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U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began testing a drone modeled off a sailboat on Sunday, officially dubbed the Saildrone Explorer, according to Military Times. Packed with sensors and powered by wind, the Explorer is currently being tested in the Gulf of Aqaba off the coast of Jordan. “These are exciting times for Task Force 59 as we team with the Royal Jordanian Navy to establish our hub for Red Sea operations in Aqaba and deploy some of our new maritime robotics,” Captain Michael Brasseur, commander of NAVCENT’s new task force for unmanned systems and artificial intelligence, said in the Navy’s official release....

1. Dark horse Adnan Akhtar: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was impressive in his title-winning performance in Canada, where the Frenchman beat three of the “Big Four” to capture his second Masters Series title. Despite losing early in Cincinnati, Tsonga has enough potential to replicate his 2008 Australian Open performance and maybe even go a level higher in New York. Aditya Ramani: When he plays well, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is nearly untouchable. His power flows easily, his court coverage is excellent and his confidence is conspicuous....

Date: 1 September 2021 Tournament: US Open 2021 Round: Second round (Round of 64) Venue: New York, United States Category: Grand Slam Surface: Outdoor hardcourt Prize money: $40,560,000 Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel & ESPN | UK - BBC TV & Radio | India - Star Sports / Disney+ Hotstar VIP Coco Gauff vs Sloane Stephens preview Coco Gauff faces 2017 champion Sloane Stephens in a blockbuster all-American second-round clash at the US Open 2021 on Wednesday....

Several American players will be eager to seal their place in the second round of the Major. Williams will compete in her final US Open and will be up against Danka Kovinic, while Gauff will face French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean. Others like Taylor Fritz, Alison Riske-Amritraj and Madison Keys will also play their respective first-round matches. So without further ado, let’s take a look at the schedule for the American players on Day 1 of the 2022 US Open....

One of the affected was Nick Robone, an assistant coach for the UNLV hockey team, according to the program. While Jason Aldean was performing, a gunman, later identified as Stephen Paddock, opened fire from his 32nd floor-room adjacent to where the concert was taking place. Paddock was later identified by SWAT teams and is believed to have killed himself before being apprehended. The first report of shots fired came just after 10 p....

Fast forward to 2019., WWE Main Event features matches involving low-card talents and very rarely, a mid-card talent from the RAW brand and occasionally from the SmackDown brand as well. Superstars such as Cedric Alexander, Curt Hawkins, Dana Brooke, Dash Wilder, EC3, Eric Young, Erik, Gran Metalik, Ivar, Lince Dorado, Mojo Rawley, No Way Jose, Sarah Logan, Scott Dawson and Titus O’Neil have been competing regularly on the show. Big names such as Becky Lynch, Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey and Seth Rollins never appear on the show at all....

But that’s all it was. Indeed, this 90-61 romp by the Wildcats was the first time UK vs. UL was played without Rick Pitino on the Louisville bench since the 2000-01 season. Certainly, Pitino’s presence on the opposite side of the Kentucky program he once coached to an NCAA title had enhanced the spectacle in previous years. His absence Friday had an impact, but this went deeper than one man....

United Stars have played two matches and have won once. They are second in the table as things stand. The United Stars won their last match by 68 runs and will be full of confidence. Meanwhile, the Cornwall Warriors have also played two matches where they have won once. However, they lost their most recent game against Middlesex Titans by four wickets. UNS vs CWA Probable Playing 11 Today UNS XI...

The unseeded Zhu, who won 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the pair’s first meeting, held her own in the early exchanges against the two-times Wimbledon champion. Kvitova was the first to blink at 4-4 as she handed her rival the chance to break. The Czech world number 17 missed out on a break in the next as the unforced errors crept up on her game. Zhu ran up a 5-4 lead in the second set and appeared on course for a comfortable win before Kvitova produced a flurry of winners to level the contest at 1-1....

Regarding your cover story “Drugs & Sports” (Society, Feb. 15), I say let’s change the playing field for the Olympic Games and legalize all forms of enhancing drugs. If these athletes want to take them and destroy their bodies for the gold, I will be the first to hand them out. There would be an equal playing field for all, and our new torch for the Olympics would be the syringe....

The service known as Xbox Live debuted two decades ago this year, and it has been going strong in one iteration of the Xbox internet offering or another for a long time. Over the years, Microsoft has not been stingy about trying to get people to sign up for one of these accounts in order to give the service a try. That means it has handed out quite a few trial subscriptions, and those trial subscription cards used to be included in the boxes for Xbox games so that people could see all the benefits that might come with a new game....

Alabama Alabama’s midnight drops include a Moon Pie in Mobile and a meteorite in Wetumpka. Arizona At midnight, a pinecone will be dropped in Flagstaff, a deuce of clubs card in Show Low, a Taco in Tucson, a boot in Prescott, and an Iceberg lettuce in Yuma. Arkansas Fayetteville usually drops a hog, but the city won’t see another hog drop until New Year’s Eve 2020. Florida Key West will drop a conch shell and a drag queen, Miami will drop an orange, and Sarasota will drop a pineapple....

“Effective June 29, 2021, unvaccinated guests 12 and older departing on a Royal Caribbean International cruise from Florida are required to purchase travel insurance. The insurance must cover medical, travel and other related costs for COVID-19 should they test positive while on board,” a spokesperson for Royal Carribean wrote to Newsweek. The spokesperson continued, “Guests may purchase travel insurance from a company of their choosing with a minimum of $25,000 per person in medical expense coverage and $50,000 per person in travel expenses or Royal Caribbean’s Travel Protection Program package, which includes the required coverage....

MORE: College QBs who will transfer this winter | Robert Nkemdiche apologizes, denies synthetic marijuana use Nkemdiche was charged with marijuana possession in connection to a 15-foot fall from an Atlanta hotel window earlier this month. ESPN also reported that Nkemdiche had declared for the NFL Draft following his suspension. “While I wish I could have finished this journey with my team, I am grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of this program, and I am ready to begin the next phase of my life,” Nkemdiche said in a statement....

Dream was introduced to WWE audiences as Patrick Clark back in 2015, when he competed on the revived WWE Tough Enough. After his impressive performance on the show, he signed a deal with the McMahon empire and was sent to the developmental center. He made his debut on NXT in 2017 and wrestled there until a number of serious allegations were made against him involving sexual misconduct. This led to a suspension, and ultimately, he was released in May 2021....

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That’s how ESPN markets this first year of the College Football Playoff chase. Maybe it should be, “Who’s left?” or “What in the world is going on?” A total of 17 teams entered the first week of October undefeated. Then Katy Perry showed up on GameDay, and Upset Saturday followed. Half of the AP Top 10 went down for the first time ever. Oregon, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and UCLA fell victim....

But the Ohio State coach thinks it might be time for a change in his strategy. MORE: Best photos from Week 3 | BENDER: Who starts for OSU? Who cares? For the second straight week, the No. 1 Buckeyes started junior Cardale Jones Saturday, but sophomore J.T. Barrett once again saw significant playing time. Yet the offense sputtered under both, and Ohio State narrowly escaped with a 20-13 victory over unheralded Northern Illinois, thanks in large part to Darron Lee’s interception return for a touchdown....