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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Nascar Xfinity Series driver Josh Williams became a sports sensation on Saturday afternoon in an unexpected way. The underfunded Nascar driver went viral after he parked his car on the start/finish line and walked through the infield grass to the DGM Racing pit stall, led to a wide debate in the Nascar community this week. Williams was suspended by Nascar for the upcoming race due to exiting his car during Saturday’s RAPTOR King of the Tough 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He will miss Saturday’s Pit Boss 250 at the Circuit of The Americas. Williams fell victim to an incident during the crash-filled Xfinity Series race. When his small team put bear bond (strong adhesive repair tape) on his car, it fell off because it couldn't stick with the cold weather. The tape fell off on the track to cause another caution flag. Nascar told his team that he was disqualified from competing in the rest of the event, so Williams … [Read more...] about Nascar Driver Josh Williams Suspended For One Race After Viral Exit From His Car On Track At Atlanta

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin At the end of the annual Reno National Championship Air Races this September, a 60-year tradition of closed-course pylon air racing will end in northern Nevada and with it an invaluable piece of American tradition. The hope is that air racing may carry on elsewhere but it’s a tough ask. A fortnight ago, the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) announced that 2023 will be the final year that the Reno-Stead Airport (north of the City of Reno) will host the National Championship Air Races from September 13-17. The end of the six-decade event came with a decision by the Reno Tahoe Airport Authority ( RTAA ) - which runs Reno-Stead Airport where the Races have been held since 1964 - not to renew a contract with RARA to hold the event based on concerns including “rapid area development, public safety and the impact on the Reno-Stead Airport and its surrounding areas.” “They gave a variety of reasons,” RARA COO, Tony … [Read more...] about One More Lap Around the Pylons -The Last Reno Air Races Are This Fall

Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Wednesday that bans ballot harvesting in the state ahead of his 2023 reelection bid. Reeves, who is running for his second term this year, signed Senate Bill 2358 into law, prohibiting ballot harvesting in Mississippi. The bill only allows certain individuals to “knowingly collect and transmit” ballots, including election officials on duty and family members delivering on behalf of their relatives. “Across the country, we’ve seen how bad actors have used ballot harvesting to take advantage of elderly and vulnerable voters in other states, all so they can try to circumvent our democratic process and cut you out of it. But here in Mississippi, we’re just not going to let that happen,” Reeves said. Other instances where the collection and delivery is permitted is when the USPS, a caregiver or a paid “common carrier” transport the ballots, and the “parcel” may only contain one ballot, according to the bill. Across the US, … [Read more...] about Red State Gov Signs Bill Banning Ballot Harvesting Ahead Of Reelection Bid

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline On Tuesday, the battle between Google and Microsoft escalated as Google opened public access to Bard, its new AI chatbot tool and ChatGPT’s latest competitor, but the two have major differences, including the ability to remember past conversations and their knowledge base limits. Key Facts Only offered to select markets in the U.S. and U.K., hopeful users can sign up for the waitlist to gain access to Bard, which claims to help users plan a birthday party, understand complex topics and create a pros and cons list for a tough decision. In an effort to separate the chatbot, which is designed to give human-like responses, from its popular search engine, Google has created a standalone website for Bard. Bard runs on Google’s large learning model Language Model for Dialogue Applications ( LaMDA ), which it promises will be updated with new information over time. In November 2022, … [Read more...] about Bard Vs. ChatGPT: The Major Difference Between The AI Chat Tools, Explained

Like a sucker, I sat down to write a YouTube-themed column and ended up spending two hours on YouTube before I got around to writing the column. Let’s chalk it up to “research,” shall we? If you use a Chrome-based web browser to get your daily YouTube fix, here are some excellent extensions to improve your video watching. Send songs to Spotify in a single click So you’ve stumbled across the YouTube video for a song you absolutely, positively must add to your Spotify account. Doing so couldn’t be easier thanks to the Paradify extension, which adds a little Spotify logo to the bottom right of each YouTube video. Click it, and the song will be added to a new “Paradify” playlist in your Spotify account. Put an end to clickbait-y thumbnail images Finally a cure for those patently-ridiculous, open-mouthed, faux-surprised, block-lettered, nonsensical, clipart-filled, green-screened, poorly-Photoshopped, Internet-ruining thumbnail images that get haphazardly … [Read more...] about 5 free must-have Chrome extensions for YouTube addicts

When you’re growing up, you progressively get more confident in your ability to do difficult things: read a harder book, play a tougher sport, or join the conversation at the grown-ups’ table. But anyone who’s been a teenager knows that learning and confidence curves are not linear—nor do they always run in parallel. In fact, for many people, the more you progress, the more you start to question your achievements. “Is it really because I’m talented? Or is it just luck, over-preparation, or even privilege?” somebody . I didn’t necessarily question whether I belonged, but I definitely felt intimidated by the atmosphere and the accomplishments of all of my classmates. It felt like everyone was always one step ahead of me, which led to a lot of self-questioning at night while living away from home at the age of 15. When I went to Yale, I encountered a variation on this theme. I always had this thought that people perceived me as a basketball player first and a student … [Read more...] about The real reason more women and people of color suffer from imposter syndrome

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Denver Nuggets caught a lot of flack for losing four straight games to mediocre opponents a few weeks ago, with the discussion inevitably getting intertwined with the MVP candidacy of Nikola Jokić. What seems to be forgotten, however, was the fact that the Nuggets were just coming off eight wins in nine games, as well as the fact that the team isn't exactly in dire need of going all-out this late in the season. In fact, championship contenders - an umbrella the Nuggets fall in under - need to at some point cut corners for the sake of durability. The NBA Playoffs aren't over in mere days. It's a two-month competitive extravaganza where players often shut off communication with much of the outside world, and are rarely available for anything but traveling, practices, games, and mandatory media sessions. Asking teams - especially those that are locks to get into the postseason - to go hard in the late stages of the … [Read more...] about It’s Time To Give NBA Franchises Some Breathing Room

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Sweet 16 is here. The stakes for each team are high; and for each athlete competing, it’s a rare chance to raise your profile and attract new NIL deals. “Reaching the Sweet 16 and excelling as an underdog or star player can be a lucrative opportunity for college athletes,” said Bob Lynch, Founder and CEO of SponsorUnited . “In last year’s tournament, 40% of the highest performing 25 players secured new endorsement deals during or shortly after the tourney.” According to newly released data, the NIL trends are shifting dramatically. From January 1, 2022 through March 1, 2023 : 30 different brands activated with college athletes around social and sustainability causes, up from 13 the year before. Pepsi’s #PepsiTrashTalk campaign attracted a dozen football player who promoted the campaign around plastics recycling; The most active brands involving individual athletes (male and female) as measured by … [Read more...] about Lucrative NIL Opportunities Await Basketball Players Competing In The Sweet 16

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Jeremy Scott recently announced he is stepping down from Moschino after a decade of being the Italian brand’s creative director. “It feels great, I’m so proud of the legacy I’ve just left,” Scott tells me in an interview. “I think I created a Cinderella story—even Sleeping Beauty, I kissed her and woke her up. I’m leaving it in a wonderful place. Every great book has many chapters, and you must close one chapter to start the new one. I’m happy to start my next chapter.” Scott joined Moschino in 2013, showcasing his first collection for the brand in fall 2014. He created pop culture-infused collections that played with fast food logos, Barbie prints and bombastic pieces, like a chandelier dress worn by Katy Perry at the 2019 Met Gala. He is known for redefining the meaning of camp , and creating a postmodern, cartoon aesthetic that speaks to the TikTok generation. ADVERTISEMENT Right now, the designer is in … [Read more...] about Jeremy Scott On New Collection With Hyundai, Leaving Moschino

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline The national median price for an existing home dropped from February 2022 to last month, marking the first year-over-year decrease in prices since February 2012, while home sales climbed for the first time in over a year, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors—the latest indication the cooling housing market could be recovering. Key Facts The median price of an existing home fell 0.2% from February 2022 to $363,000 last month, with the biggest price increases in the Midwest and South, according to National Association of Realtors data released Tuesday. Tuesday’s data means the national median existing home price has now fallen 12.3% from the record high of $413,800 last June. Even as prices drop, housing sales still fell from 5.92 million units in February 2022 to 4.58 million last month—a 23% year-over-year decrease. Last month’s sales, however, represent an … [Read more...] about Housing Market: Home Prices Post First Yearly Decrease In 11 Years As Sales Jump