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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Alabama Sends Clear Message to Nick Saban After Major Career Accomplishment
Nick Saban has accomplished just about everything in the world of college football. At 73, his journey in the sport dates back to his playing days in 1970. The only time he stepped away from college football was during a brief stint as head coach of the Miami Dolphins and as an assistant for the Cleveland Browns and Houston Oilers in the NFL. Saban retired from coaching on Jan. 10, 2024, making way for Kalen DeBoer to take over as head coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide. But retirement didn't keep Saban on the sidelines for long. He quickly joined ESPN's "College GameDay," stepping into a new role as a college football analyst. Advertisement And now, he has earned an award he had never won before. Alabama football shared the news on its official social media channels: "Leadership, Legacy, and now… an Emmy. " Saban was honored with the 2025 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent. It's the first Sports Emmy of his career and only the second time an ESPN talent has received the award in that category. While he's often seen rolling his eyes at fellow commentator Pat McAfee on set, Saban has offered sharp, insightful commentary on the game he helped define. Most recently, he has been linked to President Donald Trump as a potential co-chair for a proposed commission on the future of college athletics. Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Nick Saban coached Alabama to 201 wins and notched 292 total victories in his head coaching career. Under his leadership, Alabama never lost more than two games in any of his final 13 seasons. He captured seven national championships, with his last coming in 2020. Advertisement Saban was twice named Walter Camp Coach of the Year and won the Bobby Bowden Coach of the Year award three times. In 2024, he received the ESPY Icon Award and has since been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Saban's legacy goes beyond football. His Nick's Kids Foundation has donated over $13 million to more than 150 charities. Following a devastating tornado in Tuscaloosa, he helped rebuild 22 homes with Habitat for Humanity. He has also made several $1 million donations to support first-generation college scholarships, Alabama athletics and St. Francis Catholic Church. His latest project, the Saban Center, will serve as home to a STEM Discovery Center, the Alabama STEM Hub and the Tuscaloosa Children's Theater, continuing his commitment to education and youth development. Related: $1.3 Million Quarterback Makes Major NIL Move Before Freshman Season at Alabama Related: Urban Meyer Calls for Rule That Would Get Michigan Coach Fired
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lorde Reveals Next ‘Virgin' Single ‘Man of the Year,' a Song About Embracing Her Gender Identity
After speaking out for the first time about her newfound gender identity leading up to new album Virgin, Lorde has announced that the project's next single will be 'Man of the Year,' a track about embracing her own masculinity. On Monday (May 19), the pop star shared the track's cover art — a close-up photo of her chest covered by a strip of duct tape, the waistline of her jeans poking out from the bottom of the frame — and wrote on Instagram, 'Man Of The Year. An offering from really deep inside me.' More from Billboard Lorde Says She Discussed Gender Identity With Chappell Roan: 'I'm a Woman Except for Days When I'm a Man' Lady Gaga Wins 2025 Sports Emmy for 'Hold My Hand' Pre-Super Bowl Tribute to Disaster Victims A$AP Rocky Teases New Song at Cannes During 'Highest 2 Lowest' Premiere 'The song I'm proudest of on Virgin,' Lorde added. 'Out next week.' 'Man of the Year' will mark the second track fans are getting from Virgin, which arrives June 27. The New Zealand native previously released 'What Was That' in April, debuting at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. In her Rolling Stone cover story from earlier in May, Lorde opened up about writing 'Man of the Year' after stopping her birth control and realizing that her gender felt more fluid than she previously realized. Just before penning the track, she taped her own chest with duct tape — just as it appears on the artwork — in an effort to realize a vision of herself 'that was fully representative of how [her] gender felt in that moment,' she told the publication. 'I felt like stopping taking my birth control, I had cut some sort of cord between myself and this regulated femininity,' she continued. 'It sounds crazy, but I felt that all of a sudden, I was off the map of femininity. And I totally believed that that allowed things to open up.' Lorde would later tease 'Man of the Year' through her 2025 Met Gala look, wearing a strapless, slate strip of fabric adhered to her chest that mirrored what the song's cover art would look like. 'This is my creation,' she told Vogue's Emma Chamberlain on the red carpet at the time. 'It's something of an Easter egg … To me it really represents where I'm at gender-wise. I feel like a man and a woman, kind of vibe.' The rollout cycle for Virgin — which will follow 2021's Solar Power — has marked the 'Royals' singer's first time opening up about her broadening gender identity. Though she still prefers 'she' and 'her' pronouns, she explained to Rolling Stone, '[Chappell Roan] was like, 'So, are you nonbinary now?' … I was like, 'I'm a woman except for the days when I'm a man.'' Lorde has also shared that overcoming her struggles with an eating disorder — another experience that informed Virgin — allowed her to embrace her true identity. 'I had made my body very small, because I thought that that was what you did as a woman and a woman on display,' she recently told Document Journal. 'It had the effect of making me [feel] totally ungrounded. I was very weak. I look back now, and I don't have that same feeling of floating away.' Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Otago Daily Times
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Virtual Eye wins 4th Sports Emmy
Winning Emmy awards never gets old, it seems. Virtual Eye, the sports division of Dunedin company Animation Research Ltd (ARL), has just won its fourth Sports Emmy award at the 46th Annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony in New York. And Virtual Eye commercial and production executive vice-president Ben Taylor said, given the company's trajectory, there could be more in the future. It collaborated with several other technology companies around the world to provide groundbreaking cover of the 2024 PGA Tournament using drones. For that, it won the George Wensel Technical Achievement Award, beating other companies working on other large-scale sporting events, including the XXXIII Olympic Games (Immersive Audio at Scale), the NFL (StatusPro Visualizer VR Technology) and Thursday Night Football (AI Feature Latency). The award recognises the biggest leaps ahead in technical achievement in sports broadcasting. Mr Taylor said its new technology allowed golf viewers to get up above the trees and see the makeup of the course and where the ball was going — all in real time. "So, in the event, we would fly the drone up above the trees, and about three seconds after the player hits the ball, there's a predictive circle that animates where the ball's going to land. "It allows viewers to get above the trees and see around the corner of the dog leg." The technology allowed the company to "tell the whole story of the game", and it had resonated with the viewers, he said. "Although it was a very, very technical achievement, the whole thing for us is around storytelling. "And that's the reason I think it won, because what it allowed the broadcaster to do is to show all of the graphics people are used to seeing, but from a live drone. "That's never been done in golf before." None of the companies involved in the project went to the awards ceremony in New York, Mr Taylor said. The award was accepted on their behalf by representatives from the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA). "Getting one Sports Emmy is an amazing achievement. Getting our fourth — it's incredible. "Again, I think it's kind of recognition of the work that the team is doing down here, that we can stay so consistent and so relevant on the leading edge of innovation, from here in Dunedin. "I think it's a blueprint for other companies working in Dunedin, working in New Zealand and working globally. "I think that's probably the most satisfying thing about it." The team were "very proud" of the achievement, Mr Taylor said. "And I don't think we're done yet either. "The team continues to push the boundaries and I think that's why we've been recognised these four times, and why hopefully we'll be recognised again in the future as well. "Winning awards like this never gets old."
Otago Daily Times
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Virtual Eye wins fourth Sports Emmy for groundbreaking tech
Winning Emmy awards never gets old, it seems. Virtual Eye, the sports division of Dunedin company Animation Research Ltd (ARL), has just won its fourth Sports Emmy award at the 46th Annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony in New York. And Virtual Eye commercial and production executive vice-president Ben Taylor said, given the company's trajectory, there could be more in the future. It collaborated with several other technology companies around the world to provide groundbreaking cover of the 2024 PGA Tournament using drones. For that, it won the George Wensel Technical Achievement Award, beating other companies working on other large-scale sporting events, including the XXXIII Olympic Games (Immersive Audio at Scale), the NFL (StatusPro Visualizer VR Technology) and Thursday Night Football (AI Feature Latency). The award recognises the biggest leaps ahead in technical achievement in sports broadcasting. Mr Taylor said its new technology allowed golf viewers to get up above the trees and see the makeup of the course and where the ball was going — all in real time. "So, in the event, we would fly the drone up above the trees, and about three seconds after the player hits the ball, there's a predictive circle that animates where the ball's going to land. "It allows viewers to get above the trees and see around the corner of the dog leg." The technology allowed the company to "tell the whole story of the game", and it had resonated with the viewers, he said. "Although it was a very, very technical achievement, the whole thing for us is around storytelling. "And that's the reason I think it won, because what it allowed the broadcaster to do is to show all of the graphics people are used to seeing, but from a live drone. "That's never been done in golf before." None of the companies involved in the project went to the awards ceremony in New York, Mr Taylor said. The award was accepted on their behalf by representatives from the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA). "Getting one Sports Emmy is an amazing achievement. Getting our fourth — it's incredible. "Again, I think it's kind of recognition of the work that the team is doing down here, that we can stay so consistent and so relevant on the leading edge of innovation, from here in Dunedin. "I think it's a blueprint for other companies working in Dunedin, working in New Zealand and working globally. "I think that's probably the most satisfying thing about it." The team were "very proud" of the achievement, Mr Taylor said. "And I don't think we're done yet either. "The team continues to push the boundaries and I think that's why we've been recognised these four times, and why hopefully we'll be recognised again in the future as well. "Winning awards like this never gets old."
USA Today
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
New York Giants legend Eli Manning zings brother Peyton after his Sports Emmy win
New York Giants legend Eli Manning zings brother Peyton after his Sports Emmy win Legendary New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hasn't strayed far from the NFL world since his retirement in 2020. He and his brother, Peyton Manning, joined ESPN in 2021 as analysts, running the Manningcast that airs alongside Monday Night Football games. Eli also has a show called Eli's Places on ESPN+, where he travels to historical and well-known college football landmarks and establishments, talking with college greats to gain a better understanding of the game. One of the reasons Peyton and Eli have become so popular is their hilarious relationship in which each one jabs at the other. Everything is a competition, all in good fun, and the younger Manning is always trying to one-up his older brother. Except that Peyton doesn't like to be one-upped and will do everything he can to bring Eli down before that happens, which usually results in some comedic nonsense that you have to witness to fully understand. Earlier this week, Peyton was awarded his second Sports Emmy for Outstanding Personality/Event Analyst as the co-host of Manningcast. Eli was not granted an Emmy, so it's only natural that he would take credit for the one Peyton received. As co-host of the show that earned Peyton this award, it's only fitting that Eli should get some of the credit. Let's be real, the show isn't what it is without both brothers, and Eli often gets passed over for Peyton. Still, congratulations to Peyton Manning on his Sports Emmy award. Even though he should be sharing it with his brother, something Eli won't let him soon forget.
