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San Francisco Chronicle
11-07-2025
- General
- San Francisco Chronicle
Homeless San Francisco man blinded in fireworks accident, family launches fundraiser
The family of a San Francisco man who was left permanently blind in one eye after a fireworks accident on the Fourth of July is raising money to help cover medical expenses and secure housing. Lynn Kyle Scribner, who has been experiencing homelessness, was injured while lighting a firework in the city's Lower Haight neighborhood, according to a GoFundMe page organized by his niece, Valerie Klinker. 'The second I put the flame to it, three of the mortar things shot up directly into my eye — pop, pop, pop,' Scribner told KTVU, which first aired the video. 'I thought my whole face was gone.' He was rushed to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where doctors performed emergency surgery. Despite their efforts, Scribner said he was told he would not regain vision in his right eye. He said they had to put his eyeball back together 'piece by piece.' 'My uncle is not just any man — he is the most selfless, generous person I know,' Klinker wrote on the fundraising page. 'Alongside his partner, he has always put others before himself, sharing what little he had, offering a warm smile, and teaching us the true meaning of compassion and resilience. Now, they both need the kindness of others to help them through this most difficult chapter of their lives.' The fundraiser aims to cover Scribner's medical care, vision rehabilitation, housing, and basic needs for him and his partner, Mark Jackson. The couple had recently been approved for housing through San Francisco's DAHLIA affordable housing program, but the injury has delayed their move. They are currently staying in motels and shelters.
USA Today
08-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Three things you missed about WNBA star Caitlin Clark in new book 'On Her Game'
Author Christine Brennan reveals details about Caitlin's Clark's rookie season in the WNBA, including her Olympic snub My book "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports," was published by Scribner on Tuesday. Much is being written and said about the book, but here are three stories in the book you might not have heard. Clark's real reaction to the Olympic snub During an interview session after the Indiana Fever practice on June 9, 2024, Caitlin Clark was asked about the Olympic team decision. "I'm excited for the girls that are on the team,' she said. "I know it's the most competitive team in the world, and I knew it could've gone either way — me being on the team, me not being on the team. I'm excited for them, I'm going to be rooting them on to win gold. "Honestly, no disappointment," she added. "I think it just gives you something to work for. It's a dream; hopefully one day I can be there. I think it's just a little more motivation, you remember that, and hopefully, when four years comes back around I can be there.' Fever coach Christie Sides said during her availability with the media that Sunday that she and Clark texted right after she got the call on the bus. "She texted me to let me know. I just tried to keep her spirits up. The thing she said was, 'Hey, Coach, they woke a monster,' which I thought was awesome.' Although Clark took the high road in her public comments, Sides said in an interview for this book that the Olympic decision was "such a disappointing moment for her. Being an Olympian is a huge dream of hers, and when she realized it wasn't going to happen, it just lit a fire under her." As the team landed in Indianapolis after a game in Washington earlier that evening and got off the plane late at night, Sides said she and Clark 'were walking and talking about the decision. She could have gone to practice that night, I mean, that's where she was, that's the competitor she is. She didn't really say much more after that.' Clark's 'big sister' As Clark's name was called first in the 2024 WNBA Draft, veteran Fever point guard Erica Wheeler exploded from her courtside seat in Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Giddy with anticipation at the news she knew was coming, Wheeler had placed one hand on the knee of Lexie Hull and the other on the knee of Maya Caldwell, both Fever teammates at the time, and waited to hear Engelbert's words. Wheeler—known as 'EW' to her teammates—leaped for joy with Hull and Caldwell, then pulled a red Fever No. 22 jersey over her head and ran around the court as the fans stood and roared. 'Let's go!' Wheeler shouted to every corner of the arena. Her happiness was predictable, but also admirable, for as she danced, she knew she was celebrating the moment that she had lost her starting job. Clark was going to be the starting point guard for the Fever, guaranteed. Wheeler would be her backup, a difficult role, but one she understood, and even relished. "You know when you go to a different school,' said the 33-year-old Wheeler, 'the first day of school, you don't know anybody, and you find that one person that says hi to you that becomes your best friend.' Wheeler became that person for Clark. "For me as a big sister, I'm going to take the first step, to just let her know, 'We're here, we got you. Whatever you need from me as your vet, even in the same position, I got you.' . . . She's one of the biggest players in the world right now and she don't act like that. She's just like, 'Help me, in any way you can,' in a sweet way, there's no ego at all, she's not selfish. . . . She wants to learn, she wants to be a family, and I'm like a big sister to her.' 27 minutes — not one mention of Clark Throughout the WNBA post- and off-season, the league found itself curiously out of step with the nation's fondness for Clark. On Oct. 10, before Game One of the WNBA Finals in Brooklyn, commissioner Cathy Engelbert spoke for 27 minutes in a press conference about the historic developments in the 2024 season and never once mentioned Clark's name. Calling the season "the most transformational year in the WNBA's history," Engelbert talked glowingly about the record or near-record levels of viewership, attendance, merchandise sales, and digital engagement. "You saw some teams upgrade . . . arenas for certain games this year, and I thought that was a sign and signal as attendance has grown across the league that we can play in bigger arenas. . . . We had our highest-attended game ever, over 20,000, in Washington this year.' Clark, of course, was the reason for most of those moves to larger arenas, and her presence definitely was the only reason Washington had the biggest crowd in WNBA regular-season history on Sept. 19. Engelbert sprinkled the names of various WNBA players throughout her press conference, among them: Napheesa Collier, Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, Leonie Fiebich, Aliyah Boston, and A'ja Wilson. But no Clark. Through her spokespeople, Engelbert was asked to be interviewed for this book several times in late 2024 and early 2025. Every request was declined. In March 2025, I asked again, specifically wondering why Engelbert, on Oct. 10, failed to mention Clark's name when referring to the unprecedented season highlights that happened because of Clark. On March 10, Engelbert replied in a text message sent through a spokesperson: "You're asking me why I didn't mention Caitlin Clark during my WNBA Finals press conference? I didn't mention any players in that press conference other than some of those from the Liberty and the Lynx who were participating in the Finals." Engelbert did mention two players who were not participating in the Finals: Aliyah Boston and A'ja Wilson. She talked about them when mentioning WNBA players in commercials: "There's virtually not a sporting event you can turn on where one of our players is not in an ad spot. That was not happening five years ago. Look at Aliyah Boston and Sabrina and A'ja and so many of our players in these ad spots." Engelbert's March 10 text continued: "I have stated many times that Caitlin is a generational talent and there is no denying her impact — not only in the WNBA but beyond the world of sports. We have also always stood by the belief that our league is not about any one player but about the collective talent, teamwork, and dedication of all the athletes who continue to elevate the game and inspire generations. Just because Caitlin's name is not mentioned in every interview or press conference does not mean we do not recognize, celebrate, and fully support her — both as an athlete and, even more importantly, as a person.' A week and a half before the WNBA Finals, Engelbert, in an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Jon Wertheim for a piece on Clark and the WNBA, was asked to describe "the Caitlin Clark phenomenon.' Engelbert replied, "She's clearly an unbelievable player, came in with an unbelievable following, has brought a lot of new fans to the league. If you look at our historic season around our attendance, our viewership, Caitlin — Angel, too, Angel Reese, Rickea Jackson, Cameron Brink — this class of rookies, we will be talking about them a generation from now." Wertheim followed up. "I notice when you're asked about Caitlin a lot, you bring up other rookies as well." "No league's ever about one player," Engelbert replied. "That player could get hurt or whatever, so I think it's just to give recognition that in sports, people watch for compelling content and rivalries. And you can't do that alone as one person.' By practically any measure, Clark was that one person. Adapted from "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports" by Christine Brennan. Copyright © 2025 by Christine Brennan. Adapted for excerpt with permission from Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Book Review: Christine Brennan's ‘On Her Game' explores the Caitlin Clark Effect on the WNBA
This cover image released by Scribner shows "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports" by Christine Brennan. (Scribner via AP) This cover image released by Scribner shows "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports" by Christine Brennan. (Scribner via AP) This cover image released by Scribner shows "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports" by Christine Brennan. (Scribner via AP) This cover image released by Scribner shows "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports" by Christine Brennan. (Scribner via AP) This cover image released by Scribner shows "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports" by Christine Brennan. (Scribner via AP) 'On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports,' the title of USA Today columnist Christine Brennan's new book about the WNBA star, is doing a lot of work. On one hand, it's about the game, right? Nobody can deny Caitlin Clark's talent on a basketball court, where her rookie season stats with the Indiana Fever were eye-popping: 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game while leading the WNBA in assists and 3-pointers made. On the other hand, why is Caitlin Clark the poster child for a 'Revolution in Women's Sports?' The WNBA's been around since 1997 and plenty of female athletes are or were the very best at what they do, inspiring millions of young women to play all sorts of sports — from Serena Williams to Simone Biles to Lindsey Vonn. Advertisement But there's something more to the Caitlin Clark phenomenon, and it's that something that Brennan's reporter instincts sensed early, when Clark was filling the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City for every home game, well before her remarkable first year in the WNBA. 'What was going on?' writes Brennan in her introduction. 'Was this because Clark is white and straight in a league that is 74% Black or mixed-race, with a sizable gay population?… Was it because of her eight-year $28 million Nike shoe deal?… Was it jealousy? Was it all of the above?' Hoping to find answers or at least insights into those questions, Brennan convinced her editor to let her cover six straight weeks of Clark's first WNBA season, giving 'On Her Game' a comprehensive feel, except for one thing: Clark never sat down for a one-on-one interview with Brennan. She did, however, answer every question Brennan posed at press conferences, and they are widely quoted throughout the book, along with all sorts of other Clark content like TV appearances and social media posts as well as interviews Brennan conducted with other WNBA players, coaches and various experts. Brennan's presence at Fever games, home and away, and her intense focus on Clark as a singular story became a story of its own in September 2024, when Brennan asked follow-up questions of DiJonai Carrington, a Phoenix Sun player whose fingers made contact with Clark's eye during a playoff game. Brennan asked Carrington if there was anything intentional about it, she said no, and days later the WNBA Players Association called for Brennan's media credential to be revoked for 'unprofessionalism.' Ten months later, it's a good bet only the most diehard sports journalism fans will care about that controversy. Brennan makes it very clear how she feels about it. 'I was doing my job,' she writes. Advertisement Clark's race and the frosty reception she got from some in the league is returned to again and again, with Brennan and the people she talked to asserting with incredulity that the WNBA wasn't ready for all the attention. 'The league needed to do a better job in preparing… to take advantage of the tsunami of popularity that is raising all of the boats,' legendary civil rights activist Dr. Harry Edwards told Brennan. Instead, Brennan cites example after example — from WNBA legends like Diana Taurasi and Sheryl Swoopes, to fellow female athletes like former USWNT goalie Breanna Stewart — who made statements minimizing Clark's impact. It all makes for an interesting read and speaks to the divisive 'us vs. them' moment the world finds itself in, but fans looking for tidbits about Clark that are not already part of the public record — how she learned to shoot like that, her on- and off-court life — will have to stay tuned to the current WNBA season. Clark's Fever team is in the middle of the pack in the Eastern Conference, with their superstar having missed several games with a quadriceps injury. The playoffs begin Sept. 14. ___ AP book reviews:
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The 5 Smartest Things To Do on Payday, According to Expert Ryan Scribner
For people who are still living paycheck to paycheck, payday is often an exciting and frustrating day — you have the brief pleasure of watching money roll in, only to have to part with most of it again thanks to bills and other expenses. Find Out: Read Next: Finance expert Ryan Scribner, author of the book 'From Side Hustle to Main Hustle to Millionaire,' offered the five 'smartest' things you should do with your money every payday to make sure you're getting ahead. Scribner is inspired by a book called 'The Richest Man in Babylon,' written by George Samuel Clason, originally published in 1926. In it, Scribner said, is a concept that many finance experts suggest, known as paying yourself first. This doesn't mean you take a wad of cash and blow it on nonessentials, however; it means that you take a small portion of each check and set it aside into your savings. For people who are still working their way up the income chain, Scribner said this could be a very small amount, as little as 1% of your paycheck. However, he pointed out that most experts recommend saving and/or investing between 5% and 20% of every paycheck. You want to put this money into a separate savings account, and ideally a high-yield one, to build an emergency fund. Your first goal with that fund will be $1,000. Learn More: The next smartest thing to do, if you've got a gas-powered vehicle, he said, is to go to the gas station and fill up your tank. He said it's not uncommon for people to pay bills and spend the extra between payday and Monday, only to put their next tank of gas on the credit card. Anything you can do to avoid putting basic expenses on a credit card is a good thing. Scribner stressed that you can really blow a lot of money on eating out — even on fast food, which might seem to be cheaper, but really isn't. While his video is several years old so the prices he used for comparison probably wouldn't translate directly today, it doesn't take much effort to realize you can save money by making most of the food you love to eat out at home. One of the easiest things to overspend on is entertainment, of the sort that involves going out. While Scribner did not touch upon streaming services or online entertainment, you could still work out a budget for those. His suggestion was to take actual cash out of the bank and utilize the old school 'envelope' method, whereby you put cash into an envelope and label it 'entertainment.' Then, you don't spend more than that. You could even save up this cash for a couple of weeks or longer for a 'bigger' entertainment purchase (like a concert or sporting event). While paying down debt might sound obvious, his point is that many people put it off and continue to use their credit cards. There are many approaches to paying down debt, and he didn't suggest one over the other, only that you pick what works best for you. One school of thought is to pay the highest interest debt off first because it makes the most financial sense. Or you could pay off the smallest amount first, say a Walmart credit card with a low balance, he said, and that gives you a feeling of accomplishment. These practical steps on payday will keep you on top of your finances. More From GOBankingRates The 5 Car Brands Named the Least Reliable of 2025 This article originally appeared on The 5 Smartest Things To Do on Payday, According to Expert Ryan Scribner Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Winnipeg Free Press
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Must-reads for Dad
This Father's Day, skip the grilling cookbooks, the corny bathroom joke books and cookie-cutter sports bios, and get dad a something new to read that he can really sink his teeth into. The Free Press arts and life team have pulled together a list of books practically any dad will find compelling. From life on the road in a rock band to a fraught father-son story of addiction to the shifting landscape of geopolitics, a fiction writer's first novel in decades and beyond, any father on your list will find something they'll enjoy. By Jeff Tweedy (Dutton, $28) Jeff Tweedy had a dad, is a dad and makes, with his band Wilco, the kind of music sometimes described as Dad Rock, so Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) — also a deeply dad sentiment— has many dad bonafides. It's also a laugh-out-loud funny and revealing memoir by a guy who has had to fight a lot of demons to become (in this writer's opinion) one of America's best living songwriters. Obviously, there are a lot of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco stories in here, but one doesn't need to be a Wilco fan to enjoy this book; Tweedy's storytelling abilities transcend format. He writes affectingly about his father who worked on the railroad — yes, 'all the live-long day' — and his sons, who also make music. But it's the stories from his childhood growing up in Belleville, Ill., that will stay with you; no spoilers, but an anecdote about Bruce Springsteen is worth the price of admission alone. Buy on — Jen Zoratti By Tim Marshall (Scribner, $26) Tomes on geopolitics aren't usually high on my reading list, but this page-turner by Tim Marshall deserves to be on everyone's bookshelf, not just your dad's. Marshall, previously a journalist at Sky News and the BBC, explains clearly and concisely how the 'land on which we live has always shaped us' — delving into the wars, the power, politics and social development determined by the rivers, mountains, deserts, lakes and seas of our landscape. Originally published in 2015, the completely revised edition has been updated to reflect the global changes of the last 10 years and includes new material exploring the growth of China's military and strategic power, Moscow's alliances with authoritarian states and the Russia-Ukraine war, and America's pivot to the Pacific. It's a riveting book that tackles traditionally complex subjects with aplomb. Witten in highly accessible language with nothing dumbed down, this is very much a must-read. Buy on — AV Kitching By Ron Carlson (Penguin Canada, $30) This grim and gorgeous novel by American short-story author Ron Carlson is probably the most overtly 'manly' book I've ever read, but it's also startlingly tender. It follows three men working on a summer construction project, building a stunt ramp to launch a motorcycle over a canyon in Idaho. All three are dealing with painful pasts, and Carlson carefully delineates the struggle of how each one defines manhood in the face of tough work, toxic masculinity and tragedy. Arthur Key, the sort-of protagonist, is a taciturn man with no children, but he becomes a father figure to his co-worker Ronnie, a juvenile delinquent looking to straighten out. Arthur doesn't talk about his feelings; his love is expressed by teaching, passing his knowledge of how things are made on to his protegé. Carlson delves into the mechanics of carpentry and building in a way that's incredibly detailed, and yet somehow sounds like a poem, not a user manual. The writer has an unparalleled sense of place, delivering the reader to a remote location of wild beauty, but the hint of impending doom that looms over the summer does not go unanswered, and even the most macho-dude dad may find he has a little something in his eye by the book's end. Buy on — Jill Wilson For the Love of a Son: A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Hope MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS Scott Oake's moving memoir, For the Love of a Son, describes the devastating loss of his son, Bruce, who struggled with addiction. MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS Scott Oake's moving memoir, For the Love of a Son, describes the devastating loss of his son, Bruce, who struggled with addiction. By Scott Oake (Simon & Schuster, $27) After decades covering the Olympics, and as part of the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast team, Winnipeg's Scott Oake could have penned a rollicking memoir about highlights both in front of and away from the cameras. Heck, he still could. Instead, in his memoir Oake (with Michael Hingston) takes readers through some of his darkest days as he reminisces about his son Bruce, whose struggles with drug use led to his death at age 25 in 2011. (Oake also recalls the loss of his wife Anne, who died in 2021.) For the Love of a Son is Oake's candid and moving recollection of Bruce's highs and lows that will tug on the heartstrings of even the chilliest of dads. Oake's trademark wit and sly humour so often on display while covering sports also permeate the book's heavy subject matter, providing some levity. The silver lining of everything Oake has endured is the creation of the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre in 2021 and the forthcoming Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre. Proceeds from sales of For the Love of a Son benefit the Bruce and Anne Oake Memorial Foundation. Buy on — Ben Sigurdson With the Boys: Field Notes on Being a Guy By Jake MacDonald (Greystone, $23) The late Winnipeg author Jake MacDonald spent a lifetime documenting and poeticizing a way of life that can feel as timeworn as the lodges and cottages he explores. An arguably conservative way of life — where free time's absorbed by hunting, fishing and gallivanting through secluded, if not exclusive, wilderness milieus, mostly with other men. While Manitoba's Hemingway found perhaps his most captive audience in the cottage crowd, his gentle humour, natural wonder and breezy but vivid prose made his work popular with Canadian literary reviewers and high school librarians alike. MacDonald wrote both fiction — his kid-friendly Juliana and the Medicine Fish is probably his best-known novel — and literary non-fiction, which is to say mythopoetic odes to his world and friends. With the Boys is the second type: a collection of vignettes about old drinking buddies, tossing barbs back and forth like rusty lures while they commune over the crap of life, amid (as the book jacket puts it romantically) 'crack-of-dawn motel breakfasts (and) starlit stakeouts in the bulrushes.' MacDonald died right before the pandemic, and as this writer's father also ages out of this outdoorsy boomer culture, one wonders wistfully whether its best aspects are disappearing too. Buy on — Conrad Sweatman Ben SigurdsonLiterary editor, drinks writer Ben Sigurdson edits the Free Press books section, and also writes about wine, beer and spirits. Read full biography Jill WilsonArts & Life editor Jill Wilson started working at the Free Press in 2003 as a copy editor for the entertainment section. Read full biography AV KitchingReporter AV Kitching is an arts and life writer at the Free Press. Read full biography Jen ZorattiColumnist Jen Zoratti is a Winnipeg Free Press columnist and feature writer, working in the Arts & Life department. Read full biography Conrad SweatmanReporter Conrad Sweatman is an arts reporter and feature writer. Read full biography Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
