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Your Google News app is getting a subtle redesign. Here’s what’s changingBarbara Morris doesn't really remember much from her Hour Record attempt. "I've forgotten everything about how it felt during (the ride)," she said. "I remember before, I remember feeling quite nervous about the whole thing. Then you breathe, then you go, then you're done." And when she was done, she was sitting with a new Canadian record distance for her category. For the uninitiated, the Hour Record is a cycling race where riders attempt to ride as far as they can in an hour. The race is a distillation of cycling into its purest form. The racer rides a fixed-gear track bike around a velodrome continuously for an hour in an attempt to go the furthest distance. But something as simple as riding a bike in a circle for an hour is also one of the cycling world's biggest challenges. The Hour Record has been pursued since at least 1876, when an American rider named Frank Dodds rode 26.508 km on a penny-farthing. Since then, the top names in cycling have attempted to one up each other, pushing the limits of human endurance, technology and fitness to astounding heights. At the bleeding edge of the sport today, the record stands at 56.792 km and is held by pro racer Filippo Ganna, and the elite pro women's record is 50.267 km, held by Vittoria Bussi. But the race isn't just for the world tour pros. Every year, there is an event called Day of the Hour in Milton, Ont. where athletes can test themselves against the clock. In August, 2024, Comox Valley cyclists Barbara Morris and Derek Steel both took to the track in Milton and made their attempts, and they came away quite successful. Morris now has the Canadian record for Women aged 65-69, riding 38.838 km, and Steel has the world record for men aged 80-84, travelling 39.836 km. "Giuseppe Marinoni was the first person in Derek's age group to set the world record," Morris said. Marinoni, a well-known figure in Canadian cycling, is also the founder of the Marinoni bike brand. Steel said that if he and Marinoni were to have started at the same time, Steel would have lapped Marinoni a few times over. Riders have to train to maintain a high cadence (pedalling speed) and hold themselves still in an uncomfortable, aerodynamic position for the entirety of the race. They do not get to monitor their pace, except through their coaches yelling split times every lap or so and have to endure a lot of physical pain to pull it off. They also have to train for years to build up their endurance and stamina for the event. "You're keeping your body in position and trying to be as aerodynamic as possible," Morris said. "After 30 minutes on the loudspeaker they would say it was half over, and I was like 'only half?' " "I heard the announcement saying there was 15 minutes to go, and it felt like I'd been there for two hours already, just being in that position," Steel added. At this level of competition, the gear plays a large role in the event. Some consider the race to be a test of the limits of equipment as much as it is a test of the human limits. Through testing, van der Vliet determined the optimum cadence for both riders and chose gear ratios to maximize that. He also considered things like chain friction and the number of watts the riders would save if their chains were going around larger gears that would cause fewer articulations. However, at the end of the day, it was all about the rider. Steel's bike is more than 15 years old, and Morris', though newer, is not at the level of a rider like Ganna (Ganna's kit cost more €75,000, or $109,795.87 Canadian). There is only so much technical innovation that can go into a track bike, which has fixed gears and doesn't even have brakes. The journey to even attempting an Hour Record is long. Steel started training two years ago, but had to postpone his attempt due to an injury. Morris joined him a year later. Under the watchful eye of coach John van der Vliet, they did everything from hill repeats to motor pacing (riding behind a motorcycle or scooter to reduce air resistance) to get their speed and endurance up. The pair also travelled to Victoria to train in the outdoor velodrome there. But to Morris and Steel, riding bikes at a high level is just what they do. Steel, at 81 years old, will be racing cyclocross this weekend in Nanaimo and has already signed up for the 2025 Trek BC Gravel Series for 2025. Morris, in her 60s, will be helping spread her knowledge to upcoming generations of riders and training for a full season of racing in the new year. Both are members of the Comox Valley Cycling club, which is actively seeking new members (and they don't have to be racers). "I want younger people to look at me, at 81, and see something they can aspire to," Steel said. "I'm racing against 55-year-olds next weekend. If we were to cut off the point series right now, I'd be in eighth place over all ... that's why I do it. Don't give up, age isn't that important. It's just a mindset." For more information on the Comox Valley Cycle Club, visit comoxvalleycycle.club .Jordan Sears scores 25 points, Jalen Reed has double-double and LSU outlasts UCF 109-102 in 3OTXander Schauffele at the 2024 Open Championship. Getty Images The past 12 months had it all — crazy winning streaks, new major champs, a major-week arrest (!) and more. With 2025 on the horizon, our writers are looking back at the most memorable moments from 2024. No. 15 — Charley Hull goes viral | No. 14 — LIV, LPGA CEOs say goodbye | No. 13— Solheim Cup parking fiasco | No. 12 — Phoenix Open chaos | No. 11 — Lydia Ko’s Hall of Fame resurgence | No. 10 — PGA Tour/Saudi PIF merger stalemate | No. 9 — Keegan Bradley named Ryder Cup captain | No. 8 — Lexi Thompson stepped away Biggest golf moments of 2024 No. 8: Xander Schauffele takes the next step In the hours after his son’s breakthrough major championships victory, I spoke with Xander Schauffele’s father Stefan from his shipping container home-in-progress in Hawaii. He’d been there every step of his son’s journey to golfing greatness, after all. What did it mean to get across the line? “We knew it was going to come,” Stefan said matter-of-factly; he’d trekked down the mountain for the PGA Championship’s back nine as his son’s victory became more and more likely. “In our minds — I think I can speak for him there — there was never a moment of doubt in that respect. I mean, look how consistent he is. It just happened.” Okay, but how did it actually feel ? “I just started crying. Finally it happened. Finally , that happened , ” Stefan said, inevitability replaced by wonder. “I was just observing until he won — and then I let the emotions go. At that moment I was helpless. Give me the Kleenex box.” There’s no question that Scottie Scheffler was the PGA Tour’s dominant victor in 2024, and that Nelly Korda did nearly the same on the LPGA side, and that Bryson DeChambeau paired YouTube dominance with a U.S. Open victory. But when it came to the most old-school metric of all — total major victories — only one player on the planet added two to their name. Stefan Schauffele may have skipped a trip to Valhalla, but he didn’t miss a summer Scottish adventure, making the midsummer trek to Royal Troon for the Open Championship. When that, too, ended in victory, his father was thrilled, moved and even more confident in his son’s future. “He’s only halfway there,” Stefan said, characteristic twinkle in his eye. “I would say [he’s] the one with the greatest potential for the career grand slam. How about that?” But what was the difference? What had taken Schauffele from perennial major-championship contender to victor — and then victor again? There’s no simple answer, and some analytically minded might chalk it up to luck, to variance, to flips of the coin. This year at various points Schauffele credited his experience, his ongoing work, the addition of Chris Como to his team and, as he said, sticking to the mantra that a steady drip caves a stone . When I got a chance to spend time with Xander himself earlier this December, then, I was eager to hear him describe it with the benefit of a few months’ hindsight. “You never know how you’re going to react once you’re in the spot,” he said in between shots on a Florida driving range. “You practice everything you’re supposed to do the right way, the process, all this stuff. But I would get in some of these spots and I felt like there were certain holes in my game.” He cited Carnoustie as an example, calling back to the 2018 Open Championship where he was in the mix on the back nine Sunday and showed what he describes as a lack of discipline. “The way I was swinging the club, it was hard for me to hit a controlled sort of cut; everything was off the toe, crashing left. And that’s still my tendency now; I just have more of an understanding of it. But I’d get in these spots and I would see this back right pin. I’m like, ‘Well, the perfect shot is a cut.’ And I’m sitting there and [I’d been] so disciplined the whole tournament to try and just hit like a low draw, just left of it. And then all of a sudden, you know, I’m so good, I’m going to try and hit the cut and then I mess it up. And now you’re all in your head. You just start to unravel. And so a lot of that was happening to me, where I felt my game was so close, I didn’t accept what I had. I always wanted more. “And so I guess it’s like the pursuit of perfection to where you want to hit all the shots at the right time in the big moments. And along the way you learn it’s not really all about that.” He didn’t achieve golfing perfection in 2024, nor will he in 2025. But for two weeks — two of the biggest weeks, for that matter — he achieved the perfect result. Schauffele is a major champion. Nothing can change that now. You can watch our full Warming Up interview below. Latest In News Golf.com Editor Dylan Dethier is a senior writer for GOLF Magazine/GOLF.com. The Williamstown, Mass. native joined GOLF in 2017 after two years scuffling on the mini-tours. Dethier is a graduate of Williams College, where he majored in English, and he’s the author of 18 in America , which details the year he spent as an 18-year-old living from his car and playing a round of golf in every state.
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Marcus Adams Jr.'s 25 points helped CSU Northridge defeat Utah Tech 89-79 on Sunday night at the Stew Morrill Classic. Adams added five rebounds for the Matadors (4-1). Keonte Jones added 23 points while shooting 8 of 15 from the field and 5 for 10 from the line while they also had nine rebounds and three blocks. Scotty Washington had 19 points and went 7 of 14 from the field (3 for 6 from 3-point range). The Trailblazers (1-5) were led by Hakim Byrd, who posted 23 points. Utah Tech also got 15 points from Noa Gonsalves. Samuel Ariyibi finished with 14 points and three blocks. The Matadors play Denver and Utah Tech takes on Montana when the event wraps up on Monday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jamichael Stillwell had 22 points in Milwaukee's 69-65 win over St. Thomas on Sunday. Stillwell added eight rebounds for the Panthers (5-2). Aaron Franklin had 15 points and eight rebounds. AJ McKee added nine points. Drake Dobbs led the way for the Tommies (4-4) with 16 points and five assists. Kendall Blue added 11 points and Miles Barnstable scored 10 with two steals. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday praised Japan's SoftBank for its decision to invest $100 billion in the United States and create 100,000 new jobs, a big win for his incoming administration. "This historic investment is a monumental demonstration of confidence in America's future," Trump said during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, flanked by SoftBank chief executive Masayoshi Son. "It will help ensure that artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and other industries of tomorrow are built, created and grown right here in the USA," added Trump, who takes office from US President Joe Biden next month. Speaking alongside Trump, Son confirmed the investment company's financial commitment, adding that Trump's victory had "tremendously increased" his confidence in the US economy. "I am truly excited to make this happen," added Son, 67. Son's announcement is around double the amount he committed SoftBank to in December 2016, shortly before Trump began his first term as president. The Japanese investment holding company ultimately parted with around $100 billion through its Vision Fund, with much of the money supplied by sovereign wealth funds in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. "President Trump is a double-down president," Son said on Monday, adding: "I'm going to have to double down." Son made his name with successful early investments in Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba and internet pioneer Yahoo, but has also bet on catastrophic failures such as WeWork. He has repeatedly said that "artificial superintelligence" will arrive in a decade, bringing new inventions, new medicine, new knowledge and new ways to invest. The SoftBank Group posted a bumper second-quarter net profit last month, returning to the black after net losses in the first quarter and the previous financial year. The company indicated back in March that it had $26 billion ready to be deployed for new investments. Stephen Moore, an economic advisor to Donald Trump, said the announcement marked a "great day." "The importation of capital into the US is a huge leading indicator for jobs and prosperity to come," Moore, an economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, told AFP in a message. On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to boost the US economy by cutting red tape and fast-tracking investments, including into the oil and gas sector. US financial markets surged following his victory on November 5, with the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite index and the broad-based S&P 500 both hitting fresh records. Despite the enthusiasm in the markets, some analysts have voiced concern that Trump's proposals to implement new tariffs on US imports and deport millions of undocumented workers could end up hurting growth, and causing a spike in inflation. "The increased likelihood of substantial new tariffs on US imports would have the most consequential effect on economic growth," economists at Wells Fargo wrote in a recent note to clients, adding they had "bumped up" their inflation outlook and slightly cut their GDP forecast following Trump's win. Other analysts say the impact of Trump's tariff plans will largely depend on how they are actually implemented. "The impact on inflation need not be particularly significant for monetary policy," economists at Goldman Sachs wrote in a recent investor note. But, they added "this could change if the White House imposes a 10 percent universal tariff," referring to one of Trump's proposals on the campaign trail. Speaking in Mar-a-Lago on Monday, Trump insisted that, "properly used," tariffs would be positive for the US economy. "Our country right now loses to everybody," he said. "Almost nobody do we have a surplus with." "Tariffs will make our country rich," he added. da-tu/nro
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man has been extradited to New Jersey to face a murder charge in the death of a woman in 1997. Robert Allen Creter, who is 60, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of 23-year-old Tamara Tignor, whose body was found on a dirt access road near Washington Valley Park. Officials believe she was strangled. Prosecutors say a break in the long-unsolved case came last year, when evidence originally collected was resubmitted for DNA testing that was not technologically possible at the time. They say that pointed them to Creter, who had moved to Winnipeg in 2002. Creter was arrested in June and held in custody until his extradition. He was transferred last week to the United States Marshals Service at the Winnipeg airport, and officials say he is being held in custody pending a detention hearing. “The arrest of a suspect in this decades-old case is a testament to the unwavering dedication of law enforcement to seek justice, no matter how much time has passed,” Col. Patrick Callahan with the New Jersey State Police said in a news release. Tignor disappeared after getting into a van. The investigation is ongoing and officials would not say whether she and the accused knew each other or comment on a possible motive. A prosecutor told reporters Monday that Tignor's mother had been hoping for a breakthrough. "Tammy's mom called our office on Nov. 4 of every year — the anniversary of Tammy's death — looking for an update," said Somerset County assistant prosecutor Mike McLaughlin. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 3, 2024. Steve Lambert, The Canadian PressKeith Gerein: Cartmell's candidacy signals the start to a fractious year on Edmonton civic finances
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Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath calls regulations ‘double-edged sword’: ‘...They can be a ...’HONOLULU — Liutauras Lelevicius scored a career-high 17 points, including four in overtime, and Oregon State rallied to beat Oakland 80-74 on Monday night to advance to the final of the Diamond Head Classic. The Beavers (10-2) advance to play either Nebraska or Hawaii in the championship game on Christmas Day. The Golden Grizzlies (4-8) will play the loser of the other semifinal for third place, also on Wednesday. Lelevicius made 5 of 9 shots with two 3-pointers and all five of his free throws for Oregon State, adding nine rebounds. Michael Rataj had 13 points and seven rebounds. Demarco Minor totaled 11 points, five rebounds, four assist and four steals. Josiah Lake II scored 11 off the bench. Allen Mukeba had 21 points and seven rebounds for Oakland. Malcolm Christie scored 18. Tuburu Naivalurua finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Isaiah Jones made 8 of 10 free throws and scored 10. Christie hit a 3-pointer to give Oakland a 68-56 lead with 4:32 left in regulation. Lelevicius answered with a 3-pointer for Oregon State and his three-point play with 12 seconds to go finished off a 15-3 run as the Beavers forced OT tied at 71. Lelevicius made two free throws and hit a jumper in a 6-0 run to give Oregon State a 77-74 lead with 1:32 left. _
