As BYU prepares to roll out a new starting quarterback in Bear Bachmeier, the Cougars’ previous QB1 put on a show in his first outing at his new school. Jake Retzlaff made his Tulane debut Saturday against Big Ten foe Northwestern, showing off his dynamic dual threat skillset to lead the Green Wave to a 23-3 victory. Retzlaff completed 18 …
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NEW YORK — After it all, after this night of so many unforgettable firsts, what Jonah Tong will remember most is what he couldn’t feel. It was the moment he was walking back to the dugout, a fifth-inning strikeout punctuating his major-league debut against the Marlins and sending the sellout crowd of Citi Field into another frenzy. “Everything got a …
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Jonah Tong’s mom, Karen, and dad, Alex, were in attendance, but this was the equivalent of 42,112 Little League parents at Citi Field on Friday night. Tong received a loud ovation — mostly standing — while walking in from the bullpen in right-center field to the dugout, side by side with Luis Torrens, as his Major League debut approached. And …
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For what surely will be the only time this year at Citi Field, a Juan Soto strikeout was met with cheers. Another long bottom of the inning had mercifully ended, this one entailing the Mets scoring seven runs. Finally, the 42,112 on hand could be done with the overwhelming and over-boring Mets offense and could watch Jonah Tong pitch again. …
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By Joseph Ochoa, WRAL multiplatform producer Durham, N.C. — It didn’t start pretty, but the Duke Blue Devils stomped the Elon Phoenix 45-17 to kick off their campaign for the 2025 college football season. Redshirt sophomore Darian Mensah made his debut for the Blue Devils after transferring in during the offseason, throwing for 389 yards and three touchdowns. It was …
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NORFOLK, Va. – Michael Vick’s Norfolk State head coaching debut brought an excited crowd to the stands of William “Dick” Price Stadium on Thursday, but revealed growing pains on the field. Fans wearing Spartans green and gold and an array of Vick’s NFL jerseys packed the team’s season opener against Towson. However, the Spartans’ 27-7 loss highlighted areas they – …
Read More »VENICE, Italy (AP) — Julia Roberts is making her Venice Film Festival debut with the psychosexual drama “After the Hunt,” which premieres Friday evening. The film is set in the world of higher education and stars Roberts as a beloved professor whose mentee, played by “The Bear’s” Ayo Edebiri, accuses her friend and colleague (Andrew Garfield) of crossing the line. …
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The next Battlefield Labs testing period kicks off soon, and now Battlefield Studios has revealed what testers can expect–and it includes the first big map and the server browser. Server browser The server browser in Battlefield 6 is limited to the game’s Portal mode, a decision that players have made their feelings known about. For the upcoming test, the developer …
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The Cadillac Formula 1 team has revealed it is planning to use a rival squad to help with the completion of a Testing of Previous Cars programme ahead of its championship debut in 2026. TPC programmes allow teams to complete up to 20 days of running in machinery that is at least two years old, a requirement that Cadillac cannot …
Read More »Cadillac played it safe with its first Formula 1 lineup, bypassing an American driver for series veterans Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez. Neither driver has seats on the grid this season but with a combined 16 wins and 527 starts between them, Bottas and Pérez were the pragmatic choices to help build the Cadillac program set to launch in 2026. …
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