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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Could Kirby Smart, Georgia smash SEC foes this season?
Josh Pate responds to a viewer's bold prediction that the Bulldogs will easily beat Texas, Alabama and Ole Miss by double digits this season. Subscribe to 'Josh Pate's College Football Show' on YouTube. View more Video Transcript Bold prediction season rolls on. What are some of the things you believe? In fact, Zach hit us up. He's a good example of something that's very, very bold. We're gonna rate it on a scale of 1 to 10 here. Uh, Zach from Locust Grove, Georgia said Georgia makes a lot of people look foolish for forgetting about them. Sidebar, no one's forgotten about Georgia, not a single soul has forgotten about Georgia. No one's predicting them to go 7 and 5. No one's disrespecting them, no one's discounting them, so save all that. Let's get to the prediction. Zach said Georgia is going to beat Texas, Ole Miss, and Alabama, each by double digits. They get all three of them at home. We already got numbers on the game from FanDuel, so they're favored by 4.5 against Bama. They're favored by 10.5 against Ole Miss. They're favored by 2.5 against Texas. You played two of them last year and they beat you on the road. You beat Texas twice. You're beating all three of these teams by 10+ this year. I'm not sure I buy that and you may go 3-0 against them, but I don't think you're beating all of them by 10+. Those are just, those are really good teams. So I'm gonna put a 9.25 on that one. The other thing I think about is I think about Georgia, I think about Kirby, I think about how much he's talked about. His two deep being filled with first or second year players, a lot of second year players on his two deep, and I think about defensively, how that could bite you, uh, not being able to get to the quarterback enough could bite you when you play coaches like Steve Sarkisian, Lane Kiffin, and Kaelin De Boer because those are the three you just listed. I just don't think you're running away from all three of them. You may beat all three of them, but running away from all three of them by 10+, I'm gonna put that at a 9.25. Close
Daily Mail
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
I was whipped up in a tornado and thrown 100 yards as it flattened my home and dumped belongings 11 miles away
The teenage son of The Wire actor Tray Chaney has broken his silence after a powerful tornado ripped through his home, hurling him nearly 100 yards from the second story. Malachi Chaney spoke out this week following the devastating EF-2 tornado that struck Henry County, Georgia on May 29, and expressed his gratitude to those who helped him survive the traumatic ordeal. Sucked into the vortex and violently thrown about 300 feet - roughly the length of a football field - Malachi suffered severe injuries. His father, meanwhile, was knocked unconscious as their home collapsed around him, completely destroyed. Malachi, a college student, sustained broken ribs, extensive scrapes across his body, and fractures in every bone of his face. He spent more than a week in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital - 37 miles from their home in Locust Grove. 'I wanna thank everybody for supporting me. It means the world,' Malachi said from a wheelchair, wearing a neck brace. 'It's going to be one of the greatest comebacks that you have ever seen in your life,' he added. Now on the road to recovery, Malachi has begun rehabilitation at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, according to 11Alive News. His father, best known for playing Malik 'Poot' Carr on The Wire, was also injured during the storm. He suffered a head injury when the house collapsed and regained consciousness only to find himself buried in debris and mud as neighbors rushed in to pull him out. Remarkably, the only item he found in usable condition was his cell phone. Initially, no one knew where Malachi was. After a brief search, they discovered the teen had been flung into the woods near their home. 'I just remember turning to my right and my walls, and my TVs and my dressers and my bed turned upside down and I levitated in the air,' Tray said through tears while recounting the terrifying moment to TMZ. 'I just remember covering [my face with my arms] like this, yelling my son's name out.' Tray has since described both himself and Malachi as 'superheroes' for surviving the tornado. 'I watched my life flash before my eyes,' he said. 'We survived a tornado... Me and my son went to war with a tornado and survived.' Tray's wife, Ayesha, was not home during the storm but returned shortly after to find their home in ruins. With their lives turned upside down and their belongings destroyed, the family has launched a GoFundMe to help cover emergency expenses and begin rebuilding. 'In just minutes, everything we had - a lifetime of memories, belongings and the roof over our heads - was gone,' Tray said. 'But we're still here. Malachi is living and breathing.' In a remarkable twist, they later discovered Malachi's high school diploma 11 miles away from the remains of their home. The family is currently staying with relatives and focusing on Malachi's continued recovery.
Daily Mail
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The Wire actor Tray Chaney shares tearful update after his teen son was carried away by a tornado
The Wire actor Tray Chaney shared an update on his son Malachi's condition after the 19-year-old was carried away by a tornado that swept through their home on May 29. Chaney, who played Malik 'Poot' Carr on the acclaimed HBO series, revealed last week that a tornado had destroyed his family's home in Locust Grove, Georgia — near Atlanta — while he was in bed. Malachi was sucked into the vortex and brutally thrown 300ft away from the home — about the length of an American football field — while his father was knocked unconscious before emerging from the wreckage of his home, which was totally destroyed and had collapsed around him. Luckily, his son survived, but the college student suffered devastating injuries, including broken ribs, multiple scratches over most of his body and fractures on every bone in his face. But Chaney shared a positive update with TMZ on Wednesday, and he revealed that his son was in stable condition and had finally been moved to a less-severe unit after spending six days in the hospital intensive care unit (ICU). 'But it's going to be a long journey and a long road to recovery. We're not out of the hospital,' he said. Chaney added defiantly, 'We went to war with a tornado and came out on top,' while noting that everyone in the house could have been killed in the natural disaster. While Malachi is dealing with lacerations across his upper body, his lower body miraculously escaped without any major cuts, as he had been wearing sweat pants when he was pulled into the air. Chaney added that he had suffered a head injury after the house fell down around him, so he regained consciousness only to find the wreckage of the destroyed home on top of him while he was lying in the mud. Neighbors rushed to help him and pull debris off him, but once he was able to look through the home he found nothing in useable condition, except for his cell phone, which miraculously survived in workable condition. It wasn't initially clear where Malachi was, as he had been tossed into the woods near their home by the deadly winds. 'We went through war with a tornado, you know?' Chaney said in the interview. 'The tough part is watching [Malachi] be stable and respond the best way he can. And every single day, he doesn't know what happened.' Malachi's hospital stay coincided with his birthday on June 1. Although Chaney and his family could only have a muted celebration for his son in the hospital, he shared a special message that Shaquille O'Neal had recorded to wish him a happy birthday. Malachi avoided cuts to his lower body because he was wearing sweatpants when he was swept away and thrown the length of a football field into the woods near his house View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tray Chaney (@traychaneyvision) The actor looked back on the devastating tornado — which was later determined to be an EF-2 level storm — and admitted that he didn't realize there was a tornado heading toward them until he heard what sounded like a 'train was coming' while he was in bed. 'I just remember turning to my right and my walls, and my TVs and my dressers and my bed turned upside down and I levitated in the air,' Chaney said as he began to tear up. 'I just remember covering [my face with my arms] like this, yelling my son's name out.' Luckily, Chaney's wife Ayesha wasn't home at the time of the tornado, but she returned shortly after it hit to find the destruction. Chaney added that he wasn't sure what the future held for his family now that their home had been destroyed and their lives had been shaken up. 'It's only six days. Me, my wife Ayesha and my son Malachi, [we've] got a long — we're got a lifetime to go because I don't know what's ... coming, and I'm not trying to figure it out,' he said. The family have since set up a GoFundMe page to help them rebuild while they stay alternate staying with friends and in hotels or shelters. As of Wednesday evening, the fundraiser was only about $1,500 shy of reaching its initial $100,000 goal.
The Independent
30-05-2025
- Climate
- The Independent
‘The Wire' star's son found unconscious after being thrown 300 feet during a tornado
The son of 'The Wire' star Tray Chaney was found unconscious after he was thrown around 300 feet during a tornado in Georgia on Thursday. Chaney, known for his role as Poot on the HBO show, appeared emotional in a video posted on Instagram while standing beside what remains of his now leveled home. He told fans: 'Cherish life as much as you can.' Chaney's son was in critical condition on Friday morning, according to 11Alive. 'At 3 o'clock today, in a split second, my house is gone,' Chaney said. The actor said his son 'was thrown 300 feet out his room.' Thursday started as a 'beautiful day' for Chaney and his 18-year-old son, Malachi Chaney, the actor said. That changed in an instant when a tornado ripped through Chaney's neighborhood in Locust Grove, about 40 minutes southeast of Atlanta. 'I was sitting on my bed and I heard the wind and I felt everything,' he added. In a follow-up post, Chaney wrote he 'was unconscious on the ground with my face in the mud with my parts of my house on top of me. I woke up in a panic crawled from under my house screaming my son's name out.' Chaney said his neighbors helped find his son who was found knocked out in the woods behind his house. Chaney told 11Alive his son is in the intensive care unit in hospital with broken ribs and a fractured facial bone. 'Malachi is in this hospital fighting & me and my wife have not and will not leave his side. I can't get myself together right now I wish it was me that was in ICU rather than him,' Chaney wrote on Instagram. The tornado damaged at least 13 structures, and destroyed two, including Chaney's home, local news reported.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
This man says he's very much alive, but Social Security says no. This is the headache he's endured
John Reed wants everyone to know he is not dead. 'Anybody listening out there, John H. Reed III is alive,' the Locust Grove resident told Channel 2 consumer investigator Justin Gray. But Reed has been officially dead as far as the federal government is concerned since early April. That means his bank, credit cards, and even health insurance all think he is dead, too. 'I found out I was dead by a letter I received on the 8th of April, a condolences letter from my insurance company, and then that was followed by a letter from Social Security,' Reed said. That Social Security letter announced his benefits were cut off. On his most recent trip to the doctor, Reed was told his insurance was canceled. 'I presented my Blue Cross Blue Shield card and my Medicare card, A and B, and they told me I wasn't in the system,' he said. It all comes back to the death master file that the Social Security Administration maintains. Reed was, for some reason, listed as dead there, and that was communicated to places like banks and credit cards. RELATED STORIES: 'Emergency message' orders Social Security withhold 50% of benefits for those who were overpaid Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients Social Security resumes what it once called 'clawback cruelty' Social Security Fairness Act signed into law, restoring benefits for over 50,000 Georgians The Social Security Inspector General told Channel 2 Action News that it is launching a new audit in the next month into 'reasons SSA recorded erroneous deaths and whether it complied with policy when correcting them.' For nearly a decade, Channel 2 Action News has been investigating mistakes with the Social Security death master file. SSA collects data from states and from other sources, like funeral homes and financial institutions In 2016, Gloria Ornsby told Gray that her home nurse stopped showing up, and her seizure medications couldn't be filled after she was mistakenly added to the death master file. Martin O'Malley, the Social Security Commissioner under President Biden, said he's concerned that thousands of recent job cuts at SSA are leading to an increase in these incorrect death listings. 'They are terminating people's financial lives, making their bank accounts get closed, they can't open up a new bank account. We've all seen what a hassle it is if our credit card or debit card gets hacked, well imagine that happening, and then you can't open up the new account,' O'Malley said. The Reeds had to come home early from their Florida vacation to try to fix this. 'Can you imagine that? Waking up and then at zero, nothing's in the bank account. I said, 'Oh, I guess we'll be going back home,'' Reed said. SSA said in a release posted in March on its website that 'less than one-third of 1% are erroneously reported deaths that need to be corrected.' That's not much solace for Reed. 'It's very stressful to be dead. If you're not dead, this will kill you,' he said. After repeated trips to the Social Security office, SSA now tells Reed he is officially resurrected from the dead, but he still has not received either of his missing retirement checks. The Social Security Administration has not responded to our request for comment. The Social Security Inspector General said its new audit is its first look at this topic since 2021 and 'will assess the effectiveness of SSA's internal controls related to detecting, preventing, and removing incorrect death reports for beneficiaries.' On its website, SSA said people incorrectly listed as dead should go to their local SSA office and 'should be prepared to bring at least one piece of current (not expired) original form of identification. Social Security takes immediate action to correct its records, and the agency can provide a letter that the error has been corrected that can be shared with other organizations, agencies, and employers.'
