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WNBA ushers in new draft class as league approves historic contract bumping players’ pay

WNBA ushers in new draft class as league approves historic contract bumping players’ pay

Published by Sam Flores

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing WNBA ushers in new draft class as league approves historic contract bumping players’ pay 03:56 UP NEXT Zac Brown Band Debuts ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ Theme Song 00:44 Look Back at a Decade of Willie Geist’s Sunday Sitdowns 10:48 Justice Department Launches Probe Into NFL Subscription Fees 02:55 Justice Department investigating NFL over subscription fee concerns 02:38 Lindsey Vonn on Olympics Crash, Her Legacy, Future Plans, More 05:47 Exclusive: Lindsey Vonn Leaves Door Open to ‘One More Run’ 05:43 Lamar Odom Opens Up on Addiction, New Doc: ‘I’ve Been Blessed’ 09:26 Buffalo Bills fans get a chance to own a piece of their closing stadium 02:54 Authorities Release Bodycam Footage of Tiger Woods’ DUI Arrest 02:38 Florida sheriff releases video showing Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest 02:03 Travis and Jason Kelce Reveal Their Dream Masters Menu 01:23 Tiger Woods Granted Permission to Leave US for Treatment 00:27 Tiger Woods asks judge to leave country for inpatient treatment after DUI arrest …

Baseball ushers in high-tech replay review system for calling balls and strikes

Baseball ushers in high-tech replay review system for calling balls and strikes

Published by Sam Flores

For more than a century, baseball’s home plate umpires have called a ball or a strike based on interpretation of a vague, loosely defined strike zone. The subjective calls decided at-bats, games, seasons and pennants — and, naturally, stirred endless debate. Now, for the first time, this season Major League Baseball is instituting a review system in which players can challenge a ball-strike calls. Meaning: For the first time, the strike zone will be defined, and there will be a definitive answer to the debate. The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system, which has been tested in the minor leagues and MLB spring training, will make its debut Wednesday night in the MLB season opener, when the San Francisco Giants play host to the New York Yankees — coincidentally in America’s high-tech capital. After every pitch, when the umpire calls ball or strike, there will be a two-second window in which the batter, the pitcher or that catcher can initiate a challenge. Once a review is requested, the stadium scoreboard will show the system’s ruling on …

Tess Daly ushers in ‘welcome calm’ in her 50s as she reflects on post-Strictly chapter – exclusive

Tess Daly ushers in ‘welcome calm’ in her 50s as she reflects on post-Strictly chapter – exclusive

Published by Daniella Wilson

For Tess Daly, kicking off 2026 is all about embracing pastures new. The star found her TV home in Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC show she presented for 21 years, but despite signing off from her hosting duties alongside Claudia Winkleman in December, she has never felt more sure of herself than right now. “I have so much life experience under my belt and I enjoy the wisdom that comes with that,” says Tess, 56, opening up about life in her fifties in this exclusive interview. “There’s a calmness that comes that is very welcome.” © Alan Strutt/Celebrity MediaTess has launched Naia Active with cose friend Gayle Lawton In her first interview since leaving Strictly, Tess tells us about her latest projects, including the launch of her sportswear brand, NAIA Active – a branch of the swimwear label NAIA Beach, which she co-founded with her close friend Gayle Lawton in 2021.  “It’s months in the making, and you care so much about the end goals. We were doing 15-hour days up until Christmas,” she says of …

With U.S. raid on Venezuela, Trump ushers in geopolitical Wild West

With U.S. raid on Venezuela, Trump ushers in geopolitical Wild West

Published by Sam Flores

“American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again,” President Donald Trump declared Saturday, after U.S. forces hit various Venezuelan targets and elite commandos carried out the capture and rendition of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife with an audacious raid in the dead of night. “Under the Trump administration we are reasserting American power in a very powerful way in our home region.” Source link