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Microsoft CEO warns that AI winners could hollow 'entire industries'

AI models are hoovering up corporate knowledge, and that's leaving one big loser, says Satya Nadella.

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Jun 15 • 12:09 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Winnipeg's Seth Jarvis Wins Stanley Cup With Carolina
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Jun 14 • 11:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Hurricanes finish off Knights, win Stanley Cup

LAS VEGAS — The Carolina Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years on Sunday night, using a suffocating defense in Game 6 to shut down the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 and winning three straight games of a thrilling final filled with momentum swings and spectacular offense. Brandon Bussi, who entrance late into […]

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Jun 14 • 8:00 PM EDT • Sports • altoonamirror.com
UNC vs. West Virginia live blog, updates, highlights and more

The Tar Heels face West Virginia in the College World Series winners' bracket. Follow along on our live blog.

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Jun 14 • 6:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
4 Takeaways From Japan's Thrilling World Cup Draw vs. the Netherlands

There was no winner in Japan vs. the Netherlands but the audience. Here are four takeaways from the back-and-forth thriller in Atlanta.

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Who's Winning Cowboys Backup QB Battle Ahead Of Minicamp?
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Jun 14 • 10:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Music, community shine at record-breaking Summer Porch Jam in Suwanee

It's spring for several days yet, but Friday evening was summer through and through at Suwanee's annual Summer Porch Jam.

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Jun 14 • 10:11 AM EDT • Entertainment • gwinnettdailypost.com
"I Don't Do Anything I Don't Enjoy" - The Business Philosophy That Made Terry Bradshaw a Winner Off the Field
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Jun 14 • 3:01 AM EDT • Business • sports.yahoo.com
"I Don't Do Anything I Don't Enjoy" - The Business Philosophy That Made Terry Bradshaw a Winner Off the Field

Terry Bradshaw, Hall of Fame Quarterback, 4-Time Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Emmy-Award winning studio analyst with the NFL on Fox and Founder of Bradshaw Bourbon and Bradshaw Quarter horses joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Bradshaw discusses his Hall of Fame career with the Steelers (where he went 4-0 in the Super Bowl). Bradshaw returned to Pittsburgh earlier this year for the NFL Draft and he shares his feelings about his relationship now with

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What's next for the Spurs? Why the path to building a champion around Wemby could include trading De'Aaron Fox

Following an NBA Finals loss to the Knicks, the Spurs could look to emulate the Thunder's title-winning blueprint

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NBA Finals winners and losers: Every Knicks move looks brilliant, Victor Wembanyama blows golden opportunity

The Knicks are champions for the first time since 1973... but there are more Finals winners and losers than meet the eye

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Curacao can shock Germany on World Cup debut, says Advocaat

Curacao coach Dick Advocaat believes the tiny Caribbean island can "steal some points" from four-time winners Germany on their tournament debut on Sunday."I think we will have to steal some points, but in a legitimate way.

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11 New Pocket Knives, Multi-Tools and EDC Items You Might Have Missed

One of Blade Show’s biggest winners headlines the week, but it’s hardly the only standout in the latest crop of cutting-edge releases.

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Minerva Homecoming 2026 brings parade, entertainment and family events to Municipal Park

The June 10-13 festival at Municipal Park included entertainment, food, family activities and parade award winners.

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Jun 13 • 8:37 AM EDT • Entertainment • yourohionews.com
In Retrospect: Poland, Russia, Europe

In April I spent a few days with Zryw, a Polish non-profit organization that recruits young people to enter politics and public life. Their aim is to build a new generation of civic leaders in Poland. I’ve followed their evolution from the beginning; my son is one of the founders. (“Zryw” means “impulse” or “burst of speed” in Polish). Julie Chmielewska, one of Zryw’s leaders, interviewed me at the event. Here is the conversation, lightly edited for grammar and context: Julia Chmielewska: Assuming that culture shapes institutions, could we conclude that some cultures are more prone to authoritarianism? Anne Applebaum: I don’t think so. Every culture, every nation, and every country has the potential for change. When we look at history, we can see that nations do change. Poland has changed, for example, from the 1980s to today. There’s a completely different mentality here than the one I encountered when I first visited, in 1988. The current generation sees the world through a different frame. So no, I don’t believe that certain nations are doomed to authoritarianism, or to anything. Of course, there are political and cultural traditions, but they can always be challenged. JC: So do you think there’s something intrinsic in human nature that pushes people to democracy, freedom? AA: I think there is something in human nature, a deep instinct, that pushes people towards freedom, yes. People who live in authoritarian countries – and I’ve heard this from them over and over again – sooner or later find themselves angered by a feeling of helplessness. They can see the unfairness of crooked courts, irrational political decisions. They naturally dislike the fact that somebody has all the power while they have none. In those circumstances, people who have no political background at all sometimes are politicized just by that frustration. I’m thinking of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, for example, who was a Belarusian housewife, until the circumstances of her husband’s arrest forced her to become a politician. I met a woman who is a Uyghur from China, and who had come to live in Turkey. After several of her family members were arrested, she too was propelled into a political role. These kinds of experiences make people interested in democracy or political reform, even if they thought they didn’t care. I also think that the opposite is true: some people instinctively prefer homogeneity, order, hierarchy. They don’t like the confrontation of opinions or the noise of debate, and they lean towards a single leader or a unified regime. I think that most of modern history is shaped by the clash between those two different sides of human nature. JC: Which force do you find more powerful today? AA: I think they both have a lot of power and there’s no way of predicting who wins. Even in countries that seem very shut off or stuck in an authoritarian system can change. We’ve seen that happen. And vice versa, I think democracies can also begin to fail and slide into authoritarianism. So it’s very important not to be complacent in either direction. JC: I want to go into your history and your experiences. You’ve lived in Russia during a time of incredible change in the late 80s, and then you came back to do research in post-Soviet Russia. AA: I was a student in Russia just before the collapse of the Soviet Union. I then traveled and worked there extensively in the 1990s, and I met people who really were full of hope. They hoped that Russia could become a democracy, or at least a place that guaranteed freedom of speech, freedom of the press. These weren’t ideas that came from Washington. Although now the narrative in the Kremlin is different, I met many people who were working towards exactly that kind of transformation. A friend of mine ran a series of seminars – once a year, and then later several times a year, in cities all over Russia – designed to get people to discuss politics in new ways. She invited young politicians and journalists, as well as foreigners. I went to many of them, in Moscow as well as Volgograd and Novosibirsk. Over two decades, hundreds of people came to these seminars, and all of them wanted Russia to be different. I remain convinced that many Russians still want Russia to be different. It’s just that the old system, in the form of Putin, a representative of that system, returned. The KGB reimposed their power. And this wasn’t because of something to do with culture, this was to do with money and politics, and who was in charge. JC: You’ve partially answered my question... I wanted to ask whether that excitement of the 1990s was an exception from the Russian historical norm which has been rather authoritarian? AA: Of course, if you look at the history of Russia since the 18th century, there have always been liberal groups, reformers and revolutionaries. There were the Decembrists, in the early 19th century, and the rural populists later on, who tried to organize the peasantry. A significant group of liberal Russians appeared at the turn of the 20th century, people like the father of the writer Vladimir Nabokov, who was a Russian politician before the revolution. These groups were small in number, but sometimes had a broader significance. The Russian dissident movement in the 1950s and 1960s actually invented the modern human rights movement. It was their idea to hold the leaders of the Soviet Union accountable for the language they used, to remind them of the treaties they had signed and the promised they had made. They created the Helsinki group, for example, that held Soviet leadership to the language of the Helsinki Treaty, which formally ended the Second World War and which contained guarantees of human rights, at least on paper. That idea spread to Eastern Europe, and similar tactics were used here in Poland. (Benjamin Nathans recently wrote a great book about the Soviet dissidents, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause) JC: But seemingly, even if they do ever get power, they could never hold on to it. AA: We don’t know, because they have never really had power. But in any case, we also don’t know what will happen in the future. There is no reason to assume that Russia will forever be condemned to totalitarianism. Even during the first fifteen years of Putin’s regime there was some form of democratic politics. Only when the full-scale war began did he bring everything to an end: he shut down all remaining independent organizations and killed his most important opponent, Alexi Navalny. But does that mean he is popular, that he enjoys legitimacy? Even now, we don’t really know what Russians think about him, or about the war. There is no way of doing real polling in Russia because nobody will answer an independent pollster over the phone. JC: Do you think that the flock of young people, especially young men, who fled Russia after the start of the war represent a continuation of liberal movements that refuse to partake in the authoritarian state, or do you think they are moving for the sake of self-preservation – “I don’t want to go to the army, so I leave”? AA: I’m sure it’s both. I actually know many people who left Russia for political reasons either in the very last years before the war, or else just after the war began. JC: And do you see a change in the young generation versus the old one that have fled? AA: It’s hard for me to say because the people who I know were mostly already politicized. I do know some younger people who left, but most of them were already either active in the opposition, or working as journalists. Many of them very self-consciously think of themselves as maintaining Russian culture abroad, just as in the 20th century the Soviet dissidents or the anti-communist White Russians once thought of themselves as people who maintained the true Russian culture, outside of Bolshevik Russia. JC: Let’s move on to Poland. One of your first experiences with Poland was reporting on Margaret Thatcher’s first state visit, in the autumn of 1988. You followed her around the farmers’ market. AA: She was making a symbolic gesture. She wanted to welcome free markets, but the only one she could really visit was the farmers’ market at Hala Mirowska. JC: And I want to talk about this area because today you can look out of any window in that district, Mirów, and see rows and rows of skyscrapers. How does it feel to see a country built from the ground in such a short time, both politically and economically? AA: You know, when you’re living in a period of dramatic change, it’s always hard to know whether the change is positive or negative. The transformation in Poland created winners and losers, as well as new classes of people, new political movements of different kinds. At the time, it sometimes just felt like turbulence. Now, we can look back at the 1990s and early 2000s in Poland and see in retrospect that the country was headed in towards prosperity and European integration. In around 2009 or 2010, I remember speaking to a woman who worked cleaning government offices, and who asked me if her daughter should study in Amsterdam or in London. This seemed to me to be a real transformation, and it happened very fast: within a few years, Poles stopped feeling like second-class Europeans, and a generation of younger Poles appeared who had no qualms about crossing borders. JC: We again live in turbulent times. Do you think we’re heading towards positive outcomes? AA: I can’t make predictions, because everything that happens tomorrow depends on what people do today. Also, history doesn’t have a trajectory. It doesn’t move in a particular direction. You only think it does afterwards. As I said, you can look afterwards at Poland in the 1990s and you could say this was a period of great progress. But not everybody at the time saw that. Sometimes people are very wrong about a given country’s trajectory. I remember people writing about Ukraine in the 1990s, about how dangerous it was that Ukraine was independent, that this was going to be an anti-semitic state, that Ukrainian nationalism was going to come back... and although you can say many bad things about Ukraine, the country made many bad choices, actually it became a pretty tolerant state which now has a Jewish president and until recently a Muslim defense minister. JC: In the 1990s Poland’s and Ukraine’s GDP were roughly similar. Ukraine was even a bit richer. So the starting point was similar for both of these countries, but they’ve turned out very, very differently. Even if we stop in 2014. Why do you think Ukraine “chose East”? Was it external influence? AA: No, I think Ukraine was in a different position. First of all, central and eastern Ukraine had been part of the Soviet Union since the 1920s, and had therefore experienced a longer period of occupation, repression, Sovietization and even Russification. Ukraine did not have, as Poland did, an alternative elite: a large cadre of economists and politicians, who already had some experience in opposition politics and in independent thinking. In Poland, the transformative finance minister, Leszek Balcerowicz, had already thought about how an economy might be decentralized before he took office. We can argue about how successful he was, but at least he was prepared to try something new. In Ukraine, people weren’t prepared. For one, there hadn’t been much space even for an illegal opposition in the previous couple of decades. Ukraine was also in many ways still emerging from colonial occupation. For the previous couple of centuries, many of the most capable Ukrainians had moved to Russia, and the first generation of leaders in independent Ukraine tended to be former Soviet apparatchiks. They didn’t immediately seek to become closer to western Europe. Instead, they looked for some kind of economic and political “third way” and an accomodation with Russia. Ukraine became stuck in this position, half-in, half-out and became pretty profoundly corrupt. JC: The Polish alternative elite had a vision of where they wanted the country to go. I think the general perception now is that this vision ends with the next election, right? Is this a natural process of gaining power? AA: Their vision, and it was shared by the time by politicians who now call themselves both left and right, was that Poland should join the EU and NATO, as fast as possible. My husband (Radek Sikorski) was in the very first government that said it wanted to join NATO. At the time this was taken very badly in Washington: the demand for NATO membership absolutely came from Poland, not from the US. But even then, in the early 1990s, many Poles already understood that the Russian sphere of influence would grow once again, that it was important to become part of the transatlantic alliance and an integrated Europe as fast as possible: NATO, the EU, the Council of Europe, all of the trading and security alliances. That consensus lasted through several different governments and over many years, even governments containing former communists. For twenty years, right, left and center disagreed about many things, but they all agreed on the direction that the country should go. In retrospect, that consensus created the basis for prosperity in Poland. JC: And regarding the Polish-Ukrainian relations. We know that antagonisms, e.g. the myth of Wołyń [a massacre of Poles that took place in what is now Western Ukraine, in 1943] are increasingly used in Polish political discourse today. In Ukraine, nationalist historians make heroes out of UPA, the Ukrainian revolutionary army, which is held responsible for this tragedy. Where do you see a start for burying the hatchet? Is the reconciliation of our nations possible? AA: So here’s a strange thing: For more than a decade after they both gained independence, Poland and Ukraine participated in a number of projects that were designed to solve exactly these kinds of Polish-Ukrainian differences. Books were published that were jointly written by Polish and Ukrainian historians, monuments were built. These projects were successful: If you’d asked me this question in 2010, I would have said that there are no real historical issues between Poland and Ukraine, that the two countries had mostly reconciled. For a number of reasons, this began to shift. In Poland, children and grandchildren of victims of the Wołyń massacre felt their tragedy hadn’t been fully recognized. In Ukraine, nationalist groups wanted the UPA partisans who had fought against the Soviet Union recognized for their heroism, despite the fact that some in this broad and not well-defined group were also linked to Wołyń. In both eastern Poland and western Ukraine, the memory of the ethnic cleansing that took place there in the late 1940s - Poles were moved West, Ukrainians East - to accomodate new borders has left feelings of displacement and bitterness. The wave of Ukrainian immigration, which started before the war, may have provoked some of this. But don’t underestimate the role played by Russia, which has always wanted to create discord between Poland and Ukraine, and pumps out propaganda to that effect in both countries. Vandalism on both sides of the border, damage done to cemeteries and monuments, is sometimes carried out by provacateurs working for Russia, just to create bad feelings. The Polish-Ukrainian conflict also hides a different reality: although there are real grievances and bad memories, the truth is that the biggest tragedies both nations experienced in the twentieth century were inflicted by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. That should unite these two countries, not divide them. JC: This week (19.04.2026 – Ed.) in Hungary we saw that using historical narratives to create grievance has no longer worked. Are you optimistic about the direction after Orban’s loss? AA: The Hungarian election was really important because it shows that people can actually resist powerful, dominant propaganda. The ruling party Fidesz controlled all of the TV, 90% of the newspapers, the constitutional court, the bureaucracy... and yet people had the nerve to vote against it and resist it. It’s also an important election because Hungary created a huge network of well-funded think tanks and foundations that were funding other far right groups and projects. So that loss is going to have a knock-on effect in other places too, maybe even in Poland. JC: What you’ve said about resisting propaganda reminds me of one of the interviews you did about talking to Russians in the post-Soviet era who claimed that people knew that the system was lying. Why do people choose to believe in these regimes anyway? AA: Because it’s useful. Stephen Kotkin, an American historian, once described how people would learn how to “speak Bolshevik”: It was just a language that you needed to use in order to get by in society. If you didn’t talk the way the regime wanted you to talk, then you might have problems, or lose your job, or your kids would not get into university. It was a way of getting along. Communist Poland was similar, at least in the early years. When I was writing a book about the Sovietization of Eastern Europe after World War II, I met a lot of people who wanted to talk a lot about the war, when many of them had done really heroic things. But almost nobody wanted to talk about the decade afterwards, between 1945 and 1956. This was when you had the short period of terror, violence and Polish Stalinism. To stay safe, people felt the need to just go along with what others were saying, or stay out of politics, or use communist jargon without necessarily believing it. I don’t judge them for it, and I wouldn’t describe all of those people as collaborators. It’s easy to feel moral certainty in retrospect, because we know that communism ended. But if you were living in 1949, it might not have been clear to you that communism was going to end. In very repressive societies, maybe about 10% of people who are really evil – collaborators, torturers. Maybe 10% of people are really brave and who find ways to resist. And then around 80% of people have kids, they have parents, they have to have jobs and they’ve had to get through it somehow. Strange though it may sound, I’ve found that the work I did on that book is now very useful in explaining some of what’s going on in the United States today. There are plenty of members of the Republican Party in Congress who know perfectly well that Donald Trump says many things that aren’t true. But they avoid criticizing him because it’s inconvenient, because they would get in trouble, because someone would attack them on the internet. So actually you don’t even need mass terror to get people to conform. JC: Is Gen Z reinventing agency? AA: We’ll see. In any generation you can find groups of people who want agency. If you live in a society that’s unfair, for example where a tiny number of people have captured most of the wealth, then at a certain point people rebel. This is always easier for younger people, who have you have less to lose. The question now is how the internet will affect the relationships between citizens and the state, and how it will change organizations. The “Twitter revolutions” people spoke about as early as 2008-9, mass protests organized online, have often proved to be very superficial. Although you can easily join something just by clicking, the work of creating a real movement requires physical participation. Successful mass movements of the past, for example the Civil Rights movement in the United States, were built by people who had spent many years together. They had participated in non-violent workshops together. They practiced and prepared. Just using the you can get everybody to show up at a certain moment, but then when the protest is broken up, nothing happens. It’s also true that the repressive regimes have more recently learned how to use the internet to undermine leaders and movements. Most of all, they now understand how to make people cynical. The form of propaganda that most modern authoritarians use - and I think the Russians really pioneered this - deploys sneering cynicism. Instead of praising the rulers, the regime propagandists mock the opposition movement leadership for being supposedly corrupt or sexually degenerate, with the goal of undermining any kind of idealism. JC: MAGA grew on the internet? AA: MAGA is a real grassroots movement. They had symbols, red hats, they showed up at rallies. But you’re right that the cynicism, the sarcasm and the distrust that the movement embodies came originally from the internet, and this is different. Fifty years ago, most European political parties had a social base in real organizations, in trade unions for Social Democrats, in church groups for Christian Democrats. As people stopped going to church and as the trade unions became smaller, the social base of these parties disappeared. Now people who wouldn’t have known one another in the past meet on the internet and create new movements, many of which don’t last. JC: Is history ending? Going in stale circles? AA: History never ends. In truth, human beings want contradictory things at the same time: order and freedom, stability and change. These things are never resolved, and when a society swings too far in one direction, people always push it the other way. But each time that happens, the result is different. Certainly it is true that we are now in a period when old philosophers and ideas from the 1930s are undergoing a revival. Carl Schmitt, who was a philosopher who was very influential on the Nazis, is back as an influence on both the far left and the far right, once again inspiring people to think that all politics has to be existential, that all politics is about defining and defeating enemies. In the US, some are also bringing back dominionism, the idea that we need a Christian and not a secular state. It’s also true that we are living through a more fundamental shift. The old left-right divide, which was mostly about the size of the state, is much less important now. Instead, we are arguing about more fundamental things: what are our rights, what protects our freedom. Or how much power do we want to give small elites, versus how much power to give ordinary people. In America a small group of very wealthy people now control information, because they control the social media platforms and AI, which means they determine what people will read and learn. Finding a way to preserve preserve zones of autonomy and independent thinking, this is going to be the main task for the next generation. JC: What is the one book that a person interested in Central Europe should read? AA: You could read my book “Iron Curtain: the Crushing of Eastern Europe” which tells the story of how the Soviet Union imposed its culture on the region. Or read Tim Snyder’s history of the region, “The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999.” And everyone should read “The Captive Mind” by Czesław Miłosz, which describes exactly the phenomenon we were talking about: why do people collaborate? I joined Scott Galloway and the brilliant Fiona Hill in a discussion about the wars in Ukraine and Iran, the future of global power, and what these conflicts reveal about America's role in the world. Scott told us that this was the 400th edition of his podcast, which is quite a number: My friend Francesco Chiamulera runs a brilliant series of literary events, Una Colline di Libri, A Hill of Books, in the Prosecco Hills, a region of vineyards and elegant hill towns in the Veneto, north of Venice. We did an event in Vittorio Veneto and also drove and biked around the countryside. Buy Autocracy Inc Buy Iron Curtain Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

The multiple Grammy-winner muses tunefully on love’s ups and downs, while Peter Mullan stars as a local historian in a new comedy drama

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After Game 4 miracle, Knicks return to '0-0 mindset' on verge of winning historic NBA Finals
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What Genres and Streamers Won 2025? And Who Lost? Plus Six Strategy Thoughts

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Okay, time for the tenth and final article in my ten-part series recapping 2025. As I wrote two articles ago, my barometer for whether these articles are worth writing/publishing is whether they yield strategic insights, and once again, every subsection in this article has a strategic takeaway (or two). Honestly, these are the most important takeaways, since I step back and look holistically at the streaming wars in 2025. After I declare which streamers won and lost the year and which genres won and lost the year, I have six bonus thoughts. If you’d like to review the whole series... You can find the film flops here and here. You can find the TV shows flops here and here. You can find the top films here. You can find the top TV shows here, here and here. Then I declared my winners and losers in various categories here. You can find my 2024 recaps here. You can find the 2023 recaps here and here. And my 2022, 2021 and 2020 are all stored here. Yeah, it’s halfway through the year, and I’m just finishing this series up now. This year, I tried to space things out to not clog up my writing calendar, plus I had to wait for Fallout to (finally) drop off the charts. Well, that ended up pushing this series wayyyyy too far back on the calendar. Oh well. Next year, the goal will be to finish this series in March, but frankly, I just need more staff to make that happen. So please subscribe. Or, if you’re an advertiser (movie studio, FYC firm, or other), please reach out. Subscribe Streamer of the Year: Netflix Honorable Mention: Paramount (and CBS) So, just last week, I wrote about how Netflix has lost seven of its top twelve scripted shows in the last year. And I shared two very dour looks at Netflix’s potential slowdown this year and last. Guess what? They’re still the number one streamer in America. In 2025, they dominated new streaming shows (even if most of those new hit shows aren’t coming back for future seasons), they had the two biggest films, and they had the top returning TV show by a mile. The world is complicated, nuanced and messy. There may be warning signs of a future Netflix slowdown, but in 2025, Netflix was still the number one streamer. Note what I didn’t say? That Netflix has “won” the streaming wars, because obviously the streaming wars are still ongoing and, more importantly, YouTube is still growing—so now YouTube has “won” the streaming wars?—while Netflix’s share of TV consumption has stalled out. Avoid simplistic talking points, especially if they’re constantly repeated and could fit on a bumper sticker. I had trouble picking the second-place streamer this year, because all of the candidates for second place—Prime Video, HBO Max, and Paramount+—had some hits, but no one stood out. Then I saw this update from Nielsen on the top shows on TV in the 2025-206 season. Sure enough, Netflix had five of the top ten shows! And they had ten of the top 31 shows and fifteen of the top fifty. But CBS/Paramount+ actually had more shows in the top thirty and the top fifty. Paramount+/CBS had twelve of the top thirty shows and nineteen of the top fifty. Let me emphasize that: CBS/Paramount+ had more top shows in the 2025-2026 season than Netflix. And this look was just for TV shows, not live sports, an arena Netflix barely plays in. Meanwhile, Paramount-Skydance’s market cap is a fraction of Netflix’s. That’s weird, right? Streaming Loser of the Year, TV… We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… ...what streamer lost the year in TV... …whether Netflix could win the title for “film” streamer too… …who won the Disney vs Warner Bros. battle for theaters… ...what TV genres won and lost the year... ...what film genres won and lost the year... ...what film genre people think is thriving on streaming but isn’t… …why F-BOSSS TV shows don’t hold the same sway in the 2020s… …what it means to “flop” as a film on streaming… …UK shows underperforming on streaming… And a lot more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you’d like to read more about why you should subscribe, please read this article about the Streaming Ratings Report, why it matters, why you need it, and why we cover streaming ratings best.

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Opinion | Meet the Political Bosses Who Brought You Graham Platner

The Democratic Party’s New Establishment is less interested in winning than in remaking the party.

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Hillsborough's Accidental Baker grows from home kitchen to award-winning cracker company

The Accidental Baker produces artisan flatbread crackers out of Hillsborough.

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Jun 12 • 3:32 PM EDT • Business • abc11.com
Spencer Pratt Concedes Defeat in Los Angeles Mayoral Race

Spencer Pratt conceded that he will not be L.A.'s next mayor in a video taunting the winning candidates.

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William Floyd High School Science Students Win Second Consecutive LI Water Quality Challenge

For the second consecutive year, a team of William Floyd High School science students under the direction of Christopher Orlando were selected as winners in the Long Island Regional Planning Council’s (LIRPC) annual Long Island Water Quality Challenge. The team received a $2,500 grant to implement its proposal at the school, and earned WFHS the recognition of being the first school to earn back-to-back victories in the competition!

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Jun 12 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • wfsd.k12.ny.us
‘Winning at all costs:’ Trump wraps himself in UFC’s bareknuckle image

UFC Freedom 250 marks the culmination of a decades-long relationship between a president and a sport which harnessed bravado to reach the White House.

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Dak Prescott: Quarterbacks are judged by winning that last game

Dak Prescott and Tony Romo own all of the Cowboys' major passing records.

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Jun 11 • 10:17 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsports.com
Diamondbacks fans demand accountability after sweep by Marlins

PHOENIX — After winning four series against the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants before the end of May, Arizona Diamondbacks fans hoped the momentum would carry into June. Unfortunately, the opposite happened, and now they’re demanding accountability.

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Jun 11 • 6:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Sportswashed: FIFA's long love affair with authoritarians

Political scientist and ex–soccer pro Jules Boykoff on how Trump—like Putin before him—is the World Cup's biggest winner.

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Jun 11 • 5:11 PM EDT • Politics • motherjones.com
Sean Payton signs new five-year contract, remains with Broncos through 2030 season

After leading Denver to a 14-3 record and an AFC Championship Game appearance, the Super Bowl-winning coach is locked in long term

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Jun 11 • 1:31 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

Three MIT students and an incoming graduate student have won 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships. The fellowships in applied sciences, engineering, and mathematics recognize doctoral students who are pursuing solutions to the most pressing challenges in science and technology.

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Jun 11 • 1:30 PM EDT • Science • news.mit.edu
Jennifer Lopez reveals this Oscar-winning movie is her 'worst type of film': 'I didn't enjoy it'

Jennifer Lopez is revealing the Oscar-winning movie that she really did not enjoy: 'It's not why I go to the movies.'

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Jun 11 • 1:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Whoopi Goldberg collapses live on “The View ”in shock over Knicks game

The EGOT-winning actress displayed her latest feat of feigned unconsciousness at the Hot Topics table.

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Juliano Valdi takes us behind-the-scenes of Michael Jackson biopic (exclusive)

'Michael' star Juliano Krue Valdi is sharing happy memories from the set of the Michael Jackson biopic, including hilarious moments with costar Colman Domingo and winning $50 in a bet with director Antoine Fuqua.

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Senate map tightens as top forecaster moves 3 races toward Democrats

Sabato's Crystal Ball shifts three Senate races toward Democrats, saying they have a clearer path to winning the majority in the midterm elections.

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Jun 11 • 10:35 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
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Who Should the Orioles Target in the 2026 MLB Draft?

The air is getting cleaner, birds are chirping, and the sun is shining brightly. We’re officially nearing the middle of the baseball season as the summer months come in. The Baltimore Orioles are back to their winning ways and are closing in on .500 with a record of 31-36. But before we talk about the […] The post Who Should the Orioles Target in the 2026 MLB Draft? appeared first on The Lead.

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Jun 11 • 10:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Knicks fans at JFK Airport go wild as New York completes largest comeback in NBA Finals history

The Knicks pulled off the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, winning 107-106, and the best watch party happened at JFK Airport's Terminal 8.

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Jun 11 • 9:53 AM EDT • Sports • foxnews.com
How Vancouver is winning over small businesses

New funding, partnerships and city support are making the once-sleepy suburb more attractive.

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Five things to know about women and sport

Women's sports are on a winning streak, reaching new heights and shattering records. From the 2024 Olympics achieving gender parity to the growing audience for women's sports, there is much to celebrate and explore. Yet many gender gaps remain. Here are five key things to know about women and sport:

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Democrats keep Proposition 50 promise alive through primary

California Democrats are bullish about winning in all five Congressional districts they targeted to flip after Proposition 50. Experts said the results of last week's primary election show signs of danger for Republicans.

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From neon mosquitoes to winged migrations, top images captured by scientists

Five winning images from a photo contest show scientists at work and capture the wonder of research and discovery.

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OG Anunoby saves Knicks with game-winning tip-in, huge block in historic Finals comeback: 'It feels cool'
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Bulletin Board: Greenfield Garden Cinema outlasts Pipione’s Sports Shop in GGSL action

Greenfield Garden Cinema jumped ahead in the second inning in a 25-16 win over Pipione’s Sports Shop in GGSL action at Murphy Park on Wednesday Night. Greenfield Garden Cinema did not allow a run in the second, pulling ahead 10-5 after the second frame of Ponytail play. Makenna Ward was the winning pitcher in the […]

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Yet more layoffs reported at Ubisoft, this time in San Francisco

On the same day as Ubisoft announced it was closing its studios in Winnipeg and Belgrade and proposing further changes …

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Winston Marshall: UK politicians ‘won’t do anything’ to stop violence

WARNING: Graphic content — Grammy-winning musician Winston Marshall discusses a Sudanese migrant accused in the stabbing of a Belfast man in Northern Ireland on ‘The Will Cain Show.’

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Travis Kelce's Popularity Takes Major Hit Before 2026 NFL Season

Travis Kelce was among the 10 or so most popular players in the NFL in both 2023 and 2024. The three-time Super Bowl-winning tight end had the fourth-most popular NFL jersey in '23 and the 11th-most popular NFL jersey in '24, according to the NFL Players' Association's end-of-year lists. But ...

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Ubisoft Faces New Studio Closures And Mass Layoffs

Ubisoft Winnipeg is one of the offices that's shutting down

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Ubisoft closing studios in Winnipeg and Belgrade and cutting publishing roles worldwide, 380 jobs at risk

Latest round of cuts includes refocusing Barcelona studio on Rainbow Six, with an unknown number of roles affected

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Ubisoft cutting jobs and shutting Winnipeg and Belgrade studios

The French publisher could eliminate up to 380 roles.

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Biobehavioral health researcher earns Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research

Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute has announced Mohanraj Krishnan as the recipient of the 2026 Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research made possible by an endowment created by Penn State Professor Emeritus Thomas Lloyd, who served on the College of Medicine faculty for 46 years.

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Business Restructuring Review Vol. 25 No. 3 May-June 2026

In This Issue Texas Bankruptcy Court Adopts Barnet Rule Requiring Foreign Debtor to Have U.S. Assets to Be Eligible for Chapter 15 Relief In In re Siu-Fung Ceramics Holdings Limited, No. 24-33299, 2026 WL 382424 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Feb. 10, 2026), the court denied petitions for chapter 15 recognition of Hong Kong bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings commenced on behalf of an individual debtor and a group of companies that he owned or controlled. According to the court: (i) the corporate debtors' Hong Kong liquidation proceeding was not eligible for chapter 15 recognition because the attorney retainer upon which such relief was based was not funded until nine months after the chapter 15 petition date; and (ii) the individual debtor's Hong Kong bankruptcy case could not be recognized because the debtor's "center of main interests" on the chapter 15 petition date was not in Hong Kong, and he did not even maintain an "establishment" there. [read more …] Southern District of Texas Clarifies Post-Purdue Course for Consensual Third-Party Releases and Gatekeeping Provisions In In re Container Store Group, Inc., 676 B.R. 356 (S.D. Tex. 2026), appeal filed, No. 26-20166 (5th Cir. Apr. 14, 2026), cross appeal filed, No. 26-20166 (5th Cir. Apr. 24, 2026), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas addressed consensual third-party releases and gatekeeping provisions in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. 204 (2024). Consistent with existing Fifth Circuit precedent, the court confirmed that, in appropriate circumstances, consent for third-party releases may be obtained through a creditor's failure to opt out of granting that consent. But, the court ruled, consent through an opt-out mechanism essentially can never be inferred for creditor classes that stand to receive no recovery under a chapter 11 plan and that are deemed to reject the plan by operation of applicable bankruptcy law. Instead, those classes must affirmatively opt in to any release. The court also narrowed and remanded the bankruptcy court's acceptance of a broad gatekeeping provision, ruling that such provisions must correspond to the restrictions established by Fifth Circuit precedent. [read more …] Delaware Bankruptcy Court: Initial Transferee Need Not Be Defendant in Fraudulent Transfer Avoidance and Recovery Litigation The Bankruptcy Code gives a bankruptcy trustee the power to avoid asset transfers that are either made with the intent to defraud creditors or that are "constructively" fraudulent because an insolvent debtor did not receive adequate value in exchange. The Bankruptcy Code also permits recovery of an avoided transfer from not only the initial recipient, but also from subsequent transferees. Courts disagree over whether a transfer must actually be avoided before the trustee can seek recovery from a subsequent transferee and whether the initial transferee must also be a defendant in the recovery litigation against a subsequent transferee. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware weighed in on this debate in Phillips v. SS Associates LLC (In re ONH AFC CS Investors, LLC), No. 23-10931 (CTG), 2026 WL 312892 (Bankr. D. Del. Feb. 4, 2026). The court adopted the majority view, ruling that the initial transferee need not be a defendant in avoidance and recovery litigation against a subsequent transferee, but that the trustee must establish the elements necessary to avoid the initial transfer as part of the recovery litigation. [read more …] New York Bankruptcy Court Weighs In on Adequate Assurance of Future Performance under Assigned Leases and Chapter 11 Plan Exculpation Provisions In order to assume and assign an executory contract or unexpired lease, a bankruptcy trustee must cure most defaults under the agreement and provide "adequate assurance" of the assignee's future performance. However, the Bankruptcy Code provides no guidance as to the meaning of "adequate assurance" other than with respect to shopping center leases. In In re Broadway Realty I Co. LLC, No. 25-11050, 2026 WL 147505 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Jan. 19, 2026), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York examined this issue in connection with a proposed assignment of thousands of residential leases as part of a free-and-clear sale of debtors' properties. The court held that "adequate assurance" does not mean a guarantee of the assignee's future performance, but merely demonstration that the assignee has the ability to satisfy the underlying obligations. The bankruptcy court also ruled that an exculpation provision in the debtors' chapter 11 plan exonerating non-estate fiduciaries from liability for actions taken in connection with the chapter 11 case was unobjectionable, provided it was limited in scope to postpetition conduct and actions taken in connection with implementation of the plan after its effective date. [read more …] Newsworthy Corinne Ball (New York) (Hall of Fame), Bruce Bennett (Los Angeles), Carl E. Black (Cleveland), Jeffrey B. Ellman (Atlanta), Brad B. Erens (Chicago), Gregory M. Gordon (Dallas), Heather Lennox (Cleveland/New York), Joshua M. Mester (Los Angeles), and Kevyn D. Orr (Washington) were included in the 2026 edition of Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers. The Daily Business Review selected Isel M. Perez (Miami) as an "On the Rise" winner for the Florida Legal Awards. The Florida Legal Awards annually recognize those who have made significant contributions to the legal industry in Florida. Dan T. Moss (Washington/New York) was inducted as a Fellow in the 37th Class of the American College of Bankruptcy at its Annual Meeting in March 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. Christine Borries (Munich) was ranked in the practice area Restructuring/Insolvency in the 2026 edition of Chambers Germany. The 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in Singapore™ recognized Sushma Jobanputra (Singapore) in the practice area Insolvency & Reorganization. The restructuring transaction involving Eissmann Automotive North America, Inc. received the "2025 Turnaround of the Year (Large Company)" at the Turnaround Management Association (Detroit) Annual Awards Reception. T. Daniel Reynolds (Cleveland) and Nick Buchta (Cleveland) represented subsidiaries of Eissmann Group Automotive in connection with the parent company's German insolvency proceedings. Roger Dobson (Sydney) is among 40 Jones Day lawyers recognized by The Best Lawyers in Australia 2027 for his contributions in Banking and Finance Law; Distressed Investing & Debt Trading; Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation. An article written by Corinne Ball (New York) titled "Ard Finance—A Global Enterprise Combining an LME With a Foreign Insolvency Proceeding and Chapter 15" was published in the April 21, 2026, edition of the New York Law Journal. An article written by Alex Sapp (New York) titled "Recent Developments in Section 510—Subordination" was published in the 2025 edition of the Norton Annual Survey on Bankruptcy Law. An article written by Brad B. Erens (Chicago) titled "New York Bankruptcy Court Approves Insider DIP Litigation Financing" was published on April 6, 2026, by Lexis Practical Guidance. An article written by Corinne Ball (New York), Dan T. Moss (Washington/New York), David S. Torborg (Washington), and Isel M. Perez (Miami) titled "New York District Court Affirms Narrow Scope of 'Public Policy Exception' in Chapter 15 Cases" was published on April 6, 2026, by Lexis Practical Guidance. An article written by Jeffrey B. Ellman (Atlanta) titled "Statutory Cap on Lease Rejection Damage Claims in Bankruptcy Applies to Solvent Debtors" was published on April 6, 2026, by Lexis Practical Guidance. An article written by Trisha L. Mowbray (Real Estate; Chicago) and Ryan Sims (Washington) titled "Chapter 11 Plan that Abridged Non-Debtor Lessee's Rights to Remain in Possession After Rejection Unconfirmable as Having Been Proposed in Bad Faith" was published on April 6, 2026, by Lexis Practical Guidance. Lawyer Spotlight: Ben Rosenblum Ben Rosenblum, a partner in the New York Office, represents debtors, creditors, and other parties in out-of-court restructurings and court-supervised proceedings, including chapter 11 cases, municipal bankruptcies, international insolvency matters, and stockbroker liquidations. His experience spans industries such as manufacturing, shipping, mining, aviation, energy, real estate, and telecommunications. Ben's notable debtor representations include Peabody Energy, the City of Detroit, Chrysler LLC, Spansion Japan, and Dana Corporation. Significant creditor representations include General Maritime Corporation, Calpine Corporation, American Home Mortgage, and Murray Energy. He currently represents creditors in Puerto Rico's restructuring. He also has extensive experience advising financial institutions on bankruptcy law as applied to derivatives.

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Sibel Health Receives EU MDR Class IIb CE Mark for ANNE® One: The First Wireless Wearable Patient Monitoring Platform Certified to Key Interoperability Standards

/PRNewswire/ -- Sibel Health Inc., an award-winning medical technology company, today announced that its ANNE® One system has received CE Mark certification...

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Ferris seniors place second in world in environmental science competition for research on smoke and agriculture

Sitting at the awards ceremony for the largest international high school science fair in the world this May, Ferris High School students Teddy Osborne and Anders Thogerson were a bit disappointed as the judge read off the fourth-place winners for projects in environmental science.

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Bleecker Street, LD Entertainment acquire Anton Corbijn’s ‘A ...

Oscar winner portrays celebrated novelist Patricia Highsmith in new thriller.

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Republicans try to extend winning streak in South Carolina as Graham seeks fifth term

Democrats in both gubernatorial and Senate primaries have criticized what they see as failures of South Carolina's GOP-dominated leadership.

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Packers emphasizing communication, strong mindset to finish more games

The Packers are a few months away from the start of the season, but they are using the offseason to build better winning habits.

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Packers emphasizing communication, strong mindset to finish more games

The Packers are a few months away from the start of the season, but they are using the offseason to build better winning habits.

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Is Donald Trump going to Game 4 of the NBA Finals?

After getting booed at Madison Square Garden and overseeing the end of the New York Knicks' historic winning-streak, Donald Trump has revealed whether he plans to attend Games 4 and 5 of the NBA Finals.

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Councilmember Cindy Bass declared herself the winner of a Philly Democratic ward election — and may have violated party rules

In a brief meeting Monday, Bass said she won against her progressive challenger in the 22nd Ward and rejected demands for a roll call to clarify the vote.

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The next hopeful winner in the Bears sweepstakes: Gary airport

Local officials say a Bears stadium in Hammond could help attract new business, private and even commercial air service. Some aviation experts aren't buying it.

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Boise Metro Chamber names finalists for 2026 Small Business and Excellence Awards

The Boise Metro Chamber has announced finalists for its annual Small Business and Chamber Excellence Awards, with winners to be recognized at a luncheon June 23 at Boise Centre East. The event begins with a trade show reception at 11 a.m., followed by the awards program at noon. The ceremony will also include induction of

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'The Amazing Digital Circus' winning streak continues at box office

With a big opening weekend for "The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act," digital-native stories prove they can resonate at the box office — if they're authentic.

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🏆 Y! Sports AM: Spurs bounce back

San Antonio has new life after snapping New York’s historic winning streak.

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From Classroom to Racetrack: How Charlie Baur is Building a Motorsports Career in a Business Discipline

Charlie Baur can trace his racing story back to a Christmas morning in Michigan — the kind that starts with snow on the ground and ends with a throttle in a kid’s hands. “I remember being 3 years old and then for Christmas that year, my parents had gotten me a 120 cc snowmobile,” Baur said. Long before sprint cars, he was a Michigan kid on snowmobiles, dirt bikes, four-wheelers and jet skis — and a regular at car shows and races with his family. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur That early exposure became a calling. At 12, he sat in a sprint car for the first time and knew he’d found the next chapter. He started in quarter midgets, moved to go-karts, and the day before he turned 16 — one day shy of the minimum age required by track insurance — he made his first sprint car start after convincing officials to let him race. Five years later, Baur is still pushing forward, now racing sprint cars on both pavement and dirt while pursuing an automotive business education at Northwood University — with a clear-eyed understanding that motorsports encompasses more than what happens under the lights on Saturday night. “It’s a business,” said Charlie, a 20-year-old who calls Fenton, Michigan, home when he’s not at a racetrack or at Northwood’s residential campus in Midland, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Racing is the product — but preparation is the job To the average fan, race day begins around dinner time. For a team, race day can be a 12-hour shift — plus the work that came before it. And Baur’s racing operation is a family affair. “The team is my parents and myself,” he said, explaining they own the cars, maintain equipment and manage the business side — from sponsor relations to budgeting. On race weekends, the core group includes Baur and his parents (Eric and Stefanie), plus a couple of additional hands (Alex Photiou and Robert Flannigan) who help with the intensity and pace of trackside work. That structure has shaped how he thinks about efficiency and professionalism. “We’ve always kind of had the mentality of we’re never working on the car for maintenance at the track,” he said. “Our goal is to do as little work as possible to the car because it should be ready when that car rolls out of the trailer to go racing.” That mindset shows up in routines: bolt checks, tire procedures, safety equipment and a repeatable process designed to limit errors. “Once I fire the car up and put my helmet on, that’s when it’s go time,” he said. “You can plan as much as possible for how the race is going to play out, but until you take the green flag … you don’t know how it’s going to go.” Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur First-generation driver, student of the game In racing, “first-generation” matters — and Baur wears that label with pride. “A lot of the drivers are third or fourth generation,” he said. “My family has never been in motorsports. So for me, we’ve always looked at it as we’re new to it and we want to be as different as possible. From a marketing standpoint, it helps us stand out.” It also pushes him to seek out mentors — especially veteran drivers who have seen every scenario, solved every problem and won in multiple eras. Baur credits accomplished driver Jason Blonde, a 10-time champion, for becoming his driver coach and helping him develop as a competitor. “To me, learning from Jason helps me because he has had lots of success and knows what to do,” Baur said. “You have to humble yourself and say, ‘I don’t know what to do; can you help me out?’” That willingness to learn extends off the track, too. Baur says one of his biggest challenges is not a mechanical limitation, but credibility. “It’s my age,” he said. “Some people won’t take me seriously because I’m so young. Even though … I do know what we’re talking about and have a general idea.” His answer has been to out-prepare, out-communicate and treat the operation like a real enterprise — because it is. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Northwood’s role: Turning passion into a plan Baur is majoring in automotive aftermarket management and pursuing an accelerated path that pairs undergraduate study with graduate work. He’s also exploring how to align his studies with motorsports-focused coursework as Northwood advances related programs and pathways. He sees the value clearly: motorsports needs business-literate professionals who understand budgets, sponsorship, marketing, operations and long-term strategy — and who can translate between the language of the shop and the language of the boardroom. That’s why his Northwood experience isn’t limited to the classroom. He has been involved with the Northwood University International Auto Show and serves as motorsports chair — a leadership role that demands outreach, contracts, coordination and a steady professional demeanor. “There’s so much outside work that makes the auto show successful that people don’t realize,” he said. “And it is truly student led.” He’s also participated in industry experiences through Northwood at major events such as AAPEX, SEMA and PRI, along with other automotive networking events — opportunities he describes as a fast track to understanding how business really gets done. “You learn a lot in the classroom,” he said. “But if you learn it and you can’t apply it to the real world, it loses its value. Or if you learn it and can apply it, but you don’t know anyone, it is still of no value.” In his words, Northwood helps him win because it “gives me the tools to succeed” — including flexibility and faculty support as he balances travel and racing commitments with academics. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Racing as an ecosystem — and a talent gap waiting to be filled Baur is blunt about what he sees across the motorsports world: a deep bench of experienced professionals, and not enough young talent entering the pipeline. “I go to car shows, I go to these different events, and typically … the average age is between 45 to 55,” he said. “There’s not a lot of young people going into the motorsports world.” That reality reinforces Northwood’s communications focus: positioning motorsports not as a narrow lane, but as a wide ecosystem of business careers — sponsorship, logistics, data, media, leadership, hospitality and innovation — with real demand for prepared graduates. It also shapes how Baur talks to younger students who love racing but aren’t sure what their future looks like. “If you have a passion for motorsports, there’s gonna be a spot for you somewhere,” he said, emphasizing that driving is only one of many career paths — and that local tracks and hands-on experience are often the best first step. But if someone is interested in driving as a career path, it will take a team to make that happen. Baur’s team includes Stahl’s Motors and Music Experience, Rhino Racing, Randy Wise Buick GMC Chevrolet, Western Michigan Fleet Parts, Mother’s Polish, Schaeffer’s Oil, Hepfner Racing Products, Ameriguard Storage Centers, Justice Brothers, Race 1 Wraps, TBM Brakes, Behind Your Design, CharlieBaur.com and Northwood University. “There are so many people who invest not only in myself but in my race team and who believe in us to succeed,” he added. Pictured: Charlie Bauer’s sprint race car. Looking ahead: A headline worth chasing Ask Baur to imagine 2035, and he’ll give you two answers — one dream, one blueprint. “In a perfect world,” he said, “winning the Indy 500.” Realistically, he wants to build a life where business ownership and racing reinforce each other and where he can pay forward the help he has received by mentoring younger drivers, especially those trying to break into motorsports without a family legacy. “When I retire from full-time racing, I want to be able to provide the same opportunities that were presented to myself to the next generation of drivers,” Baur said. “I know how difficult it is to get your foot in the door.” For now, the focus is simple: keep building the operation, keep learning the business, and keep showing up prepared — because in sprint car racing, as in life, process matters. And once the helmet goes on? “It’s go time,” Baur said. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Learn more Students interested in motorsports careers — whether in competition, team operations, marketing, finance, sponsorship, data, or management — can explore opportunities through Northwood University’s Center for Automotive and Mobility Studies. For Charlie Baur’s latest motorsports adventures, follow Charlie_Baur and Charlie Baur Racing on social media. To learn more about Northwood’s Bachelor of Business Administration in Automotive and Mobility Studies and motorsports management concentration, visit www.northwood.edu/programs/automotive-mobility-studies/. Photo courtesy of Charlie Baur Pictured: Charlie Baur at Butler Motor Speedway on May 31, 2026. Share this page

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Annual Improvement Excellence Awards Recognizes Collaboration and Innovation

Winners of the 2026 UC San Diego Health Improvement Excellence Awards — including the grand prize for improved patient access through AI-enhanced tools.

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Award-Winning Airlines: World’s Best Business Class Is Getting Better

Qatar Airways is routinely rated the World's Best Airline with the World's Best Business Class, and they deserve it, but it is about to get even better.

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South Carolina Republicans try to extend winning streak as Sen. Lindsey Graham seeks fifth term

South Carolina voters are narrowing down candidates in key races for governor and U.S. Senate

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North Carolina nut butter company grows from love story into award-winning business

"We really bonded over our love of food and cooking and how food brings people together."

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Can Judge-less Yanks survive?

On deck Tonight: Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m. Pitchers: Dodgers LHP Eric Lauer (2-5) vs. Pirates RHP Paul Skenes (6-5) TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh Radio: HANK-FM 96.1 The reigning MVP and Cy Young Award winners in the American League are both on the injured list. One is on his way back, the other went […]

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Samsung and Google are winning the wearable update war by doing nothing

Shocking watch OS 27 compatibility cuts give Samsung and Google a massive victory over Apple in wearable software longevity.

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Sarah Shelke and Kyra Wagner Named 2026 Student Voice of Mental Health Award Recipients by The Jed Foundation

[June 9, 2026, NEW YORK CITY] — The Jed Foundation (JED), a leading nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young

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Column: The secret to Xavier Becerra's success

Winning elections — or achieving any success — often is about being in the right spot at the right moment.

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Upstate NY native makes history at Tony Awards: ‘Ecstatic’

Other big winners include “Schmigadoon!” and Bess Wohl.

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Tony winners thank voice teachers and babysitters as Broadway crowns ‘Schmigadoon!’

The new host at the Tonys, Pink, pretended at the beginning that she didn't know what she was doing.

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Jun 8 • 5:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Tony winners thank voice teachers and babysitters as Broadway crowns 'Schmigadoon!'

The new host at the Tonys, Pink, pretended at the beginning that she didn't know what she was doing. Then former host Neil Patrick Harris told her to just be

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Jun 8 • 5:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Tony winners thank voice teachers and babysitters as Broadway crowns 'Schmigadoon!'

The new host at the Tonys, Pink, pretended at the beginning that she didn't know what she was doing. Then former host Neil Patrick Harris told her to just be

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Jun 8 • 5:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • bozemandailychronicle.com
New documentary made in SC will tell the story of a Super Bowl-winning team

A new documentary shot in the Upstate will tell the story of a Super Bowl-winning team and its on-field triumphs — as well as the often-untold stories of struggle, deep

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Jun 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • postandcourier.com
Winners and losers from MotoGP’s unusual Hungarian GP

MotoGP’s second visit to Balaton Park upset the usual pecking order, with the series’ biggest star rising to the challenge as others floundered

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Jun 8 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How a few AI chip giants warped Asia's stock picking game

Sam Konrad's stocks are having a fantastic year, thanks to AI-fueled rallies in Taiwan and South Korea, but his fund is so top heavy with winners, he now needs to ditch his best performers.

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Jun 8 • 12:27 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Tony Awards 2026: "Schmigadoon!" wins best musical in a season saved by revivals

'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' and Ragtime' were the standout musical winners at the Tony Awards; TK took the prize for best musical.

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Jun 7 • 11:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Tony Awards 2026: Bess Wohl's Pulitzer-Prize-winning 'Liberation' is crowned best play

'Liberation,' Bess Wohl's playful imagining of her mother's feminist consciousness-raising group in 1970s Ohio, deservedly wins the Tony for best play

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Jun 7 • 9:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Photos of the Tony Awards celebrating Broadway’s best

NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards celebrate Broadway’s best, with Grammy winner Pink hosting Sunday’s telecast. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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Jun 7 • 9:04 PM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Tony Awards 2026 winners revealed: See the full list

Check out who took home top honors at the 2026 Tony Awards, hosted by Pink.

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Jun 7 • 7:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Tar Heels defeat USC 4-3 with ninth-inning rally, heading to College World Series

The North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team defeated the USC Trojans 4-3 on Sunday in a winner-take-all Game 3 of the Chapel Hill Super Regional, giving the Tar Heels their 13th appearance in the College World Series.

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Jun 7 • 6:20 PM EDT • Sports • wral.com
Explora Wires Leslie's Lady In Stakes Record Time

Multiple graded stakes winner Explora broke quickly from the gate and determinedly turned back a late run by Eight Belles (G2) winner On Time Girl to win Sunday’s $225,000 Leslie’s Lady Stakes (L) for 3-year-old fillies by 1¼ lengths at Churchill Downs. Ridden by Florent ...

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Jun 7 • 6:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
IN SERVICE | Ellen and Serena Harmon on entrepreneurship, community and building for the future

After launching a business with their siblings on the Rosebud Reservation, Ellen and Serena Harmon built an award-winning company serving tribal, federal and regional customers.

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Jun 7 • 4:52 PM EDT • Business • tribalbusinessnews.com
Belmont winner Golden Tempo to return to Saratoga for Jim Dandy, Travers

Trainer Cherie DeVaux says Golden Tempo will return to Keeneland on Monday, and prepare for the Jim Dandy and Travers Stakes at Saratoga this summer.

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Jun 7 • 4:06 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
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UCLA Women’s Basketball Adds Second Freshman to Roster

UCLA women’s basketball signed Slovenian freshman guard Lina Jerkovic for the 2026-27 season, the team announced on Sunday. Jerkovic is just the second incoming freshman to join the squad alongside Spanish guard Somto Okafor. UCLA is entering a rebuilding phase after winning the national championship last season. Part of that rebuild involved signing five players […] The post UCLA Women’s Basketball Adds Second Freshman to Roster appeared first on LA Sports Report.

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Jun 7 • 3:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tony Awards 2026: Full list of winners

'The Lost Boys,' 'Schmigadoon!', 'Ragtime,' 'Death of a Salesman,' John Lithgow, Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf are among the top contenders for 2026 Tony Awards.

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Jun 7 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
"Unfinished Business" | Dayton Tockey's Mom Talks Sooners' Omaha Dream

After Dayton Tockey's dramatic game-winning home run helped send Oklahoma to the Super Regionals, his mother, Kristi Gilpin, sat down with Evan Kamikow to discuss the unforgettable moment, the emotional roller coaster of the season, and the Sooners' quest for Omaha.

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Jun 7 • 8:47 AM EDT • Business • newson6.com
"Unfinished Business" | Dayton Tockey's Mom Talks Sooners' Omaha Dream

After Dayton Tockey's dramatic game-winning home run helped send Oklahoma to the Super Regionals, his mother, Kristi Gilpin, sat down with Evan Kamikow to discuss the unforgettable moment, the emotional roller coaster of the season, and the Sooners' quest for Omaha.

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Jun 7 • 8:46 AM EDT • Business • news9.com
Vampires, literary monsters and a cake: The Tony Awards offer a number of intriguing, possible wins

The Tony Awards are set to celebrate Broadway's best, with 24 shows vying for wins across 26 categories. Grammy winner Pink hosts the event, airing live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ on Sunday...

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Jun 7 • 7:26 AM EDT • Entertainment • sfchronicle.com
Winner and Loser of the Week in Florida politics

The Governor's race gets shaken up, Senate leaders protect schools, and Anthony Sabatini gets clowned.

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Jun 7 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Dodgers host the Angels, look to extend home win streak

Los Angeles Angels (24-41, fifth in the AL West) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (42-23, first in the NL West) Los Angeles; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Jose Soriano (6-4, 2.72 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 85 strikeouts); Dodgers: Emmet Sheehan (3-2, 4.50 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 62 strikeouts) LINE: Dodgers -365, Angels +285; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers, on a three-game home winning streak, host the Los Angeles Angels. Los Angeles has a 22-11 record in home games and a 42-23 record overall.

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Jun 7 • 3:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bruno Fernandes scores winner as Portugal beat Chile

Bruno Fernandes scored the decisive goal as Portugal beat Chile 2-1 in a World Cup warm-up fixture.The Manchester United continued his outstanding club form for the national team, sweeping in the seco...

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Jun 7 • 3:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alan S King

Scope of work: King chairs the firm’s national labor and employment practice, advising Fortune 500 companies, municipalities and minority-owned businesses in employment litigation. He also serves as first deputy general counsel and is a certified mediator and arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association.Significant case: He secured victories for employers, including United Airlines and Michigan TV station WZZM, winning summary judgment in discrimination and retaliation claims.Other contributions: King is president of the board of Children First Fund, supporting Chicago Public Schools, and is a producer of the Chosen Few Picnic & Festival.

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Jun 6 • 11:57 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
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Scope of work: Miller co-chairs Greenberg Traurig’s products liability and mass torts practice, overseeing nearly 100 attorneys worldwide. She was recently named co-chair of the firm’s Chicago litigation practice, leading more than 50 attorneys.Significant case: She co-leads Albertsons’ defense in nationwide opioid litigation, challenging public nuisance claims, including a recent dismissal in Alaska. She secured summary judgment for Lockheed Martin in a groundwater contamination case involving 45 plaintiffs.Other contributions: Miller has held leadership roles in the Defense Research Institute, recently chairing the Products Liability Committee and winning its Outstanding Committee Chair Award, and is on the Good Sports Chicago advisory board.

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Jun 6 • 11:57 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
UFC Vegas 118 Post-Fight Press Conference

Following tonight's UFC Vegas 118 fights last the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, the winners will answer questions during the post-fight press conference. The event was headlined by a welterweight bout between former champion Belal Muhammad and No. 11 ranked Gabriel Bonfim.

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Jun 6 • 10:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Argentina stroll to pre-World Cup win over Honduras

Argentina eased to a 2-0 victory against a lacklustre Honduras in the reigning champions' penultimate World Cup warm-up game in Texas on Saturday.Argentina face Iceland in their final friendly match in Auburn, Alabama on Tuesday before the three-time winners begin their World Cup group games against Algeria on June 17 in Kansas City.

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Jun 6 • 10:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
LIVE! Watch UFC Vegas 118 Post-Fight Presser Here

Now that the action is in the books from UFC Vegas 118 earlier tonight (Sat., June 6, 2026) LIVE on Paramount+ from inside UFC’s Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, fight fans can check out the post-fight presser for all the best reaction and official bonus winners. On a night that featured a main event […]

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Jun 6 • 10:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Check out photos from the State Track and Field meet Day 2

Winneconne and Marathon boys claim team titles in Divisions 2 and 3, while Neenah and Assumption girls take runner-up honors in Divisions 1 and 3.

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Jun 6 • 9:12 PM EDT • Sports • postcrescent.com
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