Urban Meyer knows a thing or two about what makes a great college football coach.
The 62-year-old College Football Hall of Fame inductee won three national championships during his nearly two-decade career, two of which came while he was roaming the sidelines at the University of Florida.
His ties to Gainesville made him a trusted voice in the Gators' latest coaching search, and coaching searches have been frequent occurrences since he exited stage left in December 2010.
With Meyer's help, Florida selected Jon Sumrall, whose first year is off to a roaring start thanks to two top-10 wins (Ole Miss and Texas) before he's even had a chance to coach a full season.
Seven games into his tenure, Meyer has been blown away by Sumrall, and joined Dan Dakich on his show, "Don't @ Me," to discuss how he had a small part in helping usher the new Gator to The Swamp this past fall.
"I don't like him, I love the guy," Meyer said with the same smile a proud older sibling would wear when talking about his younger brother's accomplishments.
"I never met him until this year, I was involved in the coaching search. They asked me to kind of vet, and one phone call, I hung up the phone and I called a guy on the board of trustees and I said, 'you found your guy, man.'"
As I mentioned before, Meyer knows what a good coach looks like.
Outside of his accomplishments, Meyer's "coaching tree" looks as impressive as anyone's not named "Saban."
Just a few of Urban's notable assistant coaches over the years include Ryan Day, Dan Mullen, Brian Hartline, Charlie Strong, Steve Addazio, Luke Fickell, and Mike Vrabel, among others.
So, when Urban Meyer hops on the phone and says "you found your guy," chances are he's onto something.
"This guy doesn't b—h... you ever hear him bitch about the NIL? You ever hear him b—h about the transfer portal," Meyer asked rhetorically. "No, he loves the game. He loves his players."
Meyer also lauds Sumrall for how tough he is on his players while still showing them love.
"The number two in charge is their strength coach, just like us," Meyer recalls. "I believe he's a Green Beret who runs the strength program, and he's the culture."
It's early, and a lot of things can still change, but Sumrall is doing his best to make Meyer look like a genius since the moment he hung up that phone 11 months ago.
U2 front man Bono is attacking Christians and Jews who have supported Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's efforts to cut wasteful and fraudulent government spending with the efforts of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Monday night in San Francisco, for the second consecutive game of the WNBA Finals, the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries stepped off the court before the national anthem and then immediately returned to the court after Canadian-born Alanis Morissette finished her performance.
The spineless league hasn't said a word despite the women continuing to break an anthem rulebook provision that requires them to attend the performance. Now that we've reported, it's time for you guys to react and share your feelings on this drama that isn't going away.
OutKick readers weigh in on how the anthem situation should be handled:
• UNLV Doc has some deep thoughts to share: WNBA types and political sycophants probably think they're rebels, and they are. But they are rebelling against order and creation in favor of chaos, which is always the easy way to mindlessly effect change, and what the selfish have always done. Honorable rebels take a stand, work, and sacrifice, even against self-interest to bravely bring about something other than the chaos that naturally exists without applied effort to create something good. I'm looking forward to seeing such leaders emerge from the WNBA mob; I know they're in there somewhere.
• Richard C. sent in this great take:How about a double disqualification and no champion recognized this year.
• Carmen has hit a breaking point:I love Daily Outkick and I hate the WNBA and everyday it's just funny to read and move on. It's not that funny anymore. The WNBA has failed women. As a female coach, I do my best to build strong, confident, capable, athletes who happen to be females. They are held to a standard that doesn't include entitlement, excuses, or any agenda other than TEAM.
The WNBA is about anything but sport, and that is inexcusable for so many young women pursuing professional sports. Pushing themselves to another level to achieve their goals. It's embarrassing that this is women's professional basketball when so few hold themselves to that level. It's a soap opera that deserves zero attention.
As an organization that is supposed to promote the best in women's sport, it's become laughable. It's a joke that has a played out punchline. You have failed those you are supposed to be a trailblazer for. When athletic performance is secondary to everything else, you have failed as a league.
• Pops makes a good point: The WNBA proves once again they are a political activist organization not a women’s basketball organization. They decide what rules they want to enforce and what rules they will not enforce.
• Kenneth is fed up:Well I have an answer. If the WNBA had any balls (which they don’t) both teams would be banned from playing the game and all players suspended indefinitely. If you can’t attend and stand for the national anthem of the country that has given you everything then you have no business being here.
• Mark S. sends a message to WNBA executives:What a crock. The league is a farce and an embarrassment to our country, not thier country. Fine them all. This is not a political forum it is a game and rules are rules. Enough of the lesbian leaque and who wnba management listen to. Stand up and control your players or get rid of them Set an example.
• Mike Mc. says:The WNBA is a sideshow of awkward misfits playing a child's game poorly. It's no surprise that they do dumb things, but it is surprising that any discerning "fan" pays attention to this collection of grumpy malcontents. On second thought, if you had any discernment, you wouldn't be a fan. Problem solved.
• Joe B. wants the WNBA to take a hike: Remove the entire league from USA arenas. Sell the entire group to Europe, Asia or a South America country. Who needs these disrespectful ingrates playing here?
• Don says enough is enough: Why are we continually putting up with the WNBA? They have proven they are a league that continually cares only about themselves and no one or nothing else.The league fails to react to any of the players who disobey the rules. They have tried to turn this into a racial bias league. I think i am done.
• Gary says punish them for breaking the rules: This is just another example of disrespect for our nation and should not go unpunished by the league. Actions should have consequences.
• Richard S. tells us: Stop giving the anti American league any more print.
• Michael M. emails: I think all the international players should be deported for not respecting the American flag and National Anthem and all the lesbians be disbarred from playing in the WNBA.
• Jerry has a simple message: Real Americans don't watch this trash anyway.
Here's a sampling of other comments posted to our WNBA anthem coverage:
It’s like this league/teams/players go out of their way to make people not like them. I’ve never seen a major sports or entertainment franchise so hell bent as this one to be as unappealing to the public at large as this one. It’s quite amazing.
Disgusting. But as a private organization I guess the players can do what they want…. as can I. I immediately changed the channel. I won’t watch that baloney. We don’t need another France.
Once could be a mix up. Twice in a row is INTENTIONAL! The coaches, the players, and the owners should be fined.
Fine each team $250,000 for this offense. Third offense $350,000 each. Fourth offense each team gets one game forfeited. Get serious WNBA! This is a disgrace.
The WNBA finally has a shot at gaining traction and instead of embracing it, they seem determined to throw it away.
This aligns with the sickness of our culture - lack of gratitude. the fact that a person can kneel during the national anthem is reason to stand for it. That alone, we should be grateful.
It is amazing to watch an organization "Bud-Light" themselves. They already can't support themselves. They have to be subsidized by the NBA. I don't see much of a future for the WNBA.
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76ers vs Knicks | Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 at 7:00 pm ET | Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | NBC/Peacock
A lot has changed over the summer. The 76ers have added two major pieces to their starting lineup, and even one to their rotation. The additions of Jaylen Brown, LeBron James and Anfernee Simons will give the team a boost. The big question, as always, surrounds Joel Embiid and his health.
The Knicks were able to capture their first championship in over 40 years. Jalen Brunson established himself as a true 1A option for the team, and the Knicks now have a chance to be the first team in about a decade to win the NBA Championship in back-to-back years. There are some cracks in the foundation, though. Karl-Anthony Towns wants a new contract, the team lost some depth, and it is hard to win two years in a row.
Philadelphia 76ers Starting Lineup
Tyrese Maxey, PG
VJ Edgecombe, SG
Jaylen Brown, SF
LeBron James, PF
Joel Embiid, C
New York Knicks Starting Lineup
Jalen Brunson, PG
Josh Hart, SG
Mikal Bridges, SF
OG Anunoby, PF
Karl-Anthony Towns, C
Thunder vs Spurs | Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 at 9:30 pm ET | Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX | NBC/Peacock
How does a team respond to getting knocked out of the postseason, in Game 7, on their home court? That’s the question the Thunder will have to answer today. Oklahoma City won the championship two years ago, and they were knocked out by the Spurs last year. This year, they are opening the year against their biggest threat to returning to the Finals.
If we question how a team responds to being knocked out in the Western Conference Finals, we probably need to wonder how a team responds to being knocked out of the NBA Finals. The Spurs had leads in a few games and, simply put, they blew it. Sometimes, teams need to lose in order to learn how to win. Will the Spurs start their journey to the championship with a win today?
FIRST ON FOX: The State Department warns that antifascist groups are planning to participate in a "potentially more confrontational protest" this weekend as the far-right National Rally holds its political convention just days after widespread riots overwhelmed police and exposed major security failures.
As party leader Marine Le Pen prepares for the gathering on Oct. 24–25 in Orléans, France, an internal document obtained by Fox News Digital cautions that antagonists are planning more demonstrations near the convention venue that could "expose further security shortcomings and deepen political tensions."
The warning comes at a particularly dangerous political moment for President Emmanuel Macron, considering the same unrest that exposed his government's security vulnerabilities could also give National Rally and center-right parties an opening to challenge his record, according to the State Department assessment.
Now, French authorities face another high-stakes security test as demonstrators prepare to converge on the congress of a party that could benefit politically from the previous unrest.
The demonstrations are expected to coincide with the National Rally's two-day party congress, where Le Pen is set to launch her presidential campaign. Left-wing parties, unions and activist groups are planning a march Saturday, while antifascist groups have announced plans for a separate protest Sunday near the convention venue, according to the State Department assessment.
National Rally President Jordan Bardella has ruled out canceling the congress, while local authorities are preparing additional security restrictions around the gathering.
The looming confrontation comes as France is still reeling from the Oct. 17 unrest, when authorities badly underestimated the scale of demonstrations that descended into widespread rioting and looting.
Some 550,000 people joined 110 marches nationwide, according to France's Interior Ministry. More than 2,400 people were arrested, nearly 1,000 law enforcement officers and firefighters were injured and thousands of businesses were damaged. And intelligence failures that far underestimated the turnout left authorities overwhelmed and facing more than double the number of protesters originally estimated.
The State Department's internal assessment notes that the violence has reshaped France's political debate just six months before voters choose Macron's successor. It says the unrest has shifted attention away from the economic and education grievances that initially drove the protests and toward public security and government accountability, potentially giving National Rally and center-right parties an opening to challenge Macron's record.
French officials have acknowledged that intelligence and planning failures contributed to authorities being overwhelmed during the Oct. 17 unrest.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation after acknowledging police "lost control" in some major cities. Macron rejected it, citing the need for continuity in law enforcement command, and ordered "full transparency" over the failures in planning and intelligence-gathering that preceded the violence.
Nuñez has said authorities need to improve their ability to anticipate large-scale mobilizations, putting added pressure on security services to avoid a repeat when demonstrators converge on Orléans this weekend.
And the government may have little time to recover even if the National Rally congress passes without major violence.
Labor organizations are already mobilizing for nationwide strikes and demonstrations Nov. 5 over wages, public services and the proposed 2027 budget, according to the State Department document.
The internal assessment said Macron faces competing pressure to restore order while addressing the grievances fueling the protests, with limited fiscal room for concessions as parliament debates next year's budget.
With parliamentary scrutiny looming and further demonstrations already planned, the State Department assessed that France faces another potential flash point that could "expose further security shortcomings and deepen political tensions."
Il 20 ottobre 1980, esattamente quarantasei anni fa, usciva Boy, il primo album degli U2. In copertina c’era un bambino di sei anni, Peter Rowen, fratello minore di Guggi dei Virgin Prunes. Tre anni dopo sarebbe ricomparso sulla copertina di War con un’espressione completamente diversa. Oggi quel volto lo riconosce anche chi degli U2 non ha mai ascoltato una nota. Capita a certe copertine di nascere per accompagnare un disco e di finire per avere una vita propria, persino più lunga della musica che contengono. Un tempo si compravano dischi a scatola chiusa, soltanto perché attratti dall’immagine. Io l’ho fatto parecchie volte, e qualche copertina è finita appesa a una parete. Oggi, nei consueti nove punti di questo blog, ho deciso di occuparmi di questo. La selezione è personale e non è una classifica delle copertine più belle della storia, anche perché sarebbe un’impresa decisamente ardua. Sono nove immagini che mi hanno colpito e che continuo a trovare straordinarie, indipendentemente dal giudizio sulla musica. Le trovi tutte nell’immagine che accompagna questo articolo, disposte nell’ordine in cui ne parlerò, e ti consiglio di tenerla sott’occhio. Per una volta, anziché parlare di quello che c’è dentro un disco, parliamo di quello che c’è fuori.
Cominciamo!
1. U2 – Boy (1980) Hugo McGuinness fotografa Peter Rowen quando ha sei anni, Steve Averill cura il progetto grafico. Il bambino non sorride e non fa nulla per risultare simpatico. Guarda l’obiettivo con un’espressione che ancora oggi trovo difficile da interpretare. Non è propriamente uno sguardo infantile, eppure non saprei definirlo adulto. In Nord America la Island Records teme che la fotografia possa essere fraintesa e la sostituisce con un’immagine dei quattro componenti del gruppo. Una precauzione che racconta parecchio della mentalità dell’epoca, e forse anche di quella attuale.
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) Andy Warhol piazza una banana gialla su fondo bianco. Fine. O quasi. Nelle prime copie la banana si poteva sbucciare davvero, sollevando un adesivo accompagnato dall’invito a farlo lentamente, e sotto compariva una banana rosa. Un piccolo gioco concepito da uno degli artisti più importanti del Novecento per il debutto di un gruppo che all’epoca vendeva pochissimi dischi. Oggi ci sono grafici che impiegano settimane per decidere dove mettere il nome di un gruppo. Warhol il nome del gruppo non lo mise nemmeno. Mise il suo.
3. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (1979) Peter Saville prende il grafico dei segnali radio di una pulsar, la CP 1919, pubblicato in un’enciclopedia di astronomia, ne inverte i colori e lo trasforma in copertina. Linee bianche su fondo nero, senza titolo né nome del gruppo. Oggi la trovi su magliette, poster, tazze e probabilmente anche su qualche mutanda, spesso indossata da chi non saprebbe dire chi fossero i Joy Division, né tantomeno chi fosse Ian Curtis. Harold Craft, l’astronomo che aveva realizzato il grafico per la sua tesi di dottorato, l’ha presa con un certo divertimento.
4. Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988) Simon Larbalestier fotografa una ballerina di flamenco a seno nudo davanti a una parete sulla quale campeggia una croce, e Vaughan Oliver, la mente grafica della 4AD, costruisce intorno all’immagine il progetto della copertina. La stanza è in un luogo imprecisato. La donna è in posa ma non ha l’aria di voler sedurre chi la guarda, e la croce alle sue spalle rende tutto ancora più ambiguo. Mi ha sempre ricordato un fotogramma di Luis Buñuel. Non so cosa stia succedendo in quella stanza, e non so nemmeno se ci sia qualcosa da capire.
5. David Bowie – “Heroes” (1977) Masayoshi Sukita fotografa Bowie in una posa che richiama l’espressionismo tedesco. Una mano alzata accanto al volto, l’altra sul petto. Lo sguardo è diretto verso l’obiettivo, ma il corpo sembra impegnato in un movimento che non appartiene alla vita quotidiana. In quegli anni Bowie viveva a Berlino e conosceva bene la pittura espressionista, e quell’interesse entrava anche nella costruzione della sua immagine. Il Duca Bianco sta interpretando qualcosa senza dirci cosa. Se togliessi il suo nome dalla copertina, lo riconosceresti comunque.
6. Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel III / Melt (1980) Il volto di Peter Gabriel si scioglie, e nel 1980 Photoshop non esisteva. L’immagine nasce nello studio Hipgnosis di Storm Thorgerson, manipolando fisicamente l’emulsione di una Polaroid mentre si sviluppava. Anche Gabriel partecipò all’esperimento. Gli occhi restano riconoscibili e il resto comincia a deformarsi, come se la fotografia fosse rimasta troppo a lungo vicino a una fonte di calore. Continua a sembrarmi più inquietante di tante immagini realizzate oggi con strumenti infinitamente più sofisticati.
7. New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies (1983) Peter Saville, ancora lui. Questa volta sceglie un dipinto di Henri Fantin-Latour, A Basket of Roses, conservato alla National Gallery di Londra, e lo mette sulla copertina di un disco dei New Order. In un angolo aggiunge un codice cromatico che nasconde il nome del gruppo e il titolo dell’album, decifrabile soltanto con la chiave stampata sul retro. Rose dell’Ottocento per un disco del 1983. Mi sorprende ancora quanto quel dipinto si trovi a proprio agio sulla copertina di un album elettronico. Le rose sembrano dipinte apposta per i New Order. Fantin-Latour, naturalmente, non poteva saperlo.
8. Suede – Suede (1993) Due figure si baciano. La fotografia è di Tee Corinne, artista americana che ha dedicato buona parte del proprio lavoro alla rappresentazione dell’intimità lesbica. In copertina c’è un abbraccio ravvicinato, quasi soffocante. Quando uscì il disco quell’immagine mi colpì parecchio, perché era sensuale senza essere esplicita. Solo più tardi ho scoperto che nella fotografia completa una delle due donne è su una sedia a rotelle. Sapendo questo, bisognerebbe vedere anche ciò che è rimasto fuori. Il gruppo chiese di usarla per intero e Corinne concesse soltanto il dettaglio dei volti.
9. PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love (1995) Immersa nell’acqua, avvolta in un abito rosso, nella fotografia di Valerie Phillips. Parlo di Pj Harvey. In quel periodo studiavo i preraffaelliti, e quell’immagine mi ricondusse subito all’Ophelia di John Everett Millais, il celebre dipinto in cui la giovane Ofelia galleggia tra i fiori. Non so se il riferimento fosse intenzionale. So che in lei ritrovo la stessa bellezza vagamente funebre, con il rosso dell’abito che emerge dall’acqua e rende quasi secondario tutto il resto. Fra tutte le copertine di questa selezione, forse è quella che appenderei più volentieri a una parete.
Nove copertine, dunque, e se ne sarebbero potute scegliere altre novanta. Oggi una cover passa quasi sempre da uno schermo, ridotta a una piccola icona accanto al titolo di un brano, e il più delle volte la si nota appena. Eppure ogni disco continua ad averne una, e c’è ancora chi la progetta con la stessa cura di allora. Nessuna delle nove immagini di questa selezione è nata per diventare famosa. Se oggi lo è, è perché qualcuno, guardandola, ha avuto voglia di sapere cosa ci fosse dentro. Come sempre, chiudo con una connessione musicale: una playlist dedicata, disponibile gratuitamente sul mio canale Spotify. Il link lo trovate qui sotto. Se poi avete qualcosa da aggiungere, contestare o ribaltare, vi aspetto nei commenti o, ancora meglio, sulla mia pagina Facebook pubblica. È lì che questo blog continua la sua corsa: le opinioni si incrociano, cambiano improvvisamente binario e qualche volta finiscono per deragliare. Buona lettura e buon ascolto.
Condamné à un an de prison avec sursis pour agression sexuelle en novembre 2024, le deuxième ligne de Dax, Ratu Nacika, a vu sa licence être bloquée par la Fédération française de rugby à 24 heures de la rencontre...
In my neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, too many of our residents, especially the children, fear the police. They have been taught that the police are not their friends, that officers might shoot them, arrest them for being Black, and that they are their enemies. I do not believe any of this, and I have sought to correct these misperceptions, which could have fatal consequences.
I recently invited several Chicago police officers to visit my community center, Project H.O.O.D. They came in full Chicago blue uniforms, with their police visor caps with the checkered bands, and their guns. At first, there was tension in the room. You could feel it. Some of the kids hid behind the adults, some of whom stood defiantly. The gulf was profound, and that is why I invited the police in to do my part to repair the damage done by the defund the police movement, one encounter at a time.
This damage goes back years, a lifetime for most of our youth who know nothing but hostility to the police. For more than a decade, Black Lives Matter and its allies conditioned a generation to treat the police as the problem. Fear and hatred of the police had always been there to some degree in the Black community.
But there was something different about this conditioning, which began to take off after Trayvon Martin’s death in 2012. When George Zimmerman was acquitted, the phrase "Black Lives Matter" was born, and the message that began to spread was that the police were hunting Black boys. Zimmerman was not a police officer, but for the sake of the narrative, he was made the stand-in as the neighborhood vigilante.
Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson in 2014 only reinforced the narrative. "Hands up, don’t shoot" became a slogan that was not true. Brown did not have his hands up — instead, he charged the cop, but the image of a White cop and a dead Black teen was all the narrative needed to continue. Police officers nationwide were demonized as an occupying force rather than neighbors with badges.
By the time George Floyd died in Minneapolis in 2020, the groundwork had already been laid. The New York Times published its May 30 opinion piece titled "No More Money for the Police," arguing that the path to safety was to reduce police power and contact with the public and redirect the money elsewhere. In Minneapolis, a majority of the City Council stood in a park and pledged to dismantle the police department. The loudest voices were not asking for better training or more accountability. They wanted abolition.
When I heard that, I knew one thing: it would be us who paid the price. Not the folks living in leafy suburbs with Black Lives Matter signs in their front yards. And the impact was felt immediately. No police officer wanted to risk going viral. They pulled back. And, shamefully, many in my community demanded that.
In 2019, Chicago recorded roughly 500 homicides. In 2020, that number climbed to 781. In 2021, it reached 804 — the city’s deadliest year in a quarter-century. The spike was national — FBI data showed murders rose nearly 30% in 2020, the largest single-year increase on record, with Black Americans hit even harder. Chicago’s South and West Sides absorbed a disproportionate share. Police staffing fell as retirements and resignations surged. Morale collapsed under canceled days off, forced overtime and the constant message that the job itself was illegitimate. Arrests and proactive policing dropped. The outcome was not a policy experiment. There were more funerals in the neighborhoods that could least afford them.
So many of those who died during this time should be alive. They died because Black activists demonized the police to advance their own activist agendas, which led to the very destruction of the people they claimed to be helping. To date, none have taken responsibility for their deadly rhetoric.
There is nothing I can do about the dead. My focus has been on the living, especially the young minds. They are the ones still paying the price. Years of being told that the police are the enemy taught some of them never to call when something bad is happening. They see the uniform and assume hostility rather than help. I have watched that fear take root in kids who have already lost too much. It is one of the lasting wounds of the defund era: not only fewer officers on the street, but a generation that learned the people sworn to protect them cannot be trusted.
At Project H.O.O.D., we are repairing that damage the only way I know how — by bringing the police into our building and letting our kids see them as people. Officers come in and sit with the children, the teenagers and the adults who walk through our doors. They answer questions. They listen to the stories that our young people carry. They show that the uniform does not hide a monster; it covers a man or woman who chose a hard job because they want to keep this community safe. Some of the kids who used to freeze up at the sight of a squad car now stay after and keep talking. A few have even started asking what it takes to become an officer themselves.
The fear does not disappear in a single afternoon, but the wall starts to crack. That is the work. It is not a press conference. It is not a slogan. It is one conversation at a time inside a building where we refuse to let the lies of the last decade become the future of the next one.
The police are not the enemy. Treating them as if they are has already cost too many lives on these streets. We are done accepting that.
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I miss the days in the SEC when you could give a $20 handshake to get into big college football games...not that I would've ever done that with my father
Now we have guys like Blake Bible going to extremes to get into mid-season games with playoff implications. Police say they found Bible "drinking a White Claw while wearing a uniform from Axis, the security company paid to work events at the University of Tennessee, near the G10 ramp on Phillip Fulmer Way just before 3:30 p.m."
The security company says Bible stole a shirt and hat that its workers wear at games.
My concern is that with a 24-team playoff, will we even get games where college-aged guys are willing to (allegedly) steal security uniforms to see games in-person? The important SEC and B1G teams will be able to lose three games and get into the playoffs.
These two can't even look at each other – it's over
Days after Troy Aikman didn't dispute that he's beefing with Joe Buck, the two were back in the same broadcast booth last night and let's just say it was icy. Troy's not in the mood. If you listened to the broadcast, it was all business. There was no banter. Aikman clocked in, did his job and got out.
Who gets Aikman's job? I still say McAfee. He's already traveling with the Monday Night pregame show and doing the MNF alt-cast.
It's great to hear from new fans who found Screencaps from the Fox News homepage
• Keith R. writes:I am 60 years old from Pittsburgh. Just wanted to say I do not understand technology well so I’m not sure how I came across your column. I’m glad I did though, I love reading it. If I am able to subscribe I will. The best thing I’ve read so far was this morning. I listen to most sports on mute these days. I have a growing disdain for nearly every announcer and most analysts. So bad that I find myself not enjoying the game because I just criticize the booth. If I could watch the skycast on every game I would be happy. Most of the announcers are just Captain Obvious and I honestly don’t care about 99% of what they say. All I need is the down and distance and the crowd noise and I’m good!
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And then there are guys like Keith who come along. He gave the column a chance. Now he's hooked. That's the business plan working like a charm.
Chiefs heiress Gracie Hunt's brother has a new Swedish girlfriend
Let's give a round of applause to Knobel Hunt, who will one day inherit the Kansas City Chiefs, along with his sisters Ava and Gracie. This guy is always overshadowed because he's off working in New York City as an investment banker, which should get him ready to run a billion-dollar NFL franchise down the road.
Knobel broke the news Monday that there's a new Swedish girlfriend in the mix. Between Gracie preparing to marry Trent Green's son and Ava cheering at SMU, it's a busy time for the Hunt family.
Does America have a door-holding problem?
I'm not talking about a problem with a lack of holding the door for people. I'm talking about holding the door for people who are too far away from the door to deserve the door to be held open for them.
Should we be holding the door for anyone who is more than a car length away from the door? Should it be a half-car length rule? In this meme, the lady seem to be about a SUV and a half length away. I say let the door close on her.
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That is it this morning. The sun is shining. The NBA is back for those of you who LOVE the NBA.
The political theater of "Chaos Inc." is preparing for a "rebellion...sweeping Europe."
Two days after an estimated 500,000 demonstrators poured into streets across France and clashes left parts of Paris and other cities burning, French activists are calling supporters back into the streets Saturday, Oct. 24, for a new protest billed as "Acte II," with 212 "mobilizations" currently planned, according to a digital map of the plans.
And a growing number of communist, socialist and hard-leftist organizations are answering another call for a coordinated European youth strike on Friday, Nov. 20.
A Fox News Digital investigation has now identified 101 organizations across 9 countries – including the U.S. – that are coordinating, organizing or amplifying protests in Europe in an expanding protest ecosystem, up from 54 organizations identified on Monday.
Most of the groups are adult-led, with just 33 organizations – or one in three – led by students or youth. They represent a nexus of the "red-green" alliance, merging Islamist organizations that are symbolized by the color green, and far-left, communist and socialist groups represented by the color red.
The network also include groups that proudly use the "Antifa" moniker, like "Action AntiFa16," an organization that describes itself in the Angoulême, France, Acte II announcement.
Across the Atlantic, leaders in the U.S. franchise of "Chaos Inc." are amplifying the protests. University of California at Berkeley academic Hatem Bazian, founder of anti-Israel Palestinian organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine, shared videos from the protests.
Revealing the complex threads of the "red-green" alliance, Bazian drew connections between this year's Oct. 17 riots in Paris, explosions at the Al Alhi Hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17, 2023, and protests on Oct. 17, 1961, in Paris by Algerian demonstrators , which led to a bloody and deadly confrontation with police. Hamas officials blamed Israel for the hospital deaths, while Israel attributed the blast to a failed, errant rocket launched from within Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Bazian didn't respond to a request for comment.
The European unrest is also receiving sympathetic amplification from a network of pro-communist organizations, including BreakThrough News, CodePink and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, funded and supported by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon who lives in Shanghai and has expressed support for "new world order" of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
On Tuesday afternoon, BreakThrough News is planning an online discussion with a headline that captures how the outlet is framing the unrest: "Europe's Youth Uprising."
"A rebellion is sweeping Europe," BreakThrough News declares.
"From student barricades in France, to Spain's housing encampments, to Albanians marching to save their coastline from Jared Kushner, Gen Z is rising up against austerity, soaring rents, and governments pouring money into weapons and war instead of their future," the outlet said.
BreakThrough News said protests had spread "from Paris and Madrid to Lisbon and Tirana" and announced that France-based journalist Rafael Karoubi would join hosts Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to explain "what's driving the uprising."
In France, organizers are using the website 17octobregiletjaune.net to organize logistics, communication and people for their protests. The domain was registered on Sept. 15 by an anonymous user, according to online records. In the face of curfews and security measures against their protests by French President Emmanuel Macron, website organizers have a new demand: "Macron must leave and make way for the people!"
Leaders are coordinating their efforts in a Telegram messaging channel, where they are sharing logistical details and polished, ready-made graphics.
After "Acte II," they have planned another action on Oct. 31, "Acte III," featuring "yellow vests, demonstrations and roundabouts, all over France," and there are other actions planned on Nov. 5 and Nov. 14.
There are activities even listed for April 3, 2027, ("Noisy spring") and May 29, 2027, ("Day against agrochemistry"). The locations listed: "Everywhere in France."
For the Nov. 20 action, another set of far-left groups are promoting their "International Youth Strike" on a website, calling for coordinated "demonstrations," "walkouts," "assemblies," "actions," "blockades and occupations."
Their manifesto declares that "the exploitation of workers, climate breakdown and war are not failures of the system but the essence of capitalism." In a press release, it says the struggle against "militarisation, rearmament, austerity and imperialism" is inseparable from the economic system supporting it and calls for "radical system change."
The British organization "Socialist Students," which describes itself as building the student fightback for "socialist change," says it will participate in the Nov. 20 strike, "in coordination with 30 other European youth and student groups.
A Socialist Students appeal urges young people to join "a movement for socialist change," while another campaign statement declares: "Our fight for socialism is based on Marxism" and argues that "workers and young people must actively fight and organise."
Peuple RÉVOLTÉ – People in Revolt — PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Organization helping operate the "Acte II" platform.
Maintenant! – Now! — PROTEST MOVEMENT: Civic movement participating in the "Acte II" platform.
Indignons-nous, Bloquons tout – Let’s Get Indignant, Block Everything — DIRECT ACTION: Protest collective promoting "Acte II."
Coordination nationale lycéenne – National High School Students’ Coordination — STUDENT/YOUTH: New national high-school coordination calling students into the streets Oct. 24 for "Acte II."
Angoulême, France
NPA Charente – New Anticapitalist Party–Charente (NPA 16) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local NPA chapter mobilizing for Acte II.
Action Antifasciste 16 — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on the Angoulême Acte II announcement.
Maison des Peuples et de la Paix – House of Peoples and Peace — ACTIVIST: Angoulême organization collaborating on the Acte II call.
Fanfare en lutte d'Angoulême – Angoulême Marching Band in Struggle — ACTIVIST: Local activist collective collaborating on Acte II.
Révolution Permanente Angoulême — Permanent Revolution–Angoulême – REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local chapter of Révolution Permanente, collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.
Organisation de Solidarité Trans (OST) Angoulême — Trans Solidarity Organization–Angoulême – ACTIVIST / SOLIDARITY: Local organization listed as an Acte II collaborator.
Caen, France
Caen Antifa Squad — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on an "ACTE II — 24 OCTOBRE" announcement.
Caen en Lutte — Caen in Struggle – PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Local organization collaborating on Acte II.
Solidarité Étudiante 14 — Student Solidarity 14 – STUDENT: Calvados student organization collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.
NOV. 20 INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Belgium (3)
Comac — MARXIST/SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian youth organization associated with the Workers' Party.
RedFox — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian socialist youth organization.
Vrede — ANTI-WAR: Belgian organization publishing and promoting the International Youth Strike manifesto.
France (1)
Mouvement National Lycéen — STUDENT/YOUTH: French high-school organization identified in the European Nov. 20 coalition.
Germany (6)
Schulstreik gegen Wehrpflicht — STUDENT/"ANTI-CONSCRIPTION": German school-strike network mobilizing for Nov. 20.
Die Falken — SOCIALIST YOUTH: German socialist youth organization involved in the international organizing process.
Linksjugend ['solid] — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Youth organization associated with Die Linke.
DIE LINKE.SDS — SOCIALIST STUDENT: German socialist university organization.
CGIL — LABOR: Italian labor confederation whose Nov. 20 general strike converges with the student mobilization.
Spain (1)
Sindicato de Estudiantes — SOCIALIST STUDENT: Spanish student organization identified in the international network.
United Kingdom (9)
Counterfire — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST / ANTI-WAR: Promoting the Nov. 20 international strike.
Left Unity — SOCIALIST: Promoting the wider European mobilization.
International Youth Strike — INTERNATIONAL YOUTH / ANTI-CAPITALIST COALITION: The coordinating coalition behind the Nov. 20 strike says student and youth organizations across Europe are organizing demonstrations, walkouts, assemblies, blockades and occupations. Its manifesto says exploitation, climate breakdown and war are the "essence of capitalism," calls NATO an instrument of "imperial interests" that "should be dissolved," and demands "radical system change."
North West Pensioners Association — ACTIVIST: Organizational supporter of the Nov. 20 actions.
Socialist Party — TROTSKYIST: Socialist party promoting the international strike.
Socialist Students — SOCIALIST STUDENT: British organizer advocating a "socialist future."
Universities and Colleges Union @ucunion — The largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers & academic-related staff in UK "Further Education" and "Higher Education."
Young Greens — YOUTH / GREEN: British youth organization identified among supporters.
Amplifiers (8)
CODEPINK — U.S. ANTI-WAR / ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION: The U.S. organization has explicitly connected the French protests to its own planned Washington mobilization. "From France to the United States, the message is clear," CODEPINK said, before promoting its Nov. 10-12 "Taxpayer Uprising" demanding that federal spending go toward education, healthcare and housing rather than the military.
Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) — TROTSKYIST / SOCIALIST: An international socialist organization whose national affiliates include Britain's Socialist Party and Ireland's Militant Left. Its international website is promoting the Nov. 20 youth walkout under the campaign slogan "Fight for our future not their wars."
International Socialist Alternative (ISA) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: The international socialist organization says "Capitalism means war" and that it "wholeheartedly" supports the Nov. 20 strike. ISA says its members have helped organize Germany's anti-conscription school strikes and describes imperialism as the "highest stage of capitalism."
Party for Socialism and Liberation–Houston — MARXIST-LENINIST / U.S. CHAPTER: The Houston chapter of the U.S. Party for Socialism and Liberation is amplifying the French protest movement.
Progressive International — TRANSNATIONAL LEFT NETWORK: The international organization explicitly grouped the current protests in France, Spain, India and Albania in an Oct. 16 briefing and asked how the "new rebellions" could acquire organized political power. Most significantly, it said: "These are the forces that the Progressive International is working to support and connect."
Stop ReArm Europe — ANTI-WAR / ANTI-MILITARIZATION COALITION: A European coalition calling for demonstrations and actions around Nov. 20 under the slogan "Welfare, not Warfare." It says it supports students "refusing" militarization and calls on social movements, unions, civil-society groups, political organizations and parliamentarians to mobilize around the student strike.
teleSUR English — INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AMPLIFIER: The international media outlet amplified the French demonstrations with Oct. 17 coverage of clashes, fires and arrests in Paris, Lyon and other cities. This is evidence of international amplification.
World BEYOND War — INTERNATIONAL ANTI-WAR: A global organization that describes itself as a movement to "end war" and says it is part of the Stop ReArm Europe campaign. It is explicitly promoting the Nov. 20 International Youth Strike and urging supporters to "join this resistance."
FRANCE — ORIGINAL NETWORK (54)
Organisation communiste révolutionnaire — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: Communist organization involved in protests.
Parti communiste français — COMMUNIST: French Communist Party whose leaders and activists joined the demonstrations.
Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples (MRAP) — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in the wider coalition.
SOS Racisme — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in supporting the movement.
International amplifiers
BreakThrough News — SINGHAM NETWORK / MEDIA: New York-based nonprofit amplifying the French protests internationally.
Indian Alliance Paris — INTERNATIONAL / DIASPORA: France-based organization connecting French and Indian protest messaging. Partnered with the People's Forum in Manhattan.
The question during Monday's OutKick meeting went as follows: Did Michael Robinson just give the worst-aged sports take in history?
It happened Thursday on NFL Network, when the former fullback suggested that Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was faking an injury so as not to be the fall guy for a losing team.
"He's pulling himself out, so this doesn't look like it's on me," Robinson said.
On October 4, Hurts was cleated in the calf against the Rams. Six days later, an ultrasound revealed a superficial blood clot. He still played against the Jaguars the following day in London, despite doctors reportedly keeping him awake all night over concerns about the risks associated with sleeping with a blood clot. On October 15, the Eagles released a statement saying Hurts wouldn't play Sunday against the Panthers.
That night, Robinson chucked his now-infamous verbal air ball.
"If I'm Jalen Hurts or anybody in the Jalen Hurts' camp, I'm saying 'if everybody is hurt, then I'm hurt, too'," he said, referring to the rash of injuries on the Eagles roster.
Robinson added: "I would advise all of our viewers to go Google 'superficial blood clot' as opposed to a real blood clot."
Well, it turns out Hurts' condition was far more serious than Robinson suggested. Doctors subsequently discovered blood clots in his lungs — and now he's expected to miss the rest of the season. Part of me wondered if Robinson's season as a broadcaster was in jeopardy as well, although he did issue the following apology Monday night."
"I want to sincerely apologize to Jalen Hurts, his family, the Philadelphia Eagles organization and fan base for my comments last Thursday. They were unfounded and I never should've speculated on a health issue of a player nor his commitment to this team."
The mea culpa seems sincere — and boy was it necessary.
I will admit that my favorite key on my laptop is delete. It's rare that I have to come up with an opinion on a hot mic. But to imply that a world-class athlete is exaggerating an injury to preserve his reputation is a staggering lapse in judgment.
On the off chance that Robinson was correct, he might have scored a day-long victory lap. But whiffing like that gave his credibility a permanent stain.
Don't get me wrong, there have been a lot of bad sports opinions that had little impact on the pundit's career. In 2016, Max Kellerman said that Tom Brady was about to "fall off a cliff," only to watch the QB win three more Super Bowls. In 2014, Skip Bayless said that Johnny Manziel was going to be bigger in Cleveland than LeBron James ever was. In 2010, Mel Kiper Jr. said he would retire from ESPN if Jimmy Clausen — who went 1-13 in the 14 NFL games he started — was not a successful quarterback. And last month, LA Times columnist Bill Plaschke said that this year's Rams would go undefeated en route to the Super Bowl (they are 2-4).
But none of those takes attacked a man's character the way Robinson attacked Hurts'. They might have been ridiculous, but they were also harmless.
Look, I don't want to see Robinson lose his gig the way some online angry villagers do. He gave an egregious opinion, but one reckless remark shouldn't erase a career's worth of work.
This one is going to stick with the former Seahawk for a while, though, even with the apology. Bad predictions are forgotten. Baseless accusations aren't.
SAN FRANCISCO – Angel Reese started Game 1 of the WNBA Finals with 11 points in the first quarter, then went the rest of the afternoon without making another field goal. In Game 2, she gave the Atlanta Dream considerably more than a good start.
Reese scored 30 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead Atlanta to a 79-65 victory over the Golden State Valkyries on Monday night at Chase Center, evening the best-of-seven series at 1-1. She added 3 assists, 2 blocks and a steal.
She became the youngest player to record at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a WNBA postseason game.
It took four trips to the Finals for the Dream to finally win a game. Atlanta was swept in 2010, 2011 and 2013, then lost Saturday’s opener to fall to 0-10 in championship series games. Reese helped put an end to that streak with one of the best games of her career.
But before tipoff, there was another national anthem controversy. Both teams again stayed off the court for the anthem, leaving the floor just before the start of the "Star-Spangled Banner" and returning seconds after Alanis Morissette finished her performance.
The WNBA’s rulebook calls for players, coaches and trainers to stand and line up during the anthem. The league has not answered OutKick’s questions about the teams’ absences.
Once the game began, Reese attacked the basket and kept giving Atlanta offense. She scored eight points in the first quarter and seven in the second, giving her 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting in the first half. Those 15 points represented one more than she scored in all of Game 1.
Reese’s strong night still included a brief tantrum early in the third quarter. With the game tied at 40, she stomped her feet after not getting the ball and walked away while Atlanta’s possession continued, taking herself out of position to pursue an offensive rebound. That’s a bad look in a Finals game.
To Reese's credit, she didn't let one bad moment define her night. She followed the outburst with a block on Tiffany Hayes, then later finished through contact against Kiah Stokes and completed the three-point play.
Cameras showed Reese yelling "Give me the f-----g ball!" after the and-1 bucket.
Reese finished with nine third-quarter points, matching Golden State’s entire output.
The Valkyries never made Reese pay for entering the second half with three fouls. She stayed on the floor for the entire third quarter without picking up another one, while Golden State kept firing jump shots and failed to get to the free-throw line.
Both teams made four field goals in the third quarter, including one three-pointer apiece. Atlanta went 12-for-12 at the foul line. Golden State didn’t attempt a free throw. This wasn't a case of a one-way whistle, either; Golden State routinely settled for outside shots rather than attacking the paint.
Le emissioni tornano a crescere e, per rispettare gli impegni europei, l’Italia deve ora tagliare – in appena cinque anni – circa un quarto di quelle nazionali. Mancare gli obiettivi potrebbe costare tra 3,8 e 5,7 miliardi di euro. Le risorse pubbliche per la transizione restano inutilizzate o vengono disperse, mentre trasporti ed edifici sono i settori più in ritardo. Già, perché circolano 445mila auto elettriche, contro un obiettivo di 4,3 milioni al 2030 e perché negli edifici la quota di rinnovabili termiche è ferma da cinque anni, mentre del Fondo nazionale per l’efficienza energetica sono stati utilizzati solo 18 milioni di euro su quasi trecento. Nel frattempo, in vista della neutralità climatica al 2050, l’Italia non ha neppure una strategia di uscita dal gas. Sono alcuni degli elementi principali del progress report annuale presentato dal think tank Ecco sul Piano Nazionale Integrato per l’Energia e il Clima (Pniec) dell’Italia. Il risultato? “Nonostante l’avvicinarsi del 2030, la transizione energetica in Italia rallenta e l’Italia è al 15 per cento nel raggiungimento degli obiettivi”. “Il ritardo nella transizione lo paghiamo due volte: in bolletta e nei conti pubblici, fino a 5,7 miliardi di euro per compensare le emissioni in eccesso” spiega Chiara Di Mambro, direttrice Strategia Italia e Europa di Ecco, secondo cui “la Legge di bilancio può cambiare rotta” a patto che su usi la flessibilità concessa da Bruxelles “per elettrificare i consumi e iniziando a riequilibrare tasse e oneri che oggi rendono l’elettricità più cara del gas”.
Quanto ci costerà la crescita delle emissioni
Nel 2025, le emissioni di gas serra sono tornate a crescere, di circa 9 milioni di tonnellate di Co2 equivalente (MtCO2eq) rispetto al 2024. Per rispettare gli impegni europei al 2030, l’Italia deve ancora ridurre le proprie emissioni di circa 95 milioni di tonnellate di CO2 equivalente rispetto ai livelli del 2025. Gli obiettivi europei di riduzione per trasporti, edifici, agricoltura, rifiuti e piccola industria (tutti settori sottoposti al Regolamento Effort Sharing perché esclusi dall’Ets, il mercato europeo del carbonio) sono vincolanti per il Paese. Con l’attuale ritmo di riduzione delle emissioni, però, l’Italia rischia di mancare tali obiettivi. Secondo le proiezioni Ispra, infatti, tra il 2021 e il 2025 il Paese ha già accumulato un eccesso per circa 30 milioni di tonnellate di CO2 equivalente, destinato a salire a 39 entro il 2030. Questo può comportare un rischio di spesa stimato tra 3,8 e 5,7 miliardi di euro per l’acquisto di diritti di emissione. Nel frattempo, le risorse pubbliche impiegate nella transizione vengono disperse a causa di quello che Ecco definisce “un incoerente meccanismo di governance delle politiche energia e clima” e per la mancanza di una chiara strategia di finanziamento. Il Piano nazionale di Ripresa e resilienza si chiude con il 45% dei fondi per la transizione effettivamente spesi. Dei 18,2 miliardi di euro incassati dalle aste Ets tra il 2012 e il 2024, solo il 9% dei proventi è andato a misure per il clima, secondo le rendicontazioni pubbliche. “Bisogna poi anticipare il finanziamento del Piano Sociale per il Clima, che vale oltre 9 miliardi di euro ma non sarà operativo prima del 2027 – spiega Chiara Di Mambro – sono risorse che servono subito alle famiglie più esposte al caro energia”.
Trasporti ed edifici sono i settori più in ritardo
I trasporti sono il primo settore per emissioni, con oltre il 30% del totale. Circolano 445mila auto elettriche, contro un obiettivo di 4,3 milioni al 2030. Gli incentivi dedicati all’elettrico hanno portato le immatricolazioni al 9% tra la fine del 2025 e il 2026, contro il 22% della media europea. Finiti a giugno, il mercato è tornato ai livelli precedenti. Le risorse oggi disponibili sono poche e disperse tra più tecnologie. Per quanto riguarda gli edifici, invece, la quota di rinnovabili termiche è ferma da cinque anni e la direttiva Case Greentanto osteggiata dal Governo Meloni non è ancora stata recepita. Inoltre, gli strumenti che sembrano funzionare meglio sono sottofinanziati: il Conto Termico, ad esempio, ha esaurito i fondi annuali in un solo mese (Leggi l’approfondimento). Quelli che funzionano meno restano fermi: del Fondo nazionale per l’efficienza energetica sono stati utilizzati solo 18 milioni di euro su 284 disponibili.
Gas e rinnovabili: ecco perché le bollette restano alte
La domanda italiana di gas rimane inferiore di 11,2 miliardi di metri cubi rispetto al livello del 2019. Nonostante il lieve aumento del 2025, in cui i consumi sono tornati a salire (+2,1%), trainati dalla produzione termoelettrica (+7,2%), il settore mostra una tendenza strutturale alla riduzione della domanda. “Manca, tuttavia, una vera strategia di abbandono del gas, passo necessario per l’obiettivo di neutralità climatica al 2050” scrive Ecco. Al contrario, scelte di investimento mostrano il protrarsi della dipendenza oltre il 2030, con la prospettiva di metanizzazione della Sardegna che si concluderà non prima del 2033. Un segnale positivo “ma insufficiente” arriva dalle rinnovabili, con circa 7 gigawatt (GW) installati nel 2025, a fronte dei 10 GW annui necessari al raggiungimento del target al 2030. A frenarne lo sviluppo restano però i tempi ancora troppo lunghi delle autorizzazioni e la saturazione virtuale della rete. Nel 2025 l’energia rinnovabile prodotta ma persa per curtailment, cioè per i distacchi sulle reti di alta e altissima tensione, è salita a circa 802 gigawattora (Gwh), più del doppio del 2024. L’aspetto più problematico è che la crescita delle rinnovabili non si traduce ancora in benefici per le famiglie e le imprese: “Il prezzo dell’elettricità continua a essere determinato in larga parte dal gas e tasse e oneri pesano sulla bolletta elettrica molto più che su quella del gas”. Decisioni come il rinvio dell’uscita dal carbone al 2038 mandano inoltre un segnale incerto agli investitori.
L’elettrificazione inesplorata e il futuro incerto dell’industria
Il tasso di elettrificazione dei consumi finali è sostanzialmente stabile ed è al 23%. Nel 2024, l’elettricità copriva il 49% dei consumi nei servizi e il 40% nell’industria, ma solo il 21% nel settore civile e solo il 2% nei trasporti. Uno dei fattori che ostacola l’elettrificazione dei consumi in Italia è lo squilibrio tra i prezzi dell’elettricità e quelli delle fonti fossili, come il gas. L’Italia, infatti, è tra i Paesi europei con il più alto rapporto tra il costo dell’elettricità e del gas. Allo stesso tempo “gli incentivi alla decarbonizzazione dell’industria sono frammentati e di breve periodo – spiega il think tank – senza una strategia che sostenga investimenti e costi operativi in un contesto di forti pressioni internazionali sui prezzi dell’energia e sulla competitività”. Il caso ex Ilva (nella foto) ne è il simbolo. Sulle tecnologie della transizione, idrogeno rinnovabile, biometano e Cattura e stoccaggio (Carbon Capture and Storage), l’Italia resta molto lontana dagli obiettivi 2030 nonostante i nuovi strumenti di sostegno. “La decarbonizzazione dell’industria italiana rimane uno degli aspetti più critici della transizione energetica nazionale. L’assenza di una strategia unitaria che affronti sia le spese in conto capitale (per l’acquisto di immobili, macchinari, veicoli per esempio) – conclude Chiara Di Mambro – sia le spese operative per garantire il funzionamento delle aziende continua a frenare una trasformazione strutturale del comparto manifatturiero”.
Gli U2 hanno annunciato torneranno in tour con “Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth”, un tour mondiale che vedrà Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton e Larry Mullen Jr. tornare in alcuni stadi selezionati nel 2027 e oltre. I concerti saranno a supporto del sedicesimo album in studio della band, “Carnaval De Luz” in arrivo il 13 novembre. Altre date del 2027 per l’Europa e il Nord America saranno annunciate nelle prossime settimane.
Intanto Bono si è raccontato in una intervista al New York Times. Un po’ con un filo di ironia e un po’ seriamente il cantante ha dichiarato, mettendo le mani avanti: “L’insuccesso di un disco? È come quando fai il comico, arrivi alla battuta finale del tuo pezzo e nessuno ride”.
“Vogliamo ancora scrivere le canzoni migliori che siano mai state composte da chiunque. È qui che gli U2 diventano insopportabili. Questa grandiosità, tra l’altro, appartiene a tutti gli artisti che vogliono spingersi lontano, i Beatles, i Nirvana“.
E ancora: “È un difetto caratteriale, ma a 66 anni voglio ancora conquistare le classifiche. In fondo è perché non voglio che quelle idee restino fuori dal mainstream. I miei artisti preferiti hanno conquistato il mainstream. Penso a David Bowie: considero i suoi lavori migliori sperimentali e innovativi, ma anche a 40 anni, a 50 anni era in grado di tirare fuori una canzone pop perfetta”.
The Tampa Bay Rays will take on the Milwaukee Brewers, as they defeated the Cleveland Guardians, 7-3, in Game 6 of the ALCS to win the American League pennant.
The Brewers, who shockingly swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, have been watching this ALCS patiently to see who their opponent will be.
Tampa Bay won Game 5 on the road, which is always a pivotal tilt when the series is tied at two games apiece, and they didn’t squander their first trip back home at Tropicana Field.
With a sold-out "Trop," the Rays used their momentum to get the job done.
Richie Palacios got the Rays on the board first in the bottom of the second inning after a clutch, two-out double to make it 2-0 early.
Then, with the game at 3-1 in favor of Tampa Bay, it was their superstar, Junior Caminero, hitting what felt like the series-sealing home run that sent the Trop into rapture.
Caminero turned on an inside pitch and was willing the ball to stay fair, as it smacked off the foul pole and the celebration ensued. Caminero stopped before hitting first base, screaming in elation with the crowd and his nearby teammates in the dugout as he understood making it a 5-1 game in the bottom of the seventh inning was a back-breaker for the Guardians.
Caminero took his time rounding the bases before touching home plate, and the Rays fans in the stadium matched his energy the entire time.
Cleveland, though, wouldn’t go down without a fight. They found some juice in the ensuing frame, scoring twice to make it a 5-3 game. But as they’ve done all season, the Rays responded when they needed it.
Yandy Diaz hit his own home run, and there was no doubt about the 416-footer he sent over the left field wall to give his squad a four-run lead.
As the top of the ninth began, Bryan Baker, the Rays’ lockdown closer, took the mound to finish the job in Game 6. He got Steven Kwan and Jose Ramirez to both ground out to first base before Chase DeLauter popped out foul to punch Tampa Bay’s ticket into the Fall Classic.
This marks the first time the Rays have been to the World Series since the 2020 COVID-19-shortened season, while the Brewers are in for the first time in 44 years.
Either way, one of these franchises will be winning its first-ever World Series as neither have been able to place one in their trophy case in history.
Bono says U2 has long tried to keep its best concert seats within reach for fans.
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Bono says U2 has little say over what fans pay to see the band live.
Still, the band has long tried to make prime seats more accessible.
The band also has no issue with wealthier fans paying a premium, Bono says.
For decades, U2 has sold out some of the world's biggest venues. Bono says the band has one longstanding way of making those shows more accessible.
On The New York Times' "The Interview" podcast, Bono said U2 has "very little" say over ticket prices for its live shows. Still, he said, the band has long worked to make some front-row seats less expensive.
"What we do in our band is we take the best seats in the house — we've done this all our life — and make sure that they're often the most affordable," Bono said.
That doesn't mean U2 objects to charging some fans a premium.
"We also have no problem separating rich people from their money," Bono said. "You know, as we say, rich people have feelings, too. If they want to pay very high prices, we've no problem."
Bono said the aim is for fans to feel good about what they are paying for. He said U2 shows have "a level of depth" where people who don't normally agree politically can "feel safe."
"If they're in America, we want people to feel really good about the choice to pay a ticket — and probably pay too much for it — to see us," Bono said.
U2 performed 40 nights at the Sphere in Las Vegas from September 2023 through March 2024. The official announcement said tickets for the residency started at $140, and that the venue's larger capacity would allow "60% of tickets to be priced under $300," alongside a "limited number of premium-priced tickets" at each show.
High ticket prices have become a defining feature of the modern concert experience. The average ticket price for the top 100 tours rose from $96.17 in 2019 to $132.62 in 2025, per data from Pollstar, a music industry trade publication.
Dynamic pricing, which allows prices to rise with demand, has helped drive costs higher. On the secondary market, tickets can also be relisted at far higher prices than their original face value.
There are also longstanding concerns about consolidation in the ticketing industry. In April, a federal jury found Live Nation liable for antitrust violations, determining that its market monopoly led Ticketmaster to overcharge customers by $1.72 per ticket from May 2020 to 2024.
Sports fans are facing the same sticker shock. A Business Insider analysis of past ticket data found that a Category 1 ticket to this year's World Cup final cost $10,990 in April's open sale. At the previous seven World Cups, the equivalent ticket cost between $988 and $1,783 in today's dollars.
La expectación es máxima en Barcelona y el sector del arte para descubrir los pasos de Valentín Roma como director del Macba, un puesto para el que fue nombrado el pasado junio en sustitución de Elvira Dyangani Ose. Fue hace justo un mes cuando se presentó por primera vez ante la prensa para revelar las líneas principales de su mandato, para el que espera recuperar público y replantear la colección. En ese momento todavía no desveló la programación con la que trabaja, pero ha avanzado a este diario una de las importantes exposiciones que llevará a cabo en 2030, justo cuando se cumplirán 50 años del proyecto Del Liceu al Seminari, el plan con el que Narcís Serra, alcalde de Barcelona entre 1979 y 1982, prendió la mecha de la transformación cultural del Raval, que continuó Pasqual Maragall con el impulso económico de las Olimpiadas de 1992. Con una investigación analítica, un grupo de comisarios revisitará esa iniciativa que transformó el Raval y Barcelona.
De izquierda a a derecha, Alfonso Guiu, Pep Zazurca,
Angel Orbañanos, Lluís Clotet, Pepita Teixidor y Oscar Tusquets, equipo del proyecto 'Del Liceu al Seminari' de 1980.
Brandon Miller, the No. 2 pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, received a lucrative contract extension from the Charlotte Hornets heading into his fourth season in the league.
Miller, coming off a career year with the Hornets, agreed to a five-year, $209 million extension, per The Associated Press.
The 23-year-old averaged 20.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game last year, while also dealing with a shoulder injury. The guard/forward has tallied 19 points and 4.6 rebounds per game across his three seasons.
With LaMelo Ball traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves ahead of this year, Miller should be expected to take on a larger role for Charlotte during the 2026-27 campaign.
Miller was taken after the San Antonio Spurs selected Victor Wembanyama in the 2023 Draft, but there was a time during his final season at Alabama where Miller’s draft stock was in limbo because of controversy off the court.
Miller was involved in the death of a 23-year-old woman in January 2023, where it was found he transported the murder weapon, a firearm, to former teammate Darius Miles, the legal owner of the gun. Miles then gave the gun to Michael Lynn Davis, who was found guilty of shooting and killing Jamea Harris near The Strip in Tuscaloosa.
While Miller was never accused of any wrongdoing, he drove the gun to the scene where it was taken out of the vehicle by Miles and Davis. Prosecutors presented text messages showing that Miles had asked Miller to bring the gun to the scene.
Miller testified in the capital murder trial last year, admitting he did indeed bring the gun in his Dodge Charger to the scene, but said Miles didn’t tell him why he needed it, that he was going to give it to Davis or that a shooting would occur.
Miller also testified that, when gunfire rang out shortly after, two bullets had struck his windshield. He said he was almost hit by the bullets.
Ultimately, Miller was never charged with a crime or offered any special promises or rewards in exchange for cooperating.
Miller was one of four former members of the Alabama men’s basketball program who appeared on the pretrial potential witness list in the case. Davis was someone he knew since he joined the Crimson Tide’s program, being introduced to him through Miles. Davis had hung around the basketball team, which included moments in the locker room with Miles.
Miller was with the Crimson Tide for one season during the 2022-23 campaign before being selected by the Hornets. As news came out about his connection to the shooting, Miller started to face backlash from opposing teams’ fans, with "lock him up" ringing out during a game at South Carolina. He wasn’t fazed, though, dropping 41 points, as well as the game-winner in overtime, in that game.
"We hear the chants," Miller said at the time. "I feel like we really just lean on each other to go to places like that and pull out tough wins."
With Miller cleared of any wrongdoing, his draft stock remained on a top-three path, and the Hornets selected him in hopes that his prowess on the court in college would translate to the NBA.
It certainly has, and Miller has what every professional hopes for after entering the league: a big-time pay day.
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