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ESPN is set to hire Pete Thamel from Yahoo in a college football insider role

It’s been noticeable for years (particularly since Brett McMurphy was laid off in the massive April 2017 cuts) that ESPN-affiliated reporters have not been breaking most of the news in college football. As AA’s Ben Koo explored in early December 2021, that’s a sharp contrast to sports like the NFL and NBA where ESPN employs an insider they can credit on the Bottom Line ticker for most signings or moves (Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski, respectively). But that’s about to at… Source link

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on supply chains: ‘There will be disruptions’

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Yahoo Finance Live supply chain bottlenecks at the country’s major ports will likely persist for the foreseeable future.  “We are definitely seeing some immediate impacts of the immediate steps that we have taken, but the honest answer I can give you, as long as the pandemic continues, there will be disruptions,” Buttigieg explained.  The supply chain bottlenecks triggered by the pandemic continue to have multiple effects on the U.S. economy.  For… Source link

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Will Seahawks claim Odell Beckham Jr. off waivers? ‘You’ll see,’ says Pete Carroll

The next step in the Odell Beckham Jr. saga will unfold on Tuesday afternoon when the wide receiver passes through NFL waivers. Teams will have until 4 p.m. ET to submit a claim for the recently-released Beckham and the $7.25 million remaining on his 2021 salary. There is certainly interest in Beckham’s services, but it’s unclear if he will be claimed. That said, it seems like the Seahawks could be among the teams considering adding him by using a waiver claim. MORE: What happened with… Source link

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Breaking down Pete Carroll’s baffling explanation for punting on 4th-and-inches

Breaking down Pete Carroll’s baffling explanation for punting on 4th-and-inches originally appeared on NBC Sports Northwest Here we are again. Just one week after expressing surprise that the Bills completely ditched their running game in favor of passing it all over the yard against the Seahawks, we have more mind-bending quotes from Pete Carroll to break down. Amid Seattle’s 23-16 loss to the Rams in Week 10, Carroll chose to punt with the Seahawks facing 4th-and-inches from their own… Source link

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