The Monday Read: Three years in, have Brian Kelly and Lincoln Riley been worth the investment for LSU, USC?

Despite initial success, the Tigers and Trojans are still looking to elevate their ceiling under in-demand coaches

Sports - CBS Sports - 2 days ago

U.S.C. Made a Huge Investment in Lincoln Riley. It’s Not Paying Off.

It’s late October and the Trojans already have nothing to play for but pride, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - October 20

College football coach salaries ranked by value: Oregon's Dan Lanning shines, USC's Lincoln Riley falls short

Which schools are getting their money's worth out of their coaches in 2024?

Sports - CBS Sports - October 16

Lincoln Riley hits new low -- and, perhaps, hot seat -- with USC's ugly blown-lead loss at Maryland

USC dropped to 1-4 in Big Ten play with a 29-28 loss to Maryland

Sports - CBS Sports - October 20

His defiance gone, Lincoln Riley struggles to explain USC's latest devastating loss

Lincoln Riley falls under the .500 mark for the first time in his coaching career as Maryland rallies late to send USC to its third consecutive loss.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 20

B1G Time: Lincoln Riley needs to fix closing issues as USC continues coughing up games down stretch

Riley said he doesn't know why it keeps happening to the Trojans, but it's his job to know ... and rectify it

Sports - CBS Sports - October 22

LSU's overreliance on QB Garrett Nussmeier continues a dubious trend for program under Brian Kelly

Nussmeier has six turnovers in two games, but LSU hasn't done much to help

Sports - CBS Sports - 3 days ago

Letters to Sports: Miller Moss paying the price for Lincoln Riley's mistakes

Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section share their thoughts on USC football coach Lincoln Riley and the Lakers' struggles on defense.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 5 days ago

Royals re-sign Michael Wacha: Kansas City agrees to three-year deal worth reported $51 million

Wacha signed a one-year deal with the Royals last offseason and then won 13 games

Sports - CBS Sports - November 3

Kelly on loss: 'Didn't live up to' LSU's standards

Brian Kelly took responsibility for Saturday's blowout loss to Alabama, saying the Tigers "didn't live up to the standards of LSU football."

Sports - ESPN - 3 days ago

Large herbivores have been living in Yellowstone for 2,300 years: Study

Large herbivores, such as bison and elk, have lived continuously in Yellowstone National Park for more than two millennia, a new study has confirmed. Despite the near-extinction of bison in North ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

Woman arrested following care home deaths

Police say potential carbon monoxide poisoning is their "primary line of inquiry".

At 58, I have the spine of an 80-year-old. Navigating osteoporosis has been difficult and expensive

Fifteen months, 11 doctors and over a dozen tests and scans later, I still have no idea how to treat it. On 16 June 2023, I got my first Dexa scan. I was 57. Three hours later, a rogue driver ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Analysis: NBA and WNBA coaching jobs 'don’t have a long shelf life.' Lately that's been 1 to 3 years

Erik Spoelstra quietly made history last week

Sports - ABC News - October 29

New Women's Pro Baseball League to launch in 2026: 'We have been waiting over 70 years'

The league, created by trailblazing coach Justine Siegal, says the WPBL aims to begin play in 2026 in the U.S.

Sports - CBS Sports - October 30

Pat Riley didn't want to 'give up' on Heat, but predicts 'this is a telling year for the team'

Riley, the team president, said he hasn't had many conversation with Jimmy Butler about his future

Sports - CBS Sports - October 18

LSU to reportedly have a live tiger on the sideline for game vs. Alabama on Saturday

LSU has not had a live mascot on the sidelines in nearly a decade.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 6 days ago

We Don’t Yet Understand What Warehouse Work Is Doing to Communities

Warehouses in Lehigh Valley, Pa. have been an economic boon for blue collar workers. But they have been a political bust.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 22

80 countries have been led by a woman, but not the US

Despite Vice President Kamala Harris' efforts to shatter glass ceilings and become the first woman to be president in the U.S., the office remains solely male-dominated.

The Monday Read: Revisiting 10 bold predictions as 2024 college football season hits second half

A lot can happen between September and October; here are 10 teams who have exceeded or fallen below expectations

Sports - CBS Sports - October 21

The Monday Read: College football has eight undefeated teams left; what are the odds they remain unblemished?

With the help of Sportsline, we go through the chances for each unbeaten team to remain that way

Sports - CBS Sports - October 28

The Monday Read: In a game of margins, Ohio State's spacing (or lack thereof) proved difference vs. Penn State

How the Buckeyes reached paydirt was a key subplot in Saturday's Big Ten tilt

Sports - CBS Sports - November 4

Dozens killed as Spanish region hit by year's worth of rain in eight hours

Rescue workers are searching for missing people after Spain was hit by severe flooding.

Why some families will pay $500,000 for Ivy League admissions consulting: 'It’s worth the investment'

To get a leg up in the competitive world of college admissions, some families are spending half a million dollars or more on private consultants.

Business - CNBC - October 18

USC's JuJu Watkins is one of a record three sophomores on preseason AP All-America team in women's college basketball

Sports - ABC News - October 22

Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they've been in years

Airlines have ramped up capacity between the U.S. and Europe in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business - CNBC - November 3

It's been the hardest year of my life, says William

The Prince of Wales tells reporters his year has been "dreadful", following a difficult year for the royals.

Will you have a three-payday November? How to tell

Just in time for you to do some holiday shopping, you may be among the lucky workers who receive one more check than usual in November.

Politics - The Hill - October 26

Three moments where Budgets have gone wrong

Could Rachel Reeves’ first Budget have unintended long-term consequences like Gordon Brown’s?

World - Financial Times - October 28

Man jailed for three years over Snapchat sextortion

Christopher Morrow pleaded guilty to trying to blackmail 16 women into sending him sexual videos.

10-, 30-year U.S. government debt rallies for second day on lower oil and weak manufacturing reading

Long-term Treasury yields fell for a second day on Tuesday as traders reacted to a weaker-than-expected manufacturing reading from the New York Fed and new developments from the Middle East that ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 15

Israel says Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar may have been killed

Israel says Hamas' senior leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, may have been killed by IDF troops during an operation in the enclave. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata and Ramy Inocencio have more.

Yahya Sinwar may have been killed, Israel says

Israel may have killed Yahya Sinwar, a long-time Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip, Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz said. CBS News' Robert Berger and Courtney Kealy have more. Plus, CBS News' ...

Which Premier League players have been surprise packages?

BBC Sport takes a look at eight top-flight players who have impressed so far this season, when not expected to do so.

Report: Rams have been getting calls about Cooper Kupp

At 1-4, the Rams are off to their worst start under coach Sean McVay.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 20

Woman, 91, who killed toddler should not have been driving, inquiry rules

An FAI has called for a change to the laws about fitness to drive as the current system is "defective".

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