Chief Meteorologist Paul Williams updates us on the latest with the drought pattern we are stuck in; and the rollercoaster ride we'll have this week with the temps.
31 days of drought, the dry conditions continue on Delmarva and now... an added problem... frost. A legal fight.... Ocean City is suing to stop an offshore wind farm, local businesses and officials weigh in.
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The Grand Prix season begins in figure skating this weekend with Skate America in Texas and for the first time in decades skaters will be allowed to do backflips in competition. The move was banned because of its inherent danger, though skaters would often perform backflips in exhibitions anyway. But the International Skating Union lifted the restriction on “somersault type jumps” after last season. Already, reigning world champion Ilia Malinin of the U.S. has incorporated it into his program. He has his eyes on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, and the upcoming Grand Prix season should showcase his biggest rivals.
Jack Nicholson, Spike Lee and Billy Crystal are entertainment superstars. Now they are being recognized as basketball superfans. They will be recognized along with businessman Alan Horwitz by being added to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery on Sunday, a few hours before this year’s class is enshrined in Springfield, Massachusetts. Nicholson has been a Lakers ticket holder since the 1970s. Lee has had Knicks tickets since the 1980s, while Crystal roots for the Clippers and Horwitz the 76ers.
American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin won’t race downhills in the upcoming World Cup season in which she aims for her 100th career win. Following the worst crash of her career in January the two-time Olympic champion has even considered not racing at all. Shiffrin has decided to drop the sport’s fastest and most dangerous discipline from her schedule and fully focus on the other events when the new campaign gets underway in Austria on October 26. Shiffrin needs three more victories to become the first skier to reach the milestone of 100 career wins. She says “it’s a monumental moment in the sport.”
22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal will retire from tennis after next month's Davis Cup finals
Rafael Nadal has announced he will retire from tennis at age 38 following next month’s Davis Cup finals. Nadal won 22 Grand Slam singles titles during an unprecedented era he shared with his rivals in the so-called Big Three, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. He indicated his decision was related to persistent injury problems. Nadal’s unrelenting, physical style of play made him one of the greats of the game and the unquestioned King of Clay, the slow, red surface on which he claimed his record 14 French Open championships.
The International Olympic Committee has set a Jan. 30 date for its key presidential election meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. It's where the seven candidates will present their ideas to voters ahead of the election at a March 18-21 meeting in Greece. The closed-doors meeting at IOC headquarters is the only set-piece campaign event in perhaps the most discreet and secretive election in world sports. The candidates are Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. of Spain, Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, Sebastian Coe of Britain, David Lappartient from France, Morinari Watanabe of Japan and Johan Eliasch from Sweden.
Bronny James is expected to play in his first NBA preseason game when the Lakers host Minnesota in the first of Los Angeles’ two games in the Coachella Valley. LeBron James isn’t expected to play with his oldest son against the Timberwolves, but the 39-year-old superstar is likely to play against Phoenix on Sunday, which just happens to be Bronny’s 20th birthday.
The NBA returned to the Persian Gulf on Friday for the third consecutive year. The preseason schedule for the 2023-24 season opened with the Boston Celtics beating the Denver Nuggets 107-103 in a matchup of the two most recent championship clubs. The Celtics and Nuggets will finish their two-game set in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Payton Pritchard had a game-high 21 points for Boston. Reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic scored 14 for Denver and Russell Westbrook had 12 in his debut with the Nuggets.
A British yacht is back in the America’s Cup finals for the first time since 1964 after INEOS Britannia finished off Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. Britannia scored the winning point for a 7-4 series victory on Friday. Britannia claimed the Louis Vuitton Cup for being the best of five challengers. The boat skippered by Olympic great Ben Ainslie will next face defender Team Emirates New Zealand in a first-to-seven wins series for the America’s Cup starting on Oct. 12.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis will play at some point during the Los Angeles Lakers’ first two preseason games this weekend. James and Davis could play in one or both games, new head coach JJ Redick said Thursday before the Lakers headed to the Coachella Valley. Los Angeles will face Minnesota on Friday and Phoenix on Sunday in Palm Desert, California. The decision means James could be on the court this weekend with Bronny James, his oldest son and the Lakers’ second-round draft pick. No father and son have ever played in the NBA at the same time, let alone on the same team.
The Cleveland Cavaliers were hitting golf balls into a lake and some people couldn’t figure out why. Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat played dominoes in the Bahamas until the wee hours of the morning. The Golden State Warriors sprawled out on a Hawaiian lawn for some morning yoga. No, NBA training camps are not all about basketball. It can seem like the first few days of the season have a vacation feel to them. Hard work in the gym is happening, of course, but teams obviously are seeing value in bonding and experiences off the court as well.