than 54% of the competitors at the John Deere Classic on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 4.58 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.60.
- Svensson carded a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic (the field averaged 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic, Svensson had two bogeys or worse (more than the field average of 1.6).
- Svensson carded more birdies or better (11) than the tournament average of 6.4 on the 44 par-4s at the John Deere Classic.
- In that most recent outing, Svensson had a bogey or worse on three of 44 par-4s (the field averaged 4.8).
- Svensson finished the John Deere Classic carding a birdie or better on six par-5 holes, while the field averaged 3.8 on the 12 par-5s.
- On the 12 par-5s at the John Deere Classic, Svensson underperformed compared to the tournament average of 0.6 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Svensson Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Akil Baddoo hit a three-home run and Miguel Cabrera had two hits in front of a packed house of supporters as the Detroit Tigers shut out the Miami Marlins 5-0 on Saturday afternoon at loanDepot Park.
The Tigers (47-58) snapped a four-game losing streak and have split the first two games of the series with the Marlins (56-49).
Five Tigers pitchers combined to throw nine shutout innings, striking out 11. Beau Brieske pitched two as the opener, then lefty Joey Wentz pitched into the seventh to earn the win.
Baddoo blasted an opposite-field homer off Marlins starter Johnny Cueto in the second.
Riley Greene added a solo homer in the sixth. Zack Short, who entered the game off the bench, doubled twice, including an RBI two-bagger in the ninth.
It was Venezuelan Heritage Night in Miami. The crowd of 32,936 was the largest since 2017.
Cabrera doubled and scored on Baddoo’s homer in the second and then singled in the ninth. He was given a loud ovation by the crowd when he left the field for a pinch-runner.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Frankie Capan
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Frankie Capan is currently in 55th with a score of -4.
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Frankie Capan Insights
- Capan has finished under par three times and scored three rounds with a better-than-average score over his last seven rounds.
- He hasn't finished a single of his most recent seven rounds with a top-10 score on the day.
- Capan has finished with a score within five shots of the day's best in three of his last seven rounds.
- In his past three events, Capan has not finished in the top 20.
- The past three times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut once.
- Capan has not posted a score better than the tournament average or finished within five shots of the leader in any of his past three events.
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- The most recent time Capan played this event was in 2023, and he finished 55th.
- In the past year, the Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,019 yards, 412 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard par 71 for this week's tournament.
- The average course Capan has played in the past year has been four yards shorter than the 7,431 yards TPC Twin Cities will be at for this event.
Capan's Last Time Out
- Capan finished in the 22nd percentile on the 10 par-3 holes at the U.S. Open, with an average of 3.30 strokes.
- His 4.30-stroke average on the 20 par-4 holes at the U.S. Open ranked in the 12th percentile of the field (the tournament average was 4.15).
- On the six par-5 holes at the U.S. Open, Capan shot better than only 4% of the competitors (averaging 5.33 strokes).
- Capan fared worse on par 3s than the field his last time out, recording a birdie or better on one of 10 par-3s at the U.S. Open (the other golfers averaged 1.6).
- On the 10 par-3s at the U.S. Open, Capan recorded three bogeys or worse (the other competitors averaged 3.6).
- Capan failed to card a birdie or better on any of the 20 par-4s at the U.S. Open. The tournament average was 4.1.
- At that last outing, Capan's par-4 performance (on 20 holes) included a bogey or worse five times (better than the field's average, 7.5).
- Capan ended the U.S. Open underperforming compared to the field average of birdies or better on par-5s (2.9), with one on the six par-5 holes.
- On the six par-5s at the U.S. Open, Capan carded more bogeys or worse (three) than the field average (1.4).
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Capan Odds to Win: +30000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Nate Lashley
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Nate Lashley is currently in 67th with a score of -2.
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Nate Lashley Insights
- Lashley has finished below par on 13 occasions, completed his day without a bogey once and finished nine rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 17 rounds played.
- He has posted a top-five score once in his last 17 rounds.
- Over his last 17 rounds, Lashley has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- In his past five events, Lashley has finished in the top 20 once.
- He has made four cuts in his past five tournaments.
- Lashley has finished with a score better than the tournament average in two of his past five appearances.
- Lashley has qualified for the weekend in three tournaments in a row.
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- Lashley wound up 67th at this tournament the one time he finished the tournament.
- Lashley has one made cut in his past four appearances at this tournament.
- Lashley finished 67th on the leaderboard in his previous appearance at this event, in 2023.
- TPC Twin Cities measures 7,431 yards for this tournament, 412 more than the average course on the Tour inthe past year (7,019).
- The courses that Lashley has played in the past year have had an average distance of 7,246 yards, while TPC Twin Cities will be 7,431 yards this week.
Lashley's Last Time Out
- Lashley was good on the 16 par-3 holes at the John Deere Classic, averaging 2.69 strokes to finish in the 97th percentile of the field.
- His 3.93-stroke average on the 44 par-4 holes at the John Deere Classic ranked in the 61st percentile among all competitors (the tournament average was 3.95).
- Lashley shot better than 54% of the field at the John Deere Classic on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 4.58 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.60.
- Lashley shot better on par 3s than most players his last time out, carding a birdie or better on six of 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic (the other golfers averaged 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic, Lashley carded less bogeys or worse (one) than the field average (1.6).
- Lashley's nine birdies or better on par-4s at the John Deere Classic were more than the tournament average of 6.4.
- At that most recent outing, Lashley's performance on the 44 par-4s included a bogey or worse six times (compared to the field's better average, 4.8).
- Lashley ended the John Deere Classic registering a birdie or better on five par-5 holes, while the field averaged 3.8 on the 12 par-5s.
- The field at the John Deere Classic averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5s, but Lashley finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Lashley Odds to Win: +50000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Sam Stevens
Before the final round of the 3M Open, Sam Stevens is in 15th place at -9.
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Sam Stevens Insights
- Stevens has finished below par on 11 occasions, completed his day bogey-free twice and finished 10 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 15 rounds played.
- He has recorded a top-five score once in his last 15 rounds.
- Stevens has posted a score within three shots of the day's best in one of his last 15 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day four times.
- In his past five events, Stevens has finished in the top 20 once.
- Looking at the past five tournaments he has entered, he made the cut three times.
- Stevens has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his past five tournaments.
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- Stevens finished 15th on the leaderboard in his previous appearance at this event, in 2023.
- Courses on the Tour in the past year have averaged 7,019 yards, a good bit shorter than the 7,431-yard length for this event.
- The average course Stevens has played i the last year (7,299 yards) is 132 yards shorter than the course he'll be playing this week (7,431).
Stevens' Last Time Out
- Stevens was above average on the 16 par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, averaging 2.94 strokes to finish in the 80th percentile of competitors.
- His 3.98-stroke average on the 44 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship ranked in the 62nd percentile of the field (the tournament average was 3.97).
- On the 12 par-5 holes at the Barracuda Championship, Stevens shot better than 50% of the competitors (averaging 4.50 strokes).
- Stevens carded a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the field averaged 1.6).
- On the 16 par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Stevens carded one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 2.2).
- Stevens recorded more birdies or better (10) than the tournament average of 6.4 on the 44 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship.
- In that last outing, Stevens' showing on the 44 par-4s included a bogey or worse nine times (compared to the field's better average, 5.6).
- Stevens finished the Barracuda Championship bettering the field average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.3) with seven on the 12 par-5 holes.
- On the 12 par-5s at the Barracuda Championship, Stevens recorded one bogey or worse, more than the field average of 0.7.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Stevens Odds to Win: +100000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Ben Griffin
Ben Griffin is in 15th place, with a score of -9, heading into the final round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.
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Ben Griffin Insights
- Over his last 15 rounds, Griffin has finished better than par on 11 occasions, while also shooting one bogey-free round and 11 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has finished with a top-10 score once in his last 15 rounds.
- Over his last 15 rounds, Griffin has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- Griffin has finished in the top 20 in one of his past five tournaments.
- He has made the cut in three of his past five appearances.
- Griffin has finished with a better-than-average score in three of his past five tournaments.
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- Griffin finished 15th in his most recent appearance at this tournament (2023).
- TPC Twin Cities measures 7,431 yards for this tournament, 412 more than the average course on the Tour inthe past year (7,019).
- TPC Twin Cities checks in at 7,431 yards, 164 yards longer than the average course Griffin has played in the past year (7,267 yards).
Griffin's Last Time Out
- Griffin finished in the 41st percentile on the eight par-3 holes at The Open Championship, with an average of 3.13 strokes.
- His 4.18-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at The Open Championship placed him in the 50th percentile.
- On the six par-5 holes at The Open Championship, Griffin was better than 36% of the field (averaging 4.83 strokes).
- Griffin failed to card a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the other golfers averaged 1.3).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Griffin carded one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 2.3).
- Griffin's two birdies or better on par-4s at The Open Championship were less than the field average of 3.4.
- At that last competition, Griffin carded a bogey or worse on six of 22 par-4s (the field averaged 8.1).
- Griffin finished The Open Championship registering a birdie or better on two par-5 holes, while the field averaged 3.4 on the six par-5s.
- On the six par-5s at The Open Championship, Griffin had fewer bogeys or worse (one) than the tournament average of 1.2.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Griffin Odds to Win: +75000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Billy Horschel
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Billy Horschel is currently in fifth with a score of -12.
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Billy Horschel Insights
- Horschel has finished below par on seven occasions, completed his day bogey-free twice and finished eight rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 15 rounds played.
- He has registered a top-five score once and a top-10 score twice in his last 15 rounds.
- Horschel has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in three of his last 15 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day five times.
- Horschel has finished in the top five once in his past five tournaments.
- He has made three cuts in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five tournaments, Horschel has finished in the top 10 once.
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- Horschel finished fifth on the leaderboard in his previous appearance at this event, in 2023.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 412 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- Courses that Horschel has played in the past year have measured an average of 7,306 yards, 125 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard TPC Twin Cities this week.
Horschel's Last Time Out
- Horschel was in the 67th percentile on par 3s at The Open Championship, with an average of par on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4.27-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at The Open Championship was poor, putting him in the 31st percentile of the field.
- On the six par-5 holes at The Open Championship, Horschel shot better than just 21% of the field (averaging 5.00 strokes).
- Horschel recorded a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the other competitors averaged 1.3).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Horschel recorded less bogeys or worse (two) than the tournament average (2.3).
- Horschel did not card a birdie or better on any of the 22 par-4s at The Open Championship. The field average was 3.4.
- In that last tournament, Horschel had a bogey or worse on six of 22 par-4s (the field averaged 8.1).
- Horschel finished The Open Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.4), with one on the six par-5 holes.
- On the six par-5s at The Open Championship, Horschel outperformed the field average of 1.2 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Horschel Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Doug Ghim
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Doug Ghim is currently in 15th with a score of -9.
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Doug Ghim Insights
- Over his last 17 rounds, Ghim has shot below par on 14 occasions, while also carding two bogey-free rounds and 11 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded the best score of the day in one of his last 17 rounds, while scoring among the top 10 in six rounds.
- Ghim has registered a score within three shots of the day's best in six of his last 17 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day seven times.
- Ghim has made the weekend and finished in the top 20 on the leaderboard twice in his past five events.
- Looking at the past five tournaments he has entered, he made the cut four times.
- Ghim has finished with a better-than-average score in four of his past five tournaments.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- In Ghim's past four appearances at this event, he has finished among the top 20 three times, and his average finish has been 16th.
- In his past four appearances at this tournament, he has made the cut three times.
- The most recent time Ghim played this event was in 2023, and he finished 15th.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 412 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- Courses that Ghim has played in the past year have measured an average of 7,276 yards, 155 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard TPC Twin Cities this week.
Ghim's Last Time Out
- Ghim shot below average on the 10 par-3 holes at the Genesis Scottish Open, with an average of 3.30 strokes to finish in the first percentile of the field.
- His 4.10-stroke average on the 20 par-4 holes at the Genesis Scottish Open was poor, putting him in the 28th percentile of the field.
- Ghim was better than just 15% of the competitors at the Genesis Scottish Open on par-5 holes, averaging 4.83 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.64.
- Ghim did not record a birdie on any of the 10 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open (the field averaged 1.8).
- On the 10 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open, Ghim carded three bogeys or worse (more than the tournament average of 2.4).
- Ghim's two birdies or better on par-4s at the Genesis Scottish Open were less than the tournament average of 4.9.
- In that most recent tournament, Ghim carded a bogey or worse on four of 20 par-4s (the field averaged 5.6).
- Ghim finished the Genesis Scottish Open with a birdie or better on one of six par-5s, worse than the tournament average, 3.6.
- The field at the Genesis Scottish Open averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Ghim finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Ghim Odds to Win: +75000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Lee Hodges
The 3M Open is nearing the end, and following the third round Lee Hodges is in first place with a score of -20.
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Lee Hodges Insights
- Over his last 13 rounds, Hodges has shot better than par on 10 occasions, while also shooting three bogey-free rounds and eight rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has finished with the best score of the day in one of his last 13 rounds, while scoring among the top five in three rounds and the top 10 on four occasions.
- Over his last 13 rounds, Hodges has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- Hodges has won one of his past five tournaments.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut twice.
- Hodges has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his past five tournaments. During that same span, he's posted a better-than-average score twice.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- Hodges has one win in his past two starts at this event. His average finish has been ninth.
- In his most recent two attempts at this event, he's made the cut every time.
- Hodges finished atop the leaderboard at this event back in 2023.
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,019 yards in the past year, while TPC Twin Cities is set for a longer 7,431 yards.
- Hodges will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,306 yards in the past year.
Hodges' Last Time Out
- Hodges was relatively mediocre on the eight par-3 holes at The Open Championship, averaging 3.13 strokes to finish in the 41st percentile of competitors.
- His 4.55-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at The Open Championship ranked in the second percentile of the field (the tournament average was 4.18).
- Hodges was better than 57% of the competitors at The Open Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.67 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.78.
- Hodges failed to card a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the field averaged 1.3).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Hodges recorded one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 2.3).
- Hodges failed to record a birdie or better on any of the 22 par-4s at The Open Championship. The tournament average was 3.4.
- At that most recent outing, Hodges' showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse 12 times (compared to the field's better average, 8.1).
- Hodges ended The Open Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.4), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- On the six par-5s at The Open Championship, Hodges outperformed the field's average of 1.2 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Hodges Odds to Win: -350 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Peter Kuest
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Peter Kuest is currently in 39th with a score of -6.
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Peter Kuest Insights
- Kuest has finished below par on 12 occasions, completed his day bogey-free twice and finished 11 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 17 rounds played.
- He has carded the best score of the day once while finishing in the top-five three times and with a top-10 score in four of his last 17 rounds played.
- Kuest has registered a score within three shots of the day's best in four of his last 17 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day eight times.
- Kuest has finished in the top five in one of his past five tournaments.
- He has made four cuts in his past five tournaments.
- Kuest has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his past five appearances. During that same span, he's posted a better-than-average score twice.
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- Kuest placed 39th in his lone recent finish at this event in two trips.
- In his past two appearances at this tournament, he has made the cut once.
- Kuest finished 39th when he last played this event, which was in 2023.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 412 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- Kuest will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,377 yards in the past year.
Kuest's Last Time Out
- Kuest finished in the 52nd percentile on the 16 par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of 3.06 strokes.
- His 3.98-stroke average on the 44 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship placed him in the 62nd percentile.
- Kuest shot better than just 29% of the field at the Barracuda Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.67 strokes per hole in comparison to the field average of 4.53.
- Kuest fared better on par 3s than most players his last time out, recording a birdie or better on three of 16 par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the other competitors averaged 1.6).
- On the 16 par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Kuest carded more bogeys or worse (four) than the field average (2.2).
- Kuest's eight birdies or better on par-4s at the Barracuda Championship were more than the field average of 6.4.
- At that most recent outing, Kuest's performance on the 44 par-4s included a bogey or worse five times (the field's average was worse, at 5.6).
- Kuest ended the Barracuda Championship with a birdie or better on eight of the 12 par-5s, more than the field average of 4.3.
- On the 12 par-5s at the Barracuda Championship, Kuest had two bogeys or worse, more than the field average of 0.7.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Kuest Odds to Win: +30000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Stewart Cink
After the third round of the 3M Open, Stewart Cink is in 15th place at -9.
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Stewart Cink Insights
- Cink has finished below par on five occasions, completed his day bogey-free three times and finished nine rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 15 rounds played.
- He has carded the best score of the day once while finishing with a top-10 score four times in his last 15 rounds.
- Cink has posted a score within three shots of the day's best in four of his last 15 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day five times.
- In his past five events, Cink has finished in the top 20 once.
- He has made three cuts in his past five tournaments.
- Cink has finished with a better-than-average score in two of his past five tournaments.
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- In Cink's past four appearances at this event, he has finished among the top 20 once, and his average finish has been 28th.
- Cink has made the cut three times in his previous four entries in this event.
- Cink last competed at this event in 2023 and finished 15th.
- In the past year, the Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,019 yards, 412 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard par 71 for this week's tournament.
- The average course Cink has played i the last year (7,293 yards) is 138 yards shorter than the course he'll be playing this week (7,431).
Cink's Last Time Out
- Cink was in the 67th percentile on par 3s at The Open Championship, with an average of par on the 16 par-3 holes.
- He averaged 4.14 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at The Open Championship, which placed him in the 63rd percentile of the field.
- Cink shot better than 75% of the golfers at The Open Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.50 strokes per hole, compared to the field average of 4.78.
- Cink recorded a birdie or better on one of 16 par-3s at The Open Championship, worse than the field average of 1.3.
- On the 16 par-3s at The Open Championship, Cink carded one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 2.3).
- Cink's five birdies or better on par-4s at The Open Championship were more than the tournament average of 3.4.
- At that most recent competition, Cink's par-4 showing (on 44 holes) included a bogey or worse eight times (better than the field's average, 8.1).
- Cink ended The Open Championship with a birdie or better on six of the 12 par-5s, more than the field's average of 3.4.
- The field at The Open Championship averaged 1.2 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5s, but Cink finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Cink Odds to Win: +100000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Aaron Baddeley
Following the third round of the 3M Open, Aaron Baddeley is in fourth place at -13.
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Aaron Baddeley Insights
- Baddeley has finished better than par six times and shot five rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 12 rounds.
- He has carded a top-five score once in his last 12 rounds.
- Over his last 12 rounds, Baddeley has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on four occasions.
- In his past five appearances, Baddeley has not finished in the top 20.
- He has made one cut in his past five tournaments.
- Baddeley has finished with a score better than the tournament average in one of his past five events.
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- Baddeley has an average finishing position of 41st in his past three appearances at this event.
- In his most recent three attempts at this event, he's made the cut each time.
- This course is set up to play at 7,431 yards, 414 more than the average course on the Tour in the past year.
- The average course on the Tour in the past year has played to 69.25 strokes per round and a score of -5. At TPC Twin Cities, the scoring average is lower at -8 per tournament.
- Baddeley will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,263 yards in the past year.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -7 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Baddeley's Last Time Out
- Baddeley finished in the 30th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of 3.13 strokes.
- He averaged 4 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 22) at the Barracuda Championship, which placed him in the 53rd percentile among all competitors.
- Baddeley was better than 50% of the competitors at the Barracuda Championship on the tournament's six par-5 holes, averaging 4.5 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.53.
- Baddeley carded a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, worse than the field average of 1.6.
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Baddeley recorded fewer bogeys or worse (one) than the field average (2.2).
- Baddeley carded fewer birdies or better (five) than the tournament average of 6.4 on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship.
- At that last tournament, Baddeley's showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse five times (the field's average was worse, at 5.6).
- Baddeley finished the Barracuda Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.3), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Baddeley finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Baddeley Odds to Win: +5000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Adam Long
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Adam Long is currently in 39th with a score of -6.
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Adam Long Insights
- Long has finished better than par nine times and carded five rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 12 rounds.
- He has registered a top-10 score once in his last 12 rounds.
- Long has posted a score within three shots of the day's best in two of his last 12 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day four times.
- Long has made the weekend and finished in the top 20 on the leaderboard once in his past five appearances.
- He has qualified for the weekend in one of his past five tournaments.
- In his past five events, Long has posted a score better than average in one of them.
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- In Long's previous four appearances in this tournament, he has finished among the top five once. His average finish has been 14th.
- In his past four appearances at this tournament, he has made the cut three times.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 414 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- Players have recorded 69.25 strokes per round and an average score of -5 in the past year on Tour. Events hosted on this course have a lower scoring average of -8.
- The average course Long has played in the past year has been 160 yards shorter than the 7,431 yards TPC Twin Cities will be at for this event.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -6 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Long's Last Time Out
- Long was rather mediocre over the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, averaging par to finish in the 59th percentile of the field.
- His 4.05-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship placed him in the 39th percentile.
- Long shot better than just 29% of the golfers at the Barracuda Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.67 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.53.
- Long failed to record a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the other golfers averaged 1.6).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Long did not card a bogey or worse (the tournament average was 2.2).
- Long's four birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship were less than the tournament average (6.4).
- At that most recent outing, Long's par-4 showing (on 22 holes) included a bogey or worse four times (better than the field's average, 5.6).
- Long finished the Barracuda Championship with a birdie or better on three of six par-5s, fewer than the field average, 4.3.
- On the six par-5s at the Barracuda Championship, Long recorded one bogey or worse, more than the field average of 0.7.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Long Odds to Win: +10000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Adam Svensson
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Adam Svensson is currently in 49th with a score of -5.
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Adam Svensson Insights
- Over his last 17 rounds, Svensson has shot below par on 11 occasions, while also carding two bogey-free rounds and nine rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has recorded one of the 10 best scores of the day in one of his last 17 rounds.
- Svensson has recorded a score within three shots of the day's best in two of his last 17 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day six times.
- In his past five appearances, Svensson has had an average finish of 43rd.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut four times.
- In his past five appearances, Svensson has posted a score better than average in one of them.
- Svensson has made the cut in three tournaments in a row.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- In Svensson's past three appearances at this tournament, he has finished among the top 20 once. His average finish has been 32nd.
- Svensson has two made cuts in his past three appearances at this tournament.
- Svensson last competed at this event in 2023 and finished 49th.
- Courses on the Tour in the past year have averaged 7,019 yards, a good bit shorter than the 7,431-yard length for this event.
- The courses that Svensson has played in the past year have had an average distance of 7,292 yards, while TPC Twin Cities will be 7,431 yards this week.
Svensson's Last Time Out
- Svensson was in the 40th percentile on par 3s at the John Deere Classic, with an average of par on the 16 par-3 holes.
- He averaged 3.82 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at the John Deere Classic, which was strong enough to land him in the 89th percentile of the field on par 4s (the tournament average was 3.95).
- Svensson shot better than 54% of the competitors at the John Deere Classic on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 4.58 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.60.
- Svensson carded a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic (the field averaged 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic, Svensson had two bogeys or worse (more than the field average of 1.6).
- Svensson carded more birdies or better (11) than the tournament average of 6.4 on the 44 par-4s at the John Deere Classic.
- In that most recent outing, Svensson had a bogey or worse on three of 44 par-4s (the field averaged 4.8).
- Svensson finished the John Deere Classic carding a birdie or better on six par-5 holes, while the field averaged 3.8 on the 12 par-5s.
- On the 12 par-5s at the John Deere Classic, Svensson underperformed compared to the tournament average of 0.6 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Svensson Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Zenek Luci was born deaf to a family in Welland, Ontario. He used hearing aids as an infant before receiving a cochlear implant in an operation, his father, Gabriel, says.
"He was about one year old when it was turned on," Gabriel says. "When it's first turned on, they do a mapping, so they they start really low and see where they're responding to the sound."
Invented in 1957, cochlear implants are worn by more than two hundred thousand Americans, according to the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, an industry trade group.
Viral videos of patients receiving cochlear implants and hearing for the first time pack an emotional punch. It's a technology that's transforming lives—and one that's long stirred debate within the Deaf community. Dr. Samantha Kesteloot, an audiologist, educates families about implants and wears one herself.
"There's an internal part and external part," she explains. "The internal part is surgical, and there's an electrode array that is inserted into the cochlea, which is the organ of hearing."
"The outside part is a processor, which sort of looks like a hearing aid," she says. "That picks up the acoustical sound and converts it to electrical stimulus, and then those signals are sent down the electrode array and electrically stimulate the auditory nerve." That's the nerve that sends signals to the brain that correspond to the sensation of hearing.
Many adults with hearing loss say the implants have dramatically improved their lives.
Lou Ferrigno, the actor who once portrayed the Incredible Hulk, recently told students who were deaf or hard of hearing, and how implants have helped him. They "changed my life tremendously," he said. "There's so much hope that people can have better hearing, better lifestyle."
Dr. Keseloot, meanwhile, received her implant in 2017.
"It's completely changed my life," she says. "I always was a pretty high achiever with hearing aids, but I was always just kind of missing out on a lot of social things." Dr. Kestellot says she would "just sort of smile and nod and pretend I understood." Now, she says, "I can keep up in noisy situations."
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Roughly one in five Americans has some form of hearing loss, according to the National Institutes of Health. And there is a thriving Deaf community in the U.S. that communicates with sign language. So adults who are eligible for implants have the choice of whether they want to receive them.
There's considerable debate, however, around their use with kids.
The FDA has approved the technology for children as young as nine months.
Without Zenek's implant, using just the hearing aid, "Everything he said was gibberish," says Gabriel Luci. "So that told us, okay, he's not getting enough with the aid."
"If a family desires listening in spoken language outcomes, the natural goal for the child is to speak and listen," says Dr. Kesteloot. "The best route is to aid and then implant if the hearing aids not doing enough. And then if the child chooses to sign later or, you know, and refuses the implant later, that's a choice that they can make."
Some parents of deaf children decline the procedure, says Dr. Kesteloot, including parents who are deaf themselves. "A lot of culturally deaf parents choose not to implant their children because they don't really have a need for it. Their life is based around sign language," she says. "And then also, some parents believe that the child should make the decision when they get old enough to make the decision. And that's, you know, a little tricky because there is a critical period for language development."
Dorian Smith Garcia wrote recently that videos celebrating cochlear implants "play into audism," which implies that people with hearing loss need to be "cured or corrected."
Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin, who is Deaf, says she isn't opposed to cochlear implants. But she told the World Science Festival in 2019 that Deaf culture built on sign language offers immense rewards for children.
"There is still a great deal of pressure that people should explore the option of cochlear implants because that's better than signing, that you shouldn't sign," she told the audience. "I would say to these people, who are you to decide for us?"
Gabriel Luci, who has a second child with implants named Sasha, says the decision should be up to every parent of a Deaf child.
"I do believe that getting my kids cochlear implants gives them more opportunities, though. I'm not taking away any opportunities from them; I'm only giving them opportunities," he says.
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8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least eight dogs died of heat-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, police said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
Jennifer Webber, executive director of the Humane Society of Hobart, responded to the call at 7:40 p.m. and said the dogs displayed signs of heatstroke: Salivating heavily, wobbling, vomiting and convulsing.
“There were already several dogs dead on the scene, and multiple failing fast,” Webber said. “Their crates inside the truck were completely trashed on the inside and the little water bowls were the size you’d give a parrot. And they were empty and torn up as if the dogs were exasperated.”
In a statement posted online, the Lake Station Police Department described the incident as a “freak event.” Telephone and email messages seeking further comment were left with the police station Saturday.
“This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
But Webber said she encountered resistance when attempting to gather facts for the investigation she is authorized to conduct. The police officer in charge of the scene told her she could leave because the deaths were an accident that “the owner will take care of.”
The owner, who was driving the car, used abusive language, cursed at her and refused to produce health certificates, Webber said. Such paperwork is typically signed by veterinarians in each state involved and required to move dogs across borders for commerce. Webber said she doubted a veterinarian would have approved travel on Thursday, when heat indices exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
The extreme heat is a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
“He shouldn’t have been traveling at all. So No. 1: That is neglectful,” Webber said. Then, the police let the owner drive away — this time with the door to the cargo area open — with several dead dogs and others who should have been hospitalized in crates that were not secured in the cargo area, she continued.
The truck, crates and dogs are evidence she wanted to inspect.
Even more, five of the dogs were transported to veterinary hospitals — in ambulances used for people, not in the specialized humane society vans offered on site. Webber filed a notice of seizure of the dogs when they’re released. According to Lake Station ordinance, the humane society may confine any dog who is “ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care” or “reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected.”
But Webber claimed that Lake Station police blocked the order, directing the hospitals treating the animals to release them to the owner when they are well again. She said that in her five years working with Lake Station, that has never happened.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Billy Horschel
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Billy Horschel is currently in fifth with a score of -12.
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Billy Horschel Insights
- Horschel has finished below par on seven occasions, completed his day bogey-free twice and finished eight rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 15 rounds played.
- He has registered a top-five score once and a top-10 score twice in his last 15 rounds.
- Horschel has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in three of his last 15 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day five times.
- Horschel has finished in the top five once in his past five tournaments.
- He has made three cuts in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five tournaments, Horschel has finished in the top 10 once.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- Horschel finished fifth on the leaderboard in his previous appearance at this event, in 2023.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 412 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- Courses that Horschel has played in the past year have measured an average of 7,306 yards, 125 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard TPC Twin Cities this week.
Horschel's Last Time Out
- Horschel was in the 67th percentile on par 3s at The Open Championship, with an average of par on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4.27-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at The Open Championship was poor, putting him in the 31st percentile of the field.
- On the six par-5 holes at The Open Championship, Horschel shot better than just 21% of the field (averaging 5.00 strokes).
- Horschel recorded a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the other competitors averaged 1.3).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Horschel recorded less bogeys or worse (two) than the tournament average (2.3).
- Horschel did not card a birdie or better on any of the 22 par-4s at The Open Championship. The field average was 3.4.
- In that last tournament, Horschel had a bogey or worse on six of 22 par-4s (the field averaged 8.1).
- Horschel finished The Open Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.4), with one on the six par-5 holes.
- On the six par-5s at The Open Championship, Horschel outperformed the field average of 1.2 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Horschel Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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It's the beverage backlash rocking the bluegrass state.
"If you're going to make bourbon, you really need to be in Kentucky, and we want you in Kentucky to do that," said Jack Mazurak said.
Mazurak is the director of governmental and regulatory affairs for the Kentucky Distillers' Association.
The point of contention? The end of a barrel tax.
In March, Governor Andy Beshear signed off on a bill outlining the phasing out of the property tax placed on aging barrels of bourbon in the state.
The phase-out, which will begin in 2026, will see that tax reduced by a few percentage points each year, leading to its full elimination by 2043—a move being applauded by the state's roughly $9 billion bourbon industry.
"From an economic development perspective. When you look at a barrel tax, that's a punishment for growth. That's a punishment for success," Mazurak said.
Mazurak says the annual barrel tax was problematic as the demand for bourbon has been growing, leading distillers to produce and store more aging barrels of bourbon and therefore pay more in taxes.
"Last year, we had 12 million barrels aging in the state and paid $40 million in barrel taxes. So, you know, it went from 9.5 million in 2009, 2014 when things really started taking off, it was about $14 million in barrel taxes we paid. But I mean, just the increments that it was jumping each year was incredible. And it's a growing pain," Mazurak said.
Mazurak says the barrel tax only served as a deterrent for new distillers looking to set up shop in the state.
"If you're a startup, if you want to come to Kentucky and start up a small distillery, that's a major disincentive," Mazurak said. "So, you could go to Tennessee; you could go to Ohio, Indiana. You could go anywhere, right? And start up your distillery and not face these costs."
But while distillers are static about the tax break, counties that are home to distillers are now bracing for a financial hit in the coming years. In a state that's estimated to produce95% of the world's bourbon, that's big money.
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"They feel like they haven't been listened to, like they've been thrown under the bus, like they've been abandoned, like they haven't been supported, like they've been very supportive of this industry. I'm not so sure they're going to be in the future," Pam Thomas said.
Pam Thomas is a senior fellow at the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.
She says, like anywhere else, property taxes are used to fund local services. In the case of the funds collected from the barrel tax, that money has historically been used to fund schools, emergency services like fire and police, roads, and more in Kentucky.
"The thing about local governments in Kentucky is they do not have a lot of revenue sources. Their biggest revenue source is their property tax," Thomas said. "The thing about local governments in Kentucky is they do not have a lot of revenue sources. Their biggest revenue source is their property tax."
Thomas says overall, many counties are struggling with the bourbon industry's claims that the barrel tax has been a burden on business.
"It's pretty clear, given the growth of the industry, and you can go and look at the press releases from the governor's office, that they're in a boom, that they're in a huge boom, that the boom is already expected to last more than five years. So, the argument that it's making us not competitive, it just really doesn't hold water," Thomas said.
She adds that dropping the tax might end up disconnecting the industry from the communities where it operates as well.
"I just don't think they're going to get the local support that they got before because they do feel like they've been duped. And, you know, I would say that they have," Thomas said.
Thomas says the distillers knew what they were getting into when they opened their doors in Kentucky.
"Every single distillery that's come into Kentucky, and there's like 90 of them now; just a few years ago, there were only 14 or 15. They did a cost-benefit analysis that included the barrel tax, and they decided to come here anyway," Thomas said.
But for Mazurak, there are more important things.
"Bourbon is wonderful to have, the enthusiasm and the tourism, and the demand. But at the end of the day, it's not a grocery item; you know, nobody has to have it. It's not a good tax policy to balance your county budget or to really have it tied in with schools because your kids' education and my kids' education is more important than that," Mazurak said.
Making the bourbon battle a topic of discussion at Kentucky watering holes for years to come.
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Billions in property tax cuts need Texas voters’ approval before taking effect. Here’s what you need to know.
AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - Legislation passed this month would raise the state’s homestead exemption to $100,000, lower schools’ tax rates and put an appraisal cap on residential and commercial properties, among other measures. But voters must approve a constitutional amendment first.
A $12.7 billion package of property tax cuts goes before voters later this year, promising to deliver savings to millions of property owners in Texas suffering from skyrocketing tax bills.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed the legislation creating the cuts last weekend, officially closing months of negotiations among the state’s top Republicans. But before they can go into effect, Texas voters will first have to decide in a constitutional election on Nov. 7 whether to allow the state to spend billions in taxpayer money — mainly collected from Texans during the past two years — to pay for the massive cuts. If approved, an outcome that seems likely given voters’ support of tax cuts in the past, the changes would be applied for the 2023 tax bills due in January.
Here’s what you need to know to make your decision.
What are we voting on?
Earlier this month, during the second special session of the 88th Legislature, lawmakers passed three bills to spend $13.3 billion of a historic state surplus to rein in Texas property taxes, which are among the highest in the nation. The extra cash in the state coffers was attributed largely to record sales tax collections — which every person pays when making purchases in Texas — when inflation soared nationally after the pandemic. Added to $5.3 billion budgeted in 2019 to lower school tax rates, a total of $18.6 billion in tax cuts would go to property owners this year.
Senate Bill 2, at a cost of $12.7 billion, details the proposed property tax cuts, while Senate Bill 3, which costs about $600,000, adds cuts to the franchise taxes some businesses have to pay. Both were authored by state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Houston Republican.
These measures will not appear on the ballot. House Joint Resolution 2, by state Rep. Will Metcalf, R-Conroe, is the constitutional amendment that will go before voters in November and would authorize the state to enact the cuts in those two bills.
Proponents of the package wanted a constitutional amendment so that any changes that lawmakers might want to make to certain parts of the bill in the future would have to be approved by voters first. The amendment is also needed so that the cost of all of the tax cuts this year won’t count against spending limits imposed by voters and lawmakers on the $321.3 billion state budget for the next two years.
What’s in the plan?
There are five key parts to the tax-cuts package.
- School tax compression: About $7.1 billion would be sent to Texas school districts so they can lower the taxes they levy on property owners, Bettencourt said. The move, known as “compression,” would reduce school districts’ maintenance and operations property tax rate by 10.7 cents per $100 of a property’s valuation. The M&O tax, as it’s known, helps pay for public education costs like teacher salaries and school building maintenance and makes up the largest chunk of most property owners’ tax bill.
- $100,000 homestead exemption: An estimated $5.6 billion would be used to more than double the current $40,000 property tax exemption available to all Texans who own the home that serves as their primary residence. A homestead exemption is the amount a homeowner can take off the value of the house they live in before it is taxed. For example, the owner of a $350,000 home is being taxed at $310,000 under the current exemption for most homeowners. The same house would be taxed only on $250,000 under the homestead exemption approved this year.
- Temporary 20% appraisal cap: The law would establish a limit on appraisals for commercial, mineral and residential properties that do not have a homestead exemption and are valued under $5 million. Texas counties’ appraisal districts would not be allowed to increase the taxable value of any of those properties by more than 20% each year, for the next three years. The program would end in 2026 unless lawmakers and voters decide to continue it.
- Franchise tax exemptions: The legislation — which is not a property tax cut but was included in the package as another tax relief measure — would double the amount of money a business can make before it’s required to pay the state’s franchise tax, which is levied on larger entities doing business in Texas. That limit would go up from $1.24 million to $2.47 million. In addition, businesses that don’t meet the new threshold for having to pay franchise taxes would no longer be required to file forms to report those taxes.
- Elected appraisal officials: County appraisal districts are currently appointed positions and can vary in size, with a typical board having about nine members. Under the new legislation, each appraisal district’s board of directors will now include three positions elected by a majority vote at a county general election for four-year terms. Lawmakers said the change would hold the people who oversee appraisals more accountable to the property owners their decisions affect.
If approved, how would I get my cuts?
If the changes in the tax code that require voter approval get the green light, they would mostly go into effect automatically with no action required by property owners.
The changes to the franchise tax code, the 20% appraisal cap and the M&O tax rate compression would all show up on tax bills and require no special action.
Owner-occupied properties that already have a homestead exemption would also see that benefit automatically increase from $40,000 to $100,000 with no action required.
But if a homeowner lives in their home and hasn’t gotten the homestead exemption, they need to apply for it through their county’s appraisal district office. In most cases, the exemption can be retroactive up to two years. Once a homeowner has the exemption, they do not need to reapply for it every year; it stands until the homeowner no longer lives in the home.
How would the changes affect homeowners under 65?
Some 5.7 million households in Texas are homesteads, the tax-friendly word for a home that serves as its owner’s primary residence. These can be single-family homes, duplexes or even a condo.
Policy analysts and lawmakers project that the expanded homestead exemption and lower school tax rate would reduce a Texas homeowner’s property taxes by an average of 41.5%, or about $1,300 per year for a $350,000 home.
The expanded franchise tax exemption and 20% appraisal cap do not apply to property that already gets the homestead exemption.
Let’s look at a few examples. The value of a Corpus Christi homeowner’s sprawling property near the waterfront was $650,000 last year, and under the current $40,000 homestead exemption, she paid taxes on $610,000 of that property’s value. This year, the home’s property value went up to $731,000. Under the proposed $100,000 exemption, the homeowner would pay taxes on $631,000 of her property’s value — instead of paying taxes on $691,000 under the current exemption. Based on current tax rates, she’d likely save more than $100 per month on her tax bill.
Meanwhile, the owner of a home in the Panhandle city of Amarillo valued at $315,000 this year would get savings of about $80 per month. And the owner of a million-dollar home in Spring, near Houston, might save about $150 per month.
How would the changes affect senior homeowners and those with disabilities?
In addition to the new $100,000 exemption, Texas homesteaders with disabilities and those 65 and older will continue to qualify for the extra $10,000 exemption they are already allowed to receive — for a total exemption of $110,000.
The new law also addresses an issue that cropped up when the exemption was raised from $25,000 to $40,000 in May 2022.
Texans 65 and older and those with disabilities, many of whom are on fixed or limited incomes, have had their school property taxes frozen for many years to protect them from rising tax rates and property values. But because of the way the $40,000 exemption increase was written, those homesteaders did not benefit from the higher exemption when voters approved it last year.
If the constitutional amendment passes, it would provide money for those homeowners who lost out on tax savings last year due to their frozen taxes and it would ensure they benefit from any future exemption increases that might lower those taxes.
These groups of homeowners would also see their school taxes decrease. The school tax rate reduction and the $110,000 homestead exemption are expected to lower property taxes for senior and disabled homeowners by about $1,450 per year on a $330,000 home, Bettencourt said.
How would the changes affect small businesses?
If voters approve the new cuts, entrepreneurs who own the property their businesses occupy would see their school M&O taxes decrease by 10.7 cents per $100 valuation.
In addition, commercial properties valued at less than $5 million would be protected from excessive year-over-year value upsurges with a 20% cap on how much a property’s appraisal can go up. The cap would be in place for the next three years until lawmakers and voters decide whether to renew it.
It wouldn’t be necessary for a business to be headquartered in Texas in order to get the property tax breaks; any land it owns within the state would qualify to receive the benefits if it doesn’t exceed the value limit.
Here’s an example. A businessman in Corpus Christi saw the value of his office on a prime parcel of waterfront downtown increase by 18% from 2021 to 2022 — and then by 48% from 2022 to 2023, according to tax records. In fact, since 2019, his property has nearly doubled in value.
The property is now worth $638,000. Because that amount is under $5 million, the proposed appraisal cap would apply to his building — and it would take $123,000 off his valuation this year.
Property that doesn’t increase in value more than 20% this year won’t see any benefit from the cap.
Business owners who rent the property they use would not be able to take advantage of the proposed school tax cuts or the 20% appraisal cap, unless they are in a commercial lease that ties rent to property taxes.
But they could take advantage of some of the franchise tax savings, just like businesses that own the property they’re on.
The tax-cuts package would also double the amount of revenue a business could make before it has to start paying franchise taxes from $1.24 million in a year to $2.47 million. The move would remove roughly 67,000 additional small-to-medium businesses from the franchise tax rolls.
Businesses that don’t meet the new threshold for franchise taxes would no longer be required to file $0 tax returns, saving them administrative and labor costs.
How would the changes affect large businesses?
Large businesses and corporations that own property in Texas, whether they are headquartered in the state or not, would qualify for the across-the-board decrease in school taxes.
Their business properties would also qualify for the 20% cap on appraised value increases each year as long as no individual property is worth more than $5 million. Eligibility would be based on the value of each parcel of property — not the entire land portfolio owned by a single business.
However, several types of businesses wouldn’t qualify for these benefits, including those with a public access airport or whose land is dedicated for agricultural use; timber production; individual or group sporting activities; parkland or camping; development of historical, archaeological, or scientific sites; or the conservation and preservation of scenic areas.
How would the changes affect residential and commercial landlords?
Landlords would qualify for the reduction in school property taxes.
Rental properties valued under $5 million each also would qualify for the year-over-year 20% cap on appraisal values for the next three years.
Here’s an example of how this would work for a residential landlord. The owner of several duplexes in a high-demand neighborhood on Austin’s central eastside saw one of his properties jump in value by 54%, from $359,000 in 2021 to $554,000 in 2022. This year, the property’s value actually decreased slightly, which means he wouldn’t need the 20% appraisal cap.
But his school taxes in the Austin Independent School District would still drop by 10.7 cents per $100 of property valuation, potentially saving him close to $600 per year in property taxes.
Whether he chooses to pass the savings along to his renters is his decision and not a requirement in the bill.
Now let’s look at a commercial landlord. In Brenham, the Mars & Space Investment LLC owns a 1.3-acre property that has a laundromat, a tax services group, a pest-control business, a gas station and convenience store and a donut shop on Alamo Street near downtown.
The value of the strip, with the land and buildings, shot up from $373,000 in 2021 to $770,000 in 2022 — a whopping 106% increase. It was valued at $972,430 this year, a 26% increase over 2022.
The company would be able to benefit some from the 20% cap if the property’s appraisal, which is currently being protested by the owners, doesn’t decrease.
How would the changes affect residential renters?
People who pay rent to a landlord for their home are not guaranteed any tax cuts from the new property tax package unless their rent is tied at least in part to tax rates, which is rare in residential leases.
The proposed law does not require landlords to pass along any savings from property taxes to the occupants of the property. Democratic lawmakers tried to add a provision allowing renters to claim tax rebates tied to their incomes, but the effort failed.
Supporters of the package say that the appraisal cap on small business properties would allow landlords to avoid increasing rents at the pace they’ve been rising in recent years, and that the market resulting from lower appraisals would help drive down prices through competition.
But critics of this argument say that the housing crisis in Texas is driving rent costs more than property taxes, so whether renters would ultimately benefit from the tax cuts remains unclear.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Grayson Murray
Before the final round of the 3M Open, Grayson Murray is in 34th place at -7.
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Grayson Murray Insights
- Murray has finished below par on 10 occasions, completed his day without a bogey once and finished eight rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 14 rounds played.
- He has carded the best score of the day once while finishing in the top-five three times in his last 14 rounds.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Murray has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- Murray has finished in the top 10 twice in his past five events.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut twice.
- Murray has finished with a score better than the tournament average in two of his past five appearances, including two finishes within five strokes of the leader.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- In his past two appearances at this event, Murray placed 64th in his only finish.
- Murray made the cut in one of his past two entries in this event.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 414 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- TPC Twin Cities has seen an average tournament score of -8 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The courses that Murray has played in the past year have had an average distance of 7,328 yards, while TPC Twin Cities will be 7,431 yards this week.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -8 among finishers, the same as the average at this course.
Murray's Last Time Out
- Murray finished in the 17th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of 3.25 strokes.
- His 4.09-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship was below average, putting him in the 29th percentile of the field.
- On the six par-5 holes at the Barracuda Championship, Murray shot better than 50% of the competitors (averaging 4.5 strokes).
- Murray carded a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the other participants averaged 1.6).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Murray carded more bogeys or worse (four) than the field average (2.2).
- Murray's four birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship were less than the tournament average (6.4).
- At that last outing, Murray posted a bogey or worse on six of 22 par-4s (the field averaged 5.6).
- Murray ended the Barracuda Championship underperforming compared to the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.3), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Murray finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Murray Odds to Win: +10000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Weeks after catastrophic storms dumped two months of rain in two days over Vermont, causing floods around the state, people continue a long road to recovery.
The reality that rebuilding Vermont will take months as opposed to weeks is sinking in.
More than two weeks ago, Amber Poploski hoped her home would fare better in the torrential rains.
Downpours and flooding made roads in her town of Ripton, Vermont, impassable. She says a firefighter caught her attention, and then...
"I heard a noise, and then I shined my flashlight up. I see the tree coming up. I thought there’s no way I am going to make it out of this," said Poploski.
The Poploskis' home, which was sitting on a hillside, went tumbling down in amudslide as the soil soaked from record rains.
"I ran down the hill, and then I had to wiggle out of whatever I was stuck under," said Poploski.
Miraculously, Poploski escaped serious injury. Her family and three dogs avoided danger too. She’s now nursing an ankle sprain, but she and her husband are dealing with the pain of losing just about everything.
"Every program they’re offering, you have to qualify for FEMA, but we don’t; they offered SBAA loans, but you need to be covered under FEMA," said Poploski.
Even though the Poploskis' home is a total write-off loss and the land is badly damaged, it’s in a county that has a disaster declaration. Their state senator says she’s trying to raise the issue and get them more help.
SEE MORE: Vermont farmers reeling after widespread flooding ruined crops
"Because FEMA determines everything on a county-by-county basis, even people in our county who have had major disasters happen to them have not yet been able to access the FEMA assistance," said State Senator Ruth Hardy.
The lawmaker added that when the state legislatures go back into session, it’s something they will have to examine.
Vermont's Emergency Management agency says more than 4,000 homes were damaged earlier in July, after two months of rain fell in two days, swelling rivers and causing mass floods.
Many in Vermont’s capital, Montpelier, see a long road to recovery ahead.
"I think more people are coming into it, realizing with the time and the silt and category 3 contaminated waste, you gotta properly remove it," said business owner George Estes.
Many don masks in the downtown business district. It’s to guard against the dust from the dried-out silt and black mold festering in flood-damaged dry walls.
Woodbury Mountain Toys is an independent business that is now having to start from scratch. It's selling gift certificates to keep things running.
"We’ve got a lot of support. Working really hard, trying to get it done, we’re hoping for a good holiday season. It would be lovely if we could get open by October, when foliage is at its peak," said Karen Williams, owner of Woodbury Mountain Toys.
Vermont’s fall foliage draws plenty of tourists; businesses hope to recover by then, so people spend too. The Poploskis are hoping they can find solutions to rebuild their dream home.
"We went from having this almost paid off in four years to having to start all over," said Poploski.
The couple Scripps News spoke with is hoping a disaster declaration can include their county so they can get help faster.
In Montpelier, people have been left wondering if a new normal with climate change means they should rebuild their homes and businesses higher.
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Faculty worry about Texas A&M’s future after controversies over higher ed politicization
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - The university has been rattled by two cases in which university officials were apparently rushed into making faculty employment decisions due to political pressure.
Rajesh Miranda had never heard of Texas A&M University and couldn’t place it on a map when he “kind of flew in blind” from New York for a job interview 28 years ago.
“I came away telling my wife that this is an amazing place. There’s a sense of vibrancy and when you ask a question, people say, ‘Yes, we can do it,’” said Miranda, a neuroscience and experimental therapeutics professor. “There was a sense of optimism. And I bought into that.”
So began three decades of working for the university and preaching — at research symposiums, to anyone, anywhere, during any opportunity — about an institution he saw as a Texas gem.
That pride has recently dimmed.
Miranda and other faculty members described a sense of disappointment, sadness and concern this week about the future of their university following the resignation of Texas A&M President M. Katherine Banks amid a surge of backlash over the failed hiring of a Black journalist to lead a revived journalism program, first reported by The Texas Tribune.
The turmoil grew when the Tribune published another report Tuesday detailing a second instance in which school officials made employment decisions in apparent response to political pressure. University officials suspended and investigated a professor who was accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a lecture. She was cleared of wrongdoing.
Faculty expressed shock at the extent to which political pressures have interfered in a university whose values of integrity, respect and excellence appear to have been challenged. They’re uneasy over the scandals’ potential chilling effect on speech or the possible creation of a fearful environment in which professors agonize over the political ramifications of their work — leading some to consider looking for other jobs.
Most of all, they worry that the damage to the university’s reputation will slow efforts to recruit and retain academic talent, eclipse decades of work, and erode the love and devotion that students, instructors and alumni have poured into an institution they believe in.
“A&M is this great place and a wonderful place and I believe that is true. But when things like this happen,” Miranda said and paused. “It’s really hard to build. It’s easy to tear down.”
Miranda said he was speaking as an individual whose views did not represent those of the university.
The university’s efforts to hire Kathleen McElroy, an experienced journalist and professor, fell apart when the job offer was diluted from a tenure-track role to a one-year contract that could be terminated at any time. The dean involved in hiring her told her that her appointment had been caught up in “hysteria” over diversity initiatives in Texas. She told the Tribune the final offer “makes it clear they don’t want me there” and walked away from the negotiations.
In a tense Faculty Senate meeting after the publication of the Tribune’s story, Banks told the group that she did not know about the changes to McElroy’s job offer and that the subsequent, watered-down offers had not received proper approval.
Still, she and the dean resigned from their positions amid the fallout. Soon after Banks’ resignation, Hart Blanton, the head of the university’s department of communications and journalism, contradicted Banks’ assertion that she had not interfered in the hiring process, adding that race was a factor in university officials’ decision to dilute McElroy’s job offer.
“We were on top of the world. We had an international stage to announce what was going to be a premier journalism program — not just in the country but in the world — with one of the best-qualified candidates that could be imagined for this position,” said Nathan Crick, a professor in the department.
“The fall from that high to the absolute low of now being a department that was scapegoated by this administration and now represents the face of what is in effect a racist institution — at least in reputation — it is hard to imagine a greater distance to fall,” Crick continued. “We are feeling betrayed, demoralized, outraged.”
This week’s revelation that the university had suspended and investigated a professor who allegedly criticized Patrick during a lecture only added to the outrage.
The investigation into opioid expert Joy Alonzo, who has taught college students in Texas for more than a decade, was kicked off by Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, a graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch’s medical school who is a Patrick ally and an acquaintance of Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp. Records show that Sharp informed Patrick that the university had reprimanded Alonzo hours after the alleged critique.
It is still not clear what exactly Alonzo said, though people who attended Alonzo’s lecture told the Tribune that she suggested Patrick’s office had opposed opioid policies that could save lives. Texas A&M eventually allowed Alonzo to keep her job; an internal investigation could not confirm any wrongdoing.
The Alonzo investigation was quickly blasted by freedom of expression organizations. PEN America called it “blatantly inappropriate” and “a frightening example of how precarious academic freedom is becoming on Texas campuses.” The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression called on the university to publicly renounce the investigation and recommit to protecting faculty’s freedom to express themselves.
“Texas A&M’s punishment of Alonzo to please powerful political forces is a stunning abdication of its constitutional obligations, deeply chilling faculty and student expression on campus,” FIRE said in a letter to the university Tuesday. “Any adverse action taken in response to protected expression — including investigations by state actors with disciplinary authority — can violate the First Amendment.”
In a statement last week responding to the McElroy scandal, Sharp told faculty that he shared their concerns about outside influence on hiring and promotion. The university’s Faculty Senate requested a meeting with Sharp after the Tribune reported on the Alonzo case.
“We find another case in which there is no longer the appearance, but actual evidence, of interference by outside political forces to erode the academic freedom of Texas A&M faculty to dialog with students on socially relevant topics in their area of expertise,” senate Speaker Tracy Hammond wrote in a letter to Sharp before the meeting. “This is not only having a chilling effect on our faculty but is further damaging the national reputation of our university. And it will make it even more difficult to recruit and retain the best and brightest talent.”
Sharp met privately with some Faculty Senate members Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, worries shared by two distinguished professors on a faculty listserv late last week show university staff remains on edge and tensions are high between faculty and administrators.
“Now the awful administration is gone, but fixing the huge damage done in the last two years to the work and reputation of the university looks like a Herculean task,” wrote Peter Kuchment, a mathematics professor. “I hope we can do this.”
Another faculty member, chemistry professor Karen Wooley, called for the resignation of N.K. Anand, vice president of faculty affairs, who said last week that his office had not reviewed the watered-down job offer letters sent to McElroy. Wooley previously confronted then-university president Banks and warned her in a letter last year that some of her decisions were causing “substantial disruptions and threatening the integrity of this prestigious and precious institution.” The letter led to a poll among university researchers that found many of them did not trust Banks’ administration.
Anand responded over the weekend, according to communications reviewed by the Tribune, that he would resign if he was found culpable of any wrongdoing involving McElroy’s hiring or otherwise.
But, he wrote, “if I am proven innocent, I demand that both Drs. Wooley and Kuchment resign as Texas A&M Faculty members effective immediately.”
Anand, who is from India, then suggested that he had been slandered and said he hoped there was no “racial animus” in the attacks against him. The high-ranking administrator signed off with an all-caps quote from Leo Tolstoy: “GOD SEES THE TRUTH BUT WAITS.”
Kuchment said in an email to the Tribune he had not named Anand in his note last week and had apologized for Anand’s apparent misunderstanding. In a followup email Monday, Wooley told Anand that she had not accused him of wrongdoing or questioned his character, adding that the offenses she referred to in the listserv were related to his professional performance.
“I have absolutely no information about what transpired or who was involved in the debacle surrounding Dr. McElroy’s hiring, and I would not accuse you or anyone of involvement,” Wooley wrote. “My primary interest is in identifying a pathway for our great institution to undergo rebuilding — please take an outside look and consider whether you remaining in the position as [vice president of faculty affairs] will help or hinder our ability to retain and recruit faculty, and to repair our reputation.”
It was apparently too late for Anand, who responded, “I do not accept your explanation of your post. Damage has been done.”
Anand referred a request for comment for this story to the university’s spokespeople.
Now faculty await the results of internal investigations into the McElroy case.
“To be completely fair we need to have the whole story: Why and how did this happen?” said John N. Stallone, past speaker of the Faculty Senate who’s been on the A&M faculty for 25 years in the department of physiology and pharmacology. “The fact that we can’t get the same story from two different people tells us the truth hasn’t been spoken yet.”
University leaders’ lack of transparency about how the scandals unfolded — and the persistent national attention — has deflated morale, according to professors who spoke candidly under the condition that their names not be published in any reports due to the sensitive nature of the situation.
One, a professor for almost a decade, said he has colleagues who have begun looking for other jobs. He was troubled by how much attention university leaders have paid to external political voices who are not authorities in the academic fields they are critiquing. Another professor said the university’s sense of purpose has dwindled as administrators’ energy has been focused on responding to the crisis.
Acting President Mark A. Welsh III tried to alleviate some of the concerns in a message released Wednesday.
“Texas A&M has weathered many storms over its 147-year history, and we’ll weather this one,” Welsh wrote. “The quickest way to get past it is to walk side-by-side and recommit to showing the world what it means to be an Aggie. I’m looking forward to the journey.”
Miranda, the neuroscientist, said he still sees the energy of can-do-ism that first drew him to the school in his colleagues and students. That has kept him at A&M — when he’s received offers to leave, he just needed to look around him to decide he’d stay.
“If we can solve our problems and move on, A&M yet has the potential to be a really great institution, one that I believe in,” he said.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Kevin Streelman
Kevin Streelman is in fifth place, with a score of -12, after the third round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.
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Kevin Streelman Insights
- Over his last 14 rounds, Streelman has shot better than par on five occasions, while also posting one bogey-free round and six rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded the best score of the day in one of his last 14 rounds, while scoring among the top 10 twice.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Streelman has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- In his past five tournaments, Streelman has had an average finish of 50th.
- He has made the cut in two of his past five tournaments.
- Streelman hasn't finished inside the top 20 in any of his past five appearances, with an average finish of 50th.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- In the past year, the Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,017 yards, 414 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard par 71 for this week's tournament.
- In the past year, Tour stops have seen an average score of -5, while TPC Twin Cities has a recent scoring average of -8.
- The average course Streelman has played in the past year has been 153 yards shorter than the 7,431 yards TPC Twin Cities will be at for this event.
- Events he has played in the past year have seen players average a score of -5. That is higher than this course, which has a scoring average of -8.
Streelman's Last Time Out
- Streelman was in the fourth percentile on par 3s at the Barbasol Championship, with an average of 3.38 strokes on the eight par-3 holes.
- He averaged 3.95 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 20) at the Barbasol Championship, which was strong enough to place him in the 69th percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 4).
- On the eight par-5 holes at the Barbasol Championship, Streelman shot better than 46% of the field (averaging 4.5 strokes).
- Streelman did not record a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at the Barbasol Championship (the other golfers averaged 1.4).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barbasol Championship, Streelman had three bogeys or worse (the other golfers averaged 1.9).
- Streelman's five birdies or better on the 20 par-4s at the Barbasol Championship were less than the tournament average (5.2).
- At that most recent outing, Streelman's par-4 performance (on 20 holes) included a bogey or worse four times (better than the field's average, 4.9).
- Streelman finished the Barbasol Championship with a birdie or better on four of eight par-5s, less than the field average, 6.2.
- The field at the Barbasol Championship averaged 0.9 bogeys or worse on the eight par-5s, but Streelman finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Streelman Odds to Win: +8000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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SATURDAY
Kokomo Farmer’s Market, 9 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot at the intersection of Mulberry and Washington streets in downtown Kokomo. Find local produce, handmade artisan items, home-baked goods and much more. For more information, visit www.kokomofarmersmarket.com.
Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, through Aug. 17, Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Main Branch, 220 N. Union St., Kokomo. The exhibition is available for both community and school visits. For more information, visit www.khcpl.org.
Wild for Pollinators Exhibit, 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, until July 29, Kokomo Art Center, 525 W. Ricketts St., Kokomo. Kokomo Art Center, 525 W. Ricketts St. Lesley Wysong is exhibiting 49 pollinator themed artworks in a variety of media — acrylic, china painting, collage, oil and watercolor, along with a selection of 18 photos of pollinators. The exhibit is free and open to the community.
Howard County American Cancer Society Relay for Life, 3-11 p.m., Kokomo High School, 2501 S. Berkley Road, Kokomo. Form teams and run to raise money for the American Cancer Society. This event also features vendor booths, food and entertainment and activities for kids. For more information, contact Gary Hight at inclassof81@aol.com, or at 765-252-8742. Alternatively, you may contact Sherri Johnson at sjohnson@syndicatesales.com, or at 765-437-8095.
Kokomo Jackrabbits baseball vs. Rockford Rivets, 7:05 p.m., Kokomo Municipal Stadium, 400 S. Union St., Kokomo. For tickets, call 765-457-5000, or visit www.kokomojackrabbits.com.
SUNDAY
Kokomo Jackrabbits baseball vs. Rockford Rivets, 5:05 p.m., Kokomo Municipal Stadium, 400 S. Union St., Kokomo. For tickets, call 765-457-5000, or visit www.kokomojackrabbits.com.
MONDAY
GriefShare Recovery Seminar and Support Group, 6 p.m., Crossroads Community Church, 4254 S. 00 E. West, Kokomo. GriefShare features nationally recognized experts on grief recovery topics and is designed for individuals who have lost a family member or friend find help and healing. Each video seminar is combined with a small group discussion to allow group participants to talk about the content of the video and about how they are dealing with the death of their loved one.
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25 WEATHER — It has been another toasty one for Central Texas today with the sun beating down and temperatures in the upper 90s and triple digits.
There are a few things we are keeping our eye on. First, fire danger is elevated for areas along and west of I-35. The three main factors to fuel wildfires are hot, dry, and windy conditions. With no rain these past few weeks, areas out west have been drying up quickly. Try not to create any sparks and secure those loose trailer chains.
Next order of business is the heat. Guidance is showing hotter temperatures starting tomorrow and sticking with us through this week. A heat advisory will be in effect starting tomorrow. So remember, stay hydrated and try to take frequent breaks from the sun.
The big question has been is there any relief along the way. This coming week there is not but the week after some models showing some chances of rain sneaking in. That is still 9 to 10 days out so things may change.
Stay cool and remain weather ready!
Meteorologist Matthew Hidalgo
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Political dominoes could fall in Houston as 2 longtime Democrats campaign for mayor
HOUSTON, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - State Sen. John Whitmire, first elected in 1982, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, in office since 1995, could be vacating seats that haven’t been open for decades. The election calendar, however, may bring a tough decision for one or both.
The last time there was an open seat in Texas Senate District 15, it was 1982.
The last time there was an open seat in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, it was 1989.
Now, the heavily Democratic districts in Houston could be vacant again. It all comes down to the city’s election this November as incumbents in both seats are running for mayor, raising the prospect of one or both relinquishing their long-held seats.
Neither state Sen. John Whitmire nor U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has said how they plan to handle the conundrum, fueling suspense for declared and potential candidates hoping to succeed them.
“It’s an exciting time in Houston politics, to say the least,” said Amanda Edwards, a Democrat who is already running for Jackson Lee’s seat. “Certainly there are a lot of open questions that will remain open until the mayor’s race has concluded.”
The calendar adds one of the most interesting wrinkles. While the Houston mayoral election is Nov. 7, the field is crowded enough that Whitmire and Jackson Lee could go to a runoff at a later date. That runoff could fall after the Dec. 11 deadline for candidates to file for the 2024 primary, meaning Whitmire and Jackson Lee would first have to decide whether to run for reelection to their current seats.
And regardless, if either wins the race — whether in November or December — they would automatically vacate their current seat upon being sworn in, triggering a special election to finish their term.
It is a likely scenario, given that both are considered frontrunners and the most likely to face one another if a runoff is required. A poll released Tuesday found Whitmire and Jackson Lee leading the pack with 34% and 32%, respectively, of support from likely voters. Whitmire led Jackson Lee 51% to 33% in a hypothetical runoff.
At stake are the legacies of two of the longest-serving Democrats in the country’s fourth-largest city. And if they give up their current seats, it could trigger a series of political dominoes that could usher in a new generation of Democratic leadership across Houston.
“I think both Whitmire and Jackson Lee are kind of institutions in town, so the fact that there could be two open seats — a state Senate and a congressional seat, which is rare — I think there’s going to be a lot of people lining up to get into those races,” said Michael Kolenc, a Houston-based Democratic strategist who is not working for any of the candidates. “I think candidates would be wise to look at the calendar and start early.”
The toughest scenario may be if the mayoral runoff falls after the filing deadline for the 2024 primary, meaning Whitmire and Jackson Lee could have to decide whether to seek reelection before knowing the outcome of the mayoral race. The last time there was a mayoral runoff in Houston — in 2019 — it came five days after the filing deadline for the following year’s primaries.
Under a law passed during the latest regular legislative session, House Bill 357, the runoff would have to fall on a Saturday between 30 and 45 days after the November election. That leaves two options, Dec. 9 and 16 — one date falling before the filing deadline and the other after.
Whitmire declined to comment for this story. Jackson Lee did not respond to a request for comment.
Whitmire’s seat has been occupied the longest. He was first elected in 1982, capturing an open seat after his predecessor, the late Jack Ogg, gave it up to run for attorney general.
Whitmire is the dean of the Texas Senate, or its longest-serving member. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other senators have spoken openly about Whitmire’s potential exit from the chamber, anticipating his victory in the mayoral contest.
At least two Democrats have launched campaigns for Senate District 15. The first in was Karthik Soora, a renewable energy developer, followed by Molly Cook, an emergency room nurse who challenged Whitmire in the 2022 primary, receiving 42% of the vote as Whitmire’s only opponent.
Both Cook and Soora say they are running regardless of what Whitmire decides to do.
“I’ve had this conversation with a million people, but for me it makes no difference at all,” Cook said in an interview, adding that she “never stopped running” after her 2022 campaign.
Both indicate they would bring a more progressive perspective to the seat than Whitmire.
“I think that what we see with the Texas Legislature, with the attorney general’s impeachment, is that people are sick of this establishment that’s not serving them,” Soora said in an interview, pitching himself as a “real Democrat.”
As for Jackson Lee’s seat, she has held it since first winning election in 1994, when she beat former U.S. Rep. Craig Washington in the Democratic primary. It was last open in 1989, when Washington won a special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of U.S. Rep. Mickey Leland.
Edwards is the most prominent Democrat already running for Jackson Lee’s seat. The former Houston City Council member and 2020 U.S. Senate candidate was running for mayor until she dropped out In June, switched to the congressional race and endorsed Jackson Lee for mayor.
“I do think Congresswoman Jackson Lee can win the race and certainly anticipate that her seat will be the one that becomes open,” Edwards said. Still, she added, she “will remain in the CD-18 race even if Congresswoman Jackson Lee decides to pursue CD-18 again.”
Edwards has already raised more than $600,000 for her congressional campaign and has been endorsed by Higher Heights for America PAC, a national political action committee that works to elect Black progressive women. The group has also endorsed Jackson Lee for mayor.
Asked about the uncertainty over whether the congressional seat will be open, a spokesperson for the committee, Aprill O. Turner, expressed no concern.
“We are looking forward to each candidate being successful in the race they are running in,” Turner said in an email.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Lee Hodges
The 3M Open is nearing the end, and following the third round Lee Hodges is in first place with a score of -20.
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Lee Hodges Insights
- Over his last 13 rounds, Hodges has shot better than par on 10 occasions, while also shooting three bogey-free rounds and eight rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has finished with the best score of the day in one of his last 13 rounds, while scoring among the top five in three rounds and the top 10 on four occasions.
- Over his last 13 rounds, Hodges has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- Hodges has won one of his past five tournaments.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut twice.
- Hodges has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his past five tournaments. During that same span, he's posted a better-than-average score twice.
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- Hodges has one win in his past two starts at this event. His average finish has been ninth.
- In his most recent two attempts at this event, he's made the cut every time.
- Hodges finished atop the leaderboard at this event back in 2023.
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,019 yards in the past year, while TPC Twin Cities is set for a longer 7,431 yards.
- Hodges will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,306 yards in the past year.
Hodges' Last Time Out
- Hodges was relatively mediocre on the eight par-3 holes at The Open Championship, averaging 3.13 strokes to finish in the 41st percentile of competitors.
- His 4.55-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at The Open Championship ranked in the second percentile of the field (the tournament average was 4.18).
- Hodges was better than 57% of the competitors at The Open Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.67 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.78.
- Hodges failed to card a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the field averaged 1.3).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Hodges recorded one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 2.3).
- Hodges failed to record a birdie or better on any of the 22 par-4s at The Open Championship. The tournament average was 3.4.
- At that most recent outing, Hodges' showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse 12 times (compared to the field's better average, 8.1).
- Hodges ended The Open Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.4), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- On the six par-5s at The Open Championship, Hodges outperformed the field's average of 1.2 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Hodges Odds to Win: -350 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Bennett, Betty, services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Stout & Son Funeral Home, 200 E. Main St., Russiaville.
Ingram, Horace, a celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bennetts Switch Community Church, 2261 Indiana 18, Kokomo.
Ashcraft, Hilda, services are noon Saturday at Shirley & Stout Funeral Home, 1315 W. Lincoln Road, Kokomo.
Whitehouse, James, a celebration of life is 1 p.m. Sunday on the Madam Carroll on Lake Freeman in Monticello.
Walker Jr., Harry, services are 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Galveston Cemetery.
Lawless, Billie, a graveside service is 10 a.m. Monday at Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery.
Stout, Dave, services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1229 N. Washington St., Kokomo.
Mennen, Roger, services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Shirley & Stout Funeral Home, 1315 W. Lincoln Road, Kokomo.
Gifford, Angie, services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at Shirley & Stout Funeral Home, 414 W. Jefferson St., Kokomo.
Cassingham, Harriet, services are 3 p.m. Tuesday at Shirley & Stout Funeral Home, 1315 W. Lincoln Road, Kokomo.
Johnston, Vangel, services are 11 a.m. Friday at Goodwin Funeral Home, 200 S. Main Street, Frankfort.
Stout, Karen, services are 1 p.m. Aug. 5 at Mt. Olive United Methodist Church, 2015 300 West, Marion.
Plake, Ralph Anthony “Tony,” celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. Aug. 5 at Kemp United Methodist Church, Tipton.
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Another week, another labor action across America.
In June, workers went on strike at at least 120 Starbucks locations, the company said.
Earlier this month, thousands of hotel workers across southern California walked off the job.
And this week, the writers strike in Hollywood reached its third month. Actors joined them on July 13.
Major strike activity increased by almost fifty percent in 2022, according to the U.S. Labor Department. And the Economic Policy Institute says over 120,000 workers were involved in major work stoppages last year.
What caused the resurgence of the U.S. labor movement?
For one thing, the pandemic accelerated union organizing, reporter Alex Press told "The Response" podcast recently. "We've seen this kind of brief, this sort of early stage uptick in union organizing in this country, very explicitly rooted in our response to a pandemic that was raising the stakes of once again to life or death sort of situations for a lot of frontline workers," she said.
Low unemployment has also given workers more leverage to organize and even strike, says Joseph Brock, president of Reliant Labor Consultants.
"That tight labor market, kind of brought on by COVID, has been a boon for unions," said Brock.
A demographic shift toward workers with more labor-friendly views may also be a factor. "There's a whole generation of younger workers that are discovering unionization as the most reliable way to get better pay and working conditions," Rutgers professor Susan Schurman told Money.com.
Workers cite low pay, bad working conditions, and poor job security as reasons to strike.
But a Milken Institute expert told Yahoo Financethat the Hollywood strike alone could cause $4 billion in losses to the U.S. economy.
"It's not just impacting these industries in California. But it's really doing so in New York, it's doing it in Atlanta. It's doing it in Albuquerque, it's doing it in Pittsburgh. It's doing it in all sorts of places where filming actually takes place," said Kevin Klowden.
What's the outlook for the future?
Unions once played a central role in America's economic, political, and cultural life. But Anthony Carnevale of Georgetown University says unions today face an uphill battle to regain that influence. "They lost their power largely because of globalization, technology, and the decline of manufacturing," he says.
Take the Amazon labor union, as it's called, which won an election with more than 8,000 workers in a Staten Island warehouse last year, a milestone hailed by the press, but the group has not yet reached a collective bargaining agreement.
"The bigger problem for unions will continue to be the attainment of that first collective bargaining agreement," says Brock.
And in terms of politics over the short term, Unions pose both political opportunities and challenges.
Balancing workers needs and growing the economy is proving tough for a president who has aligned himself closely with organized labor.
"Folks, I promised you that I'd be the most pro-union president in American history because I know this: in a crisis, America always counts on you," President Joe Biden told the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in a speech last year.
That alignment won him votes from union workers. But now, those close ties could harm a president who has always tried to connect with American workers.
Meanwhile, those marching on the picket line carry on.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Aaron Baddeley
Following the third round of the 3M Open, Aaron Baddeley is in fourth place at -13.
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Aaron Baddeley Insights
- Baddeley has finished better than par six times and shot five rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 12 rounds.
- He has carded a top-five score once in his last 12 rounds.
- Over his last 12 rounds, Baddeley has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on four occasions.
- In his past five appearances, Baddeley has not finished in the top 20.
- He has made one cut in his past five tournaments.
- Baddeley has finished with a score better than the tournament average in one of his past five events.
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- Baddeley has an average finishing position of 41st in his past three appearances at this event.
- In his most recent three attempts at this event, he's made the cut each time.
- This course is set up to play at 7,431 yards, 414 more than the average course on the Tour in the past year.
- The average course on the Tour in the past year has played to 69.25 strokes per round and a score of -5. At TPC Twin Cities, the scoring average is lower at -8 per tournament.
- Baddeley will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,263 yards in the past year.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -7 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Baddeley's Last Time Out
- Baddeley finished in the 30th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of 3.13 strokes.
- He averaged 4 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 22) at the Barracuda Championship, which placed him in the 53rd percentile among all competitors.
- Baddeley was better than 50% of the competitors at the Barracuda Championship on the tournament's six par-5 holes, averaging 4.5 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.53.
- Baddeley carded a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, worse than the field average of 1.6.
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Baddeley recorded fewer bogeys or worse (one) than the field average (2.2).
- Baddeley carded fewer birdies or better (five) than the tournament average of 6.4 on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship.
- At that last tournament, Baddeley's showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse five times (the field's average was worse, at 5.6).
- Baddeley finished the Barracuda Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.3), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Baddeley finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Baddeley Odds to Win: +5000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Sam Ryder
Following the third round of the 3M Open, Sam Ryder is in fifth place at -12.
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Sam Ryder Insights
- Over his last 14 rounds, Ryder has finished better than par on seven occasions, while also shooting one bogey-free round and four rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded one of the five best scores in one of his last 14 rounds played.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Ryder has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on two occasions.
- In his past five appearances, Ryder has had an average finish of 48th.
- He has made two cuts in his past five tournaments.
- Ryder has not finished within five shots of the winner or recorded a better-than-average score in any of his past five events.
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- Ryder has had an average finish of 30th with a personal best of 25th at this tournament.
- In his past four appearances at this event, he made it to the weekend twice.
- Courses on the Tour have played at an average length of 7,017 yards in the past year. This tournament will be held on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 414 yards longer than average.
- In the past year, Tour stops have seen an average score of -5, while TPC Twin Cities has a recent scoring average of -8.
- TPC Twin Cities checks in at 7,431 yards, 170 yards longer than the average course Ryder has played in the past year (7,261 yards).
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -6 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Ryder's Last Time Out
- Ryder was in the 52nd percentile on par 3s at the Genesis Scottish Open, with an average of par on the 10 par-3 holes.
- His 4.25-stroke average on the 20 par-4 holes at the Genesis Scottish Open ranked in the fifth percentile of the field (the tournament average was 4.03).
- Ryder was better than 71% of the golfers at the Genesis Scottish Open on the tournament's six par-5 holes, averaging 4.5 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.64.
- Ryder fared worse on par 3s than the field his last time out, recording a birdie or better on one of 10 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open (the other competitors averaged 1.8).
- On the 10 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open, Ryder had one bogey or worse (the other golfers averaged 2.4).
- Ryder had fewer birdies or better (two) than the tournament average of 4.9 on the 20 par-4s at the Genesis Scottish Open.
- In that last outing, Ryder's par-4 performance (on 20 holes) included a bogey or worse six times (worse than the field average, 5.6).
- Ryder ended the Genesis Scottish Open with a birdie or better on three of six par-5s, underperforming the field average, 3.6.
- The field at the Genesis Scottish Open averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Ryder finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Ryder Odds to Win: +10000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Rex, Alexandria and Mohammad Soos, a girl, Alaia Lynae Soos, 8 pounds, at 3:11 p.m. July 6, 2023.
McCleary, Brittany and Sean McCleary, a boy, Crew Weston McCleary, 8 pounds, 5.3 ounces, at 3:41 p.m. July 7, 2023.
Dunkle, Amorette and Michael Dunkle, a boy, Bodhi Lawrence Dunkle, 6 pounds, 9.8 ounces, at 7:18 p.m. July 7, 2023.
Rodriguez, Ashlee and Brandon, a boy, Oliver Charles Rodriguez, 7 pounds, 0.1 ounces, at 5:15 p.m. July 8, 2023.
Fink, Allysha and Brevin Reece, a boy, Karter Scott Jo Reece, 10 pounds, 11.1 ounces, at 1:03 p.m. July 10, 2023.
Hunter, Addessa, a boy, Kristopher Michael Kay Hunter, 6 pounds, 13.7 ounces at 11:15 a.m. July 12, 2023.
Gallaway, Stephanie and Jesse Ochoa, a boy, Mateo James Luis Ochoa, 6 pounds, 12.6 ounces, at 10:44 p.m. July 14, 2023.
Ogden, Elsie and Patrick Riley, a boy, Andrew Dominique Henry Riley, 8 pounds, 5.3 ounces, at 8:37 p.m. July 16, 2023.
Green, Hannah and Austin, a girl, Elaine Eden Green, 6 pounds, 9.1 ounces, at 9:37 a.m. July 17, 2023
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Adam Long
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Adam Long is currently in 39th with a score of -6.
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Adam Long Insights
- Long has finished better than par nine times and carded five rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 12 rounds.
- He has registered a top-10 score once in his last 12 rounds.
- Long has posted a score within three shots of the day's best in two of his last 12 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day four times.
- Long has made the weekend and finished in the top 20 on the leaderboard once in his past five appearances.
- He has qualified for the weekend in one of his past five tournaments.
- In his past five events, Long has posted a score better than average in one of them.
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- In Long's previous four appearances in this tournament, he has finished among the top five once. His average finish has been 14th.
- In his past four appearances at this tournament, he has made the cut three times.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 414 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- Players have recorded 69.25 strokes per round and an average score of -5 in the past year on Tour. Events hosted on this course have a lower scoring average of -8.
- The average course Long has played in the past year has been 160 yards shorter than the 7,431 yards TPC Twin Cities will be at for this event.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -6 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Long's Last Time Out
- Long was rather mediocre over the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, averaging par to finish in the 59th percentile of the field.
- His 4.05-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship placed him in the 39th percentile.
- Long shot better than just 29% of the golfers at the Barracuda Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.67 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.53.
- Long failed to record a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the other golfers averaged 1.6).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Long did not card a bogey or worse (the tournament average was 2.2).
- Long's four birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship were less than the tournament average (6.4).
- At that most recent outing, Long's par-4 showing (on 22 holes) included a bogey or worse four times (better than the field's average, 5.6).
- Long finished the Barracuda Championship with a birdie or better on three of six par-5s, fewer than the field average, 4.3.
- On the six par-5s at the Barracuda Championship, Long recorded one bogey or worse, more than the field average of 0.7.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Long Odds to Win: +10000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Seonghyeon Kim
Seonghyeon Kim is in 27th place, with a score of -8, after the third round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.
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Seonghyeon Kim Insights
- Over his last 12 rounds, Kim has scored below par seven times, while also carding six rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has yet to finish any of his last 12 rounds with one of the 10 best scores of the day.
- Over his last 12 rounds, Kim has finished within five strokes of the top score for the day three times.
- In his past five events, Kim has not finished in the top 20.
- He has qualified for the weekend in one of his past five appearances.
- Kim has not finished within five strokes of the winner or recorded a better-than-average score in any of his past five events.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- TPC Twin Cities measures 7,431 yards for this tournament, 414 more than the average course on the Tour inthe past year (7,017).
- TPC Twin Cities has seen an average tournament score of -8 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- Kim will take to the 7,431-yard course this week at TPC Twin Cities after having played courses with an average length of 7,290 yards in the past year.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -6 among finishers, higher than the -8 average at this course.
Kim's Last Time Out
- Kim finished in the 59th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of par.
- His 4-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship placed him in the 53rd percentile.
- Kim shot better than 50% of the field at the Barracuda Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.5 strokes per hole in comparison to the field average of 4.53.
- Kim shot better on par 3s than most players his last time out, carding a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the tournament average was 1.6).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Kim had fewer bogeys or worse (one) than the field average (2.2).
- Kim's two birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship were less than the field average (6.4).
- At that last outing, Kim's showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse two times (the field's average was worse, at 5.6).
- Kim finished the Barracuda Championship underperforming compared to the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.3), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Kim finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Kim Odds to Win: +8000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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WINDFALL — Police say a child drowned Thursday night after being pulled from a body of water at a local campground.
Around 7 p.m. Thursday, dispatch received a report of a juvenile — whose identity has not been released — who went missing in the water at the Beaver Point Campground, 10162 E. 50 South in Windfall, according to a Howard County Sheriff’s Office media release.
First responders arrived at the campground within minutes of the initial dispatch, per the release, and members of the Howard County Dive Team ended up locating that child around 7:52 p.m. Thursday.
That child was then brought to shore, and first responders immediately began administering CPR, according to the release.
Authorities transported the child to Community Howard Regional Health, where they were eventually pronounced deceased.
Along with the HCSO and the dive team, other assisting agencies included the Greentown Fire Department, Greentown Police Department, Department of Natural Resources, Emergency Management and medics with Community Howard Regional Health.
The HCSO’s Critical Incident Team was also activated in order to assist first responders who were on scene, per the release.
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday under the direction of the Howard County Coroner’s Office, and police did not release any additional details about the incident as of Friday afternoon.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Adam Svensson
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Adam Svensson is currently in 49th with a score of -5.
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Adam Svensson Insights
- Over his last 17 rounds, Svensson has shot below par on 11 occasions, while also carding two bogey-free rounds and nine rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has recorded one of the 10 best scores of the day in one of his last 17 rounds.
- Svensson has recorded a score within three shots of the day's best in two of his last 17 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day six times.
- In his past five appearances, Svensson has had an average finish of 43rd.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut four times.
- In his past five appearances, Svensson has posted a score better than average in one of them.
- Svensson has made the cut in three tournaments in a row.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- In Svensson's past three appearances at this tournament, he has finished among the top 20 once. His average finish has been 32nd.
- Svensson has two made cuts in his past three appearances at this tournament.
- Svensson last competed at this event in 2023 and finished 49th.
- Courses on the Tour in the past year have averaged 7,019 yards, a good bit shorter than the 7,431-yard length for this event.
- The courses that Svensson has played in the past year have had an average distance of 7,292 yards, while TPC Twin Cities will be 7,431 yards this week.
Svensson's Last Time Out
- Svensson was in the 40th percentile on par 3s at the John Deere Classic, with an average of par on the 16 par-3 holes.
- He averaged 3.82 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at the John Deere Classic, which was strong enough to land him in the 89th percentile of the field on par 4s (the tournament average was 3.95).
- Svensson shot better than 54% of the competitors at the John Deere Classic on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 4.58 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.60.
- Svensson carded a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic (the field averaged 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the John Deere Classic, Svensson had two bogeys or worse (more than the field average of 1.6).
- Svensson carded more birdies or better (11) than the tournament average of 6.4 on the 44 par-4s at the John Deere Classic.
- In that most recent outing, Svensson had a bogey or worse on three of 44 par-4s (the field averaged 4.8).
- Svensson finished the John Deere Classic carding a birdie or better on six par-5 holes, while the field averaged 3.8 on the 12 par-5s.
- On the 12 par-5s at the John Deere Classic, Svensson underperformed compared to the tournament average of 0.6 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Svensson Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Second Missionary Baptist Church
All are invited to join Second Missionary Baptist Church, 818 N. Apperson Way, each Sunday at 11 a.m. for worship, with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. There is also an early morning worship at 8 a.m. on the first Sunday of every month.
Every Tuesday at the church, there is a 6 p.m. night teaching.
Every Wednesday at the church, is J.A.M.S. Youth Night.
For more information, visit smbchurch.com or call 765-452-8214. Transportation is available, and may be arranged by phone.
New Beginnings Christian Fellowship
“Lord, Open Our Eyes That We May See” will be the theme at 10 a.m. Sunday at the church, 1900 S. Berkley Road. The title of the message is “Living out an Eternal Perspective.”
There will also be online worship at the New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Facebook page.
For more information or to request prayer, contact Pastor Jeff Russell at 765-776-0868.
Bible Baptist Church
Continuing every Thursday through Aug. 24, the church, 2635 S. Dixon Road, will be hosting the GriefShare recovery seminar and support group. GriefShare features nationally recognized experts on grief recovery topics and is designed for individuals who have lost a family member or friend find help and healing.
For more information, call 765-455-1444.
In His Image Church
The church, 2940 E. 50 North, Kokomo, will be having a country breakfast from 7-10 a.m. Aug. 5. The menu will include biscuits and gravy, sausage, scrambled eggs, pancakes, orange juice and coffee. A freewill offering will be collected, and carryout is available.
For more information, call 765-461-1426.
Kokomo Zion Church
On Sunday, at the church, 5051 E. 400 North, Kokomo, Director of Music Matt Gerhard will present a program of music taken from Scripture. Each song will feature lyrics quoting Scripture or music inspired by it.
Fountain of Life Worship Center
On Sunday, during the 10:30 a.m. worship celebration at the Fountain of Life Worship Center, 611 E. Jackson St., Kokomo, the speaker will be the pastor, Bishop C.E. Glenn, who will be speaking from the theme, “It’s a Defined Dilemma.”
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Billy Horschel
The 3M Open is entering the final round, and Billy Horschel is currently in fifth with a score of -12.
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Billy Horschel Insights
- Horschel has finished below par on seven occasions, completed his day bogey-free twice and finished eight rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 15 rounds played.
- He has registered a top-five score once and a top-10 score twice in his last 15 rounds.
- Horschel has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in three of his last 15 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day five times.
- Horschel has finished in the top five once in his past five tournaments.
- He has made three cuts in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five tournaments, Horschel has finished in the top 10 once.
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- Horschel finished fifth on the leaderboard in his previous appearance at this event, in 2023.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 412 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- Courses that Horschel has played in the past year have measured an average of 7,306 yards, 125 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard TPC Twin Cities this week.
Horschel's Last Time Out
- Horschel was in the 67th percentile on par 3s at The Open Championship, with an average of par on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4.27-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at The Open Championship was poor, putting him in the 31st percentile of the field.
- On the six par-5 holes at The Open Championship, Horschel shot better than just 21% of the field (averaging 5.00 strokes).
- Horschel recorded a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the other competitors averaged 1.3).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Horschel recorded less bogeys or worse (two) than the tournament average (2.3).
- Horschel did not card a birdie or better on any of the 22 par-4s at The Open Championship. The field average was 3.4.
- In that last tournament, Horschel had a bogey or worse on six of 22 par-4s (the field averaged 8.1).
- Horschel finished The Open Championship underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.4), with one on the six par-5 holes.
- On the six par-5s at The Open Championship, Horschel outperformed the field average of 1.2 bogeys or worse on those holes by recording one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Horschel Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri weakened into a tropical storm late Friday night after bringing heavy winds and rain that left more than a million people without power in southern China.
After making landfall Friday morning in southern Fujian province, where at least 400,000 people were evacuated, the storm flooded streets and toppled electric transmission towers in the province. Over a million households were left without power, according to the state-backed Xiamen Evening News.
The typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm at 11 p.m. Friday night, China’s state-owned broadcaster CCTV announced.
Businesses and summer school classes had been ordered suspended and the public was urged to stay indoors. In the city of Quanzhou by China’s southern coast, authorities reported some 50 individuals sustained minor injuries. Residents shared photos on social media showing downed trees with roots fully out of the ground Saturday morning.
The tropical storm is expected to move its way farther inland in China, bringing heavy rains to the capital, Beijing.
Earlier in the week, the storm grazed past Taiwan’s main island after hitting the Philippines ‘ main island of Luzon, where it produced landslides, flooding and downed trees. The storm displaced thousands and caused 41 deaths — including 27 killed in the capsizing of a passenger ship. About 20 others remained missing, including four coast guard personnel whose boat overturned while on a rescue mission in hard-hit Cagayan province, officials said Saturday, adding that they were monitoring another approaching storm. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-typhoon-doksuri-is-downgraded-to-tropical-storm-status-as-it-leaves-southern-china/ | 2023-07-30T00:33:33 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-typhoon-doksuri-is-downgraded-to-tropical-storm-status-as-it-leaves-southern-china/ |
When Taylor Community School students head back to class Aug. 9, every one of them will be able to eat breakfast and lunch free of charge.
The school corporation announced Tuesday it was approved for a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). The Taylor School Board is expected to formally approve the CEP at its August meeting.
A CEP is a United States Department of Agriculture program that allows qualified schools to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. This eliminates the need for families to fill out paperwork for free and reduced cost lunches.
School buildings and corporations where at least 40% of students automatically qualify for free school meals are eligible to receive a CEP designation.
Automatically qualified students include those on SNAP, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid or are homeless, migrant or enrolled in Head Start.
Schools with a high rate of poverty are often eligible for a CEP. Taylor has a poverty rate of 78%.
“You can tell people are strapped so thin,” said Paula Bolin, Taylor food service director. “They needed this.”
Taylor has been eligible for a CEP for awhile, however, due to how the program works it hasn’t been economically feasible until now.
Schools with a CEP are reimbursed for the meals they serve. A school district’s cafeteria budget is self-sustaining and must break even.
Due to how CEP meal reimbursement is figured, a school that is eligible at 40%, 50% or 55% is not able to break even because the amount of money received at that rate does not cover all costs.
It’s one of the main reasons why many eligible schools in Indiana, and nationwide, do not take advantage of the program.
More than 1,400 schools in Indiana are eligible for a CEP or nearing eligibility. Of those, only 593 are utilizing the program, according to the Food Research & Action Center, a national anti-hunger organization.
It’s not until schools reach the 60% mark that a CEP works out financially.
Bolin said Taylor’s rate of automatically qualified students has trended upward in recent years. This year, the rate was high enough to make it so CEP reimbursements would cover most of the food service department’s costs.
“The number, I could tell, had really, really increased,” Bolin said. “I was shocked at how much we had increased over the last year.”
On one hand, it’s an unfortunate situation. It means more students and families are struggling, but on the other, the increase means Taylor schools can alleviate some of those struggles, especially when factoring in parents no longer pay textbook fees.
“Both of those things together will make a big difference,” Bolin said.
While students can get meals for free, it will also help stretch the lunch money they do have. Bolin said money typically spent on a meal can be used on a la carte items, giving student access to even more food.
Studies indicate students who are well-fed do better in class and have better attendance rates.
Superintendent Steve Dishon said the CEP, which is good for four years, could attract new families to Taylor.
The Community Eligibility Provision could also lower grocery prices.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Grayson Murray
Before the final round of the 3M Open, Grayson Murray is in 34th place at -7.
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Grayson Murray Insights
- Murray has finished below par on 10 occasions, completed his day without a bogey once and finished eight rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 14 rounds played.
- He has carded the best score of the day once while finishing in the top-five three times in his last 14 rounds.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Murray has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- Murray has finished in the top 10 twice in his past five events.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut twice.
- Murray has finished with a score better than the tournament average in two of his past five appearances, including two finishes within five strokes of the leader.
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- In his past two appearances at this event, Murray placed 64th in his only finish.
- Murray made the cut in one of his past two entries in this event.
- This event will take place on a par 71 that registers at 7,431 yards, 414 yards longer than the average for Tour stops in the past year.
- TPC Twin Cities has seen an average tournament score of -8 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The courses that Murray has played in the past year have had an average distance of 7,328 yards, while TPC Twin Cities will be 7,431 yards this week.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -8 among finishers, the same as the average at this course.
Murray's Last Time Out
- Murray finished in the 17th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of 3.25 strokes.
- His 4.09-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Barracuda Championship was below average, putting him in the 29th percentile of the field.
- On the six par-5 holes at the Barracuda Championship, Murray shot better than 50% of the competitors (averaging 4.5 strokes).
- Murray carded a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship (the other participants averaged 1.6).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Murray carded more bogeys or worse (four) than the field average (2.2).
- Murray's four birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship were less than the tournament average (6.4).
- At that last outing, Murray posted a bogey or worse on six of 22 par-4s (the field averaged 5.6).
- Murray ended the Barracuda Championship underperforming compared to the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.3), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Murray finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Murray Odds to Win: +10000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said Friday.
Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program, told a news conference that at least 38 of the 86 countries where WFP operates have already seen cuts or plan to cut assistance soon — including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and West Africa.
He said WFP’s operating requirement is $20 billion to deliver aid to everyone in need, but it was aiming for between $10 billion and $14 billion, which was what the agency had received in the past few years.
“We’re still aiming at that, but we have only so far this year gotten to about half of that, around $5 billion,” Skau said.
He said humanitarian needs were “going through the roof” in 2021 and 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine and its global implications. “Those needs continue to grow, those drivers are still there,” he said, “but the funding is drying up. So we’re looking at 2024 (being) even more dire.”
“The largest food and nutrition crisis in history today persists,” Skau said. “This year, 345 million people continue to be acutely food insecure while hundreds of millions of people are at risk of worsening hunger.”
Skau said conflict and insecurity remain the primary drivers of acute hunger around the world, along with climate change, unrelenting disasters, persistent food price inflation and mounting debt stress — all during a slowdown in the global economy.
WFP is looking to diversify its funding base, but he also urged the agency’s traditional donors to “step up and support us through this very difficult time.”
Asked why funding was drying up, Skau said to ask the donors.
“But it’s clear that aid budgets, humanitarian budgets, both in Europe and the United States, (are) not where they were in 2021-2022,” he said.
Skau said that in March, WFP was forced to cut rations from 75% to 50% for communities in Afghanistan facing emergency levels of hunger, and in May it was forced to cut food for 8 million people — 66% of the people it was assisting. Now, it is helping just 5 million people, he said. In Syria, 5.5 million people who relied on WFP for food were already on 50% rations, Skau said, and in July the agency cut all rations to 2.5 million of them. In the Palestinian territories, WFP cut its cash assistance by 20% in May and in June. It cut its caseload by 60%, or 200,000 people. And in Yemen, he said, a huge funding gap will force WFP to cut aid to 7 million people as early as August.
In West Africa, where acute hunger is on the rise, Skau said, most countries are facing extensive ration cuts, particularly WFP’s seven largest crisis operations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon.
He said cutting aid to people who are only at the hunger level of crisis to help save those literally starving or in the category of catastrophic hunger means that those dropped will rapidly fall into the emergency and catastrophe categories, “and so we will have an additional humanitarian emergency on our hands down the road.”
“Ration cuts are clearly not the way to go forward,” Skau said.
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Ken Agee and I were discussing the need for an individual, business, team, church, meeting, whatever or whoever to always strive to be and do better. Always conduct “preventative maintenance work” on what you are responsible for.
Complacency is feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation you’re sure you don’t need to check on your situation. When you believe all is well, still regularly examine your life and check to see that everything is ok.
Beware of feeling so satisfied with your ability or situation that there’s not any need to try harder, learn more nor strive to surpass where you are at in life. When one believes they have “arrived in life,” they are “at ease in their zion.”
In the eighth century B.C., the prophet Amos shared these words of concern and caution, “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion.” (Amos 6:1.)
Avoid becoming complacent with anything or anyone in your life. Everyday during your prayer and praise time, make an assessment concerning your life and determine if you are traveling on the right road.
Do not live in fear, concerning your life. (Isaiah 41.10.) Still, embrace the reality that Dr. Carl C. Lyles Sr., who I pastored in 1990, would always share, “Pastor Mike, the room for improvement is always the largest room around!”
Something in your life can be improved on. A relationship of yours can be strengthened. Explore the possibility that something new and wonderful can take place in your life. Believe there is an exciting blessing awaiting you!
Always strive to be on your game. Take nothing nor anyone for granted in your life. Be veracious in your learning about life.
Agee shared, concerning self-assessment, “It is not always about being bigger, but it should always be about being better.”
As you schedule routine health checks concerning your physical self, always schedule time to do preventative maintenance in your entire life.
King Solomon declared, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6.)
I hear Evangelist Cathy declaring, “Never become complacent in your life by believing too much of ‘your own press’ concerning how ‘great’ you are. Yes, you are great. But always acknowledge you are great because God made you great and blesses you. Never err by placing all your trust merely in yourself.”
The Psalmist, concerning not placing your total trust in where or who you are, shares, “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.” (Psalm 20:7.)
Brother Duran Hizer shared with me, “Always be teachable, because in this life that we live it is truly about learning something new every day!”
Writer Jim Collins utilized the term hubris as being overconfident because of forgetting the true foundation of one’s success, or one taking their success for granted.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
I’m just saying!
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Josh Smith Player Prop Bets: Rangers vs. Padres - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 6:24 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
On Saturday, Josh Smith (.250 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 90 points below season-long percentage) and the Texas Rangers face the San Diego Padres, whose starting pitcher will be Yu Darvish. First pitch is at 8:40 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-2) against the Astros.
Josh Smith Game Info & Props vs. the Padres
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:40 PM ET
- Stadium: PETCO Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Padres Starter: Yu Darvish
- TV Channel: SDPA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: +100)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +825)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +360)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +190)
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Josh Smith At The Plate
- Smith is hitting .212 with four doubles, four home runs and 15 walks.
- Smith has picked up a hit in 40.8% of his 49 games this year, with at least two hits in 8.2% of them.
- He has homered in 8.2% of his games this season, and 2.8% of his chances at the plate.
- In six games this year, Smith has picked up an RBI, with more than one RBI once.
- He has scored in 34.7% of his games this season (17 of 49), with two or more runs five times (10.2%).
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Padres Pitching Rankings
- The Padres pitching staff ranks 12th in MLB with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Padres have the second-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (3.78).
- Padres pitchers combine to rank 12th in baseball in home runs surrendered (117 total, 1.1 per game).
- Darvish (7-7 with a 4.80 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 101 1/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Padres, his 19th of the season.
- In his last time out on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the right-hander tossed 4 1/3 innings, giving up seven earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- In 18 games this season, the 36-year-old has amassed a 4.80 ERA and 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .254 to his opponents.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
The Louisville track suspended racing operations on June 7 and moved the rest of its spring meet to Ellis Park in western Kentucky at the recommendation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the sport’s national overseer.
Training continued at Churchill Downs during the track’s investigation.
Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen called the deaths “a series of unfortunate circumstances” and said the review “didn’t find anything fundamentally wrong or different about our track from previous years.”
“That, in a sense, can sometimes be unsatisfying,” he said. “But that’s business, and that’s sports.”
Two of the horse deaths occurred in undercard races on Derby day. Another five died later.
“The takeaway is, the track is very safe,” Carstanjen said Thursday on an earnings call with CDI investors.
“What we needed to do was spend some of this time in the interim, while we ran the rest of the (spring) meet at Ellis to just go soup to nuts through every single thing we do at the racetrack. There was nothing that jumped out as an apparent cause of the injuries, of the breakdowns; and, as we went through and rebuilt our processes from the ground up to check everything that we do to make extra sure, we didn’t find anything material.”
The track’s fall meet begins Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 1.
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Small investment could help save lives
Did you hear about all those kids who died in that big school fire last week? No? That’s because it didn’t happen. In fact, a school fire that has killed 10 or more children hasn’t happened in about 65 years.
But of course you’ve heard about all the recent school shootings where so many children have died. In fact, as of June 15, an Education Week analysis shows that there have been 23 school shootings already this year that resulted in injuries or deaths.
In the 1950s, people had had enough of children dying in school fires. Fire codes were enacted and buildings started including fire alarms, sprinklers and other systems that automated the response to fires and lessened their severity.
So why hasn’t this sort of commonsense plan been enacted nationwide for the scourge of school shootings?
We have the knowledge and the technology to help mitigate the problem. Just like smoke detectors that alert you to fire, we have cameras and gunshot detectors that can recognize when there’s a gun on site.
You may wonder: Why do we need automated systems at all when someone can just call 911?
Research and experience have shown that it takes four minutes for a person to realize they’re in an active shooter situation and another minute to get through to 911. So we’re wasting five minutes of precious time. By then, a shooter can already harm scores of children.
The newer automated security systems tie together camera systems using AI to recognize the shape of weapons and gunshot detectors that use energy signatures, not sound, so they’re much more accurate. These wireless sensors work indoors and outdoors, and alert you instantly when there’s a threat. And these are not products of the future. They’re already in use at some schools and other public sites.
Automated security systems can lock doors and send out customized alerts in just a couple of seconds to law enforcement, school administrators, and anyone the school wants to notify via text or email, and over PA systems. In real-time video first responders are shown exactly where the threat is so they can respond to the right spot on a campus. And they let students and teachers know, so they can move to a safer place, away from the shooter.Even though more children are dying from gun violence than from fires, there is still no building or safety code that standardizes the use of such security systems nationwide — at least not yet. This is despite the fact that the cost for fire safety far exceeds the cost for gunshot notification systems.
School board members, architects and every community member can speak up about enacting new regulations that will make children safer. Gun and gunshot detection systems can be specified in building codes, just like fire systems are, and can be included at both old and new schools, making them more active shooter resistant. Solutions Incorporating prevention training and technology currently exist. We just have to use them.There have been a few first steps in the right direction with legislation like Alyssa’s Law in New Jersey and similar laws in other states. These laws, however, don’t go far enough.
We all say that children are precious, yet we seem to be unable to make even a small investment in preventing deaths from what has become an ever-present threat. If we’re going to save lives in active shooter situations at schools, it’s going to take all of us working together, agreeing that enough is enough.
Let your voice be heard. Contact your local, state and federal representatives about active shooter prevention today.
How many more of our children will have to die before these changes are made?
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Kevin Streelman
Kevin Streelman is in fifth place, with a score of -12, after the third round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.
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Kevin Streelman Insights
- Over his last 14 rounds, Streelman has shot better than par on five occasions, while also posting one bogey-free round and six rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded the best score of the day in one of his last 14 rounds, while scoring among the top 10 twice.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Streelman has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round once, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- In his past five tournaments, Streelman has had an average finish of 50th.
- He has made the cut in two of his past five tournaments.
- Streelman hasn't finished inside the top 20 in any of his past five appearances, with an average finish of 50th.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- In the past year, the Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,017 yards, 414 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard par 71 for this week's tournament.
- In the past year, Tour stops have seen an average score of -5, while TPC Twin Cities has a recent scoring average of -8.
- The average course Streelman has played in the past year has been 153 yards shorter than the 7,431 yards TPC Twin Cities will be at for this event.
- Events he has played in the past year have seen players average a score of -5. That is higher than this course, which has a scoring average of -8.
Streelman's Last Time Out
- Streelman was in the fourth percentile on par 3s at the Barbasol Championship, with an average of 3.38 strokes on the eight par-3 holes.
- He averaged 3.95 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 20) at the Barbasol Championship, which was strong enough to place him in the 69th percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 4).
- On the eight par-5 holes at the Barbasol Championship, Streelman shot better than 46% of the field (averaging 4.5 strokes).
- Streelman did not record a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at the Barbasol Championship (the other golfers averaged 1.4).
- On the eight par-3s at the Barbasol Championship, Streelman had three bogeys or worse (the other golfers averaged 1.9).
- Streelman's five birdies or better on the 20 par-4s at the Barbasol Championship were less than the tournament average (5.2).
- At that most recent outing, Streelman's par-4 performance (on 20 holes) included a bogey or worse four times (better than the field's average, 4.9).
- Streelman finished the Barbasol Championship with a birdie or better on four of eight par-5s, less than the field average, 6.2.
- The field at the Barbasol Championship averaged 0.9 bogeys or worse on the eight par-5s, but Streelman finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Streelman Odds to Win: +8000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter X and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X.” The child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/ | 2023-07-30T00:33:54 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/ |
The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: J.J. Spaun
After the third round of the 3M Open, J.J. Spaun is in 27th place at -8.
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J.J. Spaun Insights
- Over his last 18 rounds, Spaun has finished better than par on 12 occasions, while also shooting three bogey-free rounds and 15 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded a top-five score in one of his last 18 rounds, while ranking among the top 10 scores of the day twice.
- Over his last 18 rounds, Spaun has finished within five strokes of the top score for the day eight times.
- Spaun has finished in the top 10 once in his past five events.
- He has qualified for the weekend in four of his past five appearances.
- Spaun has finished with a score better than the tournament average in three of his past five events, including one finish within three shots of the leader.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- Spaun finished 66th in his only finish at this event in three visits.
- In his past three appearances at this tournament, he has made the cut once.
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,017 yards in the past year, while TPC Twin Cities is set for a longer 7,431 yards.
- TPC Twin Cities has seen an average tournament score of -8 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The average course Spaun has played i the last year (7,308 yards) is 123 yards shorter than the course he'll be playing this week (7,431).
- The tournaments he has played in the past year have seen an average score of -5. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -8.
Spaun's Last Time Out
- Spaun finished in the 30th percentile on the 16 par-3 holes at the Barracuda Championship, with an average of 3.13 strokes.
- He averaged 3.84 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at the Barracuda Championship, which was good enough to place him in the 90th percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 3.97).
- Spaun was better than 88% of the golfers at the Barracuda Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.25 strokes per hole, compared to the field average of 4.53.
- Spaun carded a birdie or better on one of 16 par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, worse than the field average of 1.6.
- On the 16 par-3s at the Barracuda Championship, Spaun carded three bogeys or worse (more than the field average of 2.2).
- Spaun had more birdies or better (11) than the field average of 6.4 on the 44 par-4s at the Barracuda Championship.
- In that most recent tournament, Spaun's showing on the 44 par-4s included a bogey or worse three times (the field's average was worse, at 5.6).
- Spaun finished the Barracuda Championship recording a birdie or better on nine par-5 holes, while the field averaged 4.3 on the 12 par-5s.
- The field at the Barracuda Championship averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5s, but Spaun finished without one.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Spaun Odds to Win: +3300 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least eight dogs died of heat-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, police said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
Jennifer Webber, executive director of the Humane Society of Hobart, responded to the call at 7:40 p.m. and said the dogs displayed signs of heatstroke: Salivating heavily, wobbling, vomiting and convulsing.
“There were already several dogs dead on the scene, and multiple failing fast,” Webber said. “Their crates inside the truck were completely trashed on the inside and the little water bowls were the size you’d give a parrot. And they were empty and torn up as if the dogs were exasperated.”
In a statement posted online, the Lake Station Police Department described the incident as a “freak event.” Telephone and email messages seeking further comment were left with the police station Saturday.
“This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
But Webber said she encountered resistance when attempting to gather facts for the investigation she is authorized to conduct. The police officer in charge of the scene told her she could leave because the deaths were an accident that “the owner will take care of.”
The owner, who was driving the car, used abusive language, cursed at her and refused to produce health certificates, Webber said. Such paperwork is typically signed by veterinarians in each state involved and required to move dogs across borders for commerce. Webber said she doubted a veterinarian would have approved travel on Thursday, when heat indices exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
The extreme heat is a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
“He shouldn’t have been traveling at all. So No. 1: That is neglectful,” Webber said. Then, the police let the owner drive away — this time with the door to the cargo area open — with several dead dogs and others who should have been hospitalized in crates that were not secured in the cargo area, she continued.
The truck, crates and dogs are evidence she wanted to inspect.
Even more, five of the dogs were transported to veterinary hospitals — in ambulances used for people, not in the specialized humane society vans offered on site. Webber filed a notice of seizure of the dogs when they’re released. According to Lake Station ordinance, the humane society may confine any dog who is “ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care” or “reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected.”
But Webber claimed that Lake Station police blocked the order, directing the hospitals treating the animals to release them to the owner when they are well again. She said that in her five years working with Lake Station, that has never happened.
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How big a week has Hugh Freeze had on the recruiting trail?
Well, while the Auburn football coach was being thrown in the pool by recruits in celebration of Perry Thompson’s flip, Bruce Pearl showed some love on social media after the news break.
In fact, the Auburn basketball coach summed up the success with a two-word tweet: “It’s Freezing!”
On Saturday, the Thompson wide receiver switched from Alabama to Auburn.
Thompson, who had been committed to Alabama since June of 2022, flipped on Saturday. Malcolm Simmons, a four-star athlete out of Benjamin Russell in Alexander City, announced on Saturday as well.
Then, of course, on Wednesday, 5-star linebacker Demarcus Riddick committed on Wednesday.
Pearl has always been one to show support for other sports on the Plains. In June of 2022, he showed his support for the baseball team. Who could forget in 2021 when he went shirtless in the student section for a football game? Cam Newton was with him.
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – The Kokomo Jackrabbits staged a three-run rally over the eighth and ninth innings to take a 7-6 lead at Battle Creek, but the host Battle Jacks scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat Kokomo 8-7 in walk-off fashion Friday night.
Reliever Aidan Torpey threw 5.1 innings with just four hits and two runs (both unearned) but took the loss despite a great outing. He had no walks and struck out five. Torpey got the first two batters of the ninth out before allowing a single. The fourth batter reached on error, and the next batter singled to score two runs and finish the game.
Tyler Cate and Jack Anderson each went 2 for 5 to lead the Jackrabbit offense. Philip Sarota had a double and two RBI and Tyler Epstein had a hit and also drove in two runs.
The Jackrabbits host Rockford tonight at 7:05 p.m. and at 5:05 p.m. Sunday. | https://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/jackrabbits-fall-at-battle-creek/article_3e90d4b0-2db1-11ee-a6aa-ffab2291fc50.html | 2023-07-30T00:33:56 | 0 | https://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/jackrabbits-fall-at-battle-creek/article_3e90d4b0-2db1-11ee-a6aa-ffab2291fc50.html |
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Gaethje is seeking revenge in UFC 291, a rematch bout against Poirier for the right to tout the BMF Title. The two hard-hitting lightweights are set to touch gloves and trade blows at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday in a repeat of 2018′s Fight of the Year.
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Bet365 bonus code: Poirier vs. Gaethje preview, plus best Bet365 promotions
Dustin Poirier, UFC’s No.2-ranked lightweight, is set to face UFC’s No. 3-ranked lightweight Justin Gaethje in a highly anticipated rematch. While an official title is not up for grabs, the ceremonial BMF Title can be considered just as coveted among fighters, cementing their status as the Baddest Mother…
Poirier, one of mixed martial arts’ most complete fighters, is 4-1 since his bout with Gaethje in 2018. Dubbed ‘The Fight of the Year,’ it delivered in both violence and technicality – and ended with the fourth-round TKO of Gaethje. Poirier was 174/351 in significant strikes in their initial fight, displaying his devastating ability to deliver blows rapidly and in volume.
Gaethje is coming off a win over Rafael Fiziev, a three-round decision that saw him average a 60.2 significant strike percentage. While lauded as a wrestler, Gaethje prefers to lean on his powerful leg kicks and stand-up striking ability. He’s 24-4-0 all-time.
Heading into their UFC 291 rematch, Poirier sits as a -150 moneyline favorite to retain the BMF Title. Gaethje is listed at +125.
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