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Calm and competitive, Tarik Skubal powers the Tigers to Game 1 win

Calm and competitive, Tarik Skubal powers the Tigers to Game 1 win

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 MLB Wild Card series. CLEVELAND — Tarik Skubal is from Hayward, Calif., and grew up in Kingman, Ariz. The population in Kingman is 35,383. Skubal played high-school baseball in a division so small Kingman Academy faced its own JV team for the state championship two different times. Skubal went on to attend …

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Chad Powers Breakout Star Perry Mattfeld Was Born for This Role

Chad Powers Breakout Star Perry Mattfeld Was Born for This Role

You filmed in Atlanta, which can be so hot and humid. How was that while pregnant? Atlanta was awesome, but you just didn’t have a choice [when it comes to the weather]. You just got to go. Every once in a while, I just had a little towel in my pocket, and right before we roll, I just kind of …

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Glen Powell and cast talk ‘Chad Powers,’ Tom Brady, and more

Glen Powell and cast talk ‘Chad Powers,’ Tom Brady, and more

Powell, 36, who also served as a co-writer and executive producer on the series, told the Globe in a Zoom interview last week that he and co-creator and executive producer Michael Waldron (“Loki,” “Heels”) didn’t want the show’s tone to be “binary.” Instead, they wanted to bring a mixture of emotions, drawing upon their passion for “great sports movies, the …

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With ‘Chad Powers,’ Eli Manning Goes Hollywood – The New York Times

With ‘Chad Powers,’ Eli Manning Goes Hollywood  The New York Times Chad Powers: megastar Glen Powell’s small-screen comedy is a hilarious and heartwarming hit  The Guardian Glen Powell, ‘Chad Powers’ cast talk Belichick and Brady, working with the Mannings, and following their own playbook  The Boston Globe Steve Zahn Says He Often ‘Broke’ Character While Seeing Glen Powell in Prosthetics for “Chad Powers” …

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With ‘Chad Powers,’ Eli Manning Goes Hollywood – The New York Times

With ‘Chad Powers,’ Eli Manning Goes Hollywood  The New York Times Chad Powers: megastar Glen Powell’s small-screen comedy is a hilarious and heartwarming hit  The Guardian Glen Powell, ‘Chad Powers’ cast talk Belichick and Brady, working with the Mannings, and following their own playbook  The Boston Globe Steve Zahn Says He Often ‘Broke’ Character While Seeing Glen Powell in Prosthetics for “Chad Powers” …

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Hulu’s “Chad Powers” Wastes Talents of Glen Powell | TV/Streaming

Hulu’s “Chad Powers” Wastes Talents of Glen Powell | TV/Streaming

The new Hulu series “Chad Powers” combines the “over-the-hill athlete makes a comeback” movie and the “person wears prosthetic makeup to pretend to be somebody else” movie. It’s not a combination that has been attempted before, to my knowledge, and when you watch even one episode, you’ll understand why. Glen Powell, who also executive produced the series, plays Russ Holliday, …

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Tom Cruise Was First Call for ‘Chad Powers’ Prosthetic Advice

Tom Cruise Was First Call for ‘Chad Powers’ Prosthetic Advice

Tom Cruise is always in Glen Powell‘s corner. After Powell booked the role of Chad Powers in his upcoming Hulu show of the same name and realized how crucial it was to get the prosthetic makeup right, he says his first instinct was to call up his pal Cruise. In the six-episode series, based on Eli Manning’s ESPN spoof video, …

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Gio Lopez injured as UCF powers past North Carolina, 34-9 :: WRALSportsFan.com

Gio Lopez injured as UCF powers past North Carolina, 34-9 :: WRALSportsFan.com

By Philip Rossman-Reich, Associated Press Orlando, FL (AP) — UCF’s Tayven Jackson threw for 223 yards and scored a passing and rushing touchdown to guide UCF to a 34-9 victory over North Carolina. The Knights were mostly methodical throughout the game, with three touchdown drives of longer than five minutes. But they scored a critical touchdown on a 64-second, six-play, …

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