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☆ None of the Big Three has won a grand slam this year. They leave a legacy which has transformed tennis on and off the court.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But this year, men’s tennis has had a different complexion since none of Federer, Nadal or Djokovic has won a grand slam title for the first time since 2002. Whatever comes next is unlikely to mirror the previous era, leaving men’s tennis in an unfamiliar position, shorn of its three biggest icons who transcended the court. Carlos Alcaraz has already won four grand slam titles at the age of 21. “There has to be a real recalibration … because I already see people talking, like, ‘Can Alcaraz catch Djokovic’s grand slam record?’” Rothenberg tells CNN Sport. Medvedev and Dominic Thiem, who is retiring at the end of this year, are still the only men born in the 1990s to win a grand slam.

Persons: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Andy Murray, –, Carlos Alcaraz, Alcaraz, Sinner, “, Mats Wilander, Pete Sampras, That’s, Ben Rothenberg, Matthew Stockman, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton, Holger Rune, Daniil Medvedev, ’ ” Rothenberg, Williams, ”, Wilander, Rafa Nadal, Medvedev, Dominic Thiem, Ryan Pierse, Rafa, ” Simon Cambers –, it’s, “ It’s, ” Jett Wright –, Topnotch Management –, David Foster Wallace, Anna Wintour, Angela Weiss, … Don’t, Björn Borg, Matteo Berrettini, Hugo Boss, Gucci, Simon Graf, Wright, Ernesto S, they’ll Organizations: CNN, Big, Australian, Wimbledon, Eurosport, CNN Sport, Federer, Serena, Nadal, “ Tennis, Topnotch Management, Getty, Cambers, MLB, MLS, NBA Locations: –, American

The world also said goodbye to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died Nov. 29. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesAnother political figure who died this year was former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Nov. 19. Among the entertainers who left the world this year was singer Tina Turner, who died May 24. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2023 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___Fred White, 67. A Hall of Fame forward who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final.

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☆ Suzanne Somers, ‘Three’s Company’ actress, dead at 76
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Suzanne Somers, the actress who lit up the small screen on “Three’s Company” and one of TV’s most iconic fitness pitchwomen, has died, according to a statement provided to CNN from her longtime publicist R. Couri Hay. “Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th. In good ‘Company’Somers’ multifaceted career spanned decades, but she was best known for her role as Chrissy Snow on the hit ABC sitcom “Three’s Company” that ran through the late ’70s and early ‘80s. 1 show in the country, there was a collective consciousness because about half of everybody watching television on Tuesday nights were watching Three’s company,” she said in 2015 during a CNN interview. It took a while for people to realize I was acting.”Her time on “Three’s Company” ended in 1981 after Somers had asked producers for a raise to match Ritter’s salary the year prior.

Persons: Suzanne Somers, R, Couri Hay, “ Suzanne Somers, ” Hay, ’, Somers “, Alan, Bruce, ”, Somers, Larry King, ’ Somers, Chrissy Snow, “, George Lucas’s Oscar, “ Starsky, Hutch ”, Snow, John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, ” Somers, Frank Sinatra, Hildy Granger, Larry Sanders, Carol Foster Lambert, Lambert, Suzanne, Manolo Blahnik, ‘, ” Somer, it’s, Hamel Organizations: CNN, Three’s, ABC, Hulton, ThighMaster, “ Three’s, Las Vegas, Lifetime, New York Times, Palm Locations: Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Somers

Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three’s Company” and who became an entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author, has died. Somers faced some backlash for her reliance on what she’s described as a chemical-free and organic lifestyle to combat the cancers. On “Three’s Company,” she was the ditzy blonde opposite John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt in the roommate comedy. “The show’s response was, ‘Who do you think you are?’” Somers told People in 2020. Somers did reconcile with Ritter before his death, and then with DeWitt on her online talk show.

Persons: Suzanne Somers, Chrissy Snow, ”, Somers, Couri Hay, Alan Hamel, Bruce, “, ‘, Oprah Winfrey, she’d, Bruce Somers, Hamel, Steve McQueen, “ Bullitt, George Lucas’s, Richard Dreyfuss’s, Lucas, ” Somers, John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, would’ve, Ritter, ‘ John Ritter, DeWitt, ” Hamel Organizations: New York Times, American Cancer Society, Thunderbird, Rockford, “ Three’s, ABC, CBS News, People Magazine Locations: Palm Springs , California, San Bruno , California, ”, Vegas

FILE - Actor Suzanne Somers is photographed at the Lowell Hotel in New York on June 30, 2005. Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three’s Company,” as well as her business endeavors, died early Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, her family said in a statement provided by her longtime publicist R. Couri Hay. She was 76. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, File) Jim Cooper

Persons: Suzanne Somers, Somers, Chrissy Snow, ”, R, Couri Hay, Jim Cooper Organizations: Lowell Locations: New York

They note that the job cuts have occurred mainly at factories that make parts for assembly plants that were closed by strikes. In one case, layoffs have been imposed at a factory that uses supplies from a parts factory on strike. The factories that have been affected by layoffs are in six states: Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana and New York. UAW President Shawn Fain countered in a statement that the automakers were using layoffs to pressure the union into settling the strike. Once metal stamping factories that supply multiple assembly plants have produced enough parts for non-striking facilities, the companies would likely shut them down.

Persons: —, Sam Fiorani, Fiorani, ”, “, Bryce Currie, Shawn Fain, Fain, ” Fain, Ford, Stellantis, you've, Patrick Anderson Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, UAW, AutoForecast Solutions, Ford, General Motors, GM, Chevrolet Malibu, Sterling, ”, Anderson Economic, Suppliers Locations: Michigan , Ohio , Illinois , Kansas , Indiana, New York, Americas, Kansas City , Kansas, Wentzville , Missouri, Lockport , New York, Toledo , Ohio, Marion , Indiana, Parma , Ohio, Lansing , Michigan, Wayne , Michigan, Chicago, Sterling Heights, Livonia , Michigan, Cleveland, Lima , Ohio, Trenton , Michigan, Kokomo , Indiana, Toledo

☆ Why Wall Street investors are freaking out
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Here’s why investors are freaking out:Rates and the Fed: A surge in corporate debt sales and rising bond yields have sent stocks lower. Moody’s, the only major credit rating firm to keep a perfect score for the United States, has warned that a government shutdown would be “credit negative” for the United States. Geopolitical risks are still elevated as Russia’s war on Ukraine continues and relations between the United States and China remain tense. October also marks the end of the fiscal year for many mutual funds in the United States. Statistical evidence doesn’t quite support the phenomenon, but the level of superstitious caution on Wall Street is real.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, ”, Michael Reinking, Mark Twain, ” Sam Bankman, Sam Bankman, Allison Morrow, Judge Lewis Kaplan, “, ” Kaplan, SFB, SBF, Caroline Ellison, Bernie Madoff, Chris Isidore, Vanessa Yurkevich Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Dow, Federal Reserve, Fed, Markets, Republicans, “, Prosecutors, GM, Ford, Motors, United Auto Workers, Michigan Assembly, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, UAW Locations: New York, America’s Congress, United States, Ukraine, China, Manhattan, Fairfax, Kansas City , Kansas, Toledo, Lockport, Michigan, Wayne , Michigan, Kokomo , Indiana

New York CNN —General Motors and Ford are laying off 500 additional workers between them, blaming the expansion of the strike announced by the United Auto Workers union at those companies on Friday. General Motors said it was laying off 164 workers at stamping plants in Parma, Ohio, and Marion, Indiana. Ford said it laid off 330 workers at its Chicago Stamping Plant and Lima Engine Plant following the union’s decision Friday to strike its Chicago Assembly plant, which made the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator SUVs. It had previously laid off 600 hourly workers at the Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan who were not on strike. Those benefits for both strikers and laid-off UAW members will cost the union about $14.3 million a week, but it went into the strike with $825 million in its strike fund.

Persons: General Motors, Marion, ”, Ford, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN —, Motors, Ford, United Auto Workers, General, Lansing Delta, GMC, Traverse, Buick, Chicago Assembly, Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator, Michigan Assembly, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, UAW, Anderson Economics Group, CNN Locations: New York, Parma , Ohio, Marion , Indiana, Wentzville , Ohio, Lansing, Lansing , Michigan, Colorado, Parma, Fairfax, Kansas City , Kansas, Toledo, Lockport, Chicago, Michigan, Wayne , Michigan, Kokomo , Indiana

☆ The world needs cheap electric cars. That spells trouble for Big Auto
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The world needs affordable EVs more than ever as electric cars will play a big role in hcelping countries cut planet-heating pollution. “When legacy [carmakers] talk about catching up to Tesla or catching up to the leading Chinese automakers, it’s difficult. It is by far the world’s biggest EV battery manufacturer and dominant in the supply and processing of many critical components needed to make the batteries. Global automakers have had little choice but to enter into joint ventures with Chinese EV and battery manufacturers. EU lawmakers have voiced concerns that government subsidies allow Chinese EV makers to keep prices artificially low, creating unfair competition for European rivals.

Persons: Henry Ford’s, carmaking, Jeff Kowalsky, ”, Gene Munster, Tesla, — Tesla, —, Patrick Hummel, Krisztian Bocsi, Ford, “ It’s, ” Dan Ives, Bill Pugliano, Daniel Röska, Bernstein, China …, Marco Rubio, “ They’re, Bill Ford, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Organizations: London CNN —, Ford Motor Company, Toyota, Volkswagen, United, Getty, Deepwater Asset Management, Volkswagen Group, Audi, Porsche, Chrysler, Jeep, Ford, General Motors, International Energy Agency, Honda, Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Kia, Benz, BMW —, Investment, UBS, EV, Atlas Public, VW, Bloomberg, Reuters, Twitter, Stellantis, Wedbush Securities, CNN, United Auto Workers, Refining, Global, Republican, European Union, EU, Jato Dynamics Locations: Europe, United States, Dearborn , Michigan, AFP, China, Japan, South Korea, Asia, US, Germany, ” Munster, Munster, Lansing , Michigan, Michigan, Beijing, America

☆ Opinion | What Republicans Say (and Don’t Say) About the Auto Workers’ Strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But beyond the presidential contenders, there were also the ostensibly populist Republicans who have placed workers at the center of their case. They haven’t even blamed management for the strike, despite the fact that the U.A.W. And they haven’t voiced support for the largest, most ambitious organizing goal of the U.A.W. As (my former editor and colleague) Harold Meyerson notes in a piece for The American Prospect:The long-term future of the U.A.W. foreign-owned auto factories that are spread across the South, also falls well short of the levels that U.A.W.

Persons: “, Joe Biden’s, Josh Hawley, J.D, Vance, Ohio, Marco Rubio, Harold Meyerson, ”, Elon Organizations: Republicans, GM, Ford Locations: China, Missouri, Florida, Stellantis

☆ Auto jobs are booming in the union-hostile South
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Looming over the United Auto Workers strike: Automakers’ continued migration to the anti-union South. Jobs at nonunion EV battery facilities pay less than the roughly $32 an hour that veteran UAW workers make. Since 1990, the South’s share of auto jobs has doubled from around 15% to 30% today, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Mostly nonunion EV jobs and manufacturing investments are surging in Southern states led by Republicans. The South has picked up 66% of planned EV jobs, while projects in Midwestern states such as Michigan, Indiana, Kansas and Ohio have combined for 26% of planned jobs, according to S&P Global.

Persons: ’, Ford, nonunion autoworkers, ”, Stephen Silvia, Southern, Mason, Honda, Deni McIntyre, unionize, “ It’s, Nelson Lichtenstein, Jeffrey Greenberg, Lichtenstein, Bill Lee, Nikki Haley, Houston Cofield, Biden, Biden’s, Shawn Fain Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Volvo, Benz, BMW, Toyota, Hyundai, American University, Southern Gamble, Workers, Foreign, Ford, GM, Dixon, Midwest, UAW, EV, P Global Market Intelligence, Nissan, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Kia, CNN, University of California, Clinton Presidency, Universal, Southern Republican, South . Tennessee Gov, Former South Carolina Gov, Republicans, North Carolina –, Environmental Defense Fund, P Global, Ford Motor Co, SK Innovation Co, Bloomberg, Getty, Big Three Locations: New York, Detroit, Smyrna , Tennessee, Spartanburg , South Carolina, Vance , Alabama, Lincoln , Alabama, Germany, Santa Barbara, Clinton, Korean, United States, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, South, Chattanooga, Southern, – Georgia, South Carolina , Kentucky, North Carolina, Midwest . Georgia, Michigan, Indiana , Kansas, Ohio, Stanton , Tennessee, BlueOval

New York CNN —The United Auto Workers union’s already unprecedented strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis could soon get even bigger. So far, the strike, which started early Friday, has targeted only one final assembly plant at each automaker. So, noon on Friday, September 22nd is a new deadline.”While 12,700 union members are on strike, most of the 145,000 members at the three automakers remain on the job. The UAW chose to target final assembly plants first, which has made the initial strikes quite targeted and tactical. Spreading impact of strikeThe impact of the strike will have a ripple impact on other factories beyond the three targeted already by the UAW strike.

Persons: Stellantis, Shawn Fain, Autoworkers, We’re, “ We’re, ”, “, Ford, Lana Payne, Payne, Fairfax, David Barnas, Louis, Biden, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Fain, Trump Trump, Joe Biden, ” Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, CNN, GM, UAW, Ford Bronco, Companies, GM Stellantis, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Fairfax Assembly, US Steel, Trump Locations: New York, Wayne , Michigan, Canada, United States, Fairfax, Kansas City , Kansas, Wentzville, Granite City , Illinois, St, Detroit

The UAW began striking at factories that make only a few vehicles – Ford Broncos and Rangers, Jeep Wranglers, Chevrolet mid-size pickups and GMC vans. Car prices were rising long before the auto workers even raised the possibility of a strike. Prices are almost certain to rise even if the strike is settled quickly, because the auto makers' labor costs will increase. “They could double our wages and not raise car prices and still make billions of dollars in profit,” he said during an online presentation to union members this week. It's all enough to make many motorists consider avoiding the car lot and keeping their current car a while longer.

Persons: Stellantis, ”, Ivan Drury, isn’t, Garrett Nelson, ” Nelson, “, we’re, Tesla, Drury, Kelley, Patrick Anderson, Shawn Fain, Edmunds Organizations: DALLAS, United Auto Workers, Dealers, General Motors, UAW, Detroit, Ford Broncos, Rangers, Jeep Wranglers, Chevrolet, GMC, Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, GMC Sierra, Ford, CFRA Research, GM, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Consumers, Federal Reserve Bank of New, Anderson Economic Group, Stellantis, “ Locations: Edmunds, Mexico, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Autoworkers put down their toolsThousands of autoworkers walked off the job on Friday morning at three Midwest plants in an unprecedented strike, as the United Automobile Workers and Detroit’s three big carmakers remained miles apart on contract talks. A lengthy strike could dent the Big Three’s profits, analysts say, at a time when the companies are investing heavily in electric vehicles to catch up to Tesla and Chinese rivals. Mary Barra, G.M.’s chief, warned that meeting all or most of the union’s demands could hobble the company’s prospects. “Make no mistake: If we don’t continue to invest, we will lose ground, and it will happen fast,” she said. “Nobody wins in a strike.”

Persons: Autoworkers, autoworkers, Biden, Ford, Mary Barra, ’, “, ” Organizations: United Automobile Workers, General Motors, Dodge, Chrysler Locations: Stellantis, Amsterdam, G.M

☆ Two neighboring Ohio factories - one new, one closed - could tell the future of US auto industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Lordstown plant opened in 1966; GM closed it just months before its contract with the UAW expired in 2019. The former GM plant in Lordstown, Ohio. The Ultium plant, just over a third of the size of the closed Lordstown plant, started building batteries last August. Justin Brown’s father worked at the Lordstown plant for nearly nearly 50 years; Brown, for 10 years. Some Ultium workers said they took the lower-paying job with the expectation that they would someday make GM-level pay.

Persons: Lordstown, ”, David Green, Foxconn, Fisker, Chris Isidore, isn’t, Eric Manaro, “, EVs, Ultium, autoworkers, “ It’s, Justin Brown’s, Brown, “ I’m, George Goranitis, it’s Organizations: Ohio CNN, Lordstown Assembly, Pentagon, Motors, United Auto Workers, GM, UAW, EV, Lordstown Motors, CNN, Ohio Turnpike, ”, LG, Ultium, Ford, “, General Motors, Big Locations: Lordstown, Ohio, It’d, Indiana, Lordstown , Ohio, Missouri, Spring Hill , Tennessee, Spring, Ultium

Biden and UAW President Shawn Fain met briefly in the West Wing last month while UAW leadership was at the White House briefing senior staff on their positions. Fain has publicly warned that UAW is prepared to strike, saying nearly 150,000 members will strike if the three automakers do not meet their demands. Ford pointed out that it employs more UAW members and builds more cars and trucks at US plants than any other automaker. For the most part, those plants are joint ventures between automakers and battery makers, and thus will not be covered under the UAW contracts with the Big Three. But the union has yet to reach a deal with plant management on a contract, and workers there are paid about half of what UAW members are paid at the Big Three.

Persons: Joe Biden, –, —, ” Biden, Biden’s, Shawn Fain, Fain, Biden, ”, “, ” Ford, Stellantis, Ford, “ Stellantis, Vanessa Yurkevich Organizations: Washington DC CNN, United Auto Workers, – Ford, General Motors, “, AFL, CIO, UAW, Biden, Wing, White, Ford, Dodge, Chrysler, EV, CNN, Big, GM, Workers, LG Locations: Warren , Ohio

☆ A Zoom Call, Fake Names and an A.I. Presentation Gone Awry
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Erin Griffith | More About Erin Griffith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Arthur AI, an artificial intelligence company in New York, received a message in April last year from a start-up called OneOneThree. Yan Fung, OneOneThree’s head of technology, said he was interested in buying Arthur AI’s technology and wanted a demonstration. An Arthur AI employee recognized the name as belonging to a founder of Arize AI, a rival start-up. “That’s so strange — I don’t know how they could have possibly gotten the link,” the Arthur AI employee said. The new attendee quickly logged off, and Mr. Fung said he did not know Ms. Dhinakaran.

Persons: Arthur AI, Yan Fung, Arthur AI’s, Fung, Fung’s, Arthur, Karina Patel, Aparna Dhinakaran, “, Dhinakaran, ArizeAI, Dat Ngo, OneOneThree Organizations: The New York Times, Arthur AI Locations: New York

☆ Suzanne Somers Says Her Breast Cancer Has Returned
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Aug. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter(HealthDay)WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Actress Suzanne Somers, who first battled breast cancer in her 50s, announced on Instagram this week that the disease recently returned. "I had breast cancer two decades ago, and every now and then it pops up again, and I continue to bat it down. In a 2017 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Somers said she takes about 60 vitamins a day and doesn’t take any drugs. In the past, Somers' statements on her unconventional cancer treatments and protocols have garnered criticism from the medical community and the American Cancer Society. More informationThe American Cancer Society has more on breast cancer.

Persons: Cara Murez HealthDay, Suzanne Somers, Somers, Alan Hamel, Alan, Hamel, " Hamel, Page, “ Organizations: Facebook, Entertainment, American Cancer Society Locations: Somers

☆ New EV battery plant fuels labor tensions as UAW strike looms deadline
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Stellantis and Samsung SDI announced plans Monday for another EV battery plant joint venture to open in 2027. Four major EV battery plants have opened in recent years and 19 more are planned with Monday’s announcement, according to the UAW. An aerial view of the Stellantis and Samsung Battery Plant construction site in Kokomo, Indiana. Those talks will have to be focused on the wages and benefits for the current UAW members. By comparison, UAW members with top seniority at a Big Three factory get $32.32 an hour, plus an annual bonus and profit sharing.

Persons: New York CNN — Stellantis, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, BEV, Kent Nishimura, ”, it’s, Fain, He’s, “, ” Stellantis Organizations: New, New York CNN, Samsung SDI, United Auto Workers, Stellantis, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, UAW, don’t, GM, Fiat Chrysler, PSA Group, Peugeot, Opel, Vauxhall, Samsung Battery, Los Angeles Times, Samsung, Big, LG, SK, CNN, ICE Locations: New York, United States, Europe, Kokomo , Indiana, Warren Ohio, Korean, Kokomo

☆ Open Championship: Controversial new par-three 17th hole at Royal Liverpool splits opinion
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

It may be the shortest hole on the course, but Royal Liverpool’s par-three 17th hole is already proving a tall order for some players at the 151st edition of the tournament. When Rory McIlroy lifted the Claret Jug in 2014, the 17th hole was a 458-yard par four. General view across the 17th tee as crowds look on during a practice round prior to The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Though an opening one-over 72 marked a disappointing start to his latest pursuit of a second major, he did birdie the 17th hole. Herbert’s strong start crumbled after his 17th tee drive skewed left to settle at the bottom of the green’s slope.

Persons: –, Lucas Herbert, ” Herbert, Martin Ebert, ‘, ’, Rory McIlroy, it’s, Stuart Franklin, …, ”, Martin Slumbers, “, Cameron Smith, Andrews, Slumbers ’, “ That’s, ” Smith, There’s, ” England's Oliver Wilson, Glyn Kirk, Billy Foster, caddie, Matt Fitzpatrick, ” Foster, ” Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick, Stuart Kerr, Pete Cowen, Brooks Koepka, They’ll, ” Cowen, Cowen, Foster, Cowen’s, Koepka, Pete, Kevin C, Cox, Herbert’s, It’s, ” Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm –, Spieth, ” England’s Jason Day, “ There’s, Matthew Jordan, ” Jordan Organizations: CNN —, Royal Liverpool, 151st, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, TPC, Royal, St, Getty, coy, May’s, CNN, Oak Hill Country, Merseyside Locations: Augusta, It’s, AFP, , New York

☆ Carlos Alcaraz: Why Spaniard’s Wimbledon victory over Novak Djokovic could finally signal tennis’ changing of the guard
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“I did it for myself, not for [the next] tennis generation, honestly,” Alcaraz told reporters after the final. Carlos Alcaraz is the first man to defeat Novak Djokovic on Centre Court since Andy Murray in 2013. Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesBut Alcaraz isn’t so sure that tennis’ changing of the guard has finally happened. In the future we can talk about it, but right now, it’s not the right moment.”A mix of Roger, Rafa and Novak? Novak Djokovic says Carlos Alcaraz is a mix of him, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Persons: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Carlos Alcaraz’s, Daniil Medvedev, Pete Sampras, Djokovic, Alcaraz, “, ” Alcaraz, Novak, isn’t, Federer, Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Clive Brunskill, ”, Rafa, it’s, Roger, ” Djokovic, he’s, “ He’s, haven’t, Carlos, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, – Wimbledon, Wimbledon, Djokovic, Wimbledon’s, Court, Spaniard Locations: Sunday’s

☆ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Review: Worlds Wide Web
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Maya Phillips | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Both “Spider-Verse” films, in what will be a trilogy, create dimension in these kinds of details, and I don’t just mean the animation. Because what else is adolescence but a confrontation with the various possibilities in life, the infinite selves you can be? The fact that Miles and Gwen also shoot webs and swing around skyscrapers is incidental to their emotional arcs in the film. “Spider-Verse” also asks intriguing questions about the limitations of the canon, and whether tragedy is a prerequisite for a Spider-Man origin story — the death of an Uncle Ben or Aunt May or Uncle Aaron. But “Across the Spider-Verse” is never dull, nor precious with its characters and comedy.

Persons: Gwen, Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K, Thompson, Miles, Uncle Ben, Uncle Aaron, —, three’s Locations: New York, Jamaican, two’s

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