At half past six at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, on 29 August 1895, rugby split. Officials from leading northern rugby clubs, fed up with southern clubs’s elitism and their insistence on maintaining amateurism – a ruse to keep the northern teams down – voted to form a Northern Rugby Football Union, […]
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Riverside Transit Agency buses in Temecula will park and provide Wi-Fi hotspots for students in need of internet connection for distance learning. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo Emily Schwank Intern Internet connection will be brought to parks in Temecula and expanded through the valley in October, thanks to the city of […]
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Working behind the scenes to ensure employees get paid, projects get funded, and the mission is accomplished is the 75th Comptroller Squadron, whose mission is to deliver cutting edge financial solutions and mission-ready Airmen. Recently, the 75th CPTS successfully closed out another fiscal year, ensuring […]
Bike racks were installed at Altitude Training Center in South Lake Tahoe.Provided Bike racks were installed at the Incline Village Library.Provided Show CaptionsHide Captions The Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition has completed the third phase of its efforts to create secure bike parking within the basin. The coalition, with the help […]
As summer ended, on a home field tucked in the shadow of the Kenai Mountains where the Kachemak Bay spills into the Gulf of Alaska, the Mariners of Homer High School returned to football practice. Coach Justin Zank, eager to start his second season, rolled into workouts with a pair […]
Choir rehearsals are going swimmingly at Luther College in Decorah, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Like everything else, the college shut down in mid-March, but music instructor Mark Potvin, who conducts the Norskkor of freshman and sophomore men and the Cathedral Choir of sophomore men and women, continued some virtual rehearsals […]
In the last two decades that Chris Gethard has performed stand-up comedy, he’s never performed in as many fields and parking lots as he has in the past few weeks. “I was in Fairfield, Connecticut, last night performing in a field behind a hotel,” says Gethard over the phone. “The night before that I was in Royersford, […]
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: — Seven members of the Kansas State football team have tested positive for COVID-19 in the first outbreak since the Wildcats convened for summer workouts in June. The Wildcats will continue to practice for the season-opener […]
Who has the hardest job in the UFC? You could argue that there are just shy of 600 correct answers to that question, with the name of any fighter who steps foot in the Octagon a valid response. Jon Anik, Megan Olivi and Brendan Fitzgerald wouldn’t dare to dispute that […]
Nathan Hale and Dolores Abernathy in “Westworld.” HBO Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Westworld” season three. Insider spoke with the recently Emmy-nominated “Westworld” team — production designer Howard Cummings, art director Jon Carlos, and set decorator Julie “Jules” Ochipinti — about the complex series. They revealed the way the fans, including […]
Taking a peak into the Epi team’s online shopping carts is a bit of an adventure. You’re about as likely to learn about your new favorite hot sauce brand as stumble upon the classic combo of 250 plastic pint containers and a tiny knife. We’re weird like that, but that’s […]
Free-scoring Manchester United look to continue their fine form of late at struggling Aston Villa with the battle for a top four finish in the Premier League still finely poised. With the opportunity to close the gap on Leicester in fourth to just a point, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side will […]
Long before the Indians played in the state championship game at Broadmoor World Arena last month, vying for the program’s first title, there was always the whisper that this 4A team on the Western Slope could make some noise, at least in the mind of two-time Southwestern League Player of […]
On a warm and sunny March evening, little ones gleefully chased each other at Tarkington Park while just weeks into their 2019 spring season, the Indy Steelers youth football league ran drills. Ball security. Blocking and tackling. Stance and movement. High knees. And the dreaded field sprints. Over and over again they sprinted until about 6 […]
Share Tweet Share Share Share Email Vacation rental management platform Vacasa is partnering with buy now, pay later (BNPL) FinTech Affirm to bring flexible payments to the travel industry, the companies announced on Tuesday (Feb. 23). Mike Dodson, chief revenue officer for Vacasa, said the company is looking forward to […]
Sales team discussing strategy. getty Sales took a major hit last year in the wake of Covid-19 and all of the associated lockdowns. Millions of consumers reduced discretionary spending just to make it through the pandemic, as they were furloughed or lost jobs. Businesses had to reduce operations or shutter […]
Senators have had to play dual roles in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. They’re not only witnesses to the insurrection he incited, but also the jury that will decide whether or not his conduct warrants conviction. But for a select group of pro-Trump lawmakers, there’s apparently been a third hat […]
Photo: Olivier Douliery (Getty Images) An account in exchange for an ownership stake in the company. That’s the deal Parler reportedly offered then-President Donald Trump to make the online haven for deplatformed right-wingers and extremists his primary social network. The Trump Organization, which negotiated on behalf of the president, was […]
Men wearing masks chat outside the hotel where a team of experts from the World Health Organization are quarantined in Wuhan in centra China’s Hubei province on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. A World Health Organization team has emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan to start field work […]
Working with senior leaders navigating complex relationships & critical biz decisions driving growth & change. Aria Consulting International. getty After coaching executives for 24 years, I have watched how the ebb and flow of acknowledgment and appreciation impact the performance of a team. For the leader who is genuine and generous […]
The news that the Hudson County Democratic Black Caucus has endorsed Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop and his city council slate in the 2021 election comes as no surprise, two community activists say. After all, three members of the mayor’s ticket seeking re-election — Joyce Watterman, Denise Ridley and Jermaine […]
By Thomas Peter, John Geddie WUHAN, China/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 are to begin virtual meetings with their Chinese hosts from a hotel in China’s Wuhan, where the pandemic first emerged, on Friday. Their arrival at the city in central China on […]