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Basketball tournament to air 27 games on TV this summer FOX Sports Family of Networks The $1 million winner-take-all championship game will air on FOX on August 4th. boston – April 18, 2024 – The Tournament of Basketball (TBT), a $1 million winner-take-all summer event, today announced a multi-year media rights agreement with FOX Sports to broadcast games on FOX, FS1 and FS2. As part of the deal, the network will broadcast 27 TBT games live on linear television, including three on FOX. “I'm excited to make FOX Sports the new home of TBT,” said TBT co-owner and Golden State…
In response to the growing demand for professionals in this field and the significant interest of students in pursuing careers that impact economic, environmental, and social sustainability, the Business School's Marketing Department has established Social Responsibility and Impact in Business. Established a 30-credit Master of Science degree program. The new degree program was approved by the university's Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 17, and will begin this fall. This degree prepares graduates to drive innovative and impactful business decisions towards positive change in society. “It is no longer enough for a few well-intentioned companies and individuals to focus on…
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — Rosana Monge clutched her husband’s death certificate and an envelope of his medical records as she approached the microphone and faced members of the water utility board on a recent Monday in this city in southeast New Mexico.“I have proof here of arsenic tests — positive on him, that were done by the Veterans Administration,” she testified about her husband, whose 2023 records show he had been diagnosed with “exposure to arsenic” before his death in February at age 79. “What I’m asking is for a health assessment of the community.”State and federal records show that…
What do you think the honest job ad for high school coaching jobs in 2024 will say?“You work long hours to earn a dollar, you get criticized by your parents for personal agendas and random revenge, you feel bad for a school board that doesn’t know your worth and doesn’t hesitate to fire you without explaining why.” and be prepared to be slandered on social media and possibly in the local press.”Oh, I'd better win.Two North Jersey softball coaches resigned this season, one just before the start of regular season play, and Notre Dame's head softball coach also resigned last…
Whether it's a carrier bag being blown across the street by a gust of wind or a single-use bottle washing up on a shore 10,000 kilometers from where its contents were drunk, plastic pollution occurs everywhere. It is a huge problem that extends to all parts of the world. 40% of the plastic produced worldwide is packaging, and a significant portion of it is used only once and then discarded, contributing to the growing plastic pollution crisis. As clear and evident as this problem is in our daily lives, it is not too late to turn the tide on what…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was hit by flooding on Tuesday after a storm dumped more than a year and a half of rain in just a few hours, submerging roads as well as the international airport in the metropolis of Dubai. In neighboring Oman, heavy rains and flooding also killed at least 20 people. Speculation abounded on social media linking the unprecedented rainfall to cloud seeding, which involves manipulating existing clouds to induce rain. But experts say the record rainfall was likely caused by climate change. Here's what we know about the reasons behind record rainfall and subsequent flooding…
The Global Economics Group, the Knight Foundation, and the Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University Stern School of Management (NYU CBHR) collaborated to conduct this research and produce this paper. This means that the endowments of 25 of the wealthiest private higher education institutions and 25 of the wealthiest public higher education institutions are invested in investment companies owned by women and racial or ethnic minorities (“diversity-owned companies”). This is a continuation of the 2022 interim report on the extent to which people are employed.1 This document is based on an interim document with added and…
The American College of Preventive Medicine held its annual conference in Washington this week and partnered with local agencies to host a three-hour medical outreach event at Columbus Circle, a place frequented by people experiencing homelessness. (WTOP/Dick Uliano) WTOP/Dick Uliano (WTOP/Dick Uliano) WTOP/Dick Uliano (WTOP/Dick Uliano) WTOP/Dick Uliano (WTOP/Dick Uliano) WTOP/Dick Uliano The plaza outside a train station is an unusual place for patients to seek medical attention, but just that Wednesday afternoon, homeless people attended a healthcare street fair held at Columbus Circle outside Union Station in Washington, D.C. Dozens of people were lined up. “People are getting HIV…
Adoption of Shiba Inu's L2 scaling solution, Shibarium, is skyrocketing despite the ongoing catastrophe across the broader crypto market. This is marked by a resurgence in the number of daily transactions on the network, which fell below 6,000 on April 10th. Shibarium's daily transaction count has skyrocketed since then, reaching 562,980 at the time of writing, according to Shibariumscan data. Daily transaction activity jumped to approximately 562,980 transactions, bringing the total number of transactions to 416,865,226 (416.86 million). It should be mentioned that Shibarium's transaction activity skyrocketed significantly in December 2023, with the network averaging around 7.5 million transactions per…
PHOENIX — The stars were shining, the street was quiet, and Hayden Wesneski was fast asleep when he heard a knock on his bedroom door. It was his roommate and Triple-A Iowa teammate, Matt Mervis, who came in to tell Wesneski to check his phone. Wesneski was called. It was 1 a.m. in Des Moines. Fourteen hours later, the 26-year-old Cubs right-hander stood in the clubhouse at visiting Chase Field, sleep-deprived but high on adrenaline. He was resting at least as much as he was on the plane, and he just had 12 important outs. With smoke rising in Chicago's…