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Laura Geller’s $200 makeup kit is now under $55, plus more Cyber Week beauty deals
Known for its baked foundations and iconic kits, Laura Geller is a mainstay among makeup lovers, particularly those with mature skin. Cyber Week is your chance to stock up on the brand's bestselling beauty essentials without paying full price, including its popular Baked Balance-n-Brighten Foundation and easy-to-use holiday kits.
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Shopping for foundation online can be notoriously difficult, especially when you’re unsure which shade will match your skin. This marbled baked foundation is currently 50% off and features a formula that adjusts as you blend, helping the color look more seamless on your skin.
The kit includes Laura Geller’s Baked Balance-n-Brighten Color Correcting Foundation and the Retractable Airbrush Kabuki Brush, which you can use to blend the powder evenly.
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Laura Geller is known for makeup kits that simplify your routine, make thoughtful gifts and let you try several products without committing to full-size versions. This holiday set is a brand favorite with more than 54,000 reviews, and right now, you can get it for much less than its $200 list price.
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Winter can leave your complexion looking a little dull, so bring back some warmth with this glow face kit. Along with the Baked Balance-n-Brighten Foundation and Italian Marble Lipstick, the set includes the brand's long-wear mascara and baked-gold highlighter for a complete holiday makeup look.
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A full face isn’t complete without polished brows, so fill and shape yours with this two-in-one waterproof brow pencil and gel. The dual-ended design includes an angled pencil tip for filling sparse areas and a clear gel to shape and set your brows. Reviewers say it keeps their brows in place throughout the day.
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Hydrate lips and impart a pop of color with this Jelly Balm hydrating lip color. Wear it on its own or add it on top of lipstick for a glossy finish. Choose between an array of colors, including berry, pink and brown.
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Bronzer has a reputation for turning orange, but Laura Geller says its Baked Bronze-n-Brighten Multipurpose Bronzer is designed to avoid those tones. Reviewers appreciate the formula’s natural-looking color and versatility. Thanks to the mix of marbled swirls, you can use it as a bronzer, contour, highlighter or blush.
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Give your makeup bag a refresh with this Cult Classics Full Face Kit. It includes six of the brand's popular essentials: the Baked Balance-n-Brighten Foundation, hydrating primer, Marbleized Blush, highlighter, lipstick and retractable kabuki brush. It's a good pick if you're new to the brand or want to streamline your everyday routine.
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The Kajal Longwear Eyeliner works for both subtle everyday looks and dramatic smoky eyes. Its rich, creamy formula glides on smoothly without tugging and includes vitamin E and caffeine, which the brand says help moisturize and reduce the appearance of puffiness. A built-in sharpener keeps the tip precise.
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Chick-fil-A customers have days left to order cult favorite sandwich before it vanishes
Chick-fil-A is pulling a seasonal favorite from its menus, but some lucky diners in certain cities may still have a chance to order it.
The chain's Chicken & Waffles sandwiches are leaving most menus on Nov. 14, or while supplies last, but select restaurants in Tampa, Chicago and Raleigh will keep serving a breakfast version as the chain tests four additional waffle sandwiches.
The nationwide limited-time offering debuted in August after a test run in 2025, pairing the chain's chicken filet with maple-flavored waffles, applewood smoked bacon, honey butter spread and syrup.
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"We've loved seeing how much our guests enjoyed Chicken & Waffles this fall, especially the breakfast sandwich," Allison Duncan, Chick-fil-A's director of menu and packaging, told QSR.
But beginning Nov. 16, participating restaurants in the three cities will offer the Chicken & Waffles Breakfast Sandwich with an Original, Spicy or Grilled filet, along with Chicken, Egg & Cheese; Bacon, Egg & Cheese; Sausage, Egg & Cheese; and Grilled Chicken, Bacon, Egg & Cheese waffle sandwiches. The test menu will be available during breakfast hours, until 10:30 a.m.
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Chick-fil-A selects test markets based on opportunities to gather feedback from customers and local owner-operators, the company told Fox News Digital. The company did not identify participating restaurants but said individual locations typically share test menu details on their social media pages.
Customers in the test cities can also check the Chick-fil-A app to see whether their local restaurant is participating.
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Duncan said the company hopes the test will help it learn what customers want next. Chick-fil-A has not announced whether the expanded menu could come to more locations.
Online, fans are mourning the nationwide exit.
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In a Reddit post about the exit, one person said, "I wish it would stay. I ordered it every time."
Another commenter called it "the only [limited-time offer] I've ever really liked." It was "the best breakfast sandwich in the game," the person said.
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But others don't mind seeing the item go. Some Reddit users said the waffles were too dense or not soft enough to soak up the syrup, while others said they were excited that the limited-time item was making room for something new.
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The chicken and waffles were part of a yearlong "Newstalgia"-inspired celebration, which the company said offered "a delicious twist on familiar favorites." Along with it came a s'mores milkshake and frosted coffee lineup, which are also ending on Nov. 14.
The menu change comes as Chick-fil-A's holiday lineup arrives Nov. 16. It includes a new Peppermint Cream Cold Brew, returning peppermint drinks and Chicken Tortilla Soup, along with Spicy Chick-fil-A Sauce, which is joining the nationwide menu permanently, Fox News Digital reported last month.
Duran Duran drummer Roger Taylor forced to retire as health battle threatens hearing
Duran Duran drummer Roger Taylor announced he is "retiring from playing the drums" and stepping away from the band due to health concerns.
The band released a statement on their official Instagram, noting his retirement comes on the heels of "a worsening of his recently diagnosed tinnitus."
"This is one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make," Taylor said in the statement. "Playing drums in this band has been the joy of my life, and I’ll never be able to properly thank the fans for the love they’ve shown us over the years. But the truth is that my tinnitus has been getting steadily worse, and I’ve reached the point where I must now listen to my body and my doctors."
He went on to say that "figuring out the timing of all of this has not been easy, but I’m going out on a real high."
He noted that the band "just returned from a hugely successful UK and European tour," after which they headlined a show at BST Hyde Park for the second time, returned to record in the studio with guitarist Nile Rodgers and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
"I couldn’t have asked for a better final chapter, with so many special moments that I’ll treasure forever," he added. "I move on with enormous pride, and with nothing but love for Simon, Nick and John."
The statement highlighted Taylor's contributions to the band's success, noting he "has been at the heart of Duran Duran’s sound across two remarkable chapters," first in its "era-defining early records" and then again when the original line-up reunited in 2001.
After coming back together in 2001, the group released six more chart-topping albums, with Taylor "performing with them to millions of fans around the world."
"After careful consideration and medical advice, he has decided that protecting his hearing and long-term health must now come first," the statement read.
Fellow band members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor also shared their thoughts, calling Taylor "our brother," and crediting his drumming for helping "define the sound of Duran Duran from the very beginning."
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"Having him back with us since 2001 has been incredibly important to us all," they said. "We completely support his decision and wish him health and happiness. He will always be part of this family, while we continue exploring new and exciting projects with the band."
The post was accompanied by photos of Taylor on stage performing with the band.
Fans of the band took to the comments section to wish the musician well as he closes this chapter of his life. One of them was his son, Elliot, who wrote, "Not a bad run, Dad! 🤘 loved capturing some of these moments on stage with you 📸 ❤️."
"Your rhythm has been the soundtrack to the best moments of my life and entire generations," another added. "Even though you are choosing silence now to take care of yourself, your beat will echo forever in our lives. Thank you for everything Roger!❤️🥁"
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Another fan wrote, "Very sad news! I’m heartbroken! 💔😢But health comes first! Roger, thank you for everything!!! Decades with amazing music and memories! 🖤🖤🖤 All the best! 🙏🏻" with another simply calling him a "legend."
Duran Duran formed in the late 1970s, releasing their self-titled debut album in 1981 and quickly making a name for themselves as a group ready to push the boundaries. They became household names with the release of their second album, "Rio," in 1982, which featured hits such as "Hungry Like the Wolf."
Despite their success, the band split in the mid-1980s, with two members, including Taylor, pursuing solo projects. However, they came back together in 2001 and released an album with all five original members from the '80s in 2004.
"I think there was always a sense of unfinished business with the original five," Taylor told The Chronicle in 2022. "I think that was a feeling that there was definitely more gas in the tank when we broke up. I think we all felt that, and we came back together and it was pretty amazing."
As a band, they have won two Grammy Awards, have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
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NFL great Barry Sanders taps beer keg in Munich, battles through the adversity of a poorly designed mallet
The NFL is continuing with its European slate (which I enjoy; how are people mad at a Sunday morning coffee and football-watching sesh?) in Munich, with the Detroit Lions taking on the New England Patriots at Allianz Arena.
And what better way to get people fired up than by letting an all-time great take a turn at tapping a beer keg Oktoberfest-style?
...Right, there isn't one, and that's why Lions legend Barry Sanders threw on a protective apron to show us how it's done.
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Turns out this is way harder than it looks.
Not a bad first attempt by the Hall of Famer, but poor Barry was just thrown to, as the Germans would say, "der wolves."
First of all, do they not have normal mallets? I've never been to Germany (though I do have an affinity for bratwursts and the music of Kraftwerk), so maybe they don't.
I don't want to tell the Germans how to tap a keg, but wouldn't that be way easier with a flat-sided rubber mallet? They're using the mallet that someone stole from a Whac-A-Mole machine at the arcade down the Straße.
Get Barry a real American mallet, and that keg would be tapped so hard the Germans would be more in awe of him than they are of David Hasselhoff.
And there was no help from that mascot.
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That wasn't the normal Lions mascot, Roary; that was their German mascot, Leo Löwe.
Leo, mein Freund, when you see your franchise's greatest legend struggling to tap a keg, maybe lend a paw. Don't just lean on the keg like you're trying to be the Arthur Fonzarelli of the keg party.
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I'm not mad, just disappointed.
But all that matters is that Barry got the job done, despite all that was working against him.
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And man, imagine the stories those Lions fans have.
"I drank beer from a keg tapped by Barry Sanders... after several tries, but it was because they gave him a bum mallet."
Minnesota yarn shop apologizes for selling 'Harry Potter' kits, donates proceeds to trans care group
Needle & Skein, a yarn shop in Minnesota, apologized last week for selling "Harry Potter"-themed kits, calling the decision a "mistake."
"We recently sold Harry Potter-themed kits, and we owe you a sincere apology," the business wrote on Facebook Saturday.
"I’m a mom, and I read these books aloud to my child. Those evenings are some of my sweetest memories, and I think that warmth kept me from stopping to consider what carrying this merchandise would mean for our trans friends, neighbors, and customers. I made a mistake, and I’m so sorry," the statement continued.
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has faced criticism in recent years over her opposition to policies allowing transgender women into certain female-only spaces. In an essay last month, Rowling doubled down on her stance, calling transgender activism "elitist to its core."
The store announced that it had removed the "Harry Potter" items from the shelves and donated all the proceeds to Point of Pride, an organization that provides support to transgender people.
"We never meant to hurt anyone. But we can see that we did, and we are truly sorry to everyone who felt less welcome in a space that should always feel like home to you. You deserve better from us," the company said.
Needle & Skein also shared an image showing its donation to Point of Pride, saying it donated three times the profits from its "Harry Potter" merchandise. The business also shared a link for followers to donate.
Needle & Skein told Fox News Digital that the response to its apology had been largely positive, despite some doxxing and negative reviews.
"Overall, the response has been positive, with people feeling that we were open, honest and appreciative," owner Gilah Mashaal said.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Rowling for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Rowling has also faced boycott efforts from LGBTQ activists targeting her books and merchandise. Last year, a San Francisco bookstore announced that it would no longer be selling Rowling's books due to her views on gender.
Christian Toto, host of the "Hollywood in Toto" podcast, told Fox News Digital that he doubted the owners of the Minnesota yarn shop understood exactly why Rowling's views were controversial.
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"The media blurs many facts in our culture, like how 'immigration' isn't separated into two distinct camps — legal and illegal. Something similar likely is happening here. And for a yarn hobbyist to take such a stand is, well, the height of silliness on too many levels to count. Sadly, she's far from alone," Toto said.
New Jersey couple report seeing 8-foot tall Bigfoot stepping out in front of their car: 'We know what we saw'
A New Jersey couple deemed to be credible witnesses by the investigators who met with them say a Bigfoot, roughly 8-feet tall, crossed the road in front of them while they were driving on a rainy Sunday night around 10:30 p.m. in October.
The husband and wife "had a very normal, human reaction to seeing something they didn't believe exists," BFRO investigator Jacob Korbel reported. Following their encounter, they called the NJ State Park Police and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
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As the wife was driving with her husband and kids, she says she became terrified. The car's high beams had caught a glimpse of a massive figure stepping out in front of their vehicle on what she described as a rural road.
She slowed down and reported that this massive figure stood about 8-feet tall.
"It was bulky, heavily built GIANT frame. It was covered in jet-black fur and it appeared to be soaking wet. Our headlights were reflecting off its fur. I saw enough detail to distinguish human-like hands and unusually long arms," she claims.
"It walked with a slight hunch but moved at fast speed. It didn’t take many steps for it to get across the road. Thing moved fast enough to look like it was gliding without actually gliding. Its arms swung like a human walks but with heavy reach. I asked my husband if he was seeing the same thing I was ... He confirmed that he saw it."
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The kids were asleep in the backseat at the time and didn’t see a thing. She called her mom and told her what they had just witnessed crossing the road in front of them.
"Before then, I knew almost nothing of a Bigfoot or a Sasquatch," she added to her reported sighting. "I saw this giant creature with my own eyes. We know what we saw. It was definitely about 8 feet tall."
Unfortunately, they weren’t able to snap a picture of this creature. And investigators credited the heavy rain in Southern New Jersey this fall for washing away any evidence that might have been left behind.
That said, they did locate a well-used game trail on both sides of the road. Did these two see a Bigfoot or was it another enormous animal who walks like a human?
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New York Giants favored at -2 over Commanders as NFC East division lead hangs in balance
Week 10 is here for all of us NFL and sports betting fans, and we are now on the downhill side of the NFL season. That doesn’t mean the games are bad; it just means we are past the trade deadline, and we are past the halfway mark of the year. Teams will still have bye weeks, and the playoff push will be fully underway. It is an exciting time, but it does mean we are getting closer to the end than the beginning, and that’s a bit sad. Today we see the Commanders take on the Giants in a good matchup for the NFC East.
The Washington Commanders come into tonight’s game with a 2-5-1 record, and they’ve lost all of their road games this season. The Commanders have had a frustrating season. They started the year looking decent, but fell well short against the Eagles. The next week, they lost to the Cowboys and gave up 37 points. They opened their home season with a game against the Seahawks and got a surprising win with Marcus Mariota under center. Then they flew overseas and played against the Colts, losing with their third-string quarterback taking most of the snaps.
After returning home, they hosted the Giants. Jayden Daniels also returned under center for the Commanders, but that turned out to be a bit of a disaster as well. Due to poor clock management, the team ended up tying the Giants. They faced the 49ers and played pretty well, but lost 23-17. After their bye week, they got to get revenge against a banged-up Eagles team. Last week, they hosted the Rams and lost, but it was a valiant effort, losing 20-13 to Los Angeles.
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The New York Giants are a team that feels like they are a quarterback away from the postseason. They are in a very winnable division, and they are currently leading it. Sitting at 5-2-1 for the year, if the team can find a way to keep the Cowboys away, they should coast to the division. It just doesn’t feel like the Commanders or Eagles are good enough to win it this year. The problem for the Giants is that they will go through this season with inconsistent quarterback play.
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Jaxon Dart got hurt early in the year, and Jameis Winston is fun, but not great. JJ McCarthy has played in a few games for them as well, but I’m not sold on him actually being good. McCarthy threw the ball 19 times compared to eight for Winston last week. I somewhat envision that head coach John Harbaugh will go with whichever quarterback has the hot hand. It kind of seems like what they are doing with their running back situation as well.
It really doesn’t matter who the Giants put on the field on this one; I don’t think the Commanders will take this one. Maybe they had the game circled and will put in extra effort because they are frustrated with the tie they had when the two played the first game, but I don’t think it matters here. Daniels is the best quarterback in the game, but when the rest of the team isn’t helpful, it really doesn’t matter. I expect Harbaugh to have a better game plan and for the Giants to execute better. Give me the Giants -2.
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Democrats turn on Schumer after historic election wins as potential challenger emerges
The calls for change that helped flip the Senate on Election Night have now reached the chamber itself, where some Democrats are turning their backs on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Schumer intends to seek another term as Democratic leader as his party prepares to take control of the Senate next year. But some of the progressive forces energized by the party’s blue-wave victories want to replace him, too.
His caucus is fracturing over whether to support him, with longtime allies such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and newer members such as Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., having declared this week that they would not back him for leader. And Schumer’s detractors are eying Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who has said that he’s "kicking the tires" on a 2028 presidential run, to challenge him.
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Now he’s in listening mode and speaking with Senate Democrats about a bid against Schumer — and openly taking shots at the longtime Democratic leader, too, for siding "with the crypto industry" and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) against progressive candidates.
"We just saw democracy in America in action. We should bring a little more democracy to the United States Senate," Van Hollen said at the Popular Mandate conference this week. "We have two newly-elected senators who would not be there if Schumer and the DSCC had their way."
When asked about a possible challenge from Van Hollen, Schumer said, "Chris Van Hollen and I are friends."
"We talk frequently, and we're united, united in lowering costs and united in ending this damn war," he added, referring to the Iran conflict.
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Outside the Senate in the adjacent office buildings, showings of support for Van Hollen took the form of blue, orange and pink sticky notes attached to a plaque outside his office. But for Schumer, a group of protesters chanted outside of his personal office "hey, hey, ho, ho, Chuck Schumer has got to go."
Outside groups, like the progressive organization Indivisible, are bucking Schumer, too. They recently launched the "Tell Democrats: NO Schumer Coronation" campaign urging supporters to push their senator to not back Schumer.
Schumer still has several allies in the caucus, including Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who dismissed Van Hollen’s prospective challenge.
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"Well, what's his record, other than yelling about anti-Israel stuff, or last year when he visited that wife beating guy in prison," Fetterman said, in reference to Van Hollen’s trip to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia, his constituent who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
Several senators-elect that rode the blue wave to Washington, D.C., have publicly said they will not support Schumer for leader. Some were not the DSCC’s preferred nominees in key battleground primaries. Senators-elect Adam Hamilton, Peggy Flanagan, Scott Colom and Abdul El-Sayed have all publicly rejected Schumer as the Democratic leader.
El-Sayed told Fox News Digital "time will tell" on how leadership elections will shake out, and whether Van Hollen has a strong enough coalition to beat Schumer.
"I think we'll see how things play out," he said. "This is a unique moment, and it's our job to make sure we honor our mandate."
But Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., fiercely defended him on Tuesday. She lauded his "vision" for helping score several pick-ups in the cycle, and investing early in states like Mississippi.
"And that is why you will see, despite all the grumblings, enormous gratitude for the hard work he has done to get us to this position," Gillibrand said. "We are about to win nine Senate seats. That has never happened in my political history."
The loss of Dan Hicks hits hard, Lindsey Vonn has a couple screws loose & Mullen's radical playoff idea
'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com.
Over the hump and safely into the second half of the week. We made it. We're here.
We've got Thursday Night Football tonight. We've got college football all weekend — and we don't have a ton of those left, so I'd suggest not missing a single second.
We're two weeks out from Thanksgiving. The weather is starting to turn, even down here in Florida. We're supposed to stay in the 60s all Saturday. Do you know the last time that happened?
March.
March!
Yeah, it's been a while. We gutted it all summer in the 90s. We stayed the course in September and October when it rained every single day. This weekend, the grind finally pays off.
Let's roll.
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Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where we pay tribute to legendary broadcaster Dan Hicks, who died today at 64.
Just brutal. What a terrible, terrible loss.
I've also got Lindsey Vonn going back under the knife to get a new ACL, Dan Mullen offering up maybe the smartest idea I've ever heard, and I downloaded the "Back When" app last night after talking about it in yesterday's class ...
Spoiler alert: It's the most incredible thing I've ever seen. I spent two hours on it last night. I was in a trance. I was mesmerized. I may never watch 2026 TV again.
OK, grab you whatever drink you'd like — pour it out for Dan Hicks — and settle in a Thursday 'Cap.
Before we officially get this class started, I need to talk about Dan Hicks. The legendary sports broadcaster, most known for his work in golf and the Olympics, died today at 64.
How? I don't know. They're calling it an "acute illness." Whatever the reason, it's beyond sad. Hicks was a legend. We grew up with him calling some of the golf's biggest moments. You may not have realize it, but I can promise you that you've heard a Dan Hicks call.
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Doesn't have to be golf, either. He famously called the Men’s Olympic 4x100m Freestyle Relay in Beijing in 2008. He called NFL playoff games. He called Notre Dame games.
His most famous call, in my mind? Tiger's long putt at the 2008 US Open.
"Expect anything different?!"
I've watched that putt a billion times. I watched it live with my dad on Father's Day when I was 15. I still get chills to this day.
It was an iconic sports moment, and Hicks gave us an all-time call. I expected nothing different.
Hicks was our comfort food on the weekend of a major tournament. You knew when you heard Dan's voice, something big was happening. You also knew he was going to nail it.
Amazingly enough, he called a Notre Dame game just last month:
Just shocking. When I saw the news this morning, I was stunned. Everyone was.
Nobody did it better than Dan Hicks. Sundays in the spring and summer won't be the same. Saturdays on NBC won't be, either.
What a gut-punch.
OK, let's try our best to transition to something a little lighter on this Thursday, although it's still not great. Lindsey Vonn spent all day yesterday back on the operating table as she continues her recovery from last February's devastating leg injury.
The latest? A total ACL replacement.
Check out what they took OUT of Lindsey's LEG:
Lordy. First of all, I had no clue they could just ... give you a new ACL. Is that normal? I assume so, but I had no idea.
"Surgery went well!" Vonn wrote in a separate Instagram post, which featured some more behind-the-scenes footage from her operation.
WARNING: Some of the pics ain't for the squeamish.
"It took over 5 hours to remove all of the plates and screws from my leg and replace my ACL," she continued. "I am home from the hospital now and thankful to be on the final road to a full recovery."
This was Vonn's ninth surgery since February, by the way. What a warrior. What a patriot. She'll be back upright in no time. Can't wait.
OK, let's rapid-fire this Thursday class into a big Thursday night of FOOTBALL. First up? There's been a ton of CFP talk this week with the expansion to 24 teams becoming official starting next year.
Best I can tell, nobody likes it. At all. UNLV coach Dan Mullen did, however, propose a radical idea involving the G6 teams that I'm 100000% on board with.
Take a look:
I think it's brilliant. Have the four best G6 teams play two de-facto play-in games the weekend before the playoffs begin. Start the first one at noon, followed by Army-Navy at 3:30, and the final game at 8.
Pretty sound plan, if you ask me.
Thoughts? First impressions? I love it. I doubt the P4 teams will ever allow TWO G6 teams in the dance, but that's not my problem. You want some actual stakes at the end of an increasingly meaningless season? There they are.
I'm all in.
Next? Yesterday I talked about this new app on Roku called "Back When." Essentially, it's an app that transports your TV back to the 1990s (or '80s) and has actual shows — and commercials — airing as if it's happening in real time.
I got an email from Eric P. last night saying that not only was this app legit, it was as good as advertised.
Naturally, I had to find out for myself ...
I was hooked right off the bat. I found an old Braves-Dodgers game with Lasorda in the dugout and Glavine on the mound, and a Pittsburgh-West Virginia game on ESPN from 2000. Just two random channels on this app, and THAT's what they were playing.
Both were complete with commercials from the actual telecast, too. The first commercial during the WVU game? The classic Bowflex commercial that I'm quite certain anyone my age has burned in their brain:
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I was hooked. I couldn't stop scrolling through the channels. I also found an old episode of Still Standing on ABC Family (now Freeform), an old episode of Roseanne and an episode of Cheers from NBC's Saturday night lineup in 1985.
I've never been more in on an app. I never want to go back to today's television. We had it so much better back then, it's not even funny.
What a pleasure it was to be transported back to the '90s for a few hours.
OK, that's it for today. Good class, everyone. Let's have a big Thursday night of FOOTBALL, and end the week strong tomorrow.
See you then.
Drake Maye tells reporters they don't know 'what they're talking about' during Germany press conference
The New England Patriots landed in Munich, Germany on Thursday for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions and then made quarterback Drake Maye available to reporters to discuss all things international NFL games, and this trip, and the game.
And Maye took the opportunity in front of the German and American reporters to tell them what he thinks of them — which apparently is not much, sometimes.
It began with a mundane question about running back Rhamondre Stevenson being present for the team's practice and working off to the side during the portion of drills open to reporters.
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"I think that's just, speaks to, you know, first off, the media not really knowing 100 percent what they're talking about a lot of the time," Maye said.
Hey now.
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Just for the sake of context, this is where we remind everyone that Drake Maye is salt of the Earth kind of people. Nice. Polite.
He's competitive, yes, but not with that Tom Brady-grab-opponents-by-the-throat mentality. And yet, there he was in Munich grabbing the media by the proverbial throat with his opinion of them.
So where did this come from?
First, it shows that recent reports of Stevenson's injury status obviously bothered Maye. One local Boston outlet reported Stevenson is expected to miss multiple weeks with a plantaris tendon injury behind one of this knees, an injury he suffered in Sunday's blowout loss to the Green Bay Packers.
That report apparently struck a nerve with Maye.
"He's a guy that wants to be out there, you know, wants to be back for his team and that's what we're in the midst of trying to make a run here and win a big one before the bye," Maye said. "So this is a time for players, a lot of the players on this team that are trying to get out there, play with teammates and knowing that he's a great player, help us out."
Maybe the report about Stevenson rubbed Maye the wrong way because it suggested the running back is not going to contribute through the bye when, in fact, he's trying to do the opposite.
But this begs more context. Again, Maye is a good person. He wasn't angry with reporters when he slammed them. He even shared his FIFA thoughts and said maybe Harry Kane's experience under great pressure could help him transition to being an NFL kicker as the star has suggested he wants to do.
But Maye, in only his third NFL season, is perhaps also showing the wear of having an inconsistent season as the followup to last year's trip to the Super Bowl. That inconsistency has made him the target of criticism.
And the Patriots have been at the epicenter of media attention — much of it negative – this year that perhaps also has affected how Maye views the coverage of his team.
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Remember, the coverage of the relationship between coach Mike Vrabel and reporter Dianna Russini was seemingly nonstop for months and was admittedly exhausting at times.
The Patriots apparent Super Bowl hangover has also been a constant topic of discussion and frustration because for whatever reasons, including injuries, the team that lost only three regular-season games last season is 5-4 now and the schedule doesn't promise to get easier.
It's impossible to know if Maye was letting the frustration over all that rough coverage slip into one moment of a press conference.
But it raised eyebrows.
And maybe, with Stevenson trying to play on Sunday counter to a report, Maye had a point.