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The didgeridoo is a wind instrument made by hollowing out the limbs or even the trunks of trees. It produces a low-pitched, soulful, resonant hum. This alone makes it captivating enough but the indigenous Australian people believe this long, wooden flute, which may perhaps be the oldest instrument known to mankind, connects them to the invisible forces that shape our world. It certainly felt like it on the morning of the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test. Perth Stadium - whose walls are adorned with 17 verses of indigenous Noongar prose - practically shook in tune with the music. When all this was happening, had found himself a little spot over on the other side of the ground and was taking some last-minute throwdowns, except it went way longer than that and if it hadn't been time for the national anthems, he might have kept going. "This is the toughest challenge," had said leading up to the game. "So I give this message to everyone: if you come and perform in this country then your cricket level will go up." "This is where you make your name for yourself on one of the biggest stages in the world to play cricket," bowling coach had said. "I think that's one of the driving forces in this group of young guys to come up here and play good, solid cricket, score five-, six-hundred runs in a series, take 19-20 wickets, and put yourself on that stage. It's a fantastic carrot to dangle in front of Indian players." certainly took this whole opening-the-batting business really seriously, but he seemed equally preoccupied with something else as well during the first half-hour of play. Gardening. He kicked the dirt off his batting crease. He marked and re-marked his guard. He patted the grass by the side of the pitch. He patted the good-length area of the pitch. He wanted to stay connected with the game. He wanted to stay plugged in. He wanted to get in that zone. On Friday, at Perth Stadium, if you weren't in the zone, you didn't exist. **** Bumrah was among the first to be back out there at the change of innings. And he was letting them fly. His genius has distorted reality before and just then it seemed like he was fine working with 150 on the board. It can be the dark that makes his light shine brighter. The pace was up. At the pre-match press conference, he picked up on the words "medium-fast" and forgot about everything else that followed including the next one - "allrounder". The question was actually about , but he fired back "150 , fast bowler " [I bowl 150kph, call me a fast bowler please]. Misplaced indignation aside, there's a chance he's underselling himself there. Bumrah created four wicket-taking opportunities with his first 12 deliveries on tour. He was doing almost the same thing in the nets, but there were no stakes there. Nathan McSweeney was the only casualty during this period of play, out lbw to a good-length ball curved into his front pad. He could have been dismissed earlier when a back-of-a-length ball zipped past his outside edge. Marnus Labuschagne's score - 2 off 52 - could easily have lost its curiosity value if Virat Kohli had been able to take a catch that he offered from the second ball he faced. This one was angled in and held its line. Bumrah was bowling fast - yeah, so fast bowler makes sense - but he brings people alive. A record crowd for a Test match day in Perth - 31,302 - including a very quiet Indian contingent until their captain was on a hat-trick. Then they began chanting his name. He makes the batting crease - which is usually wide open space - claustrophobic. He has his own gravity. Everybody at the ground was drawn to him when he was at the top of his mark. He makes his own rules. Pitches aren't 22 yards long when he's bowling. It's about time cricket finds something else to describe him. Mitchell Starc pretty much said there's nobody like him: "He's obviously got a fair bit of hyperextension in that elbow and does things a lot of actions won't let you do. So there's no surprise he's been a fantastic bowler across formats for a long time and again his skills were on show today as to how good he is. I'm sure there's something in that release point that's significant to his action. It's something that a lot of people can't do. I'm certainly not going to go and try it." **** India's batters did the best they could. The score at lunch - 51 for 4 - and immediately afterwards, when Mitchell Marsh was taking wickets - 73 for 6 - may not have looked nice but they were facing a relentless bowling attack that was able to generate, on average, 0.8 degrees of seam movement. That's a lot. Three of the four Tests played at Perth Stadium before this one offered much less in terms of deviation after pitching: 0.65, 0.56, 0.62. India matched their hosts with the ball. They too were able to gain 0.8 degrees of seam on average, and , playing only his 11th first-class match, got almost twice that (1.36 degrees) when he dismantled Travis Head. The whole team got around him, which was good because he looked like he was ready to run straight out of the stadium. To be 22 years old and able to conjure that kind of magic on debut. Rana and Reddy were both told on match eve that they would be playing. Twenty-four hours later, both of them have played a significant part in India turning their fortunes around in about as dramatic a manner as there could be. "We got to know just before one day," Reddy said after the day's play. "We were a little excited as well. Obviously nervousness as well was there. We were having dinner and we were just keeping ourselves the way we were last week. We wanted to continue that. We wanted to take no pressure. So we had a cycle ride as well last evening and it was good." Australia were expecting to face a very different bowling attack. They practiced hard for left-arm spin. Ravindra Jadeja got on the pitch only at lunch, to do some running drills. They have had enough run-ins with R Ashwin to be wary of him no matter the conditions. He was at the indoor nets, experimenting with legspin. They thought at least one of them would play. So did almost everybody else. India went in with a team designed to give them depth. An uncapped batting allrounder at No. 8. An uncapped bowling allrounder at No. 9. Washington Sundar, he of the no-look six from three years ago, as the lone spinner, a senior fast bowler who hasn't had a good time of late, and him. The biggest him in the world of cricket right now.

Julia Wick | (TNS) Los Angeles Times As California politicos look ahead to 2025, the biggest question looming is whether Vice President Kamala Harris — a native daughter, battered just weeks ago by presidential election defeat — will enter the 2026 California governor’s race. Related Articles National Politics | Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people National Politics | Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America National Politics | Trump invites China’s Xi to his inauguration even as he threatens massive tariffs on Beijing National Politics | Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump National Politics | What Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks AP-NORC poll Harris has yet to give any public indication on her thoughts and those close to her suggest the governorship is not immediately top of mind. But if Harris does ultimately run — and that’s a massive if — her entrée would seismically reshape the already crowded race for California’s highest office. Recent polling suggests Harris would have a major advantage, with 46% of likely voters saying they were somewhat or very likely to support her for governor in 2026, according to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies survey co-sponsored by The Times. “If Vice President Harris were to choose to run, I am certain that that would have a near field-clearing effect on the Democratic side,” Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, said during a recent UC Irvine panel interview . Porter, a high-profile Democrat who has been eyeing the wide-open governor’s race, has yet to say whether she plans to run. Porter’s point was broadly echoed in conversations with nearly a dozen California political operatives and strategists, several of whom requested anonymity to speak candidly. Most speculated that a Harris entry would cause some other candidates in the race to scatter, creating further upheaval in down-ballot races as a roster of ambitious politicians scramble for other opportunities. “In politics, you always let the big dogs eat first,” quipped Democratic political consultant Peter Ragone. The current gubernatorial field is a who’s who of California politicians, but lacks a clear favorite or star with widespread name recognition. The vast majority of California’s 22 million voters have yet to pay attention to the race and have little familiarity with the candidates. The list of Democratic candidates includes Los Angeles’ first Latino mayor in more than a century ( Antonio Villaraigosa ); the first female and first out LGBTQ leader of the state Senate ( Toni Atkins ); the sitting lieutenant governor and first woman to hold that post ( Eleni Kounalakis ); the state superintendent of public instruction ( Tony Thurmond ) and the former state controller ( Betty Yee ). Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is serving his second term as California governor, meaning he is ineligible to run again. Several other Democrats, including Porter, outgoing Health and Human Services Director Xavier Becerra and state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta have also publicly toyed with the idea of a run. They could be less likely to enter the fray should Harris decide to run. What the billionaire mall mogul Rick Caruso — who has also been exploring a run — would choose to do is an open question, as Caruso might contrast himself with Harris as a more centrist candidate. The real estate developer was a registered Republican until November 2019. It’s unlikely that Harris will proffer a public decision in the immediate term, leaving plenty of time for political insiders to game out hypotheticals in the weeks and months to come. Harris’ office did not respond to a request for comment. “I think every candidate for governor is trying to get some kind of intel,” Mike Trujillo, a Los Angeles-based Democratic political consultant and former Villaraigosa staffer, said of a potential Harris run. Trujillo speculated that Harris’ current state was probably similar to Hillary Clinton’s hiking sojourns in the Chappaqua woods after losing to Donald Trump in 2016, or Al Gore growing a beard in the bruising aftermath of his 2000 defeat. “The first thing she’s probably thinking about is, ‘Well, can I run again for president in four years?’ Not, ‘Do I run for governor in two years?’” said one political operative who’s worked with Harris in the past. Harris maintains a home in Brentwood and previously served as California’s senator and attorney general. A successful run for governor in 2026 would almost certainly impede a grab for the presidency in 2028. (Though if history is any guide, an unsuccessful run for California governor does not definitively preclude a bid for the Oval Office: Two years after losing the White House to John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon lost the 1962 contest for governor to Pat Brown . The Yorba Linda native became the nation’s 37th president in 1969.) As the chief executive of a state that doubles as the world’s fifth-largest economy, Harris would have more power to steer policy and make changes as a California governor than she did as vice president, where her job required deference to President Biden. But leading a state, even the nation’s most populous, could feel like small potatoes after being a heartbeat (and a few dozen electoral votes) from the presidency. The protracted slog to November 2026 would also be a stark contrast to her ill-fated 107-day sprint toward the White House, particularly for a candidate whose 2020 presidential primary campaign was dogged by allegations of infighting and mismanagement. “I don’t think Kamala Harris has a deep psychological need to be governor of California, or to be in elective office in order to feel like she can contribute to society,” said the operative who’s worked with Harris in the past. “I think some of these people do, but she’s somebody who has enough prominence that she could do a lot of big, wonderful things without having to worry about balancing California’s budget or negotiating with Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel,” the Encino Democrat who chairs the Assembly’s budget committee. Technically, Harris has until March 2026 to decide whether she enters a race. But political strategists who spoke to The Times theorized that she probably would make a move by late spring, if she chooses to do so. “People will be more annoyed if she drops in in June,” a Democratic strategist involved with one of the gubernatorial campaigns said. Sending a clear signal by February would be more “courteous,” the strategist continued, explaining that such a move would give candidates more time to potentially enter other races. Kounalakis is a longtime friend and ally of Harris’ , and the vice president also has long-term relationships with some of the other candidates and potential candidates. California has eight statewide elected offices and campaign finance laws allow candidates to fundraise interchangeably for them, meaning money already raised for a candidate’s gubernatorial campaign could easily be redirected should they decide to run for, say, lieutenant governor instead. There are already a number of candidates running for lieutenant governor, including former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, former state Sen. Steven Bradford and former state Treasurer Fiona Ma. But that office probably would see even more interest should Harris enter the gubernatorial race. It’s a largely ceremonial position, but one that has served as a launching pad for the governorship. Still, even if Harris does enter the race, Republican political strategist Mike Murphy threw cold water on the idea that she would have an automatic glide path to the governor’s office. “It’s like Hollywood. Nobody knows anything. She’s famous enough to look credible in early polling. That’s all we know for sure,” Murphy said. “Does that predict the future? No. Are there a lot of downsides (to a potential Harris candidacy)? Totally, yes.” ©2024 Los Angeles Times. Visit latimes.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

The Detroit Lions have equaled the franchise record for most consecutive victories and stand alone atop the NFC standings. They still have plenty of obstacles to clear to remain at that perch. Even the NFC North remains up for grabs and they'll try to create a little more separation when they host the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night. The Lions (11-1), who have won 10 straight, haven't been able to shake free from Minnesota (10-2) or Green Bay (9-3). Detroit will host Minnesota, which has won five straight, in the regular-season finale next month. The Packers have remained in contention by winning seven of their last eight, with the only loss coming at the hands of the Lions. Detroit opened up a 21-point lead early in the third quarter and held on for a 24-14 victory. Lions coach Dan Campbell says the fun really begins now. "The best part of all of this -- we're in playoff football right now, that's where we're at," he said. "We're in December, and our schedule says that. Man, we play tough opponent after tough opponent -- we've got plenty coming up. So, man, this is the type of stuff that you live for and it's also the type of stuff that gets you ready for the tournament. "So, yeah, we're a resilient bunch and nothing's going to change that. We've just got to worry about the one in front of us." Detroit is coming off a 23-20 win over Chicago on Thanksgiving Day in which it nearly blew a 16-point lead. The Bears' poor clock management cost them an opportunity to send the game into overtime and led to coach Matt Eberflus' firing. The Lions have been hit with a wave of injuries, particularly on the defensive side. They signed four players over the past week to fortify their depth. "I know the elephant in the room is all the injuries that have happened with us on the defensive side," defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn said. "Our personnel staff does a really good job of acquiring players that fit exactly who we are. I would say this, it's not the playbook that's the most important thing for these guys to come in and learn. It's the style of play that we have and that's easy to learn." Jared Goff has thrown for six touchdowns and zero interceptions in the past three games after tossing five picks against the Houston Texans on Nov. 10. The Packers also played on Thanksgiving, defeating Miami 30-17. Green Bay opened up a 24-3 halftime lead as Jordan Love threw two touchdown passes to Jayden Reed. Now the Packers face a Detroit team that has defeated them in five of the last six meetings. "With most good teams, they play the game the right way," Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur said. "Certainly, Detroit's been doing that for a couple years now. That's who they are and that's who we are as well. It should be a great game on Thursday night." The Packers might have to win via a shootout, considering the Lions are averaging a league-best 31.9 points per game (Green Bay ranks eighth at 26.5). Stopping the running game will be key, according to LaFleur. "They're two very dynamic backs. (David) Montgomery, he's going to beat you up physically and the other guy (Jahmyr Gibbs), you've got to try to corral because he can take it the distance," he said. "Jared (Goff) is playing at an MVP level, so they've got a really potent offense." Lions offensive tackle Taylor Decker (knee) and three defensive linemen -- DJ Reader (shoulder), Josh Paschal (knee) and Levi Onwezurike (hamstring) -- didn't practice on Tuesday. Offensive guard Elgton Jenkins (knee), Linebacker Edgerrin Cooper (hamstring) and cornerback Corey Ballentine (knee) missed the Packers' practice. --Field Level MediaHow to watch No. 2 UConn Huskies vs. No 8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women’s basketball

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CHICAGO, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) , a leading global supplier of custom-engineered solutions for user interface, lighting, and power distribution applications, announced today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share to be paid on January 31, 2025, to common stockholders of record at the close of business on January 17, 2025. About Methode Electronics, Inc. Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) is a leading global supplier of custom-engineered solutions with sales, engineering and manufacturing locations in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia. We design, engineer, and produce mechatronic products for OEMs utilizing our broad range of technologies for user interface, lighting system, power distribution and sensor applications. Our solutions are found in the end markets of transportation (including automotive, commercial vehicle, e-bike, aerospace, bus, and rail), cloud computing infrastructure, construction equipment, and consumer appliance. Our business is managed on a segment basis, with those segments being Automotive, Industrial, and Interface. For Methode Electronics, Inc. Robert K. Cherry Vice President Investor Relations rcherry@methode.com 708-457-4030'It's actually going to be easy to cure ageing and cancer," insists David Sinclair, a researcher on ageing at Harvard University. Similarly, Elon Musk continues to claim that he will soon land humans on Mars and deploy robotaxis en masse. Major corporations have set carbon-neutrality targets based on highly optimistic forecasts about the potential of carbon-removal technologies. And, of course, many commentators now insist that "AI changes everything". Amid such a confounding mix of hype and genuine technological marvels, are entrepreneurs, scientists, and other experts getting ahead of themselves? At the very least, they betray a strong preference for technological solutions to complex problems, as well as an abiding belief that technological progress will make us healthier, wealthier, and wiser. "Give us a real world problem," writes Silicon Valley doyen Marc Andreesen in "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto", "and we can invent a technology that will solve it". But, as we note in our book How to Think About Progress, this attitude is heavily influenced by what we call the "horizon bias": the propensity to believe that anything experts can envisage accomplishing with technology is imminently within reach. We owe this optimism to technology's past successes: eradicating smallpox, landing a man on the moon, creating machines that can outperform chess grandmasters and radiologists. While these highlights dwell permanently in our collective memory, offering strong inductive evidence for the power of human ingenuity, we forget (or are oblivious to) all the times that technology promised to solve some problem but didn't. Just as history is written by the victors, the story of technological progress features mainly the breakthroughs that panned out, creating the impression that Technological Man consistently accomplishes whatever he sets out to achieve. The horizon bias affects us all, but it is most consequential in those with enough expertise to be able to offer scientific and technological solutions to big challenges in the first place -- especially if they are trying to sell us something. The hazard lies in convincing yourself that you can anticipate every discrete step needed to reach an ambitious goal like "curing" cancer or colonising Mars. Such "knowing" instils confidence in the speaker as much as it inspires hope in the non-expert listener. Moreover, it is one thing to promise tourist trips to Mars and quite another thing to claim that you will invent a time-travel machine. The first ambition at least seems doable, and that is more than enough for any optimist to run with. Mere possibility can be a powerful force in forecasting and decision-making because we usually fail to recognise that our sense of possibility expands with ignorance. The less you know about biology or space travel, the more you believe can be achieved in those fields. For all we know, anti-ageing research really will allow people who are alive today to live for hundreds of years. This is the blind spot that Silicon Valley hype artists love to exploit, especially after breakthrough moments like the release of ChatGPT or the success of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. It is on such occasions that we look to the horizon and embrace or revise our ambitions. Perhaps the science behind the vaccines will also offer "the cure" for cancer? When even the experts are saying "For all we know, this latest advance could swiftly lead to X, Y, and Z," that is a legitimate reason for the lay public to get excited. But this is a facile mode of thinking: because we can only speculate about the later stages of the sequence needed to reach a hoped-for destination, we have a license to gloss over the messy contingencies that are inevitable in the course of research and development. Succumbing to the horizon bias, we can say things like, "All we would need to do to address climate change is ramp up R&D in carbon-capture technologies until we have found a way to make them affordable and viable at scale." Precisely because we don't yet know what technical and scientific advances this would require, we can imagine it as eminently feasible. Moreover, we should be wary of a psychological tendency that leads us systematically to overestimate our ability to solve big, generation-defining problems with technology. As the bibliographer of science fiction I F Clarke put it almost 50 years ago, we harbour an "eternal desire that the power of man over nature shall always be as instant and as absolute as his will". Modernity has made it both easy and exciting to imagine technological solutions appearing out of nowhere. Though we know we should not bet everything on such expectations, it is all too tempting to envision solutions that would make problems like climate change, pandemics, and cancer just go away. This tendency can hamper our ability to prepare for an intrinsically uncertain future. Proper preparation demands that we not rely on a grievously biased sample of past experiences. As we confront big global problems, we must avoid acting like gamblers who remember only those rare occasions when they hit it big, not the more numerous occasions when the house swallowed their money. To be sure, the horizon bias does not imply that technological solutions to civilisational problems won't emerge soon. Some lone genius could crack the problem of cancer or climate change tomorrow, falsifying pessimistic claims about the future. Nonetheless, claims about what our rational expectations ought to be will remain valid. If you announce that you have just bought a lottery ticket and simultaneously bid on a mansion that you cannot afford, no one will commend you for your financial judgement, even if you win. ©2024 Project Syndicate Nicholas Agar is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Stuart Whatley is Senior Editor at Project Syndicate and co-author, with Nicholas Agar and Dan Weijers, of 'How to Think about Progress'.CLEVELAND, Ohio — The worst team in the AFC North beat the division’s best team Thursday night, after the Browns topped the Steelers in a 24-19 victory. There was no love lost in the rivalry game, where the Browns earned their fifth victory in the last nine meetings between the two teams. Add in the fiery emotions with a sudden wave of snow, and you have an instant classic. For Pittsburgh, through a number of factors and results, they ended on the losing side. Here are the Steelers’ thoughts on the game: More Cleveland Browns coverage Would the Browns have any interest in Daniel Jones? What about Jameis Winston’s future here, and more: Browns takeaways How Myles Garrett, Jordan Hicks and the rest of the Browns defense graded vs. the Steelers How Jameis Winston, Nick Chubb and the rest of the Browns offense graded vs. the Steelers Week 12 NFL Preview: Find everything you need to know with our Week 12 NFL preview. Tomlin’s penalty acceptance There were a number of coaching decisions that came into the question. A big one was the first play after the two minute warning, with Pittsburgh still leading 19-18. On third-and-two, Patrick Queen bum-rushed the pocket and forced Jameis Winston to get rid of the pass quickly. Winston’s pass landed on the back of Pittsburgh’s Cameron Heyward, kind of rolled off and slightly touched the hands of Ethan Pocic, who then sat on the ball in case it was a fumble. The contact between Pocic’s hands and the football resulted in an illegally touched pass penalty. If Tomlin declines the penalty, it forces Cleveland to make a potential game-deciding play on fourth-and-2. If he accepts the penalty, it pushes the Browns back to a third-and-6. In a weird moment of confusion between Tomlin and the game officials, Tomlin declined the penalty, then accepted the penalty. He explained why after the game. “I thought it was a grounding initially, and I couldn’t hear the officials. When I realized that it wasn’t ruled a grounding, I got information from them and made the call that we wanted to make,” Tomlin said. “The distance was more important to us. If it wasn’t grounding, we weren’t moving them five yards back. They were potentially kicking into the wind, so we wanted to stop them and make the field goal a longer one.” That decision wouldn’t age well as Winston found Jerry Jeudy for 15 yards on the next play. A defensive delay of game penalty moved Cleveland up five more yards into first-and-goal, and they took advantage with Nick Chubb scoring a touchdown a couple plays after. The play Tomlin decided on was a blur, and not just because of the snow particles covering the view. If not for Winston’s pass hitting Heyward, it could’ve been intentional grounding. Speaking of Heyward, who broke through Cleveland’s offensive line but was slowed down by Joel Bitonio, he felt a holding penalty was missed. “I thought there was a hold in there, too. I was wrapped around my waist, but there was no call. I don’t know what we were confused about,” Heyward said. “I know Mike (Tomlin) was communicating about it and said we were not taking the penalty. Then we were like, Mike T. wants the penalty, so we were just waiting for them to get it right.” Through the countless what-ifs, Tomlin held his stance on his decision, feeling the weather could’ve benefited them in the end. “Again I wanted to back them up to make it a more problematic kick for them based on the conditions with them kicking into the wind,” Tomlin said. Offense Pittsburgh’s offense isn’t known for bringing much dynamic play or putting points on the board. Their last two games were wins by a combined three points. But they usually get the job done with what’s at hand, in certain areas of the game. Entering Week 12, they ranked eighth in rushing yards (136.7) and tied for 10th in red zone scoring attempts (3.6). Cleveland’s defense did its part in keeping Pittsburgh to two red zone opportunities, and did well early on limiting the Steelers run game, allowing 38 yards in the first half, although the Steelers finished with 120 in the end. This also wasn’t an offense that was aggressive on fourth-down attempts, averaging 1.1 attempts going into Week 12. Come Thursday night, two of their three fourth-down attempts were unsuccessful. Quarterback Russell Wilson completed 75% of his passes for 270 yards and one touchdown, but was sacked four times, all coming in the first half for a loss of 22 yards. Myles Garrett had three of those, prompting some respect from Wilson. Wilson was familiar with the Browns after defeating them in Week 12 of 2023 while with Denver, where he threw for 134 yards and earned two scores, one passing and one rushing. He noticed a different approach from Cleveland this time around. “I think this time, they anticipated what they were going to do for the most part in terms of the multiplicity of coverages,” Wilson said. “Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz is good, he’s a great defensive coordinator. He’s got a lot of different coverages. Very veteran group, and they were one of the top defenses last year.” Tomlin on the other hand, felt that could’ve been prevented if his squad came out more aggressive from the start. “Again, that’s what I’m talking about when I say it took us too long to warm up to the action. They brought it and they brought it instantly early on,” Tomlin said. “I thought we settled down and got competitive but as you mentioned it produced some negativity, particularly in the first half.” The defense also did its part in disrupting the Steelers receivers as well. Wide receiver George Pickens finished Thursday night with four catches on seven targets for 48 yards, including a 31-yard reception toward the latter part of the first quarter. He caught all three targets in the first quarter for 41 yards, but was limited thereafter. But due to the weather, and his own feelings on the officiating, Pickens was blunt on his game thoughts. “Conditions played a huge, huge part in today’s game. I don’t really think the Cleveland Browns are a good team at all. I think the conditions saved them today,” Pickens said. Defense When you think Steelers football, you think of the hard hits their defense continually makes each game. Entering Week 12, they ranked fourth in fewest rushing yards allowed per game (90.8), and only gave up 85 on the night, though it came with three rushing touchdowns for Cleveland. However, between limiting the run game and keeping Jameis Winston from recording a passing touchdown, they still lost. Part of it was the style of play; a mixture of grueling runs and somewhat deep passes. This worked for Cleveland early on, with a touchdown series in the first half for Nick Chubb and a 10-3 lead going into the half. Heyward, who finished with three tackles, gave his thoughts. “Defensively I thought we got some three-and-outs early on. Traded back and forth. It became a game of field position and I think a couple times we just didn’t capitalize on it or we didn’t get off the field in time,” Heyward said. “I think you’re at 10-3 at half, get off the field with a fumble, get them the ball. It’s just hit or miss on a bunch of plays today.” Despite consistent plays in which they made their presence known, including a strip sack Nick Herbig in the fourth period, it’s a matter of playing until the game is over. “I mean this is the NFL, you never have the game won until there’s zeros on the clock. Like I said, we got to come out and fight. Every second, every play we gotta fight,” Herbig said. T.J. Watt, who’s a favorite for Defensive Player of the Year and had four tackles on Thursday, agreed with Herbig’s assessment. “It is very deflating. We need to close out games and we were not able to do that tonight. It sucks that we could not hold on, but a loss is a loss,” Watt said. Football Insider newsletter free trial: Take a minute and sign up for a free trial of our Football Insider newsletter, featuring exclusive content from cleveland.com's Browns reporters.

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Bill Clinton, the former US president who has faced a series of health issues over the years, was admitted to hospital Monday in Washington after developing a fever, his office said. "President Clinton was admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center this afternoon for testing and observation after developing a fever," the 78-year-old's deputy chief of staff Angel Urena said on social media platform X, adding Clinton "remains in good spirits." Clinton was previously hospitalized for five nights in October 2021 due to a blood infection. In 2004, at age 58, he underwent a quadruple bypass operation after doctors found signs of extensive heart disease. He had stents implanted in his coronary artery six years later. The health scare motivated him to make lifestyle changes, including adopting a vegetarian diet, and he has since spoken publicly about his efforts. Clinton's health last made headlines in November 2022 when he tested positive for Covid-19. He said at the time that his symptoms were "mild" and he was "grateful to be vaccinated and boosted." Clinton, who led the United States for two presidential terms from 1993-2001, is the second-youngest living US president, after 63-year-old Barack Obama. He was born mere months after fellow former US president George W. Bush and President-elect Donald Trump. Though his prosperous time in office was marred by scandals, he has enjoyed a second life in the two decades after his presidency, which has seen him venture into numerous diplomatic and humanitarian causes. bur-jgc/aha

Liana Leota. Photo: Michael Bradley Photography The franchise made the announcement this morning. Leota takes over the role from Jo Morrison, who was recently appointed head coach of the New Zealand Secondary Schools team. Based in the UK since 2016, Leota has spent the past three and a-half years working as technical coach with the England Roses. In 2022, she was appointed director of Super League franchise the Leeds Rhinos. She said the opportunity to bring her knowledge back to the Steel alongside head coach Wendy Frew cemented the decision to return to New Zealand. “I have been waiting for the right time for a while now. Our children have been asking to return home to be closer to our families. When there was an opening at Steel and with Wendy it was a no-brainer,” she said. A former Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Leota, 40, was a midcourt maestro for the Steel and its predecessor the Sting from 2007 to 2011 and was eager to link with Frew. Frew said she was “beyond excited” to connect with Leota in a new capacity. “She was an exceptional player, known for her X-factor and flair on the court, and I’ve had the privilege of watching her coaching journey in the UK with great interest,” she said. “Not only is she a close friend, but we also shared the experience of being teammates and co-captains. Now, as we take on this new challenge of leading a team together, it feels like an exciting new chapter for both of us. I can’t wait for La to bring her wealth of coaching experience into the Southern Steel environment and see the impact she will make.” Morrison, meanwhile, said she was "so grateful to have had the opportunity to work alongside an amazing management team for the past four years". "I have learnt so much and will be able to apply all of this rich learning to my next challenge."Will Kamala Harris run for California governor in 2026? The question is already swirling

Colorado's 2-way star Travis Hunter eyes Big 12 title and more before 'for sure' entering NFL draftBill Clinton, the former US president who has faced a series of health issues over the years, was admitted to hospital Monday in Washington after developing a fever, his office said. "President Clinton was admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center this afternoon for testing and observation after developing a fever," the 78-year-old's deputy chief of staff Angel Urena said on social media platform X, adding Clinton "remains in good spirits." Clinton was previously hospitalized for five nights in October 2021 due to a blood infection. In 2004, at age 58, he underwent a quadruple bypass operation after doctors found signs of extensive heart disease. He had stents implanted in his coronary artery six years later. The health scare motivated him to make lifestyle changes, including adopting a vegetarian diet, and he has since spoken publicly about his efforts. Clinton's health last made headlines in November 2022 when he tested positive for Covid-19. He said at the time that his symptoms were "mild" and he was "grateful to be vaccinated and boosted." Clinton, who led the United States for two presidential terms from 1993-2001, is the second-youngest living US president, after 63-year-old Barack Obama. He was born mere months after fellow former US president George W. Bush and President-elect Donald Trump. Though his prosperous time in office was marred by scandals, he has enjoyed a second life in the two decades after his presidency, which has seen him venture into numerous diplomatic and humanitarian causes. bur-jgc/ahaThe internet is rife with fake reviews. Will AI make it worse?