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Columbus, OH

East Lansing, MI

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Michigan State is putting together the pieces as the regular season is just weeks away. Michigan State offensive line coach Jim Michalczik noted his unit's progress.

Michigan State OL Coach Jim Michalczik on His Group's Progress

Iowa State

Iowa City, IA

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Tim Lester speaks on Iowa's offensive philosophy, the quarterback situation, and more. Last week was media day for the Iowa football program, and new Iowa offensive coordinator Tim Lester was one of the coaches who was surrounded the most during the availability. Lester is entering his first season as Iowa's...

Coach Conversation: Iowa OC Tim Lester on what he has seen from Cade McNamara, Brendan Sullivan in fall camp

News: Edwardsville (Ill.) 2025 five-star defensive lineman Iose Epenesa has committed to Iowa. Epenesa announced his commitment to the Hawkeyes over Miami, Missouri, Utah, and Penn State, among others. Epenesa is the younger brother of former Iowa defensive lineman AJ Epenesa and also current Iowa linebacker Eric Epenesa. Their father,...

Iowa lands Iose Epenesa's commitment as five-star DL, legacy recruit joins Hawkeyes' 2025 class

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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

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all quotes and commentary from Donna Douglas are from an interview with her conducted by the author.]. Donna Douglas, who died of pancreative cancer at 82 in 2015, was an honest-to-goodness Southern Belle who displayed a natural beauty and talent in her portrayal of the hollering, rope-wearing, whistle-happy, and critter-cuddling Elly May Clampett on the 1960s classic TV hit, The Beverly Hillbillies.

TV's Beloved 'Beverly Hillbillies' Actress Donna Douglas: Nine Years After Her Death

Virginia State

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

Ohio State

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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

North Carolina State

Lexington, KY

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats are the first blue blood to strike in the 2025 recruiting class. On Friday morning, Malachi Moreno, the No. 25 overall recruit in the country, announced live on 247Sports that he will be staying home and playing for the Kentucky. He is the first commitment for Coach Pope and UK in the 2025 class.

No. 25-ranked Malachi Moreno stays home, commits to Kentucky

Denver, CO

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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

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

Alabama State

Tuscaloosa, AL

A few months after accepting the job as Alabama's head coach in January, Kalen DeBoer revealed the head coach's office in the Mal Moore practice facility -- previously occupied by Nick Saban -- was undergoing a summer renovation to showcase a more modern style. That renovation was completed in July,...

Before, after photos of Nick Saban's office at Alabama renovated for Kalen DeBoer

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

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Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

Georgia State

Charlotte, NC

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Here we (could) go again.. After making a second landfall in South Carolina, Debby weakened to a tropical storm and now located close to Charlotte, North Carolina. Despite the downgrade, the storm remains a threat, bringing heavy rainfall and tornado watches across North Carolina. Tragically, Debby has claimed six lives, including two in Georgia. Although Debby will soon lose its tropical characteristics, the risk of flooding and tornadoes persists as it moves into other states.

NHC Monitors Potential New Storm That Could Threaten Georgia

Ann Arbor, MI

We go through Michigan's season using FPI's forecast, and offer our thoughts on the chances the metric gives the Wolverines in each game, as well as the season outlook overall. The Michigan football team kicks off its 2024 season in just 16 days. After a long offseason full of departures,...

ESPN FPI projections for every game on Michigan's 2024 schedule

As Deion Sanders walks into season No. 2 of his Colorado rebuild, the noise is at a fever pitch. Why is he challenging the media? What about all the transfers, those coming in and going out? The staff changes? Why doesn't he do home visits? Visit high schools? And why won't he just cut the check for Shilo to pay off the lawsuit? These are the questions people ask me every day. Very rarely do people really want to talk about just football.

Commentary: In the court of public opinion, Deion Sanders and his family keep their eyes on the prize

AJ Dybantsa, the No. 1 overall in recruit in high school basketball, has scheduled fall official visits to six programs, his father confirmed to 247Sports. A 6-foot-9 scoring wing out of Brockton (Mass.), Dybantsa cut his list down to a top seven that includes Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Brigham Young, Kansas, Kansas State, and North Carolina.

No. 1-ranked AJ Dybantsa locks in six fall official visits

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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Jaylen Lloyd is the young guy no more, with a new look to carry into Husker season

Size? Up. Way up. Speed? Same as it ever was. Jaylen Lloyd, who keeps making cameos in Husker practice highlights and coaches' mentions wherever your Nebraska...

Jaylen Lloyd is the young guy no more, with a new look to carry into Husker season

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