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☆ Mike Pinder, Founding Keyboardist of the Moody Blues, Dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mike Pinder, the last surviving founding member of the Moody Blues, whose innovative use of the Mellotron — a predecessor of the sampler — helped make the band a pioneer of progressive rock, died on Wednesday at his home in the Sacramento area. His son Dan confirmed the death. He said that his father had breathing difficulties and had been in hospice care for a few days. The Moody Blues were formed in 1964, with a lineup of Mr. Pinder on keyboards, Denny Laine on guitar, Graeme Edge on drums, Ray Thomas on flute and Clint Warwick on bass. The group’s “Go Now!,” sung by Mr. Laine, rose to No.

Persons: Mike Pinder, Dan, Mr, Pinder, Denny Laine, Graeme Edge, Ray Thomas, Clint Warwick, ”, Laine Organizations: Moody Blues, Moody Locations: Sacramento

☆ Captain of Holland America ship wept said cruise passengers when he announced 2 crew members died on board in an 'accidental steam release'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Holland America said that two crew members died on board due to an accidental steam release. The ship's captain "broke down crying" and held a moment of silence for the deceased crew members. AdvertisementCruise company Holland America has said that two unnamed crew members died on board due to "an accidental steam release in an engineering space." She said that the captain "broke down crying" and held a moment of silence for the deceased crew members. Holland America said: "All of us at Holland America Line are deeply saddened by this event.

Persons: Holland, —, Laine Doss, We've Organizations: Service, Cruise, Holland America, Business, Nieuw Amsterdam, America, Bahamas Maritime Authority, Dutch Safety, US Coast Guard, Holland, NBC News Locations: Nieuw Amsterdam, The Bahamas, Bahamas, Holland

Instead, Ukrainian soldiers say they must sit and await an order to join the fight around them. The unit’s commander, Yaroslav, said he understood the war in Ukraine might feel “very far away” to Western politicians. That’s going to be very bad for us.”Residents of the eastern Ukrainian village of Zhelanie being evacuated due to ongoing shelling. If the situation gets critical… we are friends with the boys (Ukrainian soldiers), they come here for water. Another woman, who asked to speak anonymously, said Ukrainian soldiers had based themselves near civilians, were drawing Russian fire on the area, and were using up local resources.

Persons: Yaroslav, ” Yaroslav, “, Oleksandr, ”, Garrison Foster, Anna Maja Rappard, Viktor, wistfully, Ocheretyne, “ I’m, Valentina, “ It’s Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, United States Congress, ”, CNN Russian, Avdiivka, Republican, CNN CNN Locations: Ocheretyne, Ukraine, Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut, Western, Russian, Europe, Ukrainian, Ivanivske, Avdiivka, Moscow, Russia, Orlivka, Georgia, ”, Zhelanie, Kaliningrad, Half

Ukraine announced a withdrawal from Avdiivka on February 17 to a series of positions to the town’s west. Yet three tiny villages have since fallen to Russian forces, with Kyiv insisting they never intended to defend them. Fierce clashes have persisted around the other two villages near Avdiivka, Tonenke and Berdychi. A Ukrainian soldier prepares a shell for a drone on the front line near Avdiivka on February 20, 2024. Inna Varenytsia/ReutersDrone footage of Russian forces has repeatedly revealed a military unafraid of sending troops at speed into indefensible positions where they will likely be killed.

Persons: Gen, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, ” Syrskyi, Valery Zaluzhny, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, ”, Zelensky, Inna Varenytsia Organizations: CNN, Presidential Press Service, demilitarize, Soldiers, Reuters, Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade, Bradley Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Russian, Moscow, ”, Russia, Col, Kyiv, Orlivka, Berdychi, Ukrainian, Ukraine’s

It swerves and is hit by a grenade, dropped from a Ukrainian drone. Russian soldiers appear to stagger away from it, one rolling. Yet since the fall of Avdiivka on February 17, Ukrainian military officials have reported regular Russian assaults on Robotyne. Two Russian soldiers can be seen clambering inside the ruins of a dugout, one manhandling a shovel. Ukrainian drone pilots now face Russian counterparts who have replaced their units but at a much larger scale, they said.

Persons: Ukraine CNN —, Maja Rappard, “, ” Bohdan, ”, Anton, shellfire Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, 15th National Guard, Robotyne, 65th Mechanised Brigade, NATO Locations: Orikhiv, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Belgian, Russian, Avdiivka, Lviv

Two years ago, it became the first major Ukrainian city to fall, as Russians forces swept in from Crimea. Yet, as the war enters its third year, residents describe the shelling from Russian forces under a mile away across the Dnipro River as the worst yet. And despite the icy Dnipro lying between Ukrainian forces and a Russian assault, freshly dug trenches line parts of the riverside. Across the river, within line of sight, are Russian soldiers who launch near-constant shelling on to the city of Kherson. Near-constant Russian shelling has turned Kherson into a ghost city two years into the war.

Persons: Maja Rappard, Sergei Shoigu, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Anna, CNN “, ”, “, I’m, Sophia, ” Sophia, Natalia, …, ” Natalia, What’s Organizations: CNN — Kherson, CNN, Russian, Ukraine, Ukrainian, CNN CNN, CNn Locations: Ukrainian, Crimea, Dnipro, Kherson, Krynky, Russian, Moscow, Hrigorii, Soviet, ”

☆ Olympic sponsorship deal with beer company AB InBev criticized as ‘cynical’ and ‘an odd pairing’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In a room crowded with people in suits, the sponsorship deal with brewing giant AB InBev was met with beaming smiles and the clinking of beer bottles by many of those in attendance. AB InBev is the latest company to participate in The Olympic Partner (TOP) program – the highest level of Olympic sponsorship – alongside the likes of Coca-Cola, Visa and Deloitte. AB InBev said that it would not reveal the cost of its deal with the IOC. Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for AB InBevThe IOC and AB InBev see the deal as part of a wider market demand for non-alcoholic drinks which, despite being in circulation for decades, have had a recent surge in popularity. Some brands have found ways to navigate France’s restrictive laws when it comes to alcohol advertising.

Persons: Thomas Bach gushed, ” Bach, ”, ” Andrew Misell, Kin Cheung, Sportcal, Michel Doukeris, Thomas Bach, Stuart C, Wilson, Molson Coors, ” Marcel Marcondes, “ Corona Cero, Marcondes, Bach, Garde, ” Ian Gilmore, “ Corona, ” Alex Barker, ” Barker, Xavier Laine Organizations: CNN, Olympic Committee, InBev, IOC, Corona, Cortina, Alcohol, CNN Sport, Cola, Visa, Deloitte, Health, WHO, Centers for Disease Control, University of Liverpool, ”, Getty, AB InBev, Heineken, Molson, Games, Alcohol Health Alliance, University of Derby, rugby’s, Nations, Guinness, Stade de France, French rugby, Wales, TOP Locations: London, Corona Cero, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Corona, Garde

☆ College Basketball’s Winter of Chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jared Diamond | Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

With March Madness two months away, college basketball is officially a complete and utter mess. The reason: None of the teams that are purportedly the good ones appear to have much interest in actually winning basketball games. In an unprecedented stretch of chaos, four top-five teams lost to unranked opponents in the span of 48 hours last week, including No. 2 Houston, No. The carnage continued into the holiday weekend, with Houston falling for a second consecutive time, alongside No.

Organizations: Purdue, Houston Locations: Houston, Kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arizona

NEW YORK (AP) — Denny Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was later Paul McCartney's longtime sideman in the ex-Beatle's solo band Wings, has died at age 79. Laine, inducted five years ago into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues, died Tuesday in Naples, Florida. His death comes almost exactly 50 years after the release of McCartney's acclaimed “Band On the Run” album, on which Laine played guitar and provided backing vocals. The Moody Blues then turned to the ambitious, classically influenced sounds of “Nights in White Satin" and other songs. Founded in 1971, the year after the Beatles broke up, Wings went through various personnel changes over the following decade, with Laine, McCartney and McCartney's wife, Linda.

Persons: — Denny Laine, Paul McCartney's, Laine, Elizabeth Hines, McCartney, Instagram, “, ” McCartney, Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, Frankie Laine, Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder, 1967 Laine, Justin Hayward, Ginger Baker's, McCartney's, Linda, Said ”, ” Laine, George Harrison's, John Lennon, ” Organizations: Moody Blues, Hall of Fame, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Wings, Beatles Locations: British, Naples , Florida, Mull of Kintyre

☆ College Football Playoff Features Four Heavyweights—and One Giant Snub
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

For most of its more than 150 years of existence, college football has been defined as much by controversy and contention as what happened when a bunch of students squared off on the field. This is a sport where 34 national titles have been disputed or vacated—and sometimes both. Then, 10 years ago, the sport’s leaders decided to change all that. College football went from the murky selection process of the Bowl Championship Series era to a playoff format, allowing four teams to duke it out for the national title. The days of controversy were supposedly over.

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☆ Alabama Plunges College Football Into Chaos
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jalen Milroe and the Alabama Crimson Tide won the SEC Championship. Photo: Todd Kirkland/Getty ImagesATLANTA—Heading into this week’s conference championship matchups, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee looked like it could take the weekend off. The top four teams in the nation—Georgia, Michigan, Washington and Florida State—were all Power 5 schools with perfect records. Win one more game, and the final four would pick itself. Then Nick Saban’s Alabama marched into Atlanta and plunged the entire sport into chaos.

Persons: Jalen Milroe, Todd Kirkland, Nick Saban’s Alabama Organizations: Alabama Crimson Tide, SEC, Getty, College, Florida State Locations: ATLANTA, Georgia, Michigan, Washington, Florida, Atlanta

☆ Wait, Is Alabama About to Crash the College Football Playoff?
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

This is the college football season when some very un-Alabama things happened to Alabama. It started when the Crimson Tide lost a game in September. Things got worse when they rotated through three quarterbacks before finally naming a starter. They needed a second-half comeback to squeak past South Florida and then a miracle to win the Iron Bowl. The whole thing was deeply weird and unsettling, like Nick Saban cracking a smile.

Persons: Nick Saban Organizations: Crimson Tide Locations: Alabama, Florida

☆ Ohio State Can Still Reach the College Football Playoff—With a Lot of Help
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Asked to describe how it felt to lose to Michigan by throwing an interception in the final seconds, Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord only needed one word. That’s the only word for it,” he said. What comes next for the Buckeyes will be no less nerve-racking: waiting for everyone else to determine whether they still stand a chance of making the 2023 College Football Playoff.

Persons: Kyle McCord, ” Organizations: Ohio, Buckeyes Locations: Michigan

Jack Guez | Afp | Getty ImagesAfter a weekend of crisis and tumult, Sam Altman has returned as the CEO of OpenAI. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBret Taylor, board chair Bret Taylor is currently a board member at the e-commerce platform Shopify . It isn't clear if Taylor's involvement with his own AI startup will cease with his appointment to lead OpenAI's board. OpenAI's board fired Altman Friday after determining he was "not consistently candid in his communications," but its members never elaborated further. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty ImagesIlya Sutskever Ilya Sutskever co-founded OpenAI and serves as its chief scientist.

Persons: Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Jack Guez, Altman, There's, Satya Nadella, Nadella, Here's, Bret Taylor, Nathan Laine, He's, Elon, Taylor, Salesforce, Larry Summers, David A, CNBC Larry Summers Larry Summers, Clinton, Summers, Jack Dorsey, Adam D'Angelo Adam D'Angelo, D'Angelo, Helen Toner, CSET, Vox, Jerod Harris, Helen Toner Helen Toner, Toner, Tasha McCauley, Carlton Laguna Nigel, Tasha McCauley Tasha McCauley, Joseph Gordon, Levitt, McCauley, Ilya Sutskever Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Brockman, Brockman's, Sven Hoppe Organizations: Tel Aviv University, Afp, Getty, Microsoft, CNBC, Sequoia, Tiger Global, Salesforce, Viva Technology Conference, Bloomberg, Google, Economic, Grogan, Harvard University, Obama, Economic Council, Twitter, Meta, Facebook, The Ritz, Carlton, Georgetown University's Center for Security, Emerging Technology, Philanthropy, Business Development, Ritz, Rand Corporation, GeoSim Systems, AFP, University of Toronto, Stanford, Technical University of Munich Locations: Tel Aviv, Paris, Davos, Switzerland, Washington, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point , California, Russian Israeli, Canadian

☆ OpenAI had a confusing week. Who came out on top? And who lost out?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But in other ways, the agreement is still a watershed moment for OpenAI and the artificial intelligence field writ large. Who came out on topSam Altman: A clear winner in the whole debacle is, of course, Altman himself. With some of the apparent architects of Altman’s ouster being pushed out themselves, a casualty of the affair may be the perspectives that those board members espoused. Emmett Shear, whom the board named OpenAI’s interim CEO for all of two days, has also expressed similar worries. In the fallout of the leadership crisis, some have argued that the outcome is also a defeat for effective altruism, the movement with which some OpenAI board members are said to be affiliated.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, bungled, that’s, Satya Nadella, OpenAI, Nadella, we’re, ” Nadella, Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, Nathan Laine, Hollie Adams, Taylor isn’t, He’s, Elon Musk, Summers, Who, OpenAI’s, Gabby Jones, Emmett Shear Organizations: CNN, Microsoft, Bloomberg, Getty, Facebook, Twitter, Harvard University Locations: OpenAI, Brooklyn, New York

☆ Florida State Won, but Lost Its Star QB—and Maybe Its Potential Championship Season
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis is taken off the field after being injured. Photo: Colin Hackley/Associated PressFlorida State on Saturday night won its 11th game in what has been something of a dream season in Tallahassee. Yet that dream turned nightmarish because of what they lost: starting quarterback Jordan Travis. Travis suffered a gruesome leg injury at the end of the opening quarter against North Alabama and was immediately carted off the field and rushed to a hospital. The Seminoles, trailing 13-3 when the redshirt senior went down, scored 55 unanswered points to win the game 58-13.

Persons: Jordan Travis, Colin Hackley, Travis Organizations: Florida State, Associated Press, Associated Press Florida State, North Alabama, Seminoles Locations: Associated Press Florida, Tallahassee

Michigan’s football sign-stealing scandal expanded in a troubling new direction on Friday, as the university fired an assistant coach who had been connected to the staff member at the center of the controversy involving an impermissible off-campus scouting scheme. The dismissal of Chris Partridge, a recruiting guru who served as the team’s linebackers coach, came less than a day after Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh made a shocking pivot by agreeing to accept his three-game suspension from the Big Ten.

Persons: Chris Partridge, Jim Harbaugh Organizations: Michigan, Big

☆ What the Big Ten’s Tony Petitti Learned From the Houston Astros
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jared Diamond | Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tony Petitti had a front-row seat to what had been the biggest sign-stealing scandal in American sports history. He was Major League Baseball’s deputy commissioner in late 2019, when his boss, Rob Manfred, began investigating the Houston Astros’ now infamous trash-can banging scheme. From his spot within the game’s inner circle, Petitti saw up close how Manfred’s probe unfolded, how he decided to impose discipline and how the public ultimately reacted afterward.

Persons: Tony Petitti, Rob Manfred, Houston Astros ’, Petitti Organizations: League Baseball’s, Houston Astros

☆ Facing asylum seeker surge from Russia, Finland mulls curbing access
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Essi Lehto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] A view of the border between Russia and Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland on November 15, 2023. An increasing number of citizens from third countries have arrived via Russia to Finnish border-crossing points without proper documentation this autumn. Finland has no... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreHELSINKI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Further groups of asylum seekers arrived on Wednesday at Finland's southeastern border via Russia, officials said, adding to a sudden surge that might spur the Nordic country to restrict access. Finland's government on Tuesday accused Russia of funnelling asylum seekers to crossing points along the frontier and said it might limit access unless Russian authorities reverse course. On Tuesday, 55 asylum seekers were recorded by officials, while Wednesday afternoon's figure stood at 66 and rising, Finnish Border Guard Lieutenant Colonel Jukka Lukkari said.

Persons: Sauli Niinisto, Finland's, Dmitry Peskov, Jukka Lukkari, Jukka Laine, Laine, Essi Lehto, Anne Kauranen, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Union, NATO, EU, Finnish Border Guard, University of Eastern, Finnish Refugee Council, Thomson Locations: Russia, Finland, Lappeenranta, Finnish, HELSINKI, Finland's, Moscow, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, University of Eastern Finland

☆ NHL roundup: Blues blitz Avs behind 2 hat tricks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Schenn, who also had an assist, now has four career hat tricks, while Buchnevich, who had two short-handed goals, has three career hat tricks. Torey Krug had a goal and an assist, Alexey Toropchenko also scored and Robert Thomas added four assists for the Blues. Guhle also added an assist as the Habs scored two goals in a rapid-fire span in the third period. Brad Marchand logged a goal and an assist to lead the Bruins, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Cole Perfetti and Brenden Dillon scored goals for the Jets, who saw their three-game winning streak come to an end.

Persons: Louis, Robert Thomas, Ron Chenoy, Schenn, Pavel Buchnevich, Buchnevich, Torey Krug, Alexey Toropchenko, Jordan Binnington, Mikko Rantanen, Jack Johnson, Alexandar Georgiev, Ivan Prosvetov, Kaiden Guhle's, Nick Suzuki, Brendan Gallagher, Guhle, Sam Montembeault, Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy, Jeremy Swayman, Zach Hyman, Dylan Holloway, Stuart Skinner, Jaden Schwartz, Philipp Grubauer, Joey Daccord, Daniel Sprong, Lucas Raymond, Alex DeBrincat, Robby Fabbri, Jake Walman, Ville Husso, Columbus, Patrik Laine, Alexandre Texier, Adam Fantilli, Sean Kuraly, Spencer Martin, Wyatt Johnston, Thomas Harley, Matt Duchene, Scott Wedgewood, Cole Perfetti, Brenden Dillon, Connor Hellebuyck, Drake Batherson, Mathieu Joseph, Rourke Chartier, Travis Hamonic, Tim Stutzle, Joonas Korpisalo, Blake Coleman, Calgary's, Dustin Wolf, Jacob Markstrom, Pyotr Kochetkov, Sebastian Aho, Brent Burns, Kochetkov, Jonas Johansson, Noah Gregor, Matthew Knies, William Nylander, Nicholas Robertson, David Kampf, Tyler Bertuzzi, Max Domi, Bobby McMann, J.T . Miller, Pius Suter, Nic Dowd, Aliaksei, Alex Ovechkin, Wayne Gretzky, Ovechkin, Gretzky, Dowd, hadn't, Protas, Alexander Romanov, Erik Karlsson, Tristan Jarry, Ukko, Pekka Luukkonen, Michael Carcone, Sean Durzi, Troy Stecher, Alex Kerfoot, Clayton Keller, Connor Ingram, Filip Forsberg, Kiefer Sherwood, Dante Fabbro, Ryan O'Reilly, Morgan Frost, Cal Petersen, Owen Tippett, Cam Atkinson, Sean Walker, Adrian Kempe, Carl Grundstrom, Cam Talbot Organizations: Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Ball, Blues, St, Avalanche, Canadiens, Bruins, Boston, NHL, Oilers, Seattle, San Jose, Wings, Blue Jackets, Detroit, Red Wings, Jets, Dallas, Winnipeg, Stars, Central Division, Senators, Flames, Ottawa, Calgary, AHL, Hurricanes, Tampa, Maple Leafs, Canucks, Toronto, Vancouver, Capitals, Islanders, New, Penguins, Sabres, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Coyotes, Predators, Nashville, Flyers, Philadelphia, Anaheim, Los, Thomson Locations: Denver , Colorado, USA, Denver, Montreal, Edmonton, Columbus, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Washington, New York, Elmont, Arizona, Los Angeles, Southern California, Philadelphia

☆ Big Ten Suspends Michigan Coach Jim Harbaugh in Sign-Stealing Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Laine Higgins | Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Big Ten Conference on Friday barred Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh from coaching the remainder of the team’s regular season games, an unprecedented sanction that follows allegations against the Wolverines football program of illegally attending future opponents’ games to steal play-signals. The conference announced the penalty as Michigan’s team was flying to State College, Pa., to play a top-10 matchup against Penn State on Saturday. The stakes could scarcely be higher: Harbaugh is coach of one of the nation’s top teams as it enters the season’s critical final stretch.

Persons: Jim Harbaugh, Harbaugh Organizations: Big Ten, Wolverines, State College ,, Penn State Locations: Michigan, State College , Pa

☆ The Michigan Superfan Who Became a Michigan Coach—and the Center of a Michigan Scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

As a 16-year old high-school student, Connor Stalions set an audacious goal: To become the head football coach at Michigan. A dozen years later, his dream had advanced much farther than he had any right to imagine. Stalions, a lifelong Michigan superfan, was deeply embedded in the Wolverines football program. Naval Academy and served a stint in the Marines, he landed a job as an analyst on the Michigan coaching staff. During the past two seasons, he was frequently seen on the sidelines in close proximity to the team’s offensive and defensive coordinators, and even head coach Jim Harbaugh.

Persons: Connor Stalions, Jim Harbaugh Organizations: Michigan, Wolverines, U.S . Naval Academy, Marines Locations: Michigan

☆ Michigan Warns Big Ten Against Disciplining Team Over Sign-Stealing Allegations
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Rachel Bachman | Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The University of Michigan moved to ward off possible discipline by the Big Ten Conference against the Wolverines’ football program and head coach Jim Harbaugh in the wake of allegations that the team engaged in illegal sign-stealing. In an email to the Big Ten late last week, Michigan president Santa Ono warned that taking action before conducting an investigation would violate conference rules. The move escalates the battle between Michigan, a national-title contender ranked No. 3 in the College Football Playoff rankings, and its opponents, who are clamoring for a quick punishment of alleged activities they say have given the Wolverines a competitive advantage.

Persons: Jim Harbaugh, Santa Ono Organizations: University of Michigan, Big Ten Conference, Wolverines, Big, College Football Locations: Michigan

☆ The Final Push for a Sub-Two Hour Marathon Is Here
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kelvin Kiptum lowered the men’s marathon world record by a whopping 34 seconds at the Chicago Marathon in early October. It’s the next 36 seconds, however, that loom larger in the sport as it chases a historic milestone: a sub-two hour marathon. The two-hour mark is to the marathon what a four-minute mile was before Roger Bannister broke the barrier in 1954. Both milestones are arbitrary—they possess the allure of a nice round number—yet the pursuit of them has propelled athletes to change their approach to running.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, It’s, Roger Bannister Organizations: Chicago Marathon

☆ Football Coaching Analyst at Center of Michigan Sign-Stealing Scandal Resigns
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Connor Stalions, left, resigned from his job as a Michigan football analyst amid an NCAA probe of alleged sign-stealing by the Wolverines football program. Photo: Paul Sancya/Associated PressConnor Stalions, an analyst on the Michigan football coaching staff who is at the center of a sign-stealing scandal, resigned on Friday, according to an athletic department spokesperson. Michigan came under scrutiny from the National Collegiate Athletic Association in October for allegedly breaking rules by sending scouts to future opponents’ games to record signals the teams use from the sidelines to communicate with players on the field.

Persons: Connor Stalions, Paul Sancya Organizations: NCAA, Wolverines, Michigan, National Collegiate Athletic Association Locations: Michigan

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