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The Herald
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald
‘We always knew Andile could save one or two': Ellis after Banyana's shoot-out win
'Linda would have been the first, Karabo [Dhlamini] then became the first to step up. She was also one of the walking wounded but the courage and resilience this team has shown, I cannot talk enough about that.' Banyana battled to break down the big, hard-working Senegalese, though had the better of the game in the second half and extra time without being able to produce enough chances, or bury those they did, to settle the game before the shoot-out. 'I think we had a few chances, I think we could have made better decisions in the final third,' Ellis said. 'We had two really great opportunities where if someone just rolled the ball across [goal] it could have been tapped in. But they had a really good chance at the end where we didn't pick up and our hearts were in our [throats]. 'We knew their gameplan and I thought we dealt well with their long ball. The minute we put the ball on the ground that's how the opportunity came for the penalty [for a foul on Magaia in extra time, turned down by the match officials and a VAR review], and I've had messages from home that it was a penalty. 'But we prevailed. Our last two phrases in our team meeting were, 'Outplay them and outlast them', and we outlasted them tonight.'
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Influencer's video of throwing young son off cliff sparks parenting debate
A video on social media from an influencer family has sparked mixed reactions from its followers. Garrett Gee of The Bucket List Family posted a now-viral video that shows him throwing his youngest son, Calihan, off a cliff in a lake to teach him to cliff jump. 'So be extra safe, because he wanted to jump but was not feeling confident..I threw him,' Gee wrote in the post. 'Eventually a baby eagle needs to leave the be tossed out of the nest and learn HE CAN FLY!' In the video, Gee is seen with his son standing on a rock, talking to him about the jump into the water. He then picks his son up and tosses him off the cliff. Gee's son can be seen popping to the surface of the water with a smile on his face, and Gee jumping in after him. Gee explained the video is 'NOT parental advice' nor 'something I advise you try.' He also mentioned this was not something the family had done with all of the kids. 'Each kid is quite different so the way we parent, discipline, and teach HOW TO CLIFF JUMP is quite different,' Gee continued. Opposing views filled the comments about the video. 'Coming from someone who grew up in a very fear-based/avoid all forms of struggle environment: you training your children to be courageous and to confront their fears is an absolute GIFT to their future selves,' one supporter commented. 'Nope. I've worked as a therapist with pediatric brain injury. Accidents happen; from some you never recover. Just my two cents,' another user said, condemning the video. Another user asked, 'honest question, no judgement. Did he know he was going to be thrown?' The dad influencer replied with, 'YES. He had the choice to climb down, jump himself, or have me throw him. He chose to be thrown. But regardless it was still scary for him.' More Entertainment Content: Worcester woman wins $1M prize in '$2,000,000 Diamond Cashword' lottery game These are the most frequently drawn numbers in Powerball and Mega Millions games Winning $100,000 Mass Cash ticket sold at Western Mass. grocery store Mass. State Lottery winner: $1 million ticket sold at Millbury liquor store Read the original article on MassLive. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pitt football trailblazer Jimmy Joe Robinson dies at 97
Jimmy Joe Robinson, who made history as the first Black varsity football player at the University of Pittsburgh, died on July 14, 2025. He was 97. In an obituary, Pitt's Department of Athletics described Robinson as 'a pioneering athlete, devoted teammate, and enduring symbol of courage and progress.' Robinson was a native of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, and he played varsity football for the Panthers in 1945 and 1947-48, at a time when racial segregation was strictly enforced in much of the United States. Pitt Athletics said that during his time as a Panther, Robinson led the team in rushing, receiving and scoring and was one of the top players on the field. He went on to play professional football and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns, and after serving in the Korean War, he played briefly for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'I have 9 lives': Canadian diver reflects on terrifying cliff fall, overcoming near-death experience
After a near-death experience slipping off a 22-foot diving cliff, Canadian diver Molly Carlson says she'll celebrate the next time she gets on the diving board again. The 26-year old was competing at the second stop of the Red Bull cliff diving World Series in Polignano a Mare, Italy, on June 28th, when the fall happened, leading her to drop out of the competition. "Watching it again, it's always terrifying. You don't expect yourself to slip off a 22-metre platform after years of doing it perfectly," Carlson told CBC Sports. "I'm just really proud of myself for knowing what to do in the air in such a scary situation." WATCH | Molly Carlson joins CBC Sports to discuss traumatic slip: The next morning, the diver woke up with a black bruise covering the sole of her right foot. "I was like, okay, I need to be smart about this," she said. "The shock is over. I am in pain. Let's just make sure that I'm good for the world championships. And so I flew home early and I got an X-ray and it was all clear." Carlson, who has been outspoken about struggles with anxiety, says that her first instinct after the fall was to feel like she let down her sponsors and country. Now, she's rewriting her own narrative and celebrating her courage on the diving board. "I live with anxiety, and I know that other people do too," she said. "And for me, I'm just trying to really find deep down like, 'You have to do this for you. You can't be jumping off platforms for other reasons. You can't be trying to people-please the whole time.'"Later this month, Carlson will compete in Singapore for Team Canada at the World Aquatics Championships 2025. As she prepares to return to the world stage, supportive teammates are what grounds the diver, she says. "Knowing that I have my coach, I have my teammates, I have Summer McIntosh ready to come cheer for me at the World Championships," Carlson said. "I think that's the coolest thing ever, and I just can't wait to prove to everyone that I can do this dive." While Carlson is gunning for the podium at World's — becoming a world champion has always been a dream — her greater goal is to inspire those watching. "At the end of the day, I've learned that success is so much more than outcomes. It's absolutely about how much you can connect with the audience, how much you can inspire," she said. "It is truly through inspiration, and I hope that I am helping someone out there feel less alone."
The Guardian
16-07-2025
- The Guardian
Michigan deacon thwarted attack on church by ramming truck into shooter
A Michigan church deacon who had a hand in thwarting a rifle-wielding man's attempts to shoot worshippers at a service in June by ramming the attacker with his truck says he sprang into action because waiting for first responders' help was not feasible. 'I'm just realizing there's no time,' Richard Pryor – who drew gunfire while protecting the congregation of CrossPointe Community church in Wayne, Michigan – said during a recent Associated Press interview in which he revisited his state of mind that day. 'I didn't have a weapon on me, in the truck or anything, so what are your options?' Pryor detailed his thinking from the day his church and its members probably came close to being shot up as many across Wayne and beyond have lavished him with praise, exalting his courage as well as calling him a hero. He has not been entirely comfortable with the spotlight the US media has since shined on him. 'It's more than I anticipated – that's for sure,' Pryor told the Michigan news station WXYZ while appearing at a local car dealership which leased him a new truck free of charge to replace the one he damaged when his church was targeted for violence on 22 June. 'Hopefully, I can go back into hiding after this … We'll see.' Nonetheless, what Pryor has been willing to share about his experience on the day he intervened on behalf of his fellow worshippers makes clear the role he had in ensuring – as he put it – 'the attacker's intended tragedy did not occur'. Investigators believe 31-year-old Brian Anthony Browning was grappling with a mental health crisis when he equipped himself with a tactical vest, a handgun and a rifle and drove to CrossPointe, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Detroit. Pryor said he was running late and ended up watching as the man later identified as Browning drove dangerously in the church parking lot, stepped out of his car and began firing, wounding one person in the leg. The deacon called law enforcement on his cellphone and began relaying the scene to an emergency operator when Browning – whom Pryor did not know – kept advancing toward the church doors. Pryor at that point decided to aim his 2018 Ford F-150 pickup at Browning and ram him. Pryor struck him with his F-150, despite taking multiple shots to his vehicle, officials said. That action temporarily stopped the shooter. At least two members of an armed security team that CrossPointe launched in response to violence at other places of worship soon approached. The security staffers then fatally shot Browning, whose mother was a CrossPointe congregant but was not there that Sunday. More than 100 congregants were inside the church, where children attending Bible school led that day's service. After a security team member came in and directed everyone in the church to get out, a livestream video of the service recorded congregants carrying children away – or pleading with them to take cover or retreat. Pryor, reflecting on the distressing sequence of events, said he took a measure of comfort in the fact that evidently 'a lot of people did not see what happened and weren't [immediately] aware of what was going on'. 'Trauma is trauma, but thankfully ours is not trauma over loss of life,' Pryor told the AP. Sign up to First Thing Our US morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion CrossPointe's pastor, Bobby Kelly, attributed that reality to Pryor, saying: 'He hit this individual … and that certainly helped the team to be able to respond.' All of which motivated the owner of Wayne's Jack Demmer Ford dealership to give Pryor a free, two-year lease valued at $70,000 for a 2025 F-150 to replace the truck that was hit by multiple bullets as the deacon defended his church. The dealership owner, Matthew Demmer, said Pryor's new truck was 'the best way to give back', a token of recognition for how 'it could have been a heck of a lot worse'. As Pryor was handed the key fob to the new truck on 10 July, he declared himself 'very grateful – very thankful'. Yet Demmer told WXYZ that Pryor privately maintained in an almost 'standoffish' way that he didn't deserve the truck. The Associated Press contributed reporting
