Month: January 2020

Pirelli motorsport boss Mario Isola fears the F1 supplier’s 2019 compounds could face overheating issues as cars sustain their development rate based on the sport’s unchanged regulations. Late last year, F1 teams unanimously rejected a switch to the 2020-spec tyres that Pirelli had developed over the course of last season, based on assessments of the rubber conducted in Austin and in Abu Dhabi, but also because adopting the new-spec tyres would have forced late design…

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The protests, organized by national student organization Uni Students for Climate Justice, were set to take place in nine cities including Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, indicating widespread public discontent after months of increasingly deadly fires. ### New South Wales police told CNN more than 30,000 people attended the climate change protest in Sydney. Organizers put the number between 50,000 and 60,000 people. ### “The bushfires are devastating communities and our government is not doing…

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The NFL playoff schedule for 2020 brings a unique set of national TV broadcasts, with three networks and the associated TV channels presenting four games over the span of two days in the divisional round. Today’s Chiefs vs. Texans game in Kansas City, scheduled to kick off at 3:05 p.m. ET, will be shown on CBS. This game, it should go without saying, is all about the star quarterbacks. The matchup of Houston’s Deshaun Watson (24) and…

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The 2020 XFL season kicks off on Feb. 8, about a week after the Super Bowl. So if you’re craving for some extra football after the NFL season, you might want to tune in to the XFL to see what it’s all about. But while the XFL is a football league, its rules differ greatly from the NFL. The league announced its rules in early January, and there are several key differences between the two…

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To understand how dominant Lamar Jackson was in 2019, one first must recognize the record-breaking seasons completed by couple of the Ravens quarterback’s peers. Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey led the league with 2,392 scrimmage yards, the third most in a single season in NFL history. His 116 receptions, second most in the league, were the most by a running back in a single season in NFL history. He became the first player in the Super…

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The UFC kicks off 2020 with the biggest star in combat sports and one of the most notable athletes in the world as former two-division world champion Conor McGregor returns to the Octagon to take on Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in the main event of UFC 246 on Saturday, Jan. 18 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.  McGregor (21-4) makes his highly anticipated comeback after losing by fourth-round submission to current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in October 2018. More…

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One of the two coaches in the 2020 national championship game is among the highest-paid college football coaches, and there are also plenty of well-rewarded coaches with on-field results that aren’t quite as impressive. In terms of conferences, though, there’s not many surprises to be had. All of the top-10 coach salaries come from the Power 5. USA Today publishes a database of coach salaries from most FBS schools (some private schools are exempt from providing contract…

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Cult East London store Goodhood is launching a new collaboration with Japanese streetwear export Flagstuff later this month as part of an ongoing collaborative project, featuring artwork from acclaimed Tokyo artist Kosuke Kawamura. The first release from the Goodhood x Flagstuff (Goodstuff) x Kosuke Kawamura collection will be a limited set of graphic-adorned t-shirts, sweats, and accessories, featuring Kawamura’s immersive collage technique. Flagstuff, founded in 2014, is part of the new guard of Tokyo brands,…

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It was two in the afternoon in Shanghai, and the hip, young crowd at China’s biggest street-culture convention, Innersect, was humming with energy. Much of the crowd were waving their phones in the air to scan a QR code on a massive screen — the only way to access exclusive product drops at the fair. Steven Wang, a 20-something student from Hangzhou, said he took a three-hour flight to win the Clot shoe drops, and…

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The Dutch defender helped the Reds to edge out Spurs on Saturday, their 20th Premier League win of the season, but says there is even more to come Liverpool have made more history while taking another step towards the Premier League title, but Virgil van Dijk claims they can get even better. Their relentless march towards a first English top-flight crown in 30 years continued on Saturday with a 1-0 victory over Tottenham. Jurgen Klopp’s side…

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