(Strive Image) Strive, which makes wearable tech for athletes, raised $6 million as part of a Series A funding round.  The Seattle startup aims to help athletes better understand how and why they fatigue. The Bothell, Wash.-based company develops sensors that embed into compression clothing and provides data to teams and players. “As a professional athlete, I’ve used countless technologies to help me find an edge,” Jonathan Taylor, a star NFL running back who is also an investor, sa ...read more

It’s been a rough millennium, to say the least, for the good ol’ U.S. of A. Tensions are running high, rifts are widening, prices are up all over, and it’s hot as blazes in most places. We can’t even have fireworks displays in some places because of the supply chain shortage and all the fire hazards! How, pray tell, are we supposed to celebrate America’s birthday if we can’t blow stuff up real good?? Why, we do what we always do: turn to our filmed entertainment. Below are five thoug ...read more

Rafael Nadal has refused to offer the specifics of his frosty exchange with Lorenzo Sonego after a straight-sets win over the Italian. The Spanish star beat the No.27 seed 6-1 6-2 6-4, and seemingly had a lecture for the 27-year-old at the net after match point. Despite refusing to reveal exactly what he told Sonego, Nadal was adamant his message to the Italian was "in a nice way". "I wanted to tell him something. I did it in a nice way. I feel really bad now if I bothered him," he said. "I was ...read more

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has announced its plan to oil and gas drilling off the coast of the United States, closing the possibility of new leases in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans, but potentially allowing new lease sales in both the Gulf of Mexico and Cook Inlet in Alaska.By law, the Department of the Interior is required to publish a plan for new oil and gas leases in federal waters every five years. This new one, which establishes where the government can sell oil ...read more

Home 1 man dead, 2 women wounded in backyard shooting in Grand Crossing CHICAGO (CBS) – A man is dead, and two women were wounded following a shooting in the Grand Crossing neighborhood early Sunday morning. Police said an unknown offender fired shots into a crowd in the backyard of a residence, in the 7000 block of South Harper around 5:32 a.m. A 24-year-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body and was pronounced dead on the scene. Two women, 2 ...read more

I have stuck with Marvel’s Avengers through thick and thin. I was hyped for the game before it was released, stayed with the game through its rocky post-launch window, and have returned for weeks on end after every hero release. Even for me, though, the wait between Spider-Man and Jane Foster’s Mighty Thor was rough. That gap between heroes was about seven months, and the only significant updates between then and now have been a couple of missions and some quality of life changes, most of ...read more

Jessica Hull has added to her long list of Australian records in an exceptional run in the USA, in a tremendous sign ahead of the World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games. The rising star from New South Wales clocked 4:19.89 in a mile race in the Oregon city of Portland to steal the women's outdoor record from Linden Hall. The race served as a brilliant tune-up in Hull's preparation for the 5000m at the World Athletics Championships, and the 5000m and 1500m at the Commonwealth Games ...read more

In 1967, Italy’s Arte Povera artists, the radicals of their time, were hanging out at the Piper Club, a nightclub of, by and for the avant-garde in Turin. At a nighttime happening, young women danced in tunics made of polyurethane birch logs and ponchos studded with foam rocks resembling riverbeds. Like elves of nature, the dancers frolicked on “nature carpets”, foam carpets made by the Turin artist Piero Gilardi. Guests sipped their Camparis lying on mock cabbage patches.In ...read more

Home 15 minutes a day could help you achieve a toned body Save an additional 20% if you purchase by July 5. Between work, life, and maybe raising a family, there’s just not time to hit the gym every day. That doesn’t mean you can’t still do things at home to keep your body looking and feeling how you want. You may not have an hour to hit the track, but what if there was a tool you could use at home that could tone your body and help get rid of stubborn ...read more

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