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Newsweek
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
How to Watch ACL World Championship: Pro Singles Final: Live Stream Cornhole, TV Channel
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Cornhole fans should tune in to ESPN2 on Saturday for the ACL World Championship: Pro Singles Final. eople attending an annual Independence Day celebration with members of the Laotian community play a game of corn hole on July 04, 2025 in Storm Lake, Iowa. The town is the state's most ethnically diverse,... eople attending an annual Independence Day celebration with members of the Laotian community play a game of corn hole on July 04, 2025 in Storm Lake, Iowa. The town is the state's most ethnically diverse, with about 40 percent of the population claiming Hispanic heritage and about 15 percent Asian heritage and more than 30 percent are foreign born. MoreHow to Watch ACL World Championship: Pro Singles Final Date: Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM EDT Channel: ESPN2 Stream: Fubo (Watch now!) This weekend, the ACL World Championships take place at Rock Hill Sports & Event Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Last year, Trey Burchfield won the Pro Singles title, becoming the first person to win the event twice, as he also won in 2021. Mark Richards was the 2022 champion while Jamie Graham won in 2023. Burchfield is from Carrollton, Ohio, and has won numerous major cornhole events during his career. Can Burchfield get a third ACL Pro Singles title, or will one of the previous winners equal him, or will a new name be etched on the trophy? The American Cornhole League (ACL) is one of the major professional cornhole sanctioning bodies, hosting over 25,000 tournaments per year, including its professional league. Founded in 2015, the league has quickly grown into one of the premier cornhole leagues in the world. Looking to watch as the best cornhole players in the world try to hit the board? Tune in to ESPN2 on Saturday to watch the Pro Singles title get decided. Don't have a way to watch ESPN2? Subscribe to Fubo now and you'll get instant access to the channel and can watch all the top cornhole action. Live stream the ACL World Championship: Pro Singles Final on Fubo: Start watching now! Regional restrictions may apply. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Centre County to distribute farmers market vouchers for seniors after delay
Distribution of farmers market vouchers for seniors will start this week in Centre County following some uncertainty about the timeline due to federal funding delays. The vouchers, which are offered annually through the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program run by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, were scheduled to be distributed starting Monday. But when the Centre County Office of Aging didn't receive the vouchers last week, they announced that distribution would be delayed until further notice. The program for income-eligible seniors was affected as federal funding continues to undergo reappropriations, county officials said last week. Centre County Office of Aging Director Quentin Burchfield said Tuesday that the vouchers arrived sooner than the Department of Agriculture told him they would, meaning that distribution could start as soon as possible. 'We were informed last week that there was going to be a two-week delay on the vouchers because [the department] had to repackage them, because they were sending out less than what they anticipated. As it turns out though, we did get them this week,' Burchfield said. The county only received 5,315 of the 7,000 vouchers requested, Burchfield said, urging residents to 'not wait until the last minute,' to get the first, come, first served vouchers. Last year, about 100 vouchers were left unused. Centre County residents who will be 60 years or older by Dec. 31, 2025 can receive up to five vouchers worth $5 each, as long as they have a valid drivers license or ID and meet income eligibility requirements. For a one-person household, the minimum income requirement is $28,953; for a two-person household it's $39,128; for a three-person household it's $49,303; and for a four-person household, it's $59,478. Distributions will take place at the following times and places: From 10 a.m. to noon, June 4, at the Madisonburg Senior Center From 9 a.m. to noon, June 5, at the Philipsburg YMCA From 10 a.m. to noon, June 10, at the Snow Shoe Senior Center From 10 a.m. to noon, June 12, at the Centre Hall Senior Center From 9:30-11:30 a.m., June 16, at the Centre Region Senior Center The vouchers will also be distributed from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Willowbank Building on June 4-6, in rooms 144, 116 and 144 again, respectively. Those who have questions about about the voucher program in Centre County can call the Office of Aging at 814-355-6716 or visit the program's website.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Centre County to begin distributing farmers' market vouchers following funding delays
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Centre County Office of Aging announced that the 2025 Farmers' Market Voucher Program will soon start distributing vouchers. The Office of Aging recently announced that the vouchers were originally scheduled for Monday, June 2, but were delayed until further notice due to the funding delays. The annual summer program known as the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program is run by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA). However, the Office of Aging says that on Monday, June 2, they received the vouchers and will start distributing them soon. 'We were told by the Department of Agriculture that there would be a two-week delay in the vouchers. However, when we came in this morning, the vouchers were actually here. So we are preparing right now to be able to distribute them,' Director of the Office of Aging Quentin Burchfield said. Centre County residents who are 60 and older and who meet income guidelines are eligible for the vouchers. Each person gets five vouchers worth $5 each. This year, with uncertainty of funding, the county was given fewer vouchers than usual. 'We got about 74%. So, this year we will have less to distribute. This was the first impact that we've had as far as, with any of our programs,' Burchfield said. Centre County Office of Aging will be handing out vouchers at the following locations: Wednesday, June 4, Madisonburg Senior Center, 10 a.m. to Noon Thursday, June 5, Philipsburg YMCA, 9 a.m. to Noon Tuesday, June 10, Snow Show Senior Center, 10 a.m. to Noon Thursday, June 12, Centre Hall Senior Center, 10 a.m. to Noon Monday, June 16, Centre Region Senior Center, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
19-05-2025
- Sport
Mom speaks out after coaches say 11-year-old daughter is too old to compete
An Oregon mom is speaking out after two softball coaches were caught on camera questioning her 11-year-old daughter's age and height in an on-field incident that left the girl in tears. The coaches accused the child of being too old to compete mid-game and in front of an audience in the stands. "I want to see birth certificates or this game's done!" one coach said. Tracy Burchfield said the incident, which involved her daughter Brinley Stephens, was hard to watch. "I was holding back my tears because I was like, 'Oh my gosh, she's out there by herself. There's these two adults confronting her.' Thank God that our coach was there to step in between," Burchfield recalled. Brinley Stephens is an 11-year-old softball player and fifth-grader. Brinley stands nearly 5 feet, 10 inches tall, and she and fellow players in the league had proven their ages previously before they joined the team. But during a May 11 game, Brinley had just hit a line drive for her team, the Astoria Future Fish, before the opposing team's coaches stormed the field and began questioning her. "It was like, scary, like, him coming at me," Brinley recalled. "And I was just looking at him like, 'What the heck was going on?'" Brinley's family said she is used to comments about her height, but this experience was unlike any other. Following the verbal exchange, Burchfield claimed the opposing team's coaches continued making obscene gestures towards parents when the game ended. "We were upset, but we took it to the association and hoping that they do better and reprimand and hold him accountable for his actions," Burchfield said. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, about 70% of children quit playing organized sports by the age of 13, often due to pressure from adults who they say stop making games fun to play. Brian Barlow is the creator of Offside, a Facebook page that calls out bad behavior among adults at youth sports games. "We're not making room for our kids to be successful. We're not making room for our kids to understand that it's OK sometimes to lose, and in fact, sometimes when you lose, there's a victory in the loss," Barlow said. Since the on-field incident, one assistant coach has been suspended for the year while another was suspended for 10 days with probation for the year. Tournament organizers told ABC News they are looking into the incident. "We are still investigating the incident … The player did nothing wrong as she is just tall … and skilled for her age," Benjie Hedgecock, the executive director of North American Fastpitch said. Meanwhile, Burchfield said she has heard from other parents with kids in similar situations and who have thanked her for sticking up for her child and speaking out. Burchfield said she hopes the incident can serve as a lesson to show more kindness. "It doesn't take much to hurt a kid that much and make them just stop believing in themselves. These kids deserve better. We as adults need to do better," Burchfield said.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Microsoft working to help protect IT systems of rural hospitals
Mar. 24—MOSES LAKE — Information is valuable in the Information Age, to good actors and bad actors alike. And unlike precious metals or stacks of cash, people sometimes don't know how valuable information is, or that it can be vulnerable to attack. Erin Burchfield of Microsoft Philanthropies said rural hospitals are an example. "Healthcare is uniquely targeted because of the value of the data," she said. According to Forbes magazine, health care accounted for about 23% of all data breaches in 2024. Forbes estimates the value of stolen medical records could be as much as $1,000 per record. Hospitals, especially rural hospitals, are also targets for ransomware attacks. The nature of the business means health care organizations are more likely to pay the ransom, Forbes said. Burchfield said most cybercriminals are more interested in stealing data to ransom it. "Ransomware is the number one type of cyberattack that's facing rural hospitals, and the data that we have shows that the average cost to get that data back is around $4.4 million," she said. "If they choose not to pay, then they need to rebuild their entire IT system." A complete rebuild is just as expensive, and can affect patient services while a system is under repair, he said. "The range (to rebuild) is similar, in terms of what ransomware attackers are charging, for having to rebuild everything," Burchfield said. A report co-written by Burchfield and two fellow employees cited the case of Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The hospital spent an estimated $10 million to rebuild its system after deciding not to pay the ransom. Typically, cybercriminals don't target individual hospitals, she said, but rather conduct a mass attack that hits a lot of systems at once. Criminals also benefit from advances in tech as they conduct their operations. "There are now automated tools to conduct ransomware attacks, and there's an entire industry that's been created called ransomware as a service, where you can rent tools to do a cyberattack," she said. "It was sort of mind-blowing to me, when I did more research on this, (seeing) just how pervasive this is." Rural hospitals are more vulnerable to attacks, she said, because they don't always have the money to keep their information technology up to date. "It's not that cybercriminals are trying to target the rural hospital. It's that when they do these spray attacks, they get through at rural hospitals because (those hospitals) lack resources," she said. Cybercriminals take advantage of outdated technology, but they also exploit mistakes made by people using the systems they're attacking. "There's research that shows that 80% of the cyberattacks that do get through are attributable to user error," she said. "Somebody hasn't logged out of the system. Somebody clicks on the blue link (in a phishing email). A big issue for a lot of these hospitals is they don't have the time to put together the basic training guidance." Microsoft Philanthropies has started a program to help rural hospitals, focusing on critical access hospitals. Critical access facilities meet specific federal guidelines to get the CA designation. The program includes three hospitals in Grant and Adams counties, Burchfield said, but declined to say which participated specifically in order to not put them at risk of being targeted. It offers a security assessment to qualifying hospitals, as well as training in how to avoid errors that might lead to security vulnerabilities. Microsoft also offers IT systems at a reduced cost to qualifying hospitals that include current security programs, and that can be updated.
