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On Tuesday, Yahoo News senior political correspondent and USC Annenberg expert-in-residence Jon Ward spoke with USC students about his upbringing, career path and two decades of experience in political journalism and long-form storytelling. After the event, Ward sat down with Annenberg Media and opened up about his background, how he got into journalism, and what he believes are the industry’s challenges going forward. ***** USC Annenberg hosted an 80-minute open conversation with Ward. Ward… Source link

LA JOLLA, Calif. — For about an hour, the U.S. Open had one of the greatest leaderboards in recent golf history, with almost all of the game’s biggest names within two shots of the lead. But then Torrey Pines whittled away the competitors, and down the stretch, only Jon Rahm and Louis Oosthuizen remained standing.  One was the pre-tournament favorite. The other was a perpetual bridesmaid, winner of one major but a second-place finisher in five more. In the end, Oosthuizen was a runner-up… Source link

UFC president Dana White gave a hearty thumbs up Wednesday to Jon Jones’ announcement that he’d hired former Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer as his new adviser. Schaefer was brought on board to help facilitate a bout between Jones and heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. White, though, said that if Ngannou-Jones happens, it will be down the road. He said Ngannou will make the first defense of his heavyweight title against Derrick Lewis in Houston, likely in August. But White… Source link

Jon Zarcharias has years of experience in digital marketing, including co-founding online advertising agency GR0, which specializes in Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. According to Internet Live Stats, Google processes over 3.5 billion searches every day, which is an unthinkable amount of information compared to traditional methods like books or libraries. To sift through all this information, Google is built upon an algorithm that works to filter for the best results based on keywords… Source link

This may shock you, but negotiations between Jon Jones and the UFC do not appear to be going well. The former UFC light heavyweight champion took to Twitter on Friday to respond to UFC president Dana White’s claim that he had demanded $30 million to fight heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou: White threw out that claim during an appearance on “The Bill Simmons Podcast,” saying that he is ready to give Derrick Lewis the next shot at the heavyweight crown: From MMA Fighting: “In his deal, he’s… Source link

Jon Huber moved from WWE to AEW in 2020. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) Jon Huber, the wrestling star known as Luke Harper to WWE fans and also as Brodie Lee, has died, AEW announced on Saturday. He was 41. Huber’s wife Amanda later confirmed her husband’s death, revealing that he died surrounded by loved ones after a battle with a lung issue that was not COVID-19. She praised the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for its skilled care. Huber was well-traveled in his career, going from independent… Source link

If you ever get the chance to attend a practice round at Augusta National, walk — don’t run — down to the 16th green, where you can sit and watch the world’s best try to skip their shots across the pond. If they’re lucky, they can get a couple skips. If they’re really lucky, they can bounce it up onto the green. And if they’re ridiculously, this-could-be-a-sign lucky, they do this: Yes, that’s Jon Rahm, one of the favorites (+1000) at this year’s Masters, just casually… Source link

Instead of participating in a final debate with his Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff, Georgia Sen. David Perdue (R) will spend his Sunday at a rally with President Trump. Perdue announced his change of plans on Thursday. In response, Ossoff tweeted, “At last night’s debate, millions saw that Perdue had no answers when I called him out on his record of blatant corruption, widespread disease, and economic devastation. Shame on you, senator.” Their Wednesday night debate in Savannah was heated,… Source link