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Brady Henderson, ESPNDecember 16, 2024, 1:50 a.m. ETCloseBrady Henderson is ESPN’s NFL Nation correspondent. Henderson covers the Seattle Seahawks. He joined ESPN in 2017 and covered teams for Seattle Sports 710-AM. You can follow him on Twitter @BradyHenderson.SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks’ playoff hopes took at least one big blow Sunday night in a loss to the Green Bay Packers — and the severity of Geno Smith’s knee injury. Depending on who you are, you may receive another blow.The veteran quarterback went down midway through the third quarter and did not return after taking a low hit from linebacker Edgerrin…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 2, 2024.Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersStock futures were calm on Monday morning, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average beginning its seventh straight day of losses this week as major central bank meetings were highlighted.futures tied to Dow Jones Industrial Average It rose 49 points, or about 0.1%. S&P500 futures The rate of increase was also less than 0.1%. Nasdaq 100 futures Just above the flat line.The stock market is coming off a weak week. of Dow It fell 1.8% last week and has underperformed in each of the…

We’re losing sight of the real villain in Canada’s food price world, writes James Curic Last Sunday was a breakthrough moment for me. I ordered a McDonald’s Happy Meal for the first time in my life. My parents didn’t feed me fast food when I was a kid, so by the time I was old enough to buy myself a McDonald’s, I was past the Happy Meal age. Now that I have a child of my own, I’ve been trying to do the same, but it took me a full three and a half years to finally buy a Happy…

TOP SCHOOL — Pugliese West kindergarten students Wayne Lytle (left) and Wesson O’Donnell work in class. Five Steubenville City School District facilities were included in the 2025 U.S. News and World Report rankings of the best elementary and middle schools. — Contribution STEUBENVILLE — U.S. News & World Report releases its latest rankings for educational success, and Steubenville City Schools once again makes the list. All four elementary schools, including East Garfield, McKinley STEM Academy, Pugliese West, Wells Academy and Harding Middle School, were named Best Elementary Schools and Best Middle Schools in 2025 because they…

NEW YORK (AP) — Sports movies, like other genres, can easily fall victim to overly conventional story beats. The underdog challenger. big match. You know what happens to the rest. But the three new films bring some original moves and a few curveballs to a genre where tried-and-true formulas often reign. In a year of cinema that has already given us “Challengers” – Tennis movies that have little to do with tennis and everything to do with the dynamics of the trio – these movies hold their own in the world of cut-throat sports dramas.Oddly enough, both are directorial debuts…

Books & the Arts / December 16, 2024 Isabella Hammad and the Demands of Recognition. In her capacious book of criticism, Recognizing the Stranger, Isabella Hammad asks: “How large is the gulf between us?” Ad Policy Illustration by Joe Ciardiello. This article appears in the January 2025 issue. “All writers have tics, a particular repertoire of moves that recur,” the novelist Isabella Hammad writes in her new nonfiction book, Recognizing the Stranger. She then identifies her own tic: anagnorisis, the creation of recognition scenes. These are moments when “the world of the text becomes momentarily intelligible to the protagonist and…

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives at the election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6. Julia DeMaree Nickinson/AP Hide Caption toggle caption Julia Demarie Nikinson/AP The president likes to claim that he has a “mission” once he wins the election. “The great thing is we won by a huge margin. The mission was big,” President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with Time magazine published Thursday after being named “Person of the Year.” He talked about a presidential victory in 2024. . ” This is the same…

Due to injuries and father time, professional athletes can’t play forever.That’s one reason the National Women’s Soccer League and insurance company Nationwide are working together to help NWSL players prepare for the day they have to hang up their cleats for good.Experience Nationwide is an intensive two-week program held at the company’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio that gives athletes a taste of corporate life and post-player career options. Utah Royals forward and former BYU Cougar Michele Vasconcelos is one of this year’s six players.“It was really exciting to be able to experience all aspects of the business here, some of…

Following recent acquisitions, Hyatt Hotels is now well-positioned to establish a presence in the luxury and lifestyle segments of the hotel industry worldwide. And at the late 2024 ILTM event in Cannes, France, the group detailed plans to open more than 50 luxury and lifestyle hotels over the next two years. This builds on the Group’s progress in 2024, when it opened 28 lifestyle hotels. The move into this sector is aimed at banking on growing demand from a new generation of young travelers who are looking for a different look and feel, especially when choosing where to book hotel…

Marshall University head football coach Tony Gibson answers questions during a press conference at the Brad D. Smith Business Innovation Center in Huntington, West Virginia, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 (Ryan Fischer/Herald・Via dispatch) AP) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall withdrew from the Independence Bowl after a coaching change sent much of the roster into the transfer portal. The Thundering Herd was scheduled to play Army on Dec. 28 in Shreveport, Louisiana. However, Independence Bowl and Louisiana Tech announced Saturday that the Bulldogs would instead face the 19th-ranked Black Knights. Marshall said he withdrew “because we fell below the minimum roster that…