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BYU football: What’s being said about ‘freakishly athletic’ lineman
This article was first published in the Cougar Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Tuesday night. On Friday, March 31, Kalani Sitake will welcome the public to an open scrimmage in LaVell Edwards Stadium at 3 p.m., followed by the alumni game comprised of former stars at 5 p.m. Because of the competitive nature of the alumni contest, last year’s last-second, game-winning TD pass by Max Hall and the fact it is on BYUtv has given the event an organic push. For Sitake, his squad will be on display beforehand in a controlled scrimmage. If history repeats, many first-team players will be used sparingly, if at all. Gates…
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‘There’s a curiosity about what’s behind the curtain’: the rise and rise of TV sports reality shows | Media
There’s a moment early in the first episode of Netflix’s behind-the-scenes tennis show Break Point at which 22-year-old Costeen Hatzi, current girlfriend of the Australian ace Nick Kyrgios, laughingly admits that she has never watched a tennis match in her life. “This is all new for me,” she says. In this respect she is a mirror image of the viewer that the streaming service, and indeed tennis itself, wants to attract. Sports television has long been the preserve of dedicated fans, the kind of people who can reel off scores, records, statistics, and tend to be what James Gay-Rees, the award-winning British producer of Break Point, calls “a male, pale…
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Damar Hamlin injury: NFL cardiologist offers insight into what may have happened to Bills safety, what’s next
Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after a tackle in Monday night’s game against the Bengals, prompting the NFL to indefinitely suspend and postpone the matchup. The 24-year-old Pittsburgh product was administered CPR and had his heartbeat restored before being transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He has been sedated and stabilized in the hospital’s intensive care unit since late Monday, the Bills announced, while listed in critical condition. For more insight on Hamlin’s injury, potential recovery and other factors related to Monday’s traumatic incident, CBS Sports spoke with Dr. Aaron Baggish, of Mass General Brigham. A team cardiologist for the Patriots, Harvard University Athletics, U.S. Soccer…
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What’s in the new $53 billion retirement bill now headed to President Biden’s desk
Nestled inside the $1.7 trillion govt expending monthly bill, which has handed Congress and is headed to President Biden’s desk for a signature, is a suite of significant reforms to the non-public retirement procedure. The adjustments to come will thrust businesses to get more of their staff members enrolled in savings plans and also give latest retirees a crack. The bill also has provisions that help people saddled with university student loans, military services spouses, section-time personnel who are keen to preserve for retirement. Several of the variations — totaling $53 billion — start off following 12 months with supporters hoping it will support avert what lots of call a…
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Are home prices still going up? What’s happening with mortgage rates?
Potential buyers remained reluctant to take the plunge on financing a home purchase even as mortgage rates fell for the fourth straight week. Mortgage applications decreased 2{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502} the week ending Dec. 2 compared to the previous week. And the average loan size for a purchase application was at its lowest level since January 2021. Meanwhile, the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage trended down to 6.33{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502} as of Dec. 8, according to the latest data from Freddie Mac. The fixed-rate mortgage has more than doubled from a year earlier when it averaged 3.1{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502}. The pandemic-era housing boom, combined with decades-high inflation and volatile mortgage rates, are forcing prospective homebuyers and homesellers to sit…
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