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Time of India
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
NFL legend Jim Mora goes viral for looking incredibly young at 90
NFL legend Jim Mora goes viral for looking incredibly young at 90 (Image Source: Getty Images) Former NFL coach Jim Mora just turned 90 years old, and his birthday celebration stunned the internet. Instead of a quiet party, Mora hit the gym for a powerful workout with his son, Jim Mora Jr. , in Palm Desert, California. The video went viral, with fans shocked by how young, strong, and active the legendary coach still looks. Jim Mora birthday workout that surprised everyone On Saturday, May 25, 2025, in Palm Desert, California, legendary NFL coach Jim Mora celebrated his 90th birthday but not with a cake or party like most people his age. Instead, the former New Orleans Saints head coach went viral for doing a high-intensity workout, and fans everywhere can't stop talking about how young and strong he looks. — _mlfootball (@_mlfootball) The video of the workout was shared by his son, Jim Mora Jr., on social media. He filmed his dad working out and posted it with a proud caption, showing the world just how active and healthy his father still is at 90. The full video can be seen on the official WDSU page and was first reported by Fletcher Mackel, a sports anchor at WDSU. Mora has worked with WDSU as a football analyst since 2010 after retiring from coaching. Also Read: Nick Sirianni Seeks Advice From NFL Best Coaches To Keep Eagles Ahead Of Game Jim Mora- a legend in football and now a fitness inspiration at 90 Jim Mora is best known for coaching the New Orleans Saints from 1986 to 1996. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Tips for the Purchasing of Used Vehicles: latest competitive rates answerpedia Learn More Undo Before that, he led the USFL's Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars, and later coached the Indianapolis Colts until 2001. But now, even in retirement, he's inspiring younger generations — not just in football, but in health and lifestyle. In the video recorded on May 25, Jim Mora can be seen lifting weights and moving confidently with the help of his son. Many fans online were shocked to see someone at 90 doing such a powerful routine. Comments on X (formerly Twitter) called it 'unreal' and 'goals.' Some even joked that he looks 60, not 90. While talking to WDSU, Jim Mora Jr. said, 'My dad doesn't believe in slowing down. He wakes up every day with purpose.' He added that his father still walks daily, lifts weights, and stays sharp by staying involved in sports broadcasting. Jim Mora Sr. has not made an official statement yet, but his actions spoke louder than words. His workout on his 90th birthday showed not just strength, but joy and discipline. The moment was a reminder that age doesn't have to stop you from living actively. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
USA Today
26-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Jim Mora spearheaded the first golden age of Saints football
Happy belated birthday to former New Orleans Saints head coach Jim Mora, who celebrated his 90th birthday over the weekend. Mora got into coaching in 1961, first as an assistant then as head coach at Occidental (CA) College until 1966. From there, he'd be a linebackers coach at Stanford for one year before moving on to the same role at Colorado from 1968 to 1973. He'd then be the linebacker coach at UCLA for one year before being hired as defensive coordinator at Washington from 1975 to 1977. In 1978, Mora got his first NFL job. The Seattle Seahawks would bring him in as defensive line coach, a role he'd hold until 1981. In 1982, Mora was hired as defensive coordinator by the New England Patriots. He'd be there for two years before finally getting his first chance to be a head coach after 24 years in the profession. The expansion United States Football League ((USFL) gave Mora his first chance to be in charge as head coach of the Philadelphia Stars. Mora's Philadelphia and Baltimore Stars appeared in all three of the original USFL championship games. They won two of them, taking back-to-back titles in 1984 and 1985 before the league eventually folded. In his three years, Mora's teams had a .782 winning percentage. Saints' First Golden Era Tom Benson bought the New Orleans Saints and took over operations of the team in 1985. Looking for a spark, Benson hired Jim Finks as the General Manager in 1986. Finks and Benson then hired Jim Mora as their head coach in 1986, also taking excellent advantage of the dissolving of the USFL. Joining Mora were a few of his former assistant coaches with the Stars like Dom Capers, Vic Fangio, and Carl Smith. New Orleans also managed to bring in several players that starred in the USFL. Former Stars linebacker Sam Mills was a free-agent signee. Linebacker Vaughan Johnson joined him as a first round choice in a special expansion draft. Additionally, the Saints also added quarterback Bobby Hebert, running back Buford Jordan, kick returner Mel Gray, offensive lineman Derek Kennard, and quarterback John Fourcade. When Mora and the Saints selected Pat Swilling in Round 3 of the 1986 NFL Draft, the intimidating foursome of the ''Dome Patrol'' of Rickey Jackson, Mills, Johnson, and Swilling was complete. Prior to hiring Mora, the Saints had never had a winning season in 19 years of existence and had double-digit losses in nine of those 19 years. After a 7-9 finish in 1986, Mora guided the Saints to an incredible 12-3 record and first playoff appearance in 1987, their 20th year of operation. Mora's Saints would not have a losing season again for the next eight years. Mora led New Orleans to the playoffs four times in a six year stretch between 1987 and 1992. Included in that was the franchise's first division championship, an NFC West title in 1991. Four times in those six years, the Saints had double-digit victories, including a then-franchise record 12 wins in 1987 and 1992. Under Mora, the Saints annually had one of the league's top defenses led by the Dome Patrol foursome of Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Pat Swilling, and Vaughan Johnson. During Mora's tenure, New Orleans had a top-5 defense six times and ranked first in the NFL twice. While conservative, the Saints also had an underrated offense. Under Mora, New Orleans held a top-10 ranking in points scored six times. Unfortunately, Mora's Saints were also known for their postseason shortcomings. The Saints did not win a playoff game under Mora, going 0-4 in the postseason with two especially heartbreaking losses at home. The NFC was also stacked during this time. San Francisco had built a dynasty and were in the same division as New Orleans. The Saints also had to compete against perennial Super Bowl contenders like the Giants, Redskins, and Bears within their own conference before the arrival of the Cowboys dynasty in the early 1990s. Still, Jim Mora helped usher in the first 'Golden Era' of New Orleans Saints football. Between 1987 and 1992, the Saints had a 62-33 record, a winning percentage of .653. Overall, Mora had a 93-74 regular season record in 11 years with the Saints, a winning percentage of .557. No other coach in the history of the Saints were close to those numbers until the arrival of Sean Payton in 2006. Sean Payton coached 241 games for the Saints with a winning percentage of .631 and regular season record of 152-89. Mora's 167 games and 93 victories is second in franchise history. A very distant third is Jim Haslett, who coached 96 games for New Orleans with 45 wins and a .469 winning percentage. Counting his four-year tenure with the Indianapolis Colts, Mora is one of only 31 coaches with at least 125 NFL victories. Happy birthday to Jim Mora, and thank you for leading the first truly relevant period of New Orleans Saints football.
Miami Herald
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
UConn Football Preview 2025: Are the Huskies Actually Good Now?
What exactly was that?UConn wasn't just 9-4 good, it was lose-at-Duke-by-just-five-points good. It was lose-to-Wake Forest-by-three-points good. It was push-Syracuse-on-the-road-in-a-31-24-loss the most part, over the last decade-plus, this is a program that only won against the tired, the poor, and the huddled masses yearning to fill out a schedule. But in the third year under Jim Mora, UConn came up with its first winning season since 2010, back when it was in the (sky point) Big East. It wasn't like UConn faced Ohio State and Georgia. Still, after getting obliterated by Maryland in the opener, it put together one of the strongest and most competitive seasons in school special teams were great, the offense scored when it had the chance, the defense was fantastic on third downs, and there weren't a ton of penalties. When you don't have elite talent, doing just about everything right is a year's team should be good enough to do it all again. UConn Huskies Preview 2025: Offense X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN- The offense worked. The 415 points were the most ever put up by a UConn attack since the program moved up to the FBS. There weren't too many empty trips in the red zone, the running game was great, and the line was among the best in the nation at keeping defenses out of the be a good line again, but it could take a little bit to put it all together around center Wes Hoeh, the lone returning starter. There's depth, though, with players like Carsten Casady able to move around where needed inside. Getting Ty Chan (Notre Dame) at left tackle was one of the better under-the-radar pickups in the portal. - The backs are there to keep the production going. This wasn't a dominant running team, but it averaged over five yards per carry, helped by the 830 yards and eight scores from Cam Edwards. Mel Brown added 673 yards, and even though second-leading rusher Durell Robinson left for Auburn, picking up MJ Flowers from Eastern Illinois will boost the depth.- Joe Fagnano pulled off a stunning season with 20 touchdown passes and four picks, and former Oklahoma super-recruit Nick Evers got in plenty of work and added more of a rushing threat.- Former Wisconsin Badger Skyler Bell turned into UConn's most dangerous receiver, averaging over 17 yards per catch with five Burton (Auburn) is coming in to be an instant starter on the inside, and Chris Parker (Central Michigan) will take over on the outside. Louis Hansen is a veteran tight end who caught 24 passes with four scores. UConn Huskies Preview 2025: Defense - The UConn defense is building back up through the transfer portal. The front is getting the most help with a total Wright (Texas Southern), Ben Smiley (Virginia), and Trent Jones (Iowa State) come in to take over on the ends, and 290-pound Vincent Carroll-Jackson (Nebraska) needs to gum up the inside. - The stars are gone from the linebacking corps. Donovan Branch is the lone holdover coming off a 24-tackle season. Kansas State's Terry Kirksey has to be a pass rusher at one outside spot, and Tyquan King (Temple) and Bryun Parham (Washington) will be statistical stars on the inside.- Cam Chadwick is a good young corner who held his own as a freshman, and Sammy Anderson (Austin Peay) is a veteran who'll fit right in. Veteran safeties Malachi Mclean and D'Mon Brinson should combine for over 100 tackles, but Penn State transfer Tyrece Mills could be the best of the bunch. UConn Huskies Key to the Season Keep the good passing teams from going UConn offense will be terrific, but it's not built to crank it up in the shootouts. The Huskies faced four Power Four programs in the regular season, and those were the four losses. And why?Besides being Power Four programs, all four threw for more than 265 yards. UConn was 8-0 - including in the bowl win over a depleted North Carolina - when allowing fewer. UConn Huskies Key Player Stephon Wright, EDGE Huskies will turn everyone loose to get into the backfield, but they're missing almost all of the main pass rushers who made the defense so strong. That's where Wright needs to help. He's not a true edge rusher, but the 280-pounder from Austin Peay has to apply the pressure. UConn Huskies Top Transfer, Biggest Transfer Loss Top Transfer In: Tyquan King, LB might be former Washington linebacker Bryun Parham if he gets back to the form he showed at San Jose State in 2022 and 2023. King started out at East Carolina, moved to Temple, and last year was a machine, making 112 tackles with three tackles and six tackles for Transfer Out: Pryce Yates, EDGE three-year producer for the Huskies left after making 108 tackles, 12.5 sacks, and 30 tackles for loss as the star of the defensive front. He'll be working in Bill Belichick's rotation at North Carolina. UConn Huskies Key Game at Syracuse, Sept. 6Let's think super-big here. UConn didn't lose last season to any non-Power Four program, and it might be favored against all of the Group of Five types this year. Pull off a win at Boston College, get by Duke at home, win at Syracuse in early September, and maybe the College Football Play… nah, but at least the Huskies could get into the discussion if they get by the Orange.- 2025 UConn Huskies Schedule Breakdown UConn Huskies Top 10 Players 1. Tyquan King, LB Sr.2. Joe Fagnano, QB Sr.3. Cam Edwards, RB Jr.4. Bryun Parham, LB Sr.5. Ty Chan, OT Jr.6. Chris Parker, WR Sr.7. Wes Hoeh, C Sr.8. D'Mon Brinson, S Sr.9. Mel Brown, RB Sr.10. Chris Freeman, PK Sr. UConn Huskies 2024 Fun Stats - Red Zone Scores: UConn 41-of-44, Opponents 36-of-43- Penalties: Opponents 99 for 835 yards, UConn 69 for 685 yards- 3rd Quarter Scoring: UConn 99, Opponents 42 UConn Huskies 2025 Season Prediction, Win Total, What Will Happen Can the Huskies have the same confidence and efficiency as last year? That's asking a lot considering how they managed to find ways to play up or down to their will be a misfire somewhere - Air Force will be a tough out, and going to Buffalo could be sneaky-nasty. On the plus side, there are only three games against Power Four teams; last year there were four. The schedule is, for the most part, the same in terms of degree of difficulty. The games against Group of Five programs are all winnable, the dates with the ACC programs should be good fights, and it'll all culminate with a third bowl appearance in four seasons under Jim The UConn Huskies Win Total At … 8Likely Wins: Ball State, Central Connecticut State, FIU, UAB50/50 Games: Air Force, at Buffalo, at Delaware, Duke, at Florida Atlantic, at RiceLikely Losses: at Boston College, at Syracuse © 2025 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
RNZ News
11-05-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
Autocracy Inc: How dictators are teaming up to undermine democracy
Photo: In an era teeming with global crisis liberal democracy is looking increasingly fragile. According to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum, this is not simply due to social forces like rising inequality, cultural polarisation, or social media-driven disinformation. Rather, it's the consequence of something far more insidious - an international alliance of autocrats working collectively to undermine democratic societies. Speaking with Sunday Morning's Jim Mora, Applebaum discussed her latest book, Autocracy, Inc., which reveals how modern dictatorships no longer act alone. "There is now, in effect, a network of dictatorships-communist China, nationalist Russia, autocratic Iran-that have learned to work together economically, politically, but also in the field of information and propaganda," she said. This coalition of authoritarian regimes is not united by ideology. Instead, she said, they share a common enemy - liberal democracy. At the heart of her book, said Applebaum, is the idea that today's authoritarian states are wielding vast financial resources to undermine democratic institutions. "The autocratic world spends a huge amount of money on information," Applebaum said. "Not just official TV channels like RT, but also covert information laundering websites that appear to be from Ecuador or Argentina but are really written in Russia." But it's not just media manipulation. Authoritarian regimes are buying influence directly through investments, think tanks, lobbying, and even ownership of sports teams. The goal is to blur the lines between national interest and private enterprise, making liberal societies unwitting participants in their own corrosion. One example Applebaum pointed to was China's acquisition of a container port in Poland. While it may have seemed like a neutral business decision, during the war in Ukraine, it posed a significant security risk. The Chinese government could potentially monitor and control what supplies were flowing into the region. "That has strategic implications," Applebaum warned, noting that the once-prevailing belief that economics could be apolitical "is over." While autocracies are cooperating, liberal democracies are faltering under the weight of their internal divisions. A problem compounded by social media, which thrives on outrage and conspiracy. The sheer scale of disinformation, much of it from foreign states but echoed by domestic actors, is eroding the foundations of democratic debate. "Democracy really only functions if you can have a public debate conducted according to some kind of rules," said Applebaum. But when there's no shared reality, democratic compromise becomes nearly impossible. Autocrats, said Applebaum, are nothing if not ideologically flexible. Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and Iran's theocrats may have different political branding, but they are united in their disdain for liberal democracy. "The far left and the far right are very happy to work together," said Applebaum. What matters most to these regimes is control. Liberal concepts like the rule of law, free expression, and checks on power threaten the very foundations of authoritarian rule. "Both sides have come to an agreement that the real enemy is not one another. The real enemy is liberal democracy." So, how can democracy fight back? Applebaum offers a three-pronged approach: Despite their growing influence, said Applebaum, autocracies are not invulnerable. Their core weakness is their illegitimacy. Beneath the façade of unity and control lies fear - fear of their own people and fear of democratic ideas. "The ideals of democracy are intuitively appealing to people," she said. This is not lost on the dictators themselves. In 2013, the Chinese Communist Party issued an internal document naming Western constitutional government as the top threat to its survival. These regimes know that once democratic ideas take root, they can be difficult to extinguish. Autocracy, in Applebaum's view, is a system built for survival, but not for progress. Its lack of moral legitimacy, reliance on repression, and inability to deliver lasting prosperity may eventually be its undoing. But if liberal democracy is to survive, she said, it must respond to the coordinated threat now facing it. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
