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Rio Ave boss Sotiris Silaidopoulos is relishing the opportunity to take part in Jose Mourinho’s first home game back as Benfica coach tomorrow night and claims his touchline rival is “touched by the gods”. Mourinho was appointed by the Lisbon giants on Thursday, 25 years after an 11-game stint in charge in 2000, and led his new charges to a comfortable 3-0 victory at AVS at the weekend. He returns to the Estadio da Luz to face Rio Ave in front of what should be an enthusiastic crowd and Greek Silaidopoulos failed to hide his admiration for the 62-year-old. “It’s…
Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg has taken an early lead in the Rookie of the Year race, according to a poll of NBA executives and coaches conducted by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. Flagg, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, received 19 of 20 votes in the survey. The only other player to earn […] The post Cooper Flagg emerges as clear Rookie of the Year favorite in ESPN poll appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
FOX Weather is your Hurricane HQ (FOX Weather)Updated at 9:45 a.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025Hurricane Gabrielle will make its closest approach to Bermuda later today. The center is forecast to track more than 150 miles offshore, but the storm will cause large, dangerous swells to impact the island. Winds are not expected to be dangerously strong. This graphic shows information on Hurricane Gabrielle. (FOX Weather)Some swells are reaching the U.S. East Coast. The ocean will begin to calm down tomorrow as Gabrielle accelerates into the open ocean. The Azores Islands off Portugal will have to keep an eye…
With federal government funding set to run out Oct. 1 unless Congress passes an extension, Democrats are seeking to leverage government shutdown fears to persuade Republicans to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that would otherwise expire at the end of the year. Most Republicans want to pass a “clean” resolution to extend the federal spending deadline; this type of bill would keep the government running at current spending levels and allow added time for more debate about proposed federal spending changes. Some Republicans also oppose the ACA subsidies as too expensive for taxpayers and say they were intended as a…
Referring to Dr. Antoni’s definition of recessions using quarterly data, here are the GDP data series for the US I am aware of. Figure 1: Real GDP according to BEA (blue), Ramey series (tan), BEA annual (light blue), Measuring Worth annual (pink), all in logs 1990Q1=0. NBER defined peak to trough recession dates shaded gray. Source: BEA, Valerie Ramey, Measuring WorthNBER< and author’s calculations. As can clearly be seen, quarterly GDP data to make the assertion that the two-quarter equals recession rule only goes back 75 year’s prior to Dr. Antoni’s claim. (To be fair, Dr. Antoni…
Jamie Vardy’s storied Leicester City chapter came to an end last season, but the 38-year-old cult hero is already making headlines in Italy after joining Serie A side Cremonese.Vardy signed an initial one-year deal with the newly promoted club – which includes an option for a further 12 months – and so far, the move is going smoothly. Cremonese are unbeaten and sitting third in the table, Vardy has made his debut, and reports suggest he and wife Rebekah are settling nicely into The Dolce Vita with their two children.The couple have bought a £2m villa in Salò – historically…
Aziz Olajuwon, the son of Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon, announced his commitment to Stanford over the weekend. “I chose Stanford because the coaching staff made it clear they are about me not just as an athlete, but as a person,” Olajuwon said to ESPN. “That meant a lot in the process.” Olajuwon is currently ranked No. 40 in ESPN’s 100 for the 2026 class. The 6-foot-7 small forward is the first ESPN top 100 recruit for Stanford since Kyle Smith became head coach in 2024. Olajuwon is the second recruit for Stanford in the class of 2026, joining four-star…
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Gabrielle is still set to become a hurricane on Sunday as a new area to watch for possible tropical development emerges in the Atlantic. FOX Weather Meteorologist Jane Minar has the latest on Sept. 21, 2025.Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It’s Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. Here’s everything you need to know about this week’s weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast.Tropical Storm Gabrielle could rapidly intensify to near major-hurricane strengthTropical Storm Gabrielle is expected to become the…
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Tiktok-focused phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinpingwhat to watch for at the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week, and a constitutional referendum in Guinea. A Win-Win Deal? In their first phone call since June, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping haggled on Friday over the final details of a long-anticipated TikTok deal. Although the Chinese ambassador to the United States framed the conversation as “pragmatic, positive and constructive,” neither side walked away with a clear breakthrough. Welcome back to World Brief,…
“What’s Up With the Economy?” is a podcast by the Centre for Economic Strategy in cooperation with Hromadske Radio, supported by PrivatBank. Every week, hosts Anheina Zazadex and Maksym Samoiliuk talk with experts, entrepreneurs, analysts, and government officials about what is happening with Ukraine’s economy. While the podcast is held in Ukrainian, we decided to summarise each issue with the most important insights. In the latest episode of the podcast, we discuss how Ukrainian businesses have come under pressure from law enforcement agencies, whether draft law No. 12439 can truly protect entrepreneurs, and what risks it poses for society. Our…