Sports Illustrated ran a story this week about Ric Flair’s upcoming ESPN 30 For 30 special. The story confirmed that the documentary will air in the next 12 months, and revealed that it may air in the fall. The feature will be directed by Rory Karpf, who directed past 30 For 30 documentaries including I…
Afghanistan, after the Taliban takeover, is a waiting game. And for Afghan women, the waiting game is agonizing. The last time the Taliban held power, in the late ’90s and early 2000s, repression was a feature of their rule. This was especially true for women. Girls could not attend school; women could not hold jobs…
Starting sports at an early age does not necessarily provide athletes with an advantage, and practice levels accounts for just 1% of the difference in elite athlete performances, new research from Case Western Reserve University has found Advertisement “While practice is necessary for elite athletes to reach a high level of competition, after a certain point,…
Il 15 giugno 2013 va in scena il secondo atto di Bloc on the Rocks , il raduno boulder a Legnago (VR) E’ passato esattamente un anno dalla prima, fortunata, edizione di Bloc on the Rocks: lo scorso edizione circa 200 climbers si sono trovati a scalare le mura di una fortezza medievale a Castel…
EU seeks WTO ruling on Chinese steel tubes EU believes Chinese duties are incompatible with world trade rules. European Voice By Dave Keating 8/16/13, 7:50 AM CET Updated 4/13/14, 1:45 AM CET The European Union today (16 August) formally asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to rule in a dispute over Chinese anti-dumping duties on…
Governors, mayors, and public health officials are sounding the alarm about rising levels of Covid-19 across every part of the country. The disease is surging, the death toll is soaring, and it’s clear that some states need more restrictive measures to control the spread. What continues to frustrate so many leaders is that nine months…
Pour la première fois depuis leur message annonçant la disparition de David Bowie, ses proches se sont exprimés. L’occasion pour eux de remercier les fans à travers le monde, mais aussi de mettre fin à certaines rumeurs. Derrière David Bowie, pop star interplanétaire, David Jones, père de famille et époux. Et si le monde de…
Il est vrai que “Suicide Squad” n’a pas plu à tout le monde, surtout accompagné de sa promo très pop, contrastant avec le reste de l’univers DC Comics. Un fan insatisfait corrige le tir avec une fausse bande annonce. En croisant la comptine “Go Tell Aunt Rhody” réinterprétée pour la bande annonce du jeu Resident…
Le nombre de personnes touchées par l’hépatite B a doublé en dix ans. Tel est le constat alarmant d’une enquête préliminaire de l’Institut de Veille Sanitaire dévoilée par le Collectif Hépatites Virales. Au-delà des polémiques, ces résultats soulignent l’inertie française face à la vaccination contre ce virus très contagieux. L’enquête nationale sur l’hépatite B menée…
A 10-year-old American boy was making a remarkable recovery on Wednesday after a meat skewer impaled his skull but missed his brain, in what medics called a "one in a million" accident. Had Xavier Cunningham landed fractions of an inch to either side after falling from a treehouse ladder on to the sharp metal spit…