c JJ on NASCAR's return: 'Nutty, to say the least' By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 18:46:55 EST Jimmie Johnson has been logging virtual practice laps for what should be an unpredictable first race back. Full Article
c Sources: Some NBA teams OK'd to test players By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 20:26:52 EST Some NBA teams opening facilities for voluntary workouts will be allowed to administer coronavirus tests to asymptomatic players and staff, provided there is enough testing available for at-risk health care workers, sources told ESPN. Full Article
c USWNT lawsuit versus U.S. Soccer explained By www.espn.com Published On :: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 18:17:59 EST The USWNT has been in an ongoing battle with the USSF since filing a pay-equity lawsuit last year. We break down what's at stake for both sides. Full Article
c Hastings United besieged by swarm of bees; Messi back in action By www.espn.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:35:31 EST With almost all football off because of the coronavirus, star players have found themselves at a loose end. How are they filling their time? Full Article
c NBA facilities are reopening, but is the season any closer? By www.espn.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 14:18:36 EST The reopening of NBA training facilities is the first step, but a step to what remains uncertain. Full Article
c From the Archives: Can't touch the Warriors now By www.espn.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:34:50 EST Playing with no overt agenda and no chip on their collective shoulders, the Warriors changed the game en route to the 2015 NBA title. Full Article
c How to watch: Reliving Don Shula's memorable moments By www.espn.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 08:43:06 EST The Hall of Fame coach presided over the golden era of Dolphins football, and highlights from his biggest victories will be featured on ESPN2. Full Article
c Lowe: Five NBA things I like and don't like, including Michael Jordan's 63-point masterpiece By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 08:59:32 EST Let's spotlight a new appreciation for Jordan's greatness, the art of rebounding and the Trae Young-John Collins duo. Full Article
c The NFL schedule is out, and we predict wins and losses for every game By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 15:17:31 EST The full regular-season schedule is out. The Chiefs open defense of their Super Bowl title vs. Houston. Full Article
c NFL experts pick best matchups, biggest winners from schedule release By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 15:17:57 EST Which games should you circle on your calendar? Which rookie debut will be the most interesting? Full Article
c Shoeless Joe card from 1910 auctions for $492K By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 16:05:56 EST A Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball card from 1910 sold for $492,000, Heritage Auctions says. Full Article
c Love: Being back at Cavs' facility 'weird, uplifting' By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 22:04:12 EST Kevin Love's Cavs became one of the first teams in the NBA to reopen their practice facility for voluntary individual workouts, a process that Love described as "weird" but also "pretty uplifting." Full Article
c Saints cut RG Warford after 3 Pro Bowl seasons By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 17:33:39 EST Despite being named a Pro Bowler each of the past three seasons, right guard Larry Warford was cut by the Saints on Friday. Full Article
c Sources: MLB shortens draft from 40 rounds to 5 By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 18:46:38 EST Team owners have long discussed shortening the draft from its usual 40 rounds, and it was expected to be a point of discussion heading into the winter 2021 expiration of the labor agreement between the league and players' union. Full Article
c Silver preps NBA players for challenges ahead By www.espn.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 20:20:46 EST Adam Silver outlined a potentially grim future for the NBA in a call with players, calling the pandemic the "single greatest challenge of all our lives." Full Article
c Souza tests positive for virus, out of UFC 249 By www.espn.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 01:17:45 EST Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, who was scheduled to fight Uriah Hall at UFC 249 on Saturday, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Full Article
c The pandemic ‘unicorn’: Canadian startup dependent on travel joins $1-billion-plus club By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 23:02:58 +0000 Platform connects international students to universities, colleges and high schools with one application system Full Article Innovation coronavirus unicorns universities
c Apple borrows on the cheap to fund buybacks, dividends By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 23:57:53 +0000 Apple capitalized on the Federal Reserve's emergency measures in response to the coronavirus outbreak to issue its cheapest bonds in year Full Article Innovation FP Street News Apple Inc. Bond Market
c How Europe got caught up in crackpot 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 16:11:11 +0000 At a time of crisis, people want answers — and 5G is a really simple answer Full Article Innovation
c Apple to hold virtual developer conference June 22, later than usual By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 17:37:45 +0000 Delay likely also pushes back Apple's software testing cycle, which could be another indicator of this year's iPhones launching later than usual Full Article Innovation Apple Inc.
c Digital-friendly recession: How Big Tech got even bigger in the midst of a market meltdown By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:09:17 +0000 Many analysts expected the stocks to fall back to earth when the next downturn came Full Article Innovation Investing
c Bitcoin is staging a comeback reminiscent of the 2017 bubble frenzy By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:50:30 +0000 In anticipation for a technical event that may be a new catalyst, Bitcoin has rallied to more than US$9,000 from around US$6,000 just a month ago Full Article Blockchain Innovation Bitcoin
c Shopify becomes Canada’s most valuable company after quarter beats expectations on back of pandemic By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:24:08 +0000 Larger retailers like Heinz and Loblaw signing up with Shopify Full Article Innovation Shopify Inc.
c Sidewalk Labs pulls out of Toronto smart city project after 3 years, citing ‘unprecedented economic uncertainty’ By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 22:26:04 +0000 'It has become too difficult to make the 12-acre project financially viable' Full Article Innovation Sidewalk Labs Waterfront Toronto
c As Shopify passes RBC to become No. 1, the Canada market curse gets put to the test By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:11:20 +0000 Those that leapfrogged the value of Canada's largest bank in the past have faltered — think Valeant, BlackBerry and Nortel Full Article Innovation Investing Shopify Inc.
c Google, Facebook tell staff to plan to work from home for the rest of the year By business.financialpost.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:41:50 +0000 The edicts from the internet giants come as states and corporations grapple with ways to reopen as the virus pandemic rages on Full Article Innovation Alphabet Inc. coronavirus Facebook Inc.
c Coronavirus: NHS doctor returning to help during pandemic cheers up colleagues by singing opera By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-14T10:31:00Z Dr Alex Aldren has returned to the NHS after leaving to become an opera singer Full Article
c Coronavirus: NHS hospitals using Amazon Wish Lists to ask for donations of basic items By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-14T12:38:24Z NHS hospitals are asking for basic items such as toothbrushes and sanitary products Full Article
c Dentists warn 'desperate' people will try 'DIY dentistry' if the government doesn't give access to emergency treatment By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-16T08:32:45Z 'It's inevitable many desperate patients will resort to 'DIY dentistry' Full Article
c Coronavirus: Increased alcohol consumption during lockdown could lead to 'second health crisis', warn researchers By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-16T12:12:42Z It is feared that daily drinkers could be most at risk Full Article
c Coronavirus: Miss England who returned to work as NHS doctor 'concerned' about lack of PPE By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-20T09:49:42Z 'Nurses are constantly in contact and unwittingly the virus can be spread to other parts of the hospital due to this appalling lack of PPE' Full Article
c Adverts which claim IV drips can help fight coronavirus banned by watchdog By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-21T13:56:00Z No treatments for the coronavirus have yet been approved, meaning companies cannot make medical claims about their products Full Article
c 'We don't do apart': Elderly couple who fought coronavirus together in hospital heap praise on NHS staff By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-22T10:42:56Z 'We've never been apart for sixty plus years, we don't do apart,' says Sidney Moore Full Article
c Coronavirus: Half of health workers experiencing increased levels of stress and trauma By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-23T11:45:00Z Less than a third say government is doing enough to help healthcare workers Full Article
c Coronavirus: Do I need to start taking vitamin D during lockdown? By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-23T15:20:00Z Public Health England has updated its advice on vitamin D Full Article
c Coronavirus: Apple and Google update plans to let phones track whether people have been exposed By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-27T09:09:00Z Without integrating into phones' operating systems, performance of contact-tracing apps is likely to be limited Full Article
c One in three nurses say mental health has become 'very bad' during pandemic By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-29T07:31:23Z A lack of PPE is concern among nurses Full Article
c Teachers produce 200,000 pieces of PPE for frontline healthcare staff By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-29T13:35:15Z 'I'm in awe of the work that has taken place across our community over the last month, says Tony Ryan Full Article
c 'Call your GP': Women displaying new gynae cancer symptoms during lockdown urged to seek medical advice By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-01T05:31:02Z Some hospital trusts have seen a dramatic drop in cancer referrals from GPs in recent weeks Full Article
c Disabled people struggle to get food and essential items during lockdown By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-01T12:06:13Z 'I'm worried about running out of food,' says Charles Bloch Full Article
c Half of UK workers feeling more stressed or anxious during lockdown, study finds By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-04T12:25:10Z The poll also found Britons are working 28 hours of overtime per month Full Article
c Wellbeing levels in UK at lowest since records began, new research suggests By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-05T10:35:26Z UK population is suffering from 'high levels of psychological distress', according to the research Full Article
c Samantha Fox on fame at 16, stalkers and David Cassidy: ‘I kneed him and told him where to go’ By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2017-12-12T15:50:03Z One of the most photographed British women of the 1980s talks about feminism, her abusive father and how she battled her fears to come out as gayIn a small, unloved hotel, the receptionist greets me and Samantha Fox with pursed lips: “There will be no interview here,” she says. I feel as if I’ve wandered into the pages of Fox’s new autobiography, Forever, which is littered with bizarre anecdotes of best-laid plans going awry. From her ill-fated presenting partnership with a spaced-out Mick Fleetwood at the 1989 Brit awards, to a secret naked horseback photo shoot in Antigua – during which her steed galloped off with her to a busy tourist beach – not much has gone as expected in Fox’s life. Not least the day she worked with her childhood idol David Cassidy, who died earlier this month, which she says culminated in being sexually assaulted by him. Despite these, and many other setbacks, she says she is a “lucky girl”.Fox was just 16 when her mother entered her for the Sunday People’s Face and Shape of 1983 competition – her wholesome, girl-next-door image made her the most popular Page 3 girl ever, and one of the most photographed women of the 1980s, alongside Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher. By 21, she had made her first pop record and retired from modelling, going on to break the US and sell 30m records worldwide. Continue reading... Full Article Celebrity Autobiography and memoir Page 3 Feminism All Saints Sexual harassment Women London LGBT rights Pornography Books
c Ethan Hawke: ‘The most romantic thing I’ve done is have sex’ By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2017-12-16T14:00:03Z The actor, 47, on being an optimist, avoiding marriage advice and why other people make him anxiousI have so many bad habits it’s impossible to measure the worst. My son would say I don’t take enough care with how I dress, my daughter might say I work too much, and my wife that I can’t seem to help in the kitchen at all. But in my opinion I have none.As a former kid actor, I know how hard it is to turn that attention into anything but self-destruction. The heat of the spotlight makes ordinary temperatures real cold. Continue reading... Full Article Ethan Hawke Film Culture Life and style
c Griff Rhys Jones: ‘My best kiss? I kissed all the Spice Girls once’ By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2017-12-30T09:30:08Z The actor and comedian on being lazy, losing his cool and public shamingBorn in Cardiff, Griff Rhys Jones, 64, began his career on the BBC’s Not The Nine O’Clock News, which ran from 1979-82. He went on to develop a comedy partnership with Mel Smith that lasted 20 years. He is also an Olivier award-winning stage actor. His UK tour, Where Was I?, starts on 18 January. He is married with two children and lives in Suffolk.When were you happiest?I’ll be at my happiest today, and probably my gloomiest at some point today, too. Continue reading... Full Article Griff Rhys Jones Life and style Culture Comedy TV comedy Television Television & radio
c Is it worth hiking? Exercise review By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2016-06-04T04:59:01Z The hit of fresh air in your nostrils? The beauty of the countryside? Hiking is amazingWhat is it? Just a nice long walk.How much does it cost? Probably an initial outlay of about £50 for some decent gear, and then free for ever. Continue reading... Full Article Health & wellbeing Life and style Fitness
c What I’m really thinking: the secret smoker By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2018-01-13T09:00:01Z If I was ever going to ‘come out’, I should have done it when I was youngerIf anyone ever offers me a cigarette, I always reply: “No thanks, I don’t smoke.” But I’m lying.I started smoking at 16. I thought it made me look grown-up, but I was shy so I’d do it on my own. I would go into the woods near my home, or occasionally “bravely” have one in the house if nobody was else in. Continue reading... Full Article Health & wellbeing Smoking Life and style
c A letter to… the teacher who inspired my young son By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-11T06:45:07Z ‘I take comfort in the knowledge that, even though you are not here, your work continues to make children happy’I was so worried about handing my little boy over during his first week of school, but you made it easier. You smiled at him like a mother would at her own child. You radiated warmth and your hugs were always on offer.After a day in class with you, C would come home singing. Whenever I hear Do Your Ears Hang Low or see him stretching to the sky when singing about the days of the week, I will think of you. I didn’t tell you at the time, but I loved your morning song so much that I implemented it in my own class (I’m a teacher too). The first time we sang it after losing you was hard but, as time passes, I take comfort in the knowledge that, even though you are not here, your work continues to make children happy. Continue reading... Full Article Family
c Eco-chic and trouser suits: how Meghan Markle’s style reads the room By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2018-02-02T13:09:47Z The future royal wore a trouser suit for her first official evening engagement with Prince Harry, ushering in a new kind of sartorial diplomacyLast night, for her first official evening engagement with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle wore an Alexander McQueen trouser suit. It was slim-fitting, with cropped cigarette trousers, worn with very high stiletto heels and a cream dishabille blouse. The outfit was many things: very Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking, a bit Princess Diana, with a soupçon of Marlene Dietrich, even a hint of Carine Roitfeld (although Roitfeld probably wouldn’t have worn a blouse underneath the tux). What it was not was a Sandringham-appropriate boxy Catherine Walker skirt suit. It was notable because it didn’t feel like standard royal family dressing at all. The royal family wrote the rule book on sartorial diplomacy. Usually, their approach is unambiguous. It is a gown embroidered with 2,091 shamrocks in Ireland; a Chanel tweed coat in Paris in the middle of Brexit; a dress by Polish designer Gosia Baczyńska at a garden party in Warsaw. It is the opposite of wearing a cult band T-shirt that only fellow devotees will recognise. The clothes are designed to speak of decency and propriety; the visual messages are clear enough to charm heads of state and reach the rest of us in the cheap seats as well. Continue reading... Full Article Fashion Women's trousers Women Meghan Duchess of Sussex Life and style UK news Prince Harry
c How Instagram changed our world By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-03T10:00:49Z It started as a photo-sharing platform, but quickly rose to become the most influential app of our generation. Now, a forensic new book reveals the struggles and eccentricities of the men behind InstagramOne day in the autumn of 2015, a small but significant change was implemented at the Instagram offices in Menlo Park, California. Employees arrived at work to discover the rubbish bins under each desk had disappeared. The bins had allowed people to work efficiently – no one had to stand up to throw away a coconut water carton or wasabi pea wrapper after they’d enjoyed the company’s free food. But the bins weren’t really Instagram’s – they were installed by Facebook, which had purchased the photo-sharing app for $1bn in 2012.Kevin Systrom, Instagram’s co-founder, didn’t like the bins. He didn’t like the cardboard boxes employees used to file papers and paraphernalia. He hated old, sagging birthday balloons. Instagram’s offices, he explained, after removing the bins, should represent its ethos. They should be beautiful, simple, pristine – much like the app itself. Continue reading... Full Article Instagram Life and style Social media Digital media Media Technology Culture Books Mark Zuckerberg