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In Sumida, a district in downtown Tokyo where boxing events will be held, vaccinations for its 61,000 elderly residents began on May 10, and within two weeks, 31% of them had gotten their first shots, compared to the national average of 3.7%. Sumida is now looking to start inoculating younger people later this month, well ahead of schedule.
The Big Ten made the most impact. Penn State hired former Purdue assistant Micah Shrewsberry, 44. Indiana brought former Hoosiers player Mike Woodson, 63, from the NBA for his first college gig, hoping to replicate Michigan’s success after hiring alumnus Juwan Howard from an NBA assistant job. Ben Johnson, 40, a former Minnesota player and assistant and most recently a Xavier assistant, earned his first head coaching gig with his alma mater.
Still, amid the numbness, as memories and tributes began flooding out with a heavy blend of sadness and appreciation, so many who had been inside McClure’s circle at some point realized their experience was far from unique. For just about everyone McClure encountered, his presence left an imprint, his personality brightening their world. He had been so gregarious, caring, driven.
The law would apply to both public and private colleges and universities. It would prohibit college athletes from promoting sports betting, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, vaping products, adult entertainment or any other product “considered to be inconsistent with the values of a postsecondary institution” or which would bring “embarrassment, scandal or ridicule” to a college or university.
After beginning this season with zero spectators allowed at Capital One Arena, the Wizards have steadily increased capacity to the point where Monday’s game — Game 4 against the 76ers in their first-round series — had an announced attendance of more than 10,000.
“He threw me a first-pitch breaking ball up for a ball, and I was just sitting dead red heater because I didn’t think he was locating that off-speed all that well,” Eaton said. “I got a pitch in the middle of the barrel, and like I said, it just thrills me to be able to help the team win.”
“You really have to step forward and make an effort, just as in anything, and say, ‘I need help with A, B, C and D,’ and talk to someone. I think that’s so important to have a sounding board, whether it’s someone at the WTA, or someone in your life, or maybe it’s someone you talk to on a weekly basis.
“That (1983) staff really came together, especially in the second half of the season,” La Russa recalled last week. “It’s a different-looking staff. That staff was really young: Hoyt, Dotson, Burns. Here you have three established veterans that are really, really helpful. They’re great mentors and leaders. Then you’ve got the two young starters that are there now (Giolito and Cease) and Kopech, who can feed off that. And then you’ve got the young relievers and a veteran like Liam (Hendriks).
“The way it’s turned out, the experience they’ve had (in the bullpen), I don’t hesitate. It’s just who’s available that day,” La Russa said before Monday’s doubleheader. “José Ruiz has done really well. I don’t know anybody that (I) would hesitate to put in a one-run game with the lead in the last third. It really comes down to availability.”
Tennis players are required to attend news conferences if requested to do so. The maximum fine of $20,000, of course, is not a big deal to Osaka, the world’s highest-earning female athlete thanks to endorsement contracts totaling tens of millions of dollars.