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David HaleSep 3, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseCollege football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012.Graduate of the University of Delaware.Multiple AuthorsDabo Swinney rattled off the names of a half-dozen schools he had watched tape from to prepare for Clemson’s season opener against a new-look LSU team with 40-some transfers on the roster. Oh, and he also spent some time scouting NFL camps, too.”I got to watch practice with the Browns in early June,” he said. “I’m probably going to get turned in for tampering.”Yes, Swinney’s got jokes.His best work, he prefaced with: “No pun intended,” before suggesting Clemson would bow out of the…

[Warning: The following contains some mild spoilers for The Uprising] Into this time where so many might feel powerless in the face of governmental decision-making, comes Paul Greengrass’ new film The Uprising. The Oscar-nominated writer-director-producer digs into England’s 14th-century Peasant’s Revolt — a story that will surely ring bells today — when the disenfranchised rose up against authority to fight for autonomy and change. Leading the charge is Andrew Garfield as a humble farmer known only as ‘Ploughman’. In a feudal era when the king simultaneously led church and state and the common people were known as ‘serfs’ and were…

Israeli forces bar Israeli and Palestinian activists from delivering food and medicine to homes besieged by settlers.Published On 4 Sep 20264 Sep 2026Israeli police have killed a Palestinian man in Jerusalem and the Israeli army has blocked humanitarian assistance from reaching an occupied West Bank village besieged by settlers for weeks.Officers opened fire on a 33-year-old Palestinian near Damascus gate in Jerusalem on Friday. Israeli police said its border guard “neutralised” the man, claiming he was attempting to stab one of them.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe Palestinian Wafa news agency identified the man as Ibrahim al-Hendi from…

Presidential candidates Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and Donald Duke of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) were among prominent Nigerians who joined former Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State at a memorial vigil Mass for his late mother, Mary Orduah-Amaechi, in Port Harcourt on Friday. The Mass was held at the Corpus Christi Cathedral of the Catholic Church in Port Harcourt ahead of the burial of Mrs Amaechi, who died at the age of 89. Mr Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation, is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate for the 2027 election. Other dignitaries spotted at the…

Champion Breweries Plc has announced the assumption of office of Malolan Sampath as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 September. The company disclosed this in a statement signed by its Chairman, Imo-Abasi Jacob, on behalf of the Board of Directors. Mr Sampath’s assumption of office follows the Board’s earlier announcement of his appointment as part of the company’s leadership transition. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported in June that Mr Sampath’s appointment followed the resignation of Inalegwu Adoga as the company’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. The company said his appointment comes as it enters a new phase…

Nscale, a British AI infrastructure company founded just two years ago, has said it may go public as early as later this month. Ahead of that expected IPO, the company is reportedly in talks to raise an additional $3.5 billion. Bloomberg reported Friday that the company is looking to sell $1.5 billion in convertible notes — a type of loan that can later convert into company stock — to a group of investors, while also seeking an additional $2 billion in financing from Nvidia. Nvidia also participated in the firm’s Series B funding round in March, a $1.1 billion raise…

Etim Etim laments the deplorable state of federal roads in the South-South region despite the zone’s huge contributions to the Federation Account. Despite their huge hydrocarbon deposits and massive contributions to Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings, the six states of the South-South geopolitical zone have the worst network of federal roads in the country. Nothing has been done to fix the situation in the last 10 years or more. Apart from the recently completed 40-km highway linking Bonny Island with Rivers State (Bonny-Bodo Road) which was awarded by the Buhari administration, this region has not had a major investment in federal…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of two people allegedly involved in the assault of a medical officer at Gwarinpa General Hospital, Lifecamp, Abuja. NARD made the demand in a statement issued on Friday, following the alleged assault of a senior medical officer while on call at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit on 31 August. According to the association, a patient physically attacked the doctor and his companion following a disagreement over his clinical assessment. The alleged assailants also threatened the doctor and his family, NARD said. The association described…

Researchers believe the first known humans to set foot on Ireland thousands of years ago were most likely from Wales, following the “exciting” discovery of ancient cave art.During the most recent Ice Age, when much of the British Isles were beneath a vast continental glacier, the depleted sea levels opened a “lost land bridge” between modern-day Pembrokeshire and the south-east tip of Ireland, around Rosslare.According to rock expert Dr George Nash, from Liverpool University, the opportunities presented by this pathway would have been too good for hunter gatherers to ignore.Now, alongside an international team of experts, Nash has located eight…

A 31-27 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game was considered by the Los Angeles Rams as a missed opportunity because their NFC West divisional rival dominated the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl LX. Once 2025 NFL MVP Matthew Stafford quickly decided to return for an 18th season, the Rams swung for the fences to capitalize.The only unrestricted free agent of consequence was safety Kam Curl. He was retained on a three-year, $36 million contract, with up to $39 million in salary escalators.Cornerback, the most glaring roster weakness, was upgraded in a trade and through free…