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On Tuesday morning, The New York Times sent out a facial recognition quiz to its readers, showing pictures of 52 different faces for them to correctly identify. These faces included major political figures, artists, actors and athletes that made headlines during 2024. American swimmer Katie Ledecky was one of the 52 faces, and 50% of quiz-takers were able to identify her as of Tuesday afternoon. She was the 36th-most recognized individual, as well as the fifth-most recognized athlete out of the nine in the quiz. To take the quiz, click here. At the 2024 Olympic Games, Ledecky took home two…
The CCB p/b Levine Law Group elite women’s cycling team confirmed a 10-rider roster for 2025, the under-23 development programme focused on preparing riders for qualification at the inaugural U23 women’s category events at the UCI Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda next September 21-28.Three new additions to the roster include a trio of US riders led by Makayla MacPherson, Katherine ‘Kat’ Sarkisov and rising junior Jorja Bond. Returning riders include Cécile Lejeune of France and a full cast of US riders Elizabeth Grier, Sabrina Hayes, Katherine Rusch, Cassidy Hickey, Lizzy Gunsalus and Ella Brenneman.Sarkisov, who competed on the road…
Fall Report Burke Granger – December 23, 2024 The Michigan State Spartans finished 24-27 overall and 11-13 in the conference in 2024, finding themselves on the outside looking in of the Big Ten tournament. After duking it out with the other bubble teams over the last six weeks of the regular season, they dropped the final two league series against Minnesota and Nebraska, respectively, for an unceremonious finish. “We’re disappointed with how last year ended,” said head coach Jake Boss Jr. “I think you look back and some of the little details that we weren’t very good at a year ago…
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso suffered the injury against Sale on Saturday Exeter are awaiting a medical prognosis but the signs are not promisingHe is is in danger of missing England’s daunting first game of the Six NationsBy CHRIS FOY Published: 17:34 EST, 23 December 2024 | Updated: 20:17 EST, 23 December 2024 Exeter fear that rookie wing sensation Immanuel Feyi-Waboso faces a long spell out of action — which will have implications for their faltering season and England’s Six Nations challenge.The 22-year-old flyer dislocated a shoulder during his club’s latest Premiership defeat, at Sale on Saturday.While the Chiefs are awaiting a medical prognosis,…
Dec 23, 2024, 01:08 PM ETStewart Cink has committed to play full-time on the PGA Tour Champions circuit in 2025.Cink, 51, who joined the PGA Tour in 1997, has eight career wins in 689 events. He’s earned almost $44 million.Winner of The Open Championship in 2009, Cink’s last PGA Tour victory came in 2021 at the RBC Heritage.”I love playing the PGA Tour, but I’ve been doing it a long time, and I’m such an outlier out there age-wise,” Cink told Golfweek. “It’s just not as much fun. If every day was Thursday through Sunday, if it was just the…
Mike Budenholzer said that he was unsure whether Devin Booker would return from a groin injury for Wednesday’s game against the Denver Nuggets. Booker, who missed Monday night’s matchup, suffered the injury last Thursday. Grayson Allen may also miss Wednesday’s game after being in concussion protocol.
We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re switching to a system of a new article each day for the game. We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience in the comments. So, we’ll have the current day’s game plus the previous three days in each new article. That way, you can catch up if you miss a day. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! What we need…
POLL: What Would You Rather Have: An Olympic Medal or World Record? (VOTE HERE) For athletes who reach the pinnacle of the sport, pursuing an Olympic podium and world records are targets of their training. For years, they have worked tirelessly to place themselves in esteemed company, their talent enabling them to represent their country on the international stage. Some see their efforts rewarded with both Olympic medals and world-record status. But what if you were given the choice and could only select one. Would you prefer to set a world record, or would you lean toward choosing a piece…
Wout van Aert’s management are still not ruling out that the Belgian’s much-anticipated next cyclocross duel against Mathieu van der Poel on Friday at Loenhout will go ahead despite Van Aert cancelling his first race of the 2024-25 season on Monday because of illness.Van Aert had been expected to make his 2024 cyclocross debut at Mol on Monday where Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) stormed to a second victory in as many days, but the Belgian was a DNS because of stomach ‘flu. However, the next clash between the two top names in the speciality, at the Exact Cross at Loenhout, does…
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