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Mint
2 hours ago
- Sport
- Mint
Oakley and Meta unveil AI-powered smart glasses for Athletes with built-in camera: Price, availability and more
Oakley has teamed up with Meta to launch a new line of AI-powered smart glasses aimed at athletes and sports fans. The Oakley Meta HSTN (pronounced 'HOW-stuhn') blends Oakley's signature design with Meta's wearable tech, offering hands-free camera use, open-ear audio, and integrated AI assistance. Set to debut in a global campaign featuring footballer Kylian Mbappé and American football quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the glasses mark an expansion of Meta's existing partnership with eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica. You may be interested in The Oakley Meta HSTN is the first in a line of products under the new collaboration. Based on the existing HSTN frame style, this smart wearable includes an Ultra HD (3K) video camera and open-ear speakers. It also carries an IPX4 water resistance rating, making it suitable for outdoor and active use. Meta claims that the battery performance has been prioritised, with up to eight hours of use and 19 hours on standby. A 20-minute charge can power the device up to 50 per cent, and the charging case offers an additional 48 hours of battery life, added the tech giant. Meta's voice-controlled assistant is built into the device, allowing users to perform functions such as checking wind conditions during golf or recording moments on a skateboard with simple voice prompts. Meta is positioning the device as a tool for enhancing physical performance and content creation in equal measure. Preorders for the Limited-Edition Oakley Meta HSTN begin on 11 July at $499 USD (nearly ₹ 43,204), while a broader collection starting at $399 USD (nearly ₹ 34,546) is expected later this summer. The launch will initially cover the US, UK, Canada, Australia, several European countries, and Nordic nations. Markets such as India, Mexico, and the UAE are expected to follow before the end of the year. Oakley Meta HSTN will make its public debut at Fanatics Fest from 20 to 22 June, and at UFC International Fight Week from 25 to 27 June.
USA Today
4 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes shares his thoughts on the wide receiver room
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes shares his thoughts on the wide receiver room During his minicamp press conference, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes gave his assessment of the wide receiver room after mandatory minicamp. 'For sure. I think you saw even at the beginning of last year before Rashee (Rice) got hurt,' said Mahomes, 'Whenever you have a guy that you have spent that time with and had that connection with, you can hit the ground running because you know those different things. Seeing that with Xavier (Worthy) this year and Hollywood (Brown) and Rashee and JuJu (Smith-Schuster) and all these guys, man.' Last season was Mahomes' first as a starter without 4,000 passing yards or a Pro Bowl selection. He believes a healthy and productive unit will bounce back more efficiently in 2025. 'They have done a great job of working and continuing to work to get even better.' said Mahomes, 'You can talk about stuff that's happened in prior years, and that's where me and Travis (Kelce) have had so much success: when you get multiple and multiple years of reps with guys, you continue to get better and better on the football field.' Mahomes finished 2024 with 3,928 passing yards, 26 passing touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.
New York Times
6 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs offense look for answers as Super Bowl sting lingers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The rings sat in little white boxes stacked on folding tables a few steps from the Kansas City Chiefs' practice fields. If you didn't know any better, you'd think they were passing out sandwiches to the players on their way out of the building. There were over 100 of them, each a glistening gold, labeled by name for anyone who was a part of last season's team. Players. Coaches. Trainers. Staffers. Advertisement But this time there was no ceremony, no real celebration. Coach Andy Reid said a few words after Wednesday's minicamp practice wrapped, and that was that. Then the rings no one really wanted were handed out. Patrick Mahomes called the AFC Championship rings 'a reminder.' He'll keep his locked at the bottom of his safe at home. Mahomes stores the real ones — his three Super Bowl rings — on top. Those are the ones he wants to see. Such is the standard in Kansas City these days: there are championship seasons, then there's everything else. It's a pedigree the Chiefs have earned. 'I let everybody else be happy with (that),' tight end Travis Kelce said. 'Last year wasn't a success for me, and I'm motivated to make sure we get that other ring this year.' For Mahomes and Kelce, the faces of this Chiefs' dynasty, February's Super Bowl loss still stings. It probably always will. They were chasing history, trying to become the first team in the Super Bowl era to win three in a row, and the Eagles kicked them in the teeth from the first quarter on. It's one of the reasons Kelce resisted walking away. Deep down, he knew he couldn't go out like that. Mahomes ranks it right up there with the disappointment he felt after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers routed the Chiefs in Super Bowl LV four years ago, later admitting, 'those two losses will motivate me for the rest of my career.' Not an hour after the game was over, he took to X to shoulder the blame. 'I let y'all down today,' he wrote to Chiefs fans. 'We will be back.' Mahomes admitted Wednesday that he's rewatched the game a few times, including that night in New Orleans. He needed to; partly to process it, partly to learn from it. Vic Fangio's Eagles defense wrecked his protection, and Mahomes slogged through one of his worst outings as a pro. Only some garbage-time touchdowns saved him from a horrendous stat line. Advertisement The humbling was so staggering, Mahomes said, that it will serve as primary fuel for his 2025 season — 'nasty' was how Rick Burkholder, the Chiefs' vice president of sports medicine and performance, described Mahomes' post-Super Bowl demeanor during a team-sponsored event this week. The ninth-year quarterback, entering his eighth season as starter, was especially sharp during the Chiefs' three-day mandatory minicamp, consistently carving up the team's secondary. He threw fewer than five incompletions in lengthy 11-on-11 work Tuesday. For once, most of his targets have returned from last season, including Kelce and a collection of receivers — Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, Hollywood Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster — that should be the Chiefs' deepest since Tyreek Hill was on the roster. The aim, Mahomes noted this spring, is to rediscover the explosiveness that defined his early years as starter, when the Chiefs scared defenses every single Sunday. That wasn't the case in 2024. For a 15-2 team quarterbacked by one of the all-time greats, they were stunningly mediocre on that side of the ball. The reasons have been well-documented: the Chiefs were lousy on the offensive line and banged up at receiver. Kelce regressed. Mahomes, too, played a role: he looked mortal for most of the season, finishing with the fewest touchdown passes of his career (26), his lowest yards per attempt (6.8) and his lowest yards-per-game average (245.5). The Chiefs were 15th in the league in points scored, same as 2023, their worst finishes in that category since the Alex Smith era. That they made it to a seventh consecutive AFC Championship and third consecutive Super Bowl is a testament to both coach and quarterback: Reid and Mahomes remain the conference's biggest roadblock, the mountain that Josh Allen's Bills and Lamar Jackson's Ravens have yet to summit. Give Steve Spagnuolo's defense its due, as well. Mahomes said Wednesday that one of his goals for 2025 was to see his unit become what the Chiefs' defense already is: one of the league's best. Advertisement Thus the push this spring to find the answers Kansas City couldn't last season. For the most part, the Chiefs stopped taking the top off defenses; they finished 27th in passing plays of 20 yards or more. What used to be a staple — Mahomes dropping back and unfurling a bomb, or Mahomes escaping the pocket and finding a wide-open Kelce in space — has become exceedingly rare. Simply put, they're not scaring teams like they used to. Reid has challenged his quarterback all spring to push the ball down the field more, to play more aggressively and to give his wideouts chances for chunk plays. 'We have guys that can roll,' Mahomes said, hinting at the speed his receiving corps can offer. 'Our job is to test the defenses down the field, and we have to get back to doing that if we want to open up other guys underneath.' The continuity at tight end and receiver should help; so should a reworked offensive line that, with a few new faces, is motivated to erase the stain of February's embarrassment. 'Pretty devastating,' guard Mike Caliendo called the Super Bowl loss. 'Failing is growth. It was not up to the standard.' For a team that for years has instilled fear into the rest of the AFC, this version could even be even scarier: the Chiefs weren't just humbled their last time out, they were left fuming. It began with the star quarterback. Like so many greats, the gutting losses seem to stay with Mahomes longer than the biggest wins. He was on the doorstep of history; now, another chase begins. Mahomes is just 29, remember, and in the thick of his prime. He'll spend the four weeks off before training camp grinding with his personal trainer, Bobby Stroupe, and vowed Wednesday 'to be ready to go whenever we step on that football field.' From there, it's full go. A long season awaits. If the quarterback ever needs a reminder of how the last one ended, and how four months of almost uninterrupted success was spoiled by three wretched hours of football, all he'll have to do is open up the safe in his home and stare at the ring he never wanted.
Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Analyst's QB rankings shockingly leaves Commanders' Jayden Daniels outside of top 10
Rankings are subjective. Remember that. That doesn't mean we can't review some rankings and ask: "What were they thinking?" Such is the case with a recent list from Charles McDonald of Yahoo Sports. McDonald ranked his version of the NFL's top 10 quarterbacks and omitted the Washington Commanders' QB Jayden Daniels. Advertisement Here's McDonald's list: At first glance, I thought it was a mistake. How could McDonald leave Daniels off his list? It's understandable if he didn't rank Daniels No. 5. While several already believe Daniels is a top-five signal caller, some believe he still has much to prove. Neither perspective is wrong. Daniels did things last season that no other rookie has ever done. He won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award, led the Commanders to the NFC championship game and the franchise's best season in 33 years. McDonald's top four is inarguable: Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and Joe Burrow. Regardless of the order, those are the NFL's top four QBs heading into 2025. Beginning at No. 5 is where things get interesting. Advertisement McDonald chose Justin Herbert over Daniels. Herbert is 0-2 as a starting quarterback in the playoffs, while Daniels won two playoff games as a rookie. No, there's more to quarterbacking than playoff wins or win/loss record, but, based on last season, would you take Herbert over Daniels? McDonald ranked the QBs into four tiers: the Patrick Mahomes tier, the almost-Mahomes tier, the ceiling-raiser tier, and the floor-raiser tier. Jackson and Allen landed in the second tier, while Burrow, Herbert and Matthew Stafford all landed in the third tier. Finally, Dak Prescott, Geno Smith, Jordan Love and C.J. Stroud landed in the final tier. Daniels should be in everyone's top 10. So should Baker Mayfield. Could anyone make the case that Prescott, Smith and Love are better than Daniels or Mayfield? Who would make up your top 10? Where would you rank Daniels? Advertisement Remember, rankings are subjective. This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: QB rankings shockingly leaves Commanders' Jayden Daniels out of top 10
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Patrick Mahomes Reacts to Major Personal Announcement on Thursday
Patrick Mahomes Reacts to Major Personal Announcement on Thursday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Kansas City Chiefs are heading into another season with quarterback Patrick Mahomes at the helm. Advertisement Mahomes is entering his ninth season with the Chiefs, having already cemented his name as a Kansas City legend. During his time with the Chiefs, Mahomes has led the Chiefs to three Super Bowl titles and five AFC titles, leading a perennial dynasty in Kansas City. While he's been the star of the show, Mahomes has been backed up by several notable names, such as Carson Wentz. On Thursday, Wentz took to social media to share exciting news that he is expecting his fourth child with his wife, Madison Oberg. Mahomes, then took to social media to send a message to Wentz. "Congrats man," Mahomes said. Patrick Mahomes congratulated Carson Wentz on Mahomes, Instagram In his first season with the Chiefs, Carson Wentz played just three games and started one game at the latter half of the season. He posted under 200 yards, having limited production during his time in Kansas City. Advertisement Wentz and the Chiefs entered the postseason as the No. 1 team in the AFC. Despite their experience, Kansas City lost in the Super Bowl to Wentz's former team, the Philadelphia Eagles. They defeated the Houston Texans and the Buffalo Bills before losing to the Eagles. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Lee-Imagn Images Meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes posted 26 touchdowns and 3,928 yards with a 67.5 completion percentage. Related: Patrick Mahomes Turns Heads with Personal Announcement on Sunday Related: Brittany Mahomes' Change in Physical Appearance Catches Attention This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 20, 2025, where it first appeared.
