The “Ski Key” is a watch-size black box (worn on a Velcro wristband) that contains a microchip. It’s in use at California’s Northstar at Tahoe, where scanners on chairlifts keep track of vertical miles skied. Like members of airline frequent-flier clubs, Ski Keyers win prizes for accumulated mileage. Skiers can charge lift fees and meals directly to the Key, and it even alerts them to phone messages so the office is never more than a mogul away....
MORE: Best centers of one-and-done era | SN’s early top 25 | College hoops’ first live period Papagiannis told Sports Illustrated on June 30 that he was still weighing his options. “There’s a chance I’ll stay here, and there’s a chance I’ll go there,” he said. “I have made a list with four schools: N.C. State, Kentucky, St. John’s and Oregon.” The 7-1, 275-pound Papagiannis, who played one season of high school basketball in Pennsylvania, returned last year to Greece....
Lundqvist earned his 300th NHL victory and 49th career shutout in the Rangers' 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. With his 30-save performance, he shut out the Red Wings for the second time this season and helped New York complete a three-game season sweep of its Original Six rival. Lundqvist is one win shy of tying Mike Richter's franchise record. He caught Rangers great Ed Giacomin for the club mark in shutouts....
As the spiritual successor to the site dedicated to Scott Gomez's futility streak, we present: didgirouxscoreyet.com (via r/hockey). The answer, as of Tuesday afternoon, remains … not yes. As for the Flyers, they started Tuesday with the worst record in the Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference and NHL at 1-7-0. Giroux, Philadelphia's captain, still believes in his team. “When you have the record we have right now, you’re a little frustrated and you try to figure out what’s going on, but everybody came to the rink and we know there’s a lot of hockey left to play here," he said....
The same applies to the sensational $100 million lawsuit Regan filed last week against her former employer, HarperCollins, and its parent company, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Regan alleges that she was “smeared” as an anti-Semite by her bosses and fired on a “pretext” after being urged by a News Corp. senior executive to lie to federal investigators about her past affair with Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police chief and nominee to be Homeland Security secretary who was indicted earlier this month....
Arriving to digital on March 24, Warner Bros. says Birds of Prey will be packed with enough bonus treats to delight the most wistful of DVD collectors. Home viewers should expect a gag reel and featurettes, such as “Romanesque” and “Grime and Crime,” according to Collider. Over on Twitter, Birds of Prey director Cathy Yan tweeted the announcement, “Birds of Prey will in fact be available for digital rental on March 24!...
Bok, the last of that new breed still in academic harness announced last week that he would step down next June. He is widely regarded as successful–a nice guy who has presided over one of the most tranquil periods in the modern history of the nation’s oldest and most famous University. The endowment quintupled from a healthy $1 billion to a stupefying $5 billion. The undergraduate college instituted a core curriculum that has been a beacon to colleges across the country....
A Redditor shared the mesmerizing sight, which shows a pipe emptying into a vat below. Rather than pouring out as water would, the translucent material appears almost viscous and seemingly defies gravity. Thund3rbolt shared the clip on Thursday, and captioned it: “Draining Glyphosate into a container looks like a glitch in the Matrix with video.” While the location remains unknown, the camera pans up a vat with an American flag on the side, suggesting it’s somewhere in the U....
That was a lie, and now the Biden White House was fed up. While refraining, for the moment, to impose new sanctions against Beijing, it immediately contacted key allies, led by Japan, and asked them to join Washington in issuing a formal joint complaint to Beijing, which they did in late July. This marked a difference from the aggressively unilateral approach on trade that the Trump administration took, and was the first significant demonstration that the Biden administration meant it when it said it would work closely with allies to respond to China’s economic predations....
Homeland Security and other U.S. counterterrorism and national-security officials say they know of no specific information indicating that the apparent terror threat in London extends in any way to the United States or is linked to any current plot directed against U.S. targets. “At this point, I have seen no specific, credible information suggesting that this incident is connected to a threat to the homeland,” said Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, in a statement....
What is the Gluteus Medius Muscle? The gluteus medius is a fan-shaped muscle located on the side of your hip. This location positions the gluteus medius as a key muscle used to maintain your posture and the health of your back. The gluteus medius is a hip abductor muscle (moves the hip away from the center of your body). Gluteus Medius — What’s So Special About It? The hallmark role of the gluteus medius muscle is pelvic stability....
The Czech Republic forward scored a goal you don’t see every day: a shot from midfield. It was the second goal in the Group D match between the Czechs and Scotland at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Schick took a touch inside Scotland’s half and fired the ball from 50 yards out over flailing goalkeeper David Marshall, who was caught well off his line. MORE: UEFA Euro schedule 2021: Complete dates, times, TV channels...
Ross Dickson had given Shotts the lead after 25 minutes before Shettleston were reduced to 10 men in the second-half. Shambolic FIFA does it again The red card came in the most unlikely of circumstances, with less than 20 minutes remaining, Whyte went behind one of the goals to urinate - but when he returned to the pitch, was given his marching orders. The duo play in the West of Scotland Super League First Division, the second-highest level of junior football in the western region of Scotland....
It wasn’t just sequins. The British designs teemed with frills, bows, jewels, buttons and lace. Couturiers sniped at them all week. “They have no particular fashion message,” sniffed Arnold Scaasi. “They’re clothes of the ’80s, and we’re out of the ’80s.” Still, they’re less important as evening wear thatn as historical artifacts: these dresses have seen a thing or two. “The Serpentine Cocktail,” a short, tight, headline-grabbing number, was worn the night she danced with John Travolta," a blue velvet gown Diana wore the night she danced with John Travolta at the Reagan White House, sold for the auction’s top price of $222,500–to cheers and hollers....
Fortunately for Yeltsin, when you’re the president, you can be sick in style. The government has released few specifics about Yeltsin’s heart trouble, but it looks like he’ll have his operation at the Cardiology Center, the top clinic in Russia. And heart specialists in the United States familiar with the clinic say its staff is well prepared to perform a coronary bypass, the operation Yeltsin seems likely to get....
St. Louis FC forward Irvin Herrera scored in the 54th minute, getting the ball back in the box after playing it wide and using his left foot to finish past onrushing Nicaragua goalkeeper Diedrich Tellez. Nicaragua defender Luis Copete missed the target on a chance to equalizer in stoppage time, and La Selecta escaped with the victory. The result sees El Salvador qualify automatically for the Gold Cup, while Nicaragua now must face Haiti in a two-legged playoff in order to qualify for the competition....
While delivering the show’s opening monologue, Fey brought attention to a Friday report from Variety, in which board chair and former HFPA president Meher Tatna said the organization hasn’t had a Black member in 20 years. “The HFPA is made up of about 90 international—no Black—journalists,” Fey quipped early in the show. Shortly before getting to the award-giving, Poehler was even more blunt when speaking about the organization. “This is something we probably should have told you earlier, everyone is understandably upset at the HFPA and their choices,” she said....
