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Leave it to Deion Sanders to come up with an idea for the College Football Playoff that nobody has really mentioned yet: Pay the players for making the tournament, and pay them more when their teams win.If they do that, then “now it’s equality, now it’s even and every player is making the same amount of money,” the Colorado coach said.Sanders and former Alabama coach Nick Saban talked to The Associated Press as part of their unveiling of a new Aflac commercia l that rolls out this week with a storyboard ripped from today’s headlines: It opens with Sanders complaining:…
Week 1 of the 2025 college football season boasts a loaded schedule with top-10 matchups and revenge games, and the spotlight falls squarely on the quarterbacks. Unless everyone runs the table, expect some shakeups in the next AP Top 25 on Tuesday.Several top programs are breaking in new QBs, from the Arch Manning takeover at Texas to Julian Sayin filling the shoes of national championship-winner Will Howard at Ohio State. Just like Manning-Sayin, Heisman Trophy hopefuls Garrett Nussmeier and Cade Klubnik will also go head-to-head, while Notre Dame and Miami debut new starters with a vast difference in experience.The theme…
NEW YORK (AP) — Life on the professional tennis tour can be challenging. Billie Jean King knows a thing or two about that — and she’s happy to share.Two days before the start of singles competition the U.S. Open, King sat around a table in Arthur Ashe Stadium with 16 up-and-coming female players. Steps away from the tournament’s biggest court, the group shared stories, raised questions and listened to King’s advice.It’s an annual meeting called the Billie Jean King Power Hour, and it’s been a behind-the-scenes staple in New York for 28 years for the trailblazer who secured equal pay…
A staggering 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing, according to a recent report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative. But rather than giving up on the technology altogether, the most advanced organizations are experimenting with agentic AI systems that can learn and be supervised. That’s where Maisa AI comes in. The year-old startup has built its entire approach around the premise that enterprise automation requires accountable AI agents, not opaque black boxes. With a new, $25 million seed round led by European VC firm Creandum, it has now launched Maisa Studio, a model-agnostic self-serve platform that helps users…
By Kumar Tanishk and Sameer Manekar(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sought more data from Telix Pharmaceuticals on its drug to detect a form of kidney cancer, the Australian cancer diagnostics firm said on Thursday.Telix’s Sydney-listed shares plunged as much as 24%, its worst intraday fall on record. It ended 18.8% lower at A$14.95 and was the weakest performer on the near-flat ASX 200 benchmark.In December, Telix submitted an application to the FDA to approve its drug for kidney cancer imaging for commercial use.The company said on Thursday that the FDA cited deficiencies and requested additional data to…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s reliance on his fastball caught up with him recently, making the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way superstar intent on changing his pitch mix.He had given up a combined nine runs and 14 hits in his two previous outings, a pair of Dodgers losses to the Los Angeles Angels, his former team, and the Colorado Rockies.Making his 11th start as he returns from elbow surgery two years ago, Ohtani struck out a season-high nine over five innings Wednesday night in a 5-1 victory against the Cincinnati Reds for his first win on the mound with the…
Guidance around COVID-19 vaccines has once again shifted after the Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27, 2025, approved updated shots for the fall season, but for a more limited group than in prior seasons.These changes, announced on X by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., raise new questions about eligibility and availability of COVID-19 vaccines for children.As a pediatrician and researcher who studies vaccine delivery and health policy, I foresee these changes adding to the confusion facing parents and providers, just as this summer’s COVID-19 wave continues to rise.How does the new guidance differ from…
Dawn Staley said if she’d been offered the New York Knicks head coaching job, she would have felt compelled to leave South Carolina — where she has won three national championships — to take the position.Staley interviewed with the Knicks before they hired Mike Brown last month.“I would have had to do it. Not just for me. For women. To break (that door) open,” Staley said on the “Post Moves” podcast with Aliyah Boston of the Indiana Fever and former WNBA star Candace Parker. “I would have had to. It’s the New York Knicks. I’m from Philly. But it’s the…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out a season-high nine in five innings for his first victory for the Dodgers as Los Angeles beat Cincinnati 5-1 on Wednesday night to become the first team to sweep the Reds this season.The Dodgers won their fourth straight game and extended their NL West lead to two games over San Diego, which lost 4-3 at Seattle.Ohtani (1-1) bounced back against the Reds in his 11th start of the season and first in which he went the minimum five innings to qualify for a win. The victory was his first since Aug. 9,…
OpenAI said the company will make changes to ChatGPT safeguards for vulnerable people, including extra protections for those under 18 years old, after the parents of a teen boy who died by suicide in April sued, alleging the artificial intelligence chatbot led their teen to take his own life.A lawsuit filed Tuesday by the family of Adam Raine in San Francisco’s Superior Court alleges that ChatGPT encouraged the 16-year-old to plan a “beautiful suicide” and keep it a secret from his loved ones. His family claims ChatGPT engaged with their son and discussed different methods Raine could use to take…