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Yahoo
08-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Friday afternoon Cardinal news and notes
—Today is the final open practice day of fall camp. Here's Matt McGavic's recap of open practice #6. —Louisville QB Miller Moss has been named to the watch list for the Davey O'Brien Award. —Louisville volleyball is scheduled to be all over ESPN this fall. —Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde ranks 2016 Louisville-Clemson as the 20th best college football game of the last 25 years. 20. Clemson 42, Louisville 36 (2016) This might have been the best quarterback duel of the quarter century, matching a pair of future NFL talents. Clemson's Deshaun Watson and Louisville's Lamar Jackson combined for 854 yards of total offense and eight touchdowns in a raucous, sweaty showdown in Death Valley. After a scoreless first quarter, the two QBs lit up the night. Watson led Clemson to a 28–10 lead at halftime. Jackson then led Louisville to 26 unanswered points for a 36–28 lead midway through the fourth quarter. A long kickoff return set up a Clemson score, then the Tigers got the ball back and scored again for a six-point lead. It looked like Jackson would get the final say, driving Louisville into the red zone in the final minute, but on fourth-and-12, receiver James Quick caught a pass and misjudged the down marker, going out of bounds at the Clemson 3, a yard short of a first down. Watson and the Tigers went on to win the national championship. Jackson went on to win the Heisman. —Louisville doesn't make Athlon's preseason top 25 for the 2025 college football season, but does appear in the 'the next tier' section. —The Watts name is synonymous with football in Columbus, Georgia. And now, linebacker and safety Antonio Watts is making a name for himself at Louisville. Here's what to know about Antonio and his talented family. —The CJ's Brooks Holton continues his offseason player-by-player look at the 2025-26 Louisville men's basketball team by focusing in on Khani Rooths. —The Big Dog is out there. —This is a great site to bookmark if you're trying to keep tabs on all the various basketball schedules in the ACC. —They're nearing a sellout for tomorrow night's No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown at Lynn Family Stadium. Get your discounted tickets here. —The latest episode of the Cover 3 podcast dives into the ACC. Three of the four hosts like Louisville to go over 8.5 wins this season. —Good read here from The Athletic on the current struggle for power at the top of college football. —This is great stuff from our head coach. You can listen to the full appearance of both Kelsey and Josh Heird on the latest episode of Governor Andy Beshear's podcast here. —Since 2022, at least 49 FBS schools have changed — or will soon change — conferences, a turnover rate of 36% nationwide. Mid-major schools are fighting for a seat at college football's shrinking table. Who's looking out for the little guy? —Pat Kelsey's full appearance on Jon Rothstein's podcast is available here. —Clev Lubin is ready to show the world that he can be the same beast at Louisville that he was at the group of five level. 'That's the reason I came here,' he said. 'I felt Louisville gave me a great opportunity to come compete at a high level, play against other great teams, and I know that's what we plan to do. With the guys we have, when you have success with D-line, when you have guys that are hungry and want a lot, you work better as a group. There's more success when you work better.' So far through spring ball and the first week of fall camp, he has not looked like someone who previously came from a G5 school, and has undoubtedly been making an impact. 'He's a nonstop guy,' Hagen said. 'He's like the Energizer Bunny out there, he's just full go all the time. When guys get lazy in parts of the game when the game drags, that's when he's going to beat his opponent and come up with big place for you. That's what I love about him.' It's not only been on the practice fields where Lubin has been making his mark. Between the influx of fresh faces on the defensive line and the returners who are stepping into a larger role from last season, therein lied the opportunity for someone to take a step forward as a leader. Lubin had taken up that responsibility, and is routinely holding guys up to a high standard of expectations. —Both Louisville's defensive coaches and players are bullish that the unit is poised for a bounceback season in 2025. —The latest episode of the From the Pink Seats podcast is here. —After hardly seeing the field in 2024, it was a bit of a surprise to see Jaleel Skinner come back to Louisville for another season. Now the tight end transfer from Miami is getting first team reps and looking like he could be a major threat in the passing game. —The laughter makes it better. —Isaac Brown is a Sporting News First Team Preseason All-American. —This is a dime from Miller Moss to Caullin Lacy. —Josh Heird explains how U of L is dividing its revenue sharing money. —One of the best regular season nights in the history of Cardinal basketball. —Christian Academy WR (and former Card Chronicle cover boy) Ja'Hyde Brown has gameday visits with Alabama, Wisconsin, Auburn, Indiana and Louisville all scheduled for this fall. —Five things we learned from Thursday night's NFL preseason games. —Cardinal safety D'Angelo Hutchinson is ready to step into a new role this season. —And finally, the Mike Rutherford Show is wrapping up the week from 2:30-5:30 on 1450/96.1 The Big X. Enjoy(?) the final days of summer radio in The Ville.
The Sun
03-08-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
‘It was the wrong thing to do to me' – Darts player who was punched by disgraced pro star speaks out for first time
THE DARTS player who was punched by Adam Smith-Neale has spoken out about being attacked for the first time. Smith-Neale was banned for eights months in March 2024 for smacking amateur Sam Whittaker in the face after he beat him at the Nuneaton Darts Open in Warwickshire. 3 3 3 Following his suspension, Smith-Neale claims he whacked his rival after he 'threatened' his mum during the match and made a 'derogatory comment under his breath' following his victory. But Whittaker, 40, has dismissed these claims, saying he never threatened his mum or insulted him at the event and that he believes he only punched him because he is a 'sore loser'. He claimed Smith-Neale, known as Big Dog, bragged to people at the tournament he was going to beat him badly and couldn't take it when he lost. Whittaker said: 'He doesn't like it because he lost. Before we started playing, he told everyone he was going to smash me. 'It was the wrong thing to do to me because when I am on my game I can beat anyone. 'He was going round the room saying he was going to beat me, and when he lost he didn't like it. He probably did it because he knows I can beat him.' He alleged Smith-Neale lightly kicked him in the back of his heel as he was about to throw darts several times during the match, saying he 'kept coming up behind me as I was about to take the shot and clipped me.' Whittaker claims when he asked him to stop his mum 'shouted her mouth off' and told him 'he was in the wrong' and he was 'nothing'. He added that the only interaction he had with her mum was to ask her 'I am in the wrong?' after she berated him, adding he 'made no threats to her'. Whittaker said Smith-Neale, who lost his professional status due to inactivity, punched him when he tried to shake his hand at the end of the match. Whittaker revealed that the punch didn't hurt him and he then told his rival that 'my mum can hit harder than that' after he attacked him. He claims Smith-Neale then said "come on then" and tried to square up to him before the landlord of the pub pushed him away. Whittaker also claimed the pair previously played in an amateur darts team which represented the Queens Head pub in Tamworth. He said Smith-Neale announced in the team's Facebook group chat in 2015 that he was leaving it because he wanted to play Super League darts. Whittaker wished him good luck with his new career in the chat, so he was left baffled after Smith-Neale had threatened him and the club captain by telling them he was going to 'punch them up'. He said he was shocked by his remark as he and the captain had previously got on well with the former pro. Whittaker said Smith-Neale can often be volatile and unpredictable, saying: 'He is just very up and down, he can be very friendly and then he can turn on you the next minute. 'He is just not a very nice person, he is always bragging and arrogant and claiming he is better than other players. It is good to have confidence but you do not need to have arrogance with it. He is just trying to ridicule people.' Discussing the altercation in an interview with Darts World magazine, the 2018 BDO World Masters champion, Smith-Neale said: 'It was on a Saturday afternoon in a local near where I live in Nuneaton. 'There was a bit of needle and he made threats towards me which plenty of people heard. 'Then my mum got involved and he had a go back at her, making threats also. 'It was kind of decided between us that we would sort things out after the match.' Asked by Darts World if he regretted his actions, Smith-Neale replied: 'If someone threatens my family, I would do the same thing again.' Smith-Neale's DRA suspension was backdated to March 12, 2024 – the date of his initial ban - and lifted on November 12 last year. The Coventry-thrower has returned to television screens this week with appearances on the MODUS Super Series in Portsmouth, which is on Pluto TV.
Scotsman
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Festivals outside Edinburgh and Glasgow ignored under £1m expansion in Expo funds
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Festivals have warned of a 'missed opportunity' as SNP ministers admitted events outside Scotland's two biggest cities will not benefit from this year's expanded Scottish Government Expo fund this year. Culture Secretary Angus Robertson said in January the fund, which was boosted by £1 million as part of a significant rise in culture funding announced in January, would look to expand its reach beyond Edinburgh and Glasgow, where 14 major festivals will see significant grant increases. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Edinburgh International Book Festival is to see its contribution rise from £105,000 last year to £200,000 this year. | Edinburgh International Book Festival However, the Government confirmed to The Scotsman the roll-out will not happen this year and instead will be considered for the future as part of a new Government-led steering group - the Strategic Festivals Partnership - set up earlier this year. Some Central Belt festivals will see their funding more than tripled, with the overall pot totalling £2.8m across the 14 festivals, up from £1.7m the previous year. Cathy Agnew, chair of Wigtown Festival Company, which runs Wigtown Book Festival, as well as stand alone children's book festival Big Dog in Dumfries, said: "Additional funding is urgently needed for the arts in every part of Scotland and it will be a missed opportunity if extra resources are not being spread beyond the Central Belt right away. 'Arts and cultural organisations in rural areas are in especially urgent need of support as they often have little chance of finding sponsorship and support from other sources. Many had hoped that this round of funding would help them in difficult times.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Ms Agnew added: "We are hopeful that the Scottish Government will, at the very least, ensure that funds are allocated to other organisations and other parts of the country in the very near future." The Edinburgh International Book Festival is to see its funding rise from £105,000 last year to £200,000 this year, while Edinburgh International Film Festival's grant will increase from £60,000 last year, when it was relaunched under new leadership, to £193,000. The Edinburgh International Festival will receive £100,000, up from £80,000 last year, and the Fringe Society will get £670,000 for its Made in Scotland showcase, an increase from the £540,000 it received in 2024. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Meanwhile, Celtic Connections in Glasgow will be handed £154,000, up from £100,000 last year, and Edinburgh Art Festival's money will rise from £110,000 last year to £200,000. Art festival Glasgow International will receive £130,000, up from £70,000 last year, while the Scottish International Storytelling Festival will see its funds double from £100,000 last year to £200,000. An open letter published by Mr Robertson in May said 'early action within the programme' of the steering group would be 'likely to include ... building upon the success of the current Scottish Government Expo Fund'. The Edinburgh International Book Festival is to see its contribution rise from £105,000 last year to £200,000 this year. Announcing the funding today, Mr Robertson said: 'Scotland's festivals are our cultural shopfront to the rest of the world. As well as offering performers and creatives an unrivalled international platform, they also deliver an annual economic uplift to businesses, jobs and livelihoods right across the country. 'This year's funding increase for the existing Expo festivals cohort represents an increase of £1m across the 14 festivals in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the first in ten years. It recognises the success of festivals in shaping and supporting hundreds of commissions, enhancing the ambitions of thousands of Scottish artists and attracting audiences in the millions for Expo supported work since the fund's creation in 2007.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Culture secretary Angus Robertson. | Getty Images Mr Robertson added: 'From this foundation, we will expand the reach of the Expo fund across the whole of Scotland, and I am working with festivals across the country through the Strategic Festivals Partnership to realise this commitment.' The Expo fund, established in 2007, is designed to support festival innovation and maximise national and international opportunities for the artists contributing to the festivals. It is managed by Creative Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government. A ministerial statement by Mr Robertson in the wake of Finance Secretary Shona Robison's Budget announcement in January, which included a £34m package for the arts and culture sector, announced the Festivals Expo fund would 'more than double in value and expand its reach beyond Edinburgh and Glasgow'. A timescale was not set, but it is believed many festivals had expected the expansion would come at the same time as any increase to the funding pot itself. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Dana MacLeod, executive director of arts, communities and inclusion at Creative Scotland, said: 'The Expo Fund enables Scotland's festivals to commission bold ideas, develop creative collaborations and present high-quality programmes for audiences in Scotland and internationally.' Separately, Festivals Edinburgh will also receive £200,000 via Creative Scotland to support its branding and marketing work to promote the Edinburgh festivals.
Economist
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Economist
Bring back Boris
People turn to animals when describing Boris Johnson. To his aides, the former prime minister was 'Big Dog'. One commentator labelled him a 'giant toad', squatting over British politics. Another said he was a 'bulletproof Gunnersaurus', after Arsenal's dinosaur mascot. When rumour emerged that Mr Johnson was considering a return to front-line politics, the menagerie expanded. 'The big, blond-maned cat is stalking the leader of the Tory party,' said one commentator, panting.
CBC
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Why Bria Salmena wrote Rags — a raw song about rage and shame — for her 15-year-old self
In a Q interview, the Canadian musician discusses her debut solo album, Big Dog Bria Salmena is a Canadian musician who originally rose to prominence as the frontwoman of the post-punk band Frigs before joining Orville Peck's touring band. Now, she's released her debut solo album, Big Dog. One of its most powerful tracks, Rags, is a raw anthem about rage, shame and shedding the need to accommodate others. Salmena joins guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about the track and how it helped her reclaim her voice after moving to Los Angeles — a city that made her feel like she was in high school again.
