NET ZERO: The Climate Pledge Arena has just been named the first arena to achieve Zero Carbon certification from the International Living Future Institute. More than ever, sustainability is closely linked to the food and beverage industry and is a key driver of innovation in the hospitality sector. (Getty Images) Best Overall Company Profile: Sustainability OVG360 These days, most companies, teams, locations and other individual entities will have their own sustainability officers, programs or individual actions aimed at helping the planet. While these steps are well-intentioned and matter, real change may depend on real investment, priority, investment and – perhaps…
Author: JamesMcGhee
Mr Editor: This letter is in response to the article: Hall Memorial Park tennis players fight to save courts from pickle ball conversion The tennis group’s biggest argument is: “These are OUR courts and we are entitled to them forever. The courts are owned by the City of Milpitas and the City is responsible for making the best use of the space for the entire city. Not just the tennis community or even the local community, which may already have as many pickleball players as tennis players. There are 25 tennis courts in Milpitas (including 4 at Hall Park). All…
THE Hitting the Hardwood Podcast is a weekly podcast dedicated to the Minnesota Lynx and hosted by our very own Mitchell Hansen. Hitting the hardwood will provide Lynx, WNBA and basketball fans with exclusive news, interviews and information on the Lynx and the WNBA while providing dedicated, quality basketball coverage throughout the year. Each week, Mitchell Hansen will sit down with other reporters, writers and journalists, people from across the WNBA landscape, Lynx players and coaches, and more, while discussing all things Lynx. On this week’s Hitting the Hardwood podcast, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Ben Pickman, women’s basketball writer…
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – Omaha Central High School is steeped in history. This story extends to the Central High Eagle Battalion.“We are the second oldest JROTC organization in the country,” Army Senior Instructor Maj. Ryan Cripps told us.130 years old to be exact, and still operating with over 160 cadets, making it the largest JROTC program in the state.One of these cadets achieved national recognition for his accomplishments.Alex (which translates to Sasha in Russian) Krasnoslobodtsev explained the many medals hanging from his jacket.“This one is the senior cadet; it is awarded to a cadet each year. These are the American…
Once all the jacks are in their boxes and the clowns are all in bed, you can discuss the performance. Underperforming players are usually very polarizing. On TD we have a lot of heated debate about Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton and Pablo Lopez (pre-All-Star break). Even overachieving players like Emilio Pagan can sometimes come under scrutiny, especially in the heat of the season when fans and media overreact to one or two poor performances. Now that the media clowns have gone to bed, we can (hopefully) approach these discussions with cool heads. In 2023, Joe Ryan was expected to emerge…
Homestead-Miami Speedway was the site of the final race weekend of the NASCAR season from 2002 to 2019. During those years, racing fans have seen a lot of interesting sights and good racing. In 2020, NASCAR chose to move the Championship 4 race weekend to Phoenix Raceway. Overall, it hasn’t been the best decision, like our own Chase Folsom I talked about Monday. Sunday’s race (October 23) will likely be remembered for Kyle Larson have a momentary error of judgment in the final phase. This caused him to run first to the back of Ryan Blaney braking for pit road.…
Charles Barkley has long criticized NBA players for not playing due to load management. Unsurprisingly, when the topic came up Tuesday night before the start of the NBA season, Barkley made it clear that he was incredibly happy the league did something about it. Barkley and the rest of the TNT crew received a visit from Adam Silver ahead of the Denver Nuggets’ game against the Los Angeles Lakers. When the subject of the league’s new rules regarding players missing games While no injuries have surfaced, Barkley has made it clear that he believes players should play as long as…
MSU Trustee Brianna Scott called for the removal of Board of Trustees President Rema Vassar in a letter Sunday accusing her of orchestrating major university decisions without the knowledge or consent of other members of the board of directors or the interim president. Vassar rejected all of Scott’s claims, calling them “fabrications” and denying any wrongdoing in a written response released Tuesday. Intimidate the president The claim: Vassar intimidated interim President Teresa Woodruff by single-handedly orchestrating many major university decisions without her knowledge and attempting to usurp her at public events. The answer: Vassar rejects the “coded language of ‘tyrant'”…
Well, that was weird. Good evening! OTE is up and running again, which means you are subject to us and our delusional ramblings. Mine will be abbreviated, mainly because I planned to work on this article between 2 and 4 p.m. this afternoon. Instead, reader, I would like your help! As I wait for future iterations of this stupid column, while I’ve chosen this Thursday’s topic, I’d like to have your choice on what the following week should be: Survey Next DWT topic? 23% College football in Alaska (4 votes) 17% A ranking of fight songs (3 votes) 41% Historical…
The fog of war between Israel and Hamas is made even more daunting by the thick fog of disinformation.What are intelligent news consumers and impressionable students supposed to do in classrooms across the country when widespread lies are being spread?Fog and mist are sweeping across the globe through social media, including “verified” accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter, as we see in these false or unsubstantiated print and video claims:› Ukraine sold weapons to Hamas.› Israel has killed 33,000 Palestinian children since 2008.› A video shows Israeli or Palestinian children in cages.› Video shows senior Israeli officials captured by…