MELBOURNE, Australia — Pro tennis player Jessica Pegula has Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on her mind – and his No. 3 jersey number on her outfit – at the Australian Open. Pegula, whose parents own the NFL’s Bills and the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, is wearing a white screen-printed patch with Hamlin’s uniform number on … Read more
Portland, Oregon-based Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. has been named the most sustainable company in the world by Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based business information and research organization. Schnitzer says the Corporate Knights 19th annual Global 100 List of the world’s most sustainable corporations, in which it ranked first, was based on an assessment of 6,720 companies, … Read more
By Crawford County Now Staff January 18, 2023 1:41 pm MOUNT GILEAD — The Morrow County Court of Common Pleas recently held its Substance Abuse Court’s Winter Graduation, where seven graduates were honored by Judge Robert C. Hickson, Jr. and Judge Tom C. Elkin. The ceremony took place on Friday, Jan. 6 at Trinity United … Read more
Muirlands Middle School installs plaque commemorating local artist’s work Muirlands Middle School in La Jolla installed a plaque Jan. 11 commemorating Robbie Baumgart, a local artist who worked with Muirlands students. He died in 2017. The plaque is under a large installation called “Turtles,” which was completed in 2013 by students in Muirlands art teacher … Read more
Kiev’s forces have continued to fire shells and rockets after the unilateral ceasefire took effect, Russia’s Defense Ministry has said Russian troops are observing a 36-hour Orthodox Christmas truce despite attacks by Ukrainian forces, the country’s Defense Ministry has confirmed. The statement came after Kiev rejected Moscow’s declaration of a unilateral ceasefire, due to expire … Read more
Pelé was remembered for a life beyond the field, for transcending the sport of soccer and becoming perhaps the most well-known person on Earth. (Dec. 30) Source link
President Biden honored Franco Harris, the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back who died Wednesday, by recalling the kindness he showed the Biden family in 1972 after the future president’s wife and daughter were killed in a car accident. On Dec. 18, 1972, Mr. Biden’s wife Neilia and one-year-old daughter Naomi were killed while … Read more
New York City has unveiled a gate in Central Park in honor of the five men who, as teenagers, were wrongfully convicted of the 1989 rape of a jogger and spent years in prison before being exonerated. (Dec. 19) (AP Video/Ted Shaffrey/Luke Sheridan) Source link
Musical artist Kelly Clarkson will host the 12th annual NFL Honors awards show Feb. 9 in Phoenix, recognizing the league’s best players, performances and plays from the 2022 season. The Emmy and Grammy-award winning artist will be the first woman to host the show, where multiple NFL awards will be announced, a spokesperson said Friday … Read more
Annual List of Hits and Misses Recognize the Innovators and Disruptors Across Enterprise Technology PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, was tapped as Enterprise Technology CEO of the Year in Constellation Research’s annual 2022 Enterprise Awards. Kurian was singled out to recognize his strength of leadership, specifically … Read more