Aikins – who has more than 18,000 jumps under his belt – fell dead centre into the 100x100 ft net in Simi Valley, southern California, BBC reported. During the two-minute fall aired live on Fox television, the 42-year-old reached the speed of 120 mph (193 km/h). He hugged his wife and young son after climbing out of the net. “I’m almost levitating, it’s incredible,” he said after Saturday’s jump....
A Christian Pulisic penalty-kick goal deep into extra time gave the Americans a thrilling 3-2 win over their archrivals Sunday night in a wild match with plenty of twists. Pulisic, who donned the captain’s armband for the match, earned the penalty after he was brought down on one of his patented darting runs into the box. The referee went to the monitor to review the play and awarded the late spot kick, which Pulisic stepped up to convert into the top corner....
Both sides had a few decent chances but the match was hardly a barnburner, with Christian Pulisic unable to inspire an attacking onslaught from the United States. Ricardo Pepi, who has struggled for club form at striker, was handed a start but saw just scraps up front. At the back, mistakes that plagued the U.S. against Japan cropped up again as starter Aaron Long and substitute Mark McKenzie both struggled on the ball....
Team USA displayed its offensive firepower in an 83-76 win over Spain, the squad’s final exhibition before it heads to Tokyo for the 2021 Olympics. Damian Lillard (19 points, six assists, four rebounds, four steals, two blocks) and Kevin Durant (14 points, two rebounds, two assists, two blocks) unsurprisingly led the way, but the Americans got a major boost from Keldon Johnson, who was promoted to the main roster after Kevin Love’s withdrawal....
Brett Berard opened the scoring in the first period, and then Matt Coronato potted two more goals for the USA to build a 3-0 lead. Sweden captain Emil Andrae broke the shutout, and then Ake Stakkestad made it a one-goal game with under two minutes to go. But the Americans went on to secure the win and the top seed in Group B. MORE: Watch the 2022 World Juniors live with fuboTV (free trial, U....
Troubled by health issues in recent years, Haden, 63, was walking to Heritage Hall after attending a meeting Wednesday when he became light-headed, a university spokesman said. MORE: SN early Top 20 | Meet 2016’s new coaches He was tended to on campus by EMTs and later transported to L.A. County-USC Medical Center, where he was evaluated and eventually discharged, the TImes’ source said, adding that Haden was taken from the county facility to another local hospital and is scheduled to have the procedure....
The investigation by the U.K.-based Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found the use of racist, homophobic, transphobic and antisemitic slurs increased significantly under the new ownership, compared to the 2022 average. Imran Ahmed, founder of the CCDH, told Newsweek that Twitter has become “a pustulant well of hate” under Musk’s leadership. In the week beginning October 31, the n-word was used in 26,228 tweets and retweets, three times the 2022 average....
That’s where you’d be wrong. Did you know that Tumblr has loads of handy keyboard shortcuts you can use to navigate the dashboard and compose posts? Probably not. That’s why we’ve rounded them all up here, available for you to refer to whenever you need them. You can also access the keyboard shortcuts on Tumblr itself. Once logged in, click the person icon in the top-right and click Keyboard shortcuts from the menu that appears....
Norton has released a free tool called BotSight which will annotate your Twitter feed showing the likelihood that a particular tweet is by a real person or auto-generated by a ‘bot’. Bots aren’t necessarily evil and may not be spreading fake news, but the problem comes when you don’t know if it’s a person or a bot posting something. And there are some Twitter account whose sole purpose is to pump out disinformation....
Uploading a photograph of the item to Reddit recently, it seems that one person got more than they bargained for when they purchased an Nvidia RTX 3090. With the phrase “so this happened today” kick-starting the post, the image shows a close-up of the card’s graphics chip and what appears to be some unusual rubber item attached to the board. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be the finger from a pair of rubber gloves....
In a post on the Steam Deck SubReddit, user bitfiddler0 uploaded a picture of the Valve-made handheld PC, which was not only signed but was apparently delivered to their home address by the bearded CEO himself. In a bid to make sure that everyone in the comments believed the story, they posted an additional response in the thread, which outlined how this eventuality came to be. But more importantly, they uploaded another image, this time a screenshot from their front door cam, which shows Newell approaching their property....
The USFL is back and will restart April 16. It’s an homage to the league that competed with the NFL from 1982-86, and the nostalgia factor will be high given the eight franchises in the league. The South Division features the Birmingham Stallions, Houston Gamblers, New Orleans Breakers and Tampa Bay Bandits. The North Division features the Michigan Panthers, New Jersey Generals, Philadelphia Stars and Pittsburgh Maulers. Now that all eight teams unveiled their Sporting News graded those new looks....
One of the four zonal competitions, the Indian Golf Union (IGU) event, with 61 entries, will be played over three days and 54 holes in the stroke-play format. Delhi’s Gurbani Singh, the current Order of Merit leader of the IGU Ladies Amateur Golf Tour, is in splendid form and is coming off from a facile victory in Chandigarh last week. Gurbani will start favourite but will be wary of Bangalore’s Aditi Ashok....
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet has been found to lower the risk for heart disease as well as kidney disease. However, if you already have chronic kidney disease, talk with your healthcare provider before starting the diet. The DASH diet may require some changes if you have dietary restrictions. This article discusses what the DASH diet is, when it should be modified, and how it affects chronic kidney disease....
But, if he thought this would be easy, let Thursday’s match serve as a reminder: nothing comes easy in CONCACAF. The U.S. men’s national team received a harsh introduction to the difficulties that may await. Featuring a lineup that includes players that regularly suit up for Barcelona, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and Marseille, the U.S. began qualifying with a 0-0 draw against underdog El Salvador, starting its 14-game spring with an underwhelming result....
The message was sent in an email, seen by CNN and Motherboard, after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy publicly announced a halt on any initiatives for the service in order to avoid “even the appearance of any impact on election mail” ahead of November’s vote. It also was sent ahead of DeJoy being set to testify in front of the Senate on Friday. There have been concerns about whether the current USPS system would be able to handle the expected rise of ballots as more people choose to vote by mail as a result of COVID-19 pandemic....
Well, the U.S. won the World Cup with a thrilling 2-0 victory over the Netherlands, but coach Jill Ellis isn’t so sure the team will be invited. When asked if she will attend a celebration at the White House, Ellis said: “I haven’t been invited yet.” The reporter responded by saying, “I’m sure you will.” Ellis, however, said with a laugh: “Well, I wouldn’t bet on that.” The press conference then shifted to the next question....
I mean, I had to look up the Olympic time zone and everything. There were enough chances and activity — the ball even found the back of the net once, albeit following an alleged rules violation — to assure everyone both sides had ambition to win, that the game did not sink to the level of the infamous Disgrace of Gijon, the 1982 World Cup game involving West Germany and Austria that still stains the sport’s great history....
Lopez is in New York for her “It’s My Party Tour” as part of a lead up to her 50th birthday. She decided to spice the show up by bringing two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Carli Lloyd on stage. MORE: A beginner’s guide to watching USWNT stars in the National Women’s Soccer League Once Lloyd stepped foot on stage J-Lo told the USWNT co-captain “I got a little present for you....
The 18-year-old Weah, who also plays for the U.S. national team, took advantage of a mistake by Caen goalkeeper Brice Samba to score in the 89th minute of a 3-0 victory. Weah raced for a ball that Samba failed to clear quickly enough and tapped it into the net with his left foot. George Weah was a superstar for Paris Saint-Germain and A.C. Milan in the 1990s, and in 1995 he became the first and still the only African-born player to win FIFA’s world player of the year award and France’s Ballon d’Or....
