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Head coach Brian Daboll offered an encouraging update on the Giants' injured players before their Thursday cards practice.

Giants Injury Update: Encouraging News for Malik Nabers, Tyrone Tracy, Jr.

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Actor Bob Denver, who passed away in 2005, will forever be remembered for his leading role on the classic 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island. Denver also played another famous TV character: the beatnik-type Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

TV's 'Gilligan Island' Stars Dawn Wells and Bob Denver and Their Controversy Behind the Scenes

In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

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Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Yet another mock draft has the New York Giants drafting in the top 10 and selecting a quarterback with their pick.

Way Too Early Mock Draft Projects This Quarterback to New York Giants

The New York Giants organization sent a special package to the family of a young boy whose life was tragically cut short in a bicycle accident.

Giants Pay Touching Tribute to Young Fan

Mills never got on the field for the Giants this summer.

Giants Release DB Jalen Mills from NFI List

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

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Vikings Rookie QB J.J. McCarthy OUT For Season: Browns Tracker

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Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, will undergo surgery on his right knee and is out indefinitely, coach Kevin O'Connell said Tuesday.

Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy to undergo knee surgery

The Minnesota Vikings hoped to turn the page at QB from an injured Kirk Cousins last season to a healthy J.J. McCarthy at some point in 2024, but that is not to be. Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported on Wednesday, August 14, that the No. 10 overall pick will miss the entirety of the regular season after suffering a knee in jury in the preseason opener against the Las Vegas Raiders just four days prior.

Vikings Get Heartbreaking Injury News on Rookie QB J.J. McCarthy

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In light of J.J. McCarthy's season-ending injury, here's eight hurt players who could deeply diminish expectations of their teams come Week 1.

J.J. McCarthy and other NFL injuries that could impact 2024 season

Denver, CO

David Heitz

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

The NFC North was setting up to be a division filled with young quarterbacks in 2024, including a pair of rookie starters. After Jordan Love’s 2023 breakout, the Chicago Bears drafted Caleb Williams with the first pick of the 2024 NFL Draft and the Minnesota Vikings picked Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy at pick number 10.

Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy expected to miss entire 2024 season after knee surgery

A man peacefully sitting with his son in his car in their church parking lot was assaulted by a Denver police officer in June 2019 and will receive a $75,000 settlement. The payoff appears on the Denver City Council agenda for Monday. The item is on the consent calendar. Items on the consent calendar are considered routine and generally pass in a block vote without discussion.

Man hit in face by Denver police officer to receive $75,000 settlement

Los Angeles County, CA

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all commentary and quotes in this article are from an interview conducted by the author with those mentioned.]. Diff'rent Strokes actor Conrad Bain got his start on the New York stage and in small TV roles on daytime soaps like Dark Shadows. Bain's big break arrived when he starred as Dr. Arthur Harmon, TV husband to Rue McClanahan's Vivian Harmon, on the CBS 1970s sitcom, Maude, starring Bea Arthur.

'Diff'rent Strokes' Actor Conrad Bain Objected to Fellow 'Maude' Star Bea Arthur's Plastic Surgery

Green Bay, WI

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid off in July 2013. He still draws several cartoons a week and distributes them through his own syndicate. Through Heller Syndication, his cartoons regularly appear in more than 400 newspapers, making him the most successful self-syndicated editorial cartoonist in the nation. His cartoons are reprinted many times in USA Today, Denver Post, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Japan, The Week and The Washington Post. Joe’s cartoons have won numerous distinctions, including 10 Best of Gannett awards, eight Milwaukee Press Club awards and two Honorable mentions for the John Fischetti Award. He lives in Green Bay with his wife, Pamela. He is a regular featured cartoonist for the NKyTribune .

Joe Heller: Cartoonist views Olympics, court limits, last supper, eye-for-eye, orange/black

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Vikings Rookie QB J.J. McCarthy to Undergo Knee Surgery; Likely to Miss Game vs. Giants

J.J. McCarthy will have his knee repaired ahead of the start of the 2024...

Vikings Rookie QB J.J. McCarthy to Undergo Knee Surgery; Likely to Miss Game vs. Giants

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