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USA Today
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Not even Kemba Walker's wedding stops Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum's Achilles rehab
You might think that it would be acceptable for star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum to take a few days off from his Achilles rehab to attend the wedding of former Celtics teammate Kemba Walker, but you'd be wrong if you did. Evidently, the St. Louis native went out of his way to secure access to the training facilities at the nearby University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Chattanooga wing Liam Vitters got the heads-up Tatum might be in those facilities last week, according to the The Athletic reporter Jay King, and could not believe it. "You're joking, right?," he asked incredulously on being brought up to speed. "You could tell that he was really serious about this injury," added fellow Chattanooga teammate Parker Robison. "Got right on a (training) table and his trainer (Nick Sang) just got right to it, started rehabbing, doing some strengthening stuff for that torn Achilles." "He's constantly focused," added Robison. "In between sets, he's always focused, he's never goofing around. It's like his mind is set on what he's doing." "He couldn't do much," he explained. "But what he was doing, the very limited stuff he was doing, he was taking it very seriously and very detailed. All the little, small things that we sometimes overlook, he was really good (at them) and did them consistently." From the sounds of things, Tatum is still quite a way from returning to the court, as might be expected. But he seems to be attacking it as hard as anyone could hope for -- exactly what Celtics fans should want to hear. "To be taking it so seriously, be so intent in your actions and everything you're doing, I feel like it shows us if he's that serious when he's limited, then we should be that serious when we're not limited," concurred Vitters. Listen to "Havlicek Stole the Pod" on: Spotify: iTunes: YouTube:
The Hill
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Rep. Mike Collins teases Senate run against Ossoff in Georgia
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) released a video on Monday teasing a potential Senate run in Georgia against Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), making him the latest Republican to consider taking on the first-term senator. The 15-second video incorporates sound bites from news clips discussing the Georgia Senate race and Ossoff. At one point, text across the video reads, 'Who can beat Jon Ossoff?' More importantly, the video touts Collins' ties to the president. The video includes a clip of President Trump saying Collins' name at an event and a photo of Collins and his wife posing with the president in the Oval Office — positioning himself as being closely aligned with Trump. The video ends with text on the screen reading 'Stay tuned.' 'Tires kicked. Fueling up,' Collins wrote in a post accompanying the video. Collins — seen as a rising star with the GOP, particularly over his work on the Laken Riley Act — is very likely to make a bid for the GOP nod to take on Ossoff next year. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Insurance Commissioner John King have launched bids, while former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley could also enter the race. Republicans have not yet coalesced around a nominee after Gov. Brian Kemp (R) opted against running himself. Kemp's decision was a major blow to the GOP, in that many political observers saw the governor as being a favorite in the race if he entered. Still, Collins could be a formidable candidate given he defeated a Trump-backed candidate during his first run for Congress, a win that underscored his viability in a GOP primary. He also has some staff who worked on Trump's campaign, such as Collins chief of staff Brandon Phillips.
USA Today
13-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Tennessee football players all time to wear jersey No. 48
The University of Tennessee first fielded a football team in 1891. The Vols claim six national championships in 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967 and 1998. Tennessee has won 16 conference titles in program history (13 SEC, two SoCon, one SIAA). Tennessee's 2025 season will kick off Aug. 30 against Syracuse. The nonconference matchup will take place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Ahead of the 2025 campaign, Vols Wire looks at Tennessee student-athletes who have worn jersey No. 48 all time. 2025 will mark the fourth consecutive season for redshirt junior long snapper Bennett Brady to wear the number. Below are former Vols who have worn jersey No. 48 in program history. Tackle Melvin Lampley was the first player to wear the number at Tennessee in 1937. More: Tennessee football players all time to wear jersey No. 6 Vols who have worn jersey No. 48 all time for Tennessee football Melvin Lampley, T, 1937, G, 1938 Ralph Johnson, G, 1939 James 'Jim' Chadwell, T, 1941-42 Bo Stewart, T, 1944 Billy King, B, 1945 Paul Gearing, T, 1946-47, LT, 1948-49 Carl Eschenbach, RE, 1950 Dan Butler, LT, 1951, T, 1952-53 Bill Baker, TB, 1966, DB, 1967 Ronnie Weir, DB, 1969 Danny Jeffries, DB, 1970-72 Rocky Goode, TB, 1973 Jim Embry, LB, 1974 Carl Velander, LB, 1975-76 Mark Burns, LB, 1980-82 David Walker, LB, 1986-88 J.J. Surlas, DT, 1989-92 Grey Barker, RB, 1995 Jeremy Fitzgerald, RB, 1997 Jerrod Hayden, LB, 1998 Sammy Frogg, P, 1999-2000 Thomas Stallworth, LB, 2001 Sudan Ellington, FB, 2003 Cory Anderson, FB, 2004 Ellix Wilson, LB, 2005 Todd Vinson, RB/P, 2006 Adam Myers-White, LB, 2007-08 Greg King, LB, 2009-13 Ryeon Wedley, FB, 2012 Alex Ellis, TE, 2014-15 Dajour Maddox, LB, 2015 Matt Ballard, LB, 2018 Ja'Quain Blakely, LB, 2016-21 Bennett Brady, LS, 2022-25 Derek Taylor, DB, 2022 *Information provided from the University of Tennessee Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
The Hill
10-07-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Ossoff rakes in more than $10M in latest Georgia Senate fundraising haul
Sen. Jon Ossoff's (D-Ga.) campaign announced on Thursday that it raised more than $10 million in the second quarter of fundraising this cycle, ending the quarter with $15.5 million cash on hand. Ossoff is vying for a second term in the Senate and is considered one of Republicans' best pickup opportunities next year, but his fundraising underscores picking off the first-term Georgia Democrat will be no easy feat. His campaign touted that his average campaign donation this quarter was $32, with close to 98 percent of donations received being $100 or less. His campaign received contributions from all but three of Georgia's 159 counties. 'The Ossoff campaign is building unstoppable momentum to win next November, and the small-dollar, grassroots movement is the backbone of our victorious coalition. We're grateful for the overwhelming support,' Ossoff campaign manager Ellen Foster said in a statement. Ossoff's second quarter fundraising is slightly lower than the more than $11 million his campaign touted in the first fundraising quarter of this year, though both fundraising quarter underscore a steady cash stream and an increasing war chest. Ossoff ended the second quarter with $15.5 million in the bank, compared to the $11 million he ended the bank with in the first quarter. His campaign has also touted enthusiastic grassroots energy and excitement around his reelection, pointing out on Thursday that more than 1,700 people have indicated they want to volunteer for his campaign. While Republicans see Ossoff as one of their best shots of flipping a Senate seat next year, the GOP has yet to rally around a clear candidate. Insurance Commissioner John King and Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) have launched bids, but the others could enter the race, too, like Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) and former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tennessee to regulate lab-grown meat through new legislation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — New rules for lab-grown meat are set to take effect in Tennessee next month. Lawmakers passed a bill this year to establish a permit process through the Department of Agriculture to sell 'alternative protein' in the state. The legislation will also ban the words 'meat' or 'meat food products' from being printed on the label of lab-grown meat products, and create a $2,000 fine for breaking the rules. 'We've heard about cell-cultured protein or lab-grown meat for several years now, and this has become a concern for people among all walks of life,' Rep. Rusty Grills (R-Newbern), the bill's sponsor, said. 📧 Have breaking news come to you: → Multiple states have passed legislation banning lab-grown meat, including Florida and Alabama. However, Tennessee lawmakers shelved a bill that would have prohibited alternative protein in 2024, and instead passed legislation to regulate how the products are sold and marketed this year. While lab-grown meat isn't available in Tennessee yet, Dr. Neal Schrick, a professor at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, told lawmakers that will eventually change. 'I tell students in class they are going to have the opportunity for this in the future, it's going to be available, and to me, it needs to be their choice,' Schrick said. Schrick testified to lawmakers lab-grown meat needs to be regulated and controlled. Most of its production process is protected by intellectual property, making it impossible to know everything inside the product. The process that is known is complex. 'Now they're using what they call scaffolding, which allows us to put the muscle fibers and the adipose or marbling, like we like to see in a good steak, be able to stack it, and you also see on that slide what they call 3D bioprinting, so that's where the technology is going,' Schrick said. In addition, lab-grown meat cannot filter out antibiotics on its own, which experts believe is cause for concern. 'We've asked that question. How are you going to remove it? There's no liver, there's no kidney, how are you going to clean this antibiotic? We have yet to get an answer,' Schrick said. 'The original one was they would rinse it, but if it's a steak, how are you going to rinse it out of the middle of a steak?' ⏩ Right now, there are two companies in the U.S. authorized to produce lab-grown chicken. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
