MLB Trade Rumors By | May 5 Right-handed pitcher Ross Stripling announced his retirement this morning over social media He signs off after nine big league seasons with the Dodgers “After 13 seasons and full of tremendous pride and gratitude I never could have imagined the experiences and memories I’d be a part of They exceeded every hope that my younger self could have dreamt for my baseball career,” Stripling wrote “It never could have been possible without my family and friends I also want to give a huge thank you to all my coaches and teammates over the years I had so much love and support along the way and I’m thankful to everyone that was a part of it in any form or fashion All of you helped me be the best baseball player I could be and I feel incredibly lucky to be so fulfilled and content with leaving the game behind l’m excited to be home and begin the next chapter of life with my amazing family.” Stripling spent most of his professional career in the Dodgers organization he worked his way up the system over the next four years overcoming early-career Tommy John surgery to make his MLB debut as a member of the Opening Day rotation in 2016 Over four and a half big league seasons as both a starter and reliever for the Dodgers he pitched more than 400 innings with a 3.68 ERA He was an All-Star in 2018 and pitched for L.A including three appearances in the 2017 World Series he struggled in 2020 and was traded ahead of the deadline but he still earned a World Series ring for his performance with the Dodgers over the first half of the season The first season and a half of Stripling’s Blue Jays tenure weren’t anything to write home about but his 2022 campaign in Toronto was arguably the best of his career he set career-highs in wins (10) and FanGraphs WAR (3.0) and career-lows in ERA (3.01) and walk rate (3.7%) He would then turn that performance into a two-year $25 million guarantee from the Giants in free agency Stripling finishes his MLB career with a 4.17 ERA in 846 1/3 innings of work MLBTR congratulates Stripling on a successful major league tenure and wishes him all the best in whatever comes next Los Angeles Dodgers Newsstand Oakland Athletics San Francisco Giants Toronto Blue Jays Maybe the A’s needed to take on more payroll to make the minimum for the shared revenues Stripling has had his moments and at the time the A’s were desperate for starters Stripys moments were great for opposing teams in 2023 when he was a Giant He had a knack for throwing middle/middle pitches 87 MPH that would get pounded He was really good at throwing BP for the other team Ross didn’t register a WIN during 2023 He appeared in 22 games; the Giants lost 18 of those 22 games An argument could be made that Ross single handedly cost the Giants a playoff spot that year The one thing I did appreciate from him with the Giants was he admitted he sucked Wasn’t a big admission because most fans watched him suck That said he was a class act and great teammate So I wish him a great retirement and appreciate his candor against the San Francisco Giants on April 8 Stripling pitched 7+1⁄3 innings without giving up a hit but was removed for a relief pitcher after throwing 100 pitches one of whom scored against the relief pitcher Stripling had a perfect game going against the Baltimore Orioles before it was broken up on his first pitch of the seventh inning Stripling sure had his moments of greatness I think Chicken Strip was referring to entire professional career He felt like the type of guy who could pitch into middle age since he did not throw super hard and just pitched and controlled well But i get wanting to play long enough to have enough to never have to worry about money ever again and then gauging your health Lifetime medical for him and his family after 10 years and guaranteed salary IIRC Ross Stripling has 8.115 years of service time in Major League Baseball He retired from professional baseball on May 5 i think at 8 years you get your free pass to all regular season games card… Those last 2 years would have been him bouncing up and down to AAA and hustling to find a roster spot for likely 3-5 years to get the 2 years of service time The reality is he made 35ish million- so assume he got 20 million of that he is fine even without working the rest of his life Maybe his wife goes back to teaching (now that the family is not traveling all the time) and there is his medical (if they care about that at all) By my calculation he’s at roughly 9 years of service time I’m surprised he didn’t try to hang on for 1 more year of service and the 10 year retirement I’m guessing all offers were either minor league or he’s injured He’s a financial advisor and a founding partner at a wealth management firm A major league salary/pension isn’t anything to scoff at but he certainly won’t be hurting for money now that he’s hung it up He’s got 35m in the bag and had a nice career Enjoy retirement and your next chapter of life congratulations Ross I don’t feel this guy ever got a fair break He was always the second man up but was pretty solid for some years if I recall but a career ERA of 4.17 (98 ERA+) he should have been a solid 3rd or 4th SP and not having to worry about a spot in the rotation at all times Interesting on the link he is wearing a KC hat without playing for KC he pitched for the Royals in Spring Training Datashark agree interesting though – that’s like if Manny Ramirez’s BRef photo was with the Rays Although I guess he did log 5 real games with them Mostly joking buddy but I honestly didn’t know the context I remember booting up MLB 2K12 and seeing Manny Ramirez in the free agent players list with an A’s hat The definition of a swingman throughout his career Pitched well in both starting and pen roles Was a big fan of his during his time with the Jays Stripling speaks well and has good grey matter The goal of every major leaguer is to make at least one All-Star team and lost the 2018 All Star Game in Baltimore He always came across as humble good family type guy I always love to see a player get away from the game with money that sets their family up Wish Chicken Strip and his family nothing but good health and happiness Best of luck to your new life outside of baseball ⚾️ Though I can tell you baseball always sticks with us I remember being quite disappointed when FZ signed him (for two years I was amazed but delighted when the A’s took the second year of that dumb deal off of FZ’s hands I wish he would have survived the trade deadline in 2020 and gotten a ring with LA Still a classy thing that Roberts mentioned him in his victory speech of the top of his head I enjoyed listening to his podcast back in the day and especially after the Astros report came out Log in Register MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball Register The latest 2025 NASCAR Cup Series standings are in after a dramatic race at Texas, but it's bad news for Ross Chastain. When one of the world’s fittest people laid down the gauntlet with an unexpectedly accessible workout challenge I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice For this reason I was apprehensive when, in a recent interview, he agreed to give me a workout challenge to try But the two-move test he provided was surprisingly fun suitably challenging and accessible to most fitness levels It’s simple in theory; I’ve found most of the best workouts are You complete an ascending ladder of press-ups and bear crawls until your fatigued muscles force you to take a break The idea is that this is a “functional finisher”, added to the end of your workouts to increase work capacity. As Myprotein athlete Edgley puts it: “You’re training to train.” So, after a particularly challenging Hyrox session which left my face resembling a ripe tomato I headed to a nearby park to take the Bear Crawl Battle for a spin Emulating Edgley’s technique in his training videos I opted for a more animalistic version of the bear crawl keeping my hips higher rather than the stricter “shins-and-back-parallel-to-the-ground” approach you may see elsewhere I found this allowed me to move faster and more freely maintaining the intensity of the challenge so the one you use can be down to personal preference Read more: Will the run club replace the pub? Why choose when both can help fight a deeper issue? Edgley is currently training to become the first man to swim around Iceland – a challenge he has dubbed the Great Icelandic Swim is the idea of work capacity: your body’s ability to perform and positively tolerate training at a given intensity or duration,” he explains any more and you get catabolic [a state of muscle breakdown]’ He recommends tagging the bear Crawl Battle on to the end of a workout which uses similar muscles and movement patterns “This idea of adding functional finishers at the end of your session for added volume and added sets is rooted in general physical preparedness,” says Edgley If you do it for a few weeks and at the end of it you’re able to tolerate more volume Say I had two athletes with the same VO2 max If one had a higher work capacity and I had 12 weeks to train those two people I could immediately flog the one with the higher work capacity like a horse They would positively respond to high-volume workouts whereas the other person with a lower capacity wouldn’t.” record how many rounds you complete when you first try the Bear Crawl Battle then see how much further you can go a couple of months down the line “I think it’s really nice because it’s a different metric of success,” Edgley says But it would be really nice if someone could turn around in eight weeks and go but my work capacity means I can now tolerate 20m in the Bear Crawl Battle’ Read more: I tried five-time CrossFit Games champ Mat Fraser’s ‘secret workout’ – now it’s a staple in my training The first round of this workout lulled me into a false sense of security; the last round brought me to my knees On Edgley’s advice, I tackle it after my regular trip to the gym – a Hyrox workout including a heavy dose of running and wall balls stroll back to the start and glance at my watch to keep tabs on my 10-second rest Given I was only working for a few seconds and by the time it passes I’m raring to go and I start to settle into the rhythm of things The accumulated fatigue from my workout and the prior nine rounds hits me all at once My chest starts to burn during the press-ups and a dull ache settles into my shoulders during the bear crawls keeps insisting I throw his ball mid-bear crawl definitely doesn’t help Standing up at the end of each effort feels like sweet relief and I’m grateful for the increasingly long walk back to the start as it gives me slightly longer to rest after each round I’m fighting the urge to slow my walk down and cheat my way to a bit of extra rest my arms give out beneath me in the final few metres of the crawl and I fall to my knees Read more: The three short weekly workouts that can transform your fitness My favourite thing about this workout is its accessibility – you don’t need any equipment and if you can support yourself in a straight arm plank you can most likely give it a go You can also swap to kneeling press-ups if needed The Bear Crawl Battle challenges you to push as far as you can and your body will self-regulate the length to suit your fitness level the likelihood is your body will adapt positively and your work capacity will increase When was the last time you crawled around a public park and having given it a go I must say I rather enjoyed it that’s the beauty of Edgley’s training: it’s not normal a standard gym session isn’t going to cut it so he’s constantly pioneering new ways to push the boundaries of sports science and expand his own physical horizons the Bear Crawl Battle gets my seal of approval Read more: I tried an Olympic swimmer’s two-move method for building strength and power, and it’s brilliantly simple Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Endurance athlete Ross Edgley says developing work capacity is key to completing his many challenges, including swimming around Great Britain and it was surprisingly fun","description":"When one of the world’s fittest people laid down the gauntlet with an unexpectedly accessible workout challenge Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Saturday 49ers bring back tight end Ross Dwelley on 1-year deal “The San Francisco 49ers announced the return of a familiar face re-signing tight end Ross Dwelley to a one-year deal.” 49ers’ draft thoughts: Three exceptions, Shanahan’s shifting philosophy and being humbled (paywall) 2017) weren’t highly regarded due in part to their measurements NFL teams typically have minimum requirements for height length and speed because history shows that prospects who fail to meet those thresholds don’t succeed in the league It’s fair to note that the 49ers’ just-drafted trio Williams and Jones were exceptions who overcame physical limitations that would be a good thing for the 49ers and 49ers turned down 2nd-round pick for George Kittle before extension teams started poking around on it,” Russini said “And I know there was a team that had a conversation with the 49ers the night before the draft about a possible trade for Kittle—a second-rounder they were looking to get in return The 49ers decided to keep him and really move this situation forward by getting a deal done When co-host Chase Daniel questioned why San Francisco didn’t take the offer calling it “a really good return on investment,” Russini emphasized that the 49ers had no desire to part with their longtime offensive cornerstone.” NFL insider: 49ers, Brock Purdy may be closer to extension than people think ““The sense I’m getting is they’re closer than what we think,” Russini said on her podcast “I don’t believe Brock Purdy shows up for [the offseason program] if he doesn’t feel good that they’re near a number that he’s happy with Very rarely are guys showing up if they’re that far apart just that action alone tells me that they’re closer I think this is still moving in a really good direction I don’t think there should be any concern.” One of the best-known broadcasters of his time, Bob Ross, hosted the television show The Joy of Painting on PBS from 1983 to 1994 which spanned 403 episodes over 31 seasons was syndicated to nearly 300 PBS stations nationwide and attracted more than 80 million viewers at its peak The popular instructional program helped viewers become landscape painters by following Ross’s “wet-on-wet” oil painting technique also known as “alla prima,” which involves applying wet paint directly onto wet paint allowing for smooth blending and vibrant colors Thanks to his consistent presence in the media it is Ross’s paintings that have been catching the eyes of art collectors a pair of the artist’s pieces sold at Bonhams Skinner—the first time such works have appeared at a major auction house—for $32,000 and $51,200 each (including fees) A Misty Mountain Lake Below Snow-Capped Peaks Demand for Ross’s paintings is surging. The artist is estimated to have executed around 30,000 paintings in his lifetime, and collectors are paying increased attention. “We believe we are just at the beginning of the Bob Ross market,” said Ryan Nelson, owner of Modern Artifact appreciation for Bob Ross continues to grow and we anticipate his market will follow a trajectory similar to other historically significant artists.” Bob Ross’s influence has endured well beyond his passing in 1995 The Joy of Painting is regularly rerun and is available on streaming services Ross has been immortalized in documentaries including Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011) and Bob Ross: Happy Accidents the satirical feature film Paint starred Owen Wilson as an artist hosting a TV show on a PBS station in Vermont Younger generations are also getting on board a channel on the streaming platform Twitch played back-to-back episodes of the show and garnered 5.6 million unique viewers Today, Bob Ross has more than 6 million YouTube subscribers, a million friends on Facebook, and 547,000 followers on Instagram. More than 50 episodes of “the soft-spoken guy painting happy clouds, mountains, and trees in about twenty-six television minutes” are available as podcasts on Spotify Ross’s contemporary resonance was boosted further during the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020, when viewers were drawn to his soothing approach to artmaking. “I really do believe the greatest driver was the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown that trapped us all desperately seeking any little bit of relief we could find,” said Adam D. Henning, owner of Henning Fine Art “We now appreciate and see the more important social role that he played affecting literally millions of lives while alive and then even more in the decades after.” Bob RossTriptych Mountain Landscape, 1981Henning Fine ArtSold Nearly 25 years after Ross’s passing, a 2019 New York Times article We Found Them” noted that cases of his paintings being listed for sale were “rare.” The report highlighted a warehouse full of paintings at Bob Ross Inc. a company that Ross founded with Annette and Walt Kowalski in 1985 Nearly all of Ross’s paintings he created on air for PBS are owned by Bob Ross Inc. and the firm also stewards the authentication process for Ross works “His paintings have become so popular that people are wanting to get them authenticated [which is what Bob Ross Inc so there are a lot of them coming out now,” noted Kowalski on the podcast “A guy in Florida drove 14 hours to get a painting authenticated that he bought at a Goodwill outlet for $1.35.” Modern Artifact made headlines when it listed A Walk in the Woods—a 1983 painting completed on air during the first episode of The Joy of Painting—for a staggering $9.85 million “It is exceedingly rare to find any Bob Ross episode pieces and this is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to own the very first one,” the gallery wrote in its press release for the work “Although Bob Ross’s paintings have become highly sought after by collectors “A Walk in the Woods” is a museum-worthy piece that will set the standard for the continued development of the Bob Ross art market.” from a former volunteer at the Falls Church where the first season of The Joy of Painting aired The volunteer reportedly bought it at a station fundraising auction months after it was painted “Ross originally sold his paintings for as little as $5 as they were not widely regarded as collectible art at the time.” the market for Ross’s paintings has continued to blossom Bonhams Skinner has sold four Ross works painted between 1968 and 1978 in the price range of $32,000 to $51,400 since September 2024 we have sold Bob Ross originals in a wide price range particularly those with an affinity for Ross and his TV show I’ve had a Bob Ross bobblehead on my shelf for many years,” said Robin Starr “An awful lot of us grew up watching him paint and that generation will find solace in owning a piece with such familiarity and nostalgia for them.” many of those who grew up with Ross have also reached the point where they are in a position to buy his art noted Henning: “We had to let the children who were most impacted by it become of age go to college “This is the cycle for many groups of collectibles.” As more works enter the market to address this interest the market for Ross paintings is poised to grow further Ross’s appeal is as strong now as it was when he was on air they don’t just remember his television series they recall a figure who inspired them to believe in their own creative potential,” said Nelson “His message was always about more than painting—it was about overcoming doubt and embracing the joy of creation.” In Concert: The University of Scranton Jazz Band with guest soloist Joel Ross presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton Ross will also offer a free vibraphone masterclass for area percussionists on Friday at 4:30 p.m.The University of Scranton Jazz Band will take the stage Friday with renowned vibraphone player and percussionist joining them as the evening’s guest soloist Presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton Admission is free and the concert is open to the public Ross will also offer a free vibraphone masterclass for percussionists ranging from students (ages 16 and older) to professionals on Friday at 4:30 p.m Percussionists wishing to attend should email music@scranton.edu or call (570) 941-7624 for more information (Younger students may attend accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.) the University’s student jazz ensemble will perform a variety of works that prominently feature Ross on vibraphone/percussion Performance Music Conductor and Co-Director Janelle Decker said “I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Joel this past fall semester when he was a guest performer with Scranton Brass Orchestra Joel is someone who has a really down-to-earth and cool ‘vibe,’ pun intended and we are delighted to feature him on our program this spring.” has earned widespread renown as the most exciting new voice on his instrument he is a bracingly thoughtful composer and a bandleader Ross auditioned for and won a spot in the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet where he studied under former SFJAZZ Collective vibraphonist A graduate of Stockton’s University of the Pacific Ross went on to study jazz at The New School where he formed his band Good Vibes Ross has toured with the Marquis Hill Blacktet in which his vibraphone was the primary comping instrument Ross made his recording debut as a leader on his album “KingMaker” in December 2016 and it was released on Blue Note Records in 2019 Ross recorded his second album as a leader The University of Scranton Jazz Band is a 21-member ensemble of big band style instrumentation made up of University student musicians from majors spanning the curriculum and the majority of their performances are open to the public and often feature a nationally or internationally renowned guest soloist The primary focus of Performance Music at The University of Scranton is its student choral and instrumental performing ensembles Because there is no music major at Scranton all enrolled students (undergraduate and graduate) are eligible for membership in the University bands with neither an audition nor enrollment fee required for membership Hundreds of students participate in the ensembles each year email music@scranton.edu or visit scranton.edu/music The San Francisco 49ers today announced they have signed TE Ross Dwelley to a one-year deal 245) originally entered the NFL after signing with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent on April 30 Throughout his seven-year career with the 49ers (2018-23) and Atlanta Falcons (2024) he has appeared in 101 games (17 starts) and registered 45 receptions for 523 yards and five touchdowns He has also appeared in seven postseason contests Dwelley attended the University of San Diego where he appeared in 47 games (44 starts) and totaled 197 receptions for 2,305 yards and 26 touchdowns The San Francisco 49ers today announced they have signed All-Pro TE George Kittle to a four-year contract extension through the 2029 season The San Francisco 49ers announced the team has named Dustin Perry vice president of player health and performance The San Francisco 49ers today announced they have re-signed RB Patrick Taylor Jr The San Francisco 49ers today announced they have re-signed FB Kyle Juszczyk to a two-year deal through the 2026 season The 49ers have traded RB Jordan Mason and the team's 2025 187th-overall draft pick to the Vikings in exchange for Minnesota's 2025 160th-overall pick and a 2026 sixth-round draft pick the team has signed CB Siran Neal to a two-year deal The San Francisco 49ers announced they have signed QB Mac Jones to a two-year deal The San Francisco 49ers have signed TE Luke Farrell The San Francisco 49ers have re-signed LB Curtis Robinson to a one-year deal The San Francisco 49ers have traded WR Deebo Samuel Sr to the Washington Commanders in exchange for a 2025 fifth-round draft choice The San Francisco 49ers have released FB Kyle Juszczyk re-signed DL Kevin Givens to a one-year extension and tendered a one-year contract to RB Jordan Mason The San Francisco 49ers have claimed CB Tre Tomlinson off waivers from the Los Angeles Rams Article Presented By Classic Brands… Adena Health invites members of the community to bring a lawn chair and join in a celebration of that fighting spirit with an evening of music and the opportunity to connect with others in the fight against cancer during the Festival of Hope concert for cancer survivors The free concert will run from 5pm to 10pm at the Ross County Fairgrounds Several guest speakers throughout the evening will provide inspiration that the fight against the disease can and is being won while a luminary ceremony will offer the chance to honor and remember all of those who have been affected by cancer the Festival of Hope also serves as a powerful reminder of the cancer support and resources available locally at Adena Health At the heart of this fight stands the Adena Cancer Center where patients and their families find not only cutting-edge treatment but a skilled and compassionate care team committed to walking every step of the journey with them To learn more about cancer care at Adena, visit Adena.org/cancer or call (740) 542-3030 Design by Marcy Design Ross Chastain had been solid through the first 10 races including a season-best fifth at Las Vegas the Trackhouse Racing driver justifiably had high expectations he was running second behind Chase Elliott on the final lap when William Byron got into the rear of the No it would certainly be an uphill climb to replicate those previous efforts after qualifying 31st Following a relatively quiet first couple of stages the watermelon farmer suffered a broken jack early in that final stage but steadily began making his way forward Ross Chastain before start of race at Texas Motor Speedway ”And Mr. Where did he come from? Chastain is in the picture,” Bowyer noted “Ross Chastain up to fourth,” lead announcer Mike Joy said “I haven't seen Chastain all day long," Bowyer said the Trackhouse driver visited with reporters and was informed of Bowyer’s late comments.  “Yeah, the broadcast missing something isn't a surprise,” he fired back It was a slow progression from start of Stage 3 when our jack broke we were back in the high twenties or something “And then drove all the way up to second So it was — we didn't just appear there That was a full-stage effort.”  Chastain and the Cup Series return to action next week at Kansas Nearly 280 teens attended the annual Fremont Ross High School Prom on May 3 The theme was "Arabian Nights" at the Ross gym The prom queen was Kamiya Harmon and king was TaeDen Brown the court also included Arrayah Witmer and Avaya Bates along with other king candidates Adrian Ontiveros and Costel Nicolaescui Apollo Silver Corp. (" Apollo " or the " Company ") (TSX.V:APGO Frankfurt:6ZF0) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr McElroy joins Apollo following the successful acquisition of Fission Uranium a company he co-founded and eventually led as CEO by Paladin Energy in a $1.14 billion transaction McElroy is a professional geologist with over 38 years of mining industry experience and junior mining and exploration companies His extensive international background spans from grassroots exploration to development to mining operations He has played a key role in the discoveries of numerous world-class uranium and gold orebodies several of which have been advanced to development and mining operations His accomplishments have earned widespread recognition including being named The Northern Miner's "Mining Person of the Year" (2013) and receiving PDAC's prestigious "Bill Dennis Award" (2014) McElroy holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a specialization in Geology from the University of Alberta and is a registered professional geologist in Saskatchewan "I am excited to be joining Apollo as its new President and CEO at such a pivotal time in the Company's growth and development ," said Mr " Apollo is backed by a strong portfolio of silver assets and a highly capable team with a proven track record I'm eager to build on that foundation and drive the Company toward its next phase of growth I see a major opportunity to unlock significant value for shareholders as the Company advances towards becoming a leading silver developer in the Americas ." " I am looking forward to working closely with Ross Our ability to attract someone with Ross' expertise energy and track record of value creation speaks volumes about the opportunity at Apollo I believe he will have a transformative impact on the Company's future and all stakeholders will benefit greatly ." Grant of Options In connection with his appointment McElroy has been granted an aggregate of 2,500,000 incentive stock options (the " Options ") pursuant to the Company's Omnibus Incentive Plan The Options are exercisable at a price of $0.315 per common share and will vest over a 24-month period: one-third on the grant date About Apollo Silver Corp. Apollo has assembled an experienced and technically strong leadership team who have joined to advance quality precious metals projects in sought after jurisdictions The Company is focused on advancing its portfolio of two prospective silver exploration and resource development projects Please visit www.apollosilver.com for further information ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Andrew Bowering Chairman please contact: Andrew Bowering Chairman Telephone: +1 (604) 428-6128 Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release Cautionary Statement Regarding "Forward-Looking" Information This news release includes "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation All statements included in this news release without limitation the statements regarding the Company's future growth McElroy's impact on the Company and its stakeholders Forward-looking statements include predictions   identified   by   the   use   of   words   such   as   "anticipate" "budget" and "intend" and statements that an event or result "may" "could" or "might" occur or be achieved and other similar expressions and includes the negatives thereof Forward-looking statements are based on   the reasonable assumptions and opinions of the management of the Company made in light of its experience and its perception of trends current conditions and expected developments as well as other factors that management of the Company believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date that such statements are made   Forward-looking information is based on reasonable assumptions that have been made by the Company as at the date of such information and is subject to known and unknown risks uncertainties and other factors that may have caused actual results performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information including   but   not limited to: risks associated with mineral exploration and development; metal and mineral prices; availability of capital; accuracy of the Company's projections and estimates; realization of mineral resource estimates interest and exchange rates; competition; stock price fluctuations; availability of drilling equipment and access; actual results of current exploration activities; government regulation; political or economic developments; environmental risks; insurance risks; capital expenditures; operating or technical difficulties in connection with development activities; personnel relations; and changes in Project parameters   as   plans   continue   to   be   refined Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions management believes to be reasonable including   but   not   limited   to   the   price   of   silver   gold   and   Ba;   the   demand   for   silver   gold   and   Ba;   the   ability to   carry on exploration and development activities; the timely receipt of any required approvals; the ability to obtain qualified personnel equipment and services in a timely and cost-efficient manner; the ability to operate in a safe efficient and effective matter; and the regulatory framework regarding environmental matters and such other assumptions and factors as set out herein Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information there may be other factors that cause results   not   to   be   as   anticipated   There   can   be   no   assurance   that   forward-looking   statements   will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements readers should not place undue reliance on forward looking information contained herein except   in   accordance   with   applicable   securities   laws   The   forward-looking   information   contained   herein   is   presented   for the   purpose   of   assisting   investors   in   understanding   the   Company's   expected   financial   and   operational   performance   and the   Company's   plans   and   objectives   and   may   not   be   appropriate   for   other   purposes   The   Company   does   not   undertake to update any forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws News Provided by GlobeNewswire via QuoteMedia Apollo Silver is advancing two high-impact silver projects in premier North American jurisdictions—California and Mexico—offering investors a unique combination of scale and leverage to silver and critical mineral demand Both are located in mining-friendly jurisdictions with strong infrastructure and significant historical work At Calico, Apollo Silver is advancing the Waterloo deposit toward development through geological modeling, barite resource definition Calico boasts 110 Moz of silver (measured and indicated) and 51 Moz of silver (inferred) and recent test work has produced a 94.6 percent barite concentrate supporting the asset’s potential as a US critical minerals supplier (Left to right) Drilling hole W22-RC008 and downhole surveying with an optical televiewer in drill hole WCC-RC-004B The Calico silver project comprises two adjacent properties—Waterloo and Langtry—located in mining-friendly San Bernardino County The combined resource at Calico includes 110 Moz of silver in the measured and indicated category (average grade: 100 g/t) and 51 Moz of silver in the inferred category with an average grade of 77 g/t and exhibits excellent geologic continuity A low strip ratio of 1.1:1 supports a potential open-pit operation with minimal environmental footprint Drilling has demonstrated strong correlation between 2022 results and historical intercepts underpinning a 95 percent conversion rate from inferred to measured and indicated categories at Waterloo Resources at Calico sit primarily on private land with vested mining rights and proximity to the expanding Barstow rail terminal Apollo Silver is evaluating Calico’s potential for gold and barite a US critical mineral essential to oil and gas drilling has demonstrated recoveries exceeding 94.6 percent purity in prior test work A 1979 ASARCO historical estimate indicates 4.5 Mt of barite grading 13.4 percent Ongoing 2025 work includes a barite resource estimate investigating potential for additional gold mineralization followed up by a small drill program to test those findings Cinco de Mayo is a district-scale carbonate replacement deposit (CRD) system located in Chihuahua Mexico along the same NW-SE structural trend that hosts some of the country’s largest silver and base metal deposits The project was historically MAG Silver’s flagship asset hosting a historical NI 43-101 compliant inferred resource of 154 Moz silver equivalent at an average grade of 386 g/t silver equivalent and 2.86 percent lead across the Jose Manto and Bridge Zone targets The site also includes the Pozo Seco deposit which hosts an additional historical resource of 230,000 oz gold and 94 million pounds molybdenum a significant mineralized intercept—61 meters of massive sulphides—was drilled by MAG Silver in the Pegaso Zone beneath the known resource but never followed up due to social access issues Apollo Silver has secured an option to acquire the property from MAG Silver and is actively re-engaging with the local community to secure surface access to the property development-friendly ejido administration was elected in December 2024 The company is now pursuing a mutually beneficial and meaningful agreement with the local community for surface access rights to the Cinco de Mayo The company will then execute a 20,000-meter drill campaign once access is secured Under the option agreement with MAG Silver and issue 19.99 percent of its common shares to complete its option to acquire Cinco de Mayo Priority targets include Pegaso and expansion zones at Jose Manto Metallurgical studies and engineering reviews are being considered as part of a future resource update A venture capitalist with over 30 years of operational experience Andrew Bowering has raised over $500 million in value and capital for companies within the natural resources industry He is the founder of Millennial Lithium and American Lithium and he is a director and executive advisor to Prime Mining CA and brings more than 13 years of experience working in the finance and mining industries working with numerous Canadian and US-listed mining and exploration companies operating in North America before leaving to serve in roles as controller and CFO of two publicly listed mining exploration companies listed in Canada and the United States Amandip Singh is a geologist and mining professional with over 15 years of experience in the mining industry corporate development for West Red Lake Gold Mines where he was involved in the corporate turnaround and acquisition of the company’s flagship Madsen Mine project He was previously with GT Gold as part of the management team that saw the Saddle North copper-gold porphyry project advance from discovery to eventual acquisition by Newmont Mining in a transaction valued at USD $311 million Rona Sellers is an experienced governance professional with more than 13 years of experience in corporate and securities law she was VP compliance and corporate secretary at Maple Gold Mines and previous to that she held corporate secretarial roles at publicly traded companies listed in Canada and the United States With over 20 years experience leading resource focused technical programs and teams Isabelle Lépine brings extensive knowledge in mineral resource management to Apollo Her significant experience ranges across the advanced stages of the resource development cycle through to mining she was director of mineral resources at Stornoway Diamonds Advancing two significant silver projects in the US and Mexico Download the PDF here. Download the PDF here. Rua Gold Inc. (TSXV: RUA, OTC: NZAUF, WKN: A40QYC) (" Rua Gold " or the " Company ") announces that it will present live at the Metals & Mining Virtual Investor Conference hosted by VirtualInvestorConferences.com The Company invites individual and institutional investors as well as advisors and analysts interactive presentation online at VirtualInvestorConferences.com interactive online event will give existing shareholders and the investment community the opportunity to interact with the Company's CEO DATE : May 6 th TIME: 2:30PM EDT (11:30AM PDT) LINK: REGISTER HERE Available for 1x1 meetings: May 7 th -13 th interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the company questions in real-time If attendees are not able to attend the event live on the day of the conference an archived webcast will also be made available after the event Recent Company highlights that will be discussed include: It is recommended that online investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates Virtual Investor Conferences (VIC) is the leading proprietary investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for publicly traded companies to seamlessly present directly to investors Providing a real-time investor engagement solution VIC is specifically designed to offer companies more efficient investor access Replicating the components of an on-site investor conference VIC offers companies enhanced capabilities to connect with investors schedule targeted one-on-one meetings and enhance their presentations with dynamic video content Accelerating the next level of investor engagement Virtual Investor Conferences delivers leading investor communications to a global network of retail and institutional investors About Rua Gold Rua Gold is an exploration company our team has successfully taken major discoveries into producing world-class mines across multiple continents The team is now focused on maximizing the asset potential of RUA's two highly prospective high-grade gold projects The Company controls the Reefton Gold District as the dominant landholder in the Reefton Goldfield on New Zealand's South Island with over 120,000 hectares of tenements in a district that historically produced over 2 million ounces of gold grading between 9 and 50 grams per tonne The Company's Glamorgan Project solidifies Rua Gold's position as a leading high-grade gold explorer on New Zealand's North Island This highly prospective project is located within the North Islands' Hauraki district a region that has produced an impressive 15 million ounces of gold and 60 million ounces of silver Glamorgan is adjacent to OceanaGold Corporation's biggest gold mining project For further information, please refer to the Company's disclosure record on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca Rua Gold Contact Robert Eckford Chief Executive Officer Email: reckford@RUAGOLD.com Website: www.RUAGOLD.com This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements" that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally identified by the words "expects" "potential" and similar expressions or that events or conditions "will" "could" or "should" occur and specifically include statements regarding: the Company's strategies planned operations or future actions; and the effects and benefits of the Transaction Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements many of which are beyond the Company's control performance and results of the Company and its business and could cause actual events or results to differ materially from estimated or anticipated events or results expressed or implied by forward looking statements uncertainties and factors include: general business political and social uncertainties; risks related to the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war; risks related to climate change; operational risks in exploration delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration projects or capital expenditures; the actual results of current exploration activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; changes in labour costs and other costs and expenses or equipment or processes to operate as anticipated labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry including but not limited to environmental hazards flooding or unfavorable operating conditions and losses delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company's forward-looking statements and reference should also be made to the Company's short form base shelf prospectus dated July 11 and the documents incorporated by reference therein filed under its SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca for a description of additional risk factors Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs estimates and opinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made Except as required by applicable securities laws the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs Download the PDF here. Download the PDF here. Blackrock Silver Corp. (TSXV: BRC) (OTCQX: BKRRF) ("Blackrock" or the "Company") announces that it has filed on SEDAR+ an amended technical report titled "Preliminary Economic Assessment of Mineral Resources 2025 (the "Amended Technical Report") for the Company's 100%-owned Tonopah West silver-gold project following a technical disclosure review completed by the British Columbia Securities Commission (the "BCSC") The Amended Technical Report addresses comments raised by the BCSC with respect to compliance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") and Form 43-101F1 and supersedes certain disclosure included in the previously filed technical report for Tonopah West dated October 11 The comments addressed by the Company in the Amended Technical Report include the addition of cautionary language prescribed by NI 43-101 in respect of disclosure of the results of a preliminary economic assessment that is based on inferred mineral resources the addition of Section 19 (Market Studies and Contracts) additional disclosure to Section 21 (Capital and Operating Costs) in respect of capital costs estimates and other minor revisions as requested by the BCSC The mineral resource estimate and the results of the preliminary economic assessment for Tonopah West included in the Amended Technical Report have not changed The Amended Technical Report is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca). A copy of the Amended Technical Report is also available on the Company's website About Blackrock Silver Corp Backed by gold and silver ounces in the ground Blackrock is a junior precious metal focused exploration and development company driven to add shareholder value the Company is focused on its 100% controlled Nevada portfolio of properties consisting of low-sulphidation epithermal gold and silver mineralization located along the established Northern Nevada Rift in north-central Nevada and the Walker Lane trend in western Nevada Additional information on Blackrock Silver Corp. can be found on its website at www.blackrocksilver.com and by reviewing its profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. Andrew Pollard, President & Chief Executive OfficerBlackrock Silver Corp.Phone: 604 817-6044Email: info@blackrocksilver.com Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/250682 Investing News Network websites or approved third-party tools use cookies. Please refer to the cookie policy for collected data Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker A family has been displaced after their house caught fire Sunday afternoon in Ross Township Blue Ridge Hook & Ladder fire Chief Paul Warnick said firefighters were dispatched at around 1:30 p.m “There was smoke coming from the top of the house heavy fire in the back of the house,” Warnick said “We sent two guys in the front door to put a stop to the fire and keep from other further extension.” Warnick said they were able to save the home and added the fire was contained to the addition The rest of the home suffered from heavy smoke and water damage Warnick said they had the fire pretty well under control within about 25 minutes as the homeowners were not home at the time of the incident Warnick said the homeowners lost several pets in the fire He said the cause of the fire appears to be accidental in nature and added that a state police fire marshal is investigating Warnick said the Polk Township Fire Company Kunkletown Fire Department and Lehigh Valley Ambulance assisted at the scene “We had a very good turnout of guys,” Warnick said so we had a pretty big crew out of every department.” There’s a moment about halfway through Alex Ross Perry’s new Pavement movie Pavements where Joe Keery realizes he may have made a career-hindering mistake: He can’t stop talking like Stephen Malkmus a 33-year-old onetime Netflix darling from Massachusetts can’t help but blur his syllables together in an aloof California drawl a heavy vocal fry emanating through static lips “I don’t really think I want to be Stephen anymore,” he suddenly tells his dialect coach who’s still befuddled by the photo of Malkmus’ tongue that Keery presented to her which ran for two nights only that same year Pavements is not just a straightforward documentary for the uninitiated to learn everything important there is to know about Pavement the band of post-punk-loving outliers whose 1994 single “Cut Your Hair” gave them a brush with mainstream rock stardom Pavements is also not just dramatized feel-good because despite frequently earning labels as one of the best bands of the ’90s Pavement always preferred to keep their fame simmering at a cult status level it’s an unusual hybrid: a mockumentary with plenty of real archival footage an exploration of a pseudo-biopic called Range Life that’s too ridiculous to actually exist which is ridiculous but actually exists anyway But even as the boundaries between fact and fiction feel undetectable — and in Pavements they often do — the film argues that Pavement have always deserved the level of notoriety granted by their 2022 comeback even when the rest of the world didn’t treat them as such As Malkmus recalls in a voiceover early on in the film: “I always was hoping that it was music for the future I think everyone who’s not that successful in their time tries to think that.” Pavements aims to chronicle the odd trajectory of their influence in a fashion that feels true to its even odder subjects Although its ambiguous, nonlinear, overlapped format can get distracting at times, Pavements expertly dodges the fate of oft-mocked musical biopics like Bohemian Rhapsody and Elvis — talk about getting stuck in an accent Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg and Steve West were never ones to embrace traditional approaches self-aware satire and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments of sharp wit: “I know that you want to give 100 percent of that 50 percent you think that you might be able to give,” Matador boss Chris Lombardi It’s a dramatized re-enactment of the infamous mud throwing incident at the West Virginia stop of the Lollapalooza tour in 1995 The faux band members bicker and hang their heads low though the screen splits to show viewers what actually happened after Pavement were pelted with chunks of dirt: Kannberg (whose younger self is played by Nat Wolff) mooned the crowd then went back to the green room to continue goofing around with his bandmates Pavements succeeds in spotlighting those endearing moments of sincerity among the nonsense choreographer Angela Trimbur vet potential cast members for the musical each one offering their own theater-kid interpretation of “Gold Soundz,” I’m reminded of my own introduction to Pavement I was a freshman in high school and I downloaded a ZIP file of curated indie hits from Urban Outfitters’ blog still felt like a viable introduction to counterculture and it sounded so fresh and exciting to me that I assumed it was contemporary just like the Neon Indian and Grizzly Bear tracks I’d discovered from the same source I was stricken with both amazement and grief when I realized that not only was this song a year older than me but that I would presumably never get the chance to hear it live in my lifetime (Pavement’s somewhat brief 2010 reunion tour which didn’t stop anywhere near my hometown you know they never add up; Pavements finds joy in the unlikely outcomes Pavements premieres in theaters nationwide 6/6. It’s screening now in limited engagements The most important stories and least important memes Trackhouse Racing was the hot new thing in the NASCAR Cup Series a couple of seasons ago While they still possess a talented stable of drivers in Ross Chastain they’ve disappointed a bit over the past couple of seasons Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic went as far as to call the team out on the latest episode of The Teardown He believes the solid finishes Chastain and Suárez are accumulating are despite Trackhouse’s support and the team isn’t doing enough to support either driver which has also contributed to van Gisbergen’s funk “You look at Ross Chastain, we need to start giving Ross Chastain some love,” Bianchi stated. “He’s just turning in good finish after good finish. One, he’s not qualifying well. He’s not qualifying well because Trackhouse isn’t bringing great cars to the racetrack every week. They don’t have a lot of speed in the race car. “Suarez too, to a lesser degree, but really, especially Chastain, this guy just grinds out finishes every single week. It’s like, man, if Trackhouse can just find some speed, you know Chastain is going to be able to go do his job. So impressive.” Alas, Chastain has been the leader in the clubhouse for Trackhouse, as has been the case over the past couple of seasons. The Alva, Florida native is P11 in the point standings, 140 points behind the leader. Additionally, he’s accumulated six top tens, two top fives and 50 laps led. He’s coming off a runner-up finish at Texas Motor Speedway, as well. Top 101Trump, SabanDuo's NIL order blasted Hot32026 NFL Mock DraftTodd McShay looks ahead By clicking "Subscribe to Newsletter", I agree to On3's Privacy Notice, Terms, and use of my personal information described therein. As for Suárez, he’s finished in the top ten three times in 11 races, along with a singular top five, which came at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He came in second in that one. However, he’s back in P25 in the point standings, and will have to keep stringing together solid finishes to get back into the playoffs, or win a race. Meanwhile, van Gisbergen has been a major disappointment during his first full-time season in the Cup Series. He’s P35 in the points, and only has one top ten finish. Outside of a P6 finish at the Circuit of The Americas, the Auckland, New Zealand native hasn’t finished above P20. That’s severely disappointing, after a promising campaign in the Xfinity Series in 2024. Time will tell if Trackhouse Racing can turn it around, but outside of Ross Chastain willing his car to make some moves, it’s been a rough season in 2025. They’ll need to figure it out to become the sport’s darlings once again, or the team is risking fading into a bit of obscurity. On3 is a registered trademark of On3 Media 5:07 AM | Updated: 5:52 am BY SACTOWN VIDEO Follow @https://twitter.com/sactown1140 Ayden Carter is living a fantasy as a wish becomes reality The Fremont Ross graduate parlayed two years at Division II Walsh University into an opportunity to continue his career at the University of Detroit Mercy "Once the season ended it was time to enter my name into the transfer portal and try to fulfill my dream of going D1," Carter said In the first five minutes of my name entering the portal I was hearing from schools looking to offer scholarships "I was contacted and offered by schools all across the country fielding nearly 100 calls throughout the entire process no visit to another school felt like family as much as the University of Detroit Mercy From the first conversation with Coach (Mark) Montgomery I loved everything he had to say and most importantly how he felt about me as a player and a person." High school baseball Brothers in same dugout not rare, but always special Carter joins Greg Bender as the only Little Giants boys to play Division I basketball Bender played at North Carolina Wilmington from 1986-89 Detroit won eight games last season in Montgomery's first year Montgomery is a former assistant to Tom Izzo at Michigan State "I took an official visit to UDM and that sealed the deal for me," Carter said "The entire staff treated me and my family with the utmost respect throughout the three day process put me up in a great hotel and of course showed me the historic Callahan Hall "I felt that this would be a place that I could thrive in especially with a great staff behind me and with that I decided to commit my family and all my previous teammates for helping me get to this point in my career and I couldn't be more excited to begin this new journey." Detroit junior Orlando Lovejoy stuck with Montgomery after averaging 16.4 points last season despite the prospect of more NIL/revenue sharing money elsewhere Carter wants to win a Horizon League championship and earn all-conference status He has three years of eligibility and plans to pursue a Master's degree in communications No player in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference scored more than Carter's 34 points in a setback to Northwood last season Carter was among the top 50 in the nation in points per game in Division II "I started to gain attention from sports agencies looking to sign me to their company," he said "I decided to finish the season strong and enter into the next phase with my support system as my main source of help." He scored 1,000 points in two seasons at Ross and he's more than half way to 1,000 for college He started each of the 20 games he played in as sophomore He was second in the GMAC at 19.4 points per game to lead the team was second at 5.7 rebounds and added two assists He collected a career high 12 rebounds in the same game he scored 34 points "It was going into my sophomore year that I knew I was going to earn the chance to show my full potential," he said "My dad (Bobby) and I worked harder than ever before leading up to my sophomore season skill work on the court and I made sure to be in the best shape I could be I solidified my spot as a starter and made it known I had put the work in and grew as a player from my freshman season I had the mindset and confidence to know I put the work in and had the ability to go and achieve my goal of taking my game to the highest level none of this would have been possible and I give him all the praise." Carter was first player off the bench as a freshman won the league tournament and advanced to the national tourney "I joined an experienced Walsh team that came off of winning the GMAC the (previous) two seasons," Carter said being the only freshman to not just play (all others red shirted) but to be a consistent sixth-man that played the fourth most minutes of anyone on the team." "Overall physicality has increased greatly," he said "I learned how to take over a game and score in every area of the game." There are still questions to be answered by the court because of appeals but it's believed all basketball players will benefit from revenue sharing Carter's first year at a Division I program image and likeness will remain part of the equation in some capacity "NIL is a huge part of college basketball in today's game and I am thankful to be getting my piece of the pie for playing the game I love," Carter said Celebrities American rapper Rick Ross has a custom lawnmower that boasts a crazy sound system and forged wheels and this lawnmower of his shows just how big and bold the artist can be it can still cut the grass just as well as any other mower could is that you can enjoy cutting the grass while also playing your favorite tunes as loudly as you want DISCOVER OUR SUPERCAR AUCTION SITE – View live auctions on SBX Cars Aside from the bright colors, the first thing we notice about this celebrity’s lawnmower is its wheels The lawnmower rides on some crazy Corleone forged rims which look like they belong on a muscle car and not a mower Along with the wheels, the mower has suitably large tires Exactly what you need when you’re heading out to cut some grass Ross showed off the custom lawnmower in January 2024, and it was seen on YouTube by channel WhipAddict and the side tanks don’t hold fuel anymore Completing the look for the mower is the gorgeous color scheme that Ross chose Bel Air lettering on the side signifies that the colors are inspired by the Chevrolet Bel Air The gorgeous Powder Blue is complemented by white Who knew it could look so good on a lawnmower as well Speakers are now located on each side of the mower taking up the space where the old fuel tank would have been the speakers can easily play music at quite a loud volume All of the regular mower functions still worked as intended the mower doesn’t lose any of its usefulness despite the modifications and you are unlikely to ever see another mower like it You have to admire Rick Ross for having the audacity to commission such a wild lawnmower Henry is a content writer with nearly ten years experience having written for various publications since 2017 Qualifying with a Sports Journalism degree from Staffordshire University Henry loves all things automotive but has a particular soft spot for classic Japanese cars and anything Lancia He also has a curious passion for steam locomotives either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content Former Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star and nine-year MLB veteran Ross Stripling has chosen to retire at the age of 35 Stripling spent last season with the Athletics pitching to the tune of a 6.01 ERA in 85 1/3 innings "After 13 seasons and full of tremendous pride and gratitude I never could have imagined the experiences and memories I'd be a part of They exceeded every hope that my younger self could have dreamt for my baseball career," Stripling wrote in a statement "It never could have been possible without my family and friends and I'm thankful to everyone that was a part of it in any form or fashion l'm excited to be home and begin the next chapter of life with my amazing family." Stripling began his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers making his first big league appearance in 2016 During his four and a half seasons with the Dodgers The righty earned his only All-Star appearance in 2018 as a member of the Dodgers Stripling pitched in three games during the 2017 World Series He spent the next four-and-a-half seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays San Francisco Giants and Athletics before opting to retire this season More MLB: Red Sox Slugger Reportedly Declining Interviews Over First Base Decision Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all Ross Stripling Retires: The veteran right-hander Ross Stripling who pitched for four major league teams over nine seasons, is officially retiring from baseball. He made the announcement Monday in a personal post on social media, saying he’s ready to move on from the game and focus on life at home. “After 13 seasons, it’s time to hang up the cleats,” Stripling wrote. “The memories and experiences I’ve had went far beyond anything I could’ve dreamed of as a kid.” Stripling made his MLB debut in 2016 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and immediately turned heads. In his first big league start, he threw 7.1 no-hit innings against the San Francisco Giants. Two years later, he was named an All-Star. He spent five seasons with the Dodgers before being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2020. In Toronto, Stripling played an important role in the team’s rotation during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. He made 61 appearances for the Jays, finishing with a 15–13 record and a 3.94 ERA. After a strong 2022 season, Stripling said he was open to staying with the Blue Jays. But when it came down to contract terms, the San Francisco Giants offered something Toronto didn’t—an opt-out clause. “I loved my time in Toronto and they were in the mix until the end,” Stripling told Sportsnet. “The Giants had the same offer, just with an opt-out after year one. That made the decision easier.” Stripling signed a two-year, $25 million deal with the Giants but was traded to the Oakland A’s after one season. In early 2024, he signed a minor-league contract with the Kansas City Royals, but after a rough spring training, he asked for his release. Stripling finishes his major league career with a 4.17 ERA across 846.1 innings. He played for the Dodgers, Blue Jays, Giants, and A’s and was known as a steady, smart pitcher who could take the ball in any situation. “I had a lot of support over the years, and I’m thankful to everyone who was part of my journey,” he wrote. “I feel at peace stepping away from the game, and I’m excited to be home with my amazing family.” He leaves behind a solid career—and plenty of respect from teammates and fans alike. Clearly, the plan was to spread the word, so that the magazine would be under discussion well before it made an entrance. “It would be so attractive, gay, and informative, that it would be an asset on any library table.” Such were the cheerful hopes of Grant, who seems to have trusted that any future readers would, by definition, have a house with a library. There The New Yorker would lounge, unfurled, beside the whiskey decanter and the smoldering cigar. Discover notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The entire stack could be crowned with the heading “Fanfare for the Comma Men.” The magazine is now a hundred years old: not a bad score though it falls short of that racked up by the actress Eva Marie Saint given that The New Yorker played no role in “North by Northwest,” how much do we really have to crow about?) There is no more tempting occasion for the backward glance; what’s remarkable is how many glancers there have already been in the course of decades past and residents of varying tenures; the nostalgic and the disturbingly blithe; those who seek to set the record straight and those who prefer it kinked—all have leafed through what they recall of their spell at The New Yorker and fed the leafings into a book New York: A Centenary IssueSubscribers get full access. Read the issue » in which New York is demolished by a meteorite and consigned to oblivion Make of that what you will.) Even if they had been so inclined so unflagging was their industry on behalf of the magazine What we do have is a eulogistic fragment of Shawn on Ross tied like a flag to the end of Brendan Gill’s book It’s a loyal and fair-minded tribute to a man who and who took both pleasure and refuge in the solid ground of facts—infinitely more dependable than the shifting scree of ideas that he didn’t want to know what any writer thought.” A sound principle bettered only by the specific command that Ross gave an assistant: “Never leave me alone with poets.” Landing at The New Yorker, in 1993, I stepped into unknown territory, with only a couple of writers to show me the way. One was Pauline Kael whom I was never to meet but into whose volumes of movie reviews I had often delved The trouble was that Kael’s work taught you a hell of a lot about motion pictures Perelman and Ogden Nash didn’t show up to the party until five years later It was also revealed that Ross’s worship of accuracy did not extend to his own spelling “Significance” came out as “signigifance.” One other surprise: profane though Ross could be in conversation because “stained glass is damned embarrassing,” and Thurber once confounded him by sending a dozen red roses to the New Yorker offices Thurber threatened to add a card that read “In everlasting memory of those Riviera nights.” the ring of a classic Thurber fable—true to him too; so consistently nonplussed is the author by the basic mechanisms of existence that we come to forget what it feels like to be plussed from murmurs—never shouts—at the magazine was an impression that there was Something Not Right about “The Years with Ross.” Was it warped in its vision of its subject in not giving credit where it was properly due in the midst of his otherwise temperate memoir about a lengthy stretch as a New Yorker editor refer in passing to “Thurber’s terrible book.” still strolling the fairways of the magazine Yet his book proved to be no more tolerable than Thurber’s. There was Something Even Wronger about it, to judge from a biting review, in Esquire, by Nora Ephron who accused Gill of “smug self-congratulation,” deriding his anecdotes as “condescending “Here at The New Yorker” was “one of the most offensive books I have read in a long time.” Browsing between the lines I cunningly worked out that she hadn’t liked it very much Could it be that everyone connected to The New Yorker—not only employees too—was automatically equipped with an axe to grind The saga of this allegedly civilized periodical seemed about as tranquil as a Viking smithy Lillian Ross was no relation to Harold Ross Nor was she formally related to William Shawn the two of them were knit as close as could be The second sentence of “Here But Not Here” reads “an intrinsically normal life for over four decades,” and how you react to the book may depend on how intrinsic you think the normality was Shawn kept a New York apartment with Ross ten blocks from the one that he shared with his wife who was aware of her husband’s second existence and only once did Cecile answer when Ross called “We stayed together as we found and raised a child.” More than one reader will be moved to inquire In bulrushes?” There is an unmodern melancholy in Ross’s depiction of Shawn as someone whose modesty as an editor—lending space and timbre to the voices of his writers tuning without intruding—shades into chronic self-effacement outside the confines of The New Yorker Cartoon by Lia Strasser and Bizzy CoyCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied and his tooth for smart society just as sweet given by the brother-in-law of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands—Prince Aschwin de Lippe—and his wife growing most persuasive at its most persnickety Calling Mehta to discuss the evolution of his first piece for the magazine “I’m afraid that we are going to have comma trouble,” and a ritual is soon established “I began sitting anxiously by the phone waiting for Mr Did they suavely select their pistols on Bow Bridge The best memoirs about The New Yorker are the ones that never got written. We have no such book by E. B. White, by A. J. Liebling, or by Wolcott Gibbs, who—or, rather, whose phantom, detectable only in his spirited prose—was loyally commended to me by Lillian Ross. Dorothy Parker although by way of compensation she did produce a poem called “Autobiography,” which summons up the world from which The New Yorker sprang:    And pristine is my hat;My dress is 1922 The swift conjuring of times past is a well-tried New Yorker tactic we found without difficulty a seven-room apartment at 21 East Ninetieth Street,” Gill recalls “The year was 1938 and the rent we paid was a hundred and twenty-five dollars a month.” Elsewhere a whiff of bootlegged alcohol—from a clutch of names Jane Grant reaches back to the earliest nocturnal prowlings of the magazine: The gratifying news is that, almost a century later, Tables for Two is still running, now with Helen Rosner in the Lois Long seat are those moments when the localized fun and folderol in which The New Yorker so often traded in its youth meet bigger and graver matters from beyond to be schooled in dealing with the French Army and the Resistance My examiner was an infantry captain—a tough and burly Frenchman now in the U.S and suddenly I got it: he was the former maître d’hôtel at Spivy’s Roof Two worlds touch, like wires, and a spark flies off the page. Many of the sparks are far from festive. Botsford—F Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division—goes ashore on Omaha Beach on D Day used to review night clubs for The New Yorker Lardner dies when a land mine blows up his jeep Botsford finds himself lying in a snowy ditch “the size of a telephone pole,” swivel round to point directly at him who had sat right behind me in Sociology 102 all sophomore year at Yale,” Botsford tells us The most important thing about Botsford’s “A Life of Privilege Mostly” is that the privilege sits solidly in second place filling the first seventy-five pages of the book and overshadowing everything else When you’re shipped off to Europe on the Queen Mary with thirteen thousand other men you leave behind any thought of Tables for Two “Neither I nor the magazine was the same,” he writes “Everybody in the office was grayer and more serious—especially Shawn.” Given that each of us is possessed, or oppressed, by what Proust calls “a vast structure of recollection,” how we choose to organize that structure If one chapter of your mortal span—your wartime experience or a love affair—has pierced you more sharply than any other as Roger Angell says in “Let Me Finish,” is “rich and fraught and jumbled,” and like Botsford he honors the jumble by shifting around the pieces of his life there were “ten thousand mornings” on which he went to work at The New Yorker so it’s little wonder that the magazine should earn so much of his attention (He discloses that Shawn was “anxious first of all that the magazine might stop being funny.” Indeed.) Yet Angell is all too alive to the perils of an in-house narrative off to tour the other habitations of his past a four-and-a-half-foot king snake belonging to young Roger an ardent herpetologist; of Roger’s moviegoing (“the thousands of hours I have spent in the popcorned dark”); of the “shriveled appearance” of New York during the Great Depression; of baseball with whom Angell played a round of golf in 1940; and of his being dispatched not to the beaches of Normandy but to a post as the managing editor of a Seventh Air Force G.I published in Hawaii but covering a westward beat of four million square miles.” In all the books I have read about The New Yorker the purest expression of its emotional accent is uttered not within the offices of the magazine but in church who spent a lifetime shying away from formal get-togethers addresses the congregation thus: “If Andy White could be with us today he would not be with us today.” in “Here But Not Here,” “ran our ‘notes’ through the typewriter and made a few changes so that the voice would be perceived as male.” The main rewriter was Gill Two late additions to the canon of memoirs, Janet Groth’s “The Receptionist” and Alison Rose’s “Better Than Sane,” lend color to this chronicle of progress, but also a twist. Both women, in succession, observed the magazine in motion from a cubicle on the eighteenth floor. (The actor and writer Wallace Shawn used to greet Rose over the phone with a cry of “Hello Eighteen.”) It was at once an ideal vantage point and a kind of cage with only a brief interlude in the art department Normalcy—to some of her admirers at the magazine When J. D. Salinger needed to find the office Coke machine (there wasn’t one), I was the girl he asked. When Woody Allen got off the elevator on the wrong floor—about every other time—I was the girl who steered him up two floors where he needed to be Rising from “The Receptionist” is an air of someone with a rare gift that cannot be faked: she is a confidee. Hence the discreet lunches that Groth enjoyed with Joseph Mitchell, during which, being fellow-Joyceans Was her failure to ascend through the ranks a black mark against The New Yorker or a sign that she had become Her book leaves the question nicely hanging instead of which her tales of the magazine resound with generosity and wit “it is not clear to me who was exploiting whom.” She finally left the magazine are handed down by all these recollective books What links the mythical era of Thurber and Ross to the age of Mr the first rule of The New Yorker is: you do not write about The New Yorker with Oxford commas instead of black eyes and cut lips And the second rule is: nuts to the first rule whose most celebrated work surely begs for Rossification—“A nameless Man who although whether it was his Hat (if he had a Hat) or a Hat belonging to Another Person Those who have edited and written for it since the departure of Gottlieb have yet to pronounce    And shedding is my cat;My phone is 2022 is that to hit one’s hundredth birthday is no more than a promising start The New Yorker can be expected to provoke any future historians with its mettle A long-ago crime, suddenly remembered A limousine driver watches her passengers transform The day Muhammad Ali punched me What is it like to be keenly intelligent but deeply alienated from simple emotions? Temple Grandin knows The harsh realm of “gentle parenting.”  Retirement the Margaritaville way Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Thank You for the Light.”  Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker. Never before, in modern times at least, has a New York City mayoral race known such a generation gap and a three-term governor with tangible accomplishments does Cuomo’s top rival, as of now, is a 33-year-old state assemblyman named Zohran Mamdani has consistently polled second to Cuomo — if a distant second — and has rapidly built up name recognition through social-media channels Cuomo mostly ignores a proud democratic socialist who has won a bevy of new fans through his witty videos and promises to freeze rents and make buses free and he’s outraised every candidate in the race though the ex-governor can still pound the airwaves with his super-PAC (Disclosure: When I ran for office in 2018 Cuomo and Mamdani couldn’t be more different Cuomo is a 67-year-old white man who has been in the maw of politics longer than Mamdani has been alive He spent much of his career as an executive He has close relationships with corporate executives and real-estate developers; he loathes the progressive left and has made his mayoral campaign a referendum on their policies including defunding the police and not sufficiently supporting Israel Cuomo and Mamdani briefly overlapped in Albany: The democratic socialist entered the Legislature in 2021 representing the leftist hotbed of Astoria and was one of the lawmakers who might have voted to impeach the governor if he hadn’t resigned Mamdani, meanwhile, has spent much of his life in the trenches of pro-Palestinian activism. In the past, he has identified as an anti-Zionist, and he is a supporter of the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement against Israel. After the Trump administration tried to deport Mahmoud Khalil the former Columbia student who led protests against the war in Gaza last year Mamdani emerged as one of the fiercest critics of the MAGA movement In New York City, like America, Israel may be the greatest dividing line between voters in their 20s and 30s and those who are older The youngest voters take an increasingly dim view of Israel; among Democrats it’s almost impossible to find an Israel hawk who is overly popular with a voter born after 1984 or so Liberals of a certain generation can still recall Labor Zionism and a time when the right wing of the Israel was marginalized That 2021 primary could have been a generation-gap election, but there were too many viable candidates and the polling remained far more volatile. That year’s Mamdani equivalent was probably Dianne Morales, a political neophyte who excited leftists but presided over one of the more chaotic campaigns in living memory a former de Blasio administration official also gobbled up votes from younger Democrats but she lost out in ranked-choice voting to Kathryn Garcia a relative centrist who won over more affluent liberals largely Black region where Cuomo should perform quite well professional-class voters are registered as Democrats and showing up in primaries Bernie Sanders campaigns taught at least one lesson to these progressives: Better register as a Democrat to matter in New York Mamdani’s campaign will be a test of how far pro-Palestine politics can go in a New York mayoral race It’s not an exaggeration to say that there has never been a competitive candidate like Mamdani in a citywide Democratic primary before; he’s young Orthodox Jewish voters and many moderates won’t go near him Progressives will do anything they can to elect him One wild card that does transcend generations is the Muslim and South Asian vote New York is home to an increasing share of both visiting mosques and temples and touting his work helping city taxi drivers a mix of working- and middle-class Black and Latino voters along with older white ethnics anti-Cuomo candidates can’t perform better Cuomo may also swallow up some of Garcia’s voters in lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn Mamdani has performed as well as anyone could have imagined for a state legislator who is still too young to legally serve as president But whether that’s enough to slow Cuomo’s juggernaut remains to be seen By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York NFL Network analyst and former pro personnel executive Marc Ross joined One Bills Live to share his thoughts on the Bills draft class including the mid-round gem he thought Buffalo got in DE Landon Jackson He discussed the Bills strategy in this year's draft the rest of the AFC East as they try to improve their rosters Pro Football Focus draft analyst Trevor Sikkema joined One Bills Live and shared his thoughts on the Bills draft class why he felt they succeeded in filling roster needs and the projected first round talent they acquired He discussed the upside for fourth round pick Deone Walker and the defensive backs they selected in Jordan Hancock and Dorian Strong Newly signed Bills WR Elijah Moore joined One Bills Live after joining Buffalo on a one-year deal and talked about his first impressions and his relationships with new teammates Joshua Palmer and Dawson Knox and his mindset as a receiver heading into his fifth NFL season joined One Bills Live and discussed why he signed with the Bills in free agency He talked about his role in the Bills offense He also discussed the changes to kickoffs and embracing a versatile skillset at the receiver position ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter joined One Bills Live ahead of tonight's event in downtown Buffalo - MADE: The Bills Mafia Origin Story He examined his connection with Bills fans and how Bills Mafia not only identifies Buffalo fans but the great causes that are created along with it He went on to share his thoughts on the Bills reported signing of WR Elijah Moore Arkansas head football coach Sam Pittman joined One Bills Live and discussed his former DE and Bills third round draft pick Landon Jackson and leadership and how they could fit with the Bills NFL Films senior producer Greg Cosell joined One Bills Live and shared his thoughts on the Bills 2025 draft class He discussed the athleticism of Maxwell Hairston and why he thought Landon Jackson should have gone higher in the draft He talked about his high praise for Deone Walker and why he thinks Jackson Hawes is the best blocking TE in this class he shared a bold statement on CB Dorian Strong and his take on 7th round WR Kaden Prather Bills GM Brandon Beane joined One Bills Live to recap the team's 2025 draft class He talked about his draft board and how it fell in their favor with the defensive talent acquisitions He discussed the maneuvering they had to do to grab talent along the defensive line and the depth they have on the roster He examined the upside he hopes to get out of pass rusher Landon Jackson and the surprises he found in this year's draft including 7th round WR Kaden Prather and the free agent visit from WR Elijah Moore NFL Films senior producer Greg Cosell joined One Bills Live to share his thoughts on the Bills first round selection of CB Maxwell Hairston out of Kentucky He talked about his strengths in playing zone and man coverage He discussed the talent left on the board in day 2 of the NFL Draft Kentucky football head coach Mark Stoops joined One Bills Live and shared his thoughts on the Bills selection of CB Maxwell Hairston in the first round of the NFL Draft He discussed Hairston's growth during his time at Kentucky why his skillset is a perfect fit for the Bills and why the speedy corner will hit the ground running at the next level in the NFL He went on to discuss his former RB Ray Davis and how his leadership skills will help Hairston in Buffalo CBS Sports draft & player analyst Chris Trapasso joined One Bills Live to share his final thoughts on the Bills roster needs ahead of the start of the NFL Draft He talked about where the value stands in this year's draft the maneuvering options for the Bills to trade up or down and the possible targets for the Bills early on and in the middle of the draft Former University at Buffalo LB and Western New York native Shaun Dolac joined One Bills Live He discussed his anticipation as the NFL Draft approaches and his motivation for a jump to the NFL He talked about the conversations he's had with teams from around the league and his career at UB Maddy Glab and Steve Tasker discussed the final tally of Maddy's Buffalo Bills Mock Draft Watch where she collected the numbers on who the experts have the Bills taking in the first round She went through the top names and position groups picked for the Bills She then laid out her favorite prospects she'd like the Bills to take in the first three rounds Bills RB Ray Davis joined One Bills Live and discussed being featured In the latest episode of Buffalo Bills: Embedded where he returned to his hometown He talked about his offseason and preparing to begin his second season with Buffalo NFL Films senior producer Greg Cosell joined One Bills Live and shared his thoughts on some of the running back prospects in this year's upcoming NFL Draft NFL Network analytics expert Cynthia Frelund joined One Bills Live to preview next week's NFL Draft and some potential options for the Bills NFL Films senior producer Greg Cosell joined One Bills Live and shared his thoughts on the wide receiver class for this year's upcoming NFL Draft and Iowa State's Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel Former Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander joined One Bills Live and discussed his recent involvement in football clinics in Orchard Park and Welland The ACES Foundation president talked about teaching youth football players and helping train some of the prospects for the upcoming NFL Draft NFL Media draft analyst Chad Reuter joined One Bills Live and discussed his selections for the Bills in his five-round mock draft including Texas WR Matthew Golden Bills team reporter Maddy Glab joined One Bills Live to update the latest Mock Draft Watch where she broke down hundreds of mock drafts to see who the analysts have the Bills selecting in this year's NFL Draft This week she discussed WR Emeka Egbuka out of Ohio State NFL Films senior producer Greg Cosell joined One Bills Live He shared his thoughts on the safety class from this year's NFL Draft He shared his film analysis of South Carolina's Nick Emmanwori from Penn State and his teammate Jaylen Reed Finally he discussed Ohio State's Lathan Ransom Bills VP of Stadium Development John Polka joined One Bills Live He recapped this morning's 'Topping Off Ceremony' held at the New Highmark stadium and highlighted what's next for the project He discussed the next steps in placing the grass field and the technology advancements that will be in the new stadium ESPN national NFL analyst Ben Solak joined One Bills Live and discussed ranking the Bills as the NFL's most improved roster from the offseason and the biggest remaining roster needs for the team ahead of the draft He examined some NFL Draft prospects including edge J.T Tuimoloau & DT Tyleik Williams from Ohio State and CB Azareye'h Thomas from Florida State Stanford interim head coach and former Bills QB Frank Reich joined One Bills Live and discussed taking the position for the 2025 season He talked about the upcoming Call to Courage Awards breakfast on Saturday April 5 where Bills TE Dawson Knox will receive the 2025 Call to Courage Award Bills CB Christian Benford joined One Bills Live after signing a four-year contract extension with the team He talked about the process of signing his first extension and the current state of the cornerback room He talked about the vibe from the team heading into next season and the goal of winning a championship he discussed the upcoming release of his first authored children's book \"Stylish Safari\" - a vibrant uplifting story that inspires young readers to celebrate their individuality with confidence he discussed the upcoming release of his first authored children's book "Stylish Safari" - a vibrant Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInLENOIR COUNTY (WITN) - A man who was in critical condition after he was shot has now died According to an update from Lenoir County Public Information Officer Bryan Hanks 24-year-old Calvin Kennion of Pink Hill has died at ECU Health Medical Center that’s off Highway 55 in the Moss Hill area of Lenoir County Deputies say Ross Smith broke into the home around 8:30 a.m where he shot and killed his estranged wife The 35-year-old Smith left the home and deputies say his vehicle was found on Stroud Avenue in Kinston Smith was eventually arrested near the Highway 903 and Highway 11 intersection in Pitt County around 11:30 a.m. Ross Smith was charged with first degree murder Now Smith will be charged with another felony count of first degree murder America is disconnected from veterans and military families My platoon was about 100 miles from Pleiku City, searching for the Viet Cong within South Vietnam’s Central Highlands The mountainous elevation offered little protection from the humid air that left us staggering as if intoxicated marked the end of my fifth scary month stationed in South Vietnam I would begin a seven-day leave in Bangkok The resupply chopper would bring in my replacement I was excited about traveling to Bangkok after listening to stories from guys who took their leave there: days of girls The battalion XO requested the platoon’s resupply a day earlier When I relayed the good news to the platoon lieutenant’s aide he gave me a typical military reply: “Lucky you But first we had to march to the landing zone a miserable nine hours of tramping up and down hills spending a hellish part of the journey trekking through swampy areas full of mosquitos The author taking a smoke break while setting up camp in Vietnam in 1969 searching for recent signs of the enemy near the camp’s perimeter I didn’t join the patrol because the lieutenant wanted to ensure that I was packed and ready to go The patrol leader reported there were no recent signs of the Viet Cong close by Early the next morning I grabbed my backpack and weapon and headed to the landing zone pronto I gave the aide my cigarettes and packs of instant coffee The resupply choppers landed just as I arrived The pilots signaled with a thumbs-up and I waved to the guys while the chopper lifted off the treetops quickly fading into the distance This would turn out to be my last goodbye with some of my friends I prepped my cot with an inflated air mattress and poncho liner preparing for a night’s stay before flying out the next morning Frank had reported hearing frequent noises around three sides of the platoon’s perimeter Everyone concluded that the noise originated from a large group of monkeys passing by though prior experience showed that monkeys were often quiet during evening hours I later learned that the lieutenant did not order the platoon to dig foxholes because they didn’t see sandal prints or other signs of recent Viet Cong activity Frank and the lieutenant asked that artillery units fire precautionary shots into the surrounding areas This was a common safety practice used by American units in the field to locate or frighten away any Viet Cong guerillas or North Vietnamese soldiers who might be lurking nearby the shells fired well beyond the location of the noise and didn’t hit the enemy that we later learned was inching closer Creeping up to the platoon’s perimeter was a common tactic when the Viet Cong prepared to attack an American campsite Americans would be reluctant to spray artillery fire startled by the sound of people rapidly moving and yelling I was surprised to see South Vietnamese artillerymen preparing the 105 mm artillery guns so I knew it wasn’t the artillery base that was being attacked I ran to the command bunker for an update on my platoon I could hear Frank screaming for immediate artillery support and requesting the assistance of helicopter gunships Frank sounded frightened—his voice quivering and panicky as he reported an attack from a large Viet Cong force Hearing Vietnamese voices over the radio meant that the enemy had penetrated the perimeter The sound of shots firing from M16s along with the rapid firing of an M60 machine gun matched by the rattle of AK-47 gunfire was unnerving The request for artillery support came too late firing artillery would injure Americans along with the Viet Cong Ron Puls and Stanley Ross with two South Vietnamese soldiers in 1968 The growing sound of Vietnamese voices indicated that they were closing in on Frank’s position A quick burst of gunfire silenced Frank and deadened the radio I later learned that the Americans who survived the initial attack scattered after the Viet Cong penetrated the campsite Troopers apparently ran helter-skelter to avoid crashing into Viet Cong Half the platoon survived and escaped to a defensive position The survivors hunched along the protective barrier they constructed from tree limbs the lieutenant convinced the captain that the chances of another assault were negligible One of the choppers took me to Pleiku City en route to Bangkok to start my vacation The other resupply chopper brought the wounded and dead Americans to the medical center in Pleiku City The images of the lifeless bodies consumed my thoughts I kept thinking about Frank’s anguished cry for help I imagined him lying on the ground with his life ebbing away towards death I frequently replay the sound of Frank’s voice I visualized him enduring the agony of his wounds though I couldn’t picture myself in Frank’s place The picture disappears almost as soon as the image begins forming I shook as I contemplated the thought that Frank’s death could easily have been my destiny I have often thought about Frank’s family and their mourning I was thankful that I did not suffer Frank’s fate My mother would have been devastated; I was her only child I pictured the faces of the other deceased Americans questions gushed from my mind: Why was I ordered to leave a day early Why did the lieutenant choose to forgo digging foxholes The only answer I’ve drawn is that life is precious and I must guard it with my entirety Simple decisions can lead to drastic consequences Sometimes the end result is a visit from the Grim Reaper This War Horse reflection was edited by Kim Vo Editors Note: This <a target="_blank" href="https://thewarhorse.org/army-soldier-heard-viet-cong-kill-his-replacement/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://thewarhorse.org">The War Horse,</a> an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service Subscribe to their <a target="_blank" href="https://thewarhorse.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=2dfda758f64e981facbb0a8dd&id=9a9d4becaa">newsletter</a> We’re enthusiastically backing Tiara Ross for Columbus City Council because she has shown up for us for years Tiara prosecuted irresponsible landlords and closed unsafe drug houses that endangered the community In the Near East, Tiara took action during a crisis at Sawyer Towers, when burst pipes displaced hundreds of seniors on Christmas morning While others were still assessing the situation helping residents and coordinating response efforts and helped return 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Here's what the candidates stand for Introduced local precinct police to community leaders so they would know the neighborhoods they’re patrolling Cleared warrants for nonviolent offenses so that our unhoused neighbors could get into affordable housing Her advocacy for seniors is rooted in caring for her own grandparents Her knowledge of the housing crisis is grounded in years of legal service to tenants Tiara doesn’t just talk about equity — she lives it Opinon: She has high-profile endorsements, but Tiara Ross doesn't know my neighborhood when we see people try to distort her record or question her commitment We urge our neighbors: don’t be distracted by the noise Let’s elect someone who has been fighting for us all along a longtime political consultant and beloved neighborhood advocate in Multnomah Village a phone bank that reaches out to voters for Democratic Party candidates He spent three years leading the Multnomah Village Neighborhood Association and played a key role as the city of Portland set up its first tiny pod village in the neighborhood even while navigating an often difficult relationship between the city and the Southwest Portland neighborhood He was an organizer and sometime host of PDX Progressive Talk Radio and over the years served on a smattering of volunteer boards He was also heavily involved with Multnomah County Democratic Party serving in the early-aughts in a communications role and then as its treasurer for three years Ross ran for Portland City Council last year finishing 17th among 31 candidates seeking to represent District 4 Unlike other political candidates who disappear from civic engagement after they lose a race Ross didn’t skip a beat in continuing his advocacy for the city “I can’t even begin to describe the type of person my father was,” his daughter Willamette Week’s reporting has concrete impacts that change laws, force action from civic leaders, and drive compromised politicians from public office. 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Written by RotoWire Staff Stripling announced his retirement from professional baseball via social media Monday Stripling was with the Royals in spring training before asking for and being granted his release after being informed he wasn't going to make the Opening Day roster The 35-year-old was unable to land a contract elsewhere and has decided to call it a career Stripling posted a 4.17 ERA over parts of nine major-league seasons The Buckeyes won the 2024-2025 national championship in football overcoming adversity to reel off four straight wins in the College Football Playoff.  the Buckeyes men's basketball team once again failed to make the NCAA Tournament which they haven't reached since 2022.  On Saturday, Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork became the target of a backlash from fans after an embarrassing setback happened in Columbus at the hands of Ohio State's biggest rival.  Ohio State Buckeyes manager Justin Haire argues a call in February 2025.  © Michael Chow/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Buckeyes baseball team fell behind 18-0 to the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday causing fans to go nuts in the comments section.  Some called on Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork to fix things as soon as possible.  The Buckeyes baseball team is last place in the Big Ten with a conference record of 3-18 "How does this happen @RossBjorkAD," one fan said in the comments as Michigan seized an 18-0 lead.  The Wolverines wound up winning by a score of 23-1 as the Buckeyes were not competitive.  Fans were beside themselves as they continued to react.  @RossBjorkAD you need to fix this," another proclaimed.  "Completely unacceptable. My 8-year-old is better than this," another said.  Some fans took a more positive approach.  I believe in the coach (Justin Haire) they brought in he will turn it around," one fan said.  old guys?) Ross was fifty years into her career at The New Yorker where she’d helped perfect the form of the Talk of the Town piece the Jackson Hole girls let her in on their chatter as they planned their weekend and commiserated over a pop quiz in French class in their honesty and in their straightforwardness,” Ross later wrote “I was deeply touched by the way they accepted me The resulting story, “The Shit-Kickers of Madison Avenue,” appeared in the magazine’s seventieth-anniversary issue It runs sixteen hundred words—long for a Talk piece short for an instant classic—and is filled with gabby had noticed the daily flight path of private-school kids—Nightingale girls Buckley boys—along the west side of Madison (the “cool” side) like a nature documentarian watching a herd of grazing antelopes as they kissed hello and showed off their new lace-up boots “The tenth graders heading up Madison Avenue at 7:30 A.M to the private high schools are freshly liberated from their dental braces and their teeth look pearly and magnificent They are fifteen years old.” When I started writing Talk pieces I read and reread “Shit-Kickers,” trying to absorb its joyful simplicity but very few of them said that it was misrepresentative.” It’s hard to see how anyone could be scandalized “Shit-Kickers” has none of the salaciousness of Larry Clark’s film “Kids,” which came out that summer or later depictions of Upper East Side preppies such as “Cruel Intentions” and “Gossip Girl.” There’s no finger-wagging at their hedonism or their privilege; they’re just kids but with the ersatz sophistication of New York City teens attended one of the schools mentioned in the piece and sometimes went to Jackson Hole for burgers I was in ninth grade when Ross’s subjects were in tenth I saw how the oddity of adolescence in the upscale Manhattan of the Giuliani years—the too-lavish bar mitzvahs shoplifting at Bloomingdale’s—crossed with normal teen-age preoccupations Six months after “Shit-Kickers” was published and kids started planning their weekends on e-mail had inadvertently captured the last gasp of teendom before it went online forever Ross Stripling is ready to say goodbye to baseball The nine-year MLB veteran announced via social media on Monday that he's hanging up his cleats and calling it a career "I never could have imagined the experiences and memories I'd be a part of," the former Toronto Blue Jays starter said in a post on X "They exceeded every hope that my younger self could have dreamt of for a baseball career .. I'm excited to be home and begin the next chapter of my like with my amazing family." The 35-year-old was drafted twice before making it to the majors first by the Colorado Rockies in the ninth round of the 2011 draft then by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth round a year later when he was pulled after throwing 7.1 no-hit innings in a matchup with the San Francisco Giants in an eventual 3-2 loss He was named to the National League All-Star team in 2018 after posting a 3.02 ERA with an 8-6 record during his best season in the majors 'Chicken Strip' joined the Toronto Blue Jays in August 2020, when he was acquired for two players to be named later from the Dodgers. He was a key part of the Blue Jays' rotation during the 2021 and 2022 seasons, posting a 3.94 ERA and a 15-13 record during that span. He signed as a free agent with the Giants ahead of the 2023 season before heading to the Athletics in 2024. The Kansas City Royals released him earlier this spring after he appeared in five Grapefruit League contests with a 14.36 ERA. Blue Jays transfer Scherzer, Swanson to 60-day injured listHow Blue Jays’ Lukes turned around his struggling swingCOMMENTS When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines Should you violate our submissions guidelines we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time Bargain hunters across Long Island are probably thinking the same thing: Finally a discount retail favorite across much of the country with new stores opening soon in Farmingville and Hempstead Ross will take over a one-story space inside Expressway Plaza at 2280 North Ocean Avenue — next door to Skechers and a few doors down from Burlington located at the southwest corner of North Ocean Avenue and Horseblock Road also includes LA Fitness and Stop & Shop Brookhaven Town officials approved the site plan for the store earlier this year Town Councilman Michael Loguercio said he has been actively assisting in adding new tenants in Expressway Plaza and that he is excited to have Ross Dress for Less as the latest arrival with the renovation of the location currently in progress,” he told Greater Long Island and offer a product to the community that everyone is looking forward to.” A new Ross location is also coming to Hempstead Village Commons at 340 Peninsula Blvd. where its neighbors include an Aldi food store and discount retailer TJ Maxx Long Island Business News reported that Ross would open four Long Island stores in 2025 It remains unclear when the stores in the two other locations — Bohemia and Islandia — will open The company has not responded to requests for comment from Greater Long Island Ross Dress for Less is the largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the country — bigger than Marshalls With more than 1,800 stores in 44 states and territories home goods and accessories at 20% to 60% off department store prices but the franchise relies on thrill of the hunt to keep shoppers coming back Tap here to see what’s happening Atkins up-front about offense: 'It has to get better''External alternatives' on table to address starting depthMay 3rd TORONTO -- The Blue Jays’ strengths and weaknesses aren’t complicated The optimist could view that as a good thing This team needs to score more runs and needs better rotation depth So much time has been spent tap-dancing around these problems over the years but something about this organization feels a little more direct in 2025 Friday’s 5-3 win over the Guardians showed us again how good this team looks when it all clicks GM Ross Atkins addressed what the club can do to blow right past it [the offense] has to get better,” Atkins said Friday “We’ve worked tirelessly over the last year and a half to correct that We do believe in the adjustments we’ve made and do believe that good things are coming We have to acknowledge that it is an issue We’ve made adjustments to personnel and our roster -- 26-man and 40-man -- that we feel like will correct It’s refreshing to hear the emphasis placed more squarely on results not the process to get there or the underlying metrics that hide “under the hood.” Those are still incredibly important and help to shape decisions The word “expected” doesn’t show up in the standings Toronto came into its weekend series against Cleveland at 15-16. It’s enough to say the Blue Jays have survived the first month, but they haven’t exactly thrived. Entering Friday, they ranked 27th in the Majors with 108 runs and 29th with just 21 homers. If they bottle up the momentum from their series win against the Red Sox and carry that forward but this offense is clearly lagging behind “I know that we have guys who hit the ball hard,” Atkins said “It’s about getting the ball in the air more and getting guys into better counts and situations to do damage we just haven’t seen it go over the wall as much.” The other problem facing this team, which Atkins addressed directly, is its rotation depth. Max Scherzer could still be a few weeks away -- though that’s still being evaluated daily -- but even then 7 starter who they can rely on in the coming months Some internal options have cycled through already “We also need to consider external alternatives and we have a couple of things in the works there that are more on the depth front via free agency,” Atkins said Now that’s interesting. The Blue Jays don’t need to discover a diamond in the free-agency rough here, they just need to find reliable innings, even if just for a couple of weeks until someone like No. 6 prospect Jake Bloss settles into the season at Triple-A Bloss owns a 5.75 ERA through five starts but has looked much better lately and has been forced to pitch through some ugly weather early in the season Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball “I think that Bloss is an option right now we’d just like to see more consistency out of him,” Atkins said “The last two outings have been very effective I would be comfortable with him coming here tomorrow if that needed to be The pessimist would rightly point to the fact that the Blue Jays have faced these same two issues for a few seasons now Underwhelming power has become an annual tradition and this club’s rotation depth has been awfully thin an issue that their veteran starters have done a great job of covering up If the Blue Jays can patch up these problems, though, we all know that their defense is among the league’s best and this bullpen has been a pleasant surprise finally catching up to the rest of baseball -- and blowing past it -- with strikeouts and whiff rates if the Toronto can get to the Trade Deadline on July 31 still in the mix it's expected to be extremely aggressive when the time comes even if many of the conversations around them sound complicated The Blue Jays will go as far as this offense takes them and even an offense closer to the league average would be enough to let the rest of their strengths shine.