Gavin Creel has died, the Tony Award-winning Broadway star was simply 48 years previous.
Identified for his turns in stage productions of Good day, Dolly!, The E book of Mormon, and Waitress amongst many others, Creel died on Monday, September thirtieth at residence.
In response to the New York Instances, Creel’s dying was confirmed by his companion, Alex Temple Ward, by way of a publicist, Matt Polk. Creel’s reason for dying was a uncommon most cancers, metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, which Creel realized he had in July 2024.
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Creel was recognized onscreen for his roles in movies like Eloise on the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime. Most lately on tv Creel featured in two episodes of Ryan Murphy‘s American Horror Story spinoff collection American Horror Tales, which aired in 2021. Creel performed Troy Winslow who’s described as a household man with skeletons in his closet. He appeared in episodes titled, “Rubber Wo(man): Half One” and “Rubber Wo(man): Half Two.”
Moreover, Creel did soundtrack work on Apple TV+‘s short-lived animated comedy Central Park through which he sang on the observe, “A Second Without end In the past.”
As talked about, above, Creel was finest recognized for his work on Broadway levels, making his debut and receiving his first Tony nomination in 2002 for his function as Jimmy Smith within the unique manufacturing of Totally Trendy Millie, through which he starred reverse lead performer, Sutton Foster.
Creel additionally discovered success with different Broadway revivals reminiscent of La Cage aux Folles, She Loves Me, and Into the Woods. Creel’s most up-to-date onstage work was within the off-Broadway manufacturing of Stroll on By means of: Confessions of a Museum Novice for which he was the creator and songwriter.
Creel is survived by his mother and father, Nancy Clemens Creel and James William Creel, in addition to his sisters Heather Elise Creel and Allyson Jo Creel, and his companion Mr. Ward.
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Sure, we have now another day of regular-season baseball to be performed. Sunday’s outcomes didn’t settle the Nationwide League wild-card race, so the New York Mets jumped on a airplane to Atlanta for a doubleheader towards the Atlanta Braves on Monday (Watch on ESPN2) and clinched a playoff spot by successful the opening recreation. The Arizona Diamondbacks might be watching — they want New York to tug off a sweep in an effort to get into the playoffs themselves.
Let’s break down a few of the doubleheader’s greatest questions:
OK, why are we right here within the first place?
These are make-up video games from the 2 Hurricane Helene-related rainouts in final week’s Mets-Braves sequence. With out them, the standings getting into the day had the Braves, Mets and Diamondbacks in a digital tie for the ultimate two wild-card spots, necessitating the 2 video games be performed:
Diamondbacks: 89-73 Mets: 88-72 Braves: 88-72
The essential factor to know right here: Each the Mets and Braves maintain the tiebreaker over the Diamondbacks by advantage of successful their season sequence. That is why the Diamondbacks want a sweep to get in; if the Mets and Braves cut up the doubleheader and all three groups end 89-73, the Diamondbacks keep dwelling.
One other factor to know: The Braves led the season sequence over the Mets 6-5, getting into Monday so a cut up would see them stay the upper seed.
What are the eventualities for every crew to clinch a playoff spot?
As a result of the Mets received the primary recreation, they’ve clinched a playoff spot. Now listed below are the eventualities heading into Recreation 2 of the doubleheader:
1. The Mets win the primary recreation, the Braves win the second recreation. The Braves are the No. 5 seed and head to the No. 4 San Diego Padres for a best-of-three wild-card sequence beginning Tuesday. The Mets are the No. 6 seed and play the No. 3 Milwaukee Brewers. Sure, meaning the Mets would have gone from Milwaukee on Sunday to Atlanta on Monday, after which again to Milwaukee on Tuesday.
2. The Mets win each video games, eliminating Atlanta. New York is the No. 5 seed and performs the Padres. The Diamondbacks are the No. 6 seed and play the Brewers in a rematch of final yr’s wild-card sequence. The Mets journey from Milwaukee to Atlanta to San Diego.
Who’re the beginning pitchers?
Nicely, to begin with, bear in mind: The scheduled starter is more likely to change for the crew that wins the primary recreation.
The Mets are going with right-hander Tylor Megill within the first recreation. Megill final pitched on Sept. 22 towards the Phillies, permitting one run in 4 innings (however throwing 93 pitches). He has allowed simply two runs over his previous three begins. Proper-hander Luis Severino is on the schedule for the second recreation. His final begin was the primary recreation of the Atlanta sequence final Tuesday and he took the loss, permitting seven hits and 4 runs in 4 innings. He has a 3.17 ERA over his previous eight begins.
Whereas the Mets used arguably their high three starters — Sean Manaea, Jose Quintana and David Peterson — over the weekend towards the Brewers, they’re all lefties. These two righties would possibly really be a greater matchup towards the righty-heavy Braves lineup that had a .778 OPS towards left-handed pitchers however .706 towards right-handers.
It is price noting right here that if each scheduled starters are used and the Mets advance — in the event that they lose the primary recreation and win the second — they must use Manaea on three days’ relaxation to begin the wild-card sequence.
The Braves introduced that rookie Spencer Schwellenbach will begin Recreation 1. He confronted off towards Severino final week and pitched a gem, permitting simply three hits and one run over seven innings. He confronted the Mets one different time, again in July, and had the perfect recreation of his profession, hanging out 11 in seven scoreless innings.
Atlanta’s starter for the second recreation — for now — is Chris Sale.
Wait, yeah, what is going on on with Sale?
Good query. Sale, who leads the NL in wins, ERA and strikeouts, hasn’t pitched since Sept. 19, when he went 5 innings towards the Cincinnati Reds. He was scheduled to begin one of many rained-out video games, however heading into the weekend the Braves stated they might now save Sale for an “emergency” scenario — which means, a must-win recreation. That can come into play now provided that they lose the primary recreation.
It is actually an fascinating strategic determination — if that they had received Sunday with Sale pitching, they might have clinched a playoff spot. As an alternative, they’ll use him within the second recreation if wanted, and in the event that they win the primary recreation, they will have Sale prepared to begin the primary recreation of the wild-card sequence.
In fact, there’s additionally this query: Is he one hundred pc proper now?
His four-seam fastball averaged 92.7 mph towards the Reds — his lowest common of the season, down from 95.9 mph the beginning earlier than, and down from his general season common of 94.8 mph. Possibly it was just a bit late-season fatigue: He was beginning on 4 days of relaxation and his earlier begin had come towards the Los Angeles Dodgers, when he had his second-highest common velocity. However a 2 mph drop is taken into account important, so it is actually one thing to notice.
Possibly there’s nothing right here. Possibly the Braves had been simply holding Sale again with the hope that he would not be wanted and thus could be rested for the beginning of the postseason. We’ll discover out if the Braves lose that first recreation.
What concerning the bullpens?
Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza used Edwin Diaz to shut out the 5-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. That is comprehensible — you do not wish to fiddle in that scenario. Nevertheless it was a protected five-run lead and Diaz ended up throwing 26 pitches. Now, there is a situation the place the Mets want him in six video games over 5 days, counting Sunday’s finale, Monday’s doubleheader and the wild-card sequence.
The Braves are in higher form; none of their high relievers — nearer Raisel Iglesias, Joe Jimenez or Pierce Johnson — pitched in Sunday’s 4-2 loss to Kansas Metropolis. In addition they have one of many deepest and finest bullpens within the league, in order that they’re in fine condition to face up to the pains of a doubleheader.
Mets clinch 2024 playoff berth with win over Braves
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September thirtieth, 2024
ATLANTA — It took an additional day, a roundabout route and a good bit of agita, however the Mets are going to the playoffs. Their pulse-pounding 8-7 win over the Braves in Recreation 1 of a doubleheader on Monday ensured them a Wild Card berth.
If the Mets win Recreation 2 as properly, they’ll head to San Diego for the Wild Card Collection starting Tuesday. In any other case, they’ll fly again to Milwaukee to play the Brewers, whereas the Braves may even clinch and play the Padres. Within the first state of affairs, Arizona would clinch the ultimate Nationwide League berth. Within the second, the Diamondbacks could be eradicated.
The win was New York’s 89th of the season, capping a 12 months that noticed them lose its first 5 video games and are available inside three outs of a sixth consecutive loss. As late within the 12 months as Might 29, the Mets have been 11 video games beneath .500 and appeared prone to turn out to be Commerce Deadline sellers.
Have you ever ever seen a sport like that ? I’m so happy with this crew . Met followers , exit and have fun.
However the crew rallied behind some unlikely sources — Grimace, the McDonald’s mascot, who grew to become a Citi Discipline superstar; veteran infielder Jose Iglesias, who boosted the Mets together with his play on the sphere and his musical stylings off it; a rebuilt bullpen; and a newfound perspective. Armed with a “nothing to lose” mantra, the Mets climbed steadily up the standings from June via September.
One final little bit of adversity offered itself this week, when the Mets had their closing two video games of a late-September collection in Atlanta postponed on account of stormy climate. They subsequently misplaced two of three in Milwaukee to arrange Monday’s distinctive proposition: win one final sport towards their longtime rivals to advance to the playoffs, or get swept and go dwelling.
The Mets took the previous route, beating the Braves to safe a spot within the postseason event for simply the second time since their World Collection run in 2015. And so they did so in dramatic style, rallying for six runs within the eighth earlier than shedding the lead when Edwin Díaz gave up 4 within the ninth. However the Mets confirmed their resilience one final time, taking the lead for good on a Francisco Lindor two-run homer off Pierce Johnson within the ninth.
WASHINGTON – The Georgetown College neighborhood mourns the passing of Dikembe Mutombo (C’91, HON ’10, P’19 P’23 P’24), an All-American on the boys’s basketball workforce at Georgetown who would go on to a Corridor of Fame profession within the NBA. Along with his success on the court docket, Mutombo devoted his life to philanthropic and humanitarian work, and being a full-time advocate for these in want. Mutombo served on Georgetown College’s Board of Administrators from 2017-2023. Mutombo handed away on September 30 on the age of 58 from mind most cancers.
“Dikembe Mutombo was the embodiment of the spirit of Georgetown,” mentioned Joseph Ferrara, Vice President of Georgetown College and Chief of Workers to President John J. DeGioia. “From his prolific school {and professional} basketball careers to his tireless work in retirement to enhance the lives of these in want of higher well being and alternative, he lived Georgetown’s values in a approach we at all times will maintain with nice esteem and delight. His passing is an amazing loss for the Georgetown neighborhood and certainly the USA, Congo, and in every single place else the place he uplifted these round him. On behalf of President John J. DeGioia and the Georgetown neighborhood, I provide my deepest condolences to Dikembe’s household, buddies, teammates and all who knew and liked him.”
In three seasons as a letterwinner on the Hilltop, Mutombo was a two-time All-BIG EAST choice and twice named BIG EAST Defensive Participant of the 12 months. He averaged 15.2 factors, 12.2 rebounds and 4.7 blocks as a senior in 1991, when he was named First Crew All-BIG EAST and earned Third Crew All-America honors. Throughout his tenure, the Hoyas captured one BIG EAST common season title (1988-89) and the 1989 BIG EAST Event title. That very same season, the Blue & Grey superior to the NCAA Elite Eight. Mutombo was chosen to Georgetown’s “All Century Crew” in 2007 and nonetheless ranks among the many all-time leaders in blocked pictures (third, 354) and rebounds (twelfth, 8.6 per sport). In 2012, he was inducted into the Georgetown Athletics Corridor of Fame. In 2016, Mutombo was acknowledged with the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award that acknowledges distinguished people on the twenty fifth anniversary of the conclusion of their school athletics careers.
Mutombo performed 18 seasons within the NBA culminating in Mutombo’s enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2015. Nicknamed “Mount Mutombo” for his defensive prowess, he’s tied for essentially the most NBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months Awards with 4 (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001). An eight-time NBA All-Star, Mutombo nonetheless ranks second all-time in NBA profession blocks with 3,289 and was a three-time member of the NBA All-Defensive First Crew (1997, 1998, 2001). He was the NBA’s blocks chief in three consecutive seasons (1994-96) and the NBA’s rebounding chief twice (2000, 2001). His jersey quantity (55) was retired by each the Atlanta Hawks and the Denver Nuggets.
Throughout his profession, he was a two-time recipient of the NBA’s J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2001, 2009), offered yearly to a participant, coach or athletic coach who exhibits excellent service and dedication to the neighborhood. In 2009, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern appointed him to the function of the primary ever NBA International Ambassador, the place he continued to work to develop and have fun the sport of basketball via worldwide sporting occasions whereas working with NBA Cares to convey consideration to necessary social points. In 2018, Mutombo was the recipient of the NBA and Turner’s Sager Robust Award, offered yearly to a person who has been a trailblazer whereas exemplifying braveness, religion, compassion and style.
In 2007, Mutombo was the primary recipient of the Naismith Corridor of Fame’s Mannie Jackson – Basketball’s Human Spirit Award. Jackson Award recipients embrace the core values of the sport: onerous work, striving to enhance and a dedication to others. Past the sport they mirror the values of Mannie Jackson’s lifelong mission to beat obstacles; problem the established order, take duty for his or her actions whereas in search of the best customary of excellence. It is a dedication that transcends private reward and continuously challenges the human spirit. Of their neighborhood, this individual is a acknowledged chief and catalyst for change. In the end, they’re singular people who lead by instance, demonstrating a philosophy of respectfulness, teamwork, dedication and human compassion in all elements of their lives.
After retiring from the NBA, Mutombo grew to become a full-time advocate and ambassador with a aim of serving to individuals in want achieve entry to the well being providers and academic and financial alternatives essential to stay higher lives and for his or her kids to develop robust and change into wholesome productive members of their communities.
In 1997, he based the Dikembe Mutombo Basis, with a mission to enhance the well being, training and high quality of life for the individuals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. One main venture of the Dikembe Mutombo Basis was the development of a brand new normal hospital within the capital metropolis of Kinshasa. In December 2007 and at a value of $29 million, the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital opened in Congo. Named in reminiscence of Mutombo’s beloved mom, the hospital has handled near 200,000 males, girls and kids.
Mutombo additionally served on the board of the Nationwide Structure Heart, Particular Olympics Worldwide, the CDC Basis and the Nationwide Board for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
“Georgetown misplaced certainly one of its finest in Dikembe Mutombo,” mentioned Francis X. Rienzo Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed. “Basketball followers keep in mind him for his protection, rebounding and that trademark finger wag, however to these of us that knew him nicely, we are going to miss the daddy, teammate, mentor and good friend. Dikembe left his mark on the Georgetown neighborhood in so some ways, however he shall be finest remembered for his distinctive present of leveraging his platform as a Corridor of Fame basketball participant to maximise his international influence as a humanitarian. Our deepest condolences to all the Mutombo household, Dikembe is a real Hoya who is not going to be forgotten.”
As a member of Georgetown’s Board of Administrators, Mutombo served on the Committee on Athletics and the Committee on Predominant Campus Affairs. He obtained a Physician of Humane Letters (LHD) from Georgetown in 2010.
Dikembe Mutombo (SLL ’91, H ’10), a Georgetown College males’s basketball icon who grew to become a basketball Corridor of Famer for his rebounding and blocking prowess with the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and Atlanta Hawks,died Sept. 30 after a two-year battle with mind most cancers. He was 58.
Mutombo, a middle from the Democratic Republic of Congo, grew to become considered one of Georgetown’s greatest-ever gamers, dominating within the paint and defensively earlier than attaining stardom in an 18-year NBA profession. All through, Mutombo was identified for his philanthropy, funding and supporting humanitarian efforts significantly in Central Africa.
“Basketball followers keep in mind him for his protection, rebounding and that trademark finger wag, however to these of us that knew him effectively, we’ll miss the daddy, teammate, mentor and good friend,” Georgetown Athletic Director Lee Reed wrote in a press launch. “Dikembe left his mark on the Georgetown neighborhood in so some ways, however he can be greatest remembered for his distinctive reward of leveraging his platform as a Corridor of Fame basketball participant to maximise his world affect as a humanitarian. Our deepest condolences to all the Mutombo household, Dikembe is a real Hoya who won’t be forgotten.”
“The world misplaced a particular particular person in Dikembe Mutombo, however he’ll dwell on by means of his humanitarian work and dedication to household. Dikembe really embodied what it means to be a world ambassador – he’s perpetually a Hoya, and Dikembe’s legacy transcends the game of basketball,” Georgetown males’s basketball coach Ed Cooley wrote on X.
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo was born June 25, 1966, in Kinshasa, the Congo’s capital. He received a world science competitors his senior 12 months of highschool and obtained a USAID scholarship to Georgetown in 1987, initially planning to check medication.
Standing 7-foot-2, he was recruited by former males’s basketball coach John Thompson Jr. and performed on a basketball scholarship his remaining three years at Georgetown. Mutombo didn’t converse English when he arrived in america and discovered the language in just some weeks.
“I went to English class from 9:30 to 2:30, then I needed to go to my different lessons after I bought out from my English class,” Mutombo informed The Hoya in 2021. “Then I needed to go to basketball apply, then I needed to elevate weights, then I needed to go eat, then I needed to go examine. I used to get again to my dorm at 8 p.m., after leaving at 8 within the morning.”
Dikembe Mutombo (#55) dunks towards Villanova in a 1990 sport. Mutombo, one of many Hoyas’ biggest ever gamers, died Sept. 30. He was 58. (Jim Mangan/The Hoya)
A digital unknown exterior Georgetown’s gates, Mutombo started taking part in for the boys’s basketball staff within the 1988-89 season as a sophomore. His efficiency on the courtroom immediately spoke to his defensive prowess: Throughout his rookie season, Mutombo blocked 12 pictures in a single sport towards St. John’s College — an NCAA single-game report — setting the stage for a formidable frontcourt partnership with Alonzo Mourning (COL ’92) often known as “Rejection Row” and serving to his staff to an Elite Eight end.
Throughout his junior season, Mutombo started to play extra, averaging a double-double — 10 factors and 10 rebounds — within the 24 video games he began. Although the Hoyas have been knocked out early within the NCAA event, Mutombo was named Large East defensive participant of the 12 months and second-team all-Large East.
With Mourning injured, Mutombo grew to become the Hoya offense’s focus as a senior, main the staff in scoring and repeatedly main the staff in rebounds — tallying 27 within the Large East Event quarterfinal matchup towards the College of Connecticut. In all, Mutombo recorded 947 factors, 354 blocked pictures and a whopping 823 rebounds over his three-year school profession.
After graduating from Georgetown with levels in linguistics and diplomacy, Mutombo was the No. 4 total choose within the 1991 NBA draft, going to the Denver Nuggets.
“I like to sit down again and hearken to how folks say how nice a few of these are actually, as a result of in just a few years Dikembe’s going to surpass all of them,” Thompson mentioned of the 1991 draft picks.
Mutombo wasted no time propelling to stardom, ending his rookie season as an All-Star and runner-up in rookie of the 12 months sweepstakes. Mutombo grew to become identified for wagging his proper index finger at opponents, teasing them after blocking their pictures.
Over his lengthy NBA profession, together with stretches with the Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets, Mutombo racked up 4 defensive participant of the 12 months awards to go along with over 11,000 factors, 12,000 rebounds and three,000 blocks.
“Dikembe Mutombo was merely bigger than life,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wrote in a press launch. “On the courtroom, he was one of many biggest shot blockers and defensive gamers within the historical past of the NBA. Off the ground, he poured his coronary heart and soul into serving to others.”
All through his profession and after, Mutombo was a tireless advocate for his house nation, spearheading a number of charity initiatives to help training and healthcare within the Congo. Mutombo based the Dikembe Mutombo Basis in 1997 and helped fund the development of a common hospital in Kinshasa, established a major faculty targeted on science and entrepreneurship and championed kids’s points with UNICEF and Particular Olympics Worldwide, serving on the boards of each organizations. Mutombo based Mutombo Espresso in 2021, which goals to work principally with feminine farmers within the Congo and different African nations to shut the gender hole within the espresso business.
“The well being and the event of a rustic are intently linked to the well being of its folks,” Mutombo mentioned in a speech at Georgetown in 2001. “Schooling is so vital to good well being.”
The NBA named Mutombo its first world ambassador in 2009. Mutombo labored with the NBA on worldwide outreach efforts together with Basketball With out Borders, a program that gives basketball instruction in 33 nations.
Mutombo was inducted into the NBA Corridor of Fame in 2015 for his common of 9.8 factors and 10.3 rebounds per sport in his profession.
Past his basketball stardom, Mutombo served on the college’s board of administrators, an advisory physique which helps to control Georgetown, from 2017 to 2023, serving on two of its committees, in keeping with a college press launch.
“Dikembe Mutombo was the embodiment of the spirit of Georgetown,” Joseph Ferrara, a college vice chairman and chief of workers to school president John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95), wrote within the launch. “From his prolific school {and professional} basketball careers to his tireless work in retirement to enhance the lives of these in want of higher well being and alternative, he lived Georgetown’s values in a manner we at all times will maintain with nice esteem and delight. His passing is an amazing loss for the Georgetown neighborhood and certainly america, Congo, and in every single place else the place he uplifted these round him.”
Mutombo is survived by his spouse, Rose; his kids, Carrie (COL ’19, LAW ’22), Jean Jacques and Ryan Mutombo (CAS ’24), who performed three seasons on Georgetown’s males’s basketball staff; and 4 nieces and nephews whom he and his spouse adopted.
This story is creating and can be up to date as extra data turns into accessible.
Wi-fi community outage for Verizon clients throughout the U.S.
Wi-fi community outage for Verizon clients throughout the U.S.
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Verizon clients throughout the U.S. reported issues accessing the corporate’s wi-fi community, with some reporting Monday morning that their telephone service was down and restricted to SOS mode.
As of 10:11 a.m. ET, greater than 100,000 reviews of Verizon outages had been logged with DownDetector, a web site that tracks service outages for telecommunications suppliers, web sites and different companies.
Outages have been reported from New York to Los Angeles, with the primary criticism linked to lack of service on clients’ cellphones. Clients started reporting issues shortly after 9 a.m. ET, with some turning to social media to ask Verizon for refunds.
“It has been over two hours and we do not even know why that is occurring. All of us pay a fairly penny for our Verizon invoice, this time ought to be compensated till the difficulty is totally resolved,” one buyer posted to Verizon’s buyer help account on X.
Folks throughout the nation stated their telephones had no service aside from SOS mode.
“SOS in Ohio since mid-morning. Was engaged on my drive into work, however went down a number of hours in the past and hasn’t come again,” one person wrote on DownDetector.
When is Verizon coming again up?
In an preliminary assertion emailed to CBS MoneyWatch, Verizon stated its engineers have been “working shortly to determine and remedy the difficulty.”
In a later replace emailed to CBS at about 5 p.m. ET, Verizon stated that service was starting to be restored to clients.
“Verizon engineers are making progress on our community concern, and repair has began to be restored,” the spokesperson stated. “We all know how a lot folks depend on Verizon and apologize for any inconvenience a few of our clients skilled at present. We proceed to work across the clock to totally resolve this concern.”
What’s SOS mode?
Cell phones will typically swap to SOS mode after they’re having hassle connecting to a wi-fi community. Because the title suggests, SOS mode means the telephone can nonetheless make emergency calls, corresponding to 911, by connecting to different carriers, in response to Apple.
Some clients complained on social media that the outage is making it unattainable for them to make use of 2-factor authentication, which is when an organization sends a code by way of textual content to a buyer’s cell phone throughout login as an added safety precaution. The shopper then makes use of the code to entry an account, corresponding to monetary companies account or work e mail — in addition to their Verizon accounts.
“Additionally how can I log into my verizon account if I can not confirm who I’m by getting a textual content due to an outage?” one person wrote on X.
The outage seems to be affecting each iPhone and Android customers, in response to tech web site Bleeping Pc.
As of 4:30 p.m. ET, Verizon’s publish on X concerning the outage had drawn greater than 7,000 responses, many from clients asking for updates and expressing anger concerning the disruption. Some famous they have been unable to make enterprise calls or reschedule appointments due to the service disruption, with many purchasers vowing to modify carriers.
“As quickly as this downside is mounted I am canceling my service,” one buyer wrote in response to Verizon’s X publish. “Principally as a result of you’ve gotten but to say what the reason for that is … and it is not simply ‘some clients.’ It is on a really vast scale.”
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Aimee Picchi is the affiliate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, the place she covers enterprise and private finance. She beforehand labored at Bloomberg Information and has written for nationwide information shops together with USA Right now and Shopper Reviews.
I don’t assume anybody is especially shocked that the New England Patriots misplaced to the 4San Francisco 49ers yesterday. The Niners had been heavy favorites and are legit Tremendous Bowl contenders this 12 months. And the sport may have been rather a lot worse for the Patriots general.
The one actual shock, for me a minimum of, is that I’m sitting right here at a little bit of a loss this morning. I watched the sport yesterday, I received on with the remainder of my Sunday, I slept fairly nicely, I awoke this morning, and I’m nonetheless unsure what to consider the Patriots general.
Properly, I do know what I feel. They stink, that’s what I feel. However do I’ve something to supply apart from that?
1. By way of any precise recreation evaluation, I actually don’t have all that a lot to say. We all know what this group is and what this group isn’t, and I don’t see any of that altering anytime quickly. So I suppose I’ll take just a few notes to level out the plain, then possibly take a step again and deal with in the present day’s Fan Notes as a discussion board for wholesome dialogue and debate in regards to the different Apparent Factor we’re all questioning.
First up, let’s get to the great things.
2. If the Patriots are going to ship a single participant to the Professional Bowl this 12 months, it’s going to be Bryce Baringer. He’s working away with Crew MVP for the second 12 months in a row.
3. Joey Slye has additionally discovered himself in the midst of a mini profession revival in New England, and I’m right here for it. With the ability to hammer it in from 50+ is totally essential while you’re on a group like New England, as a result of the chances of them moving into chip shot FG vary are fairly rattling slim.
4. If you’d like an instance of how clearly numbers that present up on a spreadsheet don’t even remotely translate into actuality, look no additional than the New England protection yesterday. You have a look at the ultimate rating and the 148 dashing yards surrendered and just one sack generated, and it’s simple to assume that the 49ers simply ran all of the Patriots. However that it was solely 30-13 is nothing in need of a miracle, and that’s on the protection.
5. There was clearly the pick-six, which takes one rating off the board. You even have one rating coming off of a 53-yard, completely thrown bomb to Deebo Samuel as an injury-ravaged Patriots secondary didn’t have a deep security in place. The opposite landing required George Kittle to one way or the other come down with the ball in the midst of three Patriots defenders and contort his physique mid-air to come back down in bounds on the third strive. Marcus Jones was in unimaginable protection on the 45-yard Jennings reception — that was only a nice throw and catch. Peppers picked one off ultimately zone to short-circuit a robust Niners drive and the protection simply stored it nearer than it ought to have been general.
6. There are for certain some points with the D, significantly edge comprise and a hopefully injury-dictated determination to have Jahlani Tavai within the again third of the sector in protection, however towards one of the crucial potent offenses within the league, Purdy and firm earned virtually each single yard that they received.
7. And as soon as once more, Christian Gonzalez simply takes whoever he’s masking and renders him an entire non-factor. Plainly each time the Patriots play press-man, good issues occur, and after they swap to a comfortable zone, they offer up chunk performs. I’d put Gonzo up towards any receiver on this league and really feel comfy leaving him on an island there.
8. I genuinely imagine that there are some extraordinarily proficient receivers on this group. We’ve seen what DeMario Douglas can do, and we will all see what Polk can and might be below some completely different circumstances- I nonetheless assume that sideline seize was a catch. However all the things that includes passing and catching the ball is kind of a wash this 12 months.
OK, sufficient of the back-patting. All the way down to the meat and potatoes of the suck.
9. This group’s solely actual offensive weapon has put the ball on the bottom a minimum of as soon as each single week. I understand how issues like that may get into your head, however in years previous Mondre can be on the bench till he received that straightened out.
10. And truthfully, Antonio Gibson has been an under-the-radar shiny spot for this offense. He’s runner, outlet receiver, and had the one huge play of the sport yesterday for the Patriots. In the event that they do resolve to bench Stevenson for a bit, I’m OK with Gibson taking the lead again function.
11. This group’s greatest offensive lineman left the sport with a shoulder damage and didn’t come again. Although if I came upon that David Andrews was faking it simply to get a break, I wouldn’t blame him.
12. I’d make a joke about how Nick Bosa and Demontrey Jacobs ought to by no means line up inside 10 yards of one another — however that’s type of what occurred yesterday anyway.
13. The one enjoyable and inventive offensive play we’ve seen all season received referred to as again resulting from a block within the again.
14. It’s going to sound loopy, however calibrating for general suckitude, it’s not like they’re taking part in horribly. This isn’t some proficient squad that may’t appear to place collectively an entire recreation or is susceptible to blow leads or can’t shut it out. It is a younger, inexperienced group with a particularly weak offensive line defending a QB with a really restricted ceiling. The receivers have potential, however it’s robust to make an affect when the quarterback takes six sacks per recreation and faces strain on virtually half of his dropbacks. The offensive product we noticed yesterday is true the place it needs to be, and it’s robust to get all that upset about it.
15. I actually don’t blame any of the gamers. Aside from Mondre’s fumbleitis, it’s not like I’m a person man on the group and pondering he might be doing extra or taking part in higher than he’s. It’s simply the top-down offensive downside that all of us noticed coming again in April, satisfied ourselves it wasn’t that dangerous after they beat Cincy, and now need to take care of the truth that it could be even worse than we may have imagined. But it surely’s not on anyone man.
16. Pats followers in 2023: Ah, crap, Vederian Lowe is beginning in the present day!
Pats followers in 2024: Ah, crap. Vederian Lowe is out in the present day!
17. The query, then, is what will we do from right here? Everyone knows what we’re going to be asking this week, and just about each week going ahead: when is it time to tug Brissett and begin Drake Maye?
18. I’ve been on document as saying that Week 5 makes loads of sense. The Dolphins are a large number with out Tua, and October begins a pleasant little house stand and a comparatively comfortable a part of the schedule.
However primarily based on what we’ve seen up to now, is beginning Maye the best way to go?
19. On one hand, this complete Brissett-run offense appears fairly pointless. It’s not going wherever or doing something. Any progress or expertise the younger guys are getting must be minimal at greatest, until “run half a route earlier than your quarterback will get sacked and you must return to the huddle” counts as significant recreation reps and a few added cardio.
20. By way of 4 video games, Brissett has accomplished 61 passes for 536 yards with two TDs and a decide. In case you blocked the sport out, Tommy B threw for 505 in Tremendous Bowl LII alone. He’s benched in virtually each different circumstance, and so long as he’s on the market, the entire group is simply treading water. So what do now we have to lose?
21. To reply that query, let’s play out an imaginary state of affairs.
“Comfortable sixteenth birthday, son! And congratulations on getting your driver’s license. I do know you’re wanting to get began in your cross-country street journey, so I purchased you a automobile. There are not any brakes, the precise flip sign doesn’t work, it’s good to fasten the seatbelt by tying it right into a knot, any person etched an image of a butt onto the rear window glass and you’ll’t see out the again, the rearview mirror is only a piece of tinfoil, and I’d advise you to tug over each 400 yards or so to re-inflate the entrance tires with the hand-pump within the trunk. Simply ensure that to not slam the trunk closed while you’re finished, that may trigger the transmission to drop out. Shut it very gently and fasten it with the latch I duct-taped on final evening. Name me while you get to LA!”
22. Would the birthday boy get some invaluable life and real-world driving expertise taking that jalopy on the freeway? Completely. Would he make the journey in a single piece? Maybe, if all the things goes precisely proper. Would you are feeling completely effective if that was your youngster pulling out of your driveway in a cloud of black exhaust? Hell no.
23. Which implies, then, that the one purpose Maye isn’t getting the beginning at this level is for security causes. The group has determined to throw Jacoby on the market to get mauled each week whereas defending their future. And there’s no method that Brissett can’t perceive that to a point. It must be robust understanding that the one purpose you will have your job is as a result of you possibly can take a beating.
24. Moreover, if David Andrews is out for an prolonged interval, the offensive line has, impossibly, simply gotten a lot worse. No matter heart is on the market — we’re 4 weeks into the season and I couldn’t title the Patriots linemen — isn’t the one which Maye must develop a rapport with. So I feel I’m now within the camp of leaving Maye on the bench a minimum of till Andrews comes again.
25. But when they resolve to begin Maye sooner somewhat than later, I’m all in. All indicators level to Jacoby being the man till he inevitably will get damage and Maye is compelled into beginning responsibility. However till he begins taking the majority of the beginning snaps in observe, that is and can stay Brissett’s group. The coaches have already roughly mentioned as a lot.
26. Are there actually some Patriots followers on the market saying that Mayo has to go? There can’t be, proper?
27. On a extra macro degree: the league actually, actually must do one thing in regards to the officiating. Not solely are there an absurd variety of flags flying round every at each recreation, however the calls are sometimes flat-out incorrect. It has been steadily getting worse with every passing season, and in 2024 video games have gotten fully unwatchable. Maybe one of many causes offensive manufacturing is down this 12 months is as a result of offenses by no means have any time to get right into a rhythm with each different play getting referred to as again on some nonsense. It must cease.
28. I might think about that it’s below the purview of general participant security, however I don’t see how making groups run much more performs due to phantom holds or face masks referred to as towards the incorrect group one way or the other makes issues safer.
29. Talking of participant security, I might have cherished to be within the assembly with whoever it was who determined that the brand new kickoff guidelines had been going to deliver the joy again to the play. I guess all of them left that assembly pondering that they’d all of it found out.
30. And to their credit score, it appeared to work through the preseason, throughout these few video games the place no one gave a crap and had been simply attempting issues out. However all now we have now are touchbacks and a bunch of particular teamers sprinting to the tip zone for no obvious purpose.
31. The brand new guidelines additionally imply that an offense solely wants like 35-40 yards to get into discipline purpose ranger coming off that inevitable touchback. It makes 4th quarter comebacks a bit much less spectacular.
32. Watching Jabrill Peppers have a good time his finish zone decide with what regarded like a very full diaper on his helmet was the one actual pleasure I took out of yesterday’s recreation.
What is going to October deliver for this group? Your guess is pretty much as good as mine. However I’m right here for it, no matter it’s.
The Denver Broncos entered their Week 4 assembly with the New York Jets coming off a formidable win. The Broncos hoped to convey momentum from their 26-7 victory over the Buccaneers into MetLife Stadium on Sunday, however the afternoon began traditionally poor.
Bo Nix, the twelfth general choose from the 2024 NFL draft, delivered his first win within the NFL final weekend however put forth abysmal first half in opposition to the Jets: Nix grew to become the primary quarterback since not less than 2000 to have a number of completions within the first half of a recreation and throw for destructive yards.
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Nix accomplished seven of 15 passes within the first half for -7 passing yards.
In September 1998, Ryan Leaf accomplished 4 of 15 passes for 4 yards. That is the bottom mark by any quarterback in NFL historical past with not less than 15 cross makes an attempt.
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Nix’s first-half efficiency was a major step backward from his terrific 25 of 36 for 216 yards in Week 3.
Bo Nix stats vs. Jets
Bo Nix first half stats in opposition to the Jets in Week 4:
7 for 15 passing
-7 passing yards
0 TDs
Regardless of the terrible first half, Nix delivered after halftime, throwing his first NFL landing cross to Courtland Sutton late within the third quarter. Denver defeated the Jets 10-9 and improved to 2-2 on the season.
Nix completed the day 12 of 25 for 60 yards and a landing.
Denver will host the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 5.
Broncos QB depth chart
The Broncos do not have a very deep room behind Nix.
Veteran passer Jarrett Stidham and former Jets draft choose Zach Wilson are subsequent in line as quarterbacks for the Broncos.
The one factor the Baltimore Ravens by no means had for Lamar Jackson was a terrific operating again to assist him out. Mark Ingram had an excellent run close to the top of his profession. Between accidents, J.Okay. Dobbins was efficient.
However the Ravens, on this period, have not had a again like Derrick Henry. We might solely think about what the dashing lanes would appear like with defenses centered on Lamar Jackson. Now we all know. And it is clear that Henry nonetheless has lots left to supply at age 30.
Henry began off the night time with an 87-yard landing and had an enormous night time because the Ravens put an 0-2 begin behind them with their second straight win, a dominant 35-10 victory over the Buffalo Payments. Henry rushed for 199 yards on 24 carries. Final week towards the Cowboys he had 151 yards on 25 carries. He appears to be like like he is nicely inside his prime, even at age 30.
When Henry was out there this previous offseason, he reportedly needed to signal with the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys declare they could not afford among the best backs of this period. The Ravens are fairly completely satisfied it unfolded that method.
Henry provides a component to the offense that the Ravens have not skilled. If the Ravens make it again to the playoffs, Henry can carry among the load that Jackson is used to having on his shoulder. That may’t be a foul factor.
Derrick Henry has an enormous night time
On the Ravens’ first play of the sport, Henry made historical past. Henry acquired between some good blocks and broke into the secondary. Henry is 247 kilos but in addition is without doubt one of the quickest gamers within the NFL, and although he is 30 with the heaviest workload within the league over the previous few years, no person was going to catch him. Henry went 87 yards for the landing and the longest run in Ravens historical past. With that, Henry grew to become the one participant in NFL historical past to have the longest run for 2 totally different franchises. His 99-yard run for the Tennessee Titans is tied for the longest in NFL historical past.
Henry scored once more on a 5-yard move from Lamar Jackson early within the second quarter and the Ravens led 14-3. The Payments have been incredible for 3 weeks to begin the season, however instantly, in Week 4, they have been unable to maintain up with the Ravens.
A few punts did not assist. The Payments punted on fourth-and-2 from midfield within the first quarter, and fourth-and-1 from their very own 39 within the second quarter once they trailed by 11 factors. It made no sense for Payments head coach Sean McDermott to punt in both spot, and it clearly damage his crew’s probabilities of staying within the sport. The Ravens scored touchdowns after every of these punts.
McDermott hasn’t been that conservative on fourth down this season, however like his crew as a complete, he appeared overwhelmed by the Ravens on Sunday night time.
Ravens shut robust
The Payments began the second half with momentum. Josh Allen had a ridiculous downfield move to Khalil Shakir whereas he was going out of bounds, and that gained 52 yards and arrange a landing. The Payments acquired the ball again immediately, however Allen’s arm was hit by Kyle Van Noy on a throw. It was a fumble that the Ravens recovered, and shortly after Jackson scored on a 9-yard landing run to place the Ravens again forward by 18 factors.
Even when Henry made a mistake it turned out nicely. After Henry had a 38-yard run to arrange the Ravens contained in the 5-yard line, he fumbled on his method into the top zone. However fullback Patrick Ricard recovered it in the long run zone for a landing and Baltimore led 35-10.
One of many causes the Ravens began 0-2 was that in Week 2, they stopped feeding Henry within the fourth quarter and that allowed the Las Vegas Raiders to return again and beat them. Since then, Henry has destroyed the Cowboys after which the Payments. It did not take the Ravens too lengthy to determine that Henry can deal with as many carries as anybody provides him, they usually’ll be a greater offense in consequence.
The Ravens had a terrific crew final season however no person like Henry. In an AFC championship sport loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, they forgot nearly fully in regards to the operating sport and that was an enormous motive they misplaced. That will not occur once more if the Ravens discover themselves in the same scenario. Henry is a future Corridor of Famer, and the Ravens are a a lot totally different crew with him of their backfield.
Kris Kristofferson, Star of Frank and Jesse James Filmed in Robertson County, Dies at 87
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ROBERTSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) – With the passing of legendary musician and actor Kris Kristofferson yesterday in Hawaii, we take a second to recollect one of many iconic initiatives that introduced him to Robertson County. In December 1985, Springfield, Tennessee, performed host to the filming of The Final Days of Frank and Jesse James, a Western that starred Kristofferson alongside Johnny Money and Willie Nelson. A good portion of the film was filmed on the historic Robertson County Courthouse, which served because the backdrop for a lot of scenes, reworking Springfield again to the nineteenth century with dirt-covered streets and its timeless structure.
For weeks, the manufacturing turned Springfield right into a bustling set, involving native residents as extras and spectators alike. The Robertson County Courthouse is clearly seen all through the movie, serving as a key location for the motion. This cinematic second not solely showcased Springfield’s historic attraction but in addition introduced stars like Kristofferson and Money into the center of our group.
Smokey Barn Information is proud to share a uncommon newsreel from the filming, that includes behind-the-scenes footage that documented the joy of the manufacturing. Moreover, we’ve included a hyperlink to the total film The Final Days of Frank and Jesse James, permitting viewers to expertise Kristofferson’s efficiency and relive a bit of Springfield’s cinematic historical past.
Kris Kristofferson’s dying marks the top of an period for followers of his music and movies, however his legacy will proceed to reside on in moments like these—when Springfield turned a small a part of his storied profession.
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