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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
AMC looks back at history as Army celebrates 250th anniversary
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) — Redstone Arsenal took shape as an Army installation during World War II and continues playing an important role in military logistics and development. As the Army is gearing up to celebrate its 250th anniversary, leadership is looking back on how the Army's mission has evolved. NWS confirm an EF0 tornado hit Redstone Arsenal In the 1950s and 60s, Redstone Arsenal welcomed more personnel, becoming home to some of the nation's leading rocket scientists who developed the systems that would carry astronauts into orbit then onto the moon. While engineers were pushing the bounds of propulsion technology, the Army continued its mission. Their responsibilities grew in 2011 when Army Materiel Command (AMC) made the move to the Arsenal. 'When we look at the development of the Army over time, AMC touches everything,' said AMC Historian Issac Hampton. 'If the Army shoots it, drives it with fuel, eats it, AMC has that connection. As the premier logistics provider of the U.S. Army, nothing happens unless this command touches it.' AMC is responsible for the readiness of troops stationed around the globe. Hampton said it is a big job and one AMC can do because they learn from the past. 'Nearly everything the Army does is based on what happened yesterday with its future ops, future plans,' Hampton said. 'You get to say the Army looks at a lot of the things that it did decades ago, years ago, to get an idea of how to, what it might look like in the future.'Hampton said the future of AMC will include technological AMC personnel and Army contractors are making new strides with artificial intelligence and 3D printing. Command Sgt. Maj. John Fritz said operations and those new developments on the Arsenal require work from tens of thousands of people across North Alabama. 'It's a very large part of the community,' Fritz said. 'It takes a lot of resources and effort from the community.' Fritz said the Army wants to celebrate the 250th anniversary with the community. The Army will host a public celebration at 3 p.m. on June 9 at Redstone Gateway, and the festivities will include food, fireworks and a demonstration from the U.S Army Golden Knights parachute team. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Carolina avoids further infamy, and a CFP battle heats up
The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic's daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Don't throw your college pitcher too long today. Finally, for a night, there is peace in Carolina. A 3-1 series deficit isn't ideal, sure, but gone are the Hurricanes from a strange, ignominious place in the sports world — losing 15 straight conference final games. Quickly: Now comes the harder part: doing it again, especially against a Panthers team that has steamrolled everyone in front of it during this postseason run. Game 5 is tomorrow. Big playoff night tonight, too. More on that in a bit. Let's keep moving: Osaka, Fritz lose Naomi Osaka and Taylor Fritz, two of the biggest names in the French Open, are already heading home after first-round defeats yesterday. Osaka fell to No. 10 seed Paula Badosa in a loss that left her near tears. Fritz, the world No. 4 and top American men's seed in this tourney, came up short against Germany's Daniel Altmaier. Fritz has already had a great year, but clay isn't his best surface. Advertisement Fight over CFP intensifies The fabric of college football is changing by the day, as the College Football Playoff — freshly expanded to 12 teams this past year — could move to 14 or even 16 in the near future, and the power conferences continue to squabble over the overall number of teams and automatic bids assigned to each conference. From the outside, it appears a 14-team format would mostly benefit the Big Ten and SEC, while 16 teams could even odds a bit. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said yesterday his members are intrigued by a 16-team format. It's a mess. Clark out 2 weeks Caitlin Clark suffered a strained quadriceps and will miss at least two weeks, the Fever announced yesterday. It's tough for Clark, an MVP favorite, and Indiana, who most expect to make the playoffs this year. If she misses the prescribed two weeks, it'll only be four games lost, though. Stay tuned. More news 📫 Love The Pulse? Check out our other newsletters. As the NBA and NHL playoffs inch closer to a conclusion, the summer's most prominent sport — baseball — continues a slow burn in the background. I want to talk about two things (three players, really), based on our fresh Power Rankings published this morning: Baseball season is incredibly long, yes, but barring unforeseen circumstances I suspect we'll be talking about all three of these guys in September. See the full Power Rankings here. Almost finished: 📺 NBA: Knicks at Pacers 8 p.m. ET on TNT/Max I mean, yes. This has been an incredible series. I have no idea what will happen. Just don't turn it off if someone goes up by 20. Huge news, too: Tyrese Haliburton's dad will be allowed in the building. 📺 NHL: Stars at Oilers 8 p.m. ET on ESPN Another great series! Edmonton appears in control here, but that's more of a gut feeling than anything. Or maybe it's because Connor McDavid is scoring again. Get tickets to games like these here. Keith Law penned a fiery, must-read column on a new problem emerging in the baseball ecosystem: College coaches cannot be trusted with their pitchers' arms. Read it here. Jaelan Phillips was going to be a superstar in the NFL. Then he missed most of the last two seasons with injuries. How did he cope? As Dan Pompei writes today, it was mostly music … and fantasy novels, and his cat. Great story. Advertisement Novak Djokovic said he hopes to have a similar sendoff to Rafael Nadal's warm goodbye at the French Open this week. I thought his comments were interesting. Laurie Whitwell published an incredible account of Manchester United's disaster season. There is already tremendous pressure on next season. Most-clicked in the newsletter yesterday: Our story on Nadal's emotional farewell to the French Open and Roland Garros. Read it if you missed it. Most-read on the website yesterday: The live blog from Thunder-Timberwolves. Ticketing links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic. Restrictions may apply. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence. Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Fourth seed Fritz out of French Open in first round
French Open 2025 Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland Garros Coverage: Live radio commentaries across 5 Live Sport and BBC Sounds, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app World number four Taylor Fritz became the highest-ranked player to exit this year's French Open as he was beaten by Daniel Altmaier in the first round. The American lost 12 of the final 16 games in a 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-1 defeat by the German world number 47. Fritz, 27, reached the final of last year's US Open - losing to Jannik Sinner in straight sets - but his poor form in 2025 continued on Court Simonne Mathieu. He will drop out of the top four as a result, with Britain's Jack Draper moving up a place in the live rankings. "I think I'm playing generally fine. It's just I'm playing horrendous tennis on a lot of the important points," said Fritz. "All the pressure, important points, I don't know what's going on. I'm finding ways to just play the worst point possible. "Physically, I don't really feel that bad. For how I've been most of this year, I feel good." Ill Raducanu battles to win on French Open return Ninth seed Navarro suffers 6-0 6-1 first-round upset Fearnley beats Wawrinka on French Open debut Altmaier earned the biggest win of his career by ranking to set up a second-round meeting with 86th-ranked Czech player Vit Kopriva. The 26-year-old broke Fritz's serve three times as he reeled off the final six games of the match, sealing victory in two hours and 41 minutes. Fritz reached the French Open fourth round in 2024 but has lost four of his seven matches on clay this year. Women's ninth seed Emma Navarro also suffered a shock exit on Monday, going out in just 57 minutes as she suffered a 6-0 6-1 first-round thrashing by Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. Men's defending champion Carlos Alcaraz made serene progress, beating Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 6-4 6-2. Two-time runner-up Casper Ruud avoided any scares, breezing past Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 6-4 6-2, while 10th seed Holger Rune came back to beat Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-3 6-2. Stefanos Tsitsipas, the beaten finalist in Paris in 2021, also advanced, beating Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-5 6-3 6-4. Alcaraz 'expected worse' at start of French Open title defence Swiatek & Badosa inspired by Nadal in opening wins 'Big Four' reunite at Nadal's French Open farewell
NDTV
26-05-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
French Open: Daniel Altmaier Stuns Taylor Fritz In First-Round Upset
On a day when most top seeds were expected to cruise through their opening matches, Germany's Daniel Altmaier lit up Roland Garros with the first major upset of the tournament. The World No. 66 delivered a composed and powerful performance to knock out fourth seed Taylor Fritz in four sets—7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1—sending shockwaves through the men's draw. Altmaier, known for his grit and clay-court craft, played fearless tennis throughout the two-hour, 41-minute encounter, blunting Fritz's big-hitting game with a mix of aggression, control, and tactical intelligence. His 44 winners were a testament to that approach, many of them coming from deep, heavy forehands that pinned the American behind the baseline. 'It was very special,' Altmaier said after the match. 'I've been working really hard these past weeks to gain confidence and prepare for matches like this. I feel like I'm ready to face anyone.' The 26-year-old German had shown his potential on the Paris clay before, reaching the fourth round in 2020. Monday's win marked his third career Top-10 victory at Roland Garros—after defeating Matteo Berrettini in 2020 and Jannik Sinner in 2023—and his fifth overall against Top-10 opposition. Perhaps the most telling aspect of the match was Altmaier's dominance in the fourth set, where he raced ahead with two breaks of serve. One particularly stunning rally ended with an inside-out forehand winner that left Fritz stranded and the crowd on their feet. 'The sacrifices every tennis player makes are unbelievable,' he said. 'I have a long-term vision and I definitely want to achieve something big in this sport. That's why I have to win matches like this.' For Fritz, the loss was a significant blow. It marked only his second first-round exit at a Grand Slam since the 2019 US Open and his first at Roland Garros since 2018. The American had made history at the 2024 US Open by becoming the first American man since Andy Roddick in 2006 to reach the final of a major. Elsewhere on Day 2 of the tournament, Stefanos Tsitsipas got his campaign off to a smooth start, defeating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. The former French Open finalist notched his eighth consecutive first-round win at Roland Garros and will next face Italian qualifier Matteo Gigante. A potential third-round clash with 13th seed Ben Shelton looms.
New York Post
26-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Taylor Fritz, top-seeded American, stunned in first round of French Open
Taylor Fritz's bid to nab his first Grand Slam win at the French Open ended almost before it started. Daniel Altmaier shocked Fritz – the top-seeded American in the tournament – in a four-set first-round match Monday at Roland Garros in Paris. Fritz only won the second set before his elimination in the 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 defeat. Fritz, 27, was ranked No. 4 in the world and thought to be his home country's best chance after winning three matches in last year's French Open. The last American to win the French Open was Andre Agassi in 1999. Advertisement 3 Taylor Fritz was expected to reach much further in the French Open but fell in his first-round matchup. REUTERS Fritz has eight career tournament wins but hasn't built on his breakout success of 2024, when he reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon and was the runner-up at the U.S. Open. It marked the first time that Fritz has been bounced from the first round of the French Open since 2018. Advertisement 3 Daniel Altmaier (L) and Taylor Fritz shake hands after the former defeated the latter in four sets in the opening round of the French Open. AFP via Getty Images Fritz reportedly was dealing with a right oblique injury for the last few months, though he declared himself '100 percent' last week during a media session. And his history playing on clay is inconsistent and on a recent downturn. Fritz recently suffered a first-round loss to Marcus Giron at the Italian Open and a fourth-round defeat against Casper Ruud at the Madrid Open. Advertisement Fritz made 41 unforced errors against Altmaier, who entered the tournament ranked No. 66 by the ATP. 3 Germany's Daniel Altmaier came into his match against Taylor Fritz as the No. 66 player in the world. AFP via Getty Images It was arguably the biggest win of the Altmaier's career. The German made it to the fourth round of the French Open in 2024 but has not advanced out of the second round in any of the other three Grand Slams. 'It was very special,' Altmaier said afterward. 'I think I was working really hard the past weeks to get confidence, preparing myself for those kinds of matches. I feel like I'm ready to play whoever is going to face me. I'm really happy to get this first win and I really love my performance.'
