Border agent falsely accused of whipping migrants receives award
One of the Border Patrol agents falsely accused by the Biden administration of whipping migrants at the Texas border was arrested by the agency Thursday morning, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official told The Post. Received an award from. The agent, whose name has been withheld since the September 2021 incident to protect his […]
Naz Reid’s Sixth Man of the Year award win a boon for NBA bettors
Commercial Content 21+. Naz Reid’s unlikely Sixth Man of the Year award win is paying big dividends for some NBA futures bettors. One DraftKings Sportsbook bettor claimed the prize earlier this season when he won $160,000 on a $2,000 bet at odds of 80/1 on Reed. According to Ben Fawkes of X. another bettor won […]
Guardian wins award for exposé of founders’ links to transatlantic slavery | The Guardian
The Guardian exposed the founder’s links to transatlantic slavery, won one of its reporters the news reporter of the year award and won the diversity award at the prestigious Press Awards. Press Awards judges called the Guardian’s cross-platform Cotton Capital series, which includes news articles, long-form essays, podcasts, videos, magazines, a 15-part newsletter and social […]
Rangers’ Jacob Trouba nominated again for humanitarian award
Jacob Trouba added his second nomination for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy to his Rangers captain’s accomplishments on Wednesday. The Rangers once again selected Trouba as a candidate for the NHL’s Humanitarian Award. The award is named in honor of Hall of Famer Francis M. “King” Clancy and is “presented to the player who best […]
World’s first AI beauty pageant to award hottest bot $13K — here’s who really gets the money
They are all real beauties, fake show. Sandra Bullock’s “Miss Congeniality” will no longer be the most iconic charlatan to disrupt the beauty pageant world. Now, the chatbot girls are in the running for the crown and over $20,000 in cash prizes. Subscription-based social site Fanvue will host the world’s first “Miss AI” contest in […]
Alters Long-Standing Humanitarian Award to Include ‘Rectifying Inequities’
The Academy Awards are doubling down on their embrace of woke social justice activism and DEI. The latest change is that the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, an Oscar staple since the 1950s, is now focused, at least in part, on fairness. The Academy reportedly slipped in an announcement this week about next year’s Oscars that […]
Renowned photographer leaves Ford foundation board after Cheney passed over for award
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennally resigned from the board of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation on Tuesday and awarded the annual Medal of Merit to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) The reason was the organization’s decision not to do so. service as the reason for his retirement. In a letter to the foundation, […]
Track and field to become first Olympic sport to award gold medalists prize money
Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics announcing on Wednesday that it will pay $50,000 to gold medalists at the Paris Games. The move marks a symbolic break with the amateur past of one of the most-watched Olympic sports. Athletics’ governing body […]
Caitlin Clark wins second straight Wooden Award
College basketball star Caitlin Clark was named the 2024 Wooden Award recipient Tuesday as the most outstanding player in women’s college basketball. This year marks the second consecutive year the Hawkeyes star has won the award, ahead of finalists Paige Backers, Cameron Brink, JuJu Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo. “I think the biggest thing is just […]
It Could Only Be You: Caitlin Clark Wins Second Straight Player Of The Year Award
Iowa State’s Caitlin Clark won the Associated Press (AP) Player of the Year Award in women’s basketball for the second straight year, receiving 35 of 36 votes. Clark had a perfect 2023-24 season, becoming the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer in March. She averaged 27.1 points, far ahead of second-place JuJu Watkins, and led the NCAA […]