The national pastime is hardly on its deathbed. Attendance remains near record levels and projected revenue this year is around $1.75 billion, almost tripled from 1984’s. Yet most of the game’s overlords forecast a fiscal reckoning. The annual take from the networks, now roughly $375 million from CBS and ESPN, could drop 33 percent next year. At the same time, player salaries are skyrocketing. Average pay in 1993 is $1 million and change....
It found that a phenomenon dubbed “overcooling” during the summer, in which air conditioning systems cool down rooms more than is necessary, may lead to women in particular feeling uncomfortable. The study concluded there is “a need to rethink the approach to air-conditioning office buildings” as a result of its findings. The U.S. study involved data from two main sources: 38,851 responses to the CBE Occupant Survey between March 2000 and December 2019, in which people were asked questions about the indoor environment of their workplace, including temperature; and Twitter, from which 16,791 tweets between January 2010 and December 2019 were studied....
Shocking police bodycam footage of the incident emerged after what began as a routine traffic stop turned into a life-or-death situation. The footage begins with a traffic cop checking the documents of a bare-chested driver who was suspected of drunk driving. As officers were writing out a ticket, the 42-year-old driver opened the car’s trunk and pulled out a can of gas and reportedly tried to pour it over his vehicle....
Solomon D. Simmons, a Black police officer in Virginia Beach, responded to reports of gunfire at a parking lot on a March night during which several people were injured and at least one woman was killed. Simmons reportedly saw Lynch holding a gun, which Simmons believed he was pointing at the crowd to fire at the people and police officers in the parking lot. Prosecutors said in a press conference Tuesday that Simmons yelled something at Lynch....
Brooks, a 27-year-old African American man, was fatally shot by a police officer in the parking lot of a Wendy’s drive-thru restaurant during a struggle on Friday evening, authorities said. The shooting prompted protesters on Saturday night to set fire to the Wendy’s restaurant where Brooks was killed and block traffic on a nearby highway. Police fired tear gas in a bid to disperse the crowd outside the restaurant, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution....
‘Lindelof perfect for Man Utd’ Barton helped Burnley win promotion from the Championship last season, but opted to depart Turf Moor to join Scottish Premiership side Rangers. However, it proved an unhappy spell for the 34-year-old at Ibrox and he was suspended following a training-ground spat with team-mate Andy Halliday in the aftermath of the humiliating 5-1 Old Firm defeat to rivals Celtic in September. Barton was initially exiled for three weeks, but his ban was extended when the Scottish Football Association charged him for breaching betting rules and the two parties eventually parted ways in November....
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered the commission to submit new maps by Friday, after two previous proposals were rejected as unconstitutional gerrymandering. The members have until noon February 23 to explain why they should not be found in contempt for failure to comply with the court’s order. “We are dangerously close to possibly violating federal law,” Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Since September, the commission passed two sets of maps that were found unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court....
State Lt. Governor Jon Husted told reporters at a Monday briefing that a website and call center for making initial jobless claims had experienced an “issue” under a huge wave of requests. He added that Ohio authorities had been asked not to release their data on initial jobless numbers by the labor department, and would be complying with the request. It was reported last week that the Department of Labor had asked all state labor officials to avoid giving out exact jobless claim numbers, and instead talk of growing demand for unemployment benefits in “generalities....
Sheffield Village Police Lieutenant Aaron Bober said on Saturday that James Kimbrough III had been captured and was taken into custody at around 7:30 a.m. ET, according to a report from Cleveland 19 News. Sheffield Village is about 25 miles from Cleveland. The 34-year-old Kimbrough is suspected in the murder of 24-year-old Milenna Lopez, which took place in the parking lot of a McDonald’s on Detroit Road on January 6, 2022....
Browning, rated as 247Sports’ No. 9 overall player in the Class of 2017, made his announcement via Twitter. MORE: Recapping Rivalry Week recruiting visits With the 6-3, 230-pound Browning’s commitment, Ohio State now boasts six five-star players in its 2017 class. Those players include the No. 3-rated tackle, Josh Meyers; No. 1 guard Wyatt Davis; No. 4 receiver Trevon Grimes; No. 4 cornerback Shaun Wade; and No. 3 weakside defensive end Chase Young....
The College Football Playoff committee released the final pairings for the first ever four-team playoff on Sunday. The matchups will be Alabama (11-1) vs. Ohio State (12-1) in the Sugar Bowl and Oregon (11-1) vs. Florida State (13-0) in the Rose Bowl. Alabama (11-1) holds the top spot after winning its second SEC championship in the last three seasons. The Crimson Tide routed Missouri 42-13 on Saturday. MORE: 10 best playoff scenarios | Hayes: Four in, four out | Bender: Florida State-ment | What does Nick Saban have left to conquer?...
The 6-2, 205-pound wide receiver visited the Buckeyes’ recruiting camp last weekend. According to Rivals.com, wide receivers coach Zach Smith and cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator Kerry Coombs are the reasons for Mack’s commitment. MORE: Four-star QB commits to Alabama | LaVar Arrington to name daughter after Penn State “Ohio State is one of the best places in America,” Mack told ElevenWarriors.com. “To be able to be an Urban Meyer recruit and have the expectations to come in and play right away is huge....
Or even a role as a backup. MORE: SN Top 25 QBs | Top 50 players | Preseason Top 25 Jones, who led the Buckeyes to wins over Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon in the first College Football Playoff, told ESPN that despite his championship performance and work ethic, “there are two guys in front of me who are working just as hard.” Those two guys are quarterbacks Braxton Miller and J....
This time around, the Sooners will have to rely more heavily on quarterback Baker Mayfield, with running backs Joe Mixon and Samaje Perine and receiver Dede Westbrook gone. That trio accumulated for 64.2 percent of Oklahoma’s offense, and 63 percent of their touchdowns last season. Ohio State, meanwhile, started slow out of the gate against Indiana before regrouping at halftime to outscore the Hoosiers 36-7 in the second half. The Buckeyes’ defensive front was nearly unstoppable....
The Line: Ohio State -13.5, Total: 51.5 Line movement: The Wynn opened the Buckeyes as 13.5-point road favorites and bounced between 13 and 14 in early wagering. The spread opened as low as 12.5 at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, which moved the number to two touchdowns on Wednesday. Midweek, OSU -13.5 and Penn State +14 were both available. For updated Las Vegas lines, visit our live odds page ....
Stephanie Carlson, 40, was detained in Liberty Township Saturday afternoon after authorities responded to reports of a fire in the parking lot of the retail outlet at approximately 3:40 p.m., WKBN first reported Wednesday. Officers located the woman inside the store. Despite surveillance cameras capturing the blaze being started, the suspect gave conflicting excuses during questioning, WFMJ reported. At first, Carlson claimed that she had lit a candle inside the vehicle to get rid of a smell coming from a can of gasoline that was in the trunk....
A few of the current Oilers even got their names mentioned alongside Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier with their performances: — Leon Draisaitl tallied six assists, one shy of the NHL record Gretzky shares with Billy Taylor. (Gretzky had seven helpers three times.) — Dominik Kahun broke Gretzky’s franchise record by scoring eight seconds into the contest. — Connor McDavid had five points (goal, four assists), his second consecutive night with three-plus points....
Representative Jim Olsen, a Republican, was speaking in favor of his bill, SB 612, which would make it a felony for doctors to perform abortions. During a committee hearing, he compared outlawing the procedure to efforts to abolish slavery in the Great Britain. “This is a cause of even greater import because it deals with innocent unborn life,” Olsen said. “If we believe that these are really living human beings in the womb of a woman, then this is absolutely worth doing, even if it takes a long time....
Lankford said a ban on chokeholds should have been adopted and enforced “a long time ago,” as he expressed his opposition to the types of restraint tactics police use–such as the eight minutes and 46 seconds of knee pressure that led to George Floyd’s death on May 25. Several police departments have already enacted similar bans on chokeholds including San Diego, and state-level lawmakers including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo have already signed police reform packages banning such uses of force....
Not only was the Sooners’ 35-19 win against Auburn not wholly indicative of their dominance Monday, it should also be a sign of more of the same in the 2017 football season. And that means bad news for the rest of the Big 12 Conference. MORE: 2016 SN All-Americans Against Auburn, Oklahoma was supposed to find one of the toughest, most physical opponents it had faced all season, perhaps including Ohio State and Houston....
