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Time of India
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Cleveland Browns owners taunt Nick Chubb by writing on the farewell note that he once defeated Houston Texans playing for them
(Image via Getty: Nick Chubb) Nick Chubb was plucked out of college football by the Cleveland Browns. How much would it have hurt them to let the 4-time Pro Bowler go to another team? So much so that they mentioned the other team in their farewell note for him. It's personal now. It's hurt them pretty badly. They're wounded - because the Browns wrote, 'One moment that stands out most is him(Nick Chubb) stepping out of bounds at the 3-yard line instead of scoring after a 59-yard run to ensure a victory in a game against the (Houston)Texans in 2020.' Cleveland Browns' former running back Nick Chubb endures a taunt from the owners of the Browns' franchise On June 9, Kelsey Russo, an Associate Editor and Staff Writer at NFL's Cleveland Browns wrote that the chapter of Nick Chubb's NFL career with the Browns officially came to a close, as the Texans announced Chubb has signed a deal. As a parting note, the Managing and Principal Partners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said in a statement, 'Nick(Chubb) has always been about hard work and letting his play on the field do the talking for him. We are so grateful for the many moments he created on the field that we will never forget. One moment that stands out most is him stepping out of bounds at the 3-yard line instead of scoring after a 59-yard run to ensure a victory in a game against the (Houston)Texans in 2020.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Преносим лазерен заваръчен апарат - последен модел 2024 Murreice Научете повече Undo 4-time Pro Bowler Nick Chubb showed his passion and love for the game of football The statement also contained, 'For the last seven years, Nick(Chubb) gave everything he had to our fans, this organization, and this city. He always represented our team as the consummate professional and in a manner that showed his passion and love for the game of football. Nick always puts winning above any personal accolade, and that is what makes him so special. Thank you for being a Brown, Nick, and we look forward to the day we celebrate your career as a member of our Ring of Honor.' The Second-team All-Pro Nick Chubb was an absolute fan favorite of the Cleveland Browns fans Mary Kay Cabot, Cleveland Browns beat writer for and Browns Analyst for WKYC-TV, shared about Nick Chubb's departure from the Cleveland Browns on the Orange and Brown Talk podcast with Dan Labbe on June 10. Labbe asked Cabot, 'Nick Chubb has to be on that shortlist of best players the Browns have had since they returned in 1999.' Will the Browns regret letting Nick Chubb leave? Hey, Mary Kay! (Orange and Brown Talk) Cabot replied, 'Oh, absolutely 100%. And that is why, this is so hard for Browns fans to take that he's not going to have an opportunity to finish his career with the Cleveland Browns. Absolute fan favorite.' The SEC Freshman of the Year 2014 Nick Chubb had lunch pail work ethic, blue-collar work ethic and was a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy Cabot praised Chubb by saying he was one of the simplest of the simplest guys ever. She said, 'I think he embodied the spirit of everything that is right about a Cleveland Browns' football player. Just in terms of that lunch pail work ethic, that blue-collar work ethic. Put your head down, go to work, and run through a brick wall. Not a whole lot of fanfare. Not a lot of celebrating in the end zone and all those kinds of things. Nick was just a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy.' The First-team All-SEC 2014 Nick Chubb was the face of the Cleveland Browns' franchise during all the lean and tough years The beat writer said Chubb represented the Browns for the longest time as the face of their franchise. She said, 'He was a hero here, and he was the face of or at least one of the faces of the franchise as they went through all of those lean years and tough years. He was someone that you could count on, and I understand this is a really tough time.' The 2018 NFL Draft's second-round 35th overall pick Nick Chubb may come back to the Cleveland Browns as Houston Texans could only be an interruption in his Browns career Mary Kay Cabot says Nick Chubb may switch back to the Cleveland Browns any time and that the Houston Texans' chapter of his life is just an interruption. Cabot said, 'Fans are almost reacting again like it hurts all over again. So I think people were holding out hope that maybe, somehow, someway, he was still going to be a Cleveland Brown this year and still finish his career here. You know, he might still finish his career here one way or the other. But for right now, it looks like he's going to have at least an interruption in his Browns career.' Also Read: 'Newly wed Allen reporting for duty': Buffalo Bills great QB Josh Allen returns to work after a resplendent wedding with Hailee Steinfeld | NFL News - Times of India
Time of India
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Had to cover up that lethargic throwing motion with smoke': New York Jets newest QB Justin Fields gets lambasted by fans
(Image via Getty: Justin Fields) Tyler Sullivan of CBS Sports recently wrote that the New York Jets have a new quarterback after signing Justin Fields in free agency. How he looked working with the first-team offense and his chemistry with former Ohio State teammate Garrett Wilson would be arguably the hugest storyline. Zach Pressnell of Sports Illustrated called Fields the biggest storyline for the Jets. It would only go as far as Fields took them. So many people are counting on the 26-year-old quarterback. But the fans who saw his first video shoot as the starting quarterback for the New York Jets? They did not have their hopes up. They were worried. One fan wrote, 3-14 loading… While another commented - useless. A third fan said, Im rooting for Fields but he needs a veteran QB to sit behind so he can develop. 2-time Big Ten Quarterback of the Year Justin Fields looked underconfident for the first starting QB video shoot for the New York Jets The New York Jets shared Justin Fields' first video shoot as their starting signal-caller. One fan noticed how Fields threw the NFL Duke and wrote - Had to cover up that lethargic throwing motion with smoke. Another fan commented that the smoke represents another strip sack 💀 A third fan said, 'Oh my, the things a starting QB in New York has to put up with. Blowing a full force smoke machine in your face while throwing a football? What's Coach Glenn running up there in NJ, an NFL team or auditions for American Ninja Warriors? Have fun everyone.' A fan observed Justin Fields looked underconfident for the video shoot and wrote - He can't even look at the right camera 😭 Fans react to 2-time OPOY Justin Fields' video shoot for his new team New York Jets While many fans criticized Justin Fields. Some praised him and looked forward to a fulfilling 2025 NFL season: I think he is going to do great! He is tough as nails. He looks ready. We're gonna be so good Let's go, Justin. Get us back to the playoffs I'm excited to see what Fields does on the Jets in 2025! Here's to comeback season coming in full swing ✈️ Justin Fields just took Aaron Rodgers ' place at the New York Jets and the comparison has already begun Cook's holdout, Fields vs. Rodgers & Keyshawn's advice to Aaron: Be happy you were an option | SPEAK The season has not even started. But the offseason swap has brought in all the fuel for perpetual comparison. QB Aaron Rodgers went from the New York Jets to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and QB Justin Fields went from the Pittsburgh Steelers to the New York Jets. This one swap has attracted a lot of scrutiny. So much so that the scrutiny reached the sets of the FOX Sports' SPEAK talk show where Joy Taylor, Keyshawn Johnson, and Paul Pierce discuss - WHO WILL HAVE A BETTER SEASON: RODGERS OR FIELDS? On June 10, Keyshawn Johnson shared his take, 'Better season. I'm going to try to figure out exactly what that means. Is it statistics? Is it the wins? Losses? I think Aaron Rodgers will have a better passing statistical season because they'll throw the ball a little bit more. And I believe that Aaron Glenn and company would be a little conservative just because we got a young quarterback - rely on defense, play run the football with Breece Hall, as opposed to Aaron Rodgers - who was brought in to push all over the lot with DK Metcalf to some degree. You know Aaron Rodgers is not going to want to just hand the football off first, second, third down. He's just not going to want to do that. So, I think Justin Fields overall will have a better season. He'll have a better season than Aaron Rodgers overall.' Also Read: Brian Schottenheimer takes Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys team to a footwork dance class, a fan says: '5-12 season upcoming' | NFL News - Times of India
Yahoo
16 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Charlotte leaders unanimously adopt FY26 budget, effective July 1
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — In a unanimous vote, the Charlotte City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget and the 2030 Capital Investment Plan at Monday's council meeting. The $3.6 million balanced budget does not increase property taxes, maintaining the lowest tax rates among North Carolina largest cities. It also raises the minimum pay for full-time city employees to $50,000 or $24 per hour. The budget funds a 4% pay increase for general hourly employees and funding assistance for employees wanting to continue their education or experiencing hardship. 'This budget includes a way to not only help our employees but also to help continue helping the community,' said Councilwoman LaWana Mayfield. MORE | Another major aspect of the budget is the $30 million over the next four years for a satellite Animal Care and Control adoption facility. In addition, the budget aligns the ACC from under the police department to the General Services Department, allowing for more direct benefits from the administration and operations of the department. The budget also allocates more than $1.8 million in funding to support urgent home repair, affordable housing placement and high-quality naturally occurring affordable housing. Other key takeaways from the budget include launching a four-year plan to improve Solid Waste Services' cost recovery by splitting the Solid Fee into two fees, residential curbside and residential dumpster as well as creating a $1.5 million Small Business Readiness Fund and establishing the Office of Youth Opportunities for promoting economic opportunities for ages 13-24. The fiscal year begins on July 1. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Rams star named 'biggest success story' of next generation of defenders
Rams star named 'biggest success story' of next generation of defenders The Los Angeles Rams defense is full of emerging talent. From reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year Jared Verse to fellow edge rushers Braden Fiske and Byron Young, this unit is ascending at the right time. But The Ringer's Diante Lee said one Rams defender could see a bigger rise in 2025 and turn into a Pro Bowl player: defensive tackle Kobie Turner. Lee said on The Athletic Football Show that Turner is "the biggest success story of this next era of guys" because of where he came from and who he replaced in Aaron Donald. Lee added that Turner and reminds him of Baltimore Ravens' star defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike. "I think that Kobie Turner might be the biggest success story of this next era of guys," Lee said, "because of the expectations were relatively low for a guy that's drafted where he was drafted and coming into a position where you're now filling the shoes of 99 [Donald]. "It's not that he reminds me of Aaron Donald, but the guy that he does remind me of is Nnamdi Madubuike, at times, where it's like — good at everything. He's solid across the board." Madubuike is a good comp for Turner because of a similar career trajectory. Madubuike was a third-round pick in 2020 but didn't see huge development until his fourth season when he tallied 15.5 sacks and made his first Pro Bowl. Turner, also a third-round pick, is producing more at a faster pace than Madubuike — with nine sacks as a rookie in 2023 and eight sacks in his second year this past season. Turner was never going to replace Donald in the middle of the defense. The Rams knew that, too, and drafted other complementary pieces to support Turner on the interior. But considering how good Turner has looked in just two seasons, it's not a stretch to think he could develop into a Pro Bowl player in his third NFL season.
The Herald Scotland
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
An upstart rival is taking on a university stalwart
And so it was with gleeful curiosity that I learned of a newspaper war breaking out in the rather more genteel habitat of Glasgow University. Until late last year the sylvan territory around Gilmorehill and Hillhead was the exclusive preserve of the hallowed Glasgow Guardian, one of the best and most influential student newspapers in the UK. Its pages launched the careers of dozens of Scotland's top journalists. Read More It's still a splendid publication with comment and culture sections that would do justice to the national, paid-for prints. Yet, I'd been failing in my paternal duty to these young scribes if I didn't point out that having 30 or so editorial executives and one reporter (as listed on their back page) suggests they might need to, you know … get out a wee bit more. Since November last year though, the Glasgow Guardian has faced stiff competition from an upstart rival called the Hillhead Review, launched by two of its brightest student journalists. The battle for the hearts and minds of Glasgow University's sprawling student body may not have the Brylcreem and Kensitas ferocity of the 1960s Glasgow print wars but it's intense all the same. The split was rooted in concepts as old as the history of the printed word: freedom of expression, censorship and challenging power. The battle took another twist last month when the Hillhead Review, with far fewer personnel and a fraction of the Glasgow Guardian's resources was voted Student Newspaper of the Year in The Herald's prestigious Student Journalism awards. Their Editor-in-Chief, Odhran Gallagher added Student Journalist of the Year to the paper's accolades. This is some going for a publication that's barely six months old. Mr Gallagher and his co-Editor, Katherine McKay are telling me rather bashfully of the story of their success. We're in that imposing big edifice at the foot of University Avenue called the James McCune Smith Learning Hub, which I should also point out has a hearty cafeteria where a chap like me can get all of his five-a-week in one sitting. It all started with 'that abortion story' as I clumsily describe it. They tell me 'that abortion story' is somewhat more nuanced than this. 'There's a society on campus called Glasgow Students for Choice, a pro-abortion group who raise awareness and funds for their cause,' said Mr Gallagher. 'They'd received some match tickets from Partick Thistle, who were keen for more students to attend their games.' At this point, Ms McKay tells me she's very pro-abortion and had considered joining this group. It seems though, that Glasgow Students for choice raffled the tickets off to raise cash for an abortion charity. Partick Thistle got wind of this though, and said they didn't want to be associated with it and that besides, the tickets were a free donation and not for fund-raising. The Herald Student Journalism Award winners (Image: Mark F Gibson) 'We understand that some Catholic students had informed the football club,' they say. Ms Gallagher says they wrote the story up for the Glasgow Guardian, having solicited comment from both Thistle and the Abortion group. 'It was a straightforward news story, containing no bias and we wanted to publish it. But someone contacted the editor anonymously, claiming it wasn't true. We were then told not to run with it.' The pair had also wanted to run with a story about Sandy Brindley, the embattled chief of Rape Crisis Scotland who had connections to Glasgow University. 'But the editors killed that story quickly too, insisting it was 'anti-women, which it certainly wasn't. I thought it was in the students' interest to run it, says Ms McKay. 'Of course it's a sensitive issue but we're supposed to be about publishing stories about sensitive issues.' 'That's when we told them we were leaving the paper because we weren't happy about them killing stories. We both still wanted a platform to write and we both still had ambitions of getting into journalism.' In the course of a single weekend, they built a news website; purchased the domain name and published their first story on-line: a belter about a bloke who'd exposed himself in the University library which was picked up by the nationals. 'We got a decent following right away and many requests from students wanting to write for us.' Some of them, it seemed, had been rather intimidated by the rarefied atmosphere around the Glasgow Guardian with its 30 editors. 'Print is very expensive,' says Mr Gallagher, 'but both Katie and I had part-time jobs and had just enough to self-fund an initial 12-page print run of 400 copies which were quickly snapped up.' Their first splash in the middle of last November was another belter about students using paid essay-writing services on the Chinese social media app WeChat to plagiarise assignments. This young pair are far sharper and more switched-on than I was at their age. I tell them of my own experience at the hands of the Glasgow University Guardian as it then was in the early 1980s. I had a part-time job at the Theatre Royal and pitched a review of Puccini's Manon Lescaut. The editor had looked down his glasses at me and laughed, before asking me if I played a musical instrument, to which I'd replied No. but resisting the urge to tell him that if I did he'd be getting chibbed with it. I ask them about the perception that some universities have become captured by contrived ideologies bearing little resonance to the lived experience of the majority of students. 'Am I just being an old curmudgeon out of touch with what progressive young people think,' I ask them. They both re-assure me I'm no such thing (though I do still wonder). 'In February, I wrote a piece about Glasgow Students for Choice, though not deliberately aimed at them,' says Mr Gallagher. There was an interview with them in the Glasgow Guardian discussing sex education in Scotland. I disagreed with some of it, including the expressed view that working-class people didn't understand sex properly. I asked why people from Glasgow should listen to drivel from an overseas student. 'There's a class element to this. When you went to Glasgow there was probably around 70-80% who came from the West of Scotland. Now, there are a lot more overseas students, which is great. But there's a wealthy, middle-class cohort who have a certain attitude to working-class students from the West of Scotland and I wanted to push against that.' At this point, they're wary of saying too much on the record. Women especially, are subject to intense levels of online abuse when they venture onto this terrain. 'At the Hillhead Review,' declares Ms McKay, 'we want to give people an opportunity to express different views from outside that narrow echo chamber that's become dominated by the Far Left. Her colleague adds: 'All some people want to write about is Palestine and trans rights. 'A lot of this is coming from middle managers. I don't think many of the senior academic staff believe any of this and nor do a lot of students. It's all about ideological capture by people who don't want a debate or scrutiny. We don't want to be told what to think and to be free to speak.' These are the principles on which the University was built and it's reassuring that some of our brightest and best young people still cherish them. I'm also delighted that Scotland's mightiest university in its newspaper capital has two excellent titles scrapping for news and readers like the old days. Kevin McKenna is a Herald writer and columnist. He's fiercely proud of never having been approached by any political party or lobbying firm to do their bidding.
