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Author: Josh Sens September 21, 2024 Caddies for top tour professionals play a valuable role and are compensated accordingly. Getty Images Nearly 50 years ago, long before he worked for players like Curtis Strange, Greg Norman and Payne Stewart, Mike Hicks got his first job as a caddie for a local preacher at a club in his hometown of North Carolina. Hicks was 12 years old and was being paid $5 a lap. At the time, caddying was hardly considered a viable career. With rare exceptions, it was seen as a temporary job for those without better options, or a…
President Biden hosted the leaders of Australia, India and Japan at his home in Wilmington, Delaware this weekend for the fourth and final “Quad” summit, seeking to bolster U.S. alliances with Indo-Pacific nations and counter rising Chinese influence in the region.Biden used the summit to expand both his “cancer moonshot” initiative and the Quad Fellowship, a scholarship program designed to connect the next generation of scientists and engineers. The four leaders also signed a maritime agreement and announced joint Coast Guard missions.The Quad alliance has been around for more than a decade, but Biden is the first president to convene…
Today’s health horoscope, September 22, 2024: Find out what your daily health horoscope has to say about your health, career and relationships.Today’s Health Horoscope for AriesToday will be a good day for your physical and mental health. If you have been having any skin related problems, you can expect healing. Make sure you maintain your fitness routine.Relationship Tip: Have open communication with your partner.Activity Tip: Try drawing a picture.Lucky color for love: red.Lucky color for work: orange.Health Tip: Take a brisk walk.Today’s health horoscope for TaurusYour health is proportional to your enthusiasm today. I recommend you to keep your mind…
Rutgers tried to give up the game in the fourth quarter. After trailing 23-7, Virginia Tech scored two touchdowns and a two-point conversion on consecutive attacks, and the Scarlet Knights offense took the field with 4 minutes, 35 seconds left and needed to get into field goal range. It only took one play for Ian Strong to achieve this goal. Strong received a screen pass from Ahsan Kaliakmanis 63 yards to the Virginia Tech 12-yard line. Three plays later, Jai Patel booted a 24-yard field goal to put Rutgers ahead again. Robert Longerbeam was a standout defensive player in the…
Week 4 of the college football season marks the opening week of conference play for many teams, and judging by the game schedule, it shouldn’t disappoint.Clemson opened the game by thoroughly dominating conference rival North Carolina State, scoring 45 points in the first half on its way to an easy win and proving it can go toe-to-toe with Miami for the ACC lead.There were some historic moments in the early going, too: James Madison scored the most points ever in a first half against North Carolina, 70-50, in a major upset. (North Carolina had never allowed that many points in…
MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is reporting a significant increase in cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, across Wisconsin. State and national data shows case numbers are approaching pre-pandemic levels. To help prevent the spread of infection and prevent severe illness and hospitalization, DHS urges Wisconsinites to make sure they and their children are up to date on whooping cough vaccines and take other steps to stay healthy.As of Sept. 13, the Department of Homeland Security had been notified of 625 confirmed cases of whooping cough, with 51 cases reported so far this year.…
Caitlin Clark has no plans to quit her day job to become a baseball announcer, but she did have a great time stepping into the fantasy broadcast booth.The Indiana Fever rookie made headlines on Friday after teammate Lexi Hull posted a TikTok video of her trying her hand at play-by-play commentary for a game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies. Hull told reporters the next day that the experience gave her a newfound respect for baseball announcers and made her interested in actually calling games.From Matthew Byrne of ClutchPoints:”Well, I told Rex that I sometimes do commentary on games,…
Approximately 1 in 10 babies are admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after birth in the U.S. As part of NICU Awareness Month, Denver Health celebrated NICU doctors and nurses and the families and babies they care for. “We love meeting the families after the babies go home and seeing how well they are doing and how much they’ve grown,” said Jacqueline DeSharry, a nurse in Denver Health’s NICU. CBS Isabella Faliero and her son, Noah, attended the reunion to meet Nicole, the nurse who had to spend the first 48 days of his life in the neonatal…
How mobile are you? Looking at the UK’s inactivity crisis, it seems that perhaps we’re not mobile enough.Most adults spend around nine hours a day sitting, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Staring at our phones gives us tech neck, hunched over our laptops causes poor posture and only around a quarter of us get the NHS recommended 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week. We are becoming an increasingly static society. But movement is essential for our bodies, especially as we age. Research shows that around 30% of adults over 70 have difficulty walking, getting…
CHICAGO (WLS) — Some of the future leaders of the aviation industry gathered at O’Hare International Airport on Saturday as part of Girls in Aviation Day.”They need to travel, but they don’t know how to start that journey, so we’re here today to help,” United Airlines pilot Julie Savage said.ABC7 Chicago is currently streaming 24/7. Click here to watchMore than 50 middle and high school girls got a special behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to have a front-row seat to the aviation industry.”It’s so much fun. It’s my first time on an airplane,” said Neambi Walker, a senior at…