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☆ An American mom who moved to the French Alps experienced the impacts of over-tourism firsthand. She says there's a better way to do it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

BI: Why do you think your book — and conversations about how to be a better traveler — are important right now? And actually surveys are showing that people are more concerned about sustainability, they're more concerned about their impacts on communities. Related storiesIn 2018, I moved with my family to a little village in the French Alps. I had a chance to see firsthand how tourism really brought life into this village that would otherwise have become a ghost town, probably 50 years ago. It was really so moving to this village that that inspired me to start looking at travel and tourism in my journalism.

Persons: that's, it's, Paige McClanahan's, Paige McClanahan, we're, I'm, Agnes Kard, they're, who's, nothing's Organizations: Service, Tourism, New Yorker Locations: Rome, American, France, French, Tourism, Europe, Paris

☆ Cleveland Guardians: Travis Bazzana becomes first Australian ever taken with top pick in Major League Baseball draft
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Brad Lendon | Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Cleveland Guardians selected Australian second baseman Travis Bazzana with the top pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft on Sunday, the first time an Aussie has been taken in the first round - let alone with the first overall pick - for the world’s premier baseball league. With his selection by Cleveland, Bazzana will join a franchise with the best record in the American League and the second-best record in MLB as well as baseball’s No. Now he hopes his pick at the top of the MLB Draft will translate into more Australians dreaming of the baseball diamond. Travis Bazzana was selected first overall by the Cleveland Guardians during the 2024 MLB Draft at Cowtown Coliseum on July 14, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. The MLB Draft continues through July 16 ahead of the MLB All-Star game at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas.

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☆ 2028 L.A. Olympics unveil venue plan: Swimming in SoFi, softball in Oklahoma City
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Lauren Merola | Mark Cooper | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Organizers for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics plan to hold swimming in the home of the NFL’s Rams and Chargers — and softball and canoe slalom in Oklahoma. That’s according to an amended venue plan unveiled Friday by LA28, the 2028 Games’ organizing committee. It will be the largest swimming venue in Games history, per LA28, with 38,000 seats. LA28 organizers faced one complication with the SoFi swimming plan, however: The stadium is also set to be part of the Games’ opening ceremonies. The venue plan adjustments are in part due to new arenas that have become available for use and a previously assigned venue that became unavailable, LA28 said.

Persons: LA28, Katie Ledecky, “, ” Ledecky, Sarah Stier, Casey Wasserman, Brian Bahr, David Holt, ” Holt, ” Wasserman, Qian Weizhong Organizations: Olympics, NFL’s Rams, Chargers, Olympic Committee, SoFi, Lucas Oil, NFL, Olympic, New York Times, Athletics, Oklahoma City, USA Softball, International, Devon Park, Women’s, OGE Energy, Getty, IOC, Hollywood, Crypto.com Arena, Lakers, Kings, Sparks, Intuit, LA Clippers, USC’s Locations: Oklahoma, Inglewood , Calif, U.S, Indianapolis, Indianapolis , Indiana, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles, Devon, Okla, Paris, Lille, Tahiti, Long Beach, Calif, Exposition, Temecula , Calif, Sepulveda, L.A, Fernando Valley, Tokyo

☆ Trump and Biden campaigns go head-to-head with rival fundraisers in London
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump pictured with right-wing British politician Nigel Farage during a campaign rally at the Mississippi Coliseum on Aug. 24, 2016. LONDON — Supporters of U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden will put their money where their mouths are at two rival fundraising events in London on Wednesday. "It seems to be the worst kept secret in London," Greg Swenson, spokesperson for Republicans Overseas UK, a campaign group for Trump's party, told CNBC over the phone. In the days after a Manhattan jury convicted the former president of 34 felony counts last month, the Trump campaign said it raised $141 million in donations. The pair have been visibly associated with Trump and Farage since at least April 2022, when Farage tweeted a picture of the group after a meal at Mar-a-Lago.

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☆ WNBA officially expanding to Toronto, first franchise to exist outside U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Lukas Weese | Eric Koreen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Toronto, the most populous city in Canada, will be home to the league’s 14th franchise, the WNBA announced Thursday at a news conference. AdvertisementLed by Toronto billionaire Larry Tanenbaum’s Kilmer Sports Venture, the unnamed franchise will use the 8,000-seat Coca-Cola Coliseum as its home arena. Tips off in 2026. pic.twitter.com/NjwjmetAiY — WNBA (@WNBA) May 23, 2024Teresa Resch, a former Raptors executive and the executive vice president for Kilmer Sports Venture, will serve as team president. Engelbert called it a “seminal moment” for Toronto in its feasibility to receive a WNBA expansion team. The WNBA team will add to the list of Toronto’s professional women’s sports franchises.

Persons: Larry Tanenbaum’s, Tanenbaum, ” Tanenbaum, “, Justin Trudeau, Doug Ford, Olivia Chow, Masai Ujiri, Scottie Barnes, Kyle Lowry —, ” Trudeau Organizations: WNBA, Area, Toronto, Larry Tanenbaum’s Kilmer Sports Venture, Cola, Associated Press, University of Toronto’s, ”, Toronto Raptors, Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers Locations: United States, Toronto, Canada, Vancouver, Montreal, Ontario

Two of three speakers at the engineering school’s ceremony disappeared abruptly from the school’s graduation website. A self-described “fourth-generation Trojan” from Pasadena, Ms. Blain, who has spent much of her life imagining her own U.S.C. Pro-Palestinian students tried to set up an encampment on campus days later, and university officials summoned the Los Angeles police. At the engineering school, where Ms. Tabassum, the valedictorian, will be graduating, professors were trying to resurrect her chance to speak. A university committee had picked Ms. Tabassum, who is Muslim and of South Asian ancestry, from about 100 undergraduates with near 4.0 grade point averages.

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After weeks of tumult at the University of Southern California, administrators have announced updated commencement plans, with increased security and modified festivities. The plans are in lieu of the university’s main graduation ceremony, which the school had canceled, citing security concerns. The university said it would host a “Trojan Family Graduate Celebration” on Thursday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the famed venue where its football team plays home games. More than 100 school-specific graduations and smaller receptions are set to take place on campus as planned, but with tighter access. For scheduling reasons, the university will be able to use only a portion of the stadium, so each graduate will receive up to six tickets.

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☆ Reggie Bush getting 2005 Heisman Trophy back, Heisman Trust cites ‘enormous changes in college athletics’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Reggie Bush is getting his 2005 Heisman Memorial Trophy back after having had to relinquish the award in 2010. “We are thrilled to welcome Reggie Bush back to the Heisman family in recognition of his collegiate accomplishments,” Michael Comerford, president of The Heisman Trophy Trust, said in a statement. We are so happy to welcome him back.” Michael Comerford, president of The Heisman Trophy Trust, in a statement on Wednesday. In a post on Instagram, Bush wrote, “No one can take from you what God has for you,” along with a picture of his Heisman Trophy. Bush will also be invited to future Heisman Trophy ceremonies and USC will receive a replica trophy.

Persons: Reggie Bush, Bush, ” Michael Comerford, “, Reggie, Marcus Cassel, Chris Carlson, ” Bush, Johnny Manziel, ”, Vince Lombardi Organizations: CNN, Heisman Trust, Heisman, Trust, University of Southern, UCLA, USC, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, College, NCAA, Athletic, NFL, Twitter, New, New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Buffalo Bills, Saints Locations: Heisman.com, Instagram, University of Southern California, New Orleans

☆ Opinion: What we may never understand about O.J. Simpson
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Gene | Opinion Gene Seymour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated via Getty Images Simpson competes during a track event at the University of Southern California in 1967. Focus On Sport via Getty Images Simpson gets ice applied to his bandaged right foot from his wife Marguerite in 1967. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Simpson poses with the Heisman Memorial Trophy after receiving the award in 1968. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Simpson is brought down by another football player during the Hula Bowl in 1969. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Simpson acts in a scene from the 1978 film "Capricorn One."

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☆ The genius Roman creations that still amaze us today
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Guy Kesteven | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

That’s because Roman passions for outrageous, oversized architecture went hand in hand with detailed record-keeping and relentless imperial PR. We should warn you that the lines to get in now are likely even longer than the Roman ones though. While it was forgotten for over 1,000 years, this UNESCO World Heritage site now gets over 2,500,000 visitors a year. Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty ImagesWhat: Spectacularly preserved Roman portWhere: Libyan coastWhoa: Seeing is still not believingThe undoubted winner of the “most incredible Roman site you’ve never heard of” award is Lepcis Magna. That’s made this dramatic structure a designated UNESCO World Heritage site and well worth a visit on any Roman road trip across Europe.

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A New York judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Donald Trump to delay a $83.3 million civil defamation judgment in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump had asked Manhattan federal court Judge Lewis Kaplan to pause the latest Carroll case judgment until after he rules on post-trial motions. He later posted $5.6 million in cash as collateral while he appealed the jury verdict ordering him to pay her $5 million in that case. Trump last month was ordered by a state court judge to pay a $454 million judgment in a civil business fraud lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James. But that soon could change if an appeals court declines to stay the judgment.

Persons: Donald Trump, E, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Trump, Lewis Kaplan, Alina Habba, Kaplan, Steven Cheung, Cheung, Zak Sawyer, Goodman, Letitia James Organizations: Greensboro Coliseum, Trump, Republican, Circuit, White, New York Locations: Greensboro , North Carolina, A, York, New York, Manhattan

☆ Trump-allied election groups burned through millions with no evidence of widespread fraud
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe mission of the Election Integrity Alliance, likewise, was ending election fraud. "The Election Integrity Alliance will unite groups and efforts across the nation focused on combating election fraud," the group's now-defunct website trumpeted in 2021. But Trump never publicly designated the Election Integrity Alliance as the standard bearer for the MAGA universe's election integrity efforts. AFPI also launched an election integrity effort, the Center for Election Integrity, and staffed it with former Trump White House press aide Hogan Gidley and conservative author Ken Blackwell. It even launched its own color-coded election integrity scorecard map, which looks strikingly similar to the one that the Election Integrity Alliance had created for its now-deleted website.

Persons: Donald Trump, Shannon Stapleton, Joe Biden, Trump's, Brad Parscale, Parscale, Trump, Jonathan Ernst, Katrina Pierson, Pierson, Drew Angerer, Tim Dunn, Dunn, Jim Renacci, PCG, Jenna Ellis, Ken Paxton, Bernard Kerik, MAGA, Linda McMahon, Larry Kudlow, Brooke Rollins, AFPI, Hogan Gidley, Ken Blackwell, Cleta Mitchell Organizations: Winthrop Coliseum, South Carolina Republican, Reuters, Trump, Republican Party, CNBC, PAC, U.S, Alliance, Jefferson Rising Fund, Republican, Tower, Getty, hasn't, Partners, American, New York Police, Mar, Policy, Small Business, White, West Wing, Center, Trump White House, Heritage Foundation Locations: Rock Hill , South Carolina, U.S, United States, Manchester , New Hampshire, Texas, New York City, American, Ohio, Israel, New York, Trump, Florida, America, Palm Beach

☆ Trump is disqualified from Illinois ballot, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Winthrop Coliseum ahead of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary in Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S., February 23, 2024. An Illinois state judge on Wednesday barred Donald Trump from appearing on the Illinois' Republican presidential primary ballot because of his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but she delayed her ruling from taking effect in light of an expected appeal by the former U.S. president. Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter sided with Illinois voters who argued that the former president should be disqualified from the state's March 19 primary ballot and its Nov. 5 general election ballot for violating the anti-insurrection clause of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. Colorado and Maine earlier removed Trump from their state ballots after determining he is disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Trump gave an incendiary speech to supporters beforehand, telling them to go to the Capitol and "fight like hell."

Persons: Donald Trump, Tracie Porter, Porter, Trump, Joe Biden's Organizations: Winthrop Coliseum, South Carolina Republican, Illinois, Republican, U.S, Capitol, Cook, Supreme, Trump, Constitution Locations: Rock Hill , South Carolina, U.S, An Illinois, Constitution's, Illinois, Colorado, Maine, Washington

☆ An RNC member is trying to stop the party from paying Donald Trump's legal bills
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Winthrop Coliseum ahead of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S., February 23, 2024. Barbour said support for the resolutions among RNC members is growing but he does not yet have the needed cosponsors, and any resolutions would ultimately be nonbinding. Lara Trump suggested earlier in the week that GOP voters would support the committee paying her father-in-law's legal bills as he faces a raft of criminal and civil indictments. Trump senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita, whom the former president wants to install as the party's chief operating officer, told reporters Friday night that the RNC would not pay Trump's legal bills. "I believe RNC funds should be spent solely on winning elections, on political expenses, not legal bills."

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Henry Barbour, Barbour, Lara Trump, Chris LaCivita, LaCavita, Joe Biden, Barbour's, That's, Ronna McDaniel, Trump, Nikki Haley, Haley Organizations: Winthrop Coliseum, South Carolina Republican, Republican National, Trump, RNC, Washington Post, U.N, GOP, Republican Party, The Dispatch Locations: Rock Hill , South Carolina, U.S, Mississippi, Houston, New York

☆ Daytona 500: how to watch and what to know about Monday’s race as storms loom
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Travis Caldwell | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The Daytona 500 has been postponed until Monday for just the third time in its history due to “inclement weather,” organizers announced Sunday. Consistent rainfall washed out Saturday’s lower-division Xfinity Series race and Sunday’s forecast is far from sunny. 6) exits the garage area during Daytona 500 practice on Friday. A two-time series champion and 2015 Daytona 500 winner, Joey Logano took the pole position with an average qualifying lap speed of 181.947 mph and will be a favorite to run up front throughout the day. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the defending race champion and often competitive at superspeedways, will start 35th in the No.

Persons: Dwayne “, ” Johnson, –, Brad Keselowski, Mike Ehrmann, Joey Logano, Michael McDowell, McDowell, Toyotas, Sean Gardner, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace, Michael Jordan, William Byron, Kyle Larson –, Kyle Busch, gunning, Jimmie Johnson, Richard Petty, Ross Chastain, Pitbull, Ricky Stenhouse, Ryan Blaney's, Jared C, Tilton Organizations: CNN, NASCAR, Netflix, Daytona, FOX, Ford, Fords, Getty, Los Angeles Coliseum, Toyota, Hamlin, Chevrolet, of Famer Locations: Florida, Martinsville, pileups

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is confident the Oakland Athletics will be playing in Las Vegas starting in 2028. “There’s going to be bumps along the road.”The Nevada Legislature approved $380 million in public financing last June for a $1.5 billion stadium on the Las Vegas Strip that is expected to be completed for the 2028 season. “I am confident that the deal in Las Vegas is solid and that the A's will build a stadium in Las Vegas and play there in 2028,” Manfred said. It’s unclear whether the A’s will play 2025 home games in Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco or a minor league stadium in Las Vegas. We need to know before that exactly where they’re going to be, because it will impact travel issues, whatever, if they’re not in Oakland.”___

Persons: Rob Manfred, you’re, you’ve, it’s, Manfred, “ There’s, “, ” Manfred, it'll, they’re, ” Organizations: — Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Las Vegas, ” The, ” The Nevada Legislature, MLB, Oakland Locations: TAMPA, Fla, that’s, ”, ” The Nevada, Las Vegas, Bally’s, Oakland , Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland

☆ Oakland A’s: Las Vegas mayor rebuffs MLB team’s move to town – but then backtracks
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Major League Baseball owners unanimously voted in November to approve the relocation of the A’s out of the Bay Area, where they have played since 1968, to Las Vegas. The team’s lease at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum ends following the 2024 season, and the franchise is set to start playing baseball in Nevada in 2028 in a new stadium on the Las Vegas Strip at Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue, on the site of the Tropicana hotel. Fans sit behind signs referencing plans for the Oakland Athletics to move to Las Vegas during a game against the Atlanta Braves at RingCentral Coliseum on May 29, 2023. Loren Elliott/Getty ImagesBut when the owners chose the nine-acre Tropicana site, Goodman said: “I thought, ‘This doesn’t make sense. She added: “And then I thought because they really want to stay in Oakland.

Persons: Carolyn Goodman isn’t, “, they’ve, ” Goodman, Goodman, FOS, Loren Elliott, ”, Rob Manfred, John Fisher, 3dOXfFuq3d, Carolyn G Organizations: CNN, Las Vegas, Oakland Athletics, Front Office, Tropicana, Major League Baseball, Oakland, Alameda County, Las, Atlanta Braves, RingCentral Coliseum, MLB, Raiders, Golden Knights, Aces, NFL’s Raiders, Athletics Locations: Sin City, Oakland, Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada, Las, …, “, Vegas

Larson nearly lost control of his Arrow McLaren Chevrolet during a four-plus-hour test at Phoenix Raceway on Monday, but the NASCAR star and 2021 Cup Series champion managed to save his Indianapolis 500 ride from hitting the wall at 180 mph. “I went into Indy car turmoil, got a little bit loose into the corner, got to the apex. He also is scheduled to drive the NASCAR race, the Coca-Cola 600, in Charlotte, North Carolina, later that day. He will be back in a Cup car next week at Daytona International Speedway to prepare for the season-opening Daytona 500. “I don’t think they’re as far apart from each other as what the previous model NASCAR Cup Series car was like or what an Xfinity car might be like,” he said.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another potentially dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm was expected to hit California late Saturday, bringing the threat of flooding and mudslides over the next couple of days. WHAT IS EXPECTED FROM THIS LATEST ‘PINEAPPLE EXPRESS'? The storm is forecast to move south down the Central Coast and hit the Los Angeles area with downpours, flash floods and high-elevation mountain snow beginning Sunday morning. Parts of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties will likely get hammered hardest by this storm, according to the National Weather Service. The Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, northeast of downtown Los Angeles, canceled its eight-race program that was scheduled for Sunday.

Persons: Ventura Organizations: ANGELES, Pacific, San Francisco Bay Area, WHAT, National Weather Service, Coast, NASCAR, Coliseum, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, III, El Nino Locations: California, Santa Barbara, San Francisco Bay, Los Angeles, San Diego, Hawaii, Northern California, Orange County, Southern California, Southern, Ventura, Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, Santa, Arcadia, San Marcos

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASCAR moved The Clash at the Coliseum to Saturday night out of concerns for inclement weather headed toward California. Only heat races were scheduled to be run Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, but with a forecast calling for heavy rains and flooding to begin Sunday, NASCAR abruptly changed the schedule. The NASCAR Mexico Series race will follow for a doubleheader. “Due to the threat of unprecedented severe weather on Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Mexico Series race events for the Clash have been moved to Saturday night," NASCAR sad in a statement. "Thanks to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Los Angeles Public Safety for their partnership and support to make the schedule adjustment for tonight’s event to ensure a safe experience for fans, competitors, and staff.

Persons: “, we've, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin Organizations: ANGELES, NASCAR, Coliseum, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, NASCAR Mexico, Los Angeles Public Safety Locations: California

☆ Allegiant Stadium: Everything to know about Las Vegas’ state-of-the-art ‘Death Star’ hosting Super Bowl LVIII
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The game will be played in Las Vegas at the Raiders’ state-of-the-art Allegiant Stadium, aka the “Death Star,” the first time the venue – and Nevada – has hosted the NFL’s championship game. A new homeOpened in 2020, Allegiant Stadium was part of a monumental project spearheaded by Raiders owner Mark Davis. A general view of the playing field at Allegiant Stadium. Despite not really looking anything like the doomed Death Star – a giant planet-destroying space station that is twice blown up in the original Star Wars trilogy – the name has stuck. However, back in 2020, Davis was confident his Death Star would be more successful than its ill-fated namesake.

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☆ Drew Barrymore says she got catfished on a dating app by someone pretending to be an NFL player
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewDrew Barrymore says she was once catfished on a dating app by someone pretending to be an NFL player. The actor recounted her bad experience with online dating during Friday's episode of "The Drew Barrymore Show." "This guy on my app said he was the quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams," Barrymore told co-host Ross Mathews, per a clip uploaded onto her TikTok channel. Barrymore said she wanted to share that she had watched the team's first practice game, so she messaged the person. This is not the first time the actor has spoken about her dating app experiences.

Persons: —, Drew Barrymore, Barrymore, Ross Mathews, Drew, You've, Andy Cohen, Will Kopelman, Kopelman, Olive, Frankie Organizations: Service, NFL, Business, Los Angeles Rams, LA Rams Locations: Los Angeles, New York

☆ Activist investors in Gildan Activewear will have chance to bring back fired CEO at special meeting
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Browning West's move is unusual in the activist world, where investors are more often focused on replacing CEOs than backing them. Browning West, a long-time shareholder, points to Chamandy's success in an increasingly competitive industry as one reason why he should be CEO. Berg has served on Gildan's board since 2015 and has been chair since 2019. Browning West seeks to replace Berg and seven other directors with their own nominees, including Chamandy and Browning West's Lee. Last week, Gildan applied to a Quebec court to nullify Browning West's request and to cancel the meeting.

Persons: Gildan, Glenn Chamandy, Gildan's, Vince Tyra, Chamandy, Browning, It's, Browning West's, Peter Lee, Usman Nabi, Anson, Janus Henderson, Broder Brothers, Donald Berg, Forman, Berg, Browning West, Browning West's Lee, Bill Ackman Organizations: Asset Management, Brown, Coliseum Capital, CNBC Locations: Barbados, Montreal, Los Angeles, Connecticut, Quebec

Bilas said during the “College Gameday” show that fans should never be allowed on the court, and his comments went viral. “But it seems inevitable that something negative will happen, and we’ll act surprised when it was foreseeable.”A Tulane fan was seen on video making contact with a Memphis player during a court storming in New Orleans hours after the Clark incident on Jan. 21. Fans also stormed the court at Oregon State on Thursday and at Iowa State and Wyoming on Saturday. The court storming at Iowa State's Hilton Coliseum following Saturday's 79-75 win over No. SEC fines are paid to the visiting school if the storming occurred in a conference game.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, Jay Bilas, Bilas, ” Bilas, ”, Gil Fried, Fried, Micah Willbrand, Ben Johnson, ” Johnson, “, it’s, Herb Vincent, Emeritus Harris Pastides, It's, they'd Organizations: Ohio State, Buckeyes, Hawkeyes, ESPN, Gameday, Associated Press, Tulane, Southeastern Conference, South, Kentucky, Oregon State, Iowa State, University of West, NEC, Iowa State's Hilton, Security, Jayhawks, ISU, SEC, Carolina, Gamecocks, NFL, NBA Locations: Iowa, Columbus, Memphis, New Orleans, South Carolina, Wyoming, University of West Florida, Europe, Latin America, United States, Kansas, Minnesota

(AP) — A truck hauling zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early Saturday on a northeastern Indiana highway, prompting a police rescue of the animals, which roamed along the freeway, some munching on grass. The tractor-trailer caught fire about 2 a.m. along Interstate 69 in Grant County and a state trooper, a Grant County Sheriff's deputy and a third person rescued the five zebras, four camels and a miniature horse by leading them off the smoked-filled trailer, said Sgt. The Grant County Sheriff's Office posted photos and videos on Facebook of camels walking on the highway and later standing along its shoulder and its median with zebras and law enforcement officers. Political Cartoons View All 253 Images“It’s not something we see every day,” said Deputy Brent Ressett with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. The truck was bringing the animals from Florida to Fort Wayne for four weekend circus performances in the northeastern Indiana city benefitting the Mizpah Shrine Circus, said Steve Trump, its circus director.

Persons: Steven Glass, ”, Brent Ressett, Grant, Steve Trump, ” Trump, “ Organizations: Indiana State Police, Sheriff's, Sheriff’s Office, Shrine, Fort Wayne's Locations: MARION, Ind, Indiana, Grant County, Grant, Sarasota , Florida, Marion, Indianapolis, Florida, Fort Wayne

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