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Steals former record holder’s accomplishment.

Remember kids, it’s not whether you try hard, or whether you win or lose, it’s whether one individual’s feelings are deemed more important than everyone else’s.

Promoting the Selfishness of one individual is paramount.

Fairness and Justice are irrelevant.

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Did you family gather and play board games or card games 'around the table' growing up? Does you continue this today?

Usually every sunday after church, we played games at my grandmas. Lots of scrabble, monopoly. Card game were spades, and something I recall called "runs and sets"

Next coach is really going to be starting from scratch.

Britain’s Heathrow Airport was closed all day Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation knocked out its power, disrupting flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers at Europe’s busiest travel hub.

At least 1,350 flights to and from Heathrow were affected, flight tracking service FlightRadar 24 said, and the impact was likely to last several days as passengers try to reschedule their travel.

Some 120 flights were in the air when the closure was announced, with some turned around and others diverted to Gatwick Airport outside London, Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris or Ireland’s Shannon Airport, tracking services showed.

Lawrence Hayes was three-quarters of the way to London from John F. Kennedy International in New York when Virgin Atlantic announced they were being diverted to Glasgow.

“It was a red-eye flight and I’d already had a full day, so I don’t even know how long I’ve been up for,” Hayes told the BBC as he was getting off the plane in Scotland. “Luckily I managed to get hold of my wife and she’s kindly booked me a train ticket to get back to Euston, but it’s going to be an incredibly long day.”

Fire under control but impact to last days​

The fire at a power station about 2 miles from the airport was brought under control about seven hours after it erupted in a ball of flames, the London Fire Brigade said.

“We don’t know the cause of this fire. It’s obviously an unprecedented event,” Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said.

Miliband said the fire had also knocked out a backup power supply to the airport. Heathrow said in a statement that the fire had given it no choice but to close the airport for the day.

“We expect significant disruption over the coming days, and passengers should not travel to the airport under any circumstances until the airport reopens,” the airport said.

Heathrow is one of the world’s busiest airports for international travel. It had its busiest January on record earlier this year, with more than 6.3 million passengers, up more than 5% from the same period last year. January also was the 11th month in a row that it averaged over 200,000 passengers a day, with the airport citing trans-Atlantic travel as a key contributor.

The disruption was reminiscent of the 2010 eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into the atmosphere and created trans-Atlantic air travel chaos for months.

Heathrow was at the heart of a shorter disruption in 2023 when Britain’s air traffic control system was hit by a breakdown that slowed takeoffs and landings across the U.K. on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Damn that team is quick and athletic AF! They put a clinic on Clemson. I want a team with those types of athletes and DEFENSE for once!

If no McCollum, I'd take Miller in a heartbeat

If you've been following, we have one candidate "outside of college ball" that has applied. I don't think I'm breaking any news story that person is Ryan Bowen who seems to want the job.

I'm struggling with this because I appreciate Bowen as a former Hawk and has clearly picked some things up as an NBA assistant even winning a title in Denver. He was also in the league for a long time.

Fact still remains he's been out of college ball for a long time. What connections does he have with sleezy AAU coaches or high school programs? What does he understand about the ins and outs of NIL? Can he come in and make an impact right away?

My personal opinion is that this may not be a good fit. I don't think the NBA to college route has worked very well for head coaches.

What are your thoughts?

There is significant interest in the upcoming transfer period and in specific players. Hoping a separate discussion can be used to focus on the subject while others address the separate effort of recruiting high school players. (2025,2026 and 2027). My own view is that Iowa will be active this year... JJ has said she is compelled to use the portal to address needs while still having the core purpose of developing top high school player who can contribute over a 4 year period. The portal is at its heart a balancing of interests; !) get players who fill needs while 2) maintaining existing roster players and also 3) not interfering with the recruitment of top notch high school recruits. All of this while dealing with revenue sharing and available NIL funds. ( These considerations are why the football team has a "staff" to deal with such issues.) My own view is that JJ will look primarily to transfer(s) with 1 or two years of eligibility this year and in the future. Fill immediate specific needs when required seems like a smart thing to do. (Personally, all other things being equal, I cheer for the team which does not try to "buy" their starting lineup each spring! Thoughts? Names? {Opps, I now see that a tread was started on Monday on this subject. I don't mean to steal anyone's thunder... please check for this entry!) Great minds think alike!)

She’s the “Villain” to “that group” of fans….geeze, who knew that would eventually happen 🙋🏻‍♂️

Controversy on the runway, designer Kelli Molczyk is under fire after a social media post caught wind, showing one of her garments with what many believe to be a swastika on it. She says it's a big "misunderstanding" however, some spectators aren't convinced.

"I felt completely disgusted that anyone even making a mistake would put such a blatant sign of violence and the death of millions of people on an article of clothing," said Whitney Hansen.

Hansen posted the viral Facebook post calling out Molczyk and demanding answers from Omaha Fashion Week. It has now been shared and reposted hundreds of times.

"Why didn't anyone else backstage say something? Why didn't somebody take the jacket and tear it apart or throw it in the trash? Why did somebody put that back on Kelly's rack? Why did the model standing behind her not say anything? Why did anyone out there let it go out for photos?" asked Hansen.

KMTV reporter Hannah McIlree wanted to get answers for Hansen, who was questioning how an article of clothing that appeared to have a swastika on it could make it to the runway. So McIlree met with OFW owner Brook Hudson.

"When our staff does that final check they start all the way over here. And they walk down a line of up to 150 models and they look at each garment. And they're supposed to be looking for things like safety issues," said Hudson, "They look for things that are offensive and they look at the styling to make sure it's a good show. And so we may need to, this particular designer that we're talking about was a headlining designer. When you're a headliner, you're more seasoned. This isn't your first rodeo and, with those folks, we do tend to trust them."

'Disgusted': swastika design reported at Omaha Fashion Week, designer claims misunderstanding

Former Buckle VP, Kelli Molczyk, is under fire after a design resembling a swastika was shown in her collection at Omaha Fashion Week. Molczyk says it's a "misunderstanding."

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The designer is the former Senior Vice President of Women's Merchandising for Buckle. She issued this statement, "The design for the outfit at Omaha Fashion Week came from an antique pinwheel quilt remnant that I purchased from a well-known store in Central Nebraska two years ago."

After watching the democrats last night, it is clear that they put opposing Trump ahead of our country. They refused to clap for a cancer kid receiving an honorary secret service badge, that is as low as it gets. If you are a democrat, you should demand better from your congressmen and women.

This country needs a sane opposition to the republican party. I love what Trump is doing, but with support and power, there comes the possibility to swing too far in the opposite direction. I want democrats to fight trump on some things like abortion, medicaid, social security, etc. But America also needs democrats to support the good things Trump does. You don't have to like Trump, but if he is exposing and prosecuting child abusers who visited Epstein island, then you should support that.

If you complain about everything Trump does, just because he is Trump, then your voice will lose all meaning. If the democratic party refuses to work with Trump on even the most basic and common sense ideas, then your party will crumble. There will no longer be any opposition to keep Trump honest. Write to your democratic congress man/woman and ask them to do better.

He was a Drake assistant. He could become the next Drake coach. Drake coaches are hot commodities. Iowa fans want to hire a Drake or ex-Drake coach. Skip the intermediate steps and hire Gatens now.

I’m surprised there wasn’t a thread started about this last week. Iowa opened at 6.5 and has been bet up to 7.5.

Brian Hardin - this guy has to be getting some looks form bigger schools, right? I know he didn't hire all their coaches over the last 10 years or so but it seems like every serious coaching candidate has had a stop at Drake. And they're doing well in football if I recall correctly

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

sign me the **** up

That person seems to have a nose for coaching talent.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

SIAP

UNI playing SMU in NIT on ESPN2 . SMU 33 UNI 32

George Soros-backed group leads Chuck Schumer retirement push, sparking GOP to ask: ‘Who actually leads their party?’​

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is facing a rebellion over his decision to help pass a six-month spending bill to avert a federal shutdown last week— and Republicans have noted that one of Democratic megadonor George Soros’ groups is helping to lead the charge.

Indivisible, an activist hub that has received more than $7.6 million since 2017 from Soros’ Open Society Foundations, has called for Schumer to step down for helping pass the bill and is hosting a virtual event Saturday in which activists are encouraged to write happy retirement cards to the Brooklyn Democrat.

“The Democrats will have an important question to answer in the coming days: Who actually leads their party — Schumer or Soros?” a Trump White House official told The Post — though a source close to Soros dismissed the notion as a “daydream.”

“Democrats are eating their own — selling out to the far-left crazies and mega-donors who are funding clown show protests across the country. It’s painfully obvious that George Soros doesn’t believe that ‘Leaders’ [Hakeem] Jeffries or Schumer have the backbone to lead,” added NRCC spokeswoman Emily Tuttle.

Indivisible claims to have 1,600 local chapters and lists 10 paid staffers on its website. It’s unclear to what extent the organization receives permission from major financial backers before making significant political decisions such as calling for Schumer, 74, to retire.

The group’s co-executive director Ezra Levin announced the drive to oust Schumer this past Saturday, saying shortly after the funding bill passed: “Senator Schumer should step aside as leader. Every Democrat in the Senate should call for him to do so, and begin making plans for new leadership immediately. “

Levin added that the spending fight should have been used by Democrats as a “rare, precious point of leverage,” but “Schumer did the opposite. He led the charge to wave the white flag of surrender.”

Indivisible is helping gin up attendance for at least 17 home-district town hall events where Democratic members of Congress are expected to be asked about Schumer’s fate.

Thus far, the anti-Schumer push has had limited success and he appears secure in his post — after arguing that averting a partial government shutdown was necessary despite the “awful choice” for Democrats.

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), asked about the minority leader at a town hall event Wednesday, said “it’s important for people to know when it’s time to go” without endorsing the effort.

Indivisible also has organized against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency cost-cutting initiative — offering $200 reimbursements to activists who partake in “Musk or Us”-themed protests against his purge of federal workers and grants.

“This week, we have watched Democrats partner with radical activist groups organizing Soros-funded demonstrations across the country, vandalizing property at Tesla dealerships, and now setting their sights on ousting the leader of their party,” the White House official said.

“With no coherent message, they’ve rallied around the same radical-left lunatics that were loudly rejected by the American people in November.”

A source close to Alex Soros, who now dispenses his father’s investment fortune and frequently represents him in public, told The Post that the family hasn’t taken sides against Schumer despite Indivisible’s actions, calling it a “daydream of the hard right.”

The source argued it was ironic that Musk has himself clashed with Republican officials, including at a contentious recent Cabinet meeting.

“The Republicans have lost their party to tech billionaires who have finally cracked the GOP code,” the source said.

“Keeping the focus on George Soros is catnip to keep everyday Republicans distracted with what’s really going on with tech billionaires: they’re in the hard drive of the GOP.”

Schumer’s office declined to comment and neither Indivisible nor the Open Society Foundations responded to requests for comment.