Columbus, OH

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Jelani Thurman reportedly had a strong day at practice on Thursday. The young Ohio State Buckeyes tight end needs to get time on the field this season.

One Ohio State Tight End That Must Get Time In 2024

College Football HQ On SI

What to expect when the AP top 25 preseason college football rankings come out ahead of a historic 2024 kickoff.

College football rankings: Predicting the AP top 25 preseason poll

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Ohio State was back on the practice field this morning for the seventh practice of 25 scheduled during the preseason leading up to the Aug. 31 season opener against Akron. The Big Ten Network was on hand today and fans can look for OSU coverage on the network tonight and on Friday.

Sights and Sounds: BTN day at OSU practice; Day provides update

Lexington, KY

This past Friday Kentucky had media day, a time where the staff gets everyone hyped for 2024. Unfortunately for Mark Stoops and the Cats, it was overshadowed by the NCAA announcing the school was put on two years probation. If there is a silver lining there’s no bowl ban for UK. That means full steam ahead for this season. To get you ready we’re going position by position looking at the team. Our first one featured the quarterbacks and new signal-caller Brock Vandagriff. Much like the quarterbacks Kentucky’s got almost an entirely new backfield. Let’s take a look at who’s vying for playing time with our 2024 Kentucky Position Preview: Running Backs.

2024 Kentucky Position Preview: Running Backs

While college football now largely revolves around a 12-team College Football Playoff and nine conference title races, state bragging rights are still a thing. In some cases, they mean more to fans than just about anything else. For teams that have been eliminated from league title or CFP contention, state...

Picking the best college football team in each state entering the 2024 season

Kansas City, MO

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, known for his prowess on the football field, made a personal announcement during a press conference on Tuesday. The three-time Super Bowl champion revealed that he and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, are expecting their third child and that this will be their last.

Patrick Mahomes Reveals He's 'Done' Having Kids with Wife Brittany Mahomes After Baby No. 3

South Dakota State

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Former child star Bobby Buntrock's life ended in tragedy. Best known as Harold “Sport” Baxter on the popular 1960s TV sitcom Hazel, Butrock died at only 21 years old in a car accident in 1974.

The Tragic Death of Child Star Bobby Buntrock, and How TV's 'Hazel' Shirley Booth Protected him

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

He was a charismatic cross between big-screen legends Clark Gable and Gary Cooper, and small-screen music icon Ricky Nelson, but somehow Chad Everett, best known as Dr. Joe Gannon from classic TV's Medical Center (CBS, 1969-1976), never became the superstar he should have.

The Charismatic Life and Career and Tragic Death of TV's 'Medical Center' Star Chad Everett

Denver, CO

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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

Ohio State

The Lantern

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

Tampa, FL

Jacksonville, FL

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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

Florida State

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Hawaii State

Four new players from Hawaii have been the selected to the 2025 Polynesian Bowl, it was officially announced this week. Ewa Beach (Hawaii) Campbell quarterback Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele, Honolulu (Hawaii) Farrington offensive lineman Abel Hoopii and Kahuku (Hawaii) teammates Aiden Manutai and Mana Carvalho, were all selected to play in the 2025 game at Kamehameha HS in Honolulu.

Four new players from Hawaii selected to the 2025 Polynesian Bowl

Kansas State

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Missouri State

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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

Wyoming State

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With hot temperatures and most of the state under drought conditions as August gets under way, three wildfires are burning across Wyoming. The Pleasant Valley, Leeds Creek and Clearwater fires are burning more than 30,000 acres.

Three wildfires burning 30K acres in Wyoming as hot, dry conditions persist

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

San Antonio, TX

After splitting time with three teams last year, it seems that former first-round pick Malachi Flynn has a new home. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Flynn is signing with the San Antonio Spurs. Flynn began last season with the Toronto Raptors, the team that drafted him in 2020....

San Antonio Spurs to Sign Former First-Round Pick

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

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Big Ten Lands Six on Biletnikoff Award Watchlist

Preseason awards season continues with this year’s Biletnikoff Award watchlist. Last year, Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison, Jr. took home the award. This year, six Big Ten...

Big Ten Lands Six on Biletnikoff Award Watchlist

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