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What Does the Coinbase IPO Mean For Traders and Investors? | Coinbase went public last week, marking the debut of the first U.S.-listed digital currency exchange platform. Before its IPO, it was indicated at $380 and ultimately saw its first print at $381. Putting that into perspective, the original reference price for the cryptocurrency stock was $250. Compared to when the Bitcoin pandemonium swept the market in 2018, things are much different right now. While digital currencies have been around for quite some time, Bitcoin has always been seen as the "underdog" and a form of payment only used by illicit "business" owners. But the original ethos of crypto is based on getting rid of the middleman and making payment transactions quicker, and in many cases, more transparent thanks to blockchain technology. This year has certainly seen a lot of firsts other than the COIN IPO. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have also grown in popularity, leaving some investors scratching their heads. We're talking about original digital creations with current bids north of $1 million. But if you understand the digital ecosystem's premise, you'll start to understand what's driving love for digital art and trading cards. In my opinion, the only side you should choose is the one that can make you the most money. In this light, diversification is important right now. What's more, having a proper understanding of how trading works and how to actually become diversified is paramount. You've got to be able to make money in multiple asset classes. Certain sectors will be hot and cold at different times, and being able to capitalize is the ultimate goal. Staying diverse and sticking to a strategy is easier said than done, especially when there's so much hype surrounding both markets right now. Whether you're day trading stocks or looking to start investing in cryptocurrencies, staying diverse and developing a real strategy is more important than whatever the flavor of the day is in crypto or stocks. When Coinbase went public, it didn't necessarily change the digital broker's status among crypto traders. We've seen a lot happen over the last four years, with the cryptocurrency industry going through plenty of volatile times. We've seen the crypto crash, dark web marketplaces getting shut down and plenty of scammy bitcoin mining companies closing up shop, leaving millions in lost funds in its wake. But now, the Coinbase IPO could mark a tipping point for cryptocurrency and bring that stamp of approval so many early investors have wanted. The next wave for digital everything Things like cryptocurrency penny stocks remain a hot topic among retail traders. If you look at some of the lesser-known names from last year, their share prices have skyrocketed. Companies like Marathon Patent Group and even Grayscale Bitcoin Trust traded around or below the $5 mark. While there are still plenty of high-flying names that will surely come to light in the stock market, Coinbase has done something that not many other IPOs have done. It has bridged the gap between currency traders and traditional stock traders, and where there's money to be made, people will find a way to capitalize. Related: Cryptocurrencies Will Have Their 'Amazon Moment' After Coinbase Debuts on the Stock Market, Analyst Projects The beginning of the beginning Now, the world of crypto is being put front and center, with some of the biggest money managers in the world watching. As they wait in the wings and monitor the first iteration of the "digitization coming of age," other early adopters are still expecting plenty more evolution ahead, thanks to this latest IPO. This platform remains in its infancy as many new applications are being discovered, developed and implemented. The application in things like NFTs, for example, has become just one of these new ways a DeFi solution has been utilized. Right now, the Coinbase IPO has shaken up both sides of this "coin," and it will surely be something to watch for as it relates to further disruption in the world of investing as time goes on. Related: Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) IPO: 3 Things for Investors to Know | Coinbase went public last week, marking the debut of the first U.S.-listed digital currency exchange platform. Staying diverse and sticking to a strategy is easier said than done, especially when there's so much hype surrounding both markets. | bart | 1 | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/does-coinbase-ipo-mean-traders-210000738.html | 0.132585 |
What Does the Coinbase IPO Mean For Traders and Investors? | Coinbase went public last week, marking the debut of the first U.S.-listed digital currency exchange platform. Before its IPO, it was indicated at $380 and ultimately saw its first print at $381. Putting that into perspective, the original reference price for the cryptocurrency stock was $250. Compared to when the Bitcoin pandemonium swept the market in 2018, things are much different right now. While digital currencies have been around for quite some time, Bitcoin has always been seen as the "underdog" and a form of payment only used by illicit "business" owners. But the original ethos of crypto is based on getting rid of the middleman and making payment transactions quicker, and in many cases, more transparent thanks to blockchain technology. This year has certainly seen a lot of firsts other than the COIN IPO. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have also grown in popularity, leaving some investors scratching their heads. We're talking about original digital creations with current bids north of $1 million. But if you understand the digital ecosystem's premise, you'll start to understand what's driving love for digital art and trading cards. In my opinion, the only side you should choose is the one that can make you the most money. In this light, diversification is important right now. What's more, having a proper understanding of how trading works and how to actually become diversified is paramount. You've got to be able to make money in multiple asset classes. Certain sectors will be hot and cold at different times, and being able to capitalize is the ultimate goal. Staying diverse and sticking to a strategy is easier said than done, especially when there's so much hype surrounding both markets right now. Whether you're day trading stocks or looking to start investing in cryptocurrencies, staying diverse and developing a real strategy is more important than whatever the flavor of the day is in crypto or stocks. When Coinbase went public, it didn't necessarily change the digital broker's status among crypto traders. We've seen a lot happen over the last four years, with the cryptocurrency industry going through plenty of volatile times. We've seen the crypto crash, dark web marketplaces getting shut down and plenty of scammy bitcoin mining companies closing up shop, leaving millions in lost funds in its wake. But now, the Coinbase IPO could mark a tipping point for cryptocurrency and bring that stamp of approval so many early investors have wanted. The next wave for digital everything Things like cryptocurrency penny stocks remain a hot topic among retail traders. If you look at some of the lesser-known names from last year, their share prices have skyrocketed. Companies like Marathon Patent Group and even Grayscale Bitcoin Trust traded around or below the $5 mark. While there are still plenty of high-flying names that will surely come to light in the stock market, Coinbase has done something that not many other IPOs have done. It has bridged the gap between currency traders and traditional stock traders, and where there's money to be made, people will find a way to capitalize. Related: Cryptocurrencies Will Have Their 'Amazon Moment' After Coinbase Debuts on the Stock Market, Analyst Projects The beginning of the beginning Now, the world of crypto is being put front and center, with some of the biggest money managers in the world watching. As they wait in the wings and monitor the first iteration of the "digitization coming of age," other early adopters are still expecting plenty more evolution ahead, thanks to this latest IPO. This platform remains in its infancy as many new applications are being discovered, developed and implemented. The application in things like NFTs, for example, has become just one of these new ways a DeFi solution has been utilized. Right now, the Coinbase IPO has shaken up both sides of this "coin," and it will surely be something to watch for as it relates to further disruption in the world of investing as time goes on. Related: Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) IPO: 3 Things for Investors to Know | Coinbase went public last week, marking the debut of the first U.S.-listed digital currency exchange platform. Before its IPO, it was indicated at $380 and ultimately saw its first print at $381. Staying diverse and sticking to a strategy is easier said than done, especially when there's so much hype surrounding both markets. | bart | 2 | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/does-coinbase-ipo-mean-traders-210000738.html | 0.138707 |
What does new Hornets lineup tell us about Borregos direction to finish out season? | Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego is going back to small-ball with his starting lineup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and also putting more experience on the floor. Borrego said his starters Friday would be P.J. Washington at center, Miles Bridges at power forward, Cody Martin at small forward and Terry Rozier and Devonte Graham at the guard spots. That means rookie Vernon Carey is out as starting center and Jalen McDaniels goes to the second unit at small forward. The Hornets have lost six of their last seven games entering this match-up with the Cavs. With LaMelo Ball, Gordon Hayward and Malik Monk still out with injuries, the Hornets have plummeted offensively. They are last in the NBA in scoring over the past 14 games (a 102.6 points-per-game average) and are 28th among 30 teams in field-goal percentage (44.1%) in that same span. Going small, with the 6-foot-7 Washington starting at center, helps offensively. Also, starting Martin puts the Hornets best perimeter defender in the starting unit. The Hornets have dropped in the Eastern Conference standings from fourth to eighth over the past two weeks, and are no longer a cinch to at least qualify for the play-in tournament, for the 7th- through 10th-best records in each conference. Borrego said in this situation -- with 14 games left in a playoff race -- he will lean toward experience over development. There are guys who have been here before, who have tasted this moment. Im probably going to move in that direction right now, Borrego said. Borrego started using a smaller front-court -- with Washington at center and Bridges as a starter -- more extensively before Washington missed two games with an ankle sprain. Initially after the injury, Washington played off the bench, but was getting starters minutes, mostly at center. This new starting lineup could be the norm at least until Ball and Monk recover. Hayward figures to be the last of the three to return. Playing two 6-7 players at center and power forward is problematic in some match-ups, but Borrego is leaning to that as generally his best option for now. Story continues It gives us our best chance to score. and bringing Cody Martin (into the starters) helps us defensively, Borrego said. Weve seen success with the small lineup...Now, I need to go back to this group and see what we have here. Updating LaMelo Balls recovery Balls cast was removed Tuesday, and a CT scan showed his fractured right wrist has healed. The last step is Ball regaining sufficient flexibility in his hand, after a month of inactivity, to be ruled ready to play. From Day 1 to where hes at today, hes made a significant jump, Borrego said. We still need to figure that out over the next week or so, where hes at. But Im seeing progress. There are no setbacks. Vernon Careys role this season Rookie Carey had a spectacular debut as an NBA starter, scoring 21 points against the Brooklyn Nets April 16. He started the following three games, but totaled only 25 minutes in those games -- all losses. Carey had some foul issues, as the Hornets figure out how to use him best defensively. Borrego said he doesnt plan to bury Carey on the bench, but it also sounds like Borrego will lean toward the experience of Cody Zeller and Bismack Biyombo for reserve center minutes. It doesnt mean Vern is out of the rotation, but Ill take a look at the bigs who have been here, Borrego said. Borrego said hes asked players with minimal NBA experience to play bigger roles lately than they were probably ready to handle. Were asking guys who were out of the rotation to go make plays for us. And make shots for us. And not just for one quarter, for 48 minutes. Borrego said. Weve got guys that were not in the rotation at all playing significant minutes, asking them to make plays over and over again. | Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego is going back to small-ball with his starting lineup against the Cleveland Cavaliers. | pegasus | 0 | https://sports.yahoo.com/charlotte-hornets-starting-lineup-tips-232910126.html?src=rss | 0.16517 |
What does new Hornets lineup tell us about Borregos direction to finish out season? | Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego is going back to small-ball with his starting lineup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and also putting more experience on the floor. Borrego said his starters Friday would be P.J. Washington at center, Miles Bridges at power forward, Cody Martin at small forward and Terry Rozier and Devonte Graham at the guard spots. That means rookie Vernon Carey is out as starting center and Jalen McDaniels goes to the second unit at small forward. The Hornets have lost six of their last seven games entering this match-up with the Cavs. With LaMelo Ball, Gordon Hayward and Malik Monk still out with injuries, the Hornets have plummeted offensively. They are last in the NBA in scoring over the past 14 games (a 102.6 points-per-game average) and are 28th among 30 teams in field-goal percentage (44.1%) in that same span. Going small, with the 6-foot-7 Washington starting at center, helps offensively. Also, starting Martin puts the Hornets best perimeter defender in the starting unit. The Hornets have dropped in the Eastern Conference standings from fourth to eighth over the past two weeks, and are no longer a cinch to at least qualify for the play-in tournament, for the 7th- through 10th-best records in each conference. Borrego said in this situation -- with 14 games left in a playoff race -- he will lean toward experience over development. There are guys who have been here before, who have tasted this moment. Im probably going to move in that direction right now, Borrego said. Borrego started using a smaller front-court -- with Washington at center and Bridges as a starter -- more extensively before Washington missed two games with an ankle sprain. Initially after the injury, Washington played off the bench, but was getting starters minutes, mostly at center. This new starting lineup could be the norm at least until Ball and Monk recover. Hayward figures to be the last of the three to return. Playing two 6-7 players at center and power forward is problematic in some match-ups, but Borrego is leaning to that as generally his best option for now. Story continues It gives us our best chance to score. and bringing Cody Martin (into the starters) helps us defensively, Borrego said. Weve seen success with the small lineup...Now, I need to go back to this group and see what we have here. Updating LaMelo Balls recovery Balls cast was removed Tuesday, and a CT scan showed his fractured right wrist has healed. The last step is Ball regaining sufficient flexibility in his hand, after a month of inactivity, to be ruled ready to play. From Day 1 to where hes at today, hes made a significant jump, Borrego said. We still need to figure that out over the next week or so, where hes at. But Im seeing progress. There are no setbacks. Vernon Careys role this season Rookie Carey had a spectacular debut as an NBA starter, scoring 21 points against the Brooklyn Nets April 16. He started the following three games, but totaled only 25 minutes in those games -- all losses. Carey had some foul issues, as the Hornets figure out how to use him best defensively. Borrego said he doesnt plan to bury Carey on the bench, but it also sounds like Borrego will lean toward the experience of Cody Zeller and Bismack Biyombo for reserve center minutes. It doesnt mean Vern is out of the rotation, but Ill take a look at the bigs who have been here, Borrego said. Borrego said hes asked players with minimal NBA experience to play bigger roles lately than they were probably ready to handle. Were asking guys who were out of the rotation to go make plays for us. And make shots for us. And not just for one quarter, for 48 minutes. Borrego said. Weve got guys that were not in the rotation at all playing significant minutes, asking them to make plays over and over again. | Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego is going back to small-ball with his starting lineup. P.J. Washington will start at center, Miles Bridges at power forward, Cody Martin at small forward. | bart | 1 | https://sports.yahoo.com/charlotte-hornets-starting-lineup-tips-232910126.html?src=rss | 0.411748 |
What does new Hornets lineup tell us about Borregos direction to finish out season? | Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego is going back to small-ball with his starting lineup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and also putting more experience on the floor. Borrego said his starters Friday would be P.J. Washington at center, Miles Bridges at power forward, Cody Martin at small forward and Terry Rozier and Devonte Graham at the guard spots. That means rookie Vernon Carey is out as starting center and Jalen McDaniels goes to the second unit at small forward. The Hornets have lost six of their last seven games entering this match-up with the Cavs. With LaMelo Ball, Gordon Hayward and Malik Monk still out with injuries, the Hornets have plummeted offensively. They are last in the NBA in scoring over the past 14 games (a 102.6 points-per-game average) and are 28th among 30 teams in field-goal percentage (44.1%) in that same span. Going small, with the 6-foot-7 Washington starting at center, helps offensively. Also, starting Martin puts the Hornets best perimeter defender in the starting unit. The Hornets have dropped in the Eastern Conference standings from fourth to eighth over the past two weeks, and are no longer a cinch to at least qualify for the play-in tournament, for the 7th- through 10th-best records in each conference. Borrego said in this situation -- with 14 games left in a playoff race -- he will lean toward experience over development. There are guys who have been here before, who have tasted this moment. Im probably going to move in that direction right now, Borrego said. Borrego started using a smaller front-court -- with Washington at center and Bridges as a starter -- more extensively before Washington missed two games with an ankle sprain. Initially after the injury, Washington played off the bench, but was getting starters minutes, mostly at center. This new starting lineup could be the norm at least until Ball and Monk recover. Hayward figures to be the last of the three to return. Playing two 6-7 players at center and power forward is problematic in some match-ups, but Borrego is leaning to that as generally his best option for now. Story continues It gives us our best chance to score. and bringing Cody Martin (into the starters) helps us defensively, Borrego said. Weve seen success with the small lineup...Now, I need to go back to this group and see what we have here. Updating LaMelo Balls recovery Balls cast was removed Tuesday, and a CT scan showed his fractured right wrist has healed. The last step is Ball regaining sufficient flexibility in his hand, after a month of inactivity, to be ruled ready to play. From Day 1 to where hes at today, hes made a significant jump, Borrego said. We still need to figure that out over the next week or so, where hes at. But Im seeing progress. There are no setbacks. Vernon Careys role this season Rookie Carey had a spectacular debut as an NBA starter, scoring 21 points against the Brooklyn Nets April 16. He started the following three games, but totaled only 25 minutes in those games -- all losses. Carey had some foul issues, as the Hornets figure out how to use him best defensively. Borrego said he doesnt plan to bury Carey on the bench, but it also sounds like Borrego will lean toward the experience of Cody Zeller and Bismack Biyombo for reserve center minutes. It doesnt mean Vern is out of the rotation, but Ill take a look at the bigs who have been here, Borrego said. Borrego said hes asked players with minimal NBA experience to play bigger roles lately than they were probably ready to handle. Were asking guys who were out of the rotation to go make plays for us. And make shots for us. And not just for one quarter, for 48 minutes. Borrego said. Weve got guys that were not in the rotation at all playing significant minutes, asking them to make plays over and over again. | Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego is going back to small-ball with his starting lineup. P.J. Washington will start at center, Miles Bridges at power forward, Cody Martin at small forward. That means rookie Vernon Carey is out as starting center and Jalen McDaniels goes to the second unit. | bart | 2 | https://sports.yahoo.com/charlotte-hornets-starting-lineup-tips-232910126.html?src=rss | 0.580623 |
Can the NDP attract young voters in next election with #eattherich? | How much of the social media content is posted by Singh and how much is by his team depends on the platform Photo by Courtesy NDP Article content The federal NDP are heading into the next election betting their strategy to target the ultra-rich will resonate with younger voters. But whether Millennial and Gen Zs online posts to abolish billionaires will translate into votes remains to be seen. A part of that game plan to target youth rests on social media and leader Jagmeet Singh himself, whose embrace of TikTok grabbed attention in the last election campaign, and who has been using the video platform and its memes since to promote his partys ideas. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Back to video Singh said in an interview the NDP is working on building a big team around social media. People want to be reached out to and spoken to where they are, and young people are on social media, and they are frustrated with the injustice going on, he said. Singh said he took it as a personal initiative to double down on social media as a way to reach voters. The effort extends to other platforms popular with younger Canadians. In November, he streamed a game of Among Us with U.S. congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitch. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content How much of the social media content is posted by Singh and how much is by his team depends on the platform. Singh said he is behind most of his TikTok videos, since its a platform I really understand. Its also a platform where hashtags like #eattherich and #abolishbillionaires proliferate, and those posters and viewers would seem to be receptive to the NDPs policies. No, it's out to crush the NDP and shame Conservatives John Ivison: Preposterous NDP policy resolutions suggest the inmates are taking over At its policy convention two weeks ago, the party voted in favour of a marginal tax rate of 80 per cent for personal incomes over $1 million, a one per cent tax on fortunes over $20 million, and a tax on pandemic and disaster excess profit. Singhs line of attack on the Liberals has been to paint the party as being in bed with billionaires, in contrast to the NDP, which would make the ultra-rich pay their fair share. To what extent hashtags translate into political support isnt exactly quantifiable, but that kind of messaging is more likely to resonate with younger voters, pollsters say. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content I wish we had specific data saying X per cent of young Canadians say eat the rich, said Angus Reid Institute president Shachi Kurl. There is a trend where younger people are definitely though not exclusively of the view that either increasing taxes on high-income earners, like $250K-plus, or on corporations or on businesses, is the way to pay for things, she said. These types of eat-the-rich statements have always been popular with youth, noted Christian Bourque, executive vice-president at Leger. But what is new is that younger Canadians are more concerned about fairness, he said. I believe that the way people frame this issue of the ultra-rich needs to be about some form of fairness, he said, giving the example of the governments recent Air Canada bailout that caps compensation for executives. Singh said the notion of making the ultra-wealthy pay resonates among all voters, but youth are more open to it because theyre facing a more difficult reality than their parents did. These types of eat-the-rich statements have always been popular with youth They are the first generation ever that has less opportunities than the previous generation, he said. They saw their parents be able to buy homes and have jobs that supported families and now young people dont have that same opportunity, given how much housing costs have increased in proportion to income, he said. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content There is very clearly an extra burden on young people, that theyre feeling that the system is really rigged. Theyre feeling even more frustrated, so young people are certainly even more open to this message, because theyre feeling the impact in their lives right now, that this rigged system means that they cant find a good job that will help them earn a good living, start a family, find a place to live. Singh noted Millenials and younger voters make up a large portion of the electorate and said they could make history in the next election. I see the frustration that theyre feeling. I see how engaged they are politically, how engaged they are on social media platforms, and how engaged they have been in organizing big protests in real life, he said. The COVID-19 pandemic has also played a role, Kurl said. She noted it has stressed younger Canadians in a way that it hasnt necessarily stressed older Canadians. One of the reasons the NDP plans to double its campaign spending in the next election is Singhs polling numbers. Mainstreet Research president Quito Maggi said Singhs performance in the last election, in which he came across as authentic and likeable, is the reason the party didnt get nearly wiped out. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Of course, things could shift. The Liberal government outlined more than $100 billion in new spending in this weeks federal budget, which extends pandemic supports and includes a promise to implement $10-a-day child care. I see how engaged they are politically, how engaged they are on social media platforms A post-budget Leger poll also found voter intention for the Liberals and Conservatives remained the same, while the NDPs inched up from 18 to 19 per cent. But Maggi noted, the budget would appear to address most of those economic anxieties that could increase support for those NDP policies. The next election will also come at a time when younger voters may be less enamoured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Young people havent completely abandoned Justin Trudeau but, hes not the bright young thing that he was six years ago, Kurl said. Jagmeet Singh does have appeal among young voters. Bourque said there are opportunities for the NDP to target that demographic, given that the Conservatives are in trouble with younger voters in Canada, and Trudeau no longer has that newness and freshness element he did in 2015. But while there is an opening for the NDP, that spot could also get taken up by the Green Party, he warned. Share this article in your social network Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Shopping essentials Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Posted Newsletter Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. Email Address There was an error, please provide a valid email address. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. 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Can the NDP attract young voters in next election with #eattherich? | How much of the social media content is posted by Singh and how much is by his team depends on the platform Photo by Courtesy NDP Article content The federal NDP are heading into the next election betting their strategy to target the ultra-rich will resonate with younger voters. But whether Millennial and Gen Zs online posts to abolish billionaires will translate into votes remains to be seen. A part of that game plan to target youth rests on social media and leader Jagmeet Singh himself, whose embrace of TikTok grabbed attention in the last election campaign, and who has been using the video platform and its memes since to promote his partys ideas. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Back to video Singh said in an interview the NDP is working on building a big team around social media. People want to be reached out to and spoken to where they are, and young people are on social media, and they are frustrated with the injustice going on, he said. Singh said he took it as a personal initiative to double down on social media as a way to reach voters. The effort extends to other platforms popular with younger Canadians. In November, he streamed a game of Among Us with U.S. congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitch. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content How much of the social media content is posted by Singh and how much is by his team depends on the platform. Singh said he is behind most of his TikTok videos, since its a platform I really understand. Its also a platform where hashtags like #eattherich and #abolishbillionaires proliferate, and those posters and viewers would seem to be receptive to the NDPs policies. No, it's out to crush the NDP and shame Conservatives John Ivison: Preposterous NDP policy resolutions suggest the inmates are taking over At its policy convention two weeks ago, the party voted in favour of a marginal tax rate of 80 per cent for personal incomes over $1 million, a one per cent tax on fortunes over $20 million, and a tax on pandemic and disaster excess profit. Singhs line of attack on the Liberals has been to paint the party as being in bed with billionaires, in contrast to the NDP, which would make the ultra-rich pay their fair share. To what extent hashtags translate into political support isnt exactly quantifiable, but that kind of messaging is more likely to resonate with younger voters, pollsters say. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content I wish we had specific data saying X per cent of young Canadians say eat the rich, said Angus Reid Institute president Shachi Kurl. There is a trend where younger people are definitely though not exclusively of the view that either increasing taxes on high-income earners, like $250K-plus, or on corporations or on businesses, is the way to pay for things, she said. These types of eat-the-rich statements have always been popular with youth, noted Christian Bourque, executive vice-president at Leger. But what is new is that younger Canadians are more concerned about fairness, he said. I believe that the way people frame this issue of the ultra-rich needs to be about some form of fairness, he said, giving the example of the governments recent Air Canada bailout that caps compensation for executives. Singh said the notion of making the ultra-wealthy pay resonates among all voters, but youth are more open to it because theyre facing a more difficult reality than their parents did. These types of eat-the-rich statements have always been popular with youth They are the first generation ever that has less opportunities than the previous generation, he said. They saw their parents be able to buy homes and have jobs that supported families and now young people dont have that same opportunity, given how much housing costs have increased in proportion to income, he said. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content There is very clearly an extra burden on young people, that theyre feeling that the system is really rigged. Theyre feeling even more frustrated, so young people are certainly even more open to this message, because theyre feeling the impact in their lives right now, that this rigged system means that they cant find a good job that will help them earn a good living, start a family, find a place to live. Singh noted Millenials and younger voters make up a large portion of the electorate and said they could make history in the next election. I see the frustration that theyre feeling. I see how engaged they are politically, how engaged they are on social media platforms, and how engaged they have been in organizing big protests in real life, he said. The COVID-19 pandemic has also played a role, Kurl said. She noted it has stressed younger Canadians in a way that it hasnt necessarily stressed older Canadians. One of the reasons the NDP plans to double its campaign spending in the next election is Singhs polling numbers. Mainstreet Research president Quito Maggi said Singhs performance in the last election, in which he came across as authentic and likeable, is the reason the party didnt get nearly wiped out. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Of course, things could shift. The Liberal government outlined more than $100 billion in new spending in this weeks federal budget, which extends pandemic supports and includes a promise to implement $10-a-day child care. I see how engaged they are politically, how engaged they are on social media platforms A post-budget Leger poll also found voter intention for the Liberals and Conservatives remained the same, while the NDPs inched up from 18 to 19 per cent. But Maggi noted, the budget would appear to address most of those economic anxieties that could increase support for those NDP policies. The next election will also come at a time when younger voters may be less enamoured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Young people havent completely abandoned Justin Trudeau but, hes not the bright young thing that he was six years ago, Kurl said. Jagmeet Singh does have appeal among young voters. Bourque said there are opportunities for the NDP to target that demographic, given that the Conservatives are in trouble with younger voters in Canada, and Trudeau no longer has that newness and freshness element he did in 2015. But while there is an opening for the NDP, that spot could also get taken up by the Green Party, he warned. Share this article in your social network Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Shopping essentials Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Posted Newsletter Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. Email Address There was an error, please provide a valid email address. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. 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Why is Chinese leader Xi Jinping so afraid of Hong Kong and Jimmy Lai? | On April 16, 2021 a Hong Kong judge placed more nails in the coffin of freedom in Hong Kong. Nine pro-democracy leaders, including Martin Lee, Jimmy Lai, Albert Ho and Margaret Ng, were sentenced to prison for peacefully demonstrating in August 2019. They had been participating in protests that had ballooned to unprecedented proportions over the Hong Kong governments attempt to impose an extradition law, which would have enabled the transfer of Hong Kong citizens and foreign nationals to courts in mainland China. In October, Hong Kongs chief executive, Carrie Lam, withdrew the legislation. But she made no attempt to close the gap with the millions of people, especially the youth, who had protested the injection of mainland Chinese legal authority into Hong Kongs prized rule of law. Instead, the government undertook to punish those who had peacefully demonstrated. Since then, the fabric of Hong Kongs one country/two systems framework has been shredded. In its 1984 Joint Declaration with the United Kingdom on the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, Beijing committed to a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong and to the preservation of Hong Kongs capitalist system and distinct way of life for 50 years until 2047. Silencing the pro-democracy old guard Early in 2020 the Chinese Communist Party apparently concluded the Hong Kong authorities were incapable of controlling the restive Hong Kong populace. General Secretary Xi Jinping rolled the historical dice, effectively taking control of Hong Kong through imposition of a National Security Law, the broad reach and vague terms of which subject anyone in Hong Kong, Chinese or foreign, to potential charges of threatening Chinese national security based on the dictates of special security authorities and courts. The law gives the Communist Party the writ to replace the rule of law the foundation of Hong Kongs way of life and status as an international finance center with Beijings political rule. The Communist Party is now dismantling the Hong Kong political system to make it loyal to China, gutting the prospects for democratic influence in political life, and scouring education to ensure it is patriotic. Story continues A pro-democracy supporter shouts at riot police during an anti-national security law rally in Mongkok district on June 12, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Protesters heeded online calls to gather as the city marks the one-year anniversary of the major clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators over the controversial extradition bill. The April 16 sentences are designed to silence the pro-democracy old guard, in parallel with the persecution and intimidation of younger generations of democratic leaders like Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow (imprisoned), and Dennis Kwok and Nathan Law (in exile) and their fellow protesters. But there is a special place in Beijings pantheon of enemies of the people for Lai, the wealthy publisher and champion of freedom and democracy in Hong Kong. Despite his age (73), Lai was sentenced to serve more than a year in jail. He is also being charged with multiple civil-disobedience and other bogus offenses. Much more ominously, he faces years and possibly the rest of his life in prison as the first high-profile figure arrested and charged under the National Security Law. In August 2020 hundreds of police swept into his offices, shackling and parading him as if he were a violent terrorist. Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S.: Ukraine crisis may be Putin's test for the Biden administration When the judge at his first bail hearing granted bail under the most stringent of controls, Chinese state media labeled Lai a traitor and pronounced his guilt. Hong Kong prosecutors immediately appealed, arguing that Lai was too dangerous to be free under any circumstances. A second judge helpfully rectified the previous judge's mistake and remanded him to custody, where he will remain until trial on the national security charges (two more of which were also levied on April 16). It now seems that his trial on the new charges may be put off until, oddly enough, well after the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. Turning the page of history Ironically enough, on April 15 Lai was honored by the Freedom Forum in Washington. Many in Hong Kong merit such recognition of their own commitment. The Freedom Forum is dedicated to the foundational freedoms guaranteed in U.S. Constitution: freedom of the press, speech, religion, peaceful assembly and the right to petition the government. Hong Kong, the pro-democracy movement and Jimmy Lai instill fear in General Secretary Xi and the Communist Party because they represent this vision of freedom. These are rights for which Americans continue to fight every day. Under one country/two systems, they were recognized until recently as key elements of Hong Kong's distinct "way of life." Intimately linked to this value-driven vision of society is the notion that these freedoms, to speak and demand and object, are the means by which citizens hold their government accountable. But the guiding principle, as Margaret Ng eloquently reminded on April 16, must be that the law must serve the people, not the people the law. Otherwise, it is the people who are accountable to the government. That challenge is the crux of Beijings fixation with Hong Kong. That competition of values will dominate the relationship between China and much of the rest of the world in the 21st century. Jimmy Lai and the other prisoners of conscience already in Hong Kong jails, and those being repressed and intimidated and weeded out as unpatriotic, represent that battle over freedom and accountability. Xi is a strongman acting from insecurity, fearful of accountability, mired in a dynamic where repression begets further repression. Biden on China and Russia: Joe Biden is right to be blunt with Russia and China, but wrong on what to do next China, facing daunting economic, environmental and demographic issues, needs international cooperation. Its repression of Hong Kong, abrogating its 1984 commitments, is already among the leading obstacles to the international engagement China needs, and currently believes it can have on its own terms. But the page of history is turning. Beijings behavior is rapidly becoming an obstacle to China taking the place Xi envisions for it on the world stage. Only a decade ago, Hong Kong proudly touted itself as Asias World City. Today, it is taking political prisoners, generating exiles and being drained of its reputation for political and economic freedom. A truly international city and center of finance cant crush the rule of law, and it cant hold political prisoners. James B. Cunningham is board chair of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong and former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Israel, the UN and ConsuI General in Hong Kong. You can read diverse opinions from our Board of Contributors and other writers on the Opinion front page, on Twitter @usatodayopinion and in our daily Opinion newsletter. To respond to a column, submit a comment to letters@usatoday.com. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong democratic protesters, and Beijing's oppression | Chinese leader Xi Jinping is afraid of Hong Kong and Jimmy Lai, says Andrew Hammond. Hammond: Lai is a special place in Beijings pantheon of enemies of the people. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://news.yahoo.com/why-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-080011473.html | 0.193361 |
Why is Chinese leader Xi Jinping so afraid of Hong Kong and Jimmy Lai? | On April 16, 2021 a Hong Kong judge placed more nails in the coffin of freedom in Hong Kong. Nine pro-democracy leaders, including Martin Lee, Jimmy Lai, Albert Ho and Margaret Ng, were sentenced to prison for peacefully demonstrating in August 2019. They had been participating in protests that had ballooned to unprecedented proportions over the Hong Kong governments attempt to impose an extradition law, which would have enabled the transfer of Hong Kong citizens and foreign nationals to courts in mainland China. In October, Hong Kongs chief executive, Carrie Lam, withdrew the legislation. But she made no attempt to close the gap with the millions of people, especially the youth, who had protested the injection of mainland Chinese legal authority into Hong Kongs prized rule of law. Instead, the government undertook to punish those who had peacefully demonstrated. Since then, the fabric of Hong Kongs one country/two systems framework has been shredded. In its 1984 Joint Declaration with the United Kingdom on the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, Beijing committed to a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong and to the preservation of Hong Kongs capitalist system and distinct way of life for 50 years until 2047. Silencing the pro-democracy old guard Early in 2020 the Chinese Communist Party apparently concluded the Hong Kong authorities were incapable of controlling the restive Hong Kong populace. General Secretary Xi Jinping rolled the historical dice, effectively taking control of Hong Kong through imposition of a National Security Law, the broad reach and vague terms of which subject anyone in Hong Kong, Chinese or foreign, to potential charges of threatening Chinese national security based on the dictates of special security authorities and courts. The law gives the Communist Party the writ to replace the rule of law the foundation of Hong Kongs way of life and status as an international finance center with Beijings political rule. The Communist Party is now dismantling the Hong Kong political system to make it loyal to China, gutting the prospects for democratic influence in political life, and scouring education to ensure it is patriotic. Story continues A pro-democracy supporter shouts at riot police during an anti-national security law rally in Mongkok district on June 12, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Protesters heeded online calls to gather as the city marks the one-year anniversary of the major clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators over the controversial extradition bill. The April 16 sentences are designed to silence the pro-democracy old guard, in parallel with the persecution and intimidation of younger generations of democratic leaders like Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow (imprisoned), and Dennis Kwok and Nathan Law (in exile) and their fellow protesters. But there is a special place in Beijings pantheon of enemies of the people for Lai, the wealthy publisher and champion of freedom and democracy in Hong Kong. Despite his age (73), Lai was sentenced to serve more than a year in jail. He is also being charged with multiple civil-disobedience and other bogus offenses. Much more ominously, he faces years and possibly the rest of his life in prison as the first high-profile figure arrested and charged under the National Security Law. In August 2020 hundreds of police swept into his offices, shackling and parading him as if he were a violent terrorist. Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S.: Ukraine crisis may be Putin's test for the Biden administration When the judge at his first bail hearing granted bail under the most stringent of controls, Chinese state media labeled Lai a traitor and pronounced his guilt. Hong Kong prosecutors immediately appealed, arguing that Lai was too dangerous to be free under any circumstances. A second judge helpfully rectified the previous judge's mistake and remanded him to custody, where he will remain until trial on the national security charges (two more of which were also levied on April 16). It now seems that his trial on the new charges may be put off until, oddly enough, well after the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. Turning the page of history Ironically enough, on April 15 Lai was honored by the Freedom Forum in Washington. Many in Hong Kong merit such recognition of their own commitment. The Freedom Forum is dedicated to the foundational freedoms guaranteed in U.S. Constitution: freedom of the press, speech, religion, peaceful assembly and the right to petition the government. Hong Kong, the pro-democracy movement and Jimmy Lai instill fear in General Secretary Xi and the Communist Party because they represent this vision of freedom. These are rights for which Americans continue to fight every day. Under one country/two systems, they were recognized until recently as key elements of Hong Kong's distinct "way of life." Intimately linked to this value-driven vision of society is the notion that these freedoms, to speak and demand and object, are the means by which citizens hold their government accountable. But the guiding principle, as Margaret Ng eloquently reminded on April 16, must be that the law must serve the people, not the people the law. Otherwise, it is the people who are accountable to the government. That challenge is the crux of Beijings fixation with Hong Kong. That competition of values will dominate the relationship between China and much of the rest of the world in the 21st century. Jimmy Lai and the other prisoners of conscience already in Hong Kong jails, and those being repressed and intimidated and weeded out as unpatriotic, represent that battle over freedom and accountability. Xi is a strongman acting from insecurity, fearful of accountability, mired in a dynamic where repression begets further repression. Biden on China and Russia: Joe Biden is right to be blunt with Russia and China, but wrong on what to do next China, facing daunting economic, environmental and demographic issues, needs international cooperation. Its repression of Hong Kong, abrogating its 1984 commitments, is already among the leading obstacles to the international engagement China needs, and currently believes it can have on its own terms. But the page of history is turning. Beijings behavior is rapidly becoming an obstacle to China taking the place Xi envisions for it on the world stage. Only a decade ago, Hong Kong proudly touted itself as Asias World City. Today, it is taking political prisoners, generating exiles and being drained of its reputation for political and economic freedom. A truly international city and center of finance cant crush the rule of law, and it cant hold political prisoners. James B. Cunningham is board chair of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong and former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Israel, the UN and ConsuI General in Hong Kong. You can read diverse opinions from our Board of Contributors and other writers on the Opinion front page, on Twitter @usatodayopinion and in our daily Opinion newsletter. To respond to a column, submit a comment to letters@usatoday.com. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong democratic protesters, and Beijing's oppression | Chinese leader Xi Jinping is afraid of Hong Kong and Jimmy Lai, says Andrew Hammond. Hammond: Lai is a special place in Beijings pantheon of enemies of the people. He says Lai faces years and possibly the rest of his life in prison. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://news.yahoo.com/why-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-080011473.html | 0.323033 |
Is Micah Parsons the Most Versatile Player in the NFL Draft? | At Penn State's Pro Day, Micah Parsons was asked to make the case that he's a top-10 pick. The former Penn State linebacker did the question one better. "I just feel like Im the most versatile player in this class," Parsons said. "I can play middle linebacker, I can play outside, and I can pass-rush. I dont think theres a place I cant play in the linebacker spot or whether it's defensive end on the field. Im going to utilize my skill and Im gonna just make plays happen as I did at Penn State and show these guys why Penn State breeds the way we do. We always do this. We show up in big-time plays and big-time moments. We're trained for this." Parsons is poised to be Penn State's highest defensive draft pick since defensive end Aaron Maybin was selected 11th overall in 2009. And he will be the Lions' highest-drafted linebacker since LaVar Arrington went second overall in 2000. Penn State has had 60 linebackers drafted in the modern era but none in the first round since Arrington. Draft experts might agree with Parsons' assessment. NFL Draft Bible ranks Parsons as the fifth-best overall talent in the draft, behind Trevor Lawrence, Kyle Pitts, Penei Sewel and JaMarr Chase. He is the site's top-ranked defensive player. "Parsons is a generational type of talent who could arguably play any position, but he forecasts as a true [middle] linebacker, given his comfort level breaking down the huddle, making the calls on the field and leading his men into battle," NFL Draft Bible said in its evaluation. "... It's hard to fathom that Penn State, which used to be known as Linebacker U, has failed to produce a linebacker chosen in the first round since 2000. But Parsons is destined to end the drought. Theres not much this kid cant do." Jim Mora, the former NFL head coach and current analyst, suggested that Parsons has years of All-Pro potential ahead of him. "Whoever gets him is going to figure out a way to use all the great things that he can do," Mora said. "And I think he's poised to make a great jump. There are guys like that who are just rare. If you turned on the film and didn't know who he was, by the third series, you'd know who he was, because he just jumps off the film." Parsons said he will continue doing that in the NFL, despite not playing last season. "My versatilitys going to come in handy," he said. "I played defensive end growing up and pretty much my whole life, so rushing the passer has never been a problem. And obviously what I showed at Penn State, going sideline to sideline has never been a problem. A lot of teams are talking about first and second down going sideline to sideline and [on] third down going at the quarterback. "... And once I get to OTAs and minicamp, I'll be able to get better and better. It will come over time, but I think by the season, I'll be ready." Pat Freiermuth's 'All-Pro' potential | Micah Parsons says he's the most versatile player in the NFL Draft. Parsons is expected to be selected in the top 10. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.si.com/college/pennstate/football/is-micah-parsons-the-most-versatile-player-in-the-nfl-draft | 0.514262 |
Is Micah Parsons the Most Versatile Player in the NFL Draft? | At Penn State's Pro Day, Micah Parsons was asked to make the case that he's a top-10 pick. The former Penn State linebacker did the question one better. "I just feel like Im the most versatile player in this class," Parsons said. "I can play middle linebacker, I can play outside, and I can pass-rush. I dont think theres a place I cant play in the linebacker spot or whether it's defensive end on the field. Im going to utilize my skill and Im gonna just make plays happen as I did at Penn State and show these guys why Penn State breeds the way we do. We always do this. We show up in big-time plays and big-time moments. We're trained for this." Parsons is poised to be Penn State's highest defensive draft pick since defensive end Aaron Maybin was selected 11th overall in 2009. And he will be the Lions' highest-drafted linebacker since LaVar Arrington went second overall in 2000. Penn State has had 60 linebackers drafted in the modern era but none in the first round since Arrington. Draft experts might agree with Parsons' assessment. NFL Draft Bible ranks Parsons as the fifth-best overall talent in the draft, behind Trevor Lawrence, Kyle Pitts, Penei Sewel and JaMarr Chase. He is the site's top-ranked defensive player. "Parsons is a generational type of talent who could arguably play any position, but he forecasts as a true [middle] linebacker, given his comfort level breaking down the huddle, making the calls on the field and leading his men into battle," NFL Draft Bible said in its evaluation. "... It's hard to fathom that Penn State, which used to be known as Linebacker U, has failed to produce a linebacker chosen in the first round since 2000. But Parsons is destined to end the drought. Theres not much this kid cant do." Jim Mora, the former NFL head coach and current analyst, suggested that Parsons has years of All-Pro potential ahead of him. "Whoever gets him is going to figure out a way to use all the great things that he can do," Mora said. "And I think he's poised to make a great jump. There are guys like that who are just rare. If you turned on the film and didn't know who he was, by the third series, you'd know who he was, because he just jumps off the film." Parsons said he will continue doing that in the NFL, despite not playing last season. "My versatilitys going to come in handy," he said. "I played defensive end growing up and pretty much my whole life, so rushing the passer has never been a problem. And obviously what I showed at Penn State, going sideline to sideline has never been a problem. A lot of teams are talking about first and second down going sideline to sideline and [on] third down going at the quarterback. "... And once I get to OTAs and minicamp, I'll be able to get better and better. It will come over time, but I think by the season, I'll be ready." Pat Freiermuth's 'All-Pro' potential | Micah Parsons says he's the most versatile player in the NFL Draft. Parsons is expected to be selected in the top 10. He will be Penn State's highest-drafted linebacker since LaVar Arrington in 2000. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/college/pennstate/football/is-micah-parsons-the-most-versatile-player-in-the-nfl-draft | 0.600815 |
Is Micah Parsons the Most Versatile Player in the NFL Draft? | At Penn State's Pro Day, Micah Parsons was asked to make the case that he's a top-10 pick. The former Penn State linebacker did the question one better. "I just feel like Im the most versatile player in this class," Parsons said. "I can play middle linebacker, I can play outside, and I can pass-rush. I dont think theres a place I cant play in the linebacker spot or whether it's defensive end on the field. Im going to utilize my skill and Im gonna just make plays happen as I did at Penn State and show these guys why Penn State breeds the way we do. We always do this. We show up in big-time plays and big-time moments. We're trained for this." Parsons is poised to be Penn State's highest defensive draft pick since defensive end Aaron Maybin was selected 11th overall in 2009. And he will be the Lions' highest-drafted linebacker since LaVar Arrington went second overall in 2000. Penn State has had 60 linebackers drafted in the modern era but none in the first round since Arrington. Draft experts might agree with Parsons' assessment. NFL Draft Bible ranks Parsons as the fifth-best overall talent in the draft, behind Trevor Lawrence, Kyle Pitts, Penei Sewel and JaMarr Chase. He is the site's top-ranked defensive player. "Parsons is a generational type of talent who could arguably play any position, but he forecasts as a true [middle] linebacker, given his comfort level breaking down the huddle, making the calls on the field and leading his men into battle," NFL Draft Bible said in its evaluation. "... It's hard to fathom that Penn State, which used to be known as Linebacker U, has failed to produce a linebacker chosen in the first round since 2000. But Parsons is destined to end the drought. Theres not much this kid cant do." Jim Mora, the former NFL head coach and current analyst, suggested that Parsons has years of All-Pro potential ahead of him. "Whoever gets him is going to figure out a way to use all the great things that he can do," Mora said. "And I think he's poised to make a great jump. There are guys like that who are just rare. If you turned on the film and didn't know who he was, by the third series, you'd know who he was, because he just jumps off the film." Parsons said he will continue doing that in the NFL, despite not playing last season. "My versatilitys going to come in handy," he said. "I played defensive end growing up and pretty much my whole life, so rushing the passer has never been a problem. And obviously what I showed at Penn State, going sideline to sideline has never been a problem. A lot of teams are talking about first and second down going sideline to sideline and [on] third down going at the quarterback. "... And once I get to OTAs and minicamp, I'll be able to get better and better. It will come over time, but I think by the season, I'll be ready." Pat Freiermuth's 'All-Pro' potential | Micah Parsons says he's the most versatile player in the NFL Draft. Parsons is expected to be selected in the top 10. He will be Penn State's highest-drafted linebacker since LaVar Arrington in 2000. The former NFL head coach and current analyst says Parsons has years of All-Pro potential. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/college/pennstate/football/is-micah-parsons-the-most-versatile-player-in-the-nfl-draft | 0.668094 |
Are we ready for social media influencers shaping politics? | Gen Z is the most online generation in history. They also have increasingly radical political views that arent always reflected in traditional media. Its no surprise that online influencers who run highly popular social media channels are dominating political discourse in Gen Zs online spaces. Young peoples politics are being shaped by popular YouTubers, livestreamers, podcasters and other influencer personalities, who debate political positions and educate viewers on what political engagement looks like. At first glance, this might seem comically absurd. But in the past year, most universities, institutions and political organizations have transformed into Zoom meetings. Today, the gap between a college education and a Twitch stream has significantly narrowed. There have been a number of recent events which further blur these distinctions. In January of 2021, Riley Grace Roshong, a Baltimore-based law student and YouTuber, livestreamed her testimony before the Maryland congress in support of House Bill 231, which would eliminate the panic defense laws, a legal strategy that allows defendants who attack or murder LGBTQ people to claim that the gender identity or sexual orientation of their victim caused them to enter into a gay or trans panic. Roshong researched and drafted her testimony in collaboration with key contributors from her community of followers during a Twitch stream. Roshongs testimony was one in a chorus of local activists and organizations including FreeState Justice and the ACLU. Another high-water mark for influencers flexing their political muscle was the Georgia Senate runoff a key race which would determine the outcome of the 2020 election, in particular whether Democrats would enjoy a majority in both houses of Congress. In December and January, Destiny, a professional gamer turned political commentator on Twitch, led one of the larger door-knocking campaigns of the election. Using his enormous fanbase and platform, the gamer managed to mobilize his followers to knock on an estimated 17,500-20,000 doors in Columbus, Georgia, with approximately 140 volunteers. By comparison, local groups like the Mijente Pac had 200 paid canvassers and the New Georgia Project was seeking 200-300 volunteers. These recent events seem to indicate something larger on the horizon. In each of these instances, influencers took a tiny bit of time out of their usual entertainment programming to make a few political asks before switching back to their regular content (influencers are in the business of making videos, after all). However, as online media encroach further into real-world politics, there is a mounting competitive pressure for content producers to get more politically involved. If youre going to talk the talk, youve got to walk the walk. Its not enough to sit home and criticize. Its worth mentioning that the Proud Boys were founded by the Vice co-founder, comedian and former YouTuber Gavin McInnes in 2016. The broadcasters Cenk Uygur, of The Young Turks, and Kyle Kulinski, of Secular Talk, are among the co-founders of Justice Democrats in 2017. Just a few years before, it was difficult to imagine that online personalities could help to shape offline organizations. Most troublingly, the terrain of social media seems to definitively advantage rightwing politics. While conspiracy and disinformation circulates across the whole of the political spectrum, the far right is uniquely able to manifest offline in the form of gangs or stochastic violence. On the extreme end of this trajectory we find Tim Gionet (AKA Baked Alaska) livestreaming and taking selfies from inside the Capitol riot on 6 January 6. The attention economy incentivizes new and dangerous levels of violent spectacle. Its worth theorizing how these forces could be harnessed for something other than conspicuous political stunts. What we know for sure, is that large online audiences, numbered in the hundreds of thousands, do not translate to the ballot box. In 2016, the civil rights activist and Twitter influencer DeRay Mckesson finished a Baltimore mayoral run with only 2.6% of the vote. In 2019, the rightwing YouTubers Carl Benjamin (AKA Sarkon of Akkad) and Mark Meechan (AKA Count Dankula), both ran for MEP, winning just 3.2% in Englands south-west and 1.9% in Scotland, respectively. In 2020, the Gen Z trucker turned TikTok star Joshua Collins earned less than 1% of the vote in Washingtons 10th district. If election outcomes were purely a product of follower counts then political parties would just recruit Kendall Jenner. The key difference between mainstream celebrities and niche influencers, is the potential for social media to form hyper-specific and hyper-dedicated communities. Viewers feel a strong connection to the content creators they follow and to the communities they participate in. These audiences yield higher than average conversion rates when called upon to take action. Today there are no casual fans everything is a cult following. In most cases, these political influencer channels are unearthed over the course of months (or years) of exploring. Social media are forming accidental pipelines to political education and its time to start thinking about what these pipelines lead to. Fandoms are beginning to resemble political affiliations. Crowdfunding approximates membership dues. At their core, organizations are a list of names and addresses. Swap out newsletters for episodic content but the actionable items remain largely the same: voting endorsements and invitations to canvas. On an annual basis, it costs more to support a podcast than to join the DSA. Social atomization and economic precarity are sending increasing numbers of people out on to the web in search of answers Clearly, magazines did not replace political parties and social media channels wont either. But it does create room for something like an Upton Sinclair of the digital age. In an era defined by elite corruption and institutional failure, listener-funded counter-hegemonic narrators are thriving. Young viewers trust alt-media figures like Contrapoints because she doesnt seem to work for the elites. Critical voices can only be trusted when they arent attached to big donors. Bloomberg couldnt buy a successful meme while Bernie supporters made thousands for free. Social atomization and economic precarity are sending increasing numbers of people out on to the web in search of answers. But in the post-political era, most organizations have withered or dissolved. Perhaps members of generation Z are flocking to online fandoms because of the lack of real-world organizations. Further compounding this, is the repellent quality of activist culture which is largely out of touch with the needs of most people. Meanwhile, online communities are fun and cool. Until organization becomes a normal aspect of everyday life, we should expect for online communities to grow at comparatively faster rates. One indication could be novelty fundraising. In November of 2020, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, along with a team of other players, including the Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, political streamers the Serfs and video game streamers including xQcOw, DisguisedToast and others, raised a combined $200,000 for eviction defense and food pantries while playing the popular online multiplayer game Among Us. But this particular model seems reminiscent of celebrity fundraisers in the cable TV era and could easily be repeated by the political establishment. On the nationalist right, political influencers have taken to forming their own parallel events to compete with establishment parties. Inaugurated in 2020, and now in its second year, Afpac, America First Political Action Conference, is an annual event, intended as an off-site alternative to the Conservative Political Action Conference, a Republican stronghold. Throughout 2019, this same group of young American nationalists coordinated to heckle and undermine public events including those which featured Donald Trump Jr and congressman Dan Crenshaw. Small hyper-dedicated groups are ideally suited for specific and targeted interventions. Influencers are not organizers. But they might be soon. Perhaps they require their own distinct category. Online communities might become a new type of crowdfunded special interest group or thinktank with a built-in spokesperson (like Peoples Policy Project, founded by Matt Breunig in 2017). At the least, these overlapping fields are becoming more structurally similar. The key difference seems to be what the community members are asked to do. Soon, content producers might ask for much more. If fierce online competition is driving these channels to become politically active, this can be harnessed as effective advertising and recruitment into organized political life. Its worth thinking about these emergent pipelines now, so that in 2028, we find ourselves surrounded by a new rank and file rather than sensationalist livestreaming from the barricades. | Young people's politics are being shaped by popular YouTubers, livestreamers, podcasters and other influencer personalities. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/24/social-media-influencers-shaping-politics | 0.23582 |
Are we ready for social media influencers shaping politics? | Gen Z is the most online generation in history. They also have increasingly radical political views that arent always reflected in traditional media. Its no surprise that online influencers who run highly popular social media channels are dominating political discourse in Gen Zs online spaces. Young peoples politics are being shaped by popular YouTubers, livestreamers, podcasters and other influencer personalities, who debate political positions and educate viewers on what political engagement looks like. At first glance, this might seem comically absurd. But in the past year, most universities, institutions and political organizations have transformed into Zoom meetings. Today, the gap between a college education and a Twitch stream has significantly narrowed. There have been a number of recent events which further blur these distinctions. In January of 2021, Riley Grace Roshong, a Baltimore-based law student and YouTuber, livestreamed her testimony before the Maryland congress in support of House Bill 231, which would eliminate the panic defense laws, a legal strategy that allows defendants who attack or murder LGBTQ people to claim that the gender identity or sexual orientation of their victim caused them to enter into a gay or trans panic. Roshong researched and drafted her testimony in collaboration with key contributors from her community of followers during a Twitch stream. Roshongs testimony was one in a chorus of local activists and organizations including FreeState Justice and the ACLU. Another high-water mark for influencers flexing their political muscle was the Georgia Senate runoff a key race which would determine the outcome of the 2020 election, in particular whether Democrats would enjoy a majority in both houses of Congress. In December and January, Destiny, a professional gamer turned political commentator on Twitch, led one of the larger door-knocking campaigns of the election. Using his enormous fanbase and platform, the gamer managed to mobilize his followers to knock on an estimated 17,500-20,000 doors in Columbus, Georgia, with approximately 140 volunteers. By comparison, local groups like the Mijente Pac had 200 paid canvassers and the New Georgia Project was seeking 200-300 volunteers. These recent events seem to indicate something larger on the horizon. In each of these instances, influencers took a tiny bit of time out of their usual entertainment programming to make a few political asks before switching back to their regular content (influencers are in the business of making videos, after all). However, as online media encroach further into real-world politics, there is a mounting competitive pressure for content producers to get more politically involved. If youre going to talk the talk, youve got to walk the walk. Its not enough to sit home and criticize. Its worth mentioning that the Proud Boys were founded by the Vice co-founder, comedian and former YouTuber Gavin McInnes in 2016. The broadcasters Cenk Uygur, of The Young Turks, and Kyle Kulinski, of Secular Talk, are among the co-founders of Justice Democrats in 2017. Just a few years before, it was difficult to imagine that online personalities could help to shape offline organizations. Most troublingly, the terrain of social media seems to definitively advantage rightwing politics. While conspiracy and disinformation circulates across the whole of the political spectrum, the far right is uniquely able to manifest offline in the form of gangs or stochastic violence. On the extreme end of this trajectory we find Tim Gionet (AKA Baked Alaska) livestreaming and taking selfies from inside the Capitol riot on 6 January 6. The attention economy incentivizes new and dangerous levels of violent spectacle. Its worth theorizing how these forces could be harnessed for something other than conspicuous political stunts. What we know for sure, is that large online audiences, numbered in the hundreds of thousands, do not translate to the ballot box. In 2016, the civil rights activist and Twitter influencer DeRay Mckesson finished a Baltimore mayoral run with only 2.6% of the vote. In 2019, the rightwing YouTubers Carl Benjamin (AKA Sarkon of Akkad) and Mark Meechan (AKA Count Dankula), both ran for MEP, winning just 3.2% in Englands south-west and 1.9% in Scotland, respectively. In 2020, the Gen Z trucker turned TikTok star Joshua Collins earned less than 1% of the vote in Washingtons 10th district. If election outcomes were purely a product of follower counts then political parties would just recruit Kendall Jenner. The key difference between mainstream celebrities and niche influencers, is the potential for social media to form hyper-specific and hyper-dedicated communities. Viewers feel a strong connection to the content creators they follow and to the communities they participate in. These audiences yield higher than average conversion rates when called upon to take action. Today there are no casual fans everything is a cult following. In most cases, these political influencer channels are unearthed over the course of months (or years) of exploring. Social media are forming accidental pipelines to political education and its time to start thinking about what these pipelines lead to. Fandoms are beginning to resemble political affiliations. Crowdfunding approximates membership dues. At their core, organizations are a list of names and addresses. Swap out newsletters for episodic content but the actionable items remain largely the same: voting endorsements and invitations to canvas. On an annual basis, it costs more to support a podcast than to join the DSA. Social atomization and economic precarity are sending increasing numbers of people out on to the web in search of answers Clearly, magazines did not replace political parties and social media channels wont either. But it does create room for something like an Upton Sinclair of the digital age. In an era defined by elite corruption and institutional failure, listener-funded counter-hegemonic narrators are thriving. Young viewers trust alt-media figures like Contrapoints because she doesnt seem to work for the elites. Critical voices can only be trusted when they arent attached to big donors. Bloomberg couldnt buy a successful meme while Bernie supporters made thousands for free. Social atomization and economic precarity are sending increasing numbers of people out on to the web in search of answers. But in the post-political era, most organizations have withered or dissolved. Perhaps members of generation Z are flocking to online fandoms because of the lack of real-world organizations. Further compounding this, is the repellent quality of activist culture which is largely out of touch with the needs of most people. Meanwhile, online communities are fun and cool. Until organization becomes a normal aspect of everyday life, we should expect for online communities to grow at comparatively faster rates. One indication could be novelty fundraising. In November of 2020, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, along with a team of other players, including the Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, political streamers the Serfs and video game streamers including xQcOw, DisguisedToast and others, raised a combined $200,000 for eviction defense and food pantries while playing the popular online multiplayer game Among Us. But this particular model seems reminiscent of celebrity fundraisers in the cable TV era and could easily be repeated by the political establishment. On the nationalist right, political influencers have taken to forming their own parallel events to compete with establishment parties. Inaugurated in 2020, and now in its second year, Afpac, America First Political Action Conference, is an annual event, intended as an off-site alternative to the Conservative Political Action Conference, a Republican stronghold. Throughout 2019, this same group of young American nationalists coordinated to heckle and undermine public events including those which featured Donald Trump Jr and congressman Dan Crenshaw. Small hyper-dedicated groups are ideally suited for specific and targeted interventions. Influencers are not organizers. But they might be soon. Perhaps they require their own distinct category. Online communities might become a new type of crowdfunded special interest group or thinktank with a built-in spokesperson (like Peoples Policy Project, founded by Matt Breunig in 2017). At the least, these overlapping fields are becoming more structurally similar. The key difference seems to be what the community members are asked to do. Soon, content producers might ask for much more. If fierce online competition is driving these channels to become politically active, this can be harnessed as effective advertising and recruitment into organized political life. Its worth thinking about these emergent pipelines now, so that in 2028, we find ourselves surrounded by a new rank and file rather than sensationalist livestreaming from the barricades. | Young peoples politics are being shaped by popular YouTubers, livestreamers, podcasters and other influencer personalities. The gap between a college education and a Twitch stream has significantly narrowed. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/24/social-media-influencers-shaping-politics | 0.33589 |
Are we ready for social media influencers shaping politics? | Gen Z is the most online generation in history. They also have increasingly radical political views that arent always reflected in traditional media. Its no surprise that online influencers who run highly popular social media channels are dominating political discourse in Gen Zs online spaces. Young peoples politics are being shaped by popular YouTubers, livestreamers, podcasters and other influencer personalities, who debate political positions and educate viewers on what political engagement looks like. At first glance, this might seem comically absurd. But in the past year, most universities, institutions and political organizations have transformed into Zoom meetings. Today, the gap between a college education and a Twitch stream has significantly narrowed. There have been a number of recent events which further blur these distinctions. In January of 2021, Riley Grace Roshong, a Baltimore-based law student and YouTuber, livestreamed her testimony before the Maryland congress in support of House Bill 231, which would eliminate the panic defense laws, a legal strategy that allows defendants who attack or murder LGBTQ people to claim that the gender identity or sexual orientation of their victim caused them to enter into a gay or trans panic. Roshong researched and drafted her testimony in collaboration with key contributors from her community of followers during a Twitch stream. Roshongs testimony was one in a chorus of local activists and organizations including FreeState Justice and the ACLU. Another high-water mark for influencers flexing their political muscle was the Georgia Senate runoff a key race which would determine the outcome of the 2020 election, in particular whether Democrats would enjoy a majority in both houses of Congress. In December and January, Destiny, a professional gamer turned political commentator on Twitch, led one of the larger door-knocking campaigns of the election. Using his enormous fanbase and platform, the gamer managed to mobilize his followers to knock on an estimated 17,500-20,000 doors in Columbus, Georgia, with approximately 140 volunteers. By comparison, local groups like the Mijente Pac had 200 paid canvassers and the New Georgia Project was seeking 200-300 volunteers. These recent events seem to indicate something larger on the horizon. In each of these instances, influencers took a tiny bit of time out of their usual entertainment programming to make a few political asks before switching back to their regular content (influencers are in the business of making videos, after all). However, as online media encroach further into real-world politics, there is a mounting competitive pressure for content producers to get more politically involved. If youre going to talk the talk, youve got to walk the walk. Its not enough to sit home and criticize. Its worth mentioning that the Proud Boys were founded by the Vice co-founder, comedian and former YouTuber Gavin McInnes in 2016. The broadcasters Cenk Uygur, of The Young Turks, and Kyle Kulinski, of Secular Talk, are among the co-founders of Justice Democrats in 2017. Just a few years before, it was difficult to imagine that online personalities could help to shape offline organizations. Most troublingly, the terrain of social media seems to definitively advantage rightwing politics. While conspiracy and disinformation circulates across the whole of the political spectrum, the far right is uniquely able to manifest offline in the form of gangs or stochastic violence. On the extreme end of this trajectory we find Tim Gionet (AKA Baked Alaska) livestreaming and taking selfies from inside the Capitol riot on 6 January 6. The attention economy incentivizes new and dangerous levels of violent spectacle. Its worth theorizing how these forces could be harnessed for something other than conspicuous political stunts. What we know for sure, is that large online audiences, numbered in the hundreds of thousands, do not translate to the ballot box. In 2016, the civil rights activist and Twitter influencer DeRay Mckesson finished a Baltimore mayoral run with only 2.6% of the vote. In 2019, the rightwing YouTubers Carl Benjamin (AKA Sarkon of Akkad) and Mark Meechan (AKA Count Dankula), both ran for MEP, winning just 3.2% in Englands south-west and 1.9% in Scotland, respectively. In 2020, the Gen Z trucker turned TikTok star Joshua Collins earned less than 1% of the vote in Washingtons 10th district. If election outcomes were purely a product of follower counts then political parties would just recruit Kendall Jenner. The key difference between mainstream celebrities and niche influencers, is the potential for social media to form hyper-specific and hyper-dedicated communities. Viewers feel a strong connection to the content creators they follow and to the communities they participate in. These audiences yield higher than average conversion rates when called upon to take action. Today there are no casual fans everything is a cult following. In most cases, these political influencer channels are unearthed over the course of months (or years) of exploring. Social media are forming accidental pipelines to political education and its time to start thinking about what these pipelines lead to. Fandoms are beginning to resemble political affiliations. Crowdfunding approximates membership dues. At their core, organizations are a list of names and addresses. Swap out newsletters for episodic content but the actionable items remain largely the same: voting endorsements and invitations to canvas. On an annual basis, it costs more to support a podcast than to join the DSA. Social atomization and economic precarity are sending increasing numbers of people out on to the web in search of answers Clearly, magazines did not replace political parties and social media channels wont either. But it does create room for something like an Upton Sinclair of the digital age. In an era defined by elite corruption and institutional failure, listener-funded counter-hegemonic narrators are thriving. Young viewers trust alt-media figures like Contrapoints because she doesnt seem to work for the elites. Critical voices can only be trusted when they arent attached to big donors. Bloomberg couldnt buy a successful meme while Bernie supporters made thousands for free. Social atomization and economic precarity are sending increasing numbers of people out on to the web in search of answers. But in the post-political era, most organizations have withered or dissolved. Perhaps members of generation Z are flocking to online fandoms because of the lack of real-world organizations. Further compounding this, is the repellent quality of activist culture which is largely out of touch with the needs of most people. Meanwhile, online communities are fun and cool. Until organization becomes a normal aspect of everyday life, we should expect for online communities to grow at comparatively faster rates. One indication could be novelty fundraising. In November of 2020, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, along with a team of other players, including the Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, political streamers the Serfs and video game streamers including xQcOw, DisguisedToast and others, raised a combined $200,000 for eviction defense and food pantries while playing the popular online multiplayer game Among Us. But this particular model seems reminiscent of celebrity fundraisers in the cable TV era and could easily be repeated by the political establishment. On the nationalist right, political influencers have taken to forming their own parallel events to compete with establishment parties. Inaugurated in 2020, and now in its second year, Afpac, America First Political Action Conference, is an annual event, intended as an off-site alternative to the Conservative Political Action Conference, a Republican stronghold. Throughout 2019, this same group of young American nationalists coordinated to heckle and undermine public events including those which featured Donald Trump Jr and congressman Dan Crenshaw. Small hyper-dedicated groups are ideally suited for specific and targeted interventions. Influencers are not organizers. But they might be soon. Perhaps they require their own distinct category. Online communities might become a new type of crowdfunded special interest group or thinktank with a built-in spokesperson (like Peoples Policy Project, founded by Matt Breunig in 2017). At the least, these overlapping fields are becoming more structurally similar. The key difference seems to be what the community members are asked to do. Soon, content producers might ask for much more. If fierce online competition is driving these channels to become politically active, this can be harnessed as effective advertising and recruitment into organized political life. Its worth thinking about these emergent pipelines now, so that in 2028, we find ourselves surrounded by a new rank and file rather than sensationalist livestreaming from the barricades. | Young peoples politics are being shaped by popular YouTubers, livestreamers, podcasters and other influencer personalities. In the past year, most universities, institutions and political organizations have transformed into Zoom meetings. As online media encroach further into real-world politics, there is a mounting competitive pressure for content producers to get more politically involved. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/24/social-media-influencers-shaping-politics | 0.432779 |
Have We Really Come That Far Since Rodney King? | It cant be said enough: This weeks resounding guilty verdicts in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd are a good thing. At a crucial moment, the people have prevailed, and this time people means more than African Americans, who have disproportionately carried the concern about police abuse; many people of other colors and even other countries are claiming the victory, too. This is progress. And yet the progress shrinks in comparison with the breadth and depth of the oppression weve tolerated for the last generation and a half. Im a native Angeleno who got my start in journalism in 1992, the year Los Angeles erupted in protest after the acquittal in the criminal trial of the four police officers who nearly beat another Black man, Rodney King, to death. All four officers participated in the savage free-for-all that the world saw on videotape, captured by an onlooker in a nearby apartment building. Not decades of dismantling police culture that had produced crises like the Rodney King beating and countless other undocumented assaults and deaths, but something almost opposite: escalating law-and-order policies that viewed Black anger, however justifiable, as something to be contained, and criminalized. The fundamental tragedy of Rodney King led not to more justice for the Kings of the world, but to far less, in the form of draconian drug sentencing, three-strikes laws and mass incarceration. The tremendous human costto say nothing of the actual costof all this is something we have only now begun to deal with, as Floyds murder in 2020 opened up big questions about racism and criminal justice that engaged the public in an unprecedented way. But the awakening is not quite a year old. The previous 30 years weigh on us very heavily, and it will be some time before we can get out from under that weight. The good news is that more people want to get out from under it. This has not always been the case, and it certainly wasnt the case 29 years ago, on the April afternoon when the verdict for the cops in the King case was announced. But I didnt realize that at the time. While the unrest in Los Angeles after the trialfive days of protest, curfews, fires, looting and the deaths of 50 peoplewas tragic in one way, it was energizing in another: a rare, galvanizing civic moment that proved beyond any doubt how frustrated Black people were, and how essential it was to acknowledge and address that frustration. Rodney King had forced us all together, had us all considering the same questions, which to me felt hopeful. Story continues My hopefulness was also fueled by the fact that the Los Angeles Times, which underwent some quick soul-searching after the unrest, had expanded its coverage of L.A.s urban core and hired me to write for one of the new sections it launched that year. My excitement was tempered by historyI had grown up with detailed stories about the massive unrest in L.A. in 1965 and how it, too, had been fueled by a Black encounter with law enforcement gone south. I knew that in the 27 years between that event and 1992, too little progress had been made, that Black people were more economically stratified than ever, more thwarted than ever and therefore still targeted by police. Still, after Rodney King, I felt this time would be different. It had to be. It wasnt different enough, by a long shot. The L.A. Times gig should have clued me in. The section I wrote for circulated in the inner city, with stories only occasionally going into the main paper. It was the very model of marginalization, albeit a benevolent kind that had the sheen of progress. Meanwhile, California went into punishment mode, spurred by the crack epidemic and the specter of gangs that occasionally spilled over into more pristine L.A. neighborhoods and triggered fears of crime and mayhem anew. The real takeaway of 92 became clear: The line had to be drawn more firmly than ever, and the police continued to draw it. This despite the fact that the city always seemed to be on the hunt for a reformer police chief, and even though certain reforms were implementedcommunity policing, for onethey felt like experiments that never took. The Los Angeles Police Department was shaken by scandal and exposs of rogue policing that led to a federal takeover in 2000. In Inglewood, a mostly Black and brown city where I live that borders South Central L.A., four fatal police shootings happened in two months in 2008. The blue wall of silence around all of it was deafeningbut expected. Its how things were. Its how things are, we know now, that has to be reformed, and it goes well beyond any single program or policy. It goes to Americans seeing each other as equally worthy of empathy from and protection by police. And yet throughout our history, whenever we seem to approach this realization, there is backlash. During Donald Trumps presidency, too much of the country followed him sharply in the direction of racism and xenophobia, in the process valorizing police (and military) as keepers of true American valuesthat is, guardians of the ancient social and racial order on which this country was founded. Republicans by and large have acquiesced to such sentiments, acquiescence that turned violent in the white riot/insurrection at the Capitol on January 6 that featured the participation of, and the desecration of, law enforcement. Thats the national picture. At the local level, where most policing happens, things are much more encouraging. The city of L.A. is hammering out compromises with the Peoples Budget, a coalition led by Black Lives Matter that seeks to increase social service spending, and has already reduced police funding by $150 millionunthinkable as recently as a year ago. We are not there yet, but at least it feels like a real fight, a more equal fight. With the philosophy of Black Lives Matter gone mainstream, critics of police abuse at least dont have to be defensive about their cause. Thats progress, too. But the backlash is also local. Blue Lives Matter, a message I read every day on lawn signs in Southern Californias tourist-friendly beach cities, pits police against Black humanity, with never the twain meeting. This is not a new paradigm, just affirmation of an old one, but its disheartening nonetheless. Recently, a White Lives Matter rally was staged in Huntington Beach, a surf town in Orange County. It fizzled, but the disturbing thing is that it happened at all. A more recent effort among extremist Republicans in Congress to form an America First caucusdescribed in a memo as supporting Anglo-Saxon traditionsfizzled, too. But its worrisome for the same reason. The intensifying crisis of police abuse parallels another intensifying crisis: climate change. In both cases, we have spent too many years doing too little or doing the wrong thing entirely, assuming that we always have more time to get our act together before things really fall apart. The whole police abuse problem is indeed a crisis of climatethe racial atmosphere of the country is dangerously poisoned, perhaps irreversibly. In the shadow of the Chauvin verdict, the deaths of Black people by cops continues everywhere in the country. During the trial, 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was Black, and 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was Latino, were killed by police gunfire; neither was armed. And almost at the same moment the verdict was being read, we learned about the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant, also Black, in Ohio. The victory is real, but it hasnt solved anything. It has only officially acknowledged how bad the atmosphere is, how much more we need to do to clear it. Daunting as all this appears, I am optimistic that substantive change will happen. My late father was a racial justice activist of some local renown who drilled into me the idea that, for Black people, optimism is the only choice, because the only other choice is cynicism, which is a dead end. Its why I believe that even at this late date, there is still a path to change, fraught though it might be, narrow as the window of opportunity might feel. Not an ideal scenario, but when it comes to police reform, weve never had one. Which means that we are getting closer. This time, it will happen. We really have no other choice. | LZ Granderson: The verdict in the Minneapolis police murder trial is a good thing. He says we've come a long way since the Rodney King trial in 1992. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://news.yahoo.com/really-come-far-since-rodney-060036478.html | 0.16123 |
Have We Really Come That Far Since Rodney King? | It cant be said enough: This weeks resounding guilty verdicts in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd are a good thing. At a crucial moment, the people have prevailed, and this time people means more than African Americans, who have disproportionately carried the concern about police abuse; many people of other colors and even other countries are claiming the victory, too. This is progress. And yet the progress shrinks in comparison with the breadth and depth of the oppression weve tolerated for the last generation and a half. Im a native Angeleno who got my start in journalism in 1992, the year Los Angeles erupted in protest after the acquittal in the criminal trial of the four police officers who nearly beat another Black man, Rodney King, to death. All four officers participated in the savage free-for-all that the world saw on videotape, captured by an onlooker in a nearby apartment building. Not decades of dismantling police culture that had produced crises like the Rodney King beating and countless other undocumented assaults and deaths, but something almost opposite: escalating law-and-order policies that viewed Black anger, however justifiable, as something to be contained, and criminalized. The fundamental tragedy of Rodney King led not to more justice for the Kings of the world, but to far less, in the form of draconian drug sentencing, three-strikes laws and mass incarceration. The tremendous human costto say nothing of the actual costof all this is something we have only now begun to deal with, as Floyds murder in 2020 opened up big questions about racism and criminal justice that engaged the public in an unprecedented way. But the awakening is not quite a year old. The previous 30 years weigh on us very heavily, and it will be some time before we can get out from under that weight. The good news is that more people want to get out from under it. This has not always been the case, and it certainly wasnt the case 29 years ago, on the April afternoon when the verdict for the cops in the King case was announced. But I didnt realize that at the time. While the unrest in Los Angeles after the trialfive days of protest, curfews, fires, looting and the deaths of 50 peoplewas tragic in one way, it was energizing in another: a rare, galvanizing civic moment that proved beyond any doubt how frustrated Black people were, and how essential it was to acknowledge and address that frustration. Rodney King had forced us all together, had us all considering the same questions, which to me felt hopeful. Story continues My hopefulness was also fueled by the fact that the Los Angeles Times, which underwent some quick soul-searching after the unrest, had expanded its coverage of L.A.s urban core and hired me to write for one of the new sections it launched that year. My excitement was tempered by historyI had grown up with detailed stories about the massive unrest in L.A. in 1965 and how it, too, had been fueled by a Black encounter with law enforcement gone south. I knew that in the 27 years between that event and 1992, too little progress had been made, that Black people were more economically stratified than ever, more thwarted than ever and therefore still targeted by police. Still, after Rodney King, I felt this time would be different. It had to be. It wasnt different enough, by a long shot. The L.A. Times gig should have clued me in. The section I wrote for circulated in the inner city, with stories only occasionally going into the main paper. It was the very model of marginalization, albeit a benevolent kind that had the sheen of progress. Meanwhile, California went into punishment mode, spurred by the crack epidemic and the specter of gangs that occasionally spilled over into more pristine L.A. neighborhoods and triggered fears of crime and mayhem anew. The real takeaway of 92 became clear: The line had to be drawn more firmly than ever, and the police continued to draw it. This despite the fact that the city always seemed to be on the hunt for a reformer police chief, and even though certain reforms were implementedcommunity policing, for onethey felt like experiments that never took. The Los Angeles Police Department was shaken by scandal and exposs of rogue policing that led to a federal takeover in 2000. In Inglewood, a mostly Black and brown city where I live that borders South Central L.A., four fatal police shootings happened in two months in 2008. The blue wall of silence around all of it was deafeningbut expected. Its how things were. Its how things are, we know now, that has to be reformed, and it goes well beyond any single program or policy. It goes to Americans seeing each other as equally worthy of empathy from and protection by police. And yet throughout our history, whenever we seem to approach this realization, there is backlash. During Donald Trumps presidency, too much of the country followed him sharply in the direction of racism and xenophobia, in the process valorizing police (and military) as keepers of true American valuesthat is, guardians of the ancient social and racial order on which this country was founded. Republicans by and large have acquiesced to such sentiments, acquiescence that turned violent in the white riot/insurrection at the Capitol on January 6 that featured the participation of, and the desecration of, law enforcement. Thats the national picture. At the local level, where most policing happens, things are much more encouraging. The city of L.A. is hammering out compromises with the Peoples Budget, a coalition led by Black Lives Matter that seeks to increase social service spending, and has already reduced police funding by $150 millionunthinkable as recently as a year ago. We are not there yet, but at least it feels like a real fight, a more equal fight. With the philosophy of Black Lives Matter gone mainstream, critics of police abuse at least dont have to be defensive about their cause. Thats progress, too. But the backlash is also local. Blue Lives Matter, a message I read every day on lawn signs in Southern Californias tourist-friendly beach cities, pits police against Black humanity, with never the twain meeting. This is not a new paradigm, just affirmation of an old one, but its disheartening nonetheless. Recently, a White Lives Matter rally was staged in Huntington Beach, a surf town in Orange County. It fizzled, but the disturbing thing is that it happened at all. A more recent effort among extremist Republicans in Congress to form an America First caucusdescribed in a memo as supporting Anglo-Saxon traditionsfizzled, too. But its worrisome for the same reason. The intensifying crisis of police abuse parallels another intensifying crisis: climate change. In both cases, we have spent too many years doing too little or doing the wrong thing entirely, assuming that we always have more time to get our act together before things really fall apart. The whole police abuse problem is indeed a crisis of climatethe racial atmosphere of the country is dangerously poisoned, perhaps irreversibly. In the shadow of the Chauvin verdict, the deaths of Black people by cops continues everywhere in the country. During the trial, 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was Black, and 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was Latino, were killed by police gunfire; neither was armed. And almost at the same moment the verdict was being read, we learned about the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant, also Black, in Ohio. The victory is real, but it hasnt solved anything. It has only officially acknowledged how bad the atmosphere is, how much more we need to do to clear it. Daunting as all this appears, I am optimistic that substantive change will happen. My late father was a racial justice activist of some local renown who drilled into me the idea that, for Black people, optimism is the only choice, because the only other choice is cynicism, which is a dead end. Its why I believe that even at this late date, there is still a path to change, fraught though it might be, narrow as the window of opportunity might feel. Not an ideal scenario, but when it comes to police reform, weve never had one. Which means that we are getting closer. This time, it will happen. We really have no other choice. | LZ Granderson: The verdict in the Minneapolis police murder trial is a good thing. He says we have come a long way since the Rodney King trial in 1992. Granderson says we still have a lot of work to do on racial justice. The U.S. needs to do a better job of dealing with racial injustice, he says. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://news.yahoo.com/really-come-far-since-rodney-060036478.html | 0.382915 |
Can fast-growing Formula 1 become mainstream in the United States? | Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes his sport has the entertainment value that American sports fans are drawn to. The challenge is configuring Formula 1 so it can make a bigger splash in the U.S. where other sports are already dominating the entertainment scene. "The DNA of Formula 1 is all about entertainment," Domenicali told USA TODAY Sports on Friday. "The show, the technology, the passion and personality of drivers, the rivalries, it's all part of the menu and falls in line with the ingredients of what American sports fans love to see. With respect for other (U.S.) sports, we want to connect with potential American fans and promote who we are on the loud speaker." Part of that promotional effort starts with putting more racing on display stateside. While Europe is the sport's traditional base, the nearly year-round world championship operates globally with 13 of 23 Grand Prix races in the 2021 season slated to take place outside of Europe. Formula 1 is staging the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, and now is slated to have a race in Miami in 2022 with a race around Hard Rock Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins. "Miami is the perfect destination for a Formula 1 race," Domenicali said. "It's a multicultural city with high energy." The single-seat, open-wheel race cars of Formula 1 have broad appeal internationally but F1 hasn't made a major impact in the U.S. yet, as racing series like NASCAR and IndyCar (also open-wheel) stand in the way. Formula 1 cars are the fastest regulated road-course racing cars in the world, owing to high cornering speeds achieved through the generation of large amounts of aerodynamic downforce. Domenicali said the goal is not to replace NASCAR or IndyCar, but to complement them by offering something both have personality and rivalry while also offering a different appeal. "We only have 20 elite drivers who have beaten out others to be among the 20 best," Domenicali said. "That creates the rivalries and drama and then it's our duty to show off their personalities to the U.S. audience. They are stars with incredible personalities of different cultures." One of those stars is Lewis Hamilton, the defending Formula 1 champion and current Drivers' Championship leader. Formula 1 holds titles for both the drivers and then a World Constructors' Champion as well. The constructors' title is given by the FIA based on the most successful F1 car designers over the season based on a points system. Mercedes is the reigning 2020 champion. NASCAR:Opinion: Bubba Wallace continues confronting racism, but fellow drivers falling short | Opinion One silver lining to COVID-19 delaying Formula 1's March 2020 start last year to July was the series gained greater understanding of how to reach potential fans through digital platforms. Formula 1 in 2020 showed the greatest increase of any professional sporting entity in engagements across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Formula 1 had a 99% increase, with the next closest (UFC) at 48%. "COVID-19 really showed us the possibility to stay connected to fans and make new ones," Domenicali said. "We discovered that the quality of content makes the difference and so we used time (off) to work on the fundamentals of marketing our sport. We believe in the U.S., we can connect with millennials and younger generations. Part of that means promoting the faces of our drivers to them to show how they can be an inspiration from a different country." Formula 1's season is two races in, with the third one, the Portuguese Grand Prix, slated for May 2. The U.S. Grand Prix will be in Austin in October. But Domenicali is already looking ahead to Miami in 2022 and is not in any way taking his foot off the gas. "We don't want small headlines on the side of the newspaper," Domenicali said. "We want the big ones in the middle of the page. That is a big (goal), but we need to think big." | Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes his sport has the entertainment value that American sports fans are drawn to. The challenge is configuring Formula 1 so it can make a bigger splash in the U.S. Part of that promotional effort starts with putting more racing on display stateside. | bart | 2 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/formula1/2021/04/24/formula-1-popularity-growth-united-states/7335811002/ | 0.115518 |
How can I upload photos without restarting computer in Safe Mode? | Q: I recently attempted to upload photos to Costco. Everything worked fine until I got to the copyright pop-up. When I accepted it, the pop-up closed, then opened. When I again accepted, the upload page opened and I was able to select photos, but when I attempted to upload them, nothing happened. I tried numerous things including uninstalling my anti-virus programs, etc. with no luck. In desperation, I restarted my computer in Safe Mode (with network) and was then able to upload photos. Richard Finger A: What Safe Mode does is boot Windows with only a very limited set of system files and device drivers. Actually, there are two versions of Safe Mode, one with network drivers and one without. You say that you launched the version with network drivers, which explains why you were able to upload the photos. It means that some system file, program or device driver that is blocked from loading by Safe Mode is causing your problem. Now all you have to do is figure out which one of those things is preventing your uploads Id start by uninstalling any programs and devices that you no longer use, then reboot the computer and see if the problem is still there. Next, make sure that all the remaining programs and drivers are up to date. Then load Device Manager from the Control Panel. Right-click on each device in the list and click on Scan for Hardware Changes. Device Manager will check each device driver for conflicts and changes. If there are any conflicts, youll be able to click on Troubleshoot to have the system further check the problem. Advertising If the problem remains, disconnect any remaining devices. If the problem goes away after rebooting, add the devices back in one by one until the problem recurs. If none of these steps expose the culprit, Im afraid you face the chore of starting from scratch reinstalling Windows and then adding programs and devices back in until the problem recurs. I do hope you find the culprit before it gets to that point. Related Tech Q&As Read more from Patrick Marshall here >> Q: I purchased an HP Z4 desktop a few months ago. Instead of installing my ancient Microsoft software, I signed up for Microsoft 365. It looked on the surface to be preferable. For some reason, the search box is missing from Outlook. I have checked the net for solutions. Some mention ways to recover the search box, others state it is a bug of some kind. The only function remotely related is Search People, which seems restricted to the address book. I can no longer search out a word or name and instantly have a dated queue pop up with all emails associated with or containing that subject. This is extremely exasperating in that it seems a glaring omission of a very useful feature that was always in Outlook before. Jeff Howard, Redmond A: Actually, I also use Office 365, including Outlook. And the search field is in a different location than it used to be. Its now in the blue bar at the top of the window when youre viewing a mail folder. If you dont see the search field there, heres how you should be able to get it back. In Outlook, click on File in the menu bar, then click on Options. In the window that pops open, click on Customize Ribbon. Next, youll see two panels. On the left-hand panel select Choose commands from and then select Tool Tabs. Next move to the right-hand panel and make sure its set to Main Tabs. Next, go back to the left-hand panel and highlight the Search option. Finally, click on the Add button that is between the two panels. Save the changes and you should be back in business. | Q: I recently attempted to upload photos to Costco. Everything worked fine until I got to the copyright pop-up. In desperation, I restarted my computer in Safe Mode (with network) and was then able to upload. A: What Safe Mode does is boot Windows with only a very limited set of system files and device drivers. | bart | 2 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/how-can-i-upload-photos-without-restarting-computer-in-safe-mode/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 0.106672 |
How does Orlando Brown Jr. trade compare to Dolphins Laremy Tunsil deal? | The NFL has seen their latest major NFL offensive tackle trade, with the news breaking yesterday that the Baltimore Ravens were sending Orlando Brown Jr. to the Kansas City Chiefs amid a slew of exchanged draft choices. But the gold standard of trade compensation for offensive tackles was defined a few years back when the Miami Dolphins traded tackle Laremy Tunsil to the Houston Texans. The Dolphins trade of Tunsil netted the team multiple 1st-round draft choices and was decidedly lopsided: Houston received: OT Laremy Tunsil WR Kenny Stills 2020 fourth-round pick (No. 111 overall) 2021 sixth-round pick Miami received: 2020 first-round pick (No. 18 overall) 2021 first-round pick (No. 3 overall) 2021 second-round pick (No. 36 overall) DB Johnson Bademosi OT Julien Davenport The trade, if you omit the fringe players in the mix (Davenport, Bademosi and Stills) and total all of the true values of the draft choices involved, valued Tunsil as over 3,500 points on the Jimmy Johnson trade value chart. That total in value exceeds the value of the No. 1 overall pick by over 500 points. Below, youll find the full terms of Baltimore and Kansas Citys trade featuring Brown Jr. Kansas City gets: OT Orlando Brown 2021 second-round pick (No. 58) 2022 6th round pick. Baltimore gets: 2021 first-round pick (No. 31) third-round pick (No. 94) fourth-round pick (No. Kansas City received assets valued at approximately 336 points plus Brown Jr himself. Baltimore received assets valued at approximately 772 points. The full values cannot be calculated until the 2022 NFL Draft order is finalized at the end of the 2021 NFL season. 436 total points approximately the value of the No. 46 overall pick in the NFL Draft. So while Baltimore should be pleased with their returns for Orlando Brown Jr, one thing is abundantly clear. The Ravens and Chiefs both unanimously agreed that Brown Jr. is a fraction of the value that Tunsil was worth on the trade market. | Orlando Brown Jr. was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. The Ravens and Chiefs exchanged draft choices for the offensive tackle. The Miami Dolphins traded tackle Laremy Tunsil to the Houston Texans in 2013. | bart | 1 | https://sports.yahoo.com/does-orlando-brown-jr-trade-122923155.html?src=rss | 0.471354 |
How does Orlando Brown Jr. trade compare to Dolphins Laremy Tunsil deal? | The NFL has seen their latest major NFL offensive tackle trade, with the news breaking yesterday that the Baltimore Ravens were sending Orlando Brown Jr. to the Kansas City Chiefs amid a slew of exchanged draft choices. But the gold standard of trade compensation for offensive tackles was defined a few years back when the Miami Dolphins traded tackle Laremy Tunsil to the Houston Texans. The Dolphins trade of Tunsil netted the team multiple 1st-round draft choices and was decidedly lopsided: Houston received: OT Laremy Tunsil WR Kenny Stills 2020 fourth-round pick (No. 111 overall) 2021 sixth-round pick Miami received: 2020 first-round pick (No. 18 overall) 2021 first-round pick (No. 3 overall) 2021 second-round pick (No. 36 overall) DB Johnson Bademosi OT Julien Davenport The trade, if you omit the fringe players in the mix (Davenport, Bademosi and Stills) and total all of the true values of the draft choices involved, valued Tunsil as over 3,500 points on the Jimmy Johnson trade value chart. That total in value exceeds the value of the No. 1 overall pick by over 500 points. Below, youll find the full terms of Baltimore and Kansas Citys trade featuring Brown Jr. Kansas City gets: OT Orlando Brown 2021 second-round pick (No. 58) 2022 6th round pick. Baltimore gets: 2021 first-round pick (No. 31) third-round pick (No. 94) fourth-round pick (No. Kansas City received assets valued at approximately 336 points plus Brown Jr himself. Baltimore received assets valued at approximately 772 points. The full values cannot be calculated until the 2022 NFL Draft order is finalized at the end of the 2021 NFL season. 436 total points approximately the value of the No. 46 overall pick in the NFL Draft. So while Baltimore should be pleased with their returns for Orlando Brown Jr, one thing is abundantly clear. The Ravens and Chiefs both unanimously agreed that Brown Jr. is a fraction of the value that Tunsil was worth on the trade market. | The Miami Dolphins traded tackle Laremy Tunsil to the Houston Texans. The Dolphins trade netted the team multiple 1st-round draft choices and was decidedly lopsided. The Ravens and Chiefs both unanimously agreed that Brown Jr. is a fraction of the value that Tunsin was worth on the trade market. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://sports.yahoo.com/does-orlando-brown-jr-trade-122923155.html?src=rss | 0.195635 |
Could the Bears realistically land Justin Fields in the 2021 draft? | The Chicago Bears are one of the top teams rumored to draft a quarterback this year in the 2021 NFL draft. There are rumors of them trading up in the draft, along with rumors of them standing pat at 20 and taking a quarterback on Day 2 or Day 3. .With Andy Dalton promised the Week 1 starting job, any quarterback drafted by the Bears is likely going to redshirt their rookie season. That is going to help out any young quarterback, a lot. In the month of April, quarterback Justin Fields has seen his draft stock plummet. At one point, Fields was a lock for the second overall pick. Now, Zach Wilson is a -2000 favorite to be the second overall pick by the Jets, which means Fields out of that spot. The next quarterback off the board will come from the 49ers with the third pick in the draft. Theyll have a choice between Mac Jones, Justin Fields, and Trey Lance. If Fields isnt their choice, he might have to wait a decent amount of time before he finally hears his name called. Whether he plummets out of the top 10 or not, teams like the Bears wont likely take any chances. Though the Falcons have rumored to be interested in trading out of their spot, at No. 4, the Bears would have to give up a lot to move up 16 spots. It doesnt seem realistic. Teams like the Broncos and even Eagles, (if theyd like to draft another quarterback) have more pulling power than Chicago, as they hold the 9th and 12th spots in this years draft. If Chicago is going to trade into the top 10, the two realistic options for them are the sixth pick and the eighth pick. The Dolphins dont need a quarterback, neither do the Panthers. The Bears shouldnt give up more than this years first-round pick and their 2022 first-round pick. There will likely be a mid-round pick or two added to the trade as well. Even if Fields were to fall out of the top 10, teams like the Patriots and the Washington Football Team have expressed interest in Fields. The only way the Bears get Fields is by jumping both teams in the draft via trade. Story continues Here are the likely options for the Bears to get in a position to draft Fields: With Miami Bears Receive: Sixth overall pick (Justin Fields). Dolphins Receive: 20th overall pick, 52nd overall pick, 2022 first-round pick With Carolina Bears Receive: Eighth overall pick (Justin Fields). Panthers Receive: 20th overall pick, 83rd overall pick, 2022 first-round pick We are five days away from the 2021 NFL draft. Itll be interesting to see which decision(s) Ryan Pace makes on Day 1. Whether its Fields or not, this draft is pivotal to the future success of this team. They have to figure out a long-term quarterback plan. Andy Dalton doesnt have a long-term future in Chicago. List | The Chicago Bears are one of the top teams rumored to draft a quarterback this year in the 2021 NFL draft. There are rumors of them trading up in the draft, as well as standing pat at 20. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://sports.yahoo.com/could-bears-realistically-land-justin-135716396.html?src=rss | 0.106344 |
Could the Bears realistically land Justin Fields in the 2021 draft? | The Chicago Bears are one of the top teams rumored to draft a quarterback this year in the 2021 NFL draft. There are rumors of them trading up in the draft, along with rumors of them standing pat at 20 and taking a quarterback on Day 2 or Day 3. .With Andy Dalton promised the Week 1 starting job, any quarterback drafted by the Bears is likely going to redshirt their rookie season. That is going to help out any young quarterback, a lot. In the month of April, quarterback Justin Fields has seen his draft stock plummet. At one point, Fields was a lock for the second overall pick. Now, Zach Wilson is a -2000 favorite to be the second overall pick by the Jets, which means Fields out of that spot. The next quarterback off the board will come from the 49ers with the third pick in the draft. Theyll have a choice between Mac Jones, Justin Fields, and Trey Lance. If Fields isnt their choice, he might have to wait a decent amount of time before he finally hears his name called. Whether he plummets out of the top 10 or not, teams like the Bears wont likely take any chances. Though the Falcons have rumored to be interested in trading out of their spot, at No. 4, the Bears would have to give up a lot to move up 16 spots. It doesnt seem realistic. Teams like the Broncos and even Eagles, (if theyd like to draft another quarterback) have more pulling power than Chicago, as they hold the 9th and 12th spots in this years draft. If Chicago is going to trade into the top 10, the two realistic options for them are the sixth pick and the eighth pick. The Dolphins dont need a quarterback, neither do the Panthers. The Bears shouldnt give up more than this years first-round pick and their 2022 first-round pick. There will likely be a mid-round pick or two added to the trade as well. Even if Fields were to fall out of the top 10, teams like the Patriots and the Washington Football Team have expressed interest in Fields. The only way the Bears get Fields is by jumping both teams in the draft via trade. Story continues Here are the likely options for the Bears to get in a position to draft Fields: With Miami Bears Receive: Sixth overall pick (Justin Fields). Dolphins Receive: 20th overall pick, 52nd overall pick, 2022 first-round pick With Carolina Bears Receive: Eighth overall pick (Justin Fields). Panthers Receive: 20th overall pick, 83rd overall pick, 2022 first-round pick We are five days away from the 2021 NFL draft. Itll be interesting to see which decision(s) Ryan Pace makes on Day 1. Whether its Fields or not, this draft is pivotal to the future success of this team. They have to figure out a long-term quarterback plan. Andy Dalton doesnt have a long-term future in Chicago. List | The Chicago Bears are one of the top teams rumored to draft a quarterback this year in the 2021 NFL draft. There are rumors of them trading up in the draft, as well as standing pat at 20 and taking a quarterback on Day 2 or Day 3. The only way the Bears get Fields is by jumping both teams in thedraft via trade. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://sports.yahoo.com/could-bears-realistically-land-justin-135716396.html?src=rss | 0.280311 |
What do Greater Grand Forks police do with their body camera footage? | Apr. 24When uniformed Grand Forks Police Department officers interact with the public, they can turn their body cameras on or off at their discretion but GFPD Lt. Derik Zimmel said he rarely, if ever, goes looking for footage of an incident only to find it doesn't exist. In the years since the department adopted the technology around 2014, he said no Grand Forks officer has ever been investigated for improperly turning off a camera. The same is true in the East Grand Forks Police Department, which has used body cams since 2018. Very rarely is an incident not recorded, said Police Chief Mike Hedlund. When it does happen, it's generally because the camera's battery died at the end of a 12-hour shift, or because an officer thought it was turned on but mistakenly did activate it while rushing to an incident. If an officer was found to be intentionally not recording incidents, Hedlund said it would trigger an internal investigation that could result in disciplinary action, up to termination. As the trial for Derek Chauvin wrapped up this week in Minneapolis, there has been renewed attention to body camera footage. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty on Tuesday, April 20, of kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a Black man, in an improper use of force that resulted in Floyd's death. Hedlund said that body cameras aren't perfect, but they have come to be a significant benefit, both for officers and for the community at large. "I mean, it's one view of something," Hedlund said. "The officer could be looking with their face one direction, and their body could be pointed in a different direction, so the camera isn't going to get everything the officer is looking at, but it's giving you a better idea, obviously, than if he didn't have it all. It's at least going to give me some documentation of these situations." The Grand Forks and East Grand Forks departments differ slightly in their approach to body cam usage. In Grand Forks, department policy outlines when cameras should and should not be used, but officers' decision as to when to activate their cameras is largely up to their own best discretion, Zimmel said. On the East Grand Forks side, officer discretion has largely been taken out of the equation, Hedlund said. Story continues According to Grand Forks police policy, body cameras should be activated to record all traffic and pedestrian contacts, all crimes in progress and other enforcement actions, and any other situation the officer believes should be recorded. Body cameras may be deactivated at the officer's discretion to protect the dignity of others, during non-work-related personal time such as break periods, and to protect conversations with other employees who are unaware they are being recorded while they are not performing official duties. Cameras also may be turned off, unless the footage is considered to be evidence, when recording victims of sex offenses, confidential informants, undercover officers, innocent bystanders, and places where a reasonable expectation of privacy exists. Unlike GFPD's policy, East Grand Forks' Police Department does not detail when a camera may be turned off only when it is expected to be on, and when it is prohibited from running, such as in medical facilities, during body searches when the subject is asked to display any private areas, or during casual, informal interactions with the public that serve no evidentiary purpose, to name a few. Policies in both communities are continuously evaluated and updated to reflect best practices, Zimmel and Hedlund said. According to Lt. Dwight Love, who oversees the Grand Forks Police Department body camera program, the department has 60 cameras. All uniformed officers are issued a body camera to wear during their shift, but the cameras are also available for detectives to use when they wish. Camera footage is uploaded into an evidence-storage system. Then, all footage that is determined to be of minimal interest in any potential criminal or civil trial is held for up to 30 days before being purged from the system to make space for more files. Footage that does depict actions that could become relevant in trial are held for up to a year or longer. On a recent Monday, there were about 10,300 videos from body cameras and dashboard cameras stored in the system, Love said. He estimated they make up some 5,300 hours of video. In East Grand Forks, per Minnesota state statute, footage from inactive cases is held for 90 days, and footage showing officer use of force or actions referenced in a formal complaint is held for one year. In those latter situations, and in other serious circumstances like large crime scenes and officer-involved crashes, it's department policy for a supervisor to respond to the scene to ensure body camera footage is properly documented. Like any public record, anyone may request the footage from their encounter with police, although Zimmel cautioned that because the videos would be subject to redaction, such requests could quickly become pricey. He added that because of the record retention schedule, any requests should be made in a timely manner. Prior to releasing the footage, department staff would need to review the video minute-by-minute to ensure nothing confidential is released, Zimmel said. "It's not just the encounter with the person, it's anything else that that camera captures, including extraneous radio traffic," he said. "Maybe panning and a juvenile is seen in the background, or if you're going into somebody's house or on a traffic crash scene and someone's receiving medical treatment. All of those things need to be redacted under state law. So, it can get fairly complex, and at times expensive." Both Zimmel and Hedlund agreed that officers have come to rely on body cams, and they don't see them going away anytime soon. Zimmel noted that since GFPD adopted the cameras, the number of outside complaints against officers has gone down, and officers often are exonerated by body cam footage in complaints that are made. "I think officers find it to be a bit of a safety net for them," Zimmel said. "It's going to show our officers going out there, engaging with the public in ways that we expect them to, and performing the job that they're supposed to be performing. I think officers are far more reluctant to go out on the street without an active body cam, at this point. ... "I think we'd have a fight on our hands if we try to get rid of them at this point." | Grand Forks Police Department officers can turn their body cameras on or off at their discretion. GFPD Lt. Derik Zimmel said he rarely, if ever, goes looking for footage of an incident only to find it doesn't exist. | bart | 1 | https://news.yahoo.com/greater-grand-forks-police-body-143100300.html | 0.12896 |
What do Greater Grand Forks police do with their body camera footage? | Apr. 24When uniformed Grand Forks Police Department officers interact with the public, they can turn their body cameras on or off at their discretion but GFPD Lt. Derik Zimmel said he rarely, if ever, goes looking for footage of an incident only to find it doesn't exist. In the years since the department adopted the technology around 2014, he said no Grand Forks officer has ever been investigated for improperly turning off a camera. The same is true in the East Grand Forks Police Department, which has used body cams since 2018. Very rarely is an incident not recorded, said Police Chief Mike Hedlund. When it does happen, it's generally because the camera's battery died at the end of a 12-hour shift, or because an officer thought it was turned on but mistakenly did activate it while rushing to an incident. If an officer was found to be intentionally not recording incidents, Hedlund said it would trigger an internal investigation that could result in disciplinary action, up to termination. As the trial for Derek Chauvin wrapped up this week in Minneapolis, there has been renewed attention to body camera footage. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty on Tuesday, April 20, of kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a Black man, in an improper use of force that resulted in Floyd's death. Hedlund said that body cameras aren't perfect, but they have come to be a significant benefit, both for officers and for the community at large. "I mean, it's one view of something," Hedlund said. "The officer could be looking with their face one direction, and their body could be pointed in a different direction, so the camera isn't going to get everything the officer is looking at, but it's giving you a better idea, obviously, than if he didn't have it all. It's at least going to give me some documentation of these situations." The Grand Forks and East Grand Forks departments differ slightly in their approach to body cam usage. In Grand Forks, department policy outlines when cameras should and should not be used, but officers' decision as to when to activate their cameras is largely up to their own best discretion, Zimmel said. On the East Grand Forks side, officer discretion has largely been taken out of the equation, Hedlund said. Story continues According to Grand Forks police policy, body cameras should be activated to record all traffic and pedestrian contacts, all crimes in progress and other enforcement actions, and any other situation the officer believes should be recorded. Body cameras may be deactivated at the officer's discretion to protect the dignity of others, during non-work-related personal time such as break periods, and to protect conversations with other employees who are unaware they are being recorded while they are not performing official duties. Cameras also may be turned off, unless the footage is considered to be evidence, when recording victims of sex offenses, confidential informants, undercover officers, innocent bystanders, and places where a reasonable expectation of privacy exists. Unlike GFPD's policy, East Grand Forks' Police Department does not detail when a camera may be turned off only when it is expected to be on, and when it is prohibited from running, such as in medical facilities, during body searches when the subject is asked to display any private areas, or during casual, informal interactions with the public that serve no evidentiary purpose, to name a few. Policies in both communities are continuously evaluated and updated to reflect best practices, Zimmel and Hedlund said. According to Lt. Dwight Love, who oversees the Grand Forks Police Department body camera program, the department has 60 cameras. All uniformed officers are issued a body camera to wear during their shift, but the cameras are also available for detectives to use when they wish. Camera footage is uploaded into an evidence-storage system. Then, all footage that is determined to be of minimal interest in any potential criminal or civil trial is held for up to 30 days before being purged from the system to make space for more files. Footage that does depict actions that could become relevant in trial are held for up to a year or longer. On a recent Monday, there were about 10,300 videos from body cameras and dashboard cameras stored in the system, Love said. He estimated they make up some 5,300 hours of video. In East Grand Forks, per Minnesota state statute, footage from inactive cases is held for 90 days, and footage showing officer use of force or actions referenced in a formal complaint is held for one year. In those latter situations, and in other serious circumstances like large crime scenes and officer-involved crashes, it's department policy for a supervisor to respond to the scene to ensure body camera footage is properly documented. Like any public record, anyone may request the footage from their encounter with police, although Zimmel cautioned that because the videos would be subject to redaction, such requests could quickly become pricey. He added that because of the record retention schedule, any requests should be made in a timely manner. Prior to releasing the footage, department staff would need to review the video minute-by-minute to ensure nothing confidential is released, Zimmel said. "It's not just the encounter with the person, it's anything else that that camera captures, including extraneous radio traffic," he said. "Maybe panning and a juvenile is seen in the background, or if you're going into somebody's house or on a traffic crash scene and someone's receiving medical treatment. All of those things need to be redacted under state law. So, it can get fairly complex, and at times expensive." Both Zimmel and Hedlund agreed that officers have come to rely on body cams, and they don't see them going away anytime soon. Zimmel noted that since GFPD adopted the cameras, the number of outside complaints against officers has gone down, and officers often are exonerated by body cam footage in complaints that are made. "I think officers find it to be a bit of a safety net for them," Zimmel said. "It's going to show our officers going out there, engaging with the public in ways that we expect them to, and performing the job that they're supposed to be performing. I think officers are far more reluctant to go out on the street without an active body cam, at this point. ... "I think we'd have a fight on our hands if we try to get rid of them at this point." | Grand Forks and East Grand Forks police officers can turn their body cameras on or off at their discretion. Grand Forks police policy outlines when cameras should and should not be used. The East Grand Forks Police Department does not detail when a camera may be turned off. | pegasus | 2 | https://news.yahoo.com/greater-grand-forks-police-body-143100300.html | 0.107652 |
Has the condensed 2020 season caught up with major leaguers in 2021? | Those players are all expected back. Dexter Fowler (Angels), James Paxton (Mariners), and Kirby Yates (Blue Jays) have had season-ending surgeries. If Eloy Jimenez (White Sox) and Trevor Rosenthal (Athletics) return from their injuries, it wont be until late in the season. Chris Archer (Rays), Cody Bellinger (Dodgers), Miguel Cabrera (Tigers), Lorenzo Cain (Brewers), Carlos Carrasco (Mets), Johnny Cueto (Giants), Max Fried (Braves), KeBryan Hayes (Pirates), Dinelson Lamet (Padres), Lance Lynn (White Sox), Anthony Rendon (Angels), Juan Soto (Nationals), George Springer (Blue Jays), Stephen Strasburg (Nationals), Luke Voit (Yankees), and Christian Yelich (Brewers) are among the notable players missing from their teams. Advertisement Meanwhile, Tyler Beede (Giants), Mike Clevinger (Padres), Chris Sale (Red Sox), Luis Severino (Yankees), Noah Syndergaard (Mets), and Justin Verlander (Astros) are in varying stages of recovering from Tommy John surgery, as are nine other pitchers. Derek Rhoads, who tracks injuries for Baseball Prospectus, ran the numbers. If you exclude absences related to COVID-19, Rhoads found that injuries were up 12 percent from 2019 (MLBs last full season) over the first 18 days of the season. Thats not enough of a jump to say baseball has a crisis on its hands. But its enough to be worried about what will come next as the season progresses. There are a lot of unknowns out there, said Dr. Stephen Fealy, an orthopedic specialist with the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan who also consults with the Players Association and is a member of MLBs medical advisory committee. The 2020 season was unlike any that came before. Players prepared as usual before spring training came to a sudden stop in mid-March when the pandemic hit. The game was shut down until early July when players came back together at their home ballparks to prepare for a 60-game season spread over 67 days. Advertisement The Dodgers then played 18 games in the expanded playoffs and the Rays 20. Other teams, including the Red Sox, didnt play any. To what degree the start-stop-start-stop schedule of 2020 will have on knee and elbow ligaments this season is to be determined. Its something teams spend the winter researching and trying to prepare for. But without a similar event to look back on, it was a lot of guesswork. The usual cadence of training was disrupted, Fealy said. It seems like there are more sprains and strains, but its too early to officially say that. Were seeing a lot of oblique and hamstring strains but havent seen MCL strains increase. Theres no playbook for this. Fealy labeled what happened last season as de-training. Team doctors and athletic trainers were split on how best to handle it. Initially, all teams instructed their pitchers to remain on a regular schedule. But as the pandemic worsened, some teams cut way back on throwing programs. Hitters quarantining at their homes were left swinging at balls off a tee into a net in the backyard, while pitchers searched for somebody to play catch with. Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez said the increased possibility of injury has been an ongoing topic of conversation among players since the start of spring training. A lot of guys were concerned about it, he said. Any time you just shut it down and then you ramp it up again this game is very demanding. You need that long spring training to get your legs under you. Advertisement Fealy, who pitched at Columbia, said there were some discussions about limiting innings or pitches early in the season, but the decision was made to let individual teams set their own limits. Through Friday, starting pitchers were averaging 5.06 innings, about an out less than the same time period in 2019. The 26-man roster has made it easier for teams to go to their bullpens earlier. There were only five complete games through Friday, two of them the no-hitters thrown by Joe Musgrove and Carlos Rodon. How best to protect arms is something thats always evolving, Fealy said. These are finely tuned athletes across the board and the demands on them are hard to maintain. For pitchers especially, this is new. Their cadence is off. Everybody I speak to on the medical side of this is watching to see what happens. The other issue is how many pitchers are bent on throwing 100 miles per hour. Fealy doesnt believe that leads to injuries as pitchers are better prepared and conditioned for the physical demands. But the human body has a limited capacity, he said. It all plays into it. The Red Sox were among the teams that prioritized building roster depth to counter the expected injuries. The Sox have used six starters in the majors this season and have five others being stretched out in Worcester with what will soon be their Triple A team. Advertisement VALUE PLAYERS Arroyo and Andriese showing their worth Matt Andriese has a 1.80 ERA in seven appearances this season. Michael Dwyer/Associated Press If you were drawing up a list of the most valuable Red Sox this season, Matt Andriese and Christian Arroyo would have to be in the top 10. Andriese has faced as few as three batters in a game and as many as 11. Hes become the teams best option to hold a lead in the seventh inning and could soon move up to the eighth inning if Adam Ottavino doesnt get straightened out. Andriese, who was signed for $2.1 million in December, rarely gives up hard contact despite a modest fastball. He succeeds by having a four-pitch mix that includes a confounding changeup. They were quick to sign him. Chaim [Bloom] knew him from Tampa and how valuable he could be, a rival executive said. Everybody needs a pitcher like that. Arroyo, a waiver claim last season, was signed for $581,500 this year. He has played nearly 60 percent of the innings at second base. That has allowed Kik Hernndez to play the outfield more than was expected and improve what otherwise would be a glaring weakness. Arroyo also went into the weekend hitting .364 with a .927 OPS. That is unlikely to last, but hes made lineup building much easier for Alex Cora. Cora said before the season that his plan was to move Hernndez to second base late in games to help protect leads. But Arroyo has played well enough defensively to take that need away. Christian Arroyo has performed above average at second base and at the plate. Hannah Foslien/Getty A few other observations about the Red Sox: Advertisement MLB instituted the tiebreaker rule for extra innings last season as a coronavirus protocol so games would finish faster. It doesnt seem likely to go away any time soon. Managers and players almost universally like it, and many if not most fans do, too, based on feedback. Its one of those things you want to dislike at first but come around to after watching games. It forces the action by starting extra innings with a runner on second. Cora wants to expand it. Hed like to see the 11th inning start with runners on first and second and the 12th inning start with the bases loaded and one out. I saw that as an announcer in a qualifier for the WBC in Mexico and thought it was amazing, Cora said. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. You could soon see the Sox bunt in extra innings on the road. Cora firmly believes the road team needs to do everything it can to score first rather than face losing on a single. The average temperature at Fenway Park through the first 13 home games was 53.5 degrees and most of the night games were played with a brisk wind coming in from center field. Thank God I am [a DH], J.D. Martinez said. I feel bad for those guys being out there. I know how I feel and Im out there from the on-deck circle to the batters box then I go back inside. Its cold. Youve got the wind blowing in your face when youre hitting. Your eyes are getting all watery. Its freezing. Every pitch that goes by, your hands get more and more numb and your eyes more and more dry. Its not fun. It really isnt. Its not baseball weather. Eduardo Rodriguez, who starts Sunday, has pitched at least five innings in 31 consecutive starts going back to May 4, 2019. Only Shane Bieber of the Indians (36) and Justin Verlander of the Astros (33) have longer such streaks. The Sox are 25-6 in those games with Rodriguez 20-4 with a 3.39 ERA. These are not glory days for Fenway Sports Group. It gifted the Dodgers a World Series championship (and probably more to come) with the Mookie Betts trade in 2020, and has now lost its standing in Europe by joining the failed attempt to start a lucrative Super League of soccer powers. Only two days after it was introduced, the Super League collapsed as FSG-owned Liverpool bailed out along with the other conspirators from the English Premier League following howls of outrage from fans. The media reaction in England made Dan Shaughnessy look like Miss Manners. FSG are supposed to be custodians of the club. So, after such a cack-handed, failed money grab, how can they be trusted ever again with handling something so precious to so many? wrote Ian Doyle of the Liverpool Echo. Cack-handed means clumsy, by the way. Doyle predicted the debacle would cost team president Mike Gordon or chief executive Billy Hogan his job and questioned whether John Henry or Tom Werner would be able to attend games at Liverpools stadium. This is the beginning of the end for FSG at Anfield, Doyle wrote. ETC. Not with Burnes Corbin Burnes is pitching like the Brewers' ace this season. Gregory Bull/Associated Press Corbin Burnes opened the 2019 season in Milwaukees rotation and was demoted to the bullpen by May 1 after going 0-2 with a 10.70 ERA in four starts. The Brewers tried the 26-year-old righthander as a starter again last season and hes been one of the best pitchers in the game since. Burnes has thrown 24 innings without a walk while striking out 40 this season. No starter has done anything like that since 2013, when Adam Wainwright struck out 35 before issuing his first walk. On Tuesday, Burnes faced the Padres at Petco Park and threw six shutout innings with 10 strikeouts. He has allowed one earned run all season with opponents hitting .098 with a .300 OPS. Burnes is the first pitcher since at least 1901 to strike out 40 without a walk in a four-game stretch. Minnesotas Byron Buxton homered off Burnes on April 3. He has thrown 18 scoreless innings since. Brewers manager Craig Counsell doesnt see Burnes as being an early-season fluke. Hes earning those numbers because of how well hes pitching, Counsell said. The data backs that up. Burnes throws a heavy two-seam fastball and a curveball he has yet to give up a hit on. Hes as good as anyone weve seen so far this year, Padres manager Jayce Tingler said. Extra bases In 1991, Brewers outfielder Dante Bichette met his future wife, Mariana, while working out at the Golds Gym on Lansdowne Street behind Fenway Park. She was a student at Boston University who had only started working there that day. Bichette returned to the ballpark saying he met somebody special but hadnt asked her out. Don Baylor, who was Milwaukees hitting coach, prodded Bichette to go back across the street and try again. Thirty years later, Bo Bichette hit a home run for the Blue Jays on Tuesday night that landed just a few feet from where his parents met. The Golds Gym isnt there anymore, but the memories are. Blue Jays director of baseball media Richard Griffin retrieved the ball for the family . . . Albert Pujols, 41, has stolen at least one base in 20 of his 21 seasons. He became the oldest Angels player to steal a base when he took third against the Rangers on Monday. Of the 27 players with at least 500 home runs, Pujols is 13th in stolen bases with 115. Barry Bonds is first with 514 and Mark McGwire last with 12 . . . The White Sox went into the weekend 18-1 against lefthanded starters since the start of the 2020 season . . . Julio Urias, who closed out the World Series for the Dodgers last fall, started 3-0 with a 2.81 ERA. The 24-year-old lefthander is part of the reason David Price has been pitching in relief . . . MLB Network is trying something different on Sunday afternoon for the Yankees-Indians game. Instead of having traditional announcers, CC Sabathia, John Smoltz, and Carlos Pena will join host Stephen Nelson for a casual conversation during the game. The group will be at the networks studios in New Jersey. It was Sabathia who came up with the idea, and he might be onto something. At some point, viewers dont need to watch a single to left field on a big-screen, high-definition television and have the announcer say, Theres a single to left field. The Red Sox telecasts on NESN shine when Dennis Eckersley and Jerry Remy are unguarded and candid. This format could work . . . Spend any time around White Sox manager Tony La Russa and youll hear about his commitment to rescuing dogs and cats. He founded the nonprofit Animal Rescue Foundation in the Bay Area in 1991, with his wife, Elaine. The organization, now run by professionals, has been in turmoil in recent months. An announcement this past week said La Russa, his wife, and their two daughters had resigned from the board of directors. But La Russa then released his own statement a day later, saying he was staying on and he hoped his family members would reconsider their decision . . . Condolences to the family and many friends of former major league player and hitting coach Tom Robson, who died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 75. Robson coached with the Rangers from 1986-92 and with the Mets from 1997-2000 and again in 2002. He was one of the first hitting coaches to make regular use of video as a teaching tool. Robson also hit 56 home runs for the Double A Pittsfield Rangers from 1972-73 . . . Happy birthday to Ken Tatum, who is 77. The righthander pitched for the Red Sox from 1971-73, appearing in 59 games. Tatum had a dominant rookie season with the Angels in 1969 but wasnt the same pitcher after hitting Paul Blair of the Orioles in the face with a pitch on May 31, 1970. Tatum was less inclined to pitch inside, and his statistics suffered. Tatum was part of some notable trades. The Red Sox obtained him from the Angels in 1970 in the deal that sent Tony Conigliaro to the West Coast. Then in 1973, Tatum and Reggie Smith were traded to the Cardinals for Bernie Carbo and Rick Wise. Peter Abraham can be reached at peter.abraham@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @PeteAbe. | The 2020 season was unlike any that came before, with a condensed 60-game season spread over 67 days. There's no playbook for how to deal with the condensed season in 2021. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/24/sports/has-condensed-2020-season-caught-up-with-major-leaguers-2021/ | 0.104591 |
Has the condensed 2020 season caught up with major leaguers in 2021? | Those players are all expected back. Dexter Fowler (Angels), James Paxton (Mariners), and Kirby Yates (Blue Jays) have had season-ending surgeries. If Eloy Jimenez (White Sox) and Trevor Rosenthal (Athletics) return from their injuries, it wont be until late in the season. Chris Archer (Rays), Cody Bellinger (Dodgers), Miguel Cabrera (Tigers), Lorenzo Cain (Brewers), Carlos Carrasco (Mets), Johnny Cueto (Giants), Max Fried (Braves), KeBryan Hayes (Pirates), Dinelson Lamet (Padres), Lance Lynn (White Sox), Anthony Rendon (Angels), Juan Soto (Nationals), George Springer (Blue Jays), Stephen Strasburg (Nationals), Luke Voit (Yankees), and Christian Yelich (Brewers) are among the notable players missing from their teams. Advertisement Meanwhile, Tyler Beede (Giants), Mike Clevinger (Padres), Chris Sale (Red Sox), Luis Severino (Yankees), Noah Syndergaard (Mets), and Justin Verlander (Astros) are in varying stages of recovering from Tommy John surgery, as are nine other pitchers. Derek Rhoads, who tracks injuries for Baseball Prospectus, ran the numbers. If you exclude absences related to COVID-19, Rhoads found that injuries were up 12 percent from 2019 (MLBs last full season) over the first 18 days of the season. Thats not enough of a jump to say baseball has a crisis on its hands. But its enough to be worried about what will come next as the season progresses. There are a lot of unknowns out there, said Dr. Stephen Fealy, an orthopedic specialist with the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan who also consults with the Players Association and is a member of MLBs medical advisory committee. The 2020 season was unlike any that came before. Players prepared as usual before spring training came to a sudden stop in mid-March when the pandemic hit. The game was shut down until early July when players came back together at their home ballparks to prepare for a 60-game season spread over 67 days. Advertisement The Dodgers then played 18 games in the expanded playoffs and the Rays 20. Other teams, including the Red Sox, didnt play any. To what degree the start-stop-start-stop schedule of 2020 will have on knee and elbow ligaments this season is to be determined. Its something teams spend the winter researching and trying to prepare for. But without a similar event to look back on, it was a lot of guesswork. The usual cadence of training was disrupted, Fealy said. It seems like there are more sprains and strains, but its too early to officially say that. Were seeing a lot of oblique and hamstring strains but havent seen MCL strains increase. Theres no playbook for this. Fealy labeled what happened last season as de-training. Team doctors and athletic trainers were split on how best to handle it. Initially, all teams instructed their pitchers to remain on a regular schedule. But as the pandemic worsened, some teams cut way back on throwing programs. Hitters quarantining at their homes were left swinging at balls off a tee into a net in the backyard, while pitchers searched for somebody to play catch with. Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez said the increased possibility of injury has been an ongoing topic of conversation among players since the start of spring training. A lot of guys were concerned about it, he said. Any time you just shut it down and then you ramp it up again this game is very demanding. You need that long spring training to get your legs under you. Advertisement Fealy, who pitched at Columbia, said there were some discussions about limiting innings or pitches early in the season, but the decision was made to let individual teams set their own limits. Through Friday, starting pitchers were averaging 5.06 innings, about an out less than the same time period in 2019. The 26-man roster has made it easier for teams to go to their bullpens earlier. There were only five complete games through Friday, two of them the no-hitters thrown by Joe Musgrove and Carlos Rodon. How best to protect arms is something thats always evolving, Fealy said. These are finely tuned athletes across the board and the demands on them are hard to maintain. For pitchers especially, this is new. Their cadence is off. Everybody I speak to on the medical side of this is watching to see what happens. The other issue is how many pitchers are bent on throwing 100 miles per hour. Fealy doesnt believe that leads to injuries as pitchers are better prepared and conditioned for the physical demands. But the human body has a limited capacity, he said. It all plays into it. The Red Sox were among the teams that prioritized building roster depth to counter the expected injuries. The Sox have used six starters in the majors this season and have five others being stretched out in Worcester with what will soon be their Triple A team. Advertisement VALUE PLAYERS Arroyo and Andriese showing their worth Matt Andriese has a 1.80 ERA in seven appearances this season. Michael Dwyer/Associated Press If you were drawing up a list of the most valuable Red Sox this season, Matt Andriese and Christian Arroyo would have to be in the top 10. Andriese has faced as few as three batters in a game and as many as 11. Hes become the teams best option to hold a lead in the seventh inning and could soon move up to the eighth inning if Adam Ottavino doesnt get straightened out. Andriese, who was signed for $2.1 million in December, rarely gives up hard contact despite a modest fastball. He succeeds by having a four-pitch mix that includes a confounding changeup. They were quick to sign him. Chaim [Bloom] knew him from Tampa and how valuable he could be, a rival executive said. Everybody needs a pitcher like that. Arroyo, a waiver claim last season, was signed for $581,500 this year. He has played nearly 60 percent of the innings at second base. That has allowed Kik Hernndez to play the outfield more than was expected and improve what otherwise would be a glaring weakness. Arroyo also went into the weekend hitting .364 with a .927 OPS. That is unlikely to last, but hes made lineup building much easier for Alex Cora. Cora said before the season that his plan was to move Hernndez to second base late in games to help protect leads. But Arroyo has played well enough defensively to take that need away. Christian Arroyo has performed above average at second base and at the plate. Hannah Foslien/Getty A few other observations about the Red Sox: Advertisement MLB instituted the tiebreaker rule for extra innings last season as a coronavirus protocol so games would finish faster. It doesnt seem likely to go away any time soon. Managers and players almost universally like it, and many if not most fans do, too, based on feedback. Its one of those things you want to dislike at first but come around to after watching games. It forces the action by starting extra innings with a runner on second. Cora wants to expand it. Hed like to see the 11th inning start with runners on first and second and the 12th inning start with the bases loaded and one out. I saw that as an announcer in a qualifier for the WBC in Mexico and thought it was amazing, Cora said. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. You could soon see the Sox bunt in extra innings on the road. Cora firmly believes the road team needs to do everything it can to score first rather than face losing on a single. The average temperature at Fenway Park through the first 13 home games was 53.5 degrees and most of the night games were played with a brisk wind coming in from center field. Thank God I am [a DH], J.D. Martinez said. I feel bad for those guys being out there. I know how I feel and Im out there from the on-deck circle to the batters box then I go back inside. Its cold. Youve got the wind blowing in your face when youre hitting. Your eyes are getting all watery. Its freezing. Every pitch that goes by, your hands get more and more numb and your eyes more and more dry. Its not fun. It really isnt. Its not baseball weather. Eduardo Rodriguez, who starts Sunday, has pitched at least five innings in 31 consecutive starts going back to May 4, 2019. Only Shane Bieber of the Indians (36) and Justin Verlander of the Astros (33) have longer such streaks. The Sox are 25-6 in those games with Rodriguez 20-4 with a 3.39 ERA. These are not glory days for Fenway Sports Group. It gifted the Dodgers a World Series championship (and probably more to come) with the Mookie Betts trade in 2020, and has now lost its standing in Europe by joining the failed attempt to start a lucrative Super League of soccer powers. Only two days after it was introduced, the Super League collapsed as FSG-owned Liverpool bailed out along with the other conspirators from the English Premier League following howls of outrage from fans. The media reaction in England made Dan Shaughnessy look like Miss Manners. FSG are supposed to be custodians of the club. So, after such a cack-handed, failed money grab, how can they be trusted ever again with handling something so precious to so many? wrote Ian Doyle of the Liverpool Echo. Cack-handed means clumsy, by the way. Doyle predicted the debacle would cost team president Mike Gordon or chief executive Billy Hogan his job and questioned whether John Henry or Tom Werner would be able to attend games at Liverpools stadium. This is the beginning of the end for FSG at Anfield, Doyle wrote. ETC. Not with Burnes Corbin Burnes is pitching like the Brewers' ace this season. Gregory Bull/Associated Press Corbin Burnes opened the 2019 season in Milwaukees rotation and was demoted to the bullpen by May 1 after going 0-2 with a 10.70 ERA in four starts. The Brewers tried the 26-year-old righthander as a starter again last season and hes been one of the best pitchers in the game since. Burnes has thrown 24 innings without a walk while striking out 40 this season. No starter has done anything like that since 2013, when Adam Wainwright struck out 35 before issuing his first walk. On Tuesday, Burnes faced the Padres at Petco Park and threw six shutout innings with 10 strikeouts. He has allowed one earned run all season with opponents hitting .098 with a .300 OPS. Burnes is the first pitcher since at least 1901 to strike out 40 without a walk in a four-game stretch. Minnesotas Byron Buxton homered off Burnes on April 3. He has thrown 18 scoreless innings since. Brewers manager Craig Counsell doesnt see Burnes as being an early-season fluke. Hes earning those numbers because of how well hes pitching, Counsell said. The data backs that up. Burnes throws a heavy two-seam fastball and a curveball he has yet to give up a hit on. Hes as good as anyone weve seen so far this year, Padres manager Jayce Tingler said. Extra bases In 1991, Brewers outfielder Dante Bichette met his future wife, Mariana, while working out at the Golds Gym on Lansdowne Street behind Fenway Park. She was a student at Boston University who had only started working there that day. Bichette returned to the ballpark saying he met somebody special but hadnt asked her out. Don Baylor, who was Milwaukees hitting coach, prodded Bichette to go back across the street and try again. Thirty years later, Bo Bichette hit a home run for the Blue Jays on Tuesday night that landed just a few feet from where his parents met. The Golds Gym isnt there anymore, but the memories are. Blue Jays director of baseball media Richard Griffin retrieved the ball for the family . . . Albert Pujols, 41, has stolen at least one base in 20 of his 21 seasons. He became the oldest Angels player to steal a base when he took third against the Rangers on Monday. Of the 27 players with at least 500 home runs, Pujols is 13th in stolen bases with 115. Barry Bonds is first with 514 and Mark McGwire last with 12 . . . The White Sox went into the weekend 18-1 against lefthanded starters since the start of the 2020 season . . . Julio Urias, who closed out the World Series for the Dodgers last fall, started 3-0 with a 2.81 ERA. The 24-year-old lefthander is part of the reason David Price has been pitching in relief . . . MLB Network is trying something different on Sunday afternoon for the Yankees-Indians game. Instead of having traditional announcers, CC Sabathia, John Smoltz, and Carlos Pena will join host Stephen Nelson for a casual conversation during the game. The group will be at the networks studios in New Jersey. It was Sabathia who came up with the idea, and he might be onto something. At some point, viewers dont need to watch a single to left field on a big-screen, high-definition television and have the announcer say, Theres a single to left field. The Red Sox telecasts on NESN shine when Dennis Eckersley and Jerry Remy are unguarded and candid. This format could work . . . Spend any time around White Sox manager Tony La Russa and youll hear about his commitment to rescuing dogs and cats. He founded the nonprofit Animal Rescue Foundation in the Bay Area in 1991, with his wife, Elaine. The organization, now run by professionals, has been in turmoil in recent months. An announcement this past week said La Russa, his wife, and their two daughters had resigned from the board of directors. But La Russa then released his own statement a day later, saying he was staying on and he hoped his family members would reconsider their decision . . . Condolences to the family and many friends of former major league player and hitting coach Tom Robson, who died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 75. Robson coached with the Rangers from 1986-92 and with the Mets from 1997-2000 and again in 2002. He was one of the first hitting coaches to make regular use of video as a teaching tool. Robson also hit 56 home runs for the Double A Pittsfield Rangers from 1972-73 . . . Happy birthday to Ken Tatum, who is 77. The righthander pitched for the Red Sox from 1971-73, appearing in 59 games. Tatum had a dominant rookie season with the Angels in 1969 but wasnt the same pitcher after hitting Paul Blair of the Orioles in the face with a pitch on May 31, 1970. Tatum was less inclined to pitch inside, and his statistics suffered. Tatum was part of some notable trades. The Red Sox obtained him from the Angels in 1970 in the deal that sent Tony Conigliaro to the West Coast. Then in 1973, Tatum and Reggie Smith were traded to the Cardinals for Bernie Carbo and Rick Wise. Peter Abraham can be reached at peter.abraham@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @PeteAbe. | The 2020 season was unlike any that came before, with a condensed 60-game season spread over 67 days. There's no playbook for how to deal with the condensed season in 2021, an orthopedic specialist says. The condensed 2020 season is expected to catch up with major leaguers in 2021. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/24/sports/has-condensed-2020-season-caught-up-with-major-leaguers-2021/ | 0.570172 |
Did Washington Almost Trade For All-Pro Tackle Orlando Brown? | The trade price for the WFT was, in the end, viewed as prohibitive, and so the two-time Pro Bowler and Baltimore native Orlando Brown has been shipped by the Ravens to the Kansas City Chiefs. Inarguably, Orlando Brown Jr. would've looked handsome in a Washington Football Team uniform, and the move from Baltimore to D.C. would've been an easy one. But the trade price for the WFT was, in the end, viewed as prohibitive, and so the two-time Pro Bowler and Baltimore native has been shipped by the Ravens to the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs sent the Ravens draft picks this year in the first round, third and fourth, as well as a fifth-round pick in 2022. That is a bonanza, and as John Keim of ESPN was first to note, something Washington kicked around before coach Ron Rivera and company decided the price of acquiring Brown would be too much. So the relative hole at left tackle remains. Brown, a third-round pick out of Oklahoma in 2018, is 6-8, 355 pounds and just 24 years old. It is his desire to play left tackle, and he'll get his wish with the Chiefs, who have cleverly revamped their O-line in a high-profile way as to protect QB Patrick Mahomes. They paid a price - but keeping Mahomes upright might prove to be worth it. Washington, meanwhile, continues on with its desire to find a long-term answer at left tackle. Trent Williams, now with the San Francisco 49ers, is but a memory. Brown would've been near-perfect on the field, though as he is soon due a fat new contract, he becomes expensive in both ways. READ MORE: WFT At 19: What History Says They'll Get Washington's flirtation with the Brown idea, though, does hint at what the WFT might do in the upcoming NFL Draft. Four offensive tackles could go in the first round. Will Virginia Tech's Christian Darrisaw - a D.C. kid - be available when the Washington Football Team picks at No. Washington has desires and needs at linebacker and at QB, where an heir to Ryan Fitzpatrick would be nice. But the Brown idea might have just given us the best idea as to which way the WFT will lean next Thursday. READ MORE: How WFT Might Rank The Top 10 Safeties | Orlando Brown Jr. has been shipped by the Baltimore Ravens to the Kansas City Chiefs. Washington Football Team almost traded for Brown, but the price was too high. Washington's flirtation with the Brown idea, though, does hint at what the WFT might do in the upcoming NFL Draft. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/did-washington-football-team-almost-trade-for-ravens-all-pro-tackle-orlando-brown | 0.377367 |
Which Type of Tortilla Is Healthier? | Soft tortillas are the traditional base for Mexican fajitas or burritosbut, depending on the type of flour or cornmeal used, these thin round flatbreads can vary widely in calories, sodium, and more. Amy Keating, RD, a CR nutritionist, checked out 40 tortillas from five big brands. The three examples below illustrate the nutritional differences among corn, flour, and whole-wheat tortillas. Plus, try our recipe for Chicken and Guacamole Tacos. Corn Tortillas Offering a firm, chewy texture, corn tortillas come out ahead in a side-by-side nutrition competition with other types. Corn is a good-for - you whole grain, Keating explains, and corn tortillas typically contain less fat and simpler ingredients, and are very low in sodium. Mission Yellow Corn (1 ounce) Calories: 50 Saturated fat: 0 g Fiber: 1.5 g Protein: 1 g Sodium: 5 mg Flour Tortillas You may prefer flour tortillas for their mild flavor and pillowy-soft texture. But theyre the least healthy choice in the tortilla aisle: They are made from refined white flour, often contain additives, and can pack a lot of sodiumespecially compared with corn tortillas. Tia Rosa Flour Fajita (1 ounce) Calories: 100 Saturated fat: 1 g Fiber: <1 g Protein: 2 g Sodium: 240 mg Whole-Wheat Tortillas These tortillas have more fiber than white flour ones but have a similar mouthfeel. Still, they are similar to flour tortillas in sodium and processed ingredients. Choosing a smaller-sized whole-wheat (or flour) tortilla can keep sodium and calories in check. La Banderita 100% Whole Wheat Fajita (1 ounce) Calories: 80 Saturated fat: 1 g Fiber: 3 g Protein: 2 g Sodium: 150 mg Chicken and Guacamole Tacos 2 ripe avocados, pitted 1 lime, juiced (about 2 tablespoons) 18 teaspoon each, salt and pepper 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 cup jarred salsa 14 cup water 1 rotisserie chicken*, meat removed (about 4 cups) 12 6-inch corn tortillas, warmed 2 cups cabbage, shredded 1 tomato, chopped (about 1 cup) 12 cup cilantro leaves Story continues *Rotisserie chicken varies in sodium content. We used one that has 250 mg per 3-ounce serving to calculate the nutritional information for this recipe. Directions 1. In a small bowl, mash the avocados with lime juice, salt, and pepper. Set aside. 2. In a large skillet over medium heat, add oil and chili powder. Cook about 30 seconds. Then add salsa, water, and chicken. Heat until warmed, about 10 minutes. 3. Spread warm tortillas with the avocado mixture, then top with the chicken, cabbage, tomato, and cilantro. Makes 6 servings Nutrition information per 2 tacos: 450 calories, 19 g fat, 3.5 g saturated fat, 42 g carbs, 8 g fiber, 8 g sugars (0 g added), 29 g protein, 475 mg sodium Editors Note: This article also appeared in the May 2021 issue of Consumer Reports magazine. Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. | Corn tortillas typically contain less fat and simpler ingredients. Flour tortillas are the least healthy choice in the tortilla aisle. | bart | 0 | https://news.yahoo.com/type-tortilla-healthier-100001288.html | 0.231574 |
Which Type of Tortilla Is Healthier? | Soft tortillas are the traditional base for Mexican fajitas or burritosbut, depending on the type of flour or cornmeal used, these thin round flatbreads can vary widely in calories, sodium, and more. Amy Keating, RD, a CR nutritionist, checked out 40 tortillas from five big brands. The three examples below illustrate the nutritional differences among corn, flour, and whole-wheat tortillas. Plus, try our recipe for Chicken and Guacamole Tacos. Corn Tortillas Offering a firm, chewy texture, corn tortillas come out ahead in a side-by-side nutrition competition with other types. Corn is a good-for - you whole grain, Keating explains, and corn tortillas typically contain less fat and simpler ingredients, and are very low in sodium. Mission Yellow Corn (1 ounce) Calories: 50 Saturated fat: 0 g Fiber: 1.5 g Protein: 1 g Sodium: 5 mg Flour Tortillas You may prefer flour tortillas for their mild flavor and pillowy-soft texture. But theyre the least healthy choice in the tortilla aisle: They are made from refined white flour, often contain additives, and can pack a lot of sodiumespecially compared with corn tortillas. Tia Rosa Flour Fajita (1 ounce) Calories: 100 Saturated fat: 1 g Fiber: <1 g Protein: 2 g Sodium: 240 mg Whole-Wheat Tortillas These tortillas have more fiber than white flour ones but have a similar mouthfeel. Still, they are similar to flour tortillas in sodium and processed ingredients. Choosing a smaller-sized whole-wheat (or flour) tortilla can keep sodium and calories in check. La Banderita 100% Whole Wheat Fajita (1 ounce) Calories: 80 Saturated fat: 1 g Fiber: 3 g Protein: 2 g Sodium: 150 mg Chicken and Guacamole Tacos 2 ripe avocados, pitted 1 lime, juiced (about 2 tablespoons) 18 teaspoon each, salt and pepper 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 cup jarred salsa 14 cup water 1 rotisserie chicken*, meat removed (about 4 cups) 12 6-inch corn tortillas, warmed 2 cups cabbage, shredded 1 tomato, chopped (about 1 cup) 12 cup cilantro leaves Story continues *Rotisserie chicken varies in sodium content. We used one that has 250 mg per 3-ounce serving to calculate the nutritional information for this recipe. Directions 1. In a small bowl, mash the avocados with lime juice, salt, and pepper. Set aside. 2. In a large skillet over medium heat, add oil and chili powder. Cook about 30 seconds. Then add salsa, water, and chicken. Heat until warmed, about 10 minutes. 3. Spread warm tortillas with the avocado mixture, then top with the chicken, cabbage, tomato, and cilantro. Makes 6 servings Nutrition information per 2 tacos: 450 calories, 19 g fat, 3.5 g saturated fat, 42 g carbs, 8 g fiber, 8 g sugars (0 g added), 29 g protein, 475 mg sodium Editors Note: This article also appeared in the May 2021 issue of Consumer Reports magazine. Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. | Corn tortillas come out ahead in a side-by-side nutrition competition with other types. Choosing a smaller-sized whole-wheat tortilla can keep sodium and calories in check. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://news.yahoo.com/type-tortilla-healthier-100001288.html | 0.214714 |
Which Type of Tortilla Is Healthier? | Soft tortillas are the traditional base for Mexican fajitas or burritosbut, depending on the type of flour or cornmeal used, these thin round flatbreads can vary widely in calories, sodium, and more. Amy Keating, RD, a CR nutritionist, checked out 40 tortillas from five big brands. The three examples below illustrate the nutritional differences among corn, flour, and whole-wheat tortillas. Plus, try our recipe for Chicken and Guacamole Tacos. Corn Tortillas Offering a firm, chewy texture, corn tortillas come out ahead in a side-by-side nutrition competition with other types. Corn is a good-for - you whole grain, Keating explains, and corn tortillas typically contain less fat and simpler ingredients, and are very low in sodium. Mission Yellow Corn (1 ounce) Calories: 50 Saturated fat: 0 g Fiber: 1.5 g Protein: 1 g Sodium: 5 mg Flour Tortillas You may prefer flour tortillas for their mild flavor and pillowy-soft texture. But theyre the least healthy choice in the tortilla aisle: They are made from refined white flour, often contain additives, and can pack a lot of sodiumespecially compared with corn tortillas. Tia Rosa Flour Fajita (1 ounce) Calories: 100 Saturated fat: 1 g Fiber: <1 g Protein: 2 g Sodium: 240 mg Whole-Wheat Tortillas These tortillas have more fiber than white flour ones but have a similar mouthfeel. Still, they are similar to flour tortillas in sodium and processed ingredients. Choosing a smaller-sized whole-wheat (or flour) tortilla can keep sodium and calories in check. La Banderita 100% Whole Wheat Fajita (1 ounce) Calories: 80 Saturated fat: 1 g Fiber: 3 g Protein: 2 g Sodium: 150 mg Chicken and Guacamole Tacos 2 ripe avocados, pitted 1 lime, juiced (about 2 tablespoons) 18 teaspoon each, salt and pepper 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 cup jarred salsa 14 cup water 1 rotisserie chicken*, meat removed (about 4 cups) 12 6-inch corn tortillas, warmed 2 cups cabbage, shredded 1 tomato, chopped (about 1 cup) 12 cup cilantro leaves Story continues *Rotisserie chicken varies in sodium content. We used one that has 250 mg per 3-ounce serving to calculate the nutritional information for this recipe. Directions 1. In a small bowl, mash the avocados with lime juice, salt, and pepper. Set aside. 2. In a large skillet over medium heat, add oil and chili powder. Cook about 30 seconds. Then add salsa, water, and chicken. Heat until warmed, about 10 minutes. 3. Spread warm tortillas with the avocado mixture, then top with the chicken, cabbage, tomato, and cilantro. Makes 6 servings Nutrition information per 2 tacos: 450 calories, 19 g fat, 3.5 g saturated fat, 42 g carbs, 8 g fiber, 8 g sugars (0 g added), 29 g protein, 475 mg sodium Editors Note: This article also appeared in the May 2021 issue of Consumer Reports magazine. Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. | Corn tortillas typically contain less fat and simpler ingredients, and are very low in sodium. Flour tortillas are the least healthy choice in the tortilla aisle. Choosing a smaller-sized whole-wheat tortilla can keep sodium and calories in check. | bart | 2 | https://news.yahoo.com/type-tortilla-healthier-100001288.html | 0.344037 |
Could the 2020 NFL Draft Produce a Patriots Pro Bowler? | originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Pro Bowl is probably the one live sporting event you really havent missed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Selections are subjective, the game doesnt include players participating in that years Super Bowl or many other stars for myriad reasons and those that do play are giving something considerably less than 100% effort. That doesnt mean the game, or at least the idea of it, is completely meaningless. Getting selected to the Pro Bowl is still a big deal for many players, no matter how unscientific the process is of getting there, and seeing which teams rack up the most Pro Bowl selections in a given season tends to provide a good barometer of who the haves and have nots in the NFL are. Patriots Talk Podcast: Thomas Dimitroff goes deep on the 21 draft class and Patriots' approach | Listen & Subscribe | Watch on YouTube Even in 2020, uninspiring a year as it was for the Patriots, they still mustered three players who were voted into the hypothetical Pro Bowl that was never played: Stephon Gilmore, Matthew Slater and Jake Bailey. Two special teamers and a cornerback who only played 11 games. The berth was the ninth for Slater, tying him with John Hannah for second in team history, and the third straight for Gilmore, which regardless of how deserving it was, continued to solidify his status as one of the great free-agent signings in franchise history. Baileys selection may have been the most noteworthy, however. Bailey, whom New England traded up for in the fifth round in 2019, snapped a six-year stretch for New England without having drafted and developed a Pro Bowl player. Jamie Collins, drafted in the second round, 52nd overall in 2013, had been the most recent Patriots draft pick to play in a Pro Bowl, doing so in his third season. Put another way: New England made 57 draft picks between the remainder of 2013 and beginning of 2019 without selecting a player who has (yet) made a Pro Bowl. Story continues To be sure, there are plenty of quality players the Patriots have drafted in the interim, guys like James White, Shaq Mason, Joe Thuney, Logan Ryan and Duron Harmon, not to mention the usual undrafted gems such as David Andrews, Jonathan Jones, J.C. Jackson and Malcolm Butler the last of whom even made a Pro Bowl in 2015. Theoretically, others like Isaiah Wynn, Chase Winovich or NKeal Harry still could, too. While Bailey is truly a weapon of a punter, the kind that Bill Belichick has been known to wax poetic about in the past, his Pro Bowl nod was hardly a vindication of whats become a systemic crisis in New England. Baileys berth leaves the Cincinnati Bengals as the team with the longest drought of having not drafted and developed a Pro Bowler, not the kind of company you want to keep. Entering the NFL in 2020 with no offseason programs or preseason games amid the pandemic put rookies behind the 8-ball right off the bat. Thats not to say there werent at least some flashes of promise from a slew of first-year players in New England. Safety Kyle Dugger (second round, 37th overall), linebackers Josh Uche (second round, No. 60) and Anfernee Jennings (third round, No. 87) and offensive lineman Michael Onwenu (sixth round, No. 182) all had their moments in 2020, most notably Dugger and Onwenu. Dugger, the highest-drafted player out of an NCAA Division II school (Lenoir-Rhyne) since 2006, helped offer a dose of optimism in the secondary for life without Patrick Chung. Appearing in 14 games and starting seven of the teams final eight contests, Dugger finished tied for 10th among rookies in solo tackles with 43. He was involved in quite a few plays, but I thought he pursued well, tackled well and gave us some perimeter run force, which was a big part of the game, Belichick said after Duggers first start against the Ravens, in which he had a season-best 12 combined tackles. Dugger is older than the majority of players from his draft class, having already turned 25, which may have given him an edge in adapting to a variety of roles such as playing deep safety or lining up in the box as an extra linebacker. The guy is a special athlete, Devin McCourty told WEEI of Dugger last season. He does some things at practice so far at different times and were all like, Damn, did you see that? Its pretty cool to see and I know hell keep getting better. I cant wait to watch his development the next couple of years. Uche and Onwenu, a pair of Michigan alums, both seem to be firmly in New Englands plans for the upcoming season based on comments Belichick made at the end of 2020. Onwenu in particular was a revelation as a rookie, starting all 16 games on the offensive line at both guard and tackle for the Patriots. Onwenu graded out as the sixth-best rookie in the NFL per Pro Football Focus and gives the team all sorts of options along the line in 2021. He could compensate for the loss of Joe Thuney via free agency at left guard, his primary position in college, or become the long-term answer at right tackle following the departure of Marcus Cannon. Hes opened a lot of doors and opportunities for himself, Belichick said of Onwenu prior to New Englands final game last season. If nothing else, Onwenu is certainly the teams best sixth-round pick out of Michigan since Tom Brady. Uche, meanwhile, started only one game as a rookie, but Belichick had a bright outlook for him as well entering 2021. Well be able to define his role much better next year, so Im looking forward to that, Belichick said. Hes definitely going to be an asset for us. Jennings, who played for noted Belichick disciple Nick Saban at Alabama, appeared in 14 games, making four starts as a rookie. There were still plenty of players trending as misses from the teams most recent draft class as well, though, most notably the disastrous pick of kicker Justin Rohrwasser (fifth round, No. 159). The first kicker off the board in 2020, Rohrwassers career in Foxboro is already over without him ever stepping on the field. Things dont look great for Devin Asiasi or Dalton Keene, either, the pair of tight ends drafted by the Patriots in the third round last year. After combining for five catches for 55 yards as rookies, New England splurged in free agency and signed the top two tight ends available in Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith. Even if the draft class doesnt produce any actual Pro Bowlers, Dugger and Onwenu look like surefire keepers. Remember, Deion Branch, Ty Warren and Julian Edelman never made a Pro Bowl, but Brandon Merriweather made two. Given how paltry the contributions remain from the 2016-19 draft classes, however, its hard not to feel at least somewhat hopeful that 2020 marked a return to form for the Patriots. If they do a good job of approaching it the right way, have the right work ethic, take advantage of the opportunity that they have to boost their career, then good things will happen for them, Belichick said of the teams young players after New Englands final game of the season against the Jets. If they dont, then there will probably be other players that pass them by. | The New England Patriots have yet to draft and develop a Pro Bowler. The team has made 57 draft picks between 2013 and beginning of 2019. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://sports.yahoo.com/could-2020-nfl-draft-produce-160937368.html?src=rss | 0.104152 |
Could the 2020 NFL Draft Produce a Patriots Pro Bowler? | originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Pro Bowl is probably the one live sporting event you really havent missed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Selections are subjective, the game doesnt include players participating in that years Super Bowl or many other stars for myriad reasons and those that do play are giving something considerably less than 100% effort. That doesnt mean the game, or at least the idea of it, is completely meaningless. Getting selected to the Pro Bowl is still a big deal for many players, no matter how unscientific the process is of getting there, and seeing which teams rack up the most Pro Bowl selections in a given season tends to provide a good barometer of who the haves and have nots in the NFL are. Patriots Talk Podcast: Thomas Dimitroff goes deep on the 21 draft class and Patriots' approach | Listen & Subscribe | Watch on YouTube Even in 2020, uninspiring a year as it was for the Patriots, they still mustered three players who were voted into the hypothetical Pro Bowl that was never played: Stephon Gilmore, Matthew Slater and Jake Bailey. Two special teamers and a cornerback who only played 11 games. The berth was the ninth for Slater, tying him with John Hannah for second in team history, and the third straight for Gilmore, which regardless of how deserving it was, continued to solidify his status as one of the great free-agent signings in franchise history. Baileys selection may have been the most noteworthy, however. Bailey, whom New England traded up for in the fifth round in 2019, snapped a six-year stretch for New England without having drafted and developed a Pro Bowl player. Jamie Collins, drafted in the second round, 52nd overall in 2013, had been the most recent Patriots draft pick to play in a Pro Bowl, doing so in his third season. Put another way: New England made 57 draft picks between the remainder of 2013 and beginning of 2019 without selecting a player who has (yet) made a Pro Bowl. Story continues To be sure, there are plenty of quality players the Patriots have drafted in the interim, guys like James White, Shaq Mason, Joe Thuney, Logan Ryan and Duron Harmon, not to mention the usual undrafted gems such as David Andrews, Jonathan Jones, J.C. Jackson and Malcolm Butler the last of whom even made a Pro Bowl in 2015. Theoretically, others like Isaiah Wynn, Chase Winovich or NKeal Harry still could, too. While Bailey is truly a weapon of a punter, the kind that Bill Belichick has been known to wax poetic about in the past, his Pro Bowl nod was hardly a vindication of whats become a systemic crisis in New England. Baileys berth leaves the Cincinnati Bengals as the team with the longest drought of having not drafted and developed a Pro Bowler, not the kind of company you want to keep. Entering the NFL in 2020 with no offseason programs or preseason games amid the pandemic put rookies behind the 8-ball right off the bat. Thats not to say there werent at least some flashes of promise from a slew of first-year players in New England. Safety Kyle Dugger (second round, 37th overall), linebackers Josh Uche (second round, No. 60) and Anfernee Jennings (third round, No. 87) and offensive lineman Michael Onwenu (sixth round, No. 182) all had their moments in 2020, most notably Dugger and Onwenu. Dugger, the highest-drafted player out of an NCAA Division II school (Lenoir-Rhyne) since 2006, helped offer a dose of optimism in the secondary for life without Patrick Chung. Appearing in 14 games and starting seven of the teams final eight contests, Dugger finished tied for 10th among rookies in solo tackles with 43. He was involved in quite a few plays, but I thought he pursued well, tackled well and gave us some perimeter run force, which was a big part of the game, Belichick said after Duggers first start against the Ravens, in which he had a season-best 12 combined tackles. Dugger is older than the majority of players from his draft class, having already turned 25, which may have given him an edge in adapting to a variety of roles such as playing deep safety or lining up in the box as an extra linebacker. The guy is a special athlete, Devin McCourty told WEEI of Dugger last season. He does some things at practice so far at different times and were all like, Damn, did you see that? Its pretty cool to see and I know hell keep getting better. I cant wait to watch his development the next couple of years. Uche and Onwenu, a pair of Michigan alums, both seem to be firmly in New Englands plans for the upcoming season based on comments Belichick made at the end of 2020. Onwenu in particular was a revelation as a rookie, starting all 16 games on the offensive line at both guard and tackle for the Patriots. Onwenu graded out as the sixth-best rookie in the NFL per Pro Football Focus and gives the team all sorts of options along the line in 2021. He could compensate for the loss of Joe Thuney via free agency at left guard, his primary position in college, or become the long-term answer at right tackle following the departure of Marcus Cannon. Hes opened a lot of doors and opportunities for himself, Belichick said of Onwenu prior to New Englands final game last season. If nothing else, Onwenu is certainly the teams best sixth-round pick out of Michigan since Tom Brady. Uche, meanwhile, started only one game as a rookie, but Belichick had a bright outlook for him as well entering 2021. Well be able to define his role much better next year, so Im looking forward to that, Belichick said. Hes definitely going to be an asset for us. Jennings, who played for noted Belichick disciple Nick Saban at Alabama, appeared in 14 games, making four starts as a rookie. There were still plenty of players trending as misses from the teams most recent draft class as well, though, most notably the disastrous pick of kicker Justin Rohrwasser (fifth round, No. 159). The first kicker off the board in 2020, Rohrwassers career in Foxboro is already over without him ever stepping on the field. Things dont look great for Devin Asiasi or Dalton Keene, either, the pair of tight ends drafted by the Patriots in the third round last year. After combining for five catches for 55 yards as rookies, New England splurged in free agency and signed the top two tight ends available in Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith. Even if the draft class doesnt produce any actual Pro Bowlers, Dugger and Onwenu look like surefire keepers. Remember, Deion Branch, Ty Warren and Julian Edelman never made a Pro Bowl, but Brandon Merriweather made two. Given how paltry the contributions remain from the 2016-19 draft classes, however, its hard not to feel at least somewhat hopeful that 2020 marked a return to form for the Patriots. If they do a good job of approaching it the right way, have the right work ethic, take advantage of the opportunity that they have to boost their career, then good things will happen for them, Belichick said of the teams young players after New Englands final game of the season against the Jets. If they dont, then there will probably be other players that pass them by. | Stephon Gilmore, Matthew Slater and Jake Bailey were selected to the 2020 Pro Bowl. The Patriots have not drafted and developed a Pro Bowl player in six years. | bart | 1 | https://sports.yahoo.com/could-2020-nfl-draft-produce-160937368.html?src=rss | 0.161404 |
Could the 2020 NFL Draft Produce a Patriots Pro Bowler? | originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Pro Bowl is probably the one live sporting event you really havent missed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Selections are subjective, the game doesnt include players participating in that years Super Bowl or many other stars for myriad reasons and those that do play are giving something considerably less than 100% effort. That doesnt mean the game, or at least the idea of it, is completely meaningless. Getting selected to the Pro Bowl is still a big deal for many players, no matter how unscientific the process is of getting there, and seeing which teams rack up the most Pro Bowl selections in a given season tends to provide a good barometer of who the haves and have nots in the NFL are. Patriots Talk Podcast: Thomas Dimitroff goes deep on the 21 draft class and Patriots' approach | Listen & Subscribe | Watch on YouTube Even in 2020, uninspiring a year as it was for the Patriots, they still mustered three players who were voted into the hypothetical Pro Bowl that was never played: Stephon Gilmore, Matthew Slater and Jake Bailey. Two special teamers and a cornerback who only played 11 games. The berth was the ninth for Slater, tying him with John Hannah for second in team history, and the third straight for Gilmore, which regardless of how deserving it was, continued to solidify his status as one of the great free-agent signings in franchise history. Baileys selection may have been the most noteworthy, however. Bailey, whom New England traded up for in the fifth round in 2019, snapped a six-year stretch for New England without having drafted and developed a Pro Bowl player. Jamie Collins, drafted in the second round, 52nd overall in 2013, had been the most recent Patriots draft pick to play in a Pro Bowl, doing so in his third season. Put another way: New England made 57 draft picks between the remainder of 2013 and beginning of 2019 without selecting a player who has (yet) made a Pro Bowl. Story continues To be sure, there are plenty of quality players the Patriots have drafted in the interim, guys like James White, Shaq Mason, Joe Thuney, Logan Ryan and Duron Harmon, not to mention the usual undrafted gems such as David Andrews, Jonathan Jones, J.C. Jackson and Malcolm Butler the last of whom even made a Pro Bowl in 2015. Theoretically, others like Isaiah Wynn, Chase Winovich or NKeal Harry still could, too. While Bailey is truly a weapon of a punter, the kind that Bill Belichick has been known to wax poetic about in the past, his Pro Bowl nod was hardly a vindication of whats become a systemic crisis in New England. Baileys berth leaves the Cincinnati Bengals as the team with the longest drought of having not drafted and developed a Pro Bowler, not the kind of company you want to keep. Entering the NFL in 2020 with no offseason programs or preseason games amid the pandemic put rookies behind the 8-ball right off the bat. Thats not to say there werent at least some flashes of promise from a slew of first-year players in New England. Safety Kyle Dugger (second round, 37th overall), linebackers Josh Uche (second round, No. 60) and Anfernee Jennings (third round, No. 87) and offensive lineman Michael Onwenu (sixth round, No. 182) all had their moments in 2020, most notably Dugger and Onwenu. Dugger, the highest-drafted player out of an NCAA Division II school (Lenoir-Rhyne) since 2006, helped offer a dose of optimism in the secondary for life without Patrick Chung. Appearing in 14 games and starting seven of the teams final eight contests, Dugger finished tied for 10th among rookies in solo tackles with 43. He was involved in quite a few plays, but I thought he pursued well, tackled well and gave us some perimeter run force, which was a big part of the game, Belichick said after Duggers first start against the Ravens, in which he had a season-best 12 combined tackles. Dugger is older than the majority of players from his draft class, having already turned 25, which may have given him an edge in adapting to a variety of roles such as playing deep safety or lining up in the box as an extra linebacker. The guy is a special athlete, Devin McCourty told WEEI of Dugger last season. He does some things at practice so far at different times and were all like, Damn, did you see that? Its pretty cool to see and I know hell keep getting better. I cant wait to watch his development the next couple of years. Uche and Onwenu, a pair of Michigan alums, both seem to be firmly in New Englands plans for the upcoming season based on comments Belichick made at the end of 2020. Onwenu in particular was a revelation as a rookie, starting all 16 games on the offensive line at both guard and tackle for the Patriots. Onwenu graded out as the sixth-best rookie in the NFL per Pro Football Focus and gives the team all sorts of options along the line in 2021. He could compensate for the loss of Joe Thuney via free agency at left guard, his primary position in college, or become the long-term answer at right tackle following the departure of Marcus Cannon. Hes opened a lot of doors and opportunities for himself, Belichick said of Onwenu prior to New Englands final game last season. If nothing else, Onwenu is certainly the teams best sixth-round pick out of Michigan since Tom Brady. Uche, meanwhile, started only one game as a rookie, but Belichick had a bright outlook for him as well entering 2021. Well be able to define his role much better next year, so Im looking forward to that, Belichick said. Hes definitely going to be an asset for us. Jennings, who played for noted Belichick disciple Nick Saban at Alabama, appeared in 14 games, making four starts as a rookie. There were still plenty of players trending as misses from the teams most recent draft class as well, though, most notably the disastrous pick of kicker Justin Rohrwasser (fifth round, No. 159). The first kicker off the board in 2020, Rohrwassers career in Foxboro is already over without him ever stepping on the field. Things dont look great for Devin Asiasi or Dalton Keene, either, the pair of tight ends drafted by the Patriots in the third round last year. After combining for five catches for 55 yards as rookies, New England splurged in free agency and signed the top two tight ends available in Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith. Even if the draft class doesnt produce any actual Pro Bowlers, Dugger and Onwenu look like surefire keepers. Remember, Deion Branch, Ty Warren and Julian Edelman never made a Pro Bowl, but Brandon Merriweather made two. Given how paltry the contributions remain from the 2016-19 draft classes, however, its hard not to feel at least somewhat hopeful that 2020 marked a return to form for the Patriots. If they do a good job of approaching it the right way, have the right work ethic, take advantage of the opportunity that they have to boost their career, then good things will happen for them, Belichick said of the teams young players after New Englands final game of the season against the Jets. If they dont, then there will probably be other players that pass them by. | Stephon Gilmore, Matthew Slater and Jake Bailey were selected to the 2020 Pro Bowl. The Patriots have not drafted and developed a Pro Bowl player in six years. Baileys berth leaves the Cincinnati Bengals as the team with the longest drought of not drafting and developing a Pro Bowler. | bart | 2 | https://sports.yahoo.com/could-2020-nfl-draft-produce-160937368.html?src=rss | 0.232852 |
Does Washington Football Team Have A Top-10 NFL Roster? | One can argue a bit up or a bit down on the WFT ranking, but the "fortification'' aspect here is hard to debat The Washington Football Team is just days away from hopefully using the No. 19 overall pick in the NFL Draft to fortify the roster. But it's worth noting that the roster, as is, is already pretty fortified. And of course, the last few seasons of drafts have helped make it so. Pro Football Focus analyzed all 32 NFL rosters, ranking them 1 through 32. And the WFT comes in at No. 8. One can argue a bit up or a bit down, but the "fortification'' aspect here is hard to debate. Guys like Chase Young, Jonathan Allen, Terry McLaurin, Antonio Gibson, Kendall Fuller and Kam Curl are recent Washingtons standouts acquired through the draft. And signing on an upgrade at QB in Ryan Fitzpatrick and a star-quality receiver in Curtis Samuel helps as well. READ MORE: How WFT Might Rank The Top 10 Safeties We should also note something about the WFT that pops up in conversation every time we visit with opposing coaches, scouts and execs: Coach Ron Rivera's presence is also part of the fortification. As one rival scout told us recently: "Rivera and (defensive coordinator) Jack Del Rio have that team knowing what it is supposed to be doing on Sundays.'' Tampa Bay came in as the No. 1. roster, and they won the Super Bowl because of it. The No. 8 talent helped push the WFT to an NFC East division title in 2020. This offseason can help the push to even greater heights. READ MORE: WFT At 19: What History Says They'll Get | Pro Football Focus ranks Washington Football Team as No. 8 in the NFL. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/does-washington-football-team-have-a-top-10-nfl-roster | 0.354747 |
Does Washington Football Team Have A Top-10 NFL Roster? | One can argue a bit up or a bit down on the WFT ranking, but the "fortification'' aspect here is hard to debat The Washington Football Team is just days away from hopefully using the No. 19 overall pick in the NFL Draft to fortify the roster. But it's worth noting that the roster, as is, is already pretty fortified. And of course, the last few seasons of drafts have helped make it so. Pro Football Focus analyzed all 32 NFL rosters, ranking them 1 through 32. And the WFT comes in at No. 8. One can argue a bit up or a bit down, but the "fortification'' aspect here is hard to debate. Guys like Chase Young, Jonathan Allen, Terry McLaurin, Antonio Gibson, Kendall Fuller and Kam Curl are recent Washingtons standouts acquired through the draft. And signing on an upgrade at QB in Ryan Fitzpatrick and a star-quality receiver in Curtis Samuel helps as well. READ MORE: How WFT Might Rank The Top 10 Safeties We should also note something about the WFT that pops up in conversation every time we visit with opposing coaches, scouts and execs: Coach Ron Rivera's presence is also part of the fortification. As one rival scout told us recently: "Rivera and (defensive coordinator) Jack Del Rio have that team knowing what it is supposed to be doing on Sundays.'' Tampa Bay came in as the No. 1. roster, and they won the Super Bowl because of it. The No. 8 talent helped push the WFT to an NFC East division title in 2020. This offseason can help the push to even greater heights. READ MORE: WFT At 19: What History Says They'll Get | The Washington Football Team is ranked No. 8 in Pro Football Focus' NFL roster rankings. The WFT is expected to draft 19th overall in the NFL Draft this weekend. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/does-washington-football-team-have-a-top-10-nfl-roster | 0.632608 |
Does Washington Football Team Have A Top-10 NFL Roster? | One can argue a bit up or a bit down on the WFT ranking, but the "fortification'' aspect here is hard to debat The Washington Football Team is just days away from hopefully using the No. 19 overall pick in the NFL Draft to fortify the roster. But it's worth noting that the roster, as is, is already pretty fortified. And of course, the last few seasons of drafts have helped make it so. Pro Football Focus analyzed all 32 NFL rosters, ranking them 1 through 32. And the WFT comes in at No. 8. One can argue a bit up or a bit down, but the "fortification'' aspect here is hard to debate. Guys like Chase Young, Jonathan Allen, Terry McLaurin, Antonio Gibson, Kendall Fuller and Kam Curl are recent Washingtons standouts acquired through the draft. And signing on an upgrade at QB in Ryan Fitzpatrick and a star-quality receiver in Curtis Samuel helps as well. READ MORE: How WFT Might Rank The Top 10 Safeties We should also note something about the WFT that pops up in conversation every time we visit with opposing coaches, scouts and execs: Coach Ron Rivera's presence is also part of the fortification. As one rival scout told us recently: "Rivera and (defensive coordinator) Jack Del Rio have that team knowing what it is supposed to be doing on Sundays.'' Tampa Bay came in as the No. 1. roster, and they won the Super Bowl because of it. The No. 8 talent helped push the WFT to an NFC East division title in 2020. This offseason can help the push to even greater heights. READ MORE: WFT At 19: What History Says They'll Get | The Washington Football Team is ranked No. 8 in Pro Football Focus' NFL roster rankings. The WFT is expected to draft 19th in the upcoming NFL Draft. The roster is already fortified with several players acquired in the last few seasons of drafts. The draft will take place on April 26 and 27. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/does-washington-football-team-have-a-top-10-nfl-roster | 0.679948 |
Are cryptocurrencies ready to go mainstream? | The 360 shows you diverse perspectives on the days top stories and debates. Whats happening Coinbase, a platform used for buying and selling cryptocurrencies, became the first major cryptocurrency company to go public on the U.S. stock market last week. The listing marks a milestone for the cryptocurrency industry as it takes on an increasingly significant role in the mainstream economy. Cryptocurrencies are, in the simplest terms, digital money. They can be used to buy things online in the same way a credit card might be used. But cryptocurrencies differ from traditional payment methods in important ways. They arent issued by a government and are decentralized, meaning data is shared across thousands of computers worldwide rather than a single network like a credit card database. The most enthusiastic cryptocurrency advocates believe the technology will eventually replace traditional currencies like the U.S. dollar and become the dominant way people around the world pay for goods and services. At the moment, opportunities to use cryptocurrencies to buy things in the real world, though growing, are still very limited. Most of the activity around cryptocurrencies has involved people investing in the currencies themselves, like a stock or a commodity. These types of investments have created enormous returns for early investors. Bitcoin, the most popular and well-known cryptocurrency, has skyrocketed in value over the past few years. Once valued at a fraction of a cent, the price of a single Bitcoin eclipsed $60,000 earlier this month. The total value of all cryptocurrencies is estimated to be more than $2 trillion. Why theres debate The question of whether cryptocurrencies are becoming mainstream depends on how you define mainstream. One area of debate among economists and investors is over how significant a force the cryptocurrency market will be in the broader investment landscape. Optimists say theres little reason to believe the cryptocurrency boom will slow and could even accelerate as the public becomes more aware. Pessimists say the history of wild price fluctuations and uncertainty around practical applications will limit the number of investors who are willing to choose cryptocurrencies over stocks and commodities. Story continues Theres also disagreement over whether cryptocurrencies will even become a true alternative for traditional money that the average person can spend in everyday life. There have been some strides in this area. The electric car company Tesla recently announced that it will accept Bitcoin as payment for its vehicles. Digital payment app PayPal has begun allowing users to make purchases with their crypto holdings. But skeptics say cryptocurrencies have a long way to go before they pose a threat to standard currencies. Others see practical limits on the horizon like increased regulatory scrutiny and growing discontent over the industrys environmental impact that could sink cryptocurrencies future prospects. Perspectives Cryptocurrencies are gradually becoming more mainstream So even if you think bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and the blockchain are weird or confusing, you should expect to see them continue to creep into everyday life. Rebecca Heilweil, Vox As an investment tool, cryptocurrencies are here to stay For the longest time, there were only a few investment choices for people who wanted to go above and beyond a 401(k) or a savings account. Those with extra income typically opted for stocks, bonds, annuities, and real estate. Today, many adults in the United States especially millennials and Gen Zers find those granddad options about as relevant as a phone book. Will Johnson, Boston Globe It will be a long time before they become a mainstream payment option The industrys biggest issue fulfilling the promise that the technology is more than just a place to park money could take another decade to play out. Erin Griffith, New York Times Bitcoin will never be more than an investment tool Bitcoin has no intrinsic value; it never did and never will. It is a purely speculative asset a private fiat currency whose value is whatever the markets say it is. Willem H. Buiter, Marketwatch In specific instances cryptocurrencies can be better than cash As far as digital dollars go, its probably most useful to banks and businesses that send large amounts of money all over the place. But I think it could also make it easier to do that in your own life whether its paying rent or sending money to relatives overseas. Jen Wieczner, New York The crypto market is destined to crash The little guys are aiming to breach the club not by managing other peoples money but by ginning up their own currency and setting the value for it. For a while, it seems, they could get very, very rich. The rigged game will seem as though its finally licked. The crypto market will go up and up and up. ... And then it will come crashing down. Or so the history of the market tells us. Virginia Heffernan, Los Angeles Times Cryptocurrency has advantages over traditional money If you were to design the financial system today from scratch, you would design a decentralized system, a system by which any person can exchange value with any other person without an intermediary. In a nutshell, thats what crypto is. And therefore, it is likely that we migrate to a world where transactions are done without intermediaries because its more efficient, because it costs less, because its faster. Gil Luria, director of research at D.A. Davidson, to Marketplace Theres little evidence cryptocurrency can expand beyond its current user base Thing is, Im still struggling to figure out what bitcoin is good for. Bitcoin has been around for more than a decade, yet it remains an inconvenient way to pay for things, inferior to dollars or credit cards in almost every way. Most merchants dont take it, so in the United States its mostly used by devoted hobbyists. Megan McArdle, Washington Post Environmental concerns will limit cryptocurrency unless theyre resolved Many of the complaints about Bitcoin over the years have been overhyped. But the cryptocurrencys increasing use of real physical resources energy and computer chips can no longer be ignored. If Bitcoin wants to avoid government crackdowns, it needs to shift to technologies that dont require constant massive resource consumption just to maintain the currencys price. Noah Smith, Bloomberg Even if cryptocurrency were broadly accepted, it doesnt make sense to spend it I dont think people are looking at it from a spending perspective. People are looking at it as an investment still. Send your suggestions to the360@yahoonews.com. Read more 360s Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images | They are gradually becoming more mainstream. There's debate over whether they will even become a true alternative for traditional money. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://news.yahoo.com/are-cryptocurrencies-ready-to-go-mainstream-190224417.html | 0.122002 |
Are cryptocurrencies ready to go mainstream? | The 360 shows you diverse perspectives on the days top stories and debates. Whats happening Coinbase, a platform used for buying and selling cryptocurrencies, became the first major cryptocurrency company to go public on the U.S. stock market last week. The listing marks a milestone for the cryptocurrency industry as it takes on an increasingly significant role in the mainstream economy. Cryptocurrencies are, in the simplest terms, digital money. They can be used to buy things online in the same way a credit card might be used. But cryptocurrencies differ from traditional payment methods in important ways. They arent issued by a government and are decentralized, meaning data is shared across thousands of computers worldwide rather than a single network like a credit card database. The most enthusiastic cryptocurrency advocates believe the technology will eventually replace traditional currencies like the U.S. dollar and become the dominant way people around the world pay for goods and services. At the moment, opportunities to use cryptocurrencies to buy things in the real world, though growing, are still very limited. Most of the activity around cryptocurrencies has involved people investing in the currencies themselves, like a stock or a commodity. These types of investments have created enormous returns for early investors. Bitcoin, the most popular and well-known cryptocurrency, has skyrocketed in value over the past few years. Once valued at a fraction of a cent, the price of a single Bitcoin eclipsed $60,000 earlier this month. The total value of all cryptocurrencies is estimated to be more than $2 trillion. Why theres debate The question of whether cryptocurrencies are becoming mainstream depends on how you define mainstream. One area of debate among economists and investors is over how significant a force the cryptocurrency market will be in the broader investment landscape. Optimists say theres little reason to believe the cryptocurrency boom will slow and could even accelerate as the public becomes more aware. Pessimists say the history of wild price fluctuations and uncertainty around practical applications will limit the number of investors who are willing to choose cryptocurrencies over stocks and commodities. Story continues Theres also disagreement over whether cryptocurrencies will even become a true alternative for traditional money that the average person can spend in everyday life. There have been some strides in this area. The electric car company Tesla recently announced that it will accept Bitcoin as payment for its vehicles. Digital payment app PayPal has begun allowing users to make purchases with their crypto holdings. But skeptics say cryptocurrencies have a long way to go before they pose a threat to standard currencies. Others see practical limits on the horizon like increased regulatory scrutiny and growing discontent over the industrys environmental impact that could sink cryptocurrencies future prospects. Perspectives Cryptocurrencies are gradually becoming more mainstream So even if you think bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and the blockchain are weird or confusing, you should expect to see them continue to creep into everyday life. Rebecca Heilweil, Vox As an investment tool, cryptocurrencies are here to stay For the longest time, there were only a few investment choices for people who wanted to go above and beyond a 401(k) or a savings account. Those with extra income typically opted for stocks, bonds, annuities, and real estate. Today, many adults in the United States especially millennials and Gen Zers find those granddad options about as relevant as a phone book. Will Johnson, Boston Globe It will be a long time before they become a mainstream payment option The industrys biggest issue fulfilling the promise that the technology is more than just a place to park money could take another decade to play out. Erin Griffith, New York Times Bitcoin will never be more than an investment tool Bitcoin has no intrinsic value; it never did and never will. It is a purely speculative asset a private fiat currency whose value is whatever the markets say it is. Willem H. Buiter, Marketwatch In specific instances cryptocurrencies can be better than cash As far as digital dollars go, its probably most useful to banks and businesses that send large amounts of money all over the place. But I think it could also make it easier to do that in your own life whether its paying rent or sending money to relatives overseas. Jen Wieczner, New York The crypto market is destined to crash The little guys are aiming to breach the club not by managing other peoples money but by ginning up their own currency and setting the value for it. For a while, it seems, they could get very, very rich. The rigged game will seem as though its finally licked. The crypto market will go up and up and up. ... And then it will come crashing down. Or so the history of the market tells us. Virginia Heffernan, Los Angeles Times Cryptocurrency has advantages over traditional money If you were to design the financial system today from scratch, you would design a decentralized system, a system by which any person can exchange value with any other person without an intermediary. In a nutshell, thats what crypto is. And therefore, it is likely that we migrate to a world where transactions are done without intermediaries because its more efficient, because it costs less, because its faster. Gil Luria, director of research at D.A. Davidson, to Marketplace Theres little evidence cryptocurrency can expand beyond its current user base Thing is, Im still struggling to figure out what bitcoin is good for. Bitcoin has been around for more than a decade, yet it remains an inconvenient way to pay for things, inferior to dollars or credit cards in almost every way. Most merchants dont take it, so in the United States its mostly used by devoted hobbyists. Megan McArdle, Washington Post Environmental concerns will limit cryptocurrency unless theyre resolved Many of the complaints about Bitcoin over the years have been overhyped. But the cryptocurrencys increasing use of real physical resources energy and computer chips can no longer be ignored. If Bitcoin wants to avoid government crackdowns, it needs to shift to technologies that dont require constant massive resource consumption just to maintain the currencys price. Noah Smith, Bloomberg Even if cryptocurrency were broadly accepted, it doesnt make sense to spend it I dont think people are looking at it from a spending perspective. People are looking at it as an investment still. Send your suggestions to the360@yahoonews.com. Read more 360s Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images | Coinbase became the first major cryptocurrency company to go public on the U.S. stock market last week. The listing marks a milestone for the cryptocurrency industry as it takes on an increasingly significant role in the mainstream economy. | bart | 1 | https://news.yahoo.com/are-cryptocurrencies-ready-to-go-mainstream-190224417.html | 0.210358 |
Are cryptocurrencies ready to go mainstream? | The 360 shows you diverse perspectives on the days top stories and debates. Whats happening Coinbase, a platform used for buying and selling cryptocurrencies, became the first major cryptocurrency company to go public on the U.S. stock market last week. The listing marks a milestone for the cryptocurrency industry as it takes on an increasingly significant role in the mainstream economy. Cryptocurrencies are, in the simplest terms, digital money. They can be used to buy things online in the same way a credit card might be used. But cryptocurrencies differ from traditional payment methods in important ways. They arent issued by a government and are decentralized, meaning data is shared across thousands of computers worldwide rather than a single network like a credit card database. The most enthusiastic cryptocurrency advocates believe the technology will eventually replace traditional currencies like the U.S. dollar and become the dominant way people around the world pay for goods and services. At the moment, opportunities to use cryptocurrencies to buy things in the real world, though growing, are still very limited. Most of the activity around cryptocurrencies has involved people investing in the currencies themselves, like a stock or a commodity. These types of investments have created enormous returns for early investors. Bitcoin, the most popular and well-known cryptocurrency, has skyrocketed in value over the past few years. Once valued at a fraction of a cent, the price of a single Bitcoin eclipsed $60,000 earlier this month. The total value of all cryptocurrencies is estimated to be more than $2 trillion. Why theres debate The question of whether cryptocurrencies are becoming mainstream depends on how you define mainstream. One area of debate among economists and investors is over how significant a force the cryptocurrency market will be in the broader investment landscape. Optimists say theres little reason to believe the cryptocurrency boom will slow and could even accelerate as the public becomes more aware. Pessimists say the history of wild price fluctuations and uncertainty around practical applications will limit the number of investors who are willing to choose cryptocurrencies over stocks and commodities. Story continues Theres also disagreement over whether cryptocurrencies will even become a true alternative for traditional money that the average person can spend in everyday life. There have been some strides in this area. The electric car company Tesla recently announced that it will accept Bitcoin as payment for its vehicles. Digital payment app PayPal has begun allowing users to make purchases with their crypto holdings. But skeptics say cryptocurrencies have a long way to go before they pose a threat to standard currencies. Others see practical limits on the horizon like increased regulatory scrutiny and growing discontent over the industrys environmental impact that could sink cryptocurrencies future prospects. Perspectives Cryptocurrencies are gradually becoming more mainstream So even if you think bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and the blockchain are weird or confusing, you should expect to see them continue to creep into everyday life. Rebecca Heilweil, Vox As an investment tool, cryptocurrencies are here to stay For the longest time, there were only a few investment choices for people who wanted to go above and beyond a 401(k) or a savings account. Those with extra income typically opted for stocks, bonds, annuities, and real estate. Today, many adults in the United States especially millennials and Gen Zers find those granddad options about as relevant as a phone book. Will Johnson, Boston Globe It will be a long time before they become a mainstream payment option The industrys biggest issue fulfilling the promise that the technology is more than just a place to park money could take another decade to play out. Erin Griffith, New York Times Bitcoin will never be more than an investment tool Bitcoin has no intrinsic value; it never did and never will. It is a purely speculative asset a private fiat currency whose value is whatever the markets say it is. Willem H. Buiter, Marketwatch In specific instances cryptocurrencies can be better than cash As far as digital dollars go, its probably most useful to banks and businesses that send large amounts of money all over the place. But I think it could also make it easier to do that in your own life whether its paying rent or sending money to relatives overseas. Jen Wieczner, New York The crypto market is destined to crash The little guys are aiming to breach the club not by managing other peoples money but by ginning up their own currency and setting the value for it. For a while, it seems, they could get very, very rich. The rigged game will seem as though its finally licked. The crypto market will go up and up and up. ... And then it will come crashing down. Or so the history of the market tells us. Virginia Heffernan, Los Angeles Times Cryptocurrency has advantages over traditional money If you were to design the financial system today from scratch, you would design a decentralized system, a system by which any person can exchange value with any other person without an intermediary. In a nutshell, thats what crypto is. And therefore, it is likely that we migrate to a world where transactions are done without intermediaries because its more efficient, because it costs less, because its faster. Gil Luria, director of research at D.A. Davidson, to Marketplace Theres little evidence cryptocurrency can expand beyond its current user base Thing is, Im still struggling to figure out what bitcoin is good for. Bitcoin has been around for more than a decade, yet it remains an inconvenient way to pay for things, inferior to dollars or credit cards in almost every way. Most merchants dont take it, so in the United States its mostly used by devoted hobbyists. Megan McArdle, Washington Post Environmental concerns will limit cryptocurrency unless theyre resolved Many of the complaints about Bitcoin over the years have been overhyped. But the cryptocurrencys increasing use of real physical resources energy and computer chips can no longer be ignored. If Bitcoin wants to avoid government crackdowns, it needs to shift to technologies that dont require constant massive resource consumption just to maintain the currencys price. Noah Smith, Bloomberg Even if cryptocurrency were broadly accepted, it doesnt make sense to spend it I dont think people are looking at it from a spending perspective. People are looking at it as an investment still. Send your suggestions to the360@yahoonews.com. Read more 360s Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images | Coinbase became the first major cryptocurrency company to go public on the U.S. stock market last week. The listing marks a milestone for the cryptocurrency industry as it takes on an increasingly significant role in the mainstream economy. The most enthusiastic cryptocurrency advocates believe the technology will eventually replace traditional currencies. | bart | 2 | https://news.yahoo.com/are-cryptocurrencies-ready-to-go-mainstream-190224417.html | 0.237787 |
When Healthy, What Are the Rangers' Plans for Khris Davis? | When the Texas Rangers shipped off Elvis Andrus to the Oakland Athletics for veteran slugger Khris Davis, catcher Jonah Heim, and pitcher Dane Acker, they envisioned Davis as a legitimate candidate for the Opening Day designated hitter. However, due to a quadriceps injury, Davis was unable to take the field to start the season. READ MORE: Garca Does It Again...Twice Over the course of his absence, younger players like Willie Calhoun and Adolis Garca have seen increased playing time. They have not disappointed as Calhoun currently sits with a .294 batting average and Garca owns an OPS of 1.010. There have always been high expectations of Calhoun after he arrived as the marquee acquisition in the Yu Darvish trade, however through injury or performance issues he has not yet reached his full potential. Meanwhile, Garca is one player the club is most excited to see get time in the Major Leagues. Now, Calhoun and Garca are doing exactly what the club envisioned of them. Unfortunately for Davis, both Calhoun and Garca play Davis' positions. General manager Chris Young states much of it will be performance-based. "There are a lot of factors to consider with this," Young said. "A lot of it is performance-based. We've said that all along. The decisions are going to be performance-based. Obviously, some aren't perfectly aligned at times, given personnel needs and health issues. "But nonetheless, I think that making these decisions based on performance, both in terms of when the player is ready to rejoin the club and he's in a good position and then secondly, how the performances of the personnel at the big league level." With Calhoun and Garca swinging the bat the way they are as of late, it would seem counter-productive to demote Garca or take away at-bats for the developing Calhoun. Yet, the argument that could be made for the "Ranger Killer," as Davis has become affectionately known as during his time with Oakland, is his veteran presence and consistent track record. READ MORE: Guzmn Out For Season, Top Prospect Suffers Major Setback The Rangers are currently a very young team and the biggest voice in the clubhouse may very well be Joey Gallo who is just 27 years old. Davis could step in and help provide additional veteran leadership and perspective for the rebuilding ball club. The Rangers loved his voice in the clubhouse during the spring, and his bat could help provide protection for hitters like Gallo. In the same vain, the development of younger players is key to seeing this franchise through the rebuild. Taking away valuable Major League at-bats from those players could set the timeline to contention even further back. Texas has been an exciting team to watch this season thus far. Their 9-11 record shows that they are competing and there is significant growth coming from the youth, especially on the pitching side of the house. Inserting Davis into that type of situation may make little sense. However, the Rangers still have a little bit more time before having to confront that situation. Young is well aware of that fact. "All things considered, I think that we'll make that decision when the time comes and we have all the information," Young explained. "But as I said, things happen quickly here, and we'll have to see where we are when Khris is ready." Until then, Calhoun and Garca will strive to ensure that the decision continues to be a hard one to make. Promo photo: Kelly Gavin / Courtesy of the Texas Rangers You can follow Kade Kistner on Twitter @KadeKistner Like 'Inside The Rangers' on Facebook | Texas Rangers traded Elvis Andrus to the Oakland Athletics for Khris Davis. Davis was expected to be the Rangers' Opening Day designated hitter. | bart | 0 | https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news/when-healthy-what-are-the-rangers-plans-for-khris-davis | 0.156644 |
When Healthy, What Are the Rangers' Plans for Khris Davis? | When the Texas Rangers shipped off Elvis Andrus to the Oakland Athletics for veteran slugger Khris Davis, catcher Jonah Heim, and pitcher Dane Acker, they envisioned Davis as a legitimate candidate for the Opening Day designated hitter. However, due to a quadriceps injury, Davis was unable to take the field to start the season. READ MORE: Garca Does It Again...Twice Over the course of his absence, younger players like Willie Calhoun and Adolis Garca have seen increased playing time. They have not disappointed as Calhoun currently sits with a .294 batting average and Garca owns an OPS of 1.010. There have always been high expectations of Calhoun after he arrived as the marquee acquisition in the Yu Darvish trade, however through injury or performance issues he has not yet reached his full potential. Meanwhile, Garca is one player the club is most excited to see get time in the Major Leagues. Now, Calhoun and Garca are doing exactly what the club envisioned of them. Unfortunately for Davis, both Calhoun and Garca play Davis' positions. General manager Chris Young states much of it will be performance-based. "There are a lot of factors to consider with this," Young said. "A lot of it is performance-based. We've said that all along. The decisions are going to be performance-based. Obviously, some aren't perfectly aligned at times, given personnel needs and health issues. "But nonetheless, I think that making these decisions based on performance, both in terms of when the player is ready to rejoin the club and he's in a good position and then secondly, how the performances of the personnel at the big league level." With Calhoun and Garca swinging the bat the way they are as of late, it would seem counter-productive to demote Garca or take away at-bats for the developing Calhoun. Yet, the argument that could be made for the "Ranger Killer," as Davis has become affectionately known as during his time with Oakland, is his veteran presence and consistent track record. READ MORE: Guzmn Out For Season, Top Prospect Suffers Major Setback The Rangers are currently a very young team and the biggest voice in the clubhouse may very well be Joey Gallo who is just 27 years old. Davis could step in and help provide additional veteran leadership and perspective for the rebuilding ball club. The Rangers loved his voice in the clubhouse during the spring, and his bat could help provide protection for hitters like Gallo. In the same vain, the development of younger players is key to seeing this franchise through the rebuild. Taking away valuable Major League at-bats from those players could set the timeline to contention even further back. Texas has been an exciting team to watch this season thus far. Their 9-11 record shows that they are competing and there is significant growth coming from the youth, especially on the pitching side of the house. Inserting Davis into that type of situation may make little sense. However, the Rangers still have a little bit more time before having to confront that situation. Young is well aware of that fact. "All things considered, I think that we'll make that decision when the time comes and we have all the information," Young explained. "But as I said, things happen quickly here, and we'll have to see where we are when Khris is ready." Until then, Calhoun and Garca will strive to ensure that the decision continues to be a hard one to make. Promo photo: Kelly Gavin / Courtesy of the Texas Rangers You can follow Kade Kistner on Twitter @KadeKistner Like 'Inside The Rangers' on Facebook | Khris Davis has been sidelined with a quadriceps injury since the start of the season. The Texas Rangers hope to use him as a designated hitter in the future. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news/when-healthy-what-are-the-rangers-plans-for-khris-davis | 0.305605 |
When Healthy, What Are the Rangers' Plans for Khris Davis? | When the Texas Rangers shipped off Elvis Andrus to the Oakland Athletics for veteran slugger Khris Davis, catcher Jonah Heim, and pitcher Dane Acker, they envisioned Davis as a legitimate candidate for the Opening Day designated hitter. However, due to a quadriceps injury, Davis was unable to take the field to start the season. READ MORE: Garca Does It Again...Twice Over the course of his absence, younger players like Willie Calhoun and Adolis Garca have seen increased playing time. They have not disappointed as Calhoun currently sits with a .294 batting average and Garca owns an OPS of 1.010. There have always been high expectations of Calhoun after he arrived as the marquee acquisition in the Yu Darvish trade, however through injury or performance issues he has not yet reached his full potential. Meanwhile, Garca is one player the club is most excited to see get time in the Major Leagues. Now, Calhoun and Garca are doing exactly what the club envisioned of them. Unfortunately for Davis, both Calhoun and Garca play Davis' positions. General manager Chris Young states much of it will be performance-based. "There are a lot of factors to consider with this," Young said. "A lot of it is performance-based. We've said that all along. The decisions are going to be performance-based. Obviously, some aren't perfectly aligned at times, given personnel needs and health issues. "But nonetheless, I think that making these decisions based on performance, both in terms of when the player is ready to rejoin the club and he's in a good position and then secondly, how the performances of the personnel at the big league level." With Calhoun and Garca swinging the bat the way they are as of late, it would seem counter-productive to demote Garca or take away at-bats for the developing Calhoun. Yet, the argument that could be made for the "Ranger Killer," as Davis has become affectionately known as during his time with Oakland, is his veteran presence and consistent track record. READ MORE: Guzmn Out For Season, Top Prospect Suffers Major Setback The Rangers are currently a very young team and the biggest voice in the clubhouse may very well be Joey Gallo who is just 27 years old. Davis could step in and help provide additional veteran leadership and perspective for the rebuilding ball club. The Rangers loved his voice in the clubhouse during the spring, and his bat could help provide protection for hitters like Gallo. In the same vain, the development of younger players is key to seeing this franchise through the rebuild. Taking away valuable Major League at-bats from those players could set the timeline to contention even further back. Texas has been an exciting team to watch this season thus far. Their 9-11 record shows that they are competing and there is significant growth coming from the youth, especially on the pitching side of the house. Inserting Davis into that type of situation may make little sense. However, the Rangers still have a little bit more time before having to confront that situation. Young is well aware of that fact. "All things considered, I think that we'll make that decision when the time comes and we have all the information," Young explained. "But as I said, things happen quickly here, and we'll have to see where we are when Khris is ready." Until then, Calhoun and Garca will strive to ensure that the decision continues to be a hard one to make. Promo photo: Kelly Gavin / Courtesy of the Texas Rangers You can follow Kade Kistner on Twitter @KadeKistner Like 'Inside The Rangers' on Facebook | Khris Davis has been sidelined with a quadriceps injury since the start of the season. The Texas Rangers hope to use him as a designated hitter when he is ready to return. The Rangers are currently a very young team and could use a veteran presence in the clubhouse. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news/when-healthy-what-are-the-rangers-plans-for-khris-davis | 0.516438 |
Will a LeBron James tweet again deliver new Kendrick Lamar music? | LeBron James tweeted that its time for new Kendrick Lamar music. The Lakers star made his post on Saturday, saying hes in dying need of the Compton superstars art in the midst of rising racial tensions. Man I miss @kendricklamar! In dying need of his gifts/presence right now . LeBron James (@KingJames) April 24, 2021 The last time James tweeted that Lamar needed to drop new music, it worked. In 2016, the Grammy winner was performing a series of unreleased tracks on his television performances. James tagged Lamars label chief executive, Anthony Top Dawg Tiffith, that he needed to release the songs. A week later, Lamar dropped a collection called Untitled Unmastered. Tiffith went on Instagram afterward to share that James request did influence the release of the project. Yo @dangerookipawaa after that @kendricklamar Grammy performance , you have to release those untitled tracks asap!!! Talk to me LeBron James (@KingJames) February 23, 2016 James recent post comes a few days after he received backlash for tweeting about the police killing of 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant. He deleted his post, which called for accountability for the police officer in the same vein as Derek Chauvin, who on Tuesday was found guilty of two murder charges for killing George Floyd. James explained why he deleted the post, saying it was being used to create more hate, and that acting out of anger is not a good idea for anybody, including himself. Advertisement Lamar has been a voice against injustices for several years now and quietly joined the Compton Peace Walk with Russell Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan in June after Floyds death. His 2015 anthem Alright saw a 71% increase in streams last summer as racial tensions rose not only with Floyds death, but those of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others. Alright was part of Lamars Grammy-winning album To Pimp a Butterfly and won two awards on its own. The song caused controversy when Lamar performed it while jumping on top of a police car during the 2015 BET Awards. Alright became an anthem for the movement for racial equality as protestors sang it across the country after the deaths of Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Sam DuBose and others. Lamars voice for social justice dates back to songs like Faith off his 2009 self-titled EP, HiiiPower off his 2011 debut album Section.80, and Sing About Me, Im Dying of Thirst off his major-label debut good kid m.A.A.d city. Hes shown the realities of life in the streets of Compton and sends a message of empowerment to the Black community. Lamar hasnt released any new music of his own since 2017s DAMN album, where he sampled the Fox News clip that criticized the BET Awards performance. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his social commentary on the project that included songs like DNA that celebrated the Black experience and Duckworth, the story of how his father thwarted a violent encounter with Tiffith. He did appear on Busta Rhymes Look Over Your Shoulder in October and did some ad-libs for fellow Los Angeles rapper Reasons New Beginnings album, which released the same month. The responses from James tweet expressed agreement with the sentiment that it is time for new music from the illustrious artist. Last time @KingJames tweeted for new @kendricklamar we got Untitled Unmastered, let's hope it happens again https://t.co/AROyveQBvd TaiDuy the Gucci Demon (@250Gmk) April 24, 2021 Need him too drop, it's been too long pic.twitter.com/tnCungA31S Smush Parker (@SmushGoat) April 24, 2021 Need him to drop its been so long pic.twitter.com/KlFQbz7vnj jordan2000 (@jordan200019) April 24, 2021 We do need some new Kendrick Kenny (@Kenny71400v2) April 24, 2021 | LeBron James tweeted that it's time for new Kendrick Lamar music. | bart | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2021-04-24/lebron-james-new-kendrick-lamar-music | 0.201773 |
Will a LeBron James tweet again deliver new Kendrick Lamar music? | LeBron James tweeted that its time for new Kendrick Lamar music. The Lakers star made his post on Saturday, saying hes in dying need of the Compton superstars art in the midst of rising racial tensions. Man I miss @kendricklamar! In dying need of his gifts/presence right now . LeBron James (@KingJames) April 24, 2021 The last time James tweeted that Lamar needed to drop new music, it worked. In 2016, the Grammy winner was performing a series of unreleased tracks on his television performances. James tagged Lamars label chief executive, Anthony Top Dawg Tiffith, that he needed to release the songs. A week later, Lamar dropped a collection called Untitled Unmastered. Tiffith went on Instagram afterward to share that James request did influence the release of the project. Yo @dangerookipawaa after that @kendricklamar Grammy performance , you have to release those untitled tracks asap!!! Talk to me LeBron James (@KingJames) February 23, 2016 James recent post comes a few days after he received backlash for tweeting about the police killing of 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant. He deleted his post, which called for accountability for the police officer in the same vein as Derek Chauvin, who on Tuesday was found guilty of two murder charges for killing George Floyd. James explained why he deleted the post, saying it was being used to create more hate, and that acting out of anger is not a good idea for anybody, including himself. Advertisement Lamar has been a voice against injustices for several years now and quietly joined the Compton Peace Walk with Russell Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan in June after Floyds death. His 2015 anthem Alright saw a 71% increase in streams last summer as racial tensions rose not only with Floyds death, but those of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others. Alright was part of Lamars Grammy-winning album To Pimp a Butterfly and won two awards on its own. The song caused controversy when Lamar performed it while jumping on top of a police car during the 2015 BET Awards. Alright became an anthem for the movement for racial equality as protestors sang it across the country after the deaths of Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Sam DuBose and others. Lamars voice for social justice dates back to songs like Faith off his 2009 self-titled EP, HiiiPower off his 2011 debut album Section.80, and Sing About Me, Im Dying of Thirst off his major-label debut good kid m.A.A.d city. Hes shown the realities of life in the streets of Compton and sends a message of empowerment to the Black community. Lamar hasnt released any new music of his own since 2017s DAMN album, where he sampled the Fox News clip that criticized the BET Awards performance. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his social commentary on the project that included songs like DNA that celebrated the Black experience and Duckworth, the story of how his father thwarted a violent encounter with Tiffith. He did appear on Busta Rhymes Look Over Your Shoulder in October and did some ad-libs for fellow Los Angeles rapper Reasons New Beginnings album, which released the same month. The responses from James tweet expressed agreement with the sentiment that it is time for new music from the illustrious artist. Last time @KingJames tweeted for new @kendricklamar we got Untitled Unmastered, let's hope it happens again https://t.co/AROyveQBvd TaiDuy the Gucci Demon (@250Gmk) April 24, 2021 Need him too drop, it's been too long pic.twitter.com/tnCungA31S Smush Parker (@SmushGoat) April 24, 2021 Need him to drop its been so long pic.twitter.com/KlFQbz7vnj jordan2000 (@jordan200019) April 24, 2021 We do need some new Kendrick Kenny (@Kenny71400v2) April 24, 2021 | LeBron James tweeted that he's in "dying need" of Kendrick Lamar's music. The last time James tweeted about Lamar, he got him to release new music. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2021-04-24/lebron-james-new-kendrick-lamar-music | 0.300489 |
Will a LeBron James tweet again deliver new Kendrick Lamar music? | LeBron James tweeted that its time for new Kendrick Lamar music. The Lakers star made his post on Saturday, saying hes in dying need of the Compton superstars art in the midst of rising racial tensions. Man I miss @kendricklamar! In dying need of his gifts/presence right now . LeBron James (@KingJames) April 24, 2021 The last time James tweeted that Lamar needed to drop new music, it worked. In 2016, the Grammy winner was performing a series of unreleased tracks on his television performances. James tagged Lamars label chief executive, Anthony Top Dawg Tiffith, that he needed to release the songs. A week later, Lamar dropped a collection called Untitled Unmastered. Tiffith went on Instagram afterward to share that James request did influence the release of the project. Yo @dangerookipawaa after that @kendricklamar Grammy performance , you have to release those untitled tracks asap!!! Talk to me LeBron James (@KingJames) February 23, 2016 James recent post comes a few days after he received backlash for tweeting about the police killing of 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant. He deleted his post, which called for accountability for the police officer in the same vein as Derek Chauvin, who on Tuesday was found guilty of two murder charges for killing George Floyd. James explained why he deleted the post, saying it was being used to create more hate, and that acting out of anger is not a good idea for anybody, including himself. Advertisement Lamar has been a voice against injustices for several years now and quietly joined the Compton Peace Walk with Russell Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan in June after Floyds death. His 2015 anthem Alright saw a 71% increase in streams last summer as racial tensions rose not only with Floyds death, but those of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others. Alright was part of Lamars Grammy-winning album To Pimp a Butterfly and won two awards on its own. The song caused controversy when Lamar performed it while jumping on top of a police car during the 2015 BET Awards. Alright became an anthem for the movement for racial equality as protestors sang it across the country after the deaths of Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Sam DuBose and others. Lamars voice for social justice dates back to songs like Faith off his 2009 self-titled EP, HiiiPower off his 2011 debut album Section.80, and Sing About Me, Im Dying of Thirst off his major-label debut good kid m.A.A.d city. Hes shown the realities of life in the streets of Compton and sends a message of empowerment to the Black community. Lamar hasnt released any new music of his own since 2017s DAMN album, where he sampled the Fox News clip that criticized the BET Awards performance. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his social commentary on the project that included songs like DNA that celebrated the Black experience and Duckworth, the story of how his father thwarted a violent encounter with Tiffith. He did appear on Busta Rhymes Look Over Your Shoulder in October and did some ad-libs for fellow Los Angeles rapper Reasons New Beginnings album, which released the same month. The responses from James tweet expressed agreement with the sentiment that it is time for new music from the illustrious artist. Last time @KingJames tweeted for new @kendricklamar we got Untitled Unmastered, let's hope it happens again https://t.co/AROyveQBvd TaiDuy the Gucci Demon (@250Gmk) April 24, 2021 Need him too drop, it's been too long pic.twitter.com/tnCungA31S Smush Parker (@SmushGoat) April 24, 2021 Need him to drop its been so long pic.twitter.com/KlFQbz7vnj jordan2000 (@jordan200019) April 24, 2021 We do need some new Kendrick Kenny (@Kenny71400v2) April 24, 2021 | LeBron James tweeted that it's time for new Kendrick Lamar music. The Lakers star said he's in 'dying need' of the Compton superstar's art in the midst of rising racial tensions. The last time James tweeted that Lamar needed to drop new music, it worked. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2021-04-24/lebron-james-new-kendrick-lamar-music | 0.22076 |
Will The Indians Finances and Age Be Their Ultimate Downfall in 2021? | 18 games into the 2021 campaign and the Cleveland Indians are sitting at two games under .500 at 8-10. Two games under .500 this early in a 162-game slate is not much in terms of games played, but thus far this team has done little to basically 'knock your socks off' and make you think that they can truly be a contender in the American League. One thing in the favor of the Indians other than it's only been 18 games is the fact that the AL Central isn't exactly a barnburner of a division. The leader right now 11 percent into the season are the Kansas City Royals, a team that was aggressive this offseason in their moves to improve the club. The Royals are 11-7, leading the Indians by 3 games in the division. So at 18 games in, we've seen mostly what most fans predicted in terms of the 2021 Indians. The pitching has been better than okay, though not lights out (other than some guy named Bieber), and the offense has been it's usual ugly self. Today we take a look at some of the other reasons as to why this club is off to an ugly start, and if there's any hope for a turnaround. 1. The Fundamentals Is it me or is it almost a nightly basis where the Indians make some sort of mistake that you look back on and say 'what was that?' You had the debacle in Chicago a few weeks back in which the team lost due to some ugly defense. Even this week Josh Naylor had an error that just made you shake your head while playing at first base. There's been base running mistakes, defensive miscues, and times when the team simply looks like they are completely disinterested. If you're going to be a championship team, you have to stay focused and be consistent, something the team just has yet to be in 2021. 2. Oh So Young When 2021 kicked off the Indians roster was the youngest in baseball and the lowest payroll. It's frankly impossible to think this team would be a world-beater right out of the gate, but at the same time usually young teams get better as the season improves, the amount of at-bats get more consistent, and there's more chances for pitchers to get out on the mound. It's wayyyyyy too early to tell, but the pitching is still strong enough give fans hope. We will see if the offense, defense and run game ever catches up with that pitching. If it does, this team can turn their record around in a hurry. 3. Some Tough Decisions Coming The decision that has to come sooner than later is what is this team going to do with the following players: Jake Bauers - Time after time Bauers has been given chances since he was acquired from the Rays December 13th of 2018. The Tribe sent Yandy Daz and Cole Sulser packing, while in return they got back Carlos Santana from Seattle (and he had an All-Star year and one worth forgetting), and Bauers. Since then it's been a complete struggle to get anything out of Bauers. In 2018 he showed promise with Tampa, hitting just .201 but he pounded 11 homers and 48 RBI. With the Indians in 2019 he hit 12 homers with 43 RBI, hitting .226. Last season with a shortened season, he wasn't able to even get on the MLB roster, and wound up at the 'alternate site' all season. This year has been another struggle despite being handed the first base job in camp. Following Friday's game against the Yankees, he's hitting .129 with a pathetic slugging percentage of .161. You won't last long playing daily in the Majors with those numbers. He was given Friday night off in favor of Yu Chang. A change is on the way if Bauers' struggles keep up. Bradley Zimmer - Last season Zimmer was the talk of 'Summer Camp,' FINALLY showing the promise that the team has been waiting for. Instead, Zimmer was given 20 games at the MLB level, and like he has been the last few years, struggled. He hit just .162 w/ a homer and three RBI, and eventually was shown the door to the team's 'alternate site. Zimmer was again in the mix to be one of the team's 3 outfielders in spring training, but failed to make enough of an impression to even make the final roster, unable to beat out the likes of Ben Gamel. At 28 years old, the clock is ticking louder and louder for Zimmer, and it could be the beginning of the end for the native of San Francisco, CA. Bobby Bradley - Technically despite being at the 'alternate site,' Bradley is playing with the Tribe's AAA club the Columbus Clippers - and is having a very tough start to 2021. Bradley, who it seems like fans are dying to see get a long term legit shot at the MLB level, is again having issues with strikeouts, like two seasons ago when he K'd 49 times and hit .178. Sure Bradley is going to eventually get that shot and get back to the Major League level, but to assume that he's going to come up and be the next Albert Belle is not only not fair to Bradley, but based on prior results it's just not realistic. But mark it down, he will eventually be wearing an Indians uniform. Logan Allen - When the Indians dealt with the Padres for the services of Allen, they had visions of him being a starter long term and were quick to move him out of the pen. It's been an ugly start to the starters career for Allen, who after being beat up by the Yankees Friday is now 1-3 with a 6.28 ERA. Allen has had bad command issues, as you can easily see via the stats. He's walked six, struck out 11, but also has given up four homers in four games. In four starts, Allen has lasted five innings, five innings, two innings and 2.1 innings. The team has other options when it comes to starters, and if Allen struggles in his next start, it wouldn't be a shock to see the team give one of those other starters a shot, sitting Allen. | 18 games into the 2021 campaign and the Cleveland Indians are sitting at two games under.500 at 8-10. | bart | 0 | https://www.si.com/mlb/indians/opinion/will-the-indians-finances-and-age-be-their-ultimate-downfall-in-2021 | 0.110056 |
Will The Indians Finances and Age Be Their Ultimate Downfall in 2021? | 18 games into the 2021 campaign and the Cleveland Indians are sitting at two games under .500 at 8-10. Two games under .500 this early in a 162-game slate is not much in terms of games played, but thus far this team has done little to basically 'knock your socks off' and make you think that they can truly be a contender in the American League. One thing in the favor of the Indians other than it's only been 18 games is the fact that the AL Central isn't exactly a barnburner of a division. The leader right now 11 percent into the season are the Kansas City Royals, a team that was aggressive this offseason in their moves to improve the club. The Royals are 11-7, leading the Indians by 3 games in the division. So at 18 games in, we've seen mostly what most fans predicted in terms of the 2021 Indians. The pitching has been better than okay, though not lights out (other than some guy named Bieber), and the offense has been it's usual ugly self. Today we take a look at some of the other reasons as to why this club is off to an ugly start, and if there's any hope for a turnaround. 1. The Fundamentals Is it me or is it almost a nightly basis where the Indians make some sort of mistake that you look back on and say 'what was that?' You had the debacle in Chicago a few weeks back in which the team lost due to some ugly defense. Even this week Josh Naylor had an error that just made you shake your head while playing at first base. There's been base running mistakes, defensive miscues, and times when the team simply looks like they are completely disinterested. If you're going to be a championship team, you have to stay focused and be consistent, something the team just has yet to be in 2021. 2. Oh So Young When 2021 kicked off the Indians roster was the youngest in baseball and the lowest payroll. It's frankly impossible to think this team would be a world-beater right out of the gate, but at the same time usually young teams get better as the season improves, the amount of at-bats get more consistent, and there's more chances for pitchers to get out on the mound. It's wayyyyyy too early to tell, but the pitching is still strong enough give fans hope. We will see if the offense, defense and run game ever catches up with that pitching. If it does, this team can turn their record around in a hurry. 3. Some Tough Decisions Coming The decision that has to come sooner than later is what is this team going to do with the following players: Jake Bauers - Time after time Bauers has been given chances since he was acquired from the Rays December 13th of 2018. The Tribe sent Yandy Daz and Cole Sulser packing, while in return they got back Carlos Santana from Seattle (and he had an All-Star year and one worth forgetting), and Bauers. Since then it's been a complete struggle to get anything out of Bauers. In 2018 he showed promise with Tampa, hitting just .201 but he pounded 11 homers and 48 RBI. With the Indians in 2019 he hit 12 homers with 43 RBI, hitting .226. Last season with a shortened season, he wasn't able to even get on the MLB roster, and wound up at the 'alternate site' all season. This year has been another struggle despite being handed the first base job in camp. Following Friday's game against the Yankees, he's hitting .129 with a pathetic slugging percentage of .161. You won't last long playing daily in the Majors with those numbers. He was given Friday night off in favor of Yu Chang. A change is on the way if Bauers' struggles keep up. Bradley Zimmer - Last season Zimmer was the talk of 'Summer Camp,' FINALLY showing the promise that the team has been waiting for. Instead, Zimmer was given 20 games at the MLB level, and like he has been the last few years, struggled. He hit just .162 w/ a homer and three RBI, and eventually was shown the door to the team's 'alternate site. Zimmer was again in the mix to be one of the team's 3 outfielders in spring training, but failed to make enough of an impression to even make the final roster, unable to beat out the likes of Ben Gamel. At 28 years old, the clock is ticking louder and louder for Zimmer, and it could be the beginning of the end for the native of San Francisco, CA. Bobby Bradley - Technically despite being at the 'alternate site,' Bradley is playing with the Tribe's AAA club the Columbus Clippers - and is having a very tough start to 2021. Bradley, who it seems like fans are dying to see get a long term legit shot at the MLB level, is again having issues with strikeouts, like two seasons ago when he K'd 49 times and hit .178. Sure Bradley is going to eventually get that shot and get back to the Major League level, but to assume that he's going to come up and be the next Albert Belle is not only not fair to Bradley, but based on prior results it's just not realistic. But mark it down, he will eventually be wearing an Indians uniform. Logan Allen - When the Indians dealt with the Padres for the services of Allen, they had visions of him being a starter long term and were quick to move him out of the pen. It's been an ugly start to the starters career for Allen, who after being beat up by the Yankees Friday is now 1-3 with a 6.28 ERA. Allen has had bad command issues, as you can easily see via the stats. He's walked six, struck out 11, but also has given up four homers in four games. In four starts, Allen has lasted five innings, five innings, two innings and 2.1 innings. The team has other options when it comes to starters, and if Allen struggles in his next start, it wouldn't be a shock to see the team give one of those other starters a shot, sitting Allen. | The Cleveland Indians are 18 games into the 2021 season. The team is currently 8-10 and in third place in the American League Central. There are a number of reasons for the team's poor start. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/mlb/indians/opinion/will-the-indians-finances-and-age-be-their-ultimate-downfall-in-2021 | 0.107798 |
Will The Indians Finances and Age Be Their Ultimate Downfall in 2021? | 18 games into the 2021 campaign and the Cleveland Indians are sitting at two games under .500 at 8-10. Two games under .500 this early in a 162-game slate is not much in terms of games played, but thus far this team has done little to basically 'knock your socks off' and make you think that they can truly be a contender in the American League. One thing in the favor of the Indians other than it's only been 18 games is the fact that the AL Central isn't exactly a barnburner of a division. The leader right now 11 percent into the season are the Kansas City Royals, a team that was aggressive this offseason in their moves to improve the club. The Royals are 11-7, leading the Indians by 3 games in the division. So at 18 games in, we've seen mostly what most fans predicted in terms of the 2021 Indians. The pitching has been better than okay, though not lights out (other than some guy named Bieber), and the offense has been it's usual ugly self. Today we take a look at some of the other reasons as to why this club is off to an ugly start, and if there's any hope for a turnaround. 1. The Fundamentals Is it me or is it almost a nightly basis where the Indians make some sort of mistake that you look back on and say 'what was that?' You had the debacle in Chicago a few weeks back in which the team lost due to some ugly defense. Even this week Josh Naylor had an error that just made you shake your head while playing at first base. There's been base running mistakes, defensive miscues, and times when the team simply looks like they are completely disinterested. If you're going to be a championship team, you have to stay focused and be consistent, something the team just has yet to be in 2021. 2. Oh So Young When 2021 kicked off the Indians roster was the youngest in baseball and the lowest payroll. It's frankly impossible to think this team would be a world-beater right out of the gate, but at the same time usually young teams get better as the season improves, the amount of at-bats get more consistent, and there's more chances for pitchers to get out on the mound. It's wayyyyyy too early to tell, but the pitching is still strong enough give fans hope. We will see if the offense, defense and run game ever catches up with that pitching. If it does, this team can turn their record around in a hurry. 3. Some Tough Decisions Coming The decision that has to come sooner than later is what is this team going to do with the following players: Jake Bauers - Time after time Bauers has been given chances since he was acquired from the Rays December 13th of 2018. The Tribe sent Yandy Daz and Cole Sulser packing, while in return they got back Carlos Santana from Seattle (and he had an All-Star year and one worth forgetting), and Bauers. Since then it's been a complete struggle to get anything out of Bauers. In 2018 he showed promise with Tampa, hitting just .201 but he pounded 11 homers and 48 RBI. With the Indians in 2019 he hit 12 homers with 43 RBI, hitting .226. Last season with a shortened season, he wasn't able to even get on the MLB roster, and wound up at the 'alternate site' all season. This year has been another struggle despite being handed the first base job in camp. Following Friday's game against the Yankees, he's hitting .129 with a pathetic slugging percentage of .161. You won't last long playing daily in the Majors with those numbers. He was given Friday night off in favor of Yu Chang. A change is on the way if Bauers' struggles keep up. Bradley Zimmer - Last season Zimmer was the talk of 'Summer Camp,' FINALLY showing the promise that the team has been waiting for. Instead, Zimmer was given 20 games at the MLB level, and like he has been the last few years, struggled. He hit just .162 w/ a homer and three RBI, and eventually was shown the door to the team's 'alternate site. Zimmer was again in the mix to be one of the team's 3 outfielders in spring training, but failed to make enough of an impression to even make the final roster, unable to beat out the likes of Ben Gamel. At 28 years old, the clock is ticking louder and louder for Zimmer, and it could be the beginning of the end for the native of San Francisco, CA. Bobby Bradley - Technically despite being at the 'alternate site,' Bradley is playing with the Tribe's AAA club the Columbus Clippers - and is having a very tough start to 2021. Bradley, who it seems like fans are dying to see get a long term legit shot at the MLB level, is again having issues with strikeouts, like two seasons ago when he K'd 49 times and hit .178. Sure Bradley is going to eventually get that shot and get back to the Major League level, but to assume that he's going to come up and be the next Albert Belle is not only not fair to Bradley, but based on prior results it's just not realistic. But mark it down, he will eventually be wearing an Indians uniform. Logan Allen - When the Indians dealt with the Padres for the services of Allen, they had visions of him being a starter long term and were quick to move him out of the pen. It's been an ugly start to the starters career for Allen, who after being beat up by the Yankees Friday is now 1-3 with a 6.28 ERA. Allen has had bad command issues, as you can easily see via the stats. He's walked six, struck out 11, but also has given up four homers in four games. In four starts, Allen has lasted five innings, five innings, two innings and 2.1 innings. The team has other options when it comes to starters, and if Allen struggles in his next start, it wouldn't be a shock to see the team give one of those other starters a shot, sitting Allen. | The Cleveland Indians are 18 games into the 2021 season. The team is currently 8-10 and in third place in the American League Central. There are a number of reasons for the team's poor record so far, but there are also reasons to be optimistic about the future. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/mlb/indians/opinion/will-the-indians-finances-and-age-be-their-ultimate-downfall-in-2021 | 0.130632 |
Should the Jaguars Have Explored a Similar Trade Package for New Chiefs' OT Orlando Brown? | The Chiefs have a new left tackle in Pro Bowler Orlando Brown, and the move for the left tackle didn't cost quite as much as some thought it would. Among the most important decisions the Jacksonville Jaguars have made this offseason was the one they made to franchise tag Cam Robinson in March. In doing so, the Jaguars both accepted the responsibility of finally developing Robinson and balked at every other left tackle option facing them in the mirror. Instead of inching closer to the draft with questions at left tackle, the Jaguars answered their own before free agency began. They didn't want to go into the most important months of the most important offseason in franchise history not knowing who their left tackle would be in 2021. "We feel that the way this free agency is moving is that the left tackle position, as always but even more now this year from hearing from the guys who have been in the NFL, this a tough year for that left tackle position," Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer said on March 9 shortly after the Jaguars placed the tag on Robinson, the team's second-round selection in 2017. "We feel like with whats just out there and with coaching, culture, and development, Cam [Robinson] has a lot of talent. Among the options the Jaguars ultimately passed on is theoretically Orlando Brown Jr., the former Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle who is now set to be the Kansas City Chiefs' left tackle in 2021. Brown was never strongly tied to the Jaguars as a trade destination, but he at least made sense considering the Jaguars' then-impending hole at left tackle. Now he is set to protect Patrick Mahomes' blindside, with Kansas City giving up a sizeable selection of draft picks in return. Baltimore traded Brown, their 2021 second-round pick (No. 58 overall) and a sixth-round selection in 2021 to the Chiefs for their first-round selection (No. 31), a third-round pick (No. 94) and a fourth-round selection (No. 136), along with a 2022 fifth-round draft pick. The Chiefs were faced with similar -- but not 100% comparable -- at left tackle entering free agency, but they stayed patient and eventually landed a Pro Bowl left tackle for essentially a trade down from No. 31 to No. 58 and a third-, fourth- and fifth-round pick. Kansas City didn't have the benefit of having a young left tackle with starting experience who was eligible to be franchise tagged, so the situations aren't mirrored exactly. But ultimately the Chiefs had to fill the same hole on their roster, and they opted to swing for the fences after playing the waiting game. As a result, it may be fair to ask whether the Jaguars played their hand correctly at left tackle. It is a hard question to answer right now, but there could be at least some thought to what could have been. There are reasons to back up each side of the argument. On one hand, there is no knowledge of the Jaguars having any legitimate interest in Brown. If they did, they likely wouldn't have tagged Robinson, after all. Then there is the fact that Brown is going to cost the Chiefs a lot more than Robinson is set to cost the Jaguars. As of today, Robinson is only on the Jaguars' books for $13,754,000 over the next season. By contrast, the Chiefs had to pony up several draft picks, taking a 20+ pick tumble in the draft. They will also likely have to franchise tag Brown in 2022 before entering a long-term deal with him at left tackle market level in the years following -- years in which the cap is set to skyrocket. The Jaguars unquestionably went the cheaper and safer route. If Robinson develops in 2021 after several years of starting at left tackle, the Jaguars could get him on a cheaper deal than Brown and still get quality left tackle play moving forward. The Jaguars took a risk on Robinson improving in 2021, so it should at least be considered what could happen if he does. And if he does, the Jaguars will likely look smart for franchise tagging him. But if Robinson doesn't take that next step, then it will become even more important to wonder if the Jaguars should have made a similar move as Kansas City's for Brown. If Jacksonville's major roll of the dice on Robinson improving in Year Five blows up in their faces, then the Jaguars will enter 2022 with a glaring hole in front of their franchise quarterback. Trading for Brown wouldn't have been cheap considering the draft picks and the contract that will eventually be paid out to the offensive tackle. But the Jaguars are a team that could have easily justified it considering their 10 draft picks in 2021 and massive amount of salary cap. Trading for Brown would have given the Jaguars a high-ceiling option at left tackle, but the cost would have been significant moving forward. Still, left tackle is one of those positions that is worth investing considerable resources into. It wouldn't have been a cheap move, but it would have been one made for the right reasons. The Jaguars could coach up Robinson and prove to be geniuses for tagging him. They could also find their future left tackle with one of their nine non-No. 1 overall picks. There is no reason to slam the Jaguars for their decision to commit to Robinson this season. But if they fail as a coaching staff to develop him in 2021, then that time will come. Brown would have been a solid addition and a big step toward improving the NFL's worst team from just one year ago. The Jaguars could have easily justified making the same move the Chiefs did, but the point is now moot. The Jaguars made their decision at left tackle, and now we have 17 games to find out if it was the right one. | Jacksonville Jaguars franchise tagged left tackle Cam Robinson in March. The Jaguars passed on a trade for Orlando Brown Jr., the former Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle who is now set to be the Kansas City Chiefs' left tackle. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/jaguars/duval-insider-plus/should-the-jaguars-have-explored-a-similar-trade-package-for-new-chiefs-ot-orlando-brown | 0.446354 |
Should the Jaguars Have Explored a Similar Trade Package for New Chiefs' OT Orlando Brown? | The Chiefs have a new left tackle in Pro Bowler Orlando Brown, and the move for the left tackle didn't cost quite as much as some thought it would. Among the most important decisions the Jacksonville Jaguars have made this offseason was the one they made to franchise tag Cam Robinson in March. In doing so, the Jaguars both accepted the responsibility of finally developing Robinson and balked at every other left tackle option facing them in the mirror. Instead of inching closer to the draft with questions at left tackle, the Jaguars answered their own before free agency began. They didn't want to go into the most important months of the most important offseason in franchise history not knowing who their left tackle would be in 2021. "We feel that the way this free agency is moving is that the left tackle position, as always but even more now this year from hearing from the guys who have been in the NFL, this a tough year for that left tackle position," Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer said on March 9 shortly after the Jaguars placed the tag on Robinson, the team's second-round selection in 2017. "We feel like with whats just out there and with coaching, culture, and development, Cam [Robinson] has a lot of talent. Among the options the Jaguars ultimately passed on is theoretically Orlando Brown Jr., the former Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle who is now set to be the Kansas City Chiefs' left tackle in 2021. Brown was never strongly tied to the Jaguars as a trade destination, but he at least made sense considering the Jaguars' then-impending hole at left tackle. Now he is set to protect Patrick Mahomes' blindside, with Kansas City giving up a sizeable selection of draft picks in return. Baltimore traded Brown, their 2021 second-round pick (No. 58 overall) and a sixth-round selection in 2021 to the Chiefs for their first-round selection (No. 31), a third-round pick (No. 94) and a fourth-round selection (No. 136), along with a 2022 fifth-round draft pick. The Chiefs were faced with similar -- but not 100% comparable -- at left tackle entering free agency, but they stayed patient and eventually landed a Pro Bowl left tackle for essentially a trade down from No. 31 to No. 58 and a third-, fourth- and fifth-round pick. Kansas City didn't have the benefit of having a young left tackle with starting experience who was eligible to be franchise tagged, so the situations aren't mirrored exactly. But ultimately the Chiefs had to fill the same hole on their roster, and they opted to swing for the fences after playing the waiting game. As a result, it may be fair to ask whether the Jaguars played their hand correctly at left tackle. It is a hard question to answer right now, but there could be at least some thought to what could have been. There are reasons to back up each side of the argument. On one hand, there is no knowledge of the Jaguars having any legitimate interest in Brown. If they did, they likely wouldn't have tagged Robinson, after all. Then there is the fact that Brown is going to cost the Chiefs a lot more than Robinson is set to cost the Jaguars. As of today, Robinson is only on the Jaguars' books for $13,754,000 over the next season. By contrast, the Chiefs had to pony up several draft picks, taking a 20+ pick tumble in the draft. They will also likely have to franchise tag Brown in 2022 before entering a long-term deal with him at left tackle market level in the years following -- years in which the cap is set to skyrocket. The Jaguars unquestionably went the cheaper and safer route. If Robinson develops in 2021 after several years of starting at left tackle, the Jaguars could get him on a cheaper deal than Brown and still get quality left tackle play moving forward. The Jaguars took a risk on Robinson improving in 2021, so it should at least be considered what could happen if he does. And if he does, the Jaguars will likely look smart for franchise tagging him. But if Robinson doesn't take that next step, then it will become even more important to wonder if the Jaguars should have made a similar move as Kansas City's for Brown. If Jacksonville's major roll of the dice on Robinson improving in Year Five blows up in their faces, then the Jaguars will enter 2022 with a glaring hole in front of their franchise quarterback. Trading for Brown wouldn't have been cheap considering the draft picks and the contract that will eventually be paid out to the offensive tackle. But the Jaguars are a team that could have easily justified it considering their 10 draft picks in 2021 and massive amount of salary cap. Trading for Brown would have given the Jaguars a high-ceiling option at left tackle, but the cost would have been significant moving forward. Still, left tackle is one of those positions that is worth investing considerable resources into. It wouldn't have been a cheap move, but it would have been one made for the right reasons. The Jaguars could coach up Robinson and prove to be geniuses for tagging him. They could also find their future left tackle with one of their nine non-No. 1 overall picks. There is no reason to slam the Jaguars for their decision to commit to Robinson this season. But if they fail as a coaching staff to develop him in 2021, then that time will come. Brown would have been a solid addition and a big step toward improving the NFL's worst team from just one year ago. The Jaguars could have easily justified making the same move the Chiefs did, but the point is now moot. The Jaguars made their decision at left tackle, and now we have 17 games to find out if it was the right one. | Jacksonville Jaguars franchise tagged left tackle Cam Robinson in March. The Jaguars passed on a trade for Orlando Brown Jr., the former Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle who is now set to be the Kansas City Chiefs' left tackle in 2021. The Chiefs were faced with similar -- but not 100% comparable -- at left tackle entering free agency, but they stayed patient. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/jaguars/duval-insider-plus/should-the-jaguars-have-explored-a-similar-trade-package-for-new-chiefs-ot-orlando-brown | 0.423996 |
Where's Texans' Roster Rank Vs. Rest Of NFL? | It comes as little surprise that the Houston Texans needed some reinforcements to their roster after the 2020 NFL season. Pro Football Focus analyzed all 32 NFL rosters, ranking each NFL teams' groups based off of wins above replacement (WAR), which is a statistic that analyzes each player and how many wins they are worth to their respective team. According to PFF, Houston is ... well, not in great shape ... heading into the season, as the Texans are currently ranked 31st out of 32 teams in the NFL for roster construction. READ MORE: NFL Mock Draft: SI Team-By-Team - With A Houston Texans Pick Any excitement over the help from the draft that would normally be expected will be dampened as the Texans will not select until the third round. PFF also notes that there remain far too many holes on the roster that require attention, and that even after spending money in free agency but with little draft capital, the odds of improving their roster remain slim. READ MORE: Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson Case: Both Lawyers 'Destroying Evidence' Additionally, franchise quarterback Deshaun Watson is embroiled in lawsuits that allege he sexually assaulted women. Depending on the outcome in the courts and the NFL's own investigation, Watson could potentially face not suiting up for Houston for a number of games this coming season. ... and none of that even mentions the trade rumors that have been swirling around all offseason. The Texans are in the middle of a full rebuild and as PFF suggests, their roster talent reflects that reality. | The Texans are ranked 31st out of 32 teams in the NFL for roster construction. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/texans/news/wheres-houston-texans-roster-rank-vs-rest-of-nfl | 0.677156 |
Where's Texans' Roster Rank Vs. Rest Of NFL? | It comes as little surprise that the Houston Texans needed some reinforcements to their roster after the 2020 NFL season. Pro Football Focus analyzed all 32 NFL rosters, ranking each NFL teams' groups based off of wins above replacement (WAR), which is a statistic that analyzes each player and how many wins they are worth to their respective team. According to PFF, Houston is ... well, not in great shape ... heading into the season, as the Texans are currently ranked 31st out of 32 teams in the NFL for roster construction. READ MORE: NFL Mock Draft: SI Team-By-Team - With A Houston Texans Pick Any excitement over the help from the draft that would normally be expected will be dampened as the Texans will not select until the third round. PFF also notes that there remain far too many holes on the roster that require attention, and that even after spending money in free agency but with little draft capital, the odds of improving their roster remain slim. READ MORE: Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson Case: Both Lawyers 'Destroying Evidence' Additionally, franchise quarterback Deshaun Watson is embroiled in lawsuits that allege he sexually assaulted women. Depending on the outcome in the courts and the NFL's own investigation, Watson could potentially face not suiting up for Houston for a number of games this coming season. ... and none of that even mentions the trade rumors that have been swirling around all offseason. The Texans are in the middle of a full rebuild and as PFF suggests, their roster talent reflects that reality. | The Houston Texans are ranked 31st out of 32 teams in the NFL for roster construction. The Texans are in the middle of a full rebuild and as PFF suggests, their roster talent reflects that reality. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/texans/news/wheres-houston-texans-roster-rank-vs-rest-of-nfl | 0.743128 |
Where's Texans' Roster Rank Vs. Rest Of NFL? | It comes as little surprise that the Houston Texans needed some reinforcements to their roster after the 2020 NFL season. Pro Football Focus analyzed all 32 NFL rosters, ranking each NFL teams' groups based off of wins above replacement (WAR), which is a statistic that analyzes each player and how many wins they are worth to their respective team. According to PFF, Houston is ... well, not in great shape ... heading into the season, as the Texans are currently ranked 31st out of 32 teams in the NFL for roster construction. READ MORE: NFL Mock Draft: SI Team-By-Team - With A Houston Texans Pick Any excitement over the help from the draft that would normally be expected will be dampened as the Texans will not select until the third round. PFF also notes that there remain far too many holes on the roster that require attention, and that even after spending money in free agency but with little draft capital, the odds of improving their roster remain slim. READ MORE: Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson Case: Both Lawyers 'Destroying Evidence' Additionally, franchise quarterback Deshaun Watson is embroiled in lawsuits that allege he sexually assaulted women. Depending on the outcome in the courts and the NFL's own investigation, Watson could potentially face not suiting up for Houston for a number of games this coming season. ... and none of that even mentions the trade rumors that have been swirling around all offseason. The Texans are in the middle of a full rebuild and as PFF suggests, their roster talent reflects that reality. | The Houston Texans are currently ranked 31st out of 32 teams in the NFL for roster construction. The Texans are in the middle of a full rebuild and as PFF suggests, their roster talent reflects that reality. Houston will not select until the third round of the NFL draft. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/texans/news/wheres-houston-texans-roster-rank-vs-rest-of-nfl | 0.801121 |
Do Cowboys Have A Top-10 Roster In The NFL? | At the recent press conference to announce the signing of Dak Prescott, reporters asked those sitting at the podium at The Star in Frisco if the retention of the QB meant that Dallas is the best team in the NFC East. Yes, replied Prescott. Absolutely, said Cowboys COO Stephen Jones. READ MORE: Dak & Stephen Brag On Cowboys In NFC East, Want 'Super Bowl Parade' Every season there is a lot of hype, and subsequent hope, when it comes to the Cowboys and their aspirations. Not only will the Cowboys have a mostly healthy roster, but they will also add talent with the 10th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. With a seemingly gifted roster, it leads the question: Just how talented is the group compared to the rest of the NFL?" According to Pro Football Focus, which analyzed all 32 teams and their rosters, the Dallas Cowboys come in with the ninth overall most talented roster. This list was ranked by predicted wins above replacement (WAR) of each of the players on the roster. As PFF points out, the reason Dallas is ranked so high is because of their potent offense and the return of franchise quarterback Prescott. It is not hard to extrapolate that the offense could once again be high powered with the likes of running back Ezekiel Elliott and receivers CeeDee Lamb, Amari Cooper, and Michael Gallup. Dallas, the theory goes, has the talent to not just win the NFC East division, but also has the ability to make a deep push into the playoffs. The 10th overall pick in the draft will only further solidify the roster depending on the route they wish to take on draft day. While there is much-ballyhooed interest in Florida's Kyle Pitts, the Cowboys can address some of their biggest holes on defense during the first round, and CowboysSI.com is being told that the in-house debate is largely over cornerbacks Patrick Surtain vs. Jaycee Horn. Either way, this could be one of the most talented offenses in the NFL, and they will be looking to prove what PFF thinks of them come Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season. READ MORE: Here's Why Cowboys Might Pass On Sewell & Slater In NFL Draft | The Dallas Cowboys have the ninth most talented roster in the NFL, according to PFF. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/do-dallas-cowboys-have-a-top-10-roster-in-the-nfl | 0.278649 |
Do Cowboys Have A Top-10 Roster In The NFL? | At the recent press conference to announce the signing of Dak Prescott, reporters asked those sitting at the podium at The Star in Frisco if the retention of the QB meant that Dallas is the best team in the NFC East. Yes, replied Prescott. Absolutely, said Cowboys COO Stephen Jones. READ MORE: Dak & Stephen Brag On Cowboys In NFC East, Want 'Super Bowl Parade' Every season there is a lot of hype, and subsequent hope, when it comes to the Cowboys and their aspirations. Not only will the Cowboys have a mostly healthy roster, but they will also add talent with the 10th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. With a seemingly gifted roster, it leads the question: Just how talented is the group compared to the rest of the NFL?" According to Pro Football Focus, which analyzed all 32 teams and their rosters, the Dallas Cowboys come in with the ninth overall most talented roster. This list was ranked by predicted wins above replacement (WAR) of each of the players on the roster. As PFF points out, the reason Dallas is ranked so high is because of their potent offense and the return of franchise quarterback Prescott. It is not hard to extrapolate that the offense could once again be high powered with the likes of running back Ezekiel Elliott and receivers CeeDee Lamb, Amari Cooper, and Michael Gallup. Dallas, the theory goes, has the talent to not just win the NFC East division, but also has the ability to make a deep push into the playoffs. The 10th overall pick in the draft will only further solidify the roster depending on the route they wish to take on draft day. While there is much-ballyhooed interest in Florida's Kyle Pitts, the Cowboys can address some of their biggest holes on defense during the first round, and CowboysSI.com is being told that the in-house debate is largely over cornerbacks Patrick Surtain vs. Jaycee Horn. Either way, this could be one of the most talented offenses in the NFL, and they will be looking to prove what PFF thinks of them come Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season. READ MORE: Here's Why Cowboys Might Pass On Sewell & Slater In NFL Draft | The Dallas Cowboys have the ninth most talented roster in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus. The Cowboys have a mostly healthy roster and the 10th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/do-dallas-cowboys-have-a-top-10-roster-in-the-nfl | 0.456943 |
Do Cowboys Have A Top-10 Roster In The NFL? | At the recent press conference to announce the signing of Dak Prescott, reporters asked those sitting at the podium at The Star in Frisco if the retention of the QB meant that Dallas is the best team in the NFC East. Yes, replied Prescott. Absolutely, said Cowboys COO Stephen Jones. READ MORE: Dak & Stephen Brag On Cowboys In NFC East, Want 'Super Bowl Parade' Every season there is a lot of hype, and subsequent hope, when it comes to the Cowboys and their aspirations. Not only will the Cowboys have a mostly healthy roster, but they will also add talent with the 10th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. With a seemingly gifted roster, it leads the question: Just how talented is the group compared to the rest of the NFL?" According to Pro Football Focus, which analyzed all 32 teams and their rosters, the Dallas Cowboys come in with the ninth overall most talented roster. This list was ranked by predicted wins above replacement (WAR) of each of the players on the roster. As PFF points out, the reason Dallas is ranked so high is because of their potent offense and the return of franchise quarterback Prescott. It is not hard to extrapolate that the offense could once again be high powered with the likes of running back Ezekiel Elliott and receivers CeeDee Lamb, Amari Cooper, and Michael Gallup. Dallas, the theory goes, has the talent to not just win the NFC East division, but also has the ability to make a deep push into the playoffs. The 10th overall pick in the draft will only further solidify the roster depending on the route they wish to take on draft day. While there is much-ballyhooed interest in Florida's Kyle Pitts, the Cowboys can address some of their biggest holes on defense during the first round, and CowboysSI.com is being told that the in-house debate is largely over cornerbacks Patrick Surtain vs. Jaycee Horn. Either way, this could be one of the most talented offenses in the NFL, and they will be looking to prove what PFF thinks of them come Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season. READ MORE: Here's Why Cowboys Might Pass On Sewell & Slater In NFL Draft | The Dallas Cowboys have the ninth most talented roster in the NFL, according to PFF. The Cowboys have a mostly healthy roster, and will have the 10th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. The team is expected to have a potent offense with the return of quarterback Dak Prescott. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/do-dallas-cowboys-have-a-top-10-roster-in-the-nfl | 0.533078 |
Are NYPD officers rushing to retire amid citys anti-cop climate? | More than 5,300 NYPD uniformed officers retired or put in their papers to leave in 2020 a 75 percent spike from the year before, department data show. The exodus amid the pandemic, anti-cop hostility, riots and a skyrocketing number of NYC shootings saw 2,600 officers say goodbye to the job and another 2,746 file for retirement, a combined 5,346. In 2019, the NYPD had 1,509 uniformed officers leave and 1,544 file for retirement, for a total of 3,053. DRIVER DRAGS NYPD OFFICER WITH CAR, WAS OUT WITH NO BAIL AT TIME DESPITE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE The departures and planned departures of 5,300 officers represents about 15 percent of the force. Already, as of April 5, the NYPD headcount of uniformed officers has dropped to 34,974 from 36,900 in 2019. Through April 21 of this year, 831 cops have retired or filed to leave and many more are expected to follow suit in the current anti-cop climate, according to Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. "Cops are forming a conga line down at the pension section and I dont blame them," Giacalone said. "NYPD cops are looking for better jobs with other departments or even embarking on new careers." The flurry of Finest farewells began after the Minnesota police-involved killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, with 272 uniformed cops putting in retirement papers from then through June 24, the NYPD data show. Giacalone expects a "long, hot summer ahead," with the City Council vote to remove qualified immunity from the NYPD making it far easier to personally sue a cop and turning "the job [into] a minefield." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch told The Post, "The Mayor and City Council are absolutely trying to abolish the police. Theyve kept our pay absurdly low. Theyve ratcheted up our exposure to lawsuits. Theyve demonized us at every opportunity. And theyve taken away the tools we need to do the job we all signed up for, which is to keep our communities safe. "Now the NYPD is spending money on slick recruiting ads to replace the experienced cops who are leaving in droves. City Hall should just admit the truth: police abolition-through-attrition is their goal. They wont stop until the job has become completely unbearable, and theyre getting closer to that goal with every passing day." READ MORE AT NYPOST.COM | More than 5,300 NYPD uniformed officers retired or put in their papers to leave in 2020. The exodus comes amid the pandemic, anti-cop hostility, riots and a skyrocketing number of NYC shootings. | bart | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/are-nypd-officers-rushing-to-retire-amid-citys-anti-cop-climate | 0.378086 |
Are NYPD officers rushing to retire amid citys anti-cop climate? | More than 5,300 NYPD uniformed officers retired or put in their papers to leave in 2020 a 75 percent spike from the year before, department data show. The exodus amid the pandemic, anti-cop hostility, riots and a skyrocketing number of NYC shootings saw 2,600 officers say goodbye to the job and another 2,746 file for retirement, a combined 5,346. In 2019, the NYPD had 1,509 uniformed officers leave and 1,544 file for retirement, for a total of 3,053. DRIVER DRAGS NYPD OFFICER WITH CAR, WAS OUT WITH NO BAIL AT TIME DESPITE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE The departures and planned departures of 5,300 officers represents about 15 percent of the force. Already, as of April 5, the NYPD headcount of uniformed officers has dropped to 34,974 from 36,900 in 2019. Through April 21 of this year, 831 cops have retired or filed to leave and many more are expected to follow suit in the current anti-cop climate, according to Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. "Cops are forming a conga line down at the pension section and I dont blame them," Giacalone said. "NYPD cops are looking for better jobs with other departments or even embarking on new careers." The flurry of Finest farewells began after the Minnesota police-involved killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, with 272 uniformed cops putting in retirement papers from then through June 24, the NYPD data show. Giacalone expects a "long, hot summer ahead," with the City Council vote to remove qualified immunity from the NYPD making it far easier to personally sue a cop and turning "the job [into] a minefield." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch told The Post, "The Mayor and City Council are absolutely trying to abolish the police. Theyve kept our pay absurdly low. Theyve ratcheted up our exposure to lawsuits. Theyve demonized us at every opportunity. And theyve taken away the tools we need to do the job we all signed up for, which is to keep our communities safe. "Now the NYPD is spending money on slick recruiting ads to replace the experienced cops who are leaving in droves. City Hall should just admit the truth: police abolition-through-attrition is their goal. They wont stop until the job has become completely unbearable, and theyre getting closer to that goal with every passing day." READ MORE AT NYPOST.COM | In 2019, the NYPD had 1,509 uniformed officers leave and 1,544 file for retirement, for a total of 3,053. The exodus comes amid the pandemic, anti-cop hostility, riots and a skyrocketing number of NYC shootings. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/are-nypd-officers-rushing-to-retire-amid-citys-anti-cop-climate | 0.359167 |
How Serious Is Kawhi Leonard's Foot Injury? | Leonard first missed a game with a sore right foot on April 13 against the Indiana Pacers. He missed three straight games, and then eventually played against Minnesota Timberwolves on April 18. It was then announced that Leonard would be re-evaluated in a week, and he missed the next three straight games again. Clippers head coach Ty Lue said the situation is more of a precaution. "More of a precautionary thing," Ty Lue said. "It is something that he has been dealing with... we just want to be cautious." Sources have confirmed to AllClippers that Leonard's foot injury definitely more on the precautionary side. There is some pain in the lower part of Kawhi's foot, so the team wants to make absolutely sure that Leonard is pain-free going into the playoffs. If it were the playoffs, Leonard would likely play. However, given what we've seen this season's injuries, the Clippers simply don't want to take the chance with Kawhi's soreness. The Clippers have 10 games left in the regular season and they're still missing Kawhi Leonard, Patrick Beverley, and Serge Ibaka. There is hope that Patrick Beverley could return sooner than later with his broken hand, but Ibaka has no timetable. One thing is for sure though, the team will need all of them. Related Stories Paul George Hopes to Retire With LA Clippers Nicolas Batum Grateful to LA Clippers for Giving Him Another Chance in NBA Three Takeaways from the LA Clippers' Comeback Win over the Houston Rockets | Sources say Kawhi Leonard's foot injury is more of a precaution. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/how-serious-is-kawhi-leonard-foot-injury | 0.106295 |
How Serious Is Kawhi Leonard's Foot Injury? | Leonard first missed a game with a sore right foot on April 13 against the Indiana Pacers. He missed three straight games, and then eventually played against Minnesota Timberwolves on April 18. It was then announced that Leonard would be re-evaluated in a week, and he missed the next three straight games again. Clippers head coach Ty Lue said the situation is more of a precaution. "More of a precautionary thing," Ty Lue said. "It is something that he has been dealing with... we just want to be cautious." Sources have confirmed to AllClippers that Leonard's foot injury definitely more on the precautionary side. There is some pain in the lower part of Kawhi's foot, so the team wants to make absolutely sure that Leonard is pain-free going into the playoffs. If it were the playoffs, Leonard would likely play. However, given what we've seen this season's injuries, the Clippers simply don't want to take the chance with Kawhi's soreness. The Clippers have 10 games left in the regular season and they're still missing Kawhi Leonard, Patrick Beverley, and Serge Ibaka. There is hope that Patrick Beverley could return sooner than later with his broken hand, but Ibaka has no timetable. One thing is for sure though, the team will need all of them. Related Stories Paul George Hopes to Retire With LA Clippers Nicolas Batum Grateful to LA Clippers for Giving Him Another Chance in NBA Three Takeaways from the LA Clippers' Comeback Win over the Houston Rockets | Sources say Kawhi Leonard's foot injury is more on the precautionary side. The team wants to make sure that Leonard is pain-free going into the playoffs. If it were the playoffs, Leonard would likely play. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/how-serious-is-kawhi-leonard-foot-injury | 0.14123 |
How Serious Is Kawhi Leonard's Foot Injury? | Leonard first missed a game with a sore right foot on April 13 against the Indiana Pacers. He missed three straight games, and then eventually played against Minnesota Timberwolves on April 18. It was then announced that Leonard would be re-evaluated in a week, and he missed the next three straight games again. Clippers head coach Ty Lue said the situation is more of a precaution. "More of a precautionary thing," Ty Lue said. "It is something that he has been dealing with... we just want to be cautious." Sources have confirmed to AllClippers that Leonard's foot injury definitely more on the precautionary side. There is some pain in the lower part of Kawhi's foot, so the team wants to make absolutely sure that Leonard is pain-free going into the playoffs. If it were the playoffs, Leonard would likely play. However, given what we've seen this season's injuries, the Clippers simply don't want to take the chance with Kawhi's soreness. The Clippers have 10 games left in the regular season and they're still missing Kawhi Leonard, Patrick Beverley, and Serge Ibaka. There is hope that Patrick Beverley could return sooner than later with his broken hand, but Ibaka has no timetable. One thing is for sure though, the team will need all of them. Related Stories Paul George Hopes to Retire With LA Clippers Nicolas Batum Grateful to LA Clippers for Giving Him Another Chance in NBA Three Takeaways from the LA Clippers' Comeback Win over the Houston Rockets | Sources say Kawhi Leonard's foot injury is more on the precautionary side. The team wants to make sure that Leonard is pain-free going into the playoffs. The Clippers have 10 games left in the regular season and they're still missing Kawhi, Patrick Beverley, and Serge Ibaka. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/how-serious-is-kawhi-leonard-foot-injury | 0.123428 |
Can Western brands recover from consumer backlash in China? | H&M has been the main target of a Chinese boycott For many years foreign companies operating in China have faced social media-fuelled consumer backlashes, sometimes over instances of cultural insensitivity and sometimes over political controversies. "Anyone who offends the Chinese people should prepare to pay the price," was the blunt message from China's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying when asked recently about a number of Western companies facing a boycott after they expressed concern over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang province. H&M was the main target, but the backlash also hit Nike, Adidas and Puma - all members of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), a non-profit group promoting sustainable cotton production. The Swedish fashion retailer is blocked on China's major ecommerce platforms and their physical stores have vanished from some digital maps. Twenty H&M stores remain closed. These companies aren't the first to face a backlash in China and almost certainly won't be the last. But the price of these transgressions seems to vary dramatically. The trouble blows over quickly for some companies, but causes lasting damage for others. The President of the EU chamber of Commerce in China Jeorg Wuttke said it was not uncommon for foreign companies to run afoul of Chinese sensibilities. It's a longstanding challenge, and one that has grown with China's economic importance and Europe's changing attitudes. "What has changed is that public perception and public opinion on China has dramatically soured. And that, of course, increases the heat on companies on the home front," Mr Wuttke said. For some retailers like H&M, it's a conundrum. Story continues At the moment, H&M sells 94.8% of its clothing elsewhere, but China's growing wealth is likely to represent a large portion of the company's growth in the coming years. Pragmatic anger Mr Wuttke thinks the goal appears to be to inflict short-term pain to make a political point rather than to put companies out of business. The boycotts are selective and most often target companies with a high-visibility retail presence, an approach which maximises the visibility of the backlash but also minimises the impact on China's economy. The retail giants had expressed concern about the alleged use of Uighur forced labour in cotton production It's fairly easy for a retailer to ramp up their operations again, but the same might not be true for businesses in other sectors, such as heavy industry. "If they were to punish a chemical company, or a company that produces machinery, these guys have assets on the ground. If they walk away, they will not come back," he said. There are a variety of ways that foreign businesses can run into trouble with Chinese consumers. Many have fallen foul of them for being culturally insensitive. Often these controversies blow over, and consumers come back. Balenciaga and Burberry, for example, both offended consumers with clumsy ad campaigns related to Chinese holidays. "There are now a sufficient number of instances to suggest cultural missteps can be healed through thoughtful on-the-ground execution and the passage of time," said Michael Norris from consumer research business AgencyChina. Even so, both companies have run into trouble over other issues as well. And sometimes cultural missteps can also be more serious. Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana felt the wrath of Chinese social media when it released three videos in 2018 showing a Chinese model struggling to eat Italian food including cannoli and pizza with chopsticks. The ad was widely seen as racist, and it led to a backlash with several Chinese retailers pulling the brand's products. The company's results since then suggest it may have had an effect, with the Asia Pacific market falling from 25% to 22% of the group's total turnover for the year ending in March 2019 (even though the company's revenues overall grew 4.9% to $1.54bn). The following year, the company's wholesale and retail takings in Asia, including China and Hong Kong, were down 35%. However, the results made no mention of the boycott and the period in question includes the first three months of 2020, when China's economy was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Politics, on the other hand, presents an entirely different challenge. In 2019, the US National Basketball Association suffered what its chief executive described as "substantial" losses after an online comment from a team executive prompted a backlash in China. "Political stances or commentary can jeopardise a brand's future in China," said Mr Norris. After the Houston Rockets' manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, the state-run broadcaster CCTV and Tencent Holdings, which streams NBA games in China, said they would stop broadcasting Rockets' matches. The Houston Rockets' stance on Hong Kong pro-democracy protests also angered China The Chinese Basketball Association suspended co-operation with the Houston Rockets, as did Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ning, and the club's sponsor in China, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. The Rockets remain benched. "It took the better part of an NBA season to reinstate the Houston Rockets box-score and ranking to Tencent Sports. However, to this day, Houston Rockets apparel remains unsearchable on Alibaba's e-commerce marketplaces," Mr Norris said. A Lotte of money Korean companies faced perhaps the fiercest opposition in 2017, when South Korea agreed to install a US missile system which Beijing said could be used to spy on China, even though it was intended to defend against North Korea. The Korea Tourism Organization estimated the spat cost the country's tourism operators $6.5bn (4.66bn) in lost revenue. Korea's cosmetics and entertainment industries took a hit too. The central bank estimated that it knocked 0.4% off the country's economic growth for the year. Perhaps the biggest loser was Korean conglomerate Lotte, which provided land it owned in South Korea for the missile defence system. Shuttered Lotte store in China The company sold off its chain of convenience stores to a Chinese company as a result of the controversy. The suffered losses of around $1.7bn in China in the 18 months after the controversy erupted, mostly from selling off its convenience stores in China at a loss, according to the Financial Times. The company's confectionary, beverage, food production and department store divisions all took a hit. However, even Lotte has returned. In 2019 the company resumed work on a $2.6bn real estate project in Shenyang. Mr Wuttke says it rarely seems to be the case that foreign businesses are excluded from China permanently. The key question seems to be how long the boycotts last. "China wants the world to know about its anger. They do so. It's very painful for companies, but it blows over," he said. You may also be interested in... | Foreign companies operating in China have faced social media-fuelled consumer backlashes. The trouble blows over quickly for some companies, but causes lasting damage for others. | bart | 1 | https://news.yahoo.com/western-brands-recover-consumer-backlash-040912286.html | 0.166163 |
Can Western brands recover from consumer backlash in China? | H&M has been the main target of a Chinese boycott For many years foreign companies operating in China have faced social media-fuelled consumer backlashes, sometimes over instances of cultural insensitivity and sometimes over political controversies. "Anyone who offends the Chinese people should prepare to pay the price," was the blunt message from China's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying when asked recently about a number of Western companies facing a boycott after they expressed concern over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang province. H&M was the main target, but the backlash also hit Nike, Adidas and Puma - all members of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), a non-profit group promoting sustainable cotton production. The Swedish fashion retailer is blocked on China's major ecommerce platforms and their physical stores have vanished from some digital maps. Twenty H&M stores remain closed. These companies aren't the first to face a backlash in China and almost certainly won't be the last. But the price of these transgressions seems to vary dramatically. The trouble blows over quickly for some companies, but causes lasting damage for others. The President of the EU chamber of Commerce in China Jeorg Wuttke said it was not uncommon for foreign companies to run afoul of Chinese sensibilities. It's a longstanding challenge, and one that has grown with China's economic importance and Europe's changing attitudes. "What has changed is that public perception and public opinion on China has dramatically soured. And that, of course, increases the heat on companies on the home front," Mr Wuttke said. For some retailers like H&M, it's a conundrum. Story continues At the moment, H&M sells 94.8% of its clothing elsewhere, but China's growing wealth is likely to represent a large portion of the company's growth in the coming years. Pragmatic anger Mr Wuttke thinks the goal appears to be to inflict short-term pain to make a political point rather than to put companies out of business. The boycotts are selective and most often target companies with a high-visibility retail presence, an approach which maximises the visibility of the backlash but also minimises the impact on China's economy. The retail giants had expressed concern about the alleged use of Uighur forced labour in cotton production It's fairly easy for a retailer to ramp up their operations again, but the same might not be true for businesses in other sectors, such as heavy industry. "If they were to punish a chemical company, or a company that produces machinery, these guys have assets on the ground. If they walk away, they will not come back," he said. There are a variety of ways that foreign businesses can run into trouble with Chinese consumers. Many have fallen foul of them for being culturally insensitive. Often these controversies blow over, and consumers come back. Balenciaga and Burberry, for example, both offended consumers with clumsy ad campaigns related to Chinese holidays. "There are now a sufficient number of instances to suggest cultural missteps can be healed through thoughtful on-the-ground execution and the passage of time," said Michael Norris from consumer research business AgencyChina. Even so, both companies have run into trouble over other issues as well. And sometimes cultural missteps can also be more serious. Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana felt the wrath of Chinese social media when it released three videos in 2018 showing a Chinese model struggling to eat Italian food including cannoli and pizza with chopsticks. The ad was widely seen as racist, and it led to a backlash with several Chinese retailers pulling the brand's products. The company's results since then suggest it may have had an effect, with the Asia Pacific market falling from 25% to 22% of the group's total turnover for the year ending in March 2019 (even though the company's revenues overall grew 4.9% to $1.54bn). The following year, the company's wholesale and retail takings in Asia, including China and Hong Kong, were down 35%. However, the results made no mention of the boycott and the period in question includes the first three months of 2020, when China's economy was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Politics, on the other hand, presents an entirely different challenge. In 2019, the US National Basketball Association suffered what its chief executive described as "substantial" losses after an online comment from a team executive prompted a backlash in China. "Political stances or commentary can jeopardise a brand's future in China," said Mr Norris. After the Houston Rockets' manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, the state-run broadcaster CCTV and Tencent Holdings, which streams NBA games in China, said they would stop broadcasting Rockets' matches. The Houston Rockets' stance on Hong Kong pro-democracy protests also angered China The Chinese Basketball Association suspended co-operation with the Houston Rockets, as did Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ning, and the club's sponsor in China, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. The Rockets remain benched. "It took the better part of an NBA season to reinstate the Houston Rockets box-score and ranking to Tencent Sports. However, to this day, Houston Rockets apparel remains unsearchable on Alibaba's e-commerce marketplaces," Mr Norris said. A Lotte of money Korean companies faced perhaps the fiercest opposition in 2017, when South Korea agreed to install a US missile system which Beijing said could be used to spy on China, even though it was intended to defend against North Korea. The Korea Tourism Organization estimated the spat cost the country's tourism operators $6.5bn (4.66bn) in lost revenue. Korea's cosmetics and entertainment industries took a hit too. The central bank estimated that it knocked 0.4% off the country's economic growth for the year. Perhaps the biggest loser was Korean conglomerate Lotte, which provided land it owned in South Korea for the missile defence system. Shuttered Lotte store in China The company sold off its chain of convenience stores to a Chinese company as a result of the controversy. The suffered losses of around $1.7bn in China in the 18 months after the controversy erupted, mostly from selling off its convenience stores in China at a loss, according to the Financial Times. The company's confectionary, beverage, food production and department store divisions all took a hit. However, even Lotte has returned. In 2019 the company resumed work on a $2.6bn real estate project in Shenyang. Mr Wuttke says it rarely seems to be the case that foreign businesses are excluded from China permanently. The key question seems to be how long the boycotts last. "China wants the world to know about its anger. They do so. It's very painful for companies, but it blows over," he said. You may also be interested in... | Foreign companies operating in China have faced social media-fuelled consumer backlashes. The trouble blows over quickly for some companies, but causes lasting damage for others. The goal appears to be to inflict short-term pain to make a political point rather than to put companies out of business. | bart | 2 | https://news.yahoo.com/western-brands-recover-consumer-backlash-040912286.html | 0.201111 |
How will my three-year-old cope with family weddings? | My lovely sister Fionnuala (pronounced: Fionnuala) got married the weekend before last. We werent able to attend the day itself due to Covid protocols. We saw pics and videos on WhatsApp in which she and her delightful husband Adam (pronounced: Adhanm, I think?) looked gorgeous and almost-but-not-quite-sickeningly in love, tying the knot to an audience of two. Our family weddings are usually quite big affairs, my family being large enough to be seen from space Our family weddings are usually quite big affairs. Besides my family being large enough to be seen from space, Irish people generally consider marriage a great opportunity to conduct a census of every person theyve ever met. As with every wedding, it made my wife and I reflective and emotional about our own nuptials. Admittedly, the emotional reflection we usually share when we see other people getting married is delight that we are no longer planning a wedding ourselves. But now, after four years, weddings are the kind of thing were looking forward to getting back to. I dont know that theyll be the same. I read with horror that finger food and buffets may be a permanent casualty of the coronavirus, since they could be prohibitively difficult to safeguard from transmission. As someone who likes in fact, regards it as his premier skill in life to skulk near wedding caterers so I can gorge myself on canapes with impunity, this is a terrifying prospect. It would deny me the right to stalk their route through the crowd, emerging in front of them like a predator on the savannah, saying: Oh, my, well of course! as if Ive seen them entirely by coincidence, before pulping onion tartlets and mushroom blinis into my cavernous, ravenous mouth. Heaven, in other words. My son is nearly three and has never been to a wedding. Pretty much his entire recorded memory has been spent in Covid times, in small groups of adults and only a few family members at one time. Hes become so used to the rubrics of the pandemic that he will press random objects at chest height and mime washing his hands as if some sanitiser has been dispensed. Maybe his not attending a fully catered, 200-person wedding is good, in that case. If he was handed a mushroom blini hed probably mash it into his paws while singing the Mr Potato song. For now, well take joy from the fact that Fionnuala and Adam (henceforth Fionnadam) have promised us another, more grand celebration of their vows in the future, when the world is ready for large groups of mildly sozzled people to congregate in shiny hats and impractical shoes. If youve ever met either of them, youll see me there. Save me an onion tartlet. Follow Samas on Twitter @shockproofbeats | Our family weddings are usually quite big affairs, my family being large enough to be seen from space. Our son is nearly three and has never been to a wedding. He's become so used to the rubrics of the pandemic that he will press random objects at chest height. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/25/the-seamas-oreilly-column-how-will-my-three-year-old-cope-with-a-family-wedding | 0.187041 |
Was King Solomon the ancient worlds first shipping magnate? | King Solomon is venerated in Judaism and Christianity for his wisdom and in Islam as a prophet, but the fabled ruler is one of the Bibles great unsolved mysteries. Archaeologists have struggled in vain to find conclusive proof that he actually existed. With no inscriptions or remnants of the magnificent palace and temple he is supposed to have built in Jerusalem 3,000 years ago, the Israelite king has sunk into the realm of myth. Now British marine archaeologist Dr Sean Kingsley has amassed evidence showing that Solomon was not only a flesh-and-blood monarch but also the worlds first shipping magnate, who funded voyages carried out by his Phoenician allies in historys first special relationship. Over 10 years, Kingsley has carried out a maritime audit of the Solomon question. By extending the search beyond the Holy Land, across the Mediterranean to Spain and Sardinia, he found that archaeological evidence supports biblical descriptions of a partnership between Solomon, who excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom, and the Phoenician king Hiram, who supplied Solomon with cedar timber and gold, as much as he desired. Kingsley told the Observer: Ive spread a very wide net. That kind of maritime study has never been done before. He said: For 100 years, archaeologists have scrutinised Jerusalems holy soils, the most excavated city in the world. Nothing definitive fits the book of Kings and Chronicles epic accounts of Solomons palace and temple. By exploring traces of ports, warehouses, industry and shipwrecks, new evidence shakes up the quest for truth. He explored Andalusian port towns from Mezquitilla to Mlaga and found that the archaeological evidence reveals a Phoenician coast. He visited the site of the great mine of the ancient world, Rio Tinto 70km inland from Huelva which produced gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc and where, crucially, he realised that old maps and historical accounts referred to a particular spot as Cerro Solomon or Solomons Hill. One 17th-century account notes that Solomons Hill was previously called Solomons Castle, and another describes people being sent there by King Solomon for gold and silver. Rio Tinto mining park in Huelva, Spain. Ancient accounts reveal that silver mined here came from a spot called Solomons Hill. Photograph: Gabriel Solera/Getty Images At the site, archaeologists have found ancient mining tools, such as granite pestles and stone mortars used to crush minerals, and remnants of lead slag that held a high proportion of silver. Kingsley said that lead isotope analysis has shown that silver hoards excavated in Israel originally came from Iberia. Recent digs in nearby Huelva have found evidence of the Israelites and Phoenicians, including elephant tusks, merchants shekel weights and pottery. The Near Eastern link can be dated as far back as 930BC, the end of Solomons reign, and Kingsley has concluded that Huelva is the best fit for the capital of the biblical Tarshish, the ancient source of imported metals, which archaeologists have signposted wildly, everywhere from southern Israel to the Red Sea, Ethiopia to Tunisia. He was struck by texts and ruins that support a far more conclusive candidate in this area of the southern Iberian Peninsula, which was known in antiquity as Tartessos, a Greek derivation of Tarshish. A Phoenician script on a ninth-century BC stele found in Sardinia refers to the land of Tarshish, also proving its historical reality. Kingsley, who has explored more than 350 shipwrecks in the past 30 years, will publish his research in the forthcoming spring issue of Wreckwatch magazine, the free journal for maritime archaeology, which he also edits. Solomon is believed to have built the First Temple of Jerusalem on the Temple Mount. Kingsley writes that everything historians know about it comes from the Bible, including details such as its inner sanctum lined with pure gold: Building cities, palaces and a flagship temple didnt come cheap. Long-distance voyages to the lands of Ophir and Tarshish brought a river of gold, silver, precious stones and marble to the royal court. Neither Israel nor Lebanon could tap into local gold and silver resources. The biblical entrepreneurs were forced to look to the horizon. The land of Tarshish was a vital source for Solomons silver. As the Book of Ezekiel recorded: Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of goods. Kingsley added: What turned up in southern Spain is undeniable. Phoenician signature finds, richly strewn from Rio Tinto to Mlaga, leave no doubt that Near Eastern ships voyaged to what must have seemed the far side of the moon by 900BC. When I spotted in ancient accounts the name of the hill where silver was mined at Rio Tinto Solomons Hill I was stunned. Biblical history, archaeology and myth merged to reveal the long-sought land of Tarshish celebrated in the Old Testament. It looks like Solomon was wise in his maritime planning. He bankrolled the voyages from Jerusalem and let salty Phoenician sailors take all the risks at sea. | British marine archaeologist Dr Sean Kingsley has amassed evidence showing that Solomon was not only a flesh-and-blood monarch but also the worlds first shipping magnate. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/25/was-king-solomon-the-ancient-worlds-first-shipping-magnate | 0.177419 |
Was King Solomon the ancient worlds first shipping magnate? | King Solomon is venerated in Judaism and Christianity for his wisdom and in Islam as a prophet, but the fabled ruler is one of the Bibles great unsolved mysteries. Archaeologists have struggled in vain to find conclusive proof that he actually existed. With no inscriptions or remnants of the magnificent palace and temple he is supposed to have built in Jerusalem 3,000 years ago, the Israelite king has sunk into the realm of myth. Now British marine archaeologist Dr Sean Kingsley has amassed evidence showing that Solomon was not only a flesh-and-blood monarch but also the worlds first shipping magnate, who funded voyages carried out by his Phoenician allies in historys first special relationship. Over 10 years, Kingsley has carried out a maritime audit of the Solomon question. By extending the search beyond the Holy Land, across the Mediterranean to Spain and Sardinia, he found that archaeological evidence supports biblical descriptions of a partnership between Solomon, who excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom, and the Phoenician king Hiram, who supplied Solomon with cedar timber and gold, as much as he desired. Kingsley told the Observer: Ive spread a very wide net. That kind of maritime study has never been done before. He said: For 100 years, archaeologists have scrutinised Jerusalems holy soils, the most excavated city in the world. Nothing definitive fits the book of Kings and Chronicles epic accounts of Solomons palace and temple. By exploring traces of ports, warehouses, industry and shipwrecks, new evidence shakes up the quest for truth. He explored Andalusian port towns from Mezquitilla to Mlaga and found that the archaeological evidence reveals a Phoenician coast. He visited the site of the great mine of the ancient world, Rio Tinto 70km inland from Huelva which produced gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc and where, crucially, he realised that old maps and historical accounts referred to a particular spot as Cerro Solomon or Solomons Hill. One 17th-century account notes that Solomons Hill was previously called Solomons Castle, and another describes people being sent there by King Solomon for gold and silver. Rio Tinto mining park in Huelva, Spain. Ancient accounts reveal that silver mined here came from a spot called Solomons Hill. Photograph: Gabriel Solera/Getty Images At the site, archaeologists have found ancient mining tools, such as granite pestles and stone mortars used to crush minerals, and remnants of lead slag that held a high proportion of silver. Kingsley said that lead isotope analysis has shown that silver hoards excavated in Israel originally came from Iberia. Recent digs in nearby Huelva have found evidence of the Israelites and Phoenicians, including elephant tusks, merchants shekel weights and pottery. The Near Eastern link can be dated as far back as 930BC, the end of Solomons reign, and Kingsley has concluded that Huelva is the best fit for the capital of the biblical Tarshish, the ancient source of imported metals, which archaeologists have signposted wildly, everywhere from southern Israel to the Red Sea, Ethiopia to Tunisia. He was struck by texts and ruins that support a far more conclusive candidate in this area of the southern Iberian Peninsula, which was known in antiquity as Tartessos, a Greek derivation of Tarshish. A Phoenician script on a ninth-century BC stele found in Sardinia refers to the land of Tarshish, also proving its historical reality. Kingsley, who has explored more than 350 shipwrecks in the past 30 years, will publish his research in the forthcoming spring issue of Wreckwatch magazine, the free journal for maritime archaeology, which he also edits. Solomon is believed to have built the First Temple of Jerusalem on the Temple Mount. Kingsley writes that everything historians know about it comes from the Bible, including details such as its inner sanctum lined with pure gold: Building cities, palaces and a flagship temple didnt come cheap. Long-distance voyages to the lands of Ophir and Tarshish brought a river of gold, silver, precious stones and marble to the royal court. Neither Israel nor Lebanon could tap into local gold and silver resources. The biblical entrepreneurs were forced to look to the horizon. The land of Tarshish was a vital source for Solomons silver. As the Book of Ezekiel recorded: Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of goods. Kingsley added: What turned up in southern Spain is undeniable. Phoenician signature finds, richly strewn from Rio Tinto to Mlaga, leave no doubt that Near Eastern ships voyaged to what must have seemed the far side of the moon by 900BC. When I spotted in ancient accounts the name of the hill where silver was mined at Rio Tinto Solomons Hill I was stunned. Biblical history, archaeology and myth merged to reveal the long-sought land of Tarshish celebrated in the Old Testament. It looks like Solomon was wise in his maritime planning. He bankrolled the voyages from Jerusalem and let salty Phoenician sailors take all the risks at sea. | British marine archaeologist Dr Sean Kingsley has amassed evidence showing that Solomon was not only a flesh-and-blood monarch but also the worlds first shipping magnate. He found that archaeological evidence supports biblical descriptions of a partnership between Solomon and the Phoenician king Hiram. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/25/was-king-solomon-the-ancient-worlds-first-shipping-magnate | 0.291285 |
What's next to fix policing in Michigan after the verdicts in George Floyd's murder trial? | The rare verdicts Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. against a former police officer in the three-count murder trial of George Floyd in Minnesota have prompted calls for police reforms from activists, state attorneys general, and even the president of the United States. What happens next depends on how Michiganders and Americans come together after a year of violent protests and an election in which many people seem so politically far apart. But coming together is part of the challenge, said Watoii Rabii, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Oakland University. But true change, he added, must go beyond policy reforms. Some people also are waiting for Derek Chauvin's sentencing. "I hope the sentencing fits the crime, but I dont believe the sentence is going to," Frederica Turner, a 58-year-old Dearborn resident, said. "Nope I dont. Not in America when it comes to a white cop, killing a Black man." Chauvin's maximum possible penalty is 40 years in prison. Some experts speculate he will get closer to 30, which means that he would likely be out on parole after 20. The recommended sentencing guidelines is even less, 12 years. There have been so many deaths at the hands of police in America and there such a long history of racism that it's understandable why Turner is skeptical. For some, sudden and sweeping changes, even if they feel long overdue, just seem out of reach. Last Monday, a 27-year-old man was killed in a shootout with Detroit police. Video suggested he was attempting to kill officers. The same day as the verdict, Detroit officers shot a man who was armed with a knife. Police said he stabbed an officer. And minutes before the verdicts, an officer in Columbus, Ohio, shot 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant. Police said the teen was wielding a knife and appeared to be putting another person's life at risk. A witness, however, had asked police, "Why'd you shoot her?" From the beginning of the year through last Wednesday, alone, police nationwide took the lives of 319 people, according to Mapping Police Violence, a group that tracks police-related deaths of 16,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide. Since 2013, when the organization started counting them, police killed more than 8,000 people, an average of more than 1,000 a year, nearly three a day. And of those cases, fewer than 2% have led to charges. Few officers are held accountable, said Jennifer Cobbina, an associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She cautioned praising the effectiveness of the criminal legal system. "The celebration you see many people having is the absence of injustice," she said. "Because history has not been on the side of people of color getting justice in this country." She said "the soul of America was on trial" in Minneapolis. But whether the verdict signifies the "inflection moment" that Vice President Kamala Harris the nation's first female, first African-American and first Asian-American vice president recently called it in a phone call with Floyd's relatives depends on how committed the reformers are after the spotlight on the verdict fades. An array of proposals In Michigan, activist groups such as Detroit Will Breathe have demanded Detroit and other departments make changes. For weeks, they marched almost daily, drawing white supporters from suburbs. Among Detroit Will Breathe's demands: Defund and demilitarize the police; end the use of facial recognition software in crime-fighting, which the group says is inaccurate and racially biased; and making police officers accountable and accessible. "We have to be aggressive in confronting every individual instance of discrimination, bad treatment, and poor training," Mayor Mike Duggan said. "We have to root out racism aggressively, and we have to be real intentional about it. In addition, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers have pushed for other police reforms, including requirements for officers to intervene if they see colleagues using unnecessary force. Republican state Sens. Peter Lucido and Dale Zorn offered a bill to stop the use of chokeholds and similar moves. Democrats proposed ending the use of tear gas, stop-and-frisk policies and facial recognition software. None of these measures, however, came up for a vote in either the full House or Senate. Read more: Michigan reacts to guilty verdicts of former officer Derek Chauvin trial: 'Justice won' 2017 Free Press investigation: How problem cops stay on Michigan's streets Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel also has proposed reforms aimed at increasing accountability, such as the maintenance of disciplinary records, a statewide misconduct registry, and forfeiture of retirement benefits. And Tuesday, the state's top law enforcement officer said it was "time to acknowledge that there are problems with how and who we police," urging leaders at all government levels to support changes. Efforts, for example, to diversify the Michigan State Police have been a challenge. Of the 1,941 non-civilian employees, 90% are white and 82% are white males. The proportion of Black troopers, less than 6%, has languished since 2015. At the federal level, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said he would investigate the Minneapolis Police Department, an indication there likely will be more scrutiny of local police force abuses. The verdicts also seemed to add a sense of urgency to pass a national policing reform bill, which, so far, has been stalled by questions about how far lawmakers should go to rein in and punish police. Last month, the U.S. House passed legislation named for Floyd on a mostly party-line vote. The bill proposes sweeping changes, including banning chokeholds, no-knock warrants, and ties federal funds for law enforcement to body cam mandates. It's a bill President Joe Biden has said he is eager to sign. Still, questions persist among many Republicans who have enough votes to block it and among some Democrats about changing standards for what is called qualified immunity, which can shield law enforcement officers from civil litigation. But reform, some experts argue, should involve reallocating resources from police departments and investing in education, affordable housing, jobs and mental health treatment. Other questions revolve around whether Congress should allow criminal charges to be brought against officers for reckless behavior, rather than the higher standard in place now of willful behavior. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., who is the only Black Republican in the chamber, last year introduced a policing reform bill that Democrats stopped, saying it didnt go far enough because it relied too much on incentives to make changes. The chamber is split 50-50, and Scott and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., are now among those trying to attract enough votes from both parties to clear the 60 votes required to pass the legislation. Meanwhile, Republicans, including many from Michigan, have called Democrats hypocrites for blocking a vote to censure U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., this week because she called for more "confrontation" if there was an acquittal in the trial. And U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, has said America is at a pivotal point, adding she fervently hopes this would "be a moment we all take a deep breath, think about whats happening in this country and try to bring ourselves together." Same issues, different decades So while Tuesday's murder verdicts seemed to tilt toward reform, skeptics point out that the same issues leaders are trying to address racism and heavy-handed policing have been part of the national conversation before. Some, like Southfield residentCourtney Stribling, also say that while the verdict in Minneapolis was an important step toward accountability, it wasn't justice. "George Floyd should still be here," Stribling, 41, said, reciting the names of others who died in police shootings. "Breonna Taylor should be here. Adam Toledo should be here. Daunte Wright should be here. Aiyana Stanley-Jones should still be here." Stribling, who is an advocate for racial equality, said she "wanted desperately to exhale for a bit." But, she added, she went to sleep the night of the verdict with "the heaviest heart" because police had shot and killed yet another person. Nearly four years ago, in "Disorderly conduct: How problem cops stay on the street," a Free Press investigation revealed Michigan struggled to rid the state of bad cops, and that many were allowed to continue working, despite red flags. Just about 30 years ago, white police officers were on trial in Los Angeles, accused of beating Rodney King, a Black man. America closely watched it unfold, and eagerly awaited the verdict. The officers were acquitted. Decades before that in the '50s and '60s men and women died for civil rights. And a century before that, Americans went to war with each other over ending slavery. "America is a racist place," Stephanie Hartwell, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, pointed out. But, she added, there has been gradual progress, and "we'd like to believe now is a time for restitution and change." Still, she said, police unions are among some of the groups resisting change And unions are not only influential inside police forces, they also can influence policy through campaign contributions. In an effort to advocate for members, Hartwell acknowledged, unions, at times, have blocked new training mandates, some calls for transparency, and efforts to curb liability protections. Hartwell said there's overwhelming evidence that there are problems in police departments, but she also recognized that police work is difficult. Good officers are putting their own lives on the line to protect the public. And Rachel Harmon, a professor of law and director of the Center for Criminal Justice at the University of Virginia, said police associations and unions can, and should, be involved in reform efforts. But, she added, unions also have interfered in efforts to hold officers accountable. "I dont think that that means that police officers are not going to play a role in moving us forward toward reform," said Harmon, who is a former federal prosecutor. "I think we should expect that they will and that they need to." Still, some police officials have suggested well-intentioned efforts to do good are actually doing harm. Some of the political rhetoric, they argue, has gone too far and is fueling anger against good officers. Detroit Police Chief James Craig has been an outspoken critic of calls to abolish police departments, comments that he felt encouraged police confrontations and violence. "I am unapologetic for my unyielding support for police officers who put their lives on the line every day and do the job professionally, ethically, and constitutionally," he told the Free Press. "This should not be taken in the context of supporting very few police officers who cross the line and engage in acts of criminal misconduct." 'Can we all get along?' Unlike the recent trial in Minneapolis, in 1992, the jury acquitted the officers of beating King. Anger over the verdict turned into rioting in Los Angeles. Shops were looted and buildings set on fire. In Detroit, hundreds of angry residents, including the late City Council President Maryann Mahaffey, who was white, joined in the demonstrations against the jury's decision, the May 1, 1992, edition of the Free Press reported. King, amid violence that ensued in Los Angeles, pleaded with the nation for calm. More than once, he asked, "Can we all get along?" A year later, Kym Worthy, now Wayne County's prosecutor, successfully tried a case she said was "eerily similar" to the recent one in Minneapolis. In it, Malice Green, a Black man, was killed by police officers armed with heavy flashlights. Green was "pummeled and beaten to death," Worthy recalled in a recent piece shepenned for the Detroit Free Press. "At that time, no on-duty police officer had ever been convicted of murder. Never in the history of the United States." Worthy, who didn't have video evidence of the beating, said she relied on her faith in the jury. She also said, looking back, that she thought that case would lead to major reforms. That, she said, didn't happen. But this time, Worthy said, reform efforts seem to have broader public support, including from police, and she is optimistic that proposed reforms, particularly the federal bill bearing Floyd's name, will pass. "I hope that the outcome of this trial invigorates existing movements and inspires new ones to emerge," Arielle Wallace, 24, of Detroit, said. "I hope that our non-Black, especially nonnative, residents are taking note of how to be in community with us." Detroit Police Lt. Kevin Robinson, who has been with the force for 34 years, said "policing is a vital necessity in our community." But along with it "comes a great responsibility" to follow "rules and regulations." Chauvin broke the law and "should be punished" just as anyone else would for killing someone, Robinson, 59, said, adding that sending him to prison "shows that the system is changing and it does need to change." Shooting back with video There's also another factor that is driving reform: video evidence. In fact, some argue, the outrage against Floyd's death and the Minneapolis murder trial might not have happened if it hadn't been for a then-17-year-old bystander, Darnella Frazier, who used her cellphone to record what happened. She uploaded the video to Facebook and, suddenly, the world could see what she did. The Rev. W.J. Rideout III, the pastor of All God's People Church in Roseville, said in a sense, concerned citizens and activists are now using cellphone cameras to "shoot back." Rideout said the emotional video of a policeman putting his knee on the neck of a man pleading for breath forced people to see the reality of police abuse and racism. It forced them to feel compassion. And that compassion drove conversations about justice, race, and change, not just on social media platforms and in the streets, where protesters marched, but in homes, workplaces, synagogues, and churches. Openly talking about these issues allows society to confront them, and now that cellphones and social media are ubiquitous, it will be harder for police departments to hide wrongdoing. "The world is beginning to see that they can no longer allow people to get away with these kind of crimes, racism and discrimination," the pastor said. "The pressure has been turned up." Immediate effects One effect the Minneapolis trial already seems to have had is more transparency. In Detroit, hours after an armed man was shot and killed by police, Chief Craig called a news conference and released video clips of the shooting. He made a point of saying that detectives were still investigating, but he wanted to be transparent. Craig said he supports police reform where it is needed. "When we talk about what reform looks like, reform is accountability, he said. "Reform is building public trust. Reform doesnt start when something bad happens in a police agency, you have to institutionalize building trust with a community." Last Monday wasn't the first time Craig has released a police video, and the news conference was livestreamed on social media. The images showed Craig's officers were under gunfire. In Columbus, police also showed body camera video of the shooting of the teenager hours after it happened. According to new accounts, Bryant appeared to swing a knife at another person and the officer shot her. The Columbus Dispatch called the video revelations there "unprecedented." Some officials are calling for more than just policing reforms. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said "work to dismantle systemic racism, in policing and all its forms, must continue," and noted that one way to do that is by eliminating barriers to vote. To some public officials and activists, the right to vote is key to all reforms because it ensures more people have a voice in electing the officials who are responsible for making laws and setting public policy. The power of protesting And some activists say, the guilty verdicts highlight the power of protest. Ken Reed of the Coalition Against Police Brutality suggested public pressure has a role in bringing about change. Had the video images not been seen on the news and in social media, he said, the former officer might not have been charged at all. Tristan Taylor, a cofounder of Detroit Will Breathe, said he believes people sometimes have to be disruptive to force change. In other words, when protesters chant "No justice. No peace" they mean it. "I think what the trial makes clear, unfortunately, is the only way we get justice is if we show forcefully our outrage," Taylor said. "It's the only way our voices can get heard and we have to do all that just to have just one cop put on trial." David Muhammad, a 51-year-old Detroit resident, went even further. "Last year, our Black youth cried out, and the world finally looked and saw what these people have done and have been doing to Black Americans for the past 466 years," he said. "They had to convict because the powers that be cannot afford or take another like last year." Willie Dechavez a retired Detroit teacher and the chair of the nonpartisan advocacy group APIAVote-Michigan, which seeks to boost civic engagement among Asian American and Pacific Islanders said the verdicts were reassuring, voting is power and protests have impact. But education ultimately makes the biggest difference. "Going forward," he said, "we should start educational campaigns that will teach people, everyone, about what to do to minimize hate crimes and to protect the victims of them." And in a way, the conviction in Minneapolis can be traced back to education in Detroit. Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison, who led the state's case against Chauvin, graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School. The school, as part of its mission, teaches its students to be "committed to doing justice." "I think," said Leinda Schleicher, "everyone is still holding their breath." Schleicher, 60, of Farmington, is Black and Asian, and grew up in Detroit. She said she seen her share of discrimination over the years and she has seen a lot of changes good and bad. "The last presidential administration made it OK to be bold about your dislikes," she said. "And if you are busy fighting each other, it keeps you distracted form working together to fight what's important. We can all do better." Staff writers Todd Spangler, Paul Egan, Dave Boucher, Jasmin Barmore, Kyla Wright and Angie Jackson contributed to this report. Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or fwitsil@freepress.com. | The verdict in George Floyd's murder trial has prompted calls for police reforms. In Michigan, activists have demanded Detroit and other departments make changes. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/04/25/derek-chauvin-verdict-how-to-fix-policing-in-michigan/7329386002/ | 0.114117 |
What's next to fix policing in Michigan after the verdicts in George Floyd's murder trial? | The rare verdicts Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. against a former police officer in the three-count murder trial of George Floyd in Minnesota have prompted calls for police reforms from activists, state attorneys general, and even the president of the United States. What happens next depends on how Michiganders and Americans come together after a year of violent protests and an election in which many people seem so politically far apart. But coming together is part of the challenge, said Watoii Rabii, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Oakland University. But true change, he added, must go beyond policy reforms. Some people also are waiting for Derek Chauvin's sentencing. "I hope the sentencing fits the crime, but I dont believe the sentence is going to," Frederica Turner, a 58-year-old Dearborn resident, said. "Nope I dont. Not in America when it comes to a white cop, killing a Black man." Chauvin's maximum possible penalty is 40 years in prison. Some experts speculate he will get closer to 30, which means that he would likely be out on parole after 20. The recommended sentencing guidelines is even less, 12 years. There have been so many deaths at the hands of police in America and there such a long history of racism that it's understandable why Turner is skeptical. For some, sudden and sweeping changes, even if they feel long overdue, just seem out of reach. Last Monday, a 27-year-old man was killed in a shootout with Detroit police. Video suggested he was attempting to kill officers. The same day as the verdict, Detroit officers shot a man who was armed with a knife. Police said he stabbed an officer. And minutes before the verdicts, an officer in Columbus, Ohio, shot 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant. Police said the teen was wielding a knife and appeared to be putting another person's life at risk. A witness, however, had asked police, "Why'd you shoot her?" From the beginning of the year through last Wednesday, alone, police nationwide took the lives of 319 people, according to Mapping Police Violence, a group that tracks police-related deaths of 16,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide. Since 2013, when the organization started counting them, police killed more than 8,000 people, an average of more than 1,000 a year, nearly three a day. And of those cases, fewer than 2% have led to charges. Few officers are held accountable, said Jennifer Cobbina, an associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She cautioned praising the effectiveness of the criminal legal system. "The celebration you see many people having is the absence of injustice," she said. "Because history has not been on the side of people of color getting justice in this country." She said "the soul of America was on trial" in Minneapolis. But whether the verdict signifies the "inflection moment" that Vice President Kamala Harris the nation's first female, first African-American and first Asian-American vice president recently called it in a phone call with Floyd's relatives depends on how committed the reformers are after the spotlight on the verdict fades. An array of proposals In Michigan, activist groups such as Detroit Will Breathe have demanded Detroit and other departments make changes. For weeks, they marched almost daily, drawing white supporters from suburbs. Among Detroit Will Breathe's demands: Defund and demilitarize the police; end the use of facial recognition software in crime-fighting, which the group says is inaccurate and racially biased; and making police officers accountable and accessible. "We have to be aggressive in confronting every individual instance of discrimination, bad treatment, and poor training," Mayor Mike Duggan said. "We have to root out racism aggressively, and we have to be real intentional about it. In addition, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers have pushed for other police reforms, including requirements for officers to intervene if they see colleagues using unnecessary force. Republican state Sens. Peter Lucido and Dale Zorn offered a bill to stop the use of chokeholds and similar moves. Democrats proposed ending the use of tear gas, stop-and-frisk policies and facial recognition software. None of these measures, however, came up for a vote in either the full House or Senate. Read more: Michigan reacts to guilty verdicts of former officer Derek Chauvin trial: 'Justice won' 2017 Free Press investigation: How problem cops stay on Michigan's streets Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel also has proposed reforms aimed at increasing accountability, such as the maintenance of disciplinary records, a statewide misconduct registry, and forfeiture of retirement benefits. And Tuesday, the state's top law enforcement officer said it was "time to acknowledge that there are problems with how and who we police," urging leaders at all government levels to support changes. Efforts, for example, to diversify the Michigan State Police have been a challenge. Of the 1,941 non-civilian employees, 90% are white and 82% are white males. The proportion of Black troopers, less than 6%, has languished since 2015. At the federal level, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said he would investigate the Minneapolis Police Department, an indication there likely will be more scrutiny of local police force abuses. The verdicts also seemed to add a sense of urgency to pass a national policing reform bill, which, so far, has been stalled by questions about how far lawmakers should go to rein in and punish police. Last month, the U.S. House passed legislation named for Floyd on a mostly party-line vote. The bill proposes sweeping changes, including banning chokeholds, no-knock warrants, and ties federal funds for law enforcement to body cam mandates. It's a bill President Joe Biden has said he is eager to sign. Still, questions persist among many Republicans who have enough votes to block it and among some Democrats about changing standards for what is called qualified immunity, which can shield law enforcement officers from civil litigation. But reform, some experts argue, should involve reallocating resources from police departments and investing in education, affordable housing, jobs and mental health treatment. Other questions revolve around whether Congress should allow criminal charges to be brought against officers for reckless behavior, rather than the higher standard in place now of willful behavior. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., who is the only Black Republican in the chamber, last year introduced a policing reform bill that Democrats stopped, saying it didnt go far enough because it relied too much on incentives to make changes. The chamber is split 50-50, and Scott and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., are now among those trying to attract enough votes from both parties to clear the 60 votes required to pass the legislation. Meanwhile, Republicans, including many from Michigan, have called Democrats hypocrites for blocking a vote to censure U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., this week because she called for more "confrontation" if there was an acquittal in the trial. And U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, has said America is at a pivotal point, adding she fervently hopes this would "be a moment we all take a deep breath, think about whats happening in this country and try to bring ourselves together." Same issues, different decades So while Tuesday's murder verdicts seemed to tilt toward reform, skeptics point out that the same issues leaders are trying to address racism and heavy-handed policing have been part of the national conversation before. Some, like Southfield residentCourtney Stribling, also say that while the verdict in Minneapolis was an important step toward accountability, it wasn't justice. "George Floyd should still be here," Stribling, 41, said, reciting the names of others who died in police shootings. "Breonna Taylor should be here. Adam Toledo should be here. Daunte Wright should be here. Aiyana Stanley-Jones should still be here." Stribling, who is an advocate for racial equality, said she "wanted desperately to exhale for a bit." But, she added, she went to sleep the night of the verdict with "the heaviest heart" because police had shot and killed yet another person. Nearly four years ago, in "Disorderly conduct: How problem cops stay on the street," a Free Press investigation revealed Michigan struggled to rid the state of bad cops, and that many were allowed to continue working, despite red flags. Just about 30 years ago, white police officers were on trial in Los Angeles, accused of beating Rodney King, a Black man. America closely watched it unfold, and eagerly awaited the verdict. The officers were acquitted. Decades before that in the '50s and '60s men and women died for civil rights. And a century before that, Americans went to war with each other over ending slavery. "America is a racist place," Stephanie Hartwell, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, pointed out. But, she added, there has been gradual progress, and "we'd like to believe now is a time for restitution and change." Still, she said, police unions are among some of the groups resisting change And unions are not only influential inside police forces, they also can influence policy through campaign contributions. In an effort to advocate for members, Hartwell acknowledged, unions, at times, have blocked new training mandates, some calls for transparency, and efforts to curb liability protections. Hartwell said there's overwhelming evidence that there are problems in police departments, but she also recognized that police work is difficult. Good officers are putting their own lives on the line to protect the public. And Rachel Harmon, a professor of law and director of the Center for Criminal Justice at the University of Virginia, said police associations and unions can, and should, be involved in reform efforts. But, she added, unions also have interfered in efforts to hold officers accountable. "I dont think that that means that police officers are not going to play a role in moving us forward toward reform," said Harmon, who is a former federal prosecutor. "I think we should expect that they will and that they need to." Still, some police officials have suggested well-intentioned efforts to do good are actually doing harm. Some of the political rhetoric, they argue, has gone too far and is fueling anger against good officers. Detroit Police Chief James Craig has been an outspoken critic of calls to abolish police departments, comments that he felt encouraged police confrontations and violence. "I am unapologetic for my unyielding support for police officers who put their lives on the line every day and do the job professionally, ethically, and constitutionally," he told the Free Press. "This should not be taken in the context of supporting very few police officers who cross the line and engage in acts of criminal misconduct." 'Can we all get along?' Unlike the recent trial in Minneapolis, in 1992, the jury acquitted the officers of beating King. Anger over the verdict turned into rioting in Los Angeles. Shops were looted and buildings set on fire. In Detroit, hundreds of angry residents, including the late City Council President Maryann Mahaffey, who was white, joined in the demonstrations against the jury's decision, the May 1, 1992, edition of the Free Press reported. King, amid violence that ensued in Los Angeles, pleaded with the nation for calm. More than once, he asked, "Can we all get along?" A year later, Kym Worthy, now Wayne County's prosecutor, successfully tried a case she said was "eerily similar" to the recent one in Minneapolis. In it, Malice Green, a Black man, was killed by police officers armed with heavy flashlights. Green was "pummeled and beaten to death," Worthy recalled in a recent piece shepenned for the Detroit Free Press. "At that time, no on-duty police officer had ever been convicted of murder. Never in the history of the United States." Worthy, who didn't have video evidence of the beating, said she relied on her faith in the jury. She also said, looking back, that she thought that case would lead to major reforms. That, she said, didn't happen. But this time, Worthy said, reform efforts seem to have broader public support, including from police, and she is optimistic that proposed reforms, particularly the federal bill bearing Floyd's name, will pass. "I hope that the outcome of this trial invigorates existing movements and inspires new ones to emerge," Arielle Wallace, 24, of Detroit, said. "I hope that our non-Black, especially nonnative, residents are taking note of how to be in community with us." Detroit Police Lt. Kevin Robinson, who has been with the force for 34 years, said "policing is a vital necessity in our community." But along with it "comes a great responsibility" to follow "rules and regulations." Chauvin broke the law and "should be punished" just as anyone else would for killing someone, Robinson, 59, said, adding that sending him to prison "shows that the system is changing and it does need to change." Shooting back with video There's also another factor that is driving reform: video evidence. In fact, some argue, the outrage against Floyd's death and the Minneapolis murder trial might not have happened if it hadn't been for a then-17-year-old bystander, Darnella Frazier, who used her cellphone to record what happened. She uploaded the video to Facebook and, suddenly, the world could see what she did. The Rev. W.J. Rideout III, the pastor of All God's People Church in Roseville, said in a sense, concerned citizens and activists are now using cellphone cameras to "shoot back." Rideout said the emotional video of a policeman putting his knee on the neck of a man pleading for breath forced people to see the reality of police abuse and racism. It forced them to feel compassion. And that compassion drove conversations about justice, race, and change, not just on social media platforms and in the streets, where protesters marched, but in homes, workplaces, synagogues, and churches. Openly talking about these issues allows society to confront them, and now that cellphones and social media are ubiquitous, it will be harder for police departments to hide wrongdoing. "The world is beginning to see that they can no longer allow people to get away with these kind of crimes, racism and discrimination," the pastor said. "The pressure has been turned up." Immediate effects One effect the Minneapolis trial already seems to have had is more transparency. In Detroit, hours after an armed man was shot and killed by police, Chief Craig called a news conference and released video clips of the shooting. He made a point of saying that detectives were still investigating, but he wanted to be transparent. Craig said he supports police reform where it is needed. "When we talk about what reform looks like, reform is accountability, he said. "Reform is building public trust. Reform doesnt start when something bad happens in a police agency, you have to institutionalize building trust with a community." Last Monday wasn't the first time Craig has released a police video, and the news conference was livestreamed on social media. The images showed Craig's officers were under gunfire. In Columbus, police also showed body camera video of the shooting of the teenager hours after it happened. According to new accounts, Bryant appeared to swing a knife at another person and the officer shot her. The Columbus Dispatch called the video revelations there "unprecedented." Some officials are calling for more than just policing reforms. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said "work to dismantle systemic racism, in policing and all its forms, must continue," and noted that one way to do that is by eliminating barriers to vote. To some public officials and activists, the right to vote is key to all reforms because it ensures more people have a voice in electing the officials who are responsible for making laws and setting public policy. The power of protesting And some activists say, the guilty verdicts highlight the power of protest. Ken Reed of the Coalition Against Police Brutality suggested public pressure has a role in bringing about change. Had the video images not been seen on the news and in social media, he said, the former officer might not have been charged at all. Tristan Taylor, a cofounder of Detroit Will Breathe, said he believes people sometimes have to be disruptive to force change. In other words, when protesters chant "No justice. No peace" they mean it. "I think what the trial makes clear, unfortunately, is the only way we get justice is if we show forcefully our outrage," Taylor said. "It's the only way our voices can get heard and we have to do all that just to have just one cop put on trial." David Muhammad, a 51-year-old Detroit resident, went even further. "Last year, our Black youth cried out, and the world finally looked and saw what these people have done and have been doing to Black Americans for the past 466 years," he said. "They had to convict because the powers that be cannot afford or take another like last year." Willie Dechavez a retired Detroit teacher and the chair of the nonpartisan advocacy group APIAVote-Michigan, which seeks to boost civic engagement among Asian American and Pacific Islanders said the verdicts were reassuring, voting is power and protests have impact. But education ultimately makes the biggest difference. "Going forward," he said, "we should start educational campaigns that will teach people, everyone, about what to do to minimize hate crimes and to protect the victims of them." And in a way, the conviction in Minneapolis can be traced back to education in Detroit. Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison, who led the state's case against Chauvin, graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School. The school, as part of its mission, teaches its students to be "committed to doing justice." "I think," said Leinda Schleicher, "everyone is still holding their breath." Schleicher, 60, of Farmington, is Black and Asian, and grew up in Detroit. She said she seen her share of discrimination over the years and she has seen a lot of changes good and bad. "The last presidential administration made it OK to be bold about your dislikes," she said. "And if you are busy fighting each other, it keeps you distracted form working together to fight what's important. We can all do better." Staff writers Todd Spangler, Paul Egan, Dave Boucher, Jasmin Barmore, Kyla Wright and Angie Jackson contributed to this report. Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or fwitsil@freepress.com. | The verdict in George Floyd's murder trial has prompted calls for police reforms. In Michigan, activist groups have demanded Detroit and other departments make changes. For some, sudden and sweeping changes, even if they feel long overdue, just seem out of reach. The verdict may not be the "inflection moment" that Vice President Kamala Harris called it. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/04/25/derek-chauvin-verdict-how-to-fix-policing-in-michigan/7329386002/ | 0.136735 |
Will Cincinnati Bengals Fold Under Public Pressure to take Penei Sewell With Fifth Pick in 2021 NFL Draft? | Multiple Bengals legends want the team to take Penei Sewell at No. 5 CINCINNATI The NFL Draft is only a few days away and the Bengals have a tough decision to make at No. 5. Multiple Bengals legends have weighed in on the debate, including Anthony Muoz and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. They would both take Sewell. There are also plenty of national analysts that think the Bengals should take a lineman with the fifth pick. One former general manager thinks the Bengals should be kicked out of the NFL if they don't address their offensive line in the first round. Related: Dave Lapham Weighs in on Sewell vs Chase Debate The pressure to take Sewell is mountingat least outside the walls of Paul Brown Stadium. Former NFL head coach Jim Mora Jr. discussed the pressure coaches and members of the Bengals front office are feeling ahead of the draft. "You feel it. You discuss it, but you really have to find a way to push it aside and make decisions that aren't based on emotion or based on the public perception or really even the wishes of the fan base," Mora said in an exclusive interview with AllBengals. "You have to remember that you're the expert. You have to remember the time that you've invested in this process. The number of people that have gone out and scouted these players, the information they've accumulated. Only you in the room know what's best for your team at the deepest level. There's a lot of people that believe they know what's best for your team and some of them may have a pretty good idea, but you're the expert. You have to tune out the noise, eliminate the emotion and make the choice based upon all the facts that you know about this player or the players you're considering, about your team, the future of the team, where you want your team to go, how you want to get there and then you have to trust that and make the decision that's right for the future of your franchise." There are insiders like Malik Wright who believe the Bengals are going to take Chase. After not signing any wide receivers in free agency and losing A.J. Green, wide-out is one of their biggest needs. If the Bengals like the offensive line depth in this class, then they could ignore the public pressure and take Chase with the fifth pick. The NFL Draft begins on Thursday, April 29 at 8 p.m. ET. For the latest on free agency and the NFL Draft, bookmark AllBengals and check out some of our other articles below. ----- You May Also Like: Analyzing the Bengals' Four Biggest Needs Before the Draft Former Bengals Receiver Questions Zac Taylor Watch: Tee Higgins Looks Explosive in Offseason Workouts Bengals Bolster Offense in 7-Round Mock Draft Medical Issues Causing Terrace Marshall to Fall Down Draft Boards Here's the Latest on Joe Burrow's Recovery Joe Burrow Comments on Gruesome Scar The Bengals' New Jersey Numbers Are Here! Former NFL General Manager Believes Bengals Have Easy Decision With No. 5 Pick Duke Tobin Sheds Light on O-Line and Wide Receiver Depth in 2021 NFL Draft Bengals Legend Has Eyes on BIG Lineman to Protect Joe Burrow NFL Teams Expect Bengals to Pick Penei Sewell Watch: Penei Sewell Goes Through Four Stage Workout Longtime Bengals Assistant Endorses Ja'Marr Chase Analysts Simplify Ja'Marr Chase Vs Penei Sewell Debate Scouts Rave About Ja'Marr Chase Following Pro Day Workout Another Big Board Has Sizable Gap Between Penei Sewell and Ja'Marr Chase This is a Great Film Breakdown of Penei Sewell NFL Draft Big Board: Big Gap Between Sewell and Chase This is a great film breakdown of Penei Sewell Penei Sewell vs Ja'Marr Chase: Team May Have Tipped Their Hand One NFL Team Believes Bengals Will Take Ja'Marr Chase at No. ----- Be sure to keep it locked on AllBengals all the time! Subscribe to the AllBengals YouTube channel Follow AllBengals on Twitter: @AllBengals Like and follow AllBengals on Facebook | Multiple Bengals legends want the team to take Penei Sewell at No. 5. | bart | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/will-cincinnati-bengals-fold-under-public-pressure-to-take-penei-sewell-with-fifth-pick-in-2021-nfl-draft | 0.102685 |
Will Cincinnati Bengals Fold Under Public Pressure to take Penei Sewell With Fifth Pick in 2021 NFL Draft? | Multiple Bengals legends want the team to take Penei Sewell at No. 5 CINCINNATI The NFL Draft is only a few days away and the Bengals have a tough decision to make at No. 5. Multiple Bengals legends have weighed in on the debate, including Anthony Muoz and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. They would both take Sewell. There are also plenty of national analysts that think the Bengals should take a lineman with the fifth pick. One former general manager thinks the Bengals should be kicked out of the NFL if they don't address their offensive line in the first round. Related: Dave Lapham Weighs in on Sewell vs Chase Debate The pressure to take Sewell is mountingat least outside the walls of Paul Brown Stadium. Former NFL head coach Jim Mora Jr. discussed the pressure coaches and members of the Bengals front office are feeling ahead of the draft. "You feel it. You discuss it, but you really have to find a way to push it aside and make decisions that aren't based on emotion or based on the public perception or really even the wishes of the fan base," Mora said in an exclusive interview with AllBengals. "You have to remember that you're the expert. You have to remember the time that you've invested in this process. The number of people that have gone out and scouted these players, the information they've accumulated. Only you in the room know what's best for your team at the deepest level. There's a lot of people that believe they know what's best for your team and some of them may have a pretty good idea, but you're the expert. You have to tune out the noise, eliminate the emotion and make the choice based upon all the facts that you know about this player or the players you're considering, about your team, the future of the team, where you want your team to go, how you want to get there and then you have to trust that and make the decision that's right for the future of your franchise." There are insiders like Malik Wright who believe the Bengals are going to take Chase. After not signing any wide receivers in free agency and losing A.J. Green, wide-out is one of their biggest needs. If the Bengals like the offensive line depth in this class, then they could ignore the public pressure and take Chase with the fifth pick. The NFL Draft begins on Thursday, April 29 at 8 p.m. ET. For the latest on free agency and the NFL Draft, bookmark AllBengals and check out some of our other articles below. ----- You May Also Like: Analyzing the Bengals' Four Biggest Needs Before the Draft Former Bengals Receiver Questions Zac Taylor Watch: Tee Higgins Looks Explosive in Offseason Workouts Bengals Bolster Offense in 7-Round Mock Draft Medical Issues Causing Terrace Marshall to Fall Down Draft Boards Here's the Latest on Joe Burrow's Recovery Joe Burrow Comments on Gruesome Scar The Bengals' New Jersey Numbers Are Here! Former NFL General Manager Believes Bengals Have Easy Decision With No. 5 Pick Duke Tobin Sheds Light on O-Line and Wide Receiver Depth in 2021 NFL Draft Bengals Legend Has Eyes on BIG Lineman to Protect Joe Burrow NFL Teams Expect Bengals to Pick Penei Sewell Watch: Penei Sewell Goes Through Four Stage Workout Longtime Bengals Assistant Endorses Ja'Marr Chase Analysts Simplify Ja'Marr Chase Vs Penei Sewell Debate Scouts Rave About Ja'Marr Chase Following Pro Day Workout Another Big Board Has Sizable Gap Between Penei Sewell and Ja'Marr Chase This is a Great Film Breakdown of Penei Sewell NFL Draft Big Board: Big Gap Between Sewell and Chase This is a great film breakdown of Penei Sewell Penei Sewell vs Ja'Marr Chase: Team May Have Tipped Their Hand One NFL Team Believes Bengals Will Take Ja'Marr Chase at No. ----- Be sure to keep it locked on AllBengals all the time! Subscribe to the AllBengals YouTube channel Follow AllBengals on Twitter: @AllBengals Like and follow AllBengals on Facebook | Multiple Bengals legends want the team to take Penei Sewell at No. 5. One former general manager thinks the Bengals should be kicked out of the NFL if they don't address their offensive line in the first round. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/will-cincinnati-bengals-fold-under-public-pressure-to-take-penei-sewell-with-fifth-pick-in-2021-nfl-draft | 0.139116 |
Will Cincinnati Bengals Fold Under Public Pressure to take Penei Sewell With Fifth Pick in 2021 NFL Draft? | Multiple Bengals legends want the team to take Penei Sewell at No. 5 CINCINNATI The NFL Draft is only a few days away and the Bengals have a tough decision to make at No. 5. Multiple Bengals legends have weighed in on the debate, including Anthony Muoz and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. They would both take Sewell. There are also plenty of national analysts that think the Bengals should take a lineman with the fifth pick. One former general manager thinks the Bengals should be kicked out of the NFL if they don't address their offensive line in the first round. Related: Dave Lapham Weighs in on Sewell vs Chase Debate The pressure to take Sewell is mountingat least outside the walls of Paul Brown Stadium. Former NFL head coach Jim Mora Jr. discussed the pressure coaches and members of the Bengals front office are feeling ahead of the draft. "You feel it. You discuss it, but you really have to find a way to push it aside and make decisions that aren't based on emotion or based on the public perception or really even the wishes of the fan base," Mora said in an exclusive interview with AllBengals. "You have to remember that you're the expert. You have to remember the time that you've invested in this process. The number of people that have gone out and scouted these players, the information they've accumulated. Only you in the room know what's best for your team at the deepest level. There's a lot of people that believe they know what's best for your team and some of them may have a pretty good idea, but you're the expert. You have to tune out the noise, eliminate the emotion and make the choice based upon all the facts that you know about this player or the players you're considering, about your team, the future of the team, where you want your team to go, how you want to get there and then you have to trust that and make the decision that's right for the future of your franchise." There are insiders like Malik Wright who believe the Bengals are going to take Chase. After not signing any wide receivers in free agency and losing A.J. Green, wide-out is one of their biggest needs. If the Bengals like the offensive line depth in this class, then they could ignore the public pressure and take Chase with the fifth pick. The NFL Draft begins on Thursday, April 29 at 8 p.m. ET. For the latest on free agency and the NFL Draft, bookmark AllBengals and check out some of our other articles below. ----- You May Also Like: Analyzing the Bengals' Four Biggest Needs Before the Draft Former Bengals Receiver Questions Zac Taylor Watch: Tee Higgins Looks Explosive in Offseason Workouts Bengals Bolster Offense in 7-Round Mock Draft Medical Issues Causing Terrace Marshall to Fall Down Draft Boards Here's the Latest on Joe Burrow's Recovery Joe Burrow Comments on Gruesome Scar The Bengals' New Jersey Numbers Are Here! Former NFL General Manager Believes Bengals Have Easy Decision With No. 5 Pick Duke Tobin Sheds Light on O-Line and Wide Receiver Depth in 2021 NFL Draft Bengals Legend Has Eyes on BIG Lineman to Protect Joe Burrow NFL Teams Expect Bengals to Pick Penei Sewell Watch: Penei Sewell Goes Through Four Stage Workout Longtime Bengals Assistant Endorses Ja'Marr Chase Analysts Simplify Ja'Marr Chase Vs Penei Sewell Debate Scouts Rave About Ja'Marr Chase Following Pro Day Workout Another Big Board Has Sizable Gap Between Penei Sewell and Ja'Marr Chase This is a Great Film Breakdown of Penei Sewell NFL Draft Big Board: Big Gap Between Sewell and Chase This is a great film breakdown of Penei Sewell Penei Sewell vs Ja'Marr Chase: Team May Have Tipped Their Hand One NFL Team Believes Bengals Will Take Ja'Marr Chase at No. ----- Be sure to keep it locked on AllBengals all the time! Subscribe to the AllBengals YouTube channel Follow AllBengals on Twitter: @AllBengals Like and follow AllBengals on Facebook | Multiple Bengals legends want the team to take Penei Sewell at No. 5. The pressure to take Sewell is mountingat least outside the walls of Paul Brown Stadium. If the Bengals like the offensive line depth in this class, then they could ignore the public pressure and take Ja'Marr Chase. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/will-cincinnati-bengals-fold-under-public-pressure-to-take-penei-sewell-with-fifth-pick-in-2021-nfl-draft | 0.234171 |
Can Woodson Convince Cowboys' Jerry To Pick Safety In NFL Draft? | If you want a safety and you need to fill the void of playmaker in that position, then you probably have to get one a little early, said Cowboys icon Darren Woodson on the subject of an immediate NFL Draft fix FRISCO - The safety position with the Dallas Cowboys has been a sore subject for what seems like forever, with COO Stephen Jones recently admitting to "our ongoing annual need for safety, which never seems to end, either in terms of draft-pick resource or dollar resource. Its been at the low end of the totem pole, "You can't have All-Pros at every position'' is the mantra the Cowboys organization leans on in explaining why it hasnt invested in the position fully. I think if you want a safety and you feel like you need to fill the void of playmaker in that position, then you probably have to get one a little early, said Cowboys icon Darren Woodson on the subject of an immediate fix. Woodson won three Super Bowls, was a four-time First-Team All-Pro, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, and is the Cowboys' all-time leader in tackles (1,350) while playing the safety, which makes him more than qualified to speak on the position. He recently joined the K&C Masterpiece on 105.3 The Fan, and when asked how he could convince team owner Jerry Jones and the organization to value his old position, he was very candid in his answer. If youre looking for a playmaker, go get one early instead of thinking through the process of, I can turn a special-teams player into safety, or I can go in the fourth, fifth round and find a guy thats serviceable to play that position,'' Woody said. "If you want a big-time playmaker, its just part of it. You roll the dice and go early and hopefully, you get a playmaker. The Cowboys did get lucky in 2019, though, when it comes to waiting until late in the draft to pick a safety. Donovan Wilson was a sixth-round selection out of Texas A&M, and after a promising start to his rookie campaign was derailed by an ankle injury, he bounced back in 2020 by registering 71 tackles, two interceptions, three forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries in 10 starts. However, that doesnt mean the Cowboys should keep that mentality when it comes to the safety position. A decade after the Cowboys drafted Woodson in the second round, they selected former safety Roy Williams with the eighth pick in the 2002 NFL Draft. Woodson talked about how the Cowboys' investment in Williams early in the draft paid immediate dividends. When the Cowboys drafted Roy Williams, early in the top 10 picks, for five years, he gave you Pro Bowls, Woodson said. He gave you one of the hardest-hitting players ever to play the game. He was a turnover factory for the team. You got to go get them early. "Its no different than any other position. If you want to fill the quarterback position, it would behoove you to go early in the draft and find that that spot. Exactly the same thing for any other position. Dallas has a chance to add a playmaker at safety within their first few picks. TCUs Trevon Moehrig, UCFs Richie Grant, Oregons Jevon Holland, and Indianas Jamar Johnson will be there for the taking, and even though the Cowboys will likely go cornerback with their first pick, one of these players will be there in the second round when they pick at 44. (We know Dallas liked Moehrig; we don't think the Cowboys love Grant that high.) READ MORE: WATCH: Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Meets Pitts The Cowboys have put some resources into the safety spot this offseason. They signed former Atlanta Falcons safeties Keanu Neal and Damontae Kazee. However, both are only on one-year deals, and the former will spent a lot of time at linebacker in Dan Quinns defensive scheme. Woodson was asked how important having a playmaker at safety was. He went into detail, but also mentioned not ignoring the cornerback position as well. When you look at some of the guys over the years, specifically at the free safety position, the guy who can really turn the ball over, youre looking for the Ed Reeds, phenomenal players that have ball-hawking skills and they dont come a dime a dozen, Woodson said. Im a big believer in, if there is a guy at the position, safety or cornerback, and you know you need help on a different side of the ball, theres a difference-maker, you go get them.'' READ MORE: Cowboys Strike NFL Draft Alabama Gold - Surtain & Barmore - In Kiper/McShay Mock | Darren Woodson says the Cowboys should pick a safety early in the NFL Draft. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/can-darren-woodson-convince-dallas-cowboys-jerry-jones-to-pick-safety-in-nfl-draft | 0.237485 |
Can Woodson Convince Cowboys' Jerry To Pick Safety In NFL Draft? | If you want a safety and you need to fill the void of playmaker in that position, then you probably have to get one a little early, said Cowboys icon Darren Woodson on the subject of an immediate NFL Draft fix FRISCO - The safety position with the Dallas Cowboys has been a sore subject for what seems like forever, with COO Stephen Jones recently admitting to "our ongoing annual need for safety, which never seems to end, either in terms of draft-pick resource or dollar resource. Its been at the low end of the totem pole, "You can't have All-Pros at every position'' is the mantra the Cowboys organization leans on in explaining why it hasnt invested in the position fully. I think if you want a safety and you feel like you need to fill the void of playmaker in that position, then you probably have to get one a little early, said Cowboys icon Darren Woodson on the subject of an immediate fix. Woodson won three Super Bowls, was a four-time First-Team All-Pro, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, and is the Cowboys' all-time leader in tackles (1,350) while playing the safety, which makes him more than qualified to speak on the position. He recently joined the K&C Masterpiece on 105.3 The Fan, and when asked how he could convince team owner Jerry Jones and the organization to value his old position, he was very candid in his answer. If youre looking for a playmaker, go get one early instead of thinking through the process of, I can turn a special-teams player into safety, or I can go in the fourth, fifth round and find a guy thats serviceable to play that position,'' Woody said. "If you want a big-time playmaker, its just part of it. You roll the dice and go early and hopefully, you get a playmaker. The Cowboys did get lucky in 2019, though, when it comes to waiting until late in the draft to pick a safety. Donovan Wilson was a sixth-round selection out of Texas A&M, and after a promising start to his rookie campaign was derailed by an ankle injury, he bounced back in 2020 by registering 71 tackles, two interceptions, three forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries in 10 starts. However, that doesnt mean the Cowboys should keep that mentality when it comes to the safety position. A decade after the Cowboys drafted Woodson in the second round, they selected former safety Roy Williams with the eighth pick in the 2002 NFL Draft. Woodson talked about how the Cowboys' investment in Williams early in the draft paid immediate dividends. When the Cowboys drafted Roy Williams, early in the top 10 picks, for five years, he gave you Pro Bowls, Woodson said. He gave you one of the hardest-hitting players ever to play the game. He was a turnover factory for the team. You got to go get them early. "Its no different than any other position. If you want to fill the quarterback position, it would behoove you to go early in the draft and find that that spot. Exactly the same thing for any other position. Dallas has a chance to add a playmaker at safety within their first few picks. TCUs Trevon Moehrig, UCFs Richie Grant, Oregons Jevon Holland, and Indianas Jamar Johnson will be there for the taking, and even though the Cowboys will likely go cornerback with their first pick, one of these players will be there in the second round when they pick at 44. (We know Dallas liked Moehrig; we don't think the Cowboys love Grant that high.) READ MORE: WATCH: Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Meets Pitts The Cowboys have put some resources into the safety spot this offseason. They signed former Atlanta Falcons safeties Keanu Neal and Damontae Kazee. However, both are only on one-year deals, and the former will spent a lot of time at linebacker in Dan Quinns defensive scheme. Woodson was asked how important having a playmaker at safety was. He went into detail, but also mentioned not ignoring the cornerback position as well. When you look at some of the guys over the years, specifically at the free safety position, the guy who can really turn the ball over, youre looking for the Ed Reeds, phenomenal players that have ball-hawking skills and they dont come a dime a dozen, Woodson said. Im a big believer in, if there is a guy at the position, safety or cornerback, and you know you need help on a different side of the ball, theres a difference-maker, you go get them.'' READ MORE: Cowboys Strike NFL Draft Alabama Gold - Surtain & Barmore - In Kiper/McShay Mock | Darren Woodson says the Cowboys should pick a safety early in the NFL Draft. The Cowboys have a chance to add a playmaker at safety within their first few picks. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/can-darren-woodson-convince-dallas-cowboys-jerry-jones-to-pick-safety-in-nfl-draft | 0.289099 |
Can Woodson Convince Cowboys' Jerry To Pick Safety In NFL Draft? | If you want a safety and you need to fill the void of playmaker in that position, then you probably have to get one a little early, said Cowboys icon Darren Woodson on the subject of an immediate NFL Draft fix FRISCO - The safety position with the Dallas Cowboys has been a sore subject for what seems like forever, with COO Stephen Jones recently admitting to "our ongoing annual need for safety, which never seems to end, either in terms of draft-pick resource or dollar resource. Its been at the low end of the totem pole, "You can't have All-Pros at every position'' is the mantra the Cowboys organization leans on in explaining why it hasnt invested in the position fully. I think if you want a safety and you feel like you need to fill the void of playmaker in that position, then you probably have to get one a little early, said Cowboys icon Darren Woodson on the subject of an immediate fix. Woodson won three Super Bowls, was a four-time First-Team All-Pro, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, and is the Cowboys' all-time leader in tackles (1,350) while playing the safety, which makes him more than qualified to speak on the position. He recently joined the K&C Masterpiece on 105.3 The Fan, and when asked how he could convince team owner Jerry Jones and the organization to value his old position, he was very candid in his answer. If youre looking for a playmaker, go get one early instead of thinking through the process of, I can turn a special-teams player into safety, or I can go in the fourth, fifth round and find a guy thats serviceable to play that position,'' Woody said. "If you want a big-time playmaker, its just part of it. You roll the dice and go early and hopefully, you get a playmaker. The Cowboys did get lucky in 2019, though, when it comes to waiting until late in the draft to pick a safety. Donovan Wilson was a sixth-round selection out of Texas A&M, and after a promising start to his rookie campaign was derailed by an ankle injury, he bounced back in 2020 by registering 71 tackles, two interceptions, three forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries in 10 starts. However, that doesnt mean the Cowboys should keep that mentality when it comes to the safety position. A decade after the Cowboys drafted Woodson in the second round, they selected former safety Roy Williams with the eighth pick in the 2002 NFL Draft. Woodson talked about how the Cowboys' investment in Williams early in the draft paid immediate dividends. When the Cowboys drafted Roy Williams, early in the top 10 picks, for five years, he gave you Pro Bowls, Woodson said. He gave you one of the hardest-hitting players ever to play the game. He was a turnover factory for the team. You got to go get them early. "Its no different than any other position. If you want to fill the quarterback position, it would behoove you to go early in the draft and find that that spot. Exactly the same thing for any other position. Dallas has a chance to add a playmaker at safety within their first few picks. TCUs Trevon Moehrig, UCFs Richie Grant, Oregons Jevon Holland, and Indianas Jamar Johnson will be there for the taking, and even though the Cowboys will likely go cornerback with their first pick, one of these players will be there in the second round when they pick at 44. (We know Dallas liked Moehrig; we don't think the Cowboys love Grant that high.) READ MORE: WATCH: Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Meets Pitts The Cowboys have put some resources into the safety spot this offseason. They signed former Atlanta Falcons safeties Keanu Neal and Damontae Kazee. However, both are only on one-year deals, and the former will spent a lot of time at linebacker in Dan Quinns defensive scheme. Woodson was asked how important having a playmaker at safety was. He went into detail, but also mentioned not ignoring the cornerback position as well. When you look at some of the guys over the years, specifically at the free safety position, the guy who can really turn the ball over, youre looking for the Ed Reeds, phenomenal players that have ball-hawking skills and they dont come a dime a dozen, Woodson said. Im a big believer in, if there is a guy at the position, safety or cornerback, and you know you need help on a different side of the ball, theres a difference-maker, you go get them.'' READ MORE: Cowboys Strike NFL Draft Alabama Gold - Surtain & Barmore - In Kiper/McShay Mock | Darren Woodson says the Cowboys need to pick a safety early in the NFL Draft. The Cowboys have a chance to add a playmaker at safety within their first few picks. Woodson believes the Cowboys should draft a safety in the fourth or fifth round to fill the void at safety. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/can-darren-woodson-convince-dallas-cowboys-jerry-jones-to-pick-safety-in-nfl-draft | 0.368104 |
Is DC statehood a chess piece in a broader Democratic political game? | The father of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Tommy DAlesandro Jr., served as mayor of Baltimore. But, to hear his daughter tell it, he was also "mayor" of Washington, D.C. When Rep. Tommy DAlesandro, D-Md., served in Congress, the nations capital lacked "home rule." Congress served as a sort of super city council over Washington, D.C. Congress even set up key committees devoted to overseeing Washington, D.C. DAlesandro chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia. Pelosi says her father "did not like" that he was often referred to as the Washington, D.C., "mayor," just because he controlled the purse strings. DEROY MURDOCK: D.C. STATEHOOD VS. TAX FREEDOM -- GOP SHOULD DEMAND LOCAL VOTE Now Pelosi, and many other Democrats, are pushing for the District of Columbia to become the 51st state. "Statehood for D.C. is in my DNA," bragged Pelosi. At a press conference on D.C. statehood, Pelosi even brought a photograph of her father with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt when she testified about the citys plight before DAlesandros panel in February, 1940. That hearing marked the first time a first lady ever testified before Congress. The House passed a bill last week to morph the District of Columbia into Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. Douglass, as in Frederick Douglass, the famed famed abolitionist who lived in the city. But Republicans view the D.C. statehood bill as a nefarious, Democratic, political gambit. For the GOP, this is pack the Congress. Republicans accuse Democrats of pushing statehood to cushion their congressional majorities. "This is nothing more than an unconstitutional power grab by Democrats to gain two ultra-progressive D.C. Senate seats and force radical far left policies on the American people," charged Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa. TED CRUZ ON DC STATEHOOD, HR1 AND COURT-PACKING: DEMS' TOP PRIORITY IS POWER 'FOREVER' Republicans asserted that Washington, D.C., lacks all sorts of chops to become a state. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., said the city has "minimal manufacturing, agriculture and natural resources." Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., said the city is too small, observing that the new state would be "one-eighteenth the size of Rhode Island." "It was not set up to be a state," argued Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. Roy said the Founders always intended the seat of American government to reside in a separate, federal enclave. Placing the capital in its own, unique, political subdivision would prevent a "host" state from wielding extra political influence. Democrats werent buying it. "Everyone knew that Hawaii and Alaska could not be admitted because they were not contiguous. Everyone knew Texas couldnt be admitted because it was a separate republic and there was no authority to admit a republic to the union. It was said that Utah couldnt be admitted because they were practicing polygamy there," countered Jamie Raskin, D-Md. BRET BAIER: DEMOCRATS' ATTEMPT TO MAKE WASHINGTON DC 51ST STATE "NOT REALISTIC" RIGHT NOW Republicans view blocking D.C. statehood as essential to hindering what they perceive as a left-leaning agenda. "This is a part of the progressive pathway to reshape America into a socialist utopia that the squad talks about," declared Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the top GOPer on the House Oversight Committee. Thats why Republicans view the D.C. statehood bill as a chess piece in a broader, Democratic political game. "Its a pure power grab to give two Democrat senators to the District of Columbia," alleged Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the leading Republican on the Judiciary Committee. Democrats say they just want fairness for D.C. "They dont see taxation without representation," said Raskin about the citys citizens who pay federal taxes without a vote in Congress. "All they see is two, new, liberal, Democrat senators." House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., concedes an additional two Democratic senators would likely come to the Senate from Frederick Douglass Commonwealth. But that may not be the case forever. "When Alaska and Hawaii were admitted not too far apart," said Hoyer, "Alaska was perceived to be a Democratic state and Hawaii was perceived to be a Republican state." The politics of Alaska and Hawaii flipped over time, with Alaska now leaning more Republican and Hawaii long trending toward Democrats. But two more senators from D.C. could tilt the political playing field toward Democrats. Some Democrats contend GOP opposition to statehood for the mostly Black city is steeped in code. "One Senate Republican said that D.C. wouldn't be a, quote, well-rounded, working-class state. I had no idea there were so many syllables in the word White," said Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., during House debate on the measure. At a House hearing on the bill a few weeks ago, Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., incorrectly cited the citys lack of a landfill as a statehood deficiency. Jones didnt let that pass, either. "With all the racist trash my colleagues have brought to this debate, I can see why they're worried about having a place to put it," said Jones. Jones language drew the ire of his Republican colleagues. The GOP tried to have the House sanction the New York Democrat for breaching floor decorum. They aimed to strike Jones remarks from the record. The House could have suspended Jones from speaking on the floor for the remainder of the day. But after a brief protest, Jones withdrew the offending remarks. "On every topic, (Democrats) go to race," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. "And if you oppose whatever radical agenda they're trying to push, they call you a racist." The D.C. statehood bill sailed through the House, 216-208 on a party line vote. The House passed a similar bill for D.C. less than a year ago. But Democrats contend things are different this time around. "First of all, we have a president of the United States who says he wants to sign this bill," said Hoyer. "Secondly, we have a majority leader of the United States Senate who says he wants to see this bill passed. So, were not in the same position we were last year." Its unclear if this bill can score 51 votes to pass the Senate. But the legislation faces a familiar nemesis: the Senate filibuster. Thats the bigger issue. Sixty votes are necessary to terminate a filibuster. HOUSE PASSES BILL TO MAKE WASHINGTON DC THE 51ST STATE Thats why some Democrats are intensifying efforts to unwind the filibuster. House-passed bills important to progressives are starting to stack up in the Senate just like they did when Republicans controlled the body. Legislation on guns. Police reform. Voting rights. And soon, D.C. statehood. This where the D.C. statehood bill fits into the Democrats macro, political strategy. Democrats could use the probable death of the D.C. bill in the Senate as a reason to revamp the filibuster. "We need to make the filibuster an issue that is too hot to handle," said House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP When pressed by Fox about the future of the filibuster, Pelosi steered clear. "I dont get involved in any discussion on Senate rules," said Pelosi. "And I dont welcome any discussion from (the Senate) on House rules." But she doesnt have to. Plenty of liberal Democrats are willing to take up the mantle about the filibuster, sometimes framing the debate around race. "Were leading a letter with Democrats in the House to our dear Democratic colleagues in the Senate so they can feel the urgency in their hearts and so they can feel our support at their backs to do what is right to eliminate the Jim Crow filibuster," said Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo. Tommy DAlesandro didnt like presiding as "mayor" of Washington, D.C., because he believed it undercut those who reside there. And his daughter, even though shes speaker of the House, has no interest in meddling in Senate affairs. But if D.C. is going to become a state, the only way to get there is to dismantle the filibuster. And if thats the case, a vote on D.C. statehood could prove to be a lot more than just a vote on D.C. statehood. | House passes bill to morph D.C. into Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. Republicans accuse Democrats of pushing statehood to cushion their congressional majorities. Democrats say Republicans are trying to block statehood. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-statehood-a-chess-piece-in-a-broader-democratic-political-game | 0.108123 |
Is DC statehood a chess piece in a broader Democratic political game? | The father of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Tommy DAlesandro Jr., served as mayor of Baltimore. But, to hear his daughter tell it, he was also "mayor" of Washington, D.C. When Rep. Tommy DAlesandro, D-Md., served in Congress, the nations capital lacked "home rule." Congress served as a sort of super city council over Washington, D.C. Congress even set up key committees devoted to overseeing Washington, D.C. DAlesandro chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia. Pelosi says her father "did not like" that he was often referred to as the Washington, D.C., "mayor," just because he controlled the purse strings. DEROY MURDOCK: D.C. STATEHOOD VS. TAX FREEDOM -- GOP SHOULD DEMAND LOCAL VOTE Now Pelosi, and many other Democrats, are pushing for the District of Columbia to become the 51st state. "Statehood for D.C. is in my DNA," bragged Pelosi. At a press conference on D.C. statehood, Pelosi even brought a photograph of her father with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt when she testified about the citys plight before DAlesandros panel in February, 1940. That hearing marked the first time a first lady ever testified before Congress. The House passed a bill last week to morph the District of Columbia into Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. Douglass, as in Frederick Douglass, the famed famed abolitionist who lived in the city. But Republicans view the D.C. statehood bill as a nefarious, Democratic, political gambit. For the GOP, this is pack the Congress. Republicans accuse Democrats of pushing statehood to cushion their congressional majorities. "This is nothing more than an unconstitutional power grab by Democrats to gain two ultra-progressive D.C. Senate seats and force radical far left policies on the American people," charged Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa. TED CRUZ ON DC STATEHOOD, HR1 AND COURT-PACKING: DEMS' TOP PRIORITY IS POWER 'FOREVER' Republicans asserted that Washington, D.C., lacks all sorts of chops to become a state. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., said the city has "minimal manufacturing, agriculture and natural resources." Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., said the city is too small, observing that the new state would be "one-eighteenth the size of Rhode Island." "It was not set up to be a state," argued Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. Roy said the Founders always intended the seat of American government to reside in a separate, federal enclave. Placing the capital in its own, unique, political subdivision would prevent a "host" state from wielding extra political influence. Democrats werent buying it. "Everyone knew that Hawaii and Alaska could not be admitted because they were not contiguous. Everyone knew Texas couldnt be admitted because it was a separate republic and there was no authority to admit a republic to the union. It was said that Utah couldnt be admitted because they were practicing polygamy there," countered Jamie Raskin, D-Md. BRET BAIER: DEMOCRATS' ATTEMPT TO MAKE WASHINGTON DC 51ST STATE "NOT REALISTIC" RIGHT NOW Republicans view blocking D.C. statehood as essential to hindering what they perceive as a left-leaning agenda. "This is a part of the progressive pathway to reshape America into a socialist utopia that the squad talks about," declared Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the top GOPer on the House Oversight Committee. Thats why Republicans view the D.C. statehood bill as a chess piece in a broader, Democratic political game. "Its a pure power grab to give two Democrat senators to the District of Columbia," alleged Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the leading Republican on the Judiciary Committee. Democrats say they just want fairness for D.C. "They dont see taxation without representation," said Raskin about the citys citizens who pay federal taxes without a vote in Congress. "All they see is two, new, liberal, Democrat senators." House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., concedes an additional two Democratic senators would likely come to the Senate from Frederick Douglass Commonwealth. But that may not be the case forever. "When Alaska and Hawaii were admitted not too far apart," said Hoyer, "Alaska was perceived to be a Democratic state and Hawaii was perceived to be a Republican state." The politics of Alaska and Hawaii flipped over time, with Alaska now leaning more Republican and Hawaii long trending toward Democrats. But two more senators from D.C. could tilt the political playing field toward Democrats. Some Democrats contend GOP opposition to statehood for the mostly Black city is steeped in code. "One Senate Republican said that D.C. wouldn't be a, quote, well-rounded, working-class state. I had no idea there were so many syllables in the word White," said Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., during House debate on the measure. At a House hearing on the bill a few weeks ago, Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., incorrectly cited the citys lack of a landfill as a statehood deficiency. Jones didnt let that pass, either. "With all the racist trash my colleagues have brought to this debate, I can see why they're worried about having a place to put it," said Jones. Jones language drew the ire of his Republican colleagues. The GOP tried to have the House sanction the New York Democrat for breaching floor decorum. They aimed to strike Jones remarks from the record. The House could have suspended Jones from speaking on the floor for the remainder of the day. But after a brief protest, Jones withdrew the offending remarks. "On every topic, (Democrats) go to race," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. "And if you oppose whatever radical agenda they're trying to push, they call you a racist." The D.C. statehood bill sailed through the House, 216-208 on a party line vote. The House passed a similar bill for D.C. less than a year ago. But Democrats contend things are different this time around. "First of all, we have a president of the United States who says he wants to sign this bill," said Hoyer. "Secondly, we have a majority leader of the United States Senate who says he wants to see this bill passed. So, were not in the same position we were last year." Its unclear if this bill can score 51 votes to pass the Senate. But the legislation faces a familiar nemesis: the Senate filibuster. Thats the bigger issue. Sixty votes are necessary to terminate a filibuster. HOUSE PASSES BILL TO MAKE WASHINGTON DC THE 51ST STATE Thats why some Democrats are intensifying efforts to unwind the filibuster. House-passed bills important to progressives are starting to stack up in the Senate just like they did when Republicans controlled the body. Legislation on guns. Police reform. Voting rights. And soon, D.C. statehood. This where the D.C. statehood bill fits into the Democrats macro, political strategy. Democrats could use the probable death of the D.C. bill in the Senate as a reason to revamp the filibuster. "We need to make the filibuster an issue that is too hot to handle," said House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP When pressed by Fox about the future of the filibuster, Pelosi steered clear. "I dont get involved in any discussion on Senate rules," said Pelosi. "And I dont welcome any discussion from (the Senate) on House rules." But she doesnt have to. Plenty of liberal Democrats are willing to take up the mantle about the filibuster, sometimes framing the debate around race. "Were leading a letter with Democrats in the House to our dear Democratic colleagues in the Senate so they can feel the urgency in their hearts and so they can feel our support at their backs to do what is right to eliminate the Jim Crow filibuster," said Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo. Tommy DAlesandro didnt like presiding as "mayor" of Washington, D.C., because he believed it undercut those who reside there. And his daughter, even though shes speaker of the House, has no interest in meddling in Senate affairs. But if D.C. is going to become a state, the only way to get there is to dismantle the filibuster. And if thats the case, a vote on D.C. statehood could prove to be a lot more than just a vote on D.C. statehood. | The House passed a bill to morph the District of Columbia into Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. Republicans view the D.C. statehood bill as a nefarious, Democratic, political gambit. Republicans accuse Democrats of pushing statehood to cushion their congressional majorities. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-statehood-a-chess-piece-in-a-broader-democratic-political-game | 0.382132 |
Can Lloyd Avoid the Pratfalls That UW's Hopkins Has Encountered? | The Pac-12 doesn't often hire assistant coaches to become head basketball coaches. Arizona and Washington are exceptions. Tommy Lloyd, meet Mike Hopkins. You want to be just like him a former assistant coach who took over a Pac-12 basketball program as the head coach. And you don't want to be anything like him have your winning ways shut off suddenly as if you didn't pay the electricity bill. After 20 seasons at unbelievably successful Gonzaga, Lloyd has been asked to lead high-expectations Arizona through a rare coaching change and lingering program malaise, and restock the roster. Four years ago, Hopkins showed up as this coaching apprentice who was asked to take over a far less successful and not quite so demanding University of Washington job after spending 22 seasons as the No. 2 man at Syracuse. Hopkins was schooled by Jim Boeheim, much like Lloyd has learned the game from Mark Few. One is a hall of fame coach, the other will be. Lloyd and Hopkins are the only basketball coaches in the Pac-12 Conference who came to their current jobs after serving as assistants only. Yes, but typically they're head coaches somewhere else before they step into the pressures of the Pac-12. There's a learning curve. Typically a short window of opportunity. Lloyd is the first assistant coach hired to lead Arizona as its full-time basketball coach in 48 years though, in that time, three assistants served as interim leaders during Lute Olson absences. Fred Snowden, a Michigan assistant, took over Arizona in 1973, stayed 10 seasons and oversaw the Wildcats' move into the then Pac-10. He resigned after suffering through losing records in three of four seasons in the new conference. In exactly 100 seasons, the UW has hired 12 basketball coaches, and three previously were assistant coaches who moved up: Art McLarney (1948-50), Mac Duckworth (1964-68) and Hopkins (2017-to date). McLarney and Duckworth were promoted in-house, elevated after serving as Husky assistant coaches, while Hopkins again came directly from Syracuse. Replacing a forced-out coach in Hec Edmundson, McLarney compiled a winning record (53-36) and took the UW to the NCAA tournament in his first season in 1948, but he was fired because he couldn't overcome alcoholic issues. Duckworth stepped in for John Grayson and lasted just five seasons, four of them losing, and he was fired after putting together an uninspiring 53-74 record. Hopkins owns an overall 68-60 ledger at the UW, 34-39 in conference play, again coming off a disastrous 5-21 season, the second-worst in school history. He likely has one more season to right a program now more distressed than when he took over after Lorenzo Romar turned in a 9-22 record in 2017 that was considered a firing offense. While Lloyd's reputation is that of an accomplished international recruiter, much like Hopkins was construed as a top-notch domestic talent scout at Syracuse, he'll have to learn on the job how to use his personnel and manage games. How to be the boss. Hopkins admittedly has gone through his trial-and-error moments, criticized for substitution patterns that appear chaotic and privately and publicly bashed by some of his guys for poor player development. While he was a winner in his first two years in Seattle, Hopkins has had his accomplishments greatly overshadowed by the big falloff. His coaching ability clearly is under a microscope now. Attempting to stop the bleeding, Hopkins just hired Wyking Jones as a Husky assistant coach. Here's hoping the UW doesn't feel the need to promote him to the top job at some point. Jones is the last failed Pac-12 assistant-to-head-coach hire, fired in 2019 at California following 8-24 and 8-23 seasons. It will be interesting to see whose seat is more uncomfortable Hopkins' or Floyd's when the UW and Arizona play next season. Follow Dan Raley of Husky Maven on Twitter: @DanRaley1 and @HuskyMaven Find Husky Maven on Facebook by searching: HuskyMaven/Sports Illustrated | Tommy Lloyd and Mike Hopkins are the only basketball coaches in the Pac-12 Conference who came to their current jobs after serving as assistants only. Lloyd is the first assistant coach hired to lead Arizona as its full-time basketball coach in 48 years. Hopkins has had his accomplishments greatly overshadowed by the big falloff. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.si.com/college/washington/basketball/can-lloyd-avoid-the-pratfalls-that-uws-hopkins-has-encountered | 0.191728 |
Can the Indians Offense Do Enough to Rebound Into Making Them a Contender? | The Cleveland Indians offense continues to struggle on a nightly basis. They have played 19 games this season, and scored three runs or less in 11 of them. Even if you have the best pitching in the sport, its difficult to win games when you cant score. On April 12th, the Tribe started an 18 game stretch (now 17 games with Wednesdays game being snowed out) in which they were playing teams who figure to contend for the post-season. In that stretch, theyve seen some very good pitchers, guys like Lucas Giolito, Lance Lynn, and Gerrit Cole. They were no-hit by Carlos Rodon, and didnt score over nine innings against Giolito, a game in which they won by the way. Cleveland has played 11 of those games, and they are 3-8 so far. They have scored more than four runs (the league average is 4.41) in just two of those contests, last Sundays win over Cincinnati and the following game at home against the White Sox. Of the eight games where Terry Franconas crew has mustered more than three tallies, half of them have come against Detroit, who by the way has the worst ERA in the league. There are people who will claim no one should make rash judgments because the season is just 19 games old, and there is some merit in that, we usually wait until 27 games (1/6th of the season) has been played. However, its not like the Indians were an offensive juggernaut a year ago. They were 13th in the AL in runs per game at 4.13, almost a half run less than league average, which was 4.58. And they let go two of their top five players in OPS a season ago, trading Francisco Lindor and letting Carlos Santana go as a free agent. The only proven bat they brought in over the off-season was Eddie Rosario, so it isnt like the front office looked at a bad offense and said lets address the problem. You can make moves like that if you have a farm system with players going to be ready for the big leagues right away. Most of the Tribes top prospects wont be ready until 2022 at the earliest. No one should be shocked they rank 13th in the league in runs scored thus far. The two guys who replaced him have combined to go 10 for 66, which is a .152 batting average, with no home runs, and four walks. We understand the ownership decided to not just lower the payroll, but take a chainsaw to it, and guys who can hit tend to cost money. Still, the free agents many people mentioned, players like Joc Pederson and Kyle Schwarber, havent produced either. Going back to Santana, he was known to love it in Cleveland. A big hope was Josh Naylor, who came over from San Diego in the Mike Clevinger deal, but he has struggled out of the gate, hitting .241 with no homers, although he has five doubles, and striking out 15 times vs. three walks. We still have hopes he can be a solid offensive player, but hes put up some bad at bats in key situations this season to date. Listening to an interview with Chris Antonetti before last nights game, he sounded confident the bats will turn around, but we are sure thats one of those circumstances where thats all he can say. We dont see where the offense is going to get better with the current roster, and dare we say, with the current coaching staff. We arent a believer in change for change sake, but the dugout personnel has pretty much remained the same as when Terry Francona took over. The only changes that were made (outside of Jason Bere as bullpen coach) came from Mickey Callaway and Kevin Cash getting managerial positions, and of course, because Brad Mills retired. At some point, perhaps the players arent listening to the message anymore. Its still early, yes, but its also starting to get late. A week from today, the schedule will move to May, and that 27 game benchmark will have been crossed. Wed have to say its doubtful they will be a run scoring machine. | The Cleveland Indians' offense continues to struggle on a nightly basis. They have played 19 games this season, and scored three runs or less in 11 of them. The only proven bat they brought in over the off-season was Eddie Rosario. | pegasus | 1 | https://www.si.com/mlb/indians/opinion/can-the-indians-offense-do-enough-to-rebound-into-making-them-a-contender | 0.197008 |
Can the Indians Offense Do Enough to Rebound Into Making Them a Contender? | The Cleveland Indians offense continues to struggle on a nightly basis. They have played 19 games this season, and scored three runs or less in 11 of them. Even if you have the best pitching in the sport, its difficult to win games when you cant score. On April 12th, the Tribe started an 18 game stretch (now 17 games with Wednesdays game being snowed out) in which they were playing teams who figure to contend for the post-season. In that stretch, theyve seen some very good pitchers, guys like Lucas Giolito, Lance Lynn, and Gerrit Cole. They were no-hit by Carlos Rodon, and didnt score over nine innings against Giolito, a game in which they won by the way. Cleveland has played 11 of those games, and they are 3-8 so far. They have scored more than four runs (the league average is 4.41) in just two of those contests, last Sundays win over Cincinnati and the following game at home against the White Sox. Of the eight games where Terry Franconas crew has mustered more than three tallies, half of them have come against Detroit, who by the way has the worst ERA in the league. There are people who will claim no one should make rash judgments because the season is just 19 games old, and there is some merit in that, we usually wait until 27 games (1/6th of the season) has been played. However, its not like the Indians were an offensive juggernaut a year ago. They were 13th in the AL in runs per game at 4.13, almost a half run less than league average, which was 4.58. And they let go two of their top five players in OPS a season ago, trading Francisco Lindor and letting Carlos Santana go as a free agent. The only proven bat they brought in over the off-season was Eddie Rosario, so it isnt like the front office looked at a bad offense and said lets address the problem. You can make moves like that if you have a farm system with players going to be ready for the big leagues right away. Most of the Tribes top prospects wont be ready until 2022 at the earliest. No one should be shocked they rank 13th in the league in runs scored thus far. The two guys who replaced him have combined to go 10 for 66, which is a .152 batting average, with no home runs, and four walks. We understand the ownership decided to not just lower the payroll, but take a chainsaw to it, and guys who can hit tend to cost money. Still, the free agents many people mentioned, players like Joc Pederson and Kyle Schwarber, havent produced either. Going back to Santana, he was known to love it in Cleveland. A big hope was Josh Naylor, who came over from San Diego in the Mike Clevinger deal, but he has struggled out of the gate, hitting .241 with no homers, although he has five doubles, and striking out 15 times vs. three walks. We still have hopes he can be a solid offensive player, but hes put up some bad at bats in key situations this season to date. Listening to an interview with Chris Antonetti before last nights game, he sounded confident the bats will turn around, but we are sure thats one of those circumstances where thats all he can say. We dont see where the offense is going to get better with the current roster, and dare we say, with the current coaching staff. We arent a believer in change for change sake, but the dugout personnel has pretty much remained the same as when Terry Francona took over. The only changes that were made (outside of Jason Bere as bullpen coach) came from Mickey Callaway and Kevin Cash getting managerial positions, and of course, because Brad Mills retired. At some point, perhaps the players arent listening to the message anymore. Its still early, yes, but its also starting to get late. A week from today, the schedule will move to May, and that 27 game benchmark will have been crossed. Wed have to say its doubtful they will be a run scoring machine. | The Cleveland Indians' offense continues to struggle on a nightly basis. They have played 19 games this season, and scored three runs or less in 11 of them. Even if you have the best pitching in the sport, its difficult to win games when you cant score. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.si.com/mlb/indians/opinion/can-the-indians-offense-do-enough-to-rebound-into-making-them-a-contender | 0.195946 |
Will Giants selection of Saquon Barkley serve as a cautionary tale? | Did the New York Giants make a mistake selecting running back Saquon Barkley with the No. Depending on who you ask, youll get a different answer. At the time, there was already a debate over positional value and where running backs fit into the mold. The NFL was clearly trending toward more vertical offenses and downfield passing, which arguably devalued certain positions running back being one. After he was lost to injury in back-to-back seasons, questions regarding Barkleys value and general manager Dave Gettlemans decision to take him over a quarterback have grown louder. In fact, Conor Orr of Sports Illustrated believes it should be a warning for other teams. Saquon Barkley is probably going to be held up as the cautionary tale, Orr told The DA Show this week. If youre Dave Gettleman, I understood why you did it, and maybe you get another 1,200- or 1,500-yard season out of him and it feels worthwhile. But just look at the effort that is spent not only on that pick, but to rationalize the pick, and all the trade capital that went into getting other offensive linemen, through free agent money to get [veteran lineman] Nate Solder. Youre probably going to go offensive line again in this draft, just to make that pick work and to make it function, when theres been running backs out there that have had better production than Saquon Barkley and will probably have better production than Saquon Barkley over this window. Its just the nature of the position. And I think that might be the last [top pick for a running back]. And look at Ezekiel Elliott that contract is starting to look like a huge albatross for Dallas. Betting on future production or a lack of production out of any player at any position can itself become a cautionary tale, but Orr isnt necessarily wrong in relation to Barkley. The Giants have failed to fix their offensive line despite a seemingly endless slew of investments, which is another cautionary tale. But to his credit, Barkley has been productive despite that, limited only by his injuries. But the game has changed, and the argument that the value simply isnt there for running backs over the first 15 to 20 picks holds water. And although the game will evolve and change more over time, thats reality. I think its interesting. The analytic model, its vise grip on the NFL is tightening, Orr said. And I think that GMs are expected by their owners now [to understand analytics], because analytics are something that is more universal and its something that owners understand. Why are we drafting this guy in the first round when we can get value in the third, fourth or fifth round? And running backs seem to be the ones that have sort of suffered the most. | Sports Illustrated's Conor Orr says Saquon Barkley's selection should be a warning for other teams. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://sports.yahoo.com/giants-selection-saquon-barkley-serve-150048460.html?src=rss | 0.101174 |
Will Giants selection of Saquon Barkley serve as a cautionary tale? | Did the New York Giants make a mistake selecting running back Saquon Barkley with the No. Depending on who you ask, youll get a different answer. At the time, there was already a debate over positional value and where running backs fit into the mold. The NFL was clearly trending toward more vertical offenses and downfield passing, which arguably devalued certain positions running back being one. After he was lost to injury in back-to-back seasons, questions regarding Barkleys value and general manager Dave Gettlemans decision to take him over a quarterback have grown louder. In fact, Conor Orr of Sports Illustrated believes it should be a warning for other teams. Saquon Barkley is probably going to be held up as the cautionary tale, Orr told The DA Show this week. If youre Dave Gettleman, I understood why you did it, and maybe you get another 1,200- or 1,500-yard season out of him and it feels worthwhile. But just look at the effort that is spent not only on that pick, but to rationalize the pick, and all the trade capital that went into getting other offensive linemen, through free agent money to get [veteran lineman] Nate Solder. Youre probably going to go offensive line again in this draft, just to make that pick work and to make it function, when theres been running backs out there that have had better production than Saquon Barkley and will probably have better production than Saquon Barkley over this window. Its just the nature of the position. And I think that might be the last [top pick for a running back]. And look at Ezekiel Elliott that contract is starting to look like a huge albatross for Dallas. Betting on future production or a lack of production out of any player at any position can itself become a cautionary tale, but Orr isnt necessarily wrong in relation to Barkley. The Giants have failed to fix their offensive line despite a seemingly endless slew of investments, which is another cautionary tale. But to his credit, Barkley has been productive despite that, limited only by his injuries. But the game has changed, and the argument that the value simply isnt there for running backs over the first 15 to 20 picks holds water. And although the game will evolve and change more over time, thats reality. I think its interesting. The analytic model, its vise grip on the NFL is tightening, Orr said. And I think that GMs are expected by their owners now [to understand analytics], because analytics are something that is more universal and its something that owners understand. Why are we drafting this guy in the first round when we can get value in the third, fourth or fifth round? And running backs seem to be the ones that have sort of suffered the most. | Sports Illustrated's Conor Orr believes the Giants' selection of Saquon Barkley should be a warning for other teams. Barkley has been injured in back-to-back seasons. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://sports.yahoo.com/giants-selection-saquon-barkley-serve-150048460.html?src=rss | 0.23584 |
Will Giants selection of Saquon Barkley serve as a cautionary tale? | Did the New York Giants make a mistake selecting running back Saquon Barkley with the No. Depending on who you ask, youll get a different answer. At the time, there was already a debate over positional value and where running backs fit into the mold. The NFL was clearly trending toward more vertical offenses and downfield passing, which arguably devalued certain positions running back being one. After he was lost to injury in back-to-back seasons, questions regarding Barkleys value and general manager Dave Gettlemans decision to take him over a quarterback have grown louder. In fact, Conor Orr of Sports Illustrated believes it should be a warning for other teams. Saquon Barkley is probably going to be held up as the cautionary tale, Orr told The DA Show this week. If youre Dave Gettleman, I understood why you did it, and maybe you get another 1,200- or 1,500-yard season out of him and it feels worthwhile. But just look at the effort that is spent not only on that pick, but to rationalize the pick, and all the trade capital that went into getting other offensive linemen, through free agent money to get [veteran lineman] Nate Solder. Youre probably going to go offensive line again in this draft, just to make that pick work and to make it function, when theres been running backs out there that have had better production than Saquon Barkley and will probably have better production than Saquon Barkley over this window. Its just the nature of the position. And I think that might be the last [top pick for a running back]. And look at Ezekiel Elliott that contract is starting to look like a huge albatross for Dallas. Betting on future production or a lack of production out of any player at any position can itself become a cautionary tale, but Orr isnt necessarily wrong in relation to Barkley. The Giants have failed to fix their offensive line despite a seemingly endless slew of investments, which is another cautionary tale. But to his credit, Barkley has been productive despite that, limited only by his injuries. But the game has changed, and the argument that the value simply isnt there for running backs over the first 15 to 20 picks holds water. And although the game will evolve and change more over time, thats reality. I think its interesting. The analytic model, its vise grip on the NFL is tightening, Orr said. And I think that GMs are expected by their owners now [to understand analytics], because analytics are something that is more universal and its something that owners understand. Why are we drafting this guy in the first round when we can get value in the third, fourth or fifth round? And running backs seem to be the ones that have sort of suffered the most. | Sports Illustrated's Conor Orr believes the Giants' selection of Saquon Barkley should be a warning for other teams. Barkley has been injured in back-to-back seasons, but he has been productive despite that. Orr says the game has changed, and the value simply isn't there for running backs over the first 15 to 20 picks. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://sports.yahoo.com/giants-selection-saquon-barkley-serve-150048460.html?src=rss | 0.313356 |
Are these the real Celtics or was it just a bad game? | The Celtics cant keep making injury excuses as to why they are so inconsistent and unwatchable at times. The Hornets were without LaMelo Ball and former Celtic Gordon Hayward but yet collected their most assists in seven years and a season-high with 21 3-pointers. The Hornets embarrassed the Celtics on Sunday at Spectrum Center, leading for the final 47 minutes in a 125-104 win. This was supposed to be the easiest of the trio of games that could determine the Celtics playoff seeding, but they responded with a dismal performance despite a nearly full healthy roster. CHARLOTTE, N.C. It seems Celtics coach Brad Stevenss ultra-thick patience with his flawed and inconsistent team is wearing thin. He watched his club get completely outplayed by a team missing two starters and sinking in the Eastern Conference. Advertisement It was here Stevens made a rather significant indictment of his team and its approach and passion. I said this at halftime, Stevens said. I thought we were guarding them like we were expecting to play against ourselves, like we were going to hold it for an extra dribble instead of they just flung that thing around. But 3-pointers are much easier to make when the defense doesnt close out or simply doesnt give enough effort to defend. It would be more understandable if one Hornet went off for a 40-point game or an unusual individual performance. That wasnt the case. Six Hornets scored in double figures and four scored 20 or more, meaning it was an all-around horrible defensive effort. Effort is the key word here. The Celtics just didnt try at times. It was Jayson Tatum looking at his 3-pointer rattle out of the rim and then getting beat back down the floor for a Brad Wanamaker layup or Tristan Thompson doing the old Hey you guard that guy while Cody Martin drove for an uncontested layup. Advertisement Some of these stretches were embarrassing and in front of a nationally televised audience. Just when it appears the Celtics are establishing a more cohesive personality and better fortitude, they revert to old ways. It reached a point where Tatum became so frustrated with the officiating and missed layups that assistant coach Evan Turner gave him some strong words on the bench as he listened. A few minutes before, Tatum knocked down a chair after heading to sit down following another frustrating stretch. Stevens is fresh out of excuses. Only Robert Williams missed this game with injury, so this was pretty much the Celtics team were going to see from now on, and still it fell behind, 23-8, and then never got closer than 7 points, finally falling apart early in the fourth quarter. We got outplayed, outcoached, outhustled, they were the better team today, Stevens said. We were slow on some of these (defensive) reversals, like we were just staring at the ball and the ball was whipping right past us and all of sudden theyre into the shot. The toughest team sets the rules of the game and they set it right from the opening tip and we were on our heels the whole night. Stevens has long understood the limitations of this team and in many instances hes been forced because of injuries and lack of roster talent to put players in positions in which they just cant succeed. The Celtics arent good enough anymore to ease into a game against a hungry team. Perhaps in seasons past they come back and win this game. Advertisement But this season, when the Celtics make questionable decisions, it costs them dearly. Such as Marcus Smart, with the Celtics down 9 in the final possession of the third quarter, attempting to draw a foul on one of those 3-point heaves he gets 10 percent of the time. No call, the ball bounces to Miles Bridges and he hit a 30-footer at the buzzer. Smart was arguing with officials and didnt get back to defend Bridges. In the past we may have been able to get away with a subpar performance, Stevens said. This team hasnt won a game all year that I can remember where we played subpar. Thats a good indicator that we need to be on. We need to be better. Our B game is not going to be good enough, no matter whos available. Jaylen Brown returned from a two-game absence to score 20 points and appeared fine after a shoulder issue. But he again admitted the Celtics werent ready for what Charlotte had to offer. We werent as prepared to play as they were, he said. They came out of the gate with a better energy than ours, but theres nights like that. We think, for the most part, weve been playing good basketball, I just think the Hornets just came out and really got it going and once a team gets going, its hard to stop that. Advertisement But there were no answers to whether this is who the Celtics really are, a wildly inconsistent and underachieving bunch thats heading for a first-round playoff exit. Kemba Walker couldnt answer why they played such a listless game. Brown said its the exception and not the rule. I think you just move on to the next game, he said. Weve played good basketball over the last few weeks. Maybe this game is being held to our past because weve been up and down in the past. Well see [the Hornets] in the couple of days and well see. At this point, its difficult to envision the Celtics flipping the switch and turning into the playoff juggernaut that was expected in December. This is pretty much who they are and the teams faithful has to hope that somehow the players want success enough to fight a little harder for it than they did Sunday. Gary Washburn can be reached at gary.washburn@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GwashburnGlobe. | The Celtics lost 125-104 to the Hornets in Charlotte on Sunday. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said his team didn't give enough effort to defend. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/25/sports/is-this-real-celtics-or-was-it-just-bad-game/ | 0.112458 |
Are these the real Celtics or was it just a bad game? | The Celtics cant keep making injury excuses as to why they are so inconsistent and unwatchable at times. The Hornets were without LaMelo Ball and former Celtic Gordon Hayward but yet collected their most assists in seven years and a season-high with 21 3-pointers. The Hornets embarrassed the Celtics on Sunday at Spectrum Center, leading for the final 47 minutes in a 125-104 win. This was supposed to be the easiest of the trio of games that could determine the Celtics playoff seeding, but they responded with a dismal performance despite a nearly full healthy roster. CHARLOTTE, N.C. It seems Celtics coach Brad Stevenss ultra-thick patience with his flawed and inconsistent team is wearing thin. He watched his club get completely outplayed by a team missing two starters and sinking in the Eastern Conference. Advertisement It was here Stevens made a rather significant indictment of his team and its approach and passion. I said this at halftime, Stevens said. I thought we were guarding them like we were expecting to play against ourselves, like we were going to hold it for an extra dribble instead of they just flung that thing around. But 3-pointers are much easier to make when the defense doesnt close out or simply doesnt give enough effort to defend. It would be more understandable if one Hornet went off for a 40-point game or an unusual individual performance. That wasnt the case. Six Hornets scored in double figures and four scored 20 or more, meaning it was an all-around horrible defensive effort. Effort is the key word here. The Celtics just didnt try at times. It was Jayson Tatum looking at his 3-pointer rattle out of the rim and then getting beat back down the floor for a Brad Wanamaker layup or Tristan Thompson doing the old Hey you guard that guy while Cody Martin drove for an uncontested layup. Advertisement Some of these stretches were embarrassing and in front of a nationally televised audience. Just when it appears the Celtics are establishing a more cohesive personality and better fortitude, they revert to old ways. It reached a point where Tatum became so frustrated with the officiating and missed layups that assistant coach Evan Turner gave him some strong words on the bench as he listened. A few minutes before, Tatum knocked down a chair after heading to sit down following another frustrating stretch. Stevens is fresh out of excuses. Only Robert Williams missed this game with injury, so this was pretty much the Celtics team were going to see from now on, and still it fell behind, 23-8, and then never got closer than 7 points, finally falling apart early in the fourth quarter. We got outplayed, outcoached, outhustled, they were the better team today, Stevens said. We were slow on some of these (defensive) reversals, like we were just staring at the ball and the ball was whipping right past us and all of sudden theyre into the shot. The toughest team sets the rules of the game and they set it right from the opening tip and we were on our heels the whole night. Stevens has long understood the limitations of this team and in many instances hes been forced because of injuries and lack of roster talent to put players in positions in which they just cant succeed. The Celtics arent good enough anymore to ease into a game against a hungry team. Perhaps in seasons past they come back and win this game. Advertisement But this season, when the Celtics make questionable decisions, it costs them dearly. Such as Marcus Smart, with the Celtics down 9 in the final possession of the third quarter, attempting to draw a foul on one of those 3-point heaves he gets 10 percent of the time. No call, the ball bounces to Miles Bridges and he hit a 30-footer at the buzzer. Smart was arguing with officials and didnt get back to defend Bridges. In the past we may have been able to get away with a subpar performance, Stevens said. This team hasnt won a game all year that I can remember where we played subpar. Thats a good indicator that we need to be on. We need to be better. Our B game is not going to be good enough, no matter whos available. Jaylen Brown returned from a two-game absence to score 20 points and appeared fine after a shoulder issue. But he again admitted the Celtics werent ready for what Charlotte had to offer. We werent as prepared to play as they were, he said. They came out of the gate with a better energy than ours, but theres nights like that. We think, for the most part, weve been playing good basketball, I just think the Hornets just came out and really got it going and once a team gets going, its hard to stop that. Advertisement But there were no answers to whether this is who the Celtics really are, a wildly inconsistent and underachieving bunch thats heading for a first-round playoff exit. Kemba Walker couldnt answer why they played such a listless game. Brown said its the exception and not the rule. I think you just move on to the next game, he said. Weve played good basketball over the last few weeks. Maybe this game is being held to our past because weve been up and down in the past. Well see [the Hornets] in the couple of days and well see. At this point, its difficult to envision the Celtics flipping the switch and turning into the playoff juggernaut that was expected in December. This is pretty much who they are and the teams faithful has to hope that somehow the players want success enough to fight a little harder for it than they did Sunday. Gary Washburn can be reached at gary.washburn@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GwashburnGlobe. | The Celtics lost 125-104 to the Hornets in Charlotte on Sunday. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said his team didn't give enough effort to defend. Stevens is fresh out of excuses as to why his team is so inconsistent. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/25/sports/is-this-real-celtics-or-was-it-just-bad-game/ | 0.158993 |
Are these the real Celtics or was it just a bad game? | The Celtics cant keep making injury excuses as to why they are so inconsistent and unwatchable at times. The Hornets were without LaMelo Ball and former Celtic Gordon Hayward but yet collected their most assists in seven years and a season-high with 21 3-pointers. The Hornets embarrassed the Celtics on Sunday at Spectrum Center, leading for the final 47 minutes in a 125-104 win. This was supposed to be the easiest of the trio of games that could determine the Celtics playoff seeding, but they responded with a dismal performance despite a nearly full healthy roster. CHARLOTTE, N.C. It seems Celtics coach Brad Stevenss ultra-thick patience with his flawed and inconsistent team is wearing thin. He watched his club get completely outplayed by a team missing two starters and sinking in the Eastern Conference. Advertisement It was here Stevens made a rather significant indictment of his team and its approach and passion. I said this at halftime, Stevens said. I thought we were guarding them like we were expecting to play against ourselves, like we were going to hold it for an extra dribble instead of they just flung that thing around. But 3-pointers are much easier to make when the defense doesnt close out or simply doesnt give enough effort to defend. It would be more understandable if one Hornet went off for a 40-point game or an unusual individual performance. That wasnt the case. Six Hornets scored in double figures and four scored 20 or more, meaning it was an all-around horrible defensive effort. Effort is the key word here. The Celtics just didnt try at times. It was Jayson Tatum looking at his 3-pointer rattle out of the rim and then getting beat back down the floor for a Brad Wanamaker layup or Tristan Thompson doing the old Hey you guard that guy while Cody Martin drove for an uncontested layup. Advertisement Some of these stretches were embarrassing and in front of a nationally televised audience. Just when it appears the Celtics are establishing a more cohesive personality and better fortitude, they revert to old ways. It reached a point where Tatum became so frustrated with the officiating and missed layups that assistant coach Evan Turner gave him some strong words on the bench as he listened. A few minutes before, Tatum knocked down a chair after heading to sit down following another frustrating stretch. Stevens is fresh out of excuses. Only Robert Williams missed this game with injury, so this was pretty much the Celtics team were going to see from now on, and still it fell behind, 23-8, and then never got closer than 7 points, finally falling apart early in the fourth quarter. We got outplayed, outcoached, outhustled, they were the better team today, Stevens said. We were slow on some of these (defensive) reversals, like we were just staring at the ball and the ball was whipping right past us and all of sudden theyre into the shot. The toughest team sets the rules of the game and they set it right from the opening tip and we were on our heels the whole night. Stevens has long understood the limitations of this team and in many instances hes been forced because of injuries and lack of roster talent to put players in positions in which they just cant succeed. The Celtics arent good enough anymore to ease into a game against a hungry team. Perhaps in seasons past they come back and win this game. Advertisement But this season, when the Celtics make questionable decisions, it costs them dearly. Such as Marcus Smart, with the Celtics down 9 in the final possession of the third quarter, attempting to draw a foul on one of those 3-point heaves he gets 10 percent of the time. No call, the ball bounces to Miles Bridges and he hit a 30-footer at the buzzer. Smart was arguing with officials and didnt get back to defend Bridges. In the past we may have been able to get away with a subpar performance, Stevens said. This team hasnt won a game all year that I can remember where we played subpar. Thats a good indicator that we need to be on. We need to be better. Our B game is not going to be good enough, no matter whos available. Jaylen Brown returned from a two-game absence to score 20 points and appeared fine after a shoulder issue. But he again admitted the Celtics werent ready for what Charlotte had to offer. We werent as prepared to play as they were, he said. They came out of the gate with a better energy than ours, but theres nights like that. We think, for the most part, weve been playing good basketball, I just think the Hornets just came out and really got it going and once a team gets going, its hard to stop that. Advertisement But there were no answers to whether this is who the Celtics really are, a wildly inconsistent and underachieving bunch thats heading for a first-round playoff exit. Kemba Walker couldnt answer why they played such a listless game. Brown said its the exception and not the rule. I think you just move on to the next game, he said. Weve played good basketball over the last few weeks. Maybe this game is being held to our past because weve been up and down in the past. Well see [the Hornets] in the couple of days and well see. At this point, its difficult to envision the Celtics flipping the switch and turning into the playoff juggernaut that was expected in December. This is pretty much who they are and the teams faithful has to hope that somehow the players want success enough to fight a little harder for it than they did Sunday. Gary Washburn can be reached at gary.washburn@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GwashburnGlobe. | The Celtics lost 125-104 to the Hornets in Charlotte on Sunday. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said his team didn't give enough effort to stop the Hornets. Stevens is fresh out of excuses for why his team is so inconsistent and unwatchable. The Celtics have lost three of their last four games. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/25/sports/is-this-real-celtics-or-was-it-just-bad-game/ | 0.221167 |
Could Rays Rich Hill be tipping pitches with runners on second? | ST. PETERSBURG Rich Hill knows all the tricks of the trade. At 41 and a veteran of 11 major-league teams, hes seen a few things. While dissecting his last two outings, in which he combined to allow eight runs and 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings to the Royals and Rangers, he wondered aloud Sunday whether baserunners at second have been stealing pitches. Hill says he has pitched well but has fallen victim to one big inning in each game. I think its a little bit of runner on second base being able to relay signs from out of my glove, Hill said. So I need to make an adjustment with my glove so Im not exactly showing the runner on second what pitch Im throwing. Because my glove is pretty open towards the second baseman and they can see into my glove, where you know, they can see the grip on the pitch, whatever Im throwing. So then they can relay it to the hitter. Hill pitched a brief bullpen session before Sundays game and hopefully got it ironed out before Mondays game against the recently red-hot As. Catchers provide offense After 21 games, the Rays are getting some solid contributions at the plate as well as behind it from catchers Mike Zunino and Francisco Mejia. Entering Sundays game against the Blue Jays, Mejia was batting .286 with three doubles and a home run. Zuninos average is .190 but four of his eight hits are home runs and he has two doubles. Combined, thats a lot of production with five homes runs and 15 runs batted in. Mejia went 1-for-4 Sunday. Theyve been outstanding, manager Kevin Cash said. Zunino has worked really hard and sometimes the batting average doesnt show exactly. Hes had plenty of barreled-up balls and just a couple of misses, and hes had a handful of balls that have left the ballpark in big situations. And Mejia, a little bit different approach. Its more of a contact-oriented approach. I think our catching position, this early month of the season, theyve done really well. That tandem together, theyve complemented each other well, theyve come up big offensively and theyve done a really nice job behind the plate. Story continues Honeywells short starts may continue Brent Honeywell will continue to be used as an opener with short outings. Honeywell was the opener versus the Blue Jays on Saturday, working on three days rest and needing 30 pitches to get through his first and only inning. He allowed a three-run homer to Randal Grichuk after first baseman Yandy Diaz failed to catch a foul pop that would have been the third out. Given some of his injuries, the Rays want to be careful while building up his arm strength. I think were going to take a look at how he bounces back and if it goes well, I think we all would be open to him coming back on shorter outings, Cash said. I dont think any of us view Brent as a one-inning guy, but it might be worthwhile to test it and see how he does. He threw an inning (Saturday). His next outing could be one or two, a little shorter, condensed, just to see how he bounces back. To his credit, hes been very, very honest. I think hes gotten to the point in his young career, its been all in the terms of his injuries and rehab, of understanding the value of being honest and letting us know. Hes going to impact us but weve got to get there the right way where hes bouncing back good and he feels good every time he takes the ball. Sign up for the Rays Report weekly newsletter to get fresh perspectives on the Tampa Bay Rays and the rest of the majors from sports columnist John Romano. Never miss out on the latest with the Bucs, Rays, Lightning, Florida college sports and more. Follow our Tampa Bay Times sports team on Twitter and Facebook. | Rich Hill says he needs to make an adjustment with his glove. The 41-year-old says he is tipping pitches with runners on second. The Rays are getting some solid contributions from catchers Mike Zunino and Francisco Mejia. | ctrlsum | 1 | https://sports.yahoo.com/could-rays-rich-hill-tipping-224400982.html?src=rss | 0.406756 |
Could Rays Rich Hill be tipping pitches with runners on second? | ST. PETERSBURG Rich Hill knows all the tricks of the trade. At 41 and a veteran of 11 major-league teams, hes seen a few things. While dissecting his last two outings, in which he combined to allow eight runs and 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings to the Royals and Rangers, he wondered aloud Sunday whether baserunners at second have been stealing pitches. Hill says he has pitched well but has fallen victim to one big inning in each game. I think its a little bit of runner on second base being able to relay signs from out of my glove, Hill said. So I need to make an adjustment with my glove so Im not exactly showing the runner on second what pitch Im throwing. Because my glove is pretty open towards the second baseman and they can see into my glove, where you know, they can see the grip on the pitch, whatever Im throwing. So then they can relay it to the hitter. Hill pitched a brief bullpen session before Sundays game and hopefully got it ironed out before Mondays game against the recently red-hot As. Catchers provide offense After 21 games, the Rays are getting some solid contributions at the plate as well as behind it from catchers Mike Zunino and Francisco Mejia. Entering Sundays game against the Blue Jays, Mejia was batting .286 with three doubles and a home run. Zuninos average is .190 but four of his eight hits are home runs and he has two doubles. Combined, thats a lot of production with five homes runs and 15 runs batted in. Mejia went 1-for-4 Sunday. Theyve been outstanding, manager Kevin Cash said. Zunino has worked really hard and sometimes the batting average doesnt show exactly. Hes had plenty of barreled-up balls and just a couple of misses, and hes had a handful of balls that have left the ballpark in big situations. And Mejia, a little bit different approach. Its more of a contact-oriented approach. I think our catching position, this early month of the season, theyve done really well. That tandem together, theyve complemented each other well, theyve come up big offensively and theyve done a really nice job behind the plate. Story continues Honeywells short starts may continue Brent Honeywell will continue to be used as an opener with short outings. Honeywell was the opener versus the Blue Jays on Saturday, working on three days rest and needing 30 pitches to get through his first and only inning. He allowed a three-run homer to Randal Grichuk after first baseman Yandy Diaz failed to catch a foul pop that would have been the third out. Given some of his injuries, the Rays want to be careful while building up his arm strength. I think were going to take a look at how he bounces back and if it goes well, I think we all would be open to him coming back on shorter outings, Cash said. I dont think any of us view Brent as a one-inning guy, but it might be worthwhile to test it and see how he does. He threw an inning (Saturday). His next outing could be one or two, a little shorter, condensed, just to see how he bounces back. To his credit, hes been very, very honest. I think hes gotten to the point in his young career, its been all in the terms of his injuries and rehab, of understanding the value of being honest and letting us know. Hes going to impact us but weve got to get there the right way where hes bouncing back good and he feels good every time he takes the ball. Sign up for the Rays Report weekly newsletter to get fresh perspectives on the Tampa Bay Rays and the rest of the majors from sports columnist John Romano. Never miss out on the latest with the Bucs, Rays, Lightning, Florida college sports and more. Follow our Tampa Bay Times sports team on Twitter and Facebook. | Rich Hill says he needs to make an adjustment with his glove. The 41-year-old says he is tipping pitches with runners on second. The Rays are getting some solid contributions at the plate from catchers Mike Zunino and Francisco Mejia, manager Kevin Cash says. | ctrlsum | 2 | https://sports.yahoo.com/could-rays-rich-hill-tipping-224400982.html?src=rss | 0.323265 |
Should the 49ers Look to Draft a Wide Receiver in the Second Round? | Quarterback isn't the only position of focus for the 49ers. Once the pick at No. 3 is made, they will have to shift their attention toward other needs around the team. The second round is where they will get their first chance at it. One position that could be addressed is wide receiver. Outside of Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk, the 49ers do not have any real depth there. Mohamed Sanu is a nice addition, but the 49ers still need more at the position. Plus, injury concerns with Samuel should keep the 49ers on their toes about adding another receiver. Absolutely. Second round is where the wide receiver talent is at its best in terms of value in the draft. It makes perfect sense for them to target one there and I would be all for it. The 49ers cannot depend on the health of Samuel. The same can be said of Jalen Hurd who has yet to take a regular season snap. Of course, there are other needs the 49ers could address in the second round such as interior offensive line or cornerback. Either of these would be feasible positions to take. It is just more likely that the 49ers will maximize the value in the second round by taking a wide receiver, and they have all the reasons to take one. Drafting a receiver early would be pairing that player up with the quarterback the 49ers take at No. 3. Just having that development with two players to be groomed as the years go by is beneficial. It also never hurts to give a quarterback another weapon. | Outside of Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk, the 49ers do not have any real depth at wide receiver. Mohamed Sanu is a nice addition, but the 49ers still need more at the position. Second round is where the wide receiver talent is at its best in terms of value in the draft. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/news/should-the-49ers-look-to-draft-a-wide-receiver | 0.383493 |
Where Does Evan Mobley Fall In Recent NBA Mock Draft? | The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year Evan Mobley recently declared for the NBA Draft, and is expected to be taken within the first three picks. After leading the Trojans to their second Elite 8 appearance in the last 65+ years, Evan Mobley is ready to take his talents to the NBA. Not only did Mobley win Pac-12 Player of the Year, but he also took home Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, proving he can get it done on both sides of the court. His 95 blocks shattered the freshman record (76) set by Onyeka Okongwu just one year ago. Combine that with his team leading 16.4 points, and it's easy to see why he is considered a monster prospect by so many draft pundits. Of all the draft projections covered on AllTrojans, Parrish has Mobley sliding the farthest...to third overall. This is still an incredibly high spot to be taken, even though other draft experts may argue that he will go higher at No.2 overall. Parrish writes, "The center position has never been less valued in the NBA than it is right now, which isn't ideal for Mobley. But the one-and-done reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year should still go in the top three based on his ability to rim-protect and stretch the floor." Parrish makes a strong point about the devaluing of the center position in the NBA, but the upper echelon bigs playing right now are demonstrating how you can still build a title contender with a center as the focal point of your offense. Just look at the leading candidates for MVP this year. The two players leading the race are Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, both centers. Some would argue Anthony Davis was the best player on a team that won the NBA Finals last year, and he was playing center down stretch of those playoff games. If you're a GM who believes Mobley has the potential to reach the level of the three guys previously mentioned, he has to be taken No .2. He can change the makeup of your team defensively, while having the perfect skillset to play in today's NBA. The debate between Jalen Suggs and Evan Mobley is going to rage on until draft night. Suggs is an elite talent, but their is more potential with a seven-footer who can move like a wing. ---- [Former USC Trojan DeAnthony Melton's Career-Night in Wild Double-Overtime Game] [Analysis: How the Mobley Brothers Translate at the NBA Level] ---- Be sure to stay locked into AllTrojans all the time! Follow AllTrojans on Twitter: @SI_AllTrojans Follow Millard Thomas on Twitter: @creatorthomas24 Like and follow AllTrojans on Facebook For more USC news visit www.alltrojans.com | Evan Mobley is expected to be taken within the first three picks in the NBA Draft. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.si.com/college/usc/basketball/where-does-evan-mobley-fall-in-cbs-sports-mock-draft | 0.171143 |
Where Does Evan Mobley Fall In Recent NBA Mock Draft? | The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year Evan Mobley recently declared for the NBA Draft, and is expected to be taken within the first three picks. After leading the Trojans to their second Elite 8 appearance in the last 65+ years, Evan Mobley is ready to take his talents to the NBA. Not only did Mobley win Pac-12 Player of the Year, but he also took home Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, proving he can get it done on both sides of the court. His 95 blocks shattered the freshman record (76) set by Onyeka Okongwu just one year ago. Combine that with his team leading 16.4 points, and it's easy to see why he is considered a monster prospect by so many draft pundits. Of all the draft projections covered on AllTrojans, Parrish has Mobley sliding the farthest...to third overall. This is still an incredibly high spot to be taken, even though other draft experts may argue that he will go higher at No.2 overall. Parrish writes, "The center position has never been less valued in the NBA than it is right now, which isn't ideal for Mobley. But the one-and-done reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year should still go in the top three based on his ability to rim-protect and stretch the floor." Parrish makes a strong point about the devaluing of the center position in the NBA, but the upper echelon bigs playing right now are demonstrating how you can still build a title contender with a center as the focal point of your offense. Just look at the leading candidates for MVP this year. The two players leading the race are Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, both centers. Some would argue Anthony Davis was the best player on a team that won the NBA Finals last year, and he was playing center down stretch of those playoff games. If you're a GM who believes Mobley has the potential to reach the level of the three guys previously mentioned, he has to be taken No .2. He can change the makeup of your team defensively, while having the perfect skillset to play in today's NBA. The debate between Jalen Suggs and Evan Mobley is going to rage on until draft night. Suggs is an elite talent, but their is more potential with a seven-footer who can move like a wing. ---- [Former USC Trojan DeAnthony Melton's Career-Night in Wild Double-Overtime Game] [Analysis: How the Mobley Brothers Translate at the NBA Level] ---- Be sure to stay locked into AllTrojans all the time! Follow AllTrojans on Twitter: @SI_AllTrojans Follow Millard Thomas on Twitter: @creatorthomas24 Like and follow AllTrojans on Facebook For more USC news visit www.alltrojans.com | The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year has declared for the NBA Draft. Evan Mobley is expected to be taken within the first three picks. The center position has never been less valued in the NBA. | bart | 1 | https://www.si.com/college/usc/basketball/where-does-evan-mobley-fall-in-cbs-sports-mock-draft | 0.14648 |
Where Does Evan Mobley Fall In Recent NBA Mock Draft? | The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year Evan Mobley recently declared for the NBA Draft, and is expected to be taken within the first three picks. After leading the Trojans to their second Elite 8 appearance in the last 65+ years, Evan Mobley is ready to take his talents to the NBA. Not only did Mobley win Pac-12 Player of the Year, but he also took home Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, proving he can get it done on both sides of the court. His 95 blocks shattered the freshman record (76) set by Onyeka Okongwu just one year ago. Combine that with his team leading 16.4 points, and it's easy to see why he is considered a monster prospect by so many draft pundits. Of all the draft projections covered on AllTrojans, Parrish has Mobley sliding the farthest...to third overall. This is still an incredibly high spot to be taken, even though other draft experts may argue that he will go higher at No.2 overall. Parrish writes, "The center position has never been less valued in the NBA than it is right now, which isn't ideal for Mobley. But the one-and-done reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year should still go in the top three based on his ability to rim-protect and stretch the floor." Parrish makes a strong point about the devaluing of the center position in the NBA, but the upper echelon bigs playing right now are demonstrating how you can still build a title contender with a center as the focal point of your offense. Just look at the leading candidates for MVP this year. The two players leading the race are Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, both centers. Some would argue Anthony Davis was the best player on a team that won the NBA Finals last year, and he was playing center down stretch of those playoff games. If you're a GM who believes Mobley has the potential to reach the level of the three guys previously mentioned, he has to be taken No .2. He can change the makeup of your team defensively, while having the perfect skillset to play in today's NBA. The debate between Jalen Suggs and Evan Mobley is going to rage on until draft night. Suggs is an elite talent, but their is more potential with a seven-footer who can move like a wing. ---- [Former USC Trojan DeAnthony Melton's Career-Night in Wild Double-Overtime Game] [Analysis: How the Mobley Brothers Translate at the NBA Level] ---- Be sure to stay locked into AllTrojans all the time! Follow AllTrojans on Twitter: @SI_AllTrojans Follow Millard Thomas on Twitter: @creatorthomas24 Like and follow AllTrojans on Facebook For more USC news visit www.alltrojans.com | The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year has declared for the NBA Draft. Evan Mobley is expected to be taken within the first three picks. The center position has never been less valued in the NBA than it is right now. The debate between Jalen Suggs and Mobley will rage on until draft night. | bart | 2 | https://www.si.com/college/usc/basketball/where-does-evan-mobley-fall-in-cbs-sports-mock-draft | 0.162687 |
Does Mangapurua Valley have New Zealand's most remote Anzac service? | Anzac Day 2021 Dawn Service. Video / Mori TV This year's Anzac Day gathering in the Mangapurua Valley is a contender for New Zealand's most remote commemoration. Wounded Gallipoli survivors were amongst the 71 returned WWI soldiers who from 1917 took up land in the Mangapurua soldier settlement scheme. Many started families there with wives prepared to build a dream in the harsh remote conditions. Descendants retain a strong connection with the valley and come from afar to meet there on Anzac Day every second year. In this remote valley up the Whanganui River the government offered returned soldiers the chance to clear new farms from the bush. They started with great optimism but faced an arduous struggle against the relentless forces of nature. Over the next 20 years most ran out of money and walked away with nothing to show. In 1942 the government forced out the remaining families and burned down their homes to prevent their return. Descendants maintain their connection with the valley through the Friends of the Mangapurua community group. Four generations of the McDonald family are, from left, Helen Brandon, Muriel Roberts, 94, Neave Brandon, 8 months, and Lucy Bran. Photo / Supplied A history highlight has been the publication by Raewyn West in 2017 of the 360-page history Remembering Them. In the valley, the Friends accomplishments include marking each farm property its family names and establishing an Anzac Memorial. At 11am on Sunday, 80 participants gathered for the ceremony at the Anzac Memorial. Parking their cars at the Ruatiti Rd end they had to journey 8km to the Mangapurua Trig. For most the trip to the site along the steep winding former road route was quite an adventure - whether done by foot, mountain bike or quad bike. This time the youngest was an 8-month-old accompanied by the oldest, her 94-year-old great-grandmother. The Anzac Memorial site offers a poignant panoramic view of the rugged and remote Mangapurua and Kaiwhakauka valleys. Photo / Supplied The old road route today is busy with 16,000 visitors each year, of all ages, enjoying it as the Mountains to the Sea cycleway, the Mangapurua Valley hike, the Te Araroa Trail, or access to hunt for pigs and deer in the distant back country. In 2017 the Friends created the memorial site to mark the centenary of the first of the soldier settlers arriving on the land. The inspirational site offers provides panoramic views over the rugged bush lands that were proposed for farms. Travellers gather for the 2021 Anzac commemoration with an array of mountain bikes, quads and tramping boots. Photo / Supplied The memorial includes a striking sculptured monument, a flagpole, and a shelter with story panels naming the 71 soldiers with their photos. At each gathering one descendant family has the opportunity to present a history highlight. This time the McIntyre family featured a letter written in 1925 from their grandfather in the valley to his wife who was in hospital in Whanganui having their second child. Jack said he would be happy with whatever name Irene chose for the baby and that his plan was to go to Whanganui and accompany her back to the valley once he had finished the shearing. That wool clip was important for the new baby; it would be the only farm income for the family for that year. Bev McIntyre read out a 1925 letter written in the valley by grandfather Jack McIntyre. Photo / Supplied In fact, Jack was so fond of babies that there were nine McIntyre children. Paul Mahoney is the senior heritage adviser for the Department of Conservation's central North Island region. | Anzac Day gathering in the Mangapurua Valley is a contender for New Zealand's most remote commemoration. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/does-mangapurua-valley-have-new-zealands-most-remote-anzac-service/UUN6XKU7O3XJRO2VXZZZWZST4Y/ | 0.318296 |
Does Mangapurua Valley have New Zealand's most remote Anzac service? | Anzac Day 2021 Dawn Service. Video / Mori TV This year's Anzac Day gathering in the Mangapurua Valley is a contender for New Zealand's most remote commemoration. Wounded Gallipoli survivors were amongst the 71 returned WWI soldiers who from 1917 took up land in the Mangapurua soldier settlement scheme. Many started families there with wives prepared to build a dream in the harsh remote conditions. Descendants retain a strong connection with the valley and come from afar to meet there on Anzac Day every second year. In this remote valley up the Whanganui River the government offered returned soldiers the chance to clear new farms from the bush. They started with great optimism but faced an arduous struggle against the relentless forces of nature. Over the next 20 years most ran out of money and walked away with nothing to show. In 1942 the government forced out the remaining families and burned down their homes to prevent their return. Descendants maintain their connection with the valley through the Friends of the Mangapurua community group. Four generations of the McDonald family are, from left, Helen Brandon, Muriel Roberts, 94, Neave Brandon, 8 months, and Lucy Bran. Photo / Supplied A history highlight has been the publication by Raewyn West in 2017 of the 360-page history Remembering Them. In the valley, the Friends accomplishments include marking each farm property its family names and establishing an Anzac Memorial. At 11am on Sunday, 80 participants gathered for the ceremony at the Anzac Memorial. Parking their cars at the Ruatiti Rd end they had to journey 8km to the Mangapurua Trig. For most the trip to the site along the steep winding former road route was quite an adventure - whether done by foot, mountain bike or quad bike. This time the youngest was an 8-month-old accompanied by the oldest, her 94-year-old great-grandmother. The Anzac Memorial site offers a poignant panoramic view of the rugged and remote Mangapurua and Kaiwhakauka valleys. Photo / Supplied The old road route today is busy with 16,000 visitors each year, of all ages, enjoying it as the Mountains to the Sea cycleway, the Mangapurua Valley hike, the Te Araroa Trail, or access to hunt for pigs and deer in the distant back country. In 2017 the Friends created the memorial site to mark the centenary of the first of the soldier settlers arriving on the land. The inspirational site offers provides panoramic views over the rugged bush lands that were proposed for farms. Travellers gather for the 2021 Anzac commemoration with an array of mountain bikes, quads and tramping boots. Photo / Supplied The memorial includes a striking sculptured monument, a flagpole, and a shelter with story panels naming the 71 soldiers with their photos. At each gathering one descendant family has the opportunity to present a history highlight. This time the McIntyre family featured a letter written in 1925 from their grandfather in the valley to his wife who was in hospital in Whanganui having their second child. Jack said he would be happy with whatever name Irene chose for the baby and that his plan was to go to Whanganui and accompany her back to the valley once he had finished the shearing. That wool clip was important for the new baby; it would be the only farm income for the family for that year. Bev McIntyre read out a 1925 letter written in the valley by grandfather Jack McIntyre. Photo / Supplied In fact, Jack was so fond of babies that there were nine McIntyre children. Paul Mahoney is the senior heritage adviser for the Department of Conservation's central North Island region. | Anzac Day gathering in the Mangapurua Valley is a contender for New Zealand's most remote commemoration. Wounded Gallipoli survivors were amongst the 71 returned WWI soldiers who from 1917 took up land in the Mangapurua soldier settlement scheme. | pegasus | 2 | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/does-mangapurua-valley-have-new-zealands-most-remote-anzac-service/UUN6XKU7O3XJRO2VXZZZWZST4Y/ | 0.400193 |
Does Tommy Togiais bench press prowess predict NFL success for the former Ohio State defensive tackle? | COLUMBUS, Ohio Tommy Togiai leaned into his signature move at Ohio State footballs Pro Day, making his bench press one of the showcase events of the pre-draft process. That performance was never going to tell NFL teams something they did not know about the defensive tackle. Everyone thinks of me as just strong and big and thats it, Togiai said. But Ive also got the speed to along with it. I can move. I just kind of wanted to put that on showcase, too. Togiai fell short of his goal of 50 bench press reps of 225 pounds to break the previous NFL Scouting Combine record. He only made it to 40, tying with Pittsburghs Jaylen Twyman for the best of the scattered Pro Day performances in 2021. That effort raised over $3,000 for Ohio States LiFEsports program, providing opportunities for youth sports and rec programs. That also was the most crucial outcome of Togiais bench press attempt. Historically, the event has not been a reliable indicator of NFL success. The NFL Combine bench press record Togiai hoped to beat belongs to former Oregon State defensive tackle Stephen Paea. He hoisted 49 reps in 2011, helping convince the Chicago Bears to draft him in the second round. He also played for Washington, the Browns and the Dallas Cowboys in his seven-year career, primarily as a backup. Ohio State defensive lineman Mike Kudla, who put up 45 reps in 2006, never played in the NFL. Norweigan defensive tackle Leif Larsen played 16 games over two seasons with the Buffalo Bills after his 45 reps at the combine. Arkansas guard Mitch Petrus played in the New York Giants Super Bowl XLVI victory during his three-year career, mostly as a backup. Ohio State defensive tackle Tommy Togiai achieved 40 bench presses during the Buckeyes' Pro Day on March 30.AP Of the other players who rank in the top 10 combine bench press performances, only two had truly memorable NFL careers. Both, like Togai, played nose tackle. Florida States Brodrick Bunkley played 130 games over eight seasons. Memphis Dontari Poe went a step further, making two Pro Bowls and starting six playoff games with the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons over his nine seasons. That is the sort of career to which Togiai now aspires. If he achieves it, some of his other Pro Day numbers will likely lead the way. Togiai ran the 40-yard dash in 4.97 seconds. Eight among players in his weight range or higher and again, none of those players topped 33 bench reps. Togiais 7.20 seconds in the 3-cone drill ranked third among people pushing 300 pounds. His 4.49-second shuttle time ranked sixth. Perhaps most importantly, Togiai converted his athleticism into production. According to Pro Football Focus, he graded among the best defensive tackles in the nation in pass rush win rate, run-stop rate and overall run stop win grade. Thats one of the things that helped me change my mindset I saw Tommy do that last year, defensive end Zach Harrison said. He had goals and he wanted to reach them. You could see at every workout he went hard in sprints. Every practice he would give 100 %, and thats something I tried to incorporate. Togiai has other questions to answer as a pro. He does not have special height and size by NFL standards. He only spent one season as a starter and a pandemic-shortened one at that. The athleticism, though, shows up. Combined with the raw strength he has displayed since high school, Togiai may succeed where other bench press standouts fell short. Get Ohio State Sugar Bowl champs & CFP gear: Check out shirts, hats and more merchandise commemorating Ohio States Sugar Bowl win over Clemson, as well as gear on the Buckeyes advancing to the College Football Playoff national championship game. Buckeyes Recruiting Roundup Safety concerns prompting NCAA football rule changes to overtime and preseason practice Ohio State basketball assistant Terry Johnson to join Purdues coaching staff Julian Fleming, Jaxon Smith-Njigba highlight the different paths 5-stars take on the road to Ohio State football glory Drafting the 12 true freshmen who will help Ohio State football the most this season How Aamil Wagners selfless attitude made him a player too good to not have an Ohio State football offer: Buckeyes Recruiting Watch Quinn Ewers, Ohio State football 2022 QB commit, earn an invite to the Elite 11 competition: Buckeyes Recruiting Former Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields tells NFL teams he is managing epilepsy: Report 4-star 2022 DE Ernest R.J. Cooper warms up to Ohio State football, says hell visit this summer: Buckeyes Recruiting Roundup | Former Ohio State defensive tackle Tommy Togiai aims to break NFL Combine record. Pro Day numbers have not been a reliable indicator of NFL success. | ctrlsum | 0 | https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/04/does-tommy-togiais-bench-press-prowess-predict-nfl-success-for-the-former-ohio-state-defensive-tackle.html | 0.153853 |
Does Tommy Togiais bench press prowess predict NFL success for the former Ohio State defensive tackle? | COLUMBUS, Ohio Tommy Togiai leaned into his signature move at Ohio State footballs Pro Day, making his bench press one of the showcase events of the pre-draft process. That performance was never going to tell NFL teams something they did not know about the defensive tackle. Everyone thinks of me as just strong and big and thats it, Togiai said. But Ive also got the speed to along with it. I can move. I just kind of wanted to put that on showcase, too. Togiai fell short of his goal of 50 bench press reps of 225 pounds to break the previous NFL Scouting Combine record. He only made it to 40, tying with Pittsburghs Jaylen Twyman for the best of the scattered Pro Day performances in 2021. That effort raised over $3,000 for Ohio States LiFEsports program, providing opportunities for youth sports and rec programs. That also was the most crucial outcome of Togiais bench press attempt. Historically, the event has not been a reliable indicator of NFL success. The NFL Combine bench press record Togiai hoped to beat belongs to former Oregon State defensive tackle Stephen Paea. He hoisted 49 reps in 2011, helping convince the Chicago Bears to draft him in the second round. He also played for Washington, the Browns and the Dallas Cowboys in his seven-year career, primarily as a backup. Ohio State defensive lineman Mike Kudla, who put up 45 reps in 2006, never played in the NFL. Norweigan defensive tackle Leif Larsen played 16 games over two seasons with the Buffalo Bills after his 45 reps at the combine. Arkansas guard Mitch Petrus played in the New York Giants Super Bowl XLVI victory during his three-year career, mostly as a backup. Ohio State defensive tackle Tommy Togiai achieved 40 bench presses during the Buckeyes' Pro Day on March 30.AP Of the other players who rank in the top 10 combine bench press performances, only two had truly memorable NFL careers. Both, like Togai, played nose tackle. Florida States Brodrick Bunkley played 130 games over eight seasons. Memphis Dontari Poe went a step further, making two Pro Bowls and starting six playoff games with the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons over his nine seasons. That is the sort of career to which Togiai now aspires. If he achieves it, some of his other Pro Day numbers will likely lead the way. Togiai ran the 40-yard dash in 4.97 seconds. Eight among players in his weight range or higher and again, none of those players topped 33 bench reps. Togiais 7.20 seconds in the 3-cone drill ranked third among people pushing 300 pounds. His 4.49-second shuttle time ranked sixth. Perhaps most importantly, Togiai converted his athleticism into production. According to Pro Football Focus, he graded among the best defensive tackles in the nation in pass rush win rate, run-stop rate and overall run stop win grade. Thats one of the things that helped me change my mindset I saw Tommy do that last year, defensive end Zach Harrison said. He had goals and he wanted to reach them. You could see at every workout he went hard in sprints. Every practice he would give 100 %, and thats something I tried to incorporate. Togiai has other questions to answer as a pro. He does not have special height and size by NFL standards. He only spent one season as a starter and a pandemic-shortened one at that. The athleticism, though, shows up. Combined with the raw strength he has displayed since high school, Togiai may succeed where other bench press standouts fell short. Get Ohio State Sugar Bowl champs & CFP gear: Check out shirts, hats and more merchandise commemorating Ohio States Sugar Bowl win over Clemson, as well as gear on the Buckeyes advancing to the College Football Playoff national championship game. Buckeyes Recruiting Roundup Safety concerns prompting NCAA football rule changes to overtime and preseason practice Ohio State basketball assistant Terry Johnson to join Purdues coaching staff Julian Fleming, Jaxon Smith-Njigba highlight the different paths 5-stars take on the road to Ohio State football glory Drafting the 12 true freshmen who will help Ohio State football the most this season How Aamil Wagners selfless attitude made him a player too good to not have an Ohio State football offer: Buckeyes Recruiting Watch Quinn Ewers, Ohio State football 2022 QB commit, earn an invite to the Elite 11 competition: Buckeyes Recruiting Former Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields tells NFL teams he is managing epilepsy: Report 4-star 2022 DE Ernest R.J. Cooper warms up to Ohio State football, says hell visit this summer: Buckeyes Recruiting Roundup | Tommy Togiai fell short of his goal of 50 bench press reps of 225 pounds. He only made it to 40, tying with Pittsburghs Jaylen Twyman for the best of the scattered Pro Day performances. Historically, the event has not been a reliable indicator of NFL success. | bart | 2 | https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/04/does-tommy-togiais-bench-press-prowess-predict-nfl-success-for-the-former-ohio-state-defensive-tackle.html | 0.334231 |
Who is the referee for PSG vs Man City? | The first-leg of the Champions League semi-final between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City in the French capital on Wednesday night will be officiated by a team of German match officials, as confirmed by UEFA. The first-leg of the Champions League semi-final between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City in the French capital on Wednesday night will be officiated by a team of German match officials, as confirmed by UEFA. Pep Guardiola's side will be embarking on their first appearance in the last-four of Europe's premier competition for the first time since 2016, when a Manuel Pellegrini lead squad crashed out at the penultimate hurdle at the hands of La Liga giants Real Madrid. City are in fine form heading into Wednesday's clash, and will be high on confidence after securing their first piece of silverware of the season, after beating Ryan Mason's Tottenham in the final of the Carabao Cup on Sunday afternoon. Ahead of the clash in Paris, UEFA have confirmed the team of match officials to oversee the clash between Guardiola and Pochettino. READ MORE: Pep Guardiola announces transfer of one of his "favourite players" READ MORE: Leaked Man City 2021/2022 kit details Paris Saint-Germain against Manchester City will be overseen by 45 year-old German referee Felix Brych, whose last game involving the current Premier League leaders was against Real Madrid in the last-16 second-leg of last season's competition. Brych will be joined by fellow German officials, Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp who will be assistant referees at the Parc des Princes. As for the Video Assistant Referees, they will be manned by Marco Fritz with Bastian Dankert as his assistant. Finally, keeping an eye on all the touchline and dugout events, the fourth official will be Daniel Siebert. READ MORE: How Man City players reacted to Carabao Cup win READ MORE: Every word from Aymeric Laporte after Carabao Cup winning goal Felix Brych has taken charge of five Manchester City games in total, with those matches resulting in two victories for the Etihad club and three defeats. Those two victories came in a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid behind closed doors at the Etihad last summer, and a memorable 4-2 away victory in Italy against Napoli in 2017. As for the other three involvements with Manchester City, they featured a 3-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield in 2018, a narrow 1-0 defeat to Juventus in 2015, and a 2-1 home defeat to Barcelona in 2015. You can follow us for live updates here: @City_Xtra | UEFA have confirmed the team of match officials to oversee the Champions League semi-final first-leg between Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain. The match will be officiated by 45-year-old German referee Felix Brych. | bart | 1 | https://www.si.com/soccer/manchestercity/news/who-are-the-referees-for-psg-vs-man-city | 0.328406 |
Could Falcons Trade Julio Jones and Take Wide Receiver Ja'Marr Chase at No. 4? | CINCINNATI The Atlanta Falcons have a big decision to make with the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. While those appear to be the two most likely options, a third is staying at No. 4 and taking LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase. On paper, the Falcons don't need another wide-out, but they're at least open to trading Julio Jones according to Albert Breer. "It wouldnt shock me if Julio Jones gets traded at some point this offseason. Im told the Falcons are listening to offers on the five-time All-Pro as part of a larger effort to clean up the salary capas it stands right now, the Falcons wouldnt even be able to sign their draft class," Breer wrote. "Basically, the new brass told other teams theyd listen to offers on any of the more expensive players on the roster. They got some interest in linebacker Deion Jones, then decided to restructure his contract and keep him. Theyve restructured Matt Ryan and left tackle Jake Matthews as well. Calls have come in on Jones too, but his deal hasnt been reworked yet. My guess is a first-round pick, or some equivalent. Hes 32, but hes still shown he can play when healthy, and the three years left on his deal are reasonable ($15.3 million this year, $11.513 million in 2022 and $11.513 million in 2023). Now, if you look at the makeup of his contract, the Falcons would want to wait until after June 1 to actually execute any sort of deal (which would soften the cap blow). But a deal could be agreed to before then, and these sorts of ideas are always batted around during draft week. So itll be interesting to see if anything on Jones picks up in the coming days." If the Falcons take Chase at No. 4, then the Bengals would likely select Oregon tackle Penei Sewell with the fifth pick. Atlanta may also be willing to deal Jones and still take Pitts or a young quarterback that could sit and learn behind Matt Ryan, but this adds an interesting wrinkle to Sewell-Chase debate. A trade involving Jones wouldn't be able to be finalized until June 2nd for salary cap purposes. That means the deal wouldn't include any picks in the 2021 NFL Draft. This could be something. It could be nothing. Welcome to draft week. For the latest on free agency and the NFL Draft, bookmark AllBengals and check out some of our other articles below. Here's the Latest on the Great Debate OL Breakdown: A look at the Offensive Linemen That Could Be Available in Round 2 Analyzing the Bengals' Four Biggest Needs Before the Draft Former Bengals Receiver Questions Zac Taylor Watch: Tee Higgins Looks Explosive in Offseason Workouts Bengals Bolster Offense in 7-Round Mock Draft Medical Issues Causing Terrace Marshall to Fall Down Draft Boards Here's the Latest on Joe Burrow's Recovery Joe Burrow Comments on Gruesome Scar The Bengals' New Jersey Numbers Are Here! Former NFL General Manager Believes Bengals Have Easy Decision With No. 5 Pick Duke Tobin Sheds Light on O-Line and Wide Receiver Depth in 2021 NFL Draft Bengals Legend Has Eyes on BIG Lineman to Protect Joe Burrow NFL Teams Expect Bengals to Pick Penei Sewell Watch: Penei Sewell Goes Through Four Stage Workout Longtime Bengals Assistant Endorses Ja'Marr Chase Analysts Simplify Ja'Marr Chase Vs Penei Sewell Debate Scouts Rave About Ja'Marr Chase Following Pro Day Workout Another Big Board Has Sizable Gap Between Penei Sewell and Ja'Marr Chase This is a Great Film Breakdown of Penei Sewell NFL Draft Big Board: Big Gap Between Sewell and Chase This is a great film breakdown of Penei Sewell Penei Sewell vs Ja'Marr Chase: Team May Have Tipped Their Hand One NFL Team Believes Bengals Will Take Ja'Marr Chase at No. ----- Be sure to keep it locked on AllBengals all the time! Subscribe to the AllBengals YouTube channel Follow AllBengals on Twitter: @AllBengals Like and follow AllBengals on Facebook | The Atlanta Falcons have the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. The team appears to be leaning towards LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase. | pegasus | 0 | https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/could-falcons-trade-julio-jones-and-take-wide-receiver-jamarr-chase | 0.182222 |
Could Falcons Trade Julio Jones and Take Wide Receiver Ja'Marr Chase at No. 4? | CINCINNATI The Atlanta Falcons have a big decision to make with the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. While those appear to be the two most likely options, a third is staying at No. 4 and taking LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase. On paper, the Falcons don't need another wide-out, but they're at least open to trading Julio Jones according to Albert Breer. "It wouldnt shock me if Julio Jones gets traded at some point this offseason. Im told the Falcons are listening to offers on the five-time All-Pro as part of a larger effort to clean up the salary capas it stands right now, the Falcons wouldnt even be able to sign their draft class," Breer wrote. "Basically, the new brass told other teams theyd listen to offers on any of the more expensive players on the roster. They got some interest in linebacker Deion Jones, then decided to restructure his contract and keep him. Theyve restructured Matt Ryan and left tackle Jake Matthews as well. Calls have come in on Jones too, but his deal hasnt been reworked yet. My guess is a first-round pick, or some equivalent. Hes 32, but hes still shown he can play when healthy, and the three years left on his deal are reasonable ($15.3 million this year, $11.513 million in 2022 and $11.513 million in 2023). Now, if you look at the makeup of his contract, the Falcons would want to wait until after June 1 to actually execute any sort of deal (which would soften the cap blow). But a deal could be agreed to before then, and these sorts of ideas are always batted around during draft week. So itll be interesting to see if anything on Jones picks up in the coming days." If the Falcons take Chase at No. 4, then the Bengals would likely select Oregon tackle Penei Sewell with the fifth pick. Atlanta may also be willing to deal Jones and still take Pitts or a young quarterback that could sit and learn behind Matt Ryan, but this adds an interesting wrinkle to Sewell-Chase debate. A trade involving Jones wouldn't be able to be finalized until June 2nd for salary cap purposes. That means the deal wouldn't include any picks in the 2021 NFL Draft. This could be something. It could be nothing. Welcome to draft week. For the latest on free agency and the NFL Draft, bookmark AllBengals and check out some of our other articles below. Here's the Latest on the Great Debate OL Breakdown: A look at the Offensive Linemen That Could Be Available in Round 2 Analyzing the Bengals' Four Biggest Needs Before the Draft Former Bengals Receiver Questions Zac Taylor Watch: Tee Higgins Looks Explosive in Offseason Workouts Bengals Bolster Offense in 7-Round Mock Draft Medical Issues Causing Terrace Marshall to Fall Down Draft Boards Here's the Latest on Joe Burrow's Recovery Joe Burrow Comments on Gruesome Scar The Bengals' New Jersey Numbers Are Here! Former NFL General Manager Believes Bengals Have Easy Decision With No. 5 Pick Duke Tobin Sheds Light on O-Line and Wide Receiver Depth in 2021 NFL Draft Bengals Legend Has Eyes on BIG Lineman to Protect Joe Burrow NFL Teams Expect Bengals to Pick Penei Sewell Watch: Penei Sewell Goes Through Four Stage Workout Longtime Bengals Assistant Endorses Ja'Marr Chase Analysts Simplify Ja'Marr Chase Vs Penei Sewell Debate Scouts Rave About Ja'Marr Chase Following Pro Day Workout Another Big Board Has Sizable Gap Between Penei Sewell and Ja'Marr Chase This is a Great Film Breakdown of Penei Sewell NFL Draft Big Board: Big Gap Between Sewell and Chase This is a great film breakdown of Penei Sewell Penei Sewell vs Ja'Marr Chase: Team May Have Tipped Their Hand One NFL Team Believes Bengals Will Take Ja'Marr Chase at No. ----- Be sure to keep it locked on AllBengals all the time! Subscribe to the AllBengals YouTube channel Follow AllBengals on Twitter: @AllBengals Like and follow AllBengals on Facebook | The Atlanta Falcons have the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. If the Falcons take LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase at No. 4, the Bengals would likely select Oregon tackle Penei Sewell with the fifth pick. | bart | 1 | https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/could-falcons-trade-julio-jones-and-take-wide-receiver-jamarr-chase | 0.176021 |
Could Falcons Trade Julio Jones and Take Wide Receiver Ja'Marr Chase at No. 4? | CINCINNATI The Atlanta Falcons have a big decision to make with the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. While those appear to be the two most likely options, a third is staying at No. 4 and taking LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase. On paper, the Falcons don't need another wide-out, but they're at least open to trading Julio Jones according to Albert Breer. "It wouldnt shock me if Julio Jones gets traded at some point this offseason. Im told the Falcons are listening to offers on the five-time All-Pro as part of a larger effort to clean up the salary capas it stands right now, the Falcons wouldnt even be able to sign their draft class," Breer wrote. "Basically, the new brass told other teams theyd listen to offers on any of the more expensive players on the roster. They got some interest in linebacker Deion Jones, then decided to restructure his contract and keep him. Theyve restructured Matt Ryan and left tackle Jake Matthews as well. Calls have come in on Jones too, but his deal hasnt been reworked yet. My guess is a first-round pick, or some equivalent. Hes 32, but hes still shown he can play when healthy, and the three years left on his deal are reasonable ($15.3 million this year, $11.513 million in 2022 and $11.513 million in 2023). Now, if you look at the makeup of his contract, the Falcons would want to wait until after June 1 to actually execute any sort of deal (which would soften the cap blow). But a deal could be agreed to before then, and these sorts of ideas are always batted around during draft week. So itll be interesting to see if anything on Jones picks up in the coming days." If the Falcons take Chase at No. 4, then the Bengals would likely select Oregon tackle Penei Sewell with the fifth pick. Atlanta may also be willing to deal Jones and still take Pitts or a young quarterback that could sit and learn behind Matt Ryan, but this adds an interesting wrinkle to Sewell-Chase debate. A trade involving Jones wouldn't be able to be finalized until June 2nd for salary cap purposes. That means the deal wouldn't include any picks in the 2021 NFL Draft. This could be something. It could be nothing. Welcome to draft week. For the latest on free agency and the NFL Draft, bookmark AllBengals and check out some of our other articles below. Here's the Latest on the Great Debate OL Breakdown: A look at the Offensive Linemen That Could Be Available in Round 2 Analyzing the Bengals' Four Biggest Needs Before the Draft Former Bengals Receiver Questions Zac Taylor Watch: Tee Higgins Looks Explosive in Offseason Workouts Bengals Bolster Offense in 7-Round Mock Draft Medical Issues Causing Terrace Marshall to Fall Down Draft Boards Here's the Latest on Joe Burrow's Recovery Joe Burrow Comments on Gruesome Scar The Bengals' New Jersey Numbers Are Here! Former NFL General Manager Believes Bengals Have Easy Decision With No. 5 Pick Duke Tobin Sheds Light on O-Line and Wide Receiver Depth in 2021 NFL Draft Bengals Legend Has Eyes on BIG Lineman to Protect Joe Burrow NFL Teams Expect Bengals to Pick Penei Sewell Watch: Penei Sewell Goes Through Four Stage Workout Longtime Bengals Assistant Endorses Ja'Marr Chase Analysts Simplify Ja'Marr Chase Vs Penei Sewell Debate Scouts Rave About Ja'Marr Chase Following Pro Day Workout Another Big Board Has Sizable Gap Between Penei Sewell and Ja'Marr Chase This is a Great Film Breakdown of Penei Sewell NFL Draft Big Board: Big Gap Between Sewell and Chase This is a great film breakdown of Penei Sewell Penei Sewell vs Ja'Marr Chase: Team May Have Tipped Their Hand One NFL Team Believes Bengals Will Take Ja'Marr Chase at No. ----- Be sure to keep it locked on AllBengals all the time! Subscribe to the AllBengals YouTube channel Follow AllBengals on Twitter: @AllBengals Like and follow AllBengals on Facebook | The Atlanta Falcons have the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. If the Falcons take LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase at No. 4, the Bengals would likely select Oregon tackle Penei Sewell with the fifth pick. On paper, the Falcons don't need another wide-out, but they're at least open to trading Julio Jones. | bart | 2 | https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/could-falcons-trade-julio-jones-and-take-wide-receiver-jamarr-chase | 0.27003 |
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