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American Press
7 hours ago
- Sport
- American Press
Scooter Hobbs column: Cinderella, no Wolf in rooster's clothing, yes
OMAHA, Neb. — Nah-nah-nah-nah, Coastal Carolina. Just no! Don't be bringing that thing in here. Just no. CC: Who? What? LSU: That Cinderella card you're trying to play. We ain't buying it. CC: But we're … LSU: Murray State was Omaha's Cinderella story this year. Had the papers to prove it. Didn't last long. The Racers went home early like good little princesses. Got their two-game stay, a good steak, a pat on the head and went back to Kentucky. CC: And the LSU first baseman, Jared Jones, didn't even know where Coastal Carolina was located. LSU: He had it narrowed down to either North or South Carolina. CC: It's South, by the way. Conway. Maybe a long home run from Myrtle Beach. LSU: Not exactly Starkville. CC: You don't even know what a Chanticleer is. LSU: Oh yeah? It's fictional, but it's an angry rooster of some sort. Came to life in the pages of 'Canterbury Tales,' one of Geoffrey Chaucer's better works, or so we're told. CC: Then pronounce it. LSU: Uh, give us a minute. Cha … CC: Try SHON-ti-cheer. The enunciation-challenged just call us 'Chants.' LSU: Thanks. But what's that got to do with baseball? CC: LSU is baseball royalty … LSU: Proud of it, too. CC: Seven national championships. Owns Omaha. What do y'all call it? Geauxmaha? Alex Box North? LSU: And you're trying to kidnap the Tigers' Cornfield Alumni, the adopted fan base, with this Cinderella nonsense. Teal Nation, is it? CC: But it's only our second time in Omaha. LSU: Yeah, and how did the other one turn out? CC: OK, we won the national championship in 2016. LSU: That's 1-for-1. CC: People say it was a fluke. LSU: Not the Tigers. They were eyewitnesses. You beat LSU in the super regionals that year — in Baton Rouge, in Alex Box South, swept the Tigers in two games. You don't fluke something like that. CC: And, yeah, got hot in Omaha. LSU: Tell the current LSU coach about it. Jay Johnson was on the receiving end of it. Was at Arizona then, and y'all took down his Wildcats. Still has the scars. CC: Ancient history. Different team. LSU: No kidding. You're the hottest team in the country. You've won 26 consecutive games — 26! How does that happen? LSU never has never done it. Ever. CC: Didn't play the schedule LSU did. LSU: Doesn't matter. What is it, 56 wins overall? Looked it up. That's five more than any team in the country. CC: We were fortunate. LSU: It includes the postseason, 8-0 there. CC: LSU is unbeaten in Omaha, super regionals, too. LSU: Lost to little ol' Little Rock in the regionals. CC: But we don't play in the mighty SEC. LSU: You played Auburn, the No. 4 national seed, in the super regionals. CC: Yeah, that was a good weekend. LSU: You swept the War Eagles. LSU got swept at Auburn in the regular season there — the lone team that beat the Tigers three times. CC: But LSU is the No. 6 national seed. LSU: Auburn was No. 4. Didn't bother you then. And you didn't come out of nowhere. You were No. 13, got to host a regional. Didn't exactly come out of the boondocks. CC: Cinderella. That's our story and we're sticking to it. All aboard the cute and cuddly bandwagon. LSU: We know how to settle this. There's your coach over there, a Mr. Kevin Schnall, I believe it is, let's listen to him up there on the podium. CC: We heard him. He's an alum. LSU: He looks like something out of a bad baseball movie, scraggly beard and all. Funny guy, seems to have a bit of an edge to him. But here's what he said about Coastal being in Omaha: 'It's incredible but it's not unbelievable,' sayeth he. 'And it's not unbelievable because we've got really good players — really good players.' I'm afraid he blew your cover. Cinderella, my … — Scooter Hobbs covers LSU athletics. Email him at
Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
CPI (Maoist) central committee member, 2 others gunned down
Representative Image VISHAKHAPATNAM/NEW DELHI: Senior Maoist leader Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, member of CPI(Maoist) central committee (CC), was killed by Andhra Pradesh police on Wednesday in an encounter in Alluri Sitarama Raju district of the state. With his neutralisation, the total strength of the CC has shrunk to 13, including the four remaining politburo members, report Siva G & Bharti Jain. Two other senior Naxal leaders - state zonal committee member Ravi Venka Chaitanya alias Aruna and area committee member Anju - were also eliminated. Aruna is wife of another slain CC member Ramachandra Reddy Pratap Reddy alias Chalapathi, who was killed by the anti-Naxal forces in Chhattisgarh in Jan. Gajarla Ravi is the fifth CC member to be neutralised this year. Ravi was killed in an encounter between Maredumilli and Rampachodavaram areas in ASR district. Ravi and Aruna carried rewards of Rs 25 lakh and Rs 20 lakh respectively, and were accused of several killings in AP and Odisha.
Indian Express
4 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Central committee member Gajarla Ravi among 3 Maoists killed in encounter in Andhra Pradesh
Three Maoists, including a member of the central committee (CC) of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), were killed in an encounter in the Maredumilli forests in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitharama Raju district on Wednesday morning, the police said. 'An AK-47 rifle was found, which means one of them is a senior leader. We suspect him to be Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, a CC member. A top woman leader, Aruna, who is also known as Venkata, and one unidentified male have also died in the encounter,' Amit Bardar, Superintendent of Police (SP), Alluri Sitharama Raju district, said. SP Bardar said the three Maoists were killed following an exchange of fire with the anti-Naxalite unit Greyhounds. Officials said that they suspect that the Maoists entered from Chhattisgarh. Based on intelligence tip-offs, a combing operation was launched which resulted in the encounter, officials added. Ravi alias Ganesh was on the National Investigation Agency's most wanted list and was known to be a top military strategist. In 2004, he was one of the negotiators the CPI (Maoist) had sent for peace talks with the Y S Rajasekhara Reddy government. Hailing from Chityala in the Jayashankar Bhupalpally district of Telangana, Ravi was known to have operated in Malkangiri and Dandakaranya. He was a former secretary of the CPI (Maoist)'s Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC). One of five brothers, Ravi and three of his elder brothers joined the Maoists, officials said. Aruna was the wife of senior Maoist leader Chalapati alias Appa Rao, who was killed in an earlier encounter. Meanwhile, security has been tightened in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as the CPI (Maoist) has called for a bandh on June 20 in protest against the ongoing anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh. In a statement, state committee spokesperson Jagan said that more than 550 Maoists, including senior leaders, have been killed as part of 'Operation Kagar' since January last year. He added that the Centre has decided to wipe out Maoists by March 2026. In protest against the operation, the CPI (Maoist) called for a bandh in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The Wire
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Wire
How Visionary Beach Boys Songwriter Brian Wilson Changed Music
Menu हिंदी తెలుగు اردو Home Politics Economy World Security Law Science Society Culture Editor's Pick Opinion Support independent journalism. Donate Now World How Visionary Beach Boys Songwriter Brian Wilson Changed Music – and My Life Jadey O'Regan 39 minutes ago Brian Wilson's passing on June 11 marks the end of a long and extraordinary chapter in musical history. Brian Wilson at a Beach Boys reunion in New Orleans. Photo: Takahiro Kyono/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0. Real journalism holds power accountable Since 2015, The Wire has done just that. But we can continue only with your support. Contribute now Brian Wilson, leader, songwriter and producer of the Beach Boys, has passed away at age 82. He leaves behind a legacy of beautiful, joyous, bittersweet and enduring music, crafted over a career spanning six decades. While this news isn't unexpected – Wilson was diagnosed with dementia last year and entered a conservatorship after the loss of his wife, Melinda – his passing marks the end of a long and extraordinary chapter in musical history. A life of music Formed in the early 1960s in Hawthorne, California, the Beach Boys were built on a foundation of family and community: brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and school friend Al Jardine. Growing up, the Wilson household was a turbulent place; their father, Murry Wilson, was strict and at times violent. Music was the one way in which the family could connect. During these early years Brian discovered the sounds that would shape his musical identity: Gershwin, doo wop groups, early rock and roll and, a particular favourite, the vocal group the Four Freshmen, whose tight-harmony singing style Wilson studied meticulously. It was an unexpected combination of influences for a pop band. Even from the Beach Boys' earliest recordings – the surf, the cars, the girls – the stirrings of the complexity and musical adventurousness Wilson is known for is audible. Listen to the unexpected structure of ' The Lonely Sea ' (1962), the complex chords of ' The Warmth of the Sun ' (1963) or the subtle modulation in ' Don't Worry Baby ' (1964). These early innovations hinted at a growing creativity that would continue to evolve over the rest of the 1960s, and beyond. The Beach Boys perform at the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain. A story of resilience In later years, Brian Wilson often appeared publicly as a fragile figure. But what stands out most in his story is resilience. His ability to produce such an expansive and diverse catalogue of work while navigating difficult family relationships, intense record label pressures, misdiagnosed and mistreated mental health conditions, addiction and much more, is extraordinary. Wilson not only survived, but continued to create music. He eventually did something few Beach Boys' fans would have imagined – he returned to the stage. Wilson's unexpected return to public performance during the Pet Sounds and SMiLE tours in the early 2000s began a revival interest in the Beach Boys, and a critical reconsideration of their musical legacy. This continues with a consistent release of books, documentaries, movies and podcasts about Wilson and the legacy of the Beach Boys' music. The focus of a thesis I grew up near Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Their early songs about an endless summer had a particular resonance to my hometown, even if, like Brian Wilson, I only admired the beach from afar. I chose to study the Beach Boys' music for my PhD thesis and spent the next few years charting the course of their musical development from their early days in the garage to creating Pet Sounds just five years later. The Beach Boys at a 2012 performance. Photo: Louise Palanker/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0. I was fascinated by how a band could create such a groundbreaking volume of work and progress so quickly from the delightful, yet wobbly 'Surfin' to the complex arrangements of 'God Only Knows'. To understand their music, I spent years listening to Beach Boys' tracking sessions, take after take, to hear how their songs were so cleverly and delicately put together. What struck me just as powerfully as the music itself was the sound of Brian Wilson's voice in those recordings. Listening to Wilson leading hours of tracking sessions was to hear an artist at the top of their game – decisive, confident, funny, collaborative and deeply driven to make music that would express the magic he heard in his mind, and connect with an audience. One of the more unexpected discoveries in my analysis of the Beach Boys' music came from their lyrics. Using a word frequency tool to examine all 117 songs in my study, I found that the most common word was 'now'. In many cases, it appears in a conversational sense – 'Well, she got her Daddy's car, and she cruised through the hamburger stand now ' – but on a broader level, it perfectly encapsulates what Brian Wilson's music offered so many listeners. He created an endless present: a world where the sun could always be shining, where you could feel young forever and you could visit that world any time you needed to. Jadey O'Regan with Brian Wilson, Enmore Theatre, Sydney 2010. Credit: Jadey O'Regan. In 2010, I had the remarkable experience of meeting Brian Wilson in his dressing room before his performance at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. He was funny and kind. He sat at a small keyboard, taught me a harmony and for a moment, we sang ' Love and Mercy ' together. It was one of the most magical moments of my life. It is also one of Wilson's most enduring sentiments: 'love and mercy, that's what we need tonight'. Farewell and thank you, Brian. Surf's up. Jadey O'Regan, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow our channel for sharp analysis and opinions on the latest developments. 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Time of India
7 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
LeBron James Hails ‘The CC EFFECT' After Caitlyn Clark's 32-Point Masterclass Return in WNBA
Shocking dip in WNBA games' ticket prices sparks 'Caitlin Clark Effect' discussion (Image Credit: Caitlin/Instagram) Caitlin Clark's return to the WNBA after a five-game injury absence was nothing short of stunning, and her performance drew the attention—and praise—of basketball icon LeBron James . The Indiana Fever guard delivered a masterclass against the defending champion New York Liberty, scoring 32 points, grabbing eight rebounds, and dishing out nine assists to lead her team to a 102-88 victory. LeBron James , a longtime supporter of Caitlin Clark since her college days, was among the first to celebrate her comeback. Taking to social media, LeBron James posted an emphatic message: 'The CC EFFECT!! WELCOME BACK! You were missed!'. His words captured the sentiment of fans and players alike who had eagerly awaited Clark's return to the court. Clark's impact was immediate and profound. She scored 25 of her 32 points in the first half alone, including a remarkable stretch where she hit three three-pointers in just 38 seconds—one from well beyond the arc. Her shooting and playmaking set the tone for the Fever, energizing the home crowd and helping Indiana snap a two-game losing streak. The Liberty, who entered the game with a 9-1 record, struggled to contain Caitlin Clark's deep shooting and dynamic floor leadership. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo LeBron's public endorsement of Clark's influence—dubbed the 'CC EFFECT'—underscores her growing stature in the basketball world. He has previously praised Clark for her transformative impact on the WNBA, noting that she is 'the reason why a lot of great things are gonna happen for the WNBA'. Caitlin Clark, for her part, has called LeBron James one of her idols and 'the GOAT,' reflecting a mutual respect between two generational talents. Clark's return not only boosted the Fever's record to 5-5 but also reignited excitement around the league. Her resilience in overcoming a left quad strain and immediately returning to elite form is a testament to her skill and determination. As the season progresses, the spotlight on Clark is set to intensify, with her performances continuing to inspire fans and draw the admiration of basketball legends like LeBron James. Also read: Bill Simmons Fuels Rumors: Could LeBron James Headline a $5 Billion NBA Rival League? The 'CC EFFECT' is real, and with Caitlin Clark back on the court, the WNBA is once again buzzing with anticipation for what she'll do next.
