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The history of the sports docuseries is on the walls and roaming the halls of an office complex in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, just outside of Philadelphia. During a recent visit to Films’ headquarters in South Jersey, the walls were adorned with classic football magazine covers and newspaper front pages, as well as original art created by former NFL Films president Steve Sabol. A climate controlled film archive holds decades worth of footage from live games, interviews, and other footage, a trove that helps power the studio’s documentary programming. Related Stories And roaming the halls was former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who was operating a truck bay (in his signature hoodie, of course) so that he could grab some things to prepare for his appearance on that evening’s Manningcast on ESPN. The physical manifestation of football history, and sports media history. Sports docs are everywhere. Feature films, docuseries, access shows, every streaming platform has them, and every TV channel that televises live sports wants more of them. As sports become more central to TV channels and streaming services, sports-related content is also growing in strategic importance. NFL Films, which was founded in 1962 by Ed Sabol and his son Steve, can be credited with helping to create the sports doc format that we know today (not to mention things we now take for granted like instant replay). But the company — which operates as a league-owned Hollywood-quality production studio — has no qualms about breaking with its own traditions. Steve Sabol’s office is now a conference room, but his desk is still there, just as it looked right before he passed away from brain cancer in 2012. Inside is a note from Sabol, which Ken Rodgers, executive producer at NFL Films, occasionally steals a glance at. It implores those at NFL Films to “keep tradition alive by breaking with tradition,” Rodgers says. “I think he was talking about format and courage,” he adds. “There’s a very easy instinct to copy past successes.” So with the demand for sports content never higher, NFL Films is changing how it does business too. A big part of that is leaning into personality-driven programming, a shift for a company most frequently known for its cinéma vérité-style documentaries. In January, it will produce its first late night show, , which will be hosted by Philadelphia Eagles legend Jason Kelce. NFL Films produced , the documentary film about the former NFL star that landed at Prime Video last year. Keith Cossrow, vp and head of content for NFL Films says that the company built a relationship with him through that film, and that when Kelce began talking to networks about an NFL analyst role, he always had the late night idea in the back of his mind. “[He said] no matter where I go, there’s one thing I want to do: ‘I want to make a late night show,’” Cossrow recalls. “’I grew up watching Conan [O’Brien] and [David] Letterman, and they’re my heroes, and I love what Bill Maher does with the panel on Friday nights on HBO, and I want to have a late night show about sports, and I want to do it once a week, and I want to have a live band with horns. It’s got to have a horn section. And I want to shoot it in Philly, and I want you guys to produce it.’ We were like, ‘we’re in, we’ll figure this out.’ I got goosebumps.” Ross Ketover, senior executive at NFL Films, calls the late night show “scary and nerve wracking... Totally high-wire for us without a net.” “Comedy is hard, sports and comedy is hard, us doing essentially a live studio show is something very new and exciting, but Jason is just a force of nature, and we’re so excited to be in business with him,” Ketover adds. “The relationship we started with Peyton and Eli [Manning] doing those shows, working with talent is something really new and exciting for us that I think has inspired invigorated a lot of our producers here.” That is also obvious when walking through Belichick’s custom studio in the NFL Films offices. The coach has his own office and conference room, but his studio functions as a multi-purpose production hub for his podcasts, his appearances on the and and other media hits. “What he really loves, I think, is having a facility,” Rodgers says. “He is our official coach in residence at the National Football League, working here in NFL films three days a week ... coach wanted to create a space that felt like you were visiting him into his office, and it’s not all that different than what his office looked like in New England.” Indeed, his studio is filled to the brim with memorabilia and awards, from signed footballs to a pair of Yao Ming’s size 18 sneakers. “You could show him one play and he could talk about it for two hours,” Ketover says. “We need to lean into that. Don’t make him do something that he’s not comfortable doing. Let’s do something that is his strength, that he’s passionate about, and that’s certainly how we’re focusing on working with his talent.” The Kelce and Belichick projects are emblematic of the new sports media, where the athletes and coaches are the talent and producers, with ownership of what they make. Consider the deals that Pat McAfee and Peyton Manning (both former NFL players) have cut with ESPN, which televises their shows via licensing deals. “I think [Kelce] looked at what Peyton’s done and what LeBron has done, and what some other people have done, and I think that’s the model a lot of guys want to follow now, is they want to build their own entity and be able to produce their own content and have ownership of it,” Cossrow says. NFL Films is also operating as a partner to Skydance, where the league is an investor in the sports-focused studio JV Skydance Sports. Ketover says that his studio is in active discussions with Skydance sports about what it can bring to the table, be it footage shot at games to add authenticity to scripted programming, or original ideas and concepts. But NFL Films is also adjusting how it approaches its bread-and-butter product: The football docuseries. When debuted on HBO in 2001, it was an unusual product, giving viewers access to their favorite football teams that was, at the time, unprecedented. “ was a reaction to NFL films of the 70s and 80s, which was mythology, mythologizing players, making them larger than life, creating heroes out of football players,” Rodgers says. “We turned that on its head in 2001 and said, these larger than life figures, let us show you who they are as men, sometimes women, when it comes to the front office and ownership and now on the football field, but our goal was to tell you about the in the uniform, rather than create a mythology around a person and make them larger than life.” 19 seasons and dozens of Emmy Awards later, the HBO series shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. In fact, NFL Films has expanded it, last year it debuted an offseason edition, which followed the New York Giants front office, catching shocking moments like a phone call with the team and star running back Saquon Barkley, who ultimately signed with the Eagles. “Doubters would have been like, there’s no action, there’s no football,” Ketover recalls. “You’re taking someone in a place they haven’t been before, and that’s the key to these access series.” “The offseason show has a lot fewer players, and it’s a workplace drama,” Rodgers says. Indeed, Cossrow says that he has heard from a number of white-collar execs in various industries, stunned at the access, but who added that they hadn’t seen a show that captured a high-stakes office job in as dramatic a fashion. “I cannot tell you how many people who work in white collar corridors of power have said to us that Giants show is incredible,” he says. But the next big push will come Dec. 3, when HBO debuts a new version of : An in-season edition, with the show following not one team but four of them, all of the AFC North. If the offseason is a workplace drama, and the classic training camp functions as a reality competition series, focusing on who makes the team and who gets cut, the in-season installment is something new altogether, teams working together to win the division, with a winner guaranteed by the end. “Someone has to win that division, and it injects stakes,” Rodgers says. “That is just a better way to tell that story of the end of a football season.” Ketover says that NFL Films is installing dozens of remote robotic cameras in team facilities across the AFC North “so we’re not distracting, we’re not sitting there with a camera over a guy’s head and a boom in his face.” “We’re not giving away any of their proprietary secrets. We’re not going to show their audibles to the rest of the league,” he adds. It’s all part of a complex dance that involves the league, its 32 teams, and its hundreds of players. “We never want any club or player that’s participating in our shows to feel like the platform [that is running the show] has more control than they do,” says Jessica Boddy, vp of commercial operations & business affairs. “That’s the most complex thing to navigate.” But in interviews with just weeks before its debut, executive at NFL Films were still figuring out the choreography of telling such a complicated story on such a demanding timeline. “It’s going to be so hard. There’s so much we haven’t figured out, but I think that’s the most fun part of our job, to be immersed in a creative process, working collaboratively with group of people who are totally invested in something,” Cossrow says. “And when you watch a show on HBO, you expect something special, premium, highest caliber storytelling, and we take that challenge head on every time. “I think we all know it won’t be perfect,” he adds. “The first episode will have its bumps, but we’ll work through the process, it’ll get better every week, and hopefully by the end of this season, we’ve created something that’s unique and special and engages fans and non-fans, because it’s just good TV.” The non-fans part is pretty important, both to NFL Films and the league itself. Netflix’s , which debuted last year, over-indexed with women, and the league is eager to expand the game’s reach to new demographics. The league notes that both and is followup ranked number one on the Netflix charts. They are shows that are reaching an entirely different audience than , a big bet that the league hopes will lead to a bigger fandom for the game. Rodgers says that the company has a culture of making big bets, one that was forged by the Sabols themselves, and that everyone who works there still takes to heart. “Steve used to give out $500 cash every year on an annual basis to the most magnificent failure,” he says. “So if you tried something and it was terrible, but it was magnificent in its failure, he’d give you five hundreds. And that was a way to encourage risk taking, which has to be done in the creative world.” That is present in NFL Films’ weekly video meetings. When you first walk into the main lobby, off to the right is an auditorium that seats a couple hundred people. Once a week, Cossrow, Rodgers and other top executives gather producers and staff from around the company to review the tape, so to speak. They may watch a rough cut of something NFL Films is producing, or something unique produced by a competitor. The only rule is that people give feedback, and don’t feel afraid to hold back. “I’m always amazed that someone that’s been here 30 years will make a comment and someone who’s been here 30 days disagrees with it, and is able to speak up in that atmosphere,” Rodgers says. “It’s very much encouraged to hear the different points of view, and that gives you permission that you don’t have to go with the crowd.” Football is without question the most popular programming on TV, maybe even the last vestige of monoculture in a world where entertainment is splintered between social video platforms and streaming giants. But NFL Films is the league’s gateway to those worlds, telling stories outside the lines, while pushing the boundaries of the sports doc format it helped forge 60 years ago.Eric Bieniemy out as UCLA's offensive coordinator. 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Indian police on Friday fired tear gas at protesting farmers attempting to march to the capital New Delhi to push for their longstanding demand of guaranteed minimum prices for their crops. Farmers this week revived their dormant “March to Delhi” campaign seeking to channel the spirit of a dramatic protest in 2021, when they stormed the capital on tractors. To stop the farmers at Shambhu, about 200km north of the capital, police set up heavy barricades of concrete blocks and lines of razor wire in advance of the march. Authorities also suspended mobile internet services along the route of the procession to prevent communication among the protesters. Waving blue and yellow flags, the farmers broke through part of the blockade before they were halted by police. “In February, we held four rounds of talks with the government but since then there have been no further discussions on our demands,” farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher told reporters. “We want the government to let us exercise our democratic right to protest.” In addition to price guarantees for their harvest, farmers are demanding a grab-bag of other concessions, including loan waivers and increased compensation for land acquired by the government several years ago. Farmers in India have political influence due to their sheer numbers, and the renewed protests come as the national parliament is in session. Two-thirds of India’s 1.4bn people draw their livelihood from agriculture, accounting for nearly a fifth of the country’s GDP, according to government figures. Protests in November 2020 against agricultural reform bills lasted for more than a year, a major challenge to efforts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to reform the sector. A year later, their campaign prompted Modi to repeal three contentious laws that farmers claimed would let private companies control the country’s agriculture sector. Related Story Fire Station and Best Buddies Qatar unveil ‘Friends & More’ expo Protesters hold pro-Palestinian march in Rio ahead of G20
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — This was not the homecoming scenario Kirk Cousins would have scripted. Cousins' return to Minnesota, his NFL home from 2018 through 2023, on Sunday comes as he is hearing speculation about his job security in Atlanta. Cousins has thrown six interceptions with no touchdowns in the Falcons' three-game losing streak. That includes four picks in last week's 17-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, his most in a decade. “It’s kind of the challenge always in pro football to be able to get back up off the mat and get back going,” Cousins said after Wednesday's practice. A vote of confidence from coach Raheem Morris can't silence suggestions that it's time to give rookie first-round pick Michael Penix Jr. a chance to jump-start the Falcons' struggling offense. Morris said Sunday he didn't consider removing Cousins from the game, and he repeated his support for the veteran on Wednesday. “Got to go to Minnesota and get a big-time win and Kirk’s ready to go,” Morris said before acknowledging Cousins must bounce back from “obviously a tough game.” “You know, realistically, man he is built for this and he’s ready to go,” Morris said. The losing streak has left the Falcons (6-6) struggling to remain on top of the weak NFC South. They hold the tiebreaker advantage with Tampa Bay (6-6), but need Cousins to end his turnover streak. Cousins, 36, was expected to be the reliable leader on offense after he signed a four-year, $180 million contract. He will be in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. He said he expects a loud reception from Minnesota's fans. “They’re great fans, great football fans,” Cousins said. “As a result I think they’ll make it as hostile as they can for us.” Cousins ranks fifth in the league with 3,052 passing yards. He has 17 touchdown passes and his 13 interceptions are only one shy of his career high. Cousins insists he feels strong in his return from last season's torn Achilles tendon. He was critical of his mental mistakes in the loss to the Chargers. He said he rushed some passes, sometimes lacking the necessary velocity on his throws and giving defensive backs the opportunity to step in front of receivers for interceptions. Atlanta offensive coordinator Zac Robinson also said Cousins' lack of velocity on his throws “just goes back to, you know, decisiveness, being decisive when you do cut it loose. Certainly those things happen with quarterbacks. There might be times where, you know, you’re not as convicted on a throw. And it shows by the way the football comes out.” Morris said he still has confidence in Cousins' arm and the mental side to his game. “He’s done a great job with us, and I have no real qualms about him bouncing back and him being able to play the game the way it needs to be done,” Morris said. “He’s still an elite processor. He has the ability to make all the throws. He’s shown that throughout the year.” Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores also said he expects Cousins will shake out of his slump. “I know the narrative is he had a tough game last week, but he’s played some good football," Flores said. "I think the people in this building know what Kirk can do. He’s a very, very good quarterback.” Added Flores: “He’s a bounce-back type of guy, as we all know. I’m expecting his best, the best version of Kirk, the best version of that offense. It’s going to be a major challenge for us.” Atlanta's offensive production has dipped while the veteran quarterback’s turnovers have been on the rise. The Falcons were held to under 20 points in each of their three straight losses. “Have to just believe that tough times don’t last, tough people do,” Cousins said. “You have to keep pushing.” AP Pro Football Writer Dave Campbell contributed to this report. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
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Intel stock fell again Wednesday prompting an industry analyst to accuse the chipmaker's board of badly mishandling the sudden exit of CEO Pat Gelsinger. The shares had rallied early Monday when news of signaling possible positive change at the struggling technology giant. But then the shares started falling, and were down for the third straight day on Wednesday. Industry analyst Patrick Moorhead, CEO of Moor Insights & Strategy, blasted the Intel board for the way they handled Gelsinger's departure. Intel Stock: CEO's Sudden Exit "I'm not an equities analyst, but I told you so," he said in . "This one was so easy to predict. Board ghosts the Intel Corporation CEO without an explanation or replacement and the stock plummets." Gelsinger was reportedly forced out by the board which had lost confidence in his ability to turn things around at the struggling chip company, . Intel named two interim CEOs, David Zinsner, Intel's chief financial officer, and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, CEO of Intel Products. The company could not immediately be reached for comment for this story. Intel stock slumped amid growing questions about what happens next, especially at a time when Intel is grappling with stiffer competition from rivals led by ( ) and ( ). Intel investors have been left in the dark, Moorhead argued. "Investor's only thoughts are what bad happened?" he wrote. "Who can fill Pat's shoes? I talk to all of Intel's largest customer's executives. No one is cheering. The company needs to find a solid replacement, and fast." Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes said "the fact that CEO Pat Gelsinger was leaving Intel wasn't a surprise, but maybe the timing was." "The announcement at first prompted some short covering likely on thoughts that this move could lead to a new plan that creates more shareholder value (cuts, asset sales, etc.), but we took the news as a modest negative," he said in a Monday note. Intel stock shed 2.3% to close at 21.96 on Wednesday. The shares have shed nearly 9% this week, plunging well below the stock's 50-day moving average. Intel's Relative Strength rating dipped further to 13, down sharply from 96 a year ago, according toWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden faces a stark choice as he contemplates broad preemptive pardons to protect aides and allies from potential retribution by Donald Trump: Does he hew to the institutional norms he’s spent decades defending or flex the powers of the presidency in untested ways. The deliberations so far are largely at the level of White House lawyers. But Biden himself has discussed the topic with senior aides, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive subject. No decisions have been made, the people said, and it is possible Biden opts to do nothing at all. Pardons are historically afforded to those accused of specific crimes –- and usually to those who have already been convicted of an offense — but Biden’s team is considering issuing them for some who have not even been investigated, let alone charged. The president could, if he chose, issue blanket pardons to specific people whom Trump and his allies have threatened to punish. Or he could pardon a broad class of people — not unlike pardons issued to those convicted of federal marijuana offenses or those ensnared in the “don't ask, don't tell” military policies. Either way, he'd be using the powers of the presidency in a new way. Some worry that Trump and his allies, who have talked of enemies lists and exacting “retribution,” could launch investigations that would be reputationally and financially costly for targeted people even if they don’t result in prosecutions. The door has already been opened, given that Biden has extended a broad pardon to his son, Hunter , who was convicted and pleaded guilty in tax and gun cases. Biden explained that decision by saying he believed the prosecution of his son had been poisoned by politics. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has said Biden plans additional pardons before leaving office though she would not elaborate on the process. She repeatedly referenced “changing factors” that motivated the president to pardon his son despite promising he wouldn’t. She said Republicans have continued to try to see Hunter Biden investigated for an array of alleged offenses, a rationale that could support additional pardons for Biden aides and allies. It was two weeks ago that one of the president’s closest allies in Congress, Rep, Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, encouraged Biden to pardon his son Hunter. The morning after that conversation, Clyburn told Biden’s staff that he believed the president should also pardon those being targeted by Trump. “I was very forceful in my discussions with him about what I thought he ought to do regarding his son,” Clyburn said Friday. “But I also told them that I thought he ought to go even further, because all the noise about Jack Smith and Liz Cheney and Doctor Fauci and all of that.” Special Counsel Jack Smith has been investigating Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and for accusations he hoarded classified documents at his home. Liz Cheney, a conservative Republican , was the vice chairwoman of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection and campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris. Fauci, an infectious disease expert, was instrumental in the government's response to the coronavirus. All have raised the ire of Trump. Clyburn said he told Biden’s team, only half jokingly, that because the Supreme Court has already said that the president has certain immunities, “let’s give that same immunity to Jack Smith for carrying out his duties and to, Doctor Fauci, Liz Cheney, they were carrying out their duties.” Among those mentioned publicly for possible presidential pardons, there are different sentiments on whether pardons would even be wanted. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supported the president’s move to pardon his son, but has been silent on the speculation that Biden is considering additional pardons for her or others. A top Pelosi ally, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Democratic congressman who led Trump’s first impeachment, has panned the idea of pardoning Biden's allies. He says “the courts are strong enough to withstand” the worst of Trump’s threats. “I don’t think a preemptive pardon makes sense,” the incoming senator told NPR recently. “I would urge the president not to do that. I think it would seem defensive and unnecessary,” Schiff said. Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, who was the lead manager on Trump’s second impeachment, on the charge of inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, said members of Congress already are protected by the speech and debate clause in the Constitution, which protects them prosecution for participating in their legislative duties. Raskin said figures like Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and John Kelly , Trump's former White House chief of staff, would similarly be protected by the First Amendment. But Raskin said the question is, “Should they go through the criminal investigation and prosecution for not doing anything wrong? I think that’s why this whole issue has erupted.” Raksin added that with Trump promising to pardon hundreds of people who assaulted police officers on Jan. 6th, “I can hardly fault President Biden for exploring the use of the pardon to protect people from a fraudulent and unjust prosecution.” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he’s had no conversations with the White House regarding any preemptive pardons for current or former members of Congress. Associated Press Writer Kevin Freking contributed to this report. Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more.MADRID (AP) — Barcelona got back to winning in the Spanish league in style, routing Mallorca 5-1 on Tuesday with a pair of goals by Raphinha. Ferran Torres, Frenkie de Jong and Pau Víctor also scored for Barcelona, which hadn't won in three consecutive league games to allow Real Madrid to inch closer at the top of the standings. Madrid is now four points back although it has two games in hand. Torres, who got to start in place of league-leading scorer Robert Lewandowski, opened the scoring in the 12th minute after Mallorca defenders failed to clear an easy ball from inside the area. One defender tried to kick it away but it ended ricocheting off a teammate to give Ferran an easy shot on goal. The hosts equalized with Vedat Muriqi in a breakaway just before halftime in what was Mallorca's only shot on target, but Raphinha put Barcelona back in front by converting a 56th-minute penalty kick. He added to the lead in the 74th after a nice assist by Lamine Yamal. Raphinha now has 11 goals in 16 league games this season. “This is probably my best moment, but I want to do more,” Raphinha said. “We knew it was important to win again after three matches in which something was lacking. It wasn't our best match, but it was important to win.” Yamal also helped set up De Jong's goal five minutes later, not long after the midfielder had come off the bench. It was De Jong who then assisted Víctor's goal in the 84th. Barcelona has scored five or more goals in a match for the sixth time this season across all competitions. It has outscored opponents 48-17 in the league alone. Barcelona had lost twice in its last three league matches — 2-1 to Las Palmas at home on Saturday and 1-0 at Real Sociedad three rounds ago. Its other setback was a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo when it was winning 2-0 until late in the match. The game against Mallorca was moved forward in the schedule because both clubs will be playing in the Spanish Super Cup in January. Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, the other two clubs in the Super Cup, will meet on Wednesday in Bilbao. Barcelona, which beat Brest in the Champions League last week, will visit Real Betis in its next league match on Saturday. Mallorca, sitting in sixth place in the Spanish league, faces Celta on Friday. Mallorca was coming off two straight league victories — against Valencia and at Las Palmas. In the second round of the Copa del Rey, fourth-division club Barbastro ousted top-flight club Espanyol 2-0, while Celta Vigo trounced Salamanca 7-0, Las Palmas defeated Europa 2-1 and Valladolid beat Ávila 4-2. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
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If you just made yourself a pile of steamed crabs for dinner, don't toss those shells in the trash just yet — you can still get some use out of them even if you can't eat them. That's because crab shells contain a lot of flavor, even once you've finished the delicious meat inside. You can save those shells to use in stock or sauce, and the process couldn't be easier — you simply simmer the whole shells with your aromatics, strain the solids out, and you've got a flavorful base to do with as you please. (While you may be able to , the real deal has some serious upsides.) The easiest thing to do with leftover crab shells is to make a stock. You can concentrate this stock into a sauce later by incorporating other ingredients. If you don't have enough crab shells on hand, you can supplement your stock with more readily available alternatives like shrimp shells, which also have plenty of flavor, especially in the heads. Chances are you spent , so you might as well squeeze every little bit of flavor out of it, right? And if you only have a few crab shells on hand, don't worry — you can freeze what you have and use them later when you've saved up enough. How many crab shells should you save for stock? If you're looking to make crab stock, you'll want to save up about 2 pounds of shells for around 1 quart of broth. That might sound like a lot, but crab shells are fairly dense, and as I mentioned earlier, it's easy to supplement with shrimp shells. You can also mix and match with ingredients like lobster shells . Once you have the stock completed, you can think about using it for things like seafood chowder, bisque, or any kind of pasta sauce that could benefit from that rich, briny flavor. Don't forget that the only exception is soft-shelled crabs — with these, you can actually eat the shells along with the meat. And if you want to coax out even more flavor from your leftover crab shells, you can crack them in your blender or food processor (just until they're fractured evenly) before you throw them in the pot with your aromatics. Breaking the shells up allows more surface area to steep in the stock, extracting extra flavor, which will all show up in your end dish. RecommendedAeroVironment Stock Falls On Q2 Earnings: The Details
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Fresh off one of its best showings of the season, the Baltimore defense now has another problem to worry about. Roquan Smith missed practice again Friday because of a hamstring injury. Although the Ravens didn't officially rule him or anyone else out — they don't play until Monday night — the All-Pro linebacker's status seems dicey. “Definitely it will be a challenge if Roquan can’t go,” defensive coordinator Zach Orr said. “We’re holding out hope and everything like that. I think it’ll just be by committee. Not one person is going to replace Roquan. Roquan’s an every-down linebacker.” Although the Ravens lost 18-16 last weekend, Baltimore didn't allow a touchdown. That was an encouraging sign for a team that ranks 26th in the league in total defense. Baltimore is on the road Monday against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Ravens appear to have dodged one potential nightmare. Star safety Kyle Hamilton injured an ankle against Cincinnati on Nov. 7, but he was able to play almost every defensive snap the following week against Pittsburgh. But Smith was injured in that game and didn't practice Thursday or Friday. Linebacker Malik Harrison had a season high in tackles last weekend and figures to have a significant role if Smith can't go. “We tell these guys, ‘You’re one play away to going in there — you never know, so you got to stay ready.’ Malik — he was ready,” Orr said. “I thought he went in there and did a good job, especially after the first series, he settled down. That’s what we expect from him.” It's hard to tell whether last week can be a significant turning point for Baltimore's defense. The Ravens allowed only 10 points in a dominant win over Buffalo in Week 4, then yielded 38 against Cincinnati the following game. After allowing 10 against Denver, the Ravens were picked apart by the Bengals again a few days later. So they still haven't shown they can play a good game defensively and then build on it. “I think it’s easier said than done. It’s something that we kind of got caught up saying against Buffalo and then coming up the next week and not doing," Hamilton said. "We’re aware of it now and know that we played a good game, but I think we can get a lot better, and I think that’s kind of the mindset everybody on defense has right now.” Hamilton's ability to make a difference all over the field is part of what makes him valuable, but positioning him deep is one way the Ravens can try to guard against big passing plays. Pittsburgh's Russell Wilson threw for only 205 yards against Baltimore. That's after Joe Burrow passed for 428 and four touchdowns in the Ravens' previous game. “I’ve always seen myself as a safety. A versatile one, but at the end of the day, I think I play safety,” Hamilton said. “If I’m asked to go play safety, I feel like that’s not an issue for me to play safety if I’m a safety.” NOTES: In addition to Smith, WR Rashod Bateman (knee), DT Travis Jones (ankle), S Sanoussi Kane (ankle) C Tyler Linderbaum (back) and CB Arthur Maulet (calf) missed practice Friday. WR Nelson Agholor (illness) returned to full participation after missing Thursday's practice. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
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Seven new big-name brands joined the popular shopping complex in 2024, including the likes of Nike, Primark, Ninja Warrior, and PureGym. Major construction work has been happening across the park throughout the year, not only for new stores in 2024 but for upcoming brands soon to arrive in the new year. Catherine Furlong, centre director at Teesside Park, told The Northern Echo this week: “What a year 2024 has been for us”, “Seven new brands have joined the Teesside Park family as well as the new golf concept in Hollywood Bowl. “We have delivered some amazing community initiatives including our Bright Lights and Young Readers programmes which have supported more than 200 local young people with both employment and education. “There’s been so much positive feedback from our visitors and we’re super excited about lots more to come next year!” So as the year comes to a close, we’ve rounded up all the changes at Teesside Park this year, and what shoppers can expect in 2025. Sportswear giant Nike was the first to open its new store at Teesside Park in 2024, taking over the former New Look in February. Nike at Teesside Park (Image: Teesside Park) Nike Unite is a newer concept rolled out by the chain, which aims to better represent the community its branch is located in. Stocking a variety of sportswear for men, women and children, the 11,855 sq ft location offers “everyday essentials” alongside select seasonal items. Hollywood Bowl relaunched in March this year following a huge £2 million makeover. Hollywood Bowl at Teesside Park The site is now home to a 12-hole minigolf course, 31 bowling lanes, a new bar and a refreshed amusement area, after taking over the former Imperial City restaurant next door. It also added a five-lane VIP section for those who wanted to bowl in luxury. Hundreds of shoppers flocked to Teesside Park in May after Primark opened its doors for the first time inside the former Mothercare unit. Primark at Teesside Park (Image: Sarah Caldecott) 700 customers queued for the opening, which created 180 new jobs for the region and followed months of anticipation for the new site. Set across two floors and measuring 37,100 sq ft, the store stocks clothing, kidswear, beauty, lifestyle and home. Ninja Warrior opened its adventure park at Teesside Park in July, boasting a replica obstacle course of the hit ITV show. Ninja Warrior (Image: SARAH CALDECOTT) The adventure park offers something for all ages - with dozens of obstacles and inflatables to traverse, including the warped wall. Kids are also able to take on one Ninja Warrior UK’s largest inflatables, featuring an obstacle course, slides, and battle zone. Beauty brand Rituals launched at the shopping complex in late October, in part of the former H&M, which has been closed since June 2022. Rituals before opening (Image: CONTRIBUTOR) The space was initially set to be taken over by Frasers Group’s Tessuti chain - but this never came to fruition and the unit was divided into three. The store - which sells a range of products for the “body, mind, and soul” - came months after the brand appeared on park plans in May. Just one day after the opening of Rituals, British fashion and lifestyle chain White Stuff opened up nextdoor, also in part of the former H&M. White Stuff (Image: UGC) The launch date saw 20% off almost everything in store, and even some glasses of prosecco - with the first 50 people inside gifted with a Teesside tote bag. PureGym opened its first Teesside site at the complex on November 1, following a major renovation of the former Millennium nightclub. PureGym at Teesside Park (Image: CONTRIBUTOR) The site was gutted by construction crews before being transformed - with the site now featuring hundreds of pieces of state-of-the-art equipment, a functional zone, free weights area, fixed resistance, cardio equipment, and a fitness studio and a cycle studio. Fashion retailer Mango opened its new store in a section of the former H&M in December, months after the Spanish retailer first lodged plans for signs at the site. Inside Mango (Image: TEESSIDE PARK) The store has been decked out with warm tones, neutral colours, and a range of materials including ceramic, tuff, wood, marble, sparto grass, and leather items. Works have been continuing on a huge new unit at Teesside Park for several months that will soon become Sports Direct’s new home at the complex. The new Sports Direct (Image: CONTRIBUTOR) Frasers Group - which owns the sporting chain - announced last year that the sportswear firm would be expanding into a new 40,000sq ft space, featuring a GAME and Evans Cycles. The upcoming store is made up of the former Laura Ashley, Argos, USC, and MenKind stores, which have been merged to create an amalgamated unit. The store is set to open in spring 2025 - with an exact date not known. Meanwhile, designer chain Flannels, which also falls under the Frasers Group umbrella, is set to take over the current Sports Direct store. The current Sports Direct (Image: GOOGLE) The firm - which sells designer brands such as Stone Island, Boss, Gucci, Vivienne Westwood, and Polo Ralph Lauren - will soon be transforming the 20,000-square-foot unit. The Northern Echo understands that Flannels will also open in late spring - but it is not known when the current Sports Direct will close its doors. B&M (Image: Michael Robinson) Discount retailer B&M opened its new 34,686 sqft store in November 2022, taking over the former Toys R Us store. When the new store was announced, the chain confirmed a garden centre would soon open also, with signs on the front saying it would be launching in spring or summer 2024. However, earlier this year, B&M confirmed it was planning to open the new garden centre in March 2025. It is not known why the addition has been delayed.None