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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Homegrown NFL star returns to Texoma hosting 3rd annual youth football camp
Small town Munday, America was the place to be on Saturday morning!Athletes from all across North Texas flocking to the home of the Moguls for their chance to be up close and personal with a local NFL Collier, the pride of Munday high school, back in his hometown this weekend hosting his third annual youth football was fun for all ages at Scruggs Field as more than one hundred local student-athletes were in attendance, ranging in age from elementary school to high coming back to the place where it all started: A class of 2014 Munday grad, he won a state title with the Moguls his junior college, Collier took his talents to TCU for five years and proved his worth as a first round draft choice of the Seattle Seahawks in is currently under contract with the Arizona Cardinals, preparing for his seventh season as a pro this doesn't forget where he came from. Knox County means a lot to him and he loves giving back to his small town.'The kids are awesome,' Collier said. 'They come out, they really buy into it every year. Anybody that will come up, whether you're from Stamford, Haskell, anywhere in the surrounding area, we will welcome you. I appreciate everybody that came out today. The coaches, the sponsors, all you guys that came out today and helped us out. Man, it was really a big turnout and I really enjoyed myself today.'Collier reports to Cardinals mandatory minicamp on June 7th. Arizona's training camp is set for mid-late week nine of the regular season, Collier and the Cardinals visit the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. on November 3, 2025. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Lake Norman-area homes with public park, fishing pond approved by town planners
The Huntersville Planning Board endorsed a national homebuilder's plan Tuesday night for a 259-home community east of Interstate 77 that would include land donated for a town park and 10-acre public fishing pond. The board voted 4-2 in favor of a rezoning for the project proposed by NVR Inc., the parent company of Ryan Homes. Three members abstained. The town Board of Commissioners, which has final say, is scheduled to vote on the request June 17. Nine open spaces totaling 23 acres also would include pickleball courts, a recreational field, butterfly gardens, fire pit, dog park, a half-basketball court, a shade structure, splash pad and a playground with swings, Sean Paone, principal of project consultant Bolton & Menk, told the Planning Board. Natural wildlife corridors would cut through the 106 acres east of the intersection of Hambright Road and Everette Keith Road. NVR proposes a mix of housing types: 76 townhomes north of Hambright Road; 75 cottage homes south of Hambright; 99 homes near the southern and eastern parts of the property; and nine larger home lots beside Dogwood Lane, according to NVR's rezoning application . The development would include eight affordable housing units, or those affordable to teachers, police and firefighters. NVR also would extend Hambright Road, its application shows. 'We like to create great communities,' Scott Munday, Charlotte-based general manager of land for NVR/Ryan Homes told the Planning Board. 'We believe this community fits that bill exactly. 'It's highly amenitized, it's highly planned, and we think it would be very attractive to owners,' Munday said. 'And we believe it has a lot of benefits to the town as well.' NVR/Ryan Homes has developed 15 to 20 communities in the Charlotte metro area over the past five years totaling 5,000 lots, and 'each are to this level of detail and plan,' Munday said, referring to Everette Keith Residential. Board members who voted to recommend the rezoning said they liked the amenities and said the development appears to be a good fit with its surroundings. Board members against the rezoning sided with town planning staff concerned that the number of homes conflicts with zoning plans for the area.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Introduction of bike lanes along Antioch Pike sparks debate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Installation of new bike lanes is currently underway along a stretch of Antioch Pike starting at Nolensville Pike. Crews are dividing the road from the bike lanes with 350 used tires that have been turned into delineators. On Thursday, April 24, volunteers worked to cut, paint, and install the barriers. There are many mixed opinions on the project. Organizers with Bridgestone Americas, the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), and the Civic Design Center believe this will make this stretch of road significantly safer. PREVIOUS: Crews using recycled tires to create bike lanes on Antioch Pike 'To keep kids safe,' director of corporate philanthropy and social impact at Bridgestone Americas, Wade Munday, said. 'There are three public schools on this stretch of road, and on average, there is one traffic accident a month on this roadway.' Glencliff Elementary School, Glencliff High School, and Wright Middle School are located along that portion of Antioch Pike. 'Past experience and data shows that reducing the number of lanes slows traffic, and we're committed to ensuring that we use data and evidence to show impact,' Munday added. | READ MORE | When News 2 posted the previous story about this project on Facebook, viewers left more than 300 comments, including the following examples: Bruh if this weren't my front yard I wouldn't care, but literally NOONE rides bikes on this road… So are they bike ramps? Looks like fun and someone is gonna get hurt I've lived here 22 years..I think I've seen 22 bikes being ridden in the street. ⏩ Munday previously told News 2 this shouldn't impact the flow of traffic except potentially during school dismissal periods. In 2027, NDOT will repave the road and then decide whether or not to keep the delineators. If you want to share your input about the Antioch Pike Tactical Urbanism Project, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Independent
16-04-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Team GB could face lengthy train journey to Winter Olympics after sustainability initiative
Team GB 's Winter Olympic contingent could travel by train to Milan-Cortina next year, as a result of a major new sustainability initiative by UK Sport and multiple sport governing bodies. Both the British Olympic and Paralympic squads for the Summer Games last year travelled to and from Paris on the Eurostar, rather than flying, amid widespread concern over the environmental impact of air travel. Team GB, who attend each Olympics under the British Olympic and Paralympic Associations rather than UK Sport, may now feel motivated to go by rail as a result of the latter's Sustainability Accelerator Programme, which aims to radically change how governing bodies approach sustainability. UK Sport chief executive Sally Munday spoke to The Independent on the importance of sustainability to the governing body, and its approach to future-proofing Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK in the face of the climate crisis. Part of that involves more sustainable travel and reducing emissions. Referring to the Paris Olympics, Munday said: 'There were quite a lot of other nations that probably could have travelled by other means [than flying] but didn't. The British Olympic and Paralympic Associations were very clear about the opportunity to demonstrate our collective commitment to this. 'The travel arrangements for Milan-Cortina are in planning now. What I think you can be confident of is the conversations that were had around Paris are not going away about how to get there. Particularly when we think about the next Summer Games, how far away they are [in Los Angeles in 2028], we've got to make the most of opportunities when they're on European soil.' UK Sport's Sustainability Accelerator Programme launched in 2023 and has ploughed more than £300,000 into 30 British sports organisations over the last two years, funding carbon footprint measurements and workshops with the aim of making sustainability a core part of their policies. The chief executive was enthusiastic about the success of the programme, pointing to how 80% of the 21 bodies surveyed now view sustainability as a pillar of long-term success, and how all of them felt better placed to take action on sustainability. Munday described the initiative as a 'bold step by us to tackle climate change,' and said it had been 'transformative' for the governing bodies involved, which encompassed sports as widespread as rowing, swimming, wheelchair rugby and snowsport. She described a move by British Ice Skating and British Hockey to pool resources on how to reduce emissions from their energy-intensive venues, as well as the British Paralympic Association and Loughborough University's mass recycling of plastic when kitting out Paralympians for the Paris Games, as examples of positive action as sporting governing bodies look to make a difference. With one report suggesting that only ten of 19 former Winter Olympic hosts will still be viable winter sports destinations by 2050, Munday stressed how important it was that sports do their bit to combat the effects of climate change. Other sustainability efforts are taking place closer to home. Sunday's Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities was marred by concerns over water pollution in the Thames. E Coli levels were a major talking point in the 2024 edition as athletes fell ill, blaming water pollution, and were banned from throwing their coxes in the river on health grounds. Struggling water company Thames Water, which discharges raw and treated sewage into the river, was spared a special administration regime by the court of appeal last month, instead receiving a £3bn bailout. Eleven UK water sports bodies including British Triathlon have formed the Clean Water Sports Alliance, which has called for action on improving the standard of Britain's waterways and imposing tougher penalties on polluters. Their campaign has attracted the government's attention, with Environment Minister Emma Hardy thanking the Alliance for their 'tireless advocacy' in a letter, saying, 'we value the important role you play in holding governments to account'. Munday said: 'Governing bodies and the partners that we're working with are looking at everything they do to try to reduce their own impact, but also to use their platform to educate and advocate for change to be made. 'This is why the letter that the sports have had from the minister is so important, because it's saying, your voice is working, we are hearing what you're saying. 'If that changes legislation, or it changes how the government holds these organisations [like Thames Water] to account, that can only be a positive thing.'
CBC
11-04-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Return of on-campus early voting spurs hopes more ballots will be cast by young adults
Social Sharing On-campus early voting, cancelled during the last federal election, is returning to Manitoba next week, and after a dip in the number of young people who cast their ballots in 2021, it's hoped more Canadians between 18 and 24 will go to the polls this time. Polling stations at Red River College Polytechnic, the University College of the North, the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg will be open from April 13 to 16. Elections Canada says anyone can vote on one of the participating campuses, including students, who can cast their ballots using the address they consider home or where they regularly live, as long as they show an ID with that address. Dule Vicovac, a 19-year-old student at the University of Winnipeg, is planning to vote for the first time in a Canadian federal election. "I am not satisfied with the current state of Canada and how it's progressing," he said. "If I don't vote I am not contributing to any change." Soban Faiz, another student at the U of W, said he is doing his homework, reviewing the different party platforms ahead of casting his ballot, "I went to the Pierre Poilievre rally, went to the Mark Carney rally, met a bunch of candidates, asked them what they were going to do," he said. "They are very accessible in the election." WATCH | Students ready to cast ballots as on-campus voting returns: Students ready to cast ballots as on-campus voting returns 12 hours ago Duration 2:24 Advance voting is returning to campuses next week. It wasn't offered during the last federal election, in 2021, due to the pandemic. Now, some young voters in Manitoba are determined to make an impact, with many casting ballots for the first time. Young voter turnout peaked during the 2015 federal election, with Canadians between 18 and 24 accounting for the largest increase in any age group. According to Elections Canada, over half a million more young Canadians cast their ballots during that election compared to 2011. But in the last two elections, the voter turnout slipped and the number of young voters fell at a rate greater than the overall turnout both times. Data from Election Canada shows 46 per cent of voters between 18 and 24 went to the polls in 2021 —down from 53 per cent in 2019. "It is my hope, ambition and complete focus that we will see youth voters turnout to go up in this election," said Amanda Munday, the executive director of New Majority, a nonpartisan group addressing youth voter turnout. While the decline started after 2015, Munday said the COVID-19 pandemic played a role in bringing the number of youth voters down in the last election, including with the suspension of on-campus voting. Munday expects the youth turnout to increase this year, in part because polling stations are back at post-secondary institutions, but also due to other factors. "There's lots of reasons why young people would know more about a federal election," she said. For instance, on social media, the election is tied to other topics that already have a strong presence in the feed of young voters. "Canadian sovereignty, the 51st state and annexation conversation is coming up a lot," she said. "Once you start engaging with that, it makes sense to me that the algorithm might serve federal election content." One of the issues raised with social media is information voids, where the scarcity of reliable content opens up the space for poor-quality information to flow in, said Heidi Tworek, a Canada Research Chair and professor of public policy at the University of British Columbia. Tworek said researchers have found misinformation isn't only lurking in public feeds but in the more private side of social media, including popular messaging apps. "WeChats, Telegrams, WhatsApps … that's actually a huge space," she said. However, while online misinformation content exists, Tworek said researchers "don't always see evidence that it's really changing the election results." "People don't ultimately make their decision on who they vote for based on one or two pieces of information," she added. Political ads and other content related to the election featured on social media, Tworek said, are also either cementing voters' choices about how to cast their ballots, or swaying their likelihood to go out and vote.
