A scavenger hunt to find college football's next national champion coach turns up key namesNew Foto - A scavenger hunt to find college football's next national champion coach turns up key names

Let's embark on a scavenger hunt to find the nextcollege footballcoach who will win his first national championship. Kirby Smart, Dabo Swinney and Ryan Day account for the only active championship coaches. Who's next? Reflecting on past winners and adhering to some guiding principles will help identify top candidates. Sixteen coaches won their first national championship during either the Bowl Championship Series or College Football Playoff era that started in 1998. We'll use that group of coaches as our guide, as we try to winnow the list: ∎ Each of the 16 first-time championship coaches from the BCS and CFP eras coached a school that's now in the Power Four ranks. So, we'll confine our search for the next champion to the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC, plus Notre Dame. ∎ Miami's Larry Coker was the only coach from our control group of 16 who won a national championship in his first season. Coker inherited a team that went 11-1 the prior season. He stepped into a ready-made winner. No current first-year coach enjoys a situation so nice, so let's eliminate the Power Four's six coaches who are entering Year 1. Sorry,Bill Belichick, that includes you. Second-year coaches like Michigan's Sherrone Moore remain in the mix. Bob Stoops, Jim Tressel, Urban Meyer and Gene Chizik won a national championship in their second season, making Year 2 a time to shine. Looking at you,Kalen DeBoer. ∎ Programs rarely go from the outhouse to the penthouse overnight. The 16 coaches who won their first national title during the CFP or BCS eras coached teams that finished 7-5 or better the season before the championship. The majority of first-timers won at least 10 games in the season preceding their first title. Let's eliminate coaches whose teams didn't achieve at least a .583 winning percentage last season. That cuts 29 more coaches from our list, leaving 30 coaches still alive. Eliminated coaches include Southern California's Lincoln Riley, Utah's Kyle Whittingham and Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy. They built accomplished careers before losing the plot last year. ∎ Each of the 16 first-time championship coaches from the BCS and playoff eras steered teams that were ranked in the preseason Top 25. So, let's consult the preseasonUS LBM Coaches Poll, and trim from our list nine more coaches, whose teams are unranked. We're down to 21 contenders. ∎ Most first-time championship coaches were winners before they won it all. The 16 new champions from the BCS and CFP eras compiled a combined .684 winning percentage before ever winning a national title. This excludes records compiled coaching in the Championship Subdivision. Auburn's Gene Chizik became notable exception. Before Cam Newton spurred Chizik to brief glory, Chizik's career winning percentage had been .351 across stints at Iowa State and Auburn. Not surprisingly, Chizik didn't last long after Newton departed. LSU's Ed Orgeron had a .532 career winning percentage before Joe Burrow propelled the Tigers to an undefeated national championship. Acknowledging outliers exist to our .684 guideline winning percentage, let's create a buffer and eliminate any coaches that do not have at least a .650 career winning percentage coaching in the FBS. Also, trim any coaches who aren't above-.500 at their current school. Each of the past 16 first-time championship coaches were above .500 at their school entering their breakthrough season, except for Coker, who won his title in his first season. Applying the winning percentage parameters trims 12 more coaches and leaves nine coaches standing: They are Kalen DeBoer (Alabama), Brian Kelly (LSU), Lane Kiffin (Mississippi), Josh Heupel (Tennessee), Dan Lanning (Oregon), James Franklin (Penn State), Curt Cignetti (Indiana), Marcus Freeman (Notre Dame) and Rhett Lashlee (SMU). That's a strong list, with a couple of notable omissions. More on the omissions in a bit. First, let's examine the nine names to whom our scavenger hunt guided us. DeBoer, Kelly, Lanning, Franklin and Freeman are obvious contenders. DeBoer, Kelly and Freeman previously coached a team to a national runner-up finish. Each of these five coaches have teams ranked in the preseason top 10. The list also includes four wild cards. Kiffin, Heupel, Cignetti and Lashlee coach teams with longshot national championship odds, but the stock of each coach is on the rise, and it's no guarantee the next championship coach will emerge this season. Day, Smart or Swinney could win another ring and prolong this exercise. It's not unthinkable that Heupel or Kiffin would win a title from his current job – just perhaps not this season. Also, this next coaching carousel projects to be more active than the last, especially if Brent Venables doesn't ignite Oklahoma. Any of four wild-card names our scavenger hunt surfaced could nicely suit the Sooners. As for notable omissions, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian stands most prominently. His .618 career winning percentage resulted in his name being trimmed, but he's coming off the best two seasons of his career. HisLonghorns rank No. 1 in the preseason, after back-to-back playoff semifinal appearances. In February, Ipicked Sarkisian as the best-positioned coach to win his first national championship. He'd need to become another exception to the career winning percentage trend. His winning percentage is superior to what Orgeron had amassed before Burrow led LSU to glory. Might Texas' Arch Manning produce a Burrow effect? Our scavenger hunt also nixed Michigan's Moore. Officially, his career winning percentage is .643, resulting in his cut, but that clip does not include his three victories in 2023 while he served as acting coach during Jim Harbaugh's Big Ten suspension. Moore is entering his second season as Harbaugh's replacement. He, too, could be an exception to the career winning percentage rule, like Stoops was when he won a national title in his second season at Oklahoma, after a 7-5 debut. Michigan's roster features freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood, the nation's No. 1-ranked recruit. If Day, Smart or Swinney wins another title and prolongs the runway for the next championship coach, Moore could look like a stronger contender in 2026. If we could combine some common sense with the results of our scanvenger hunt, I'd insert Sarkisian and Moore onto the list in place of Cignetti and Lashlee, for a nine-name collection of DeBoer, Kelly, Kiffin, Heupel, Freeman, Lanning, Franklin, Sarkisian and Moore. Or, perhaps, this scavenger hunt serves as little more than a wild-goose choose, and the real exercise in this NIL era should be to follow the money to Texas, where the Longhorns' handsomely paid roster seems capable of making a champion out of Sarkisian, just as the pricy Buckeyes did for Day. Blake Toppmeyeris the USA TODAY Network's national college football columnist. Email him atBToppmeyer@gannett.comand follow him on X@btoppmeyer. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:College football's next national championship coach scavenger hunt

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The biggest college football quarterback competitions still undecided feature elite teamsNew Foto - The biggest college football quarterback competitions still undecided feature elite teams

A new starting quarterback hasn't proven to be a major roadblock for teamschasing the College Football Playoffand national championship. To name two recent examples:Ohio State won last year's titlewithKansas Statetransfer Will Howard as its starter, while runner-up Notre Dame was led by Duke transfer Riley Leonard. Both teams are evaluating their two new options at quarterback without any change in expectations: to win every game they play and be the last team standing at Hard Rock Stadium in January. Neither race has been settled as we turn toward the start of fall camp. Likewise with key battles involving several additional teams with legitimate playoff hopes, including Alabama, Michigan and Tennessee. These Power Four quarterback competitions will define the final weeks leading into the regular season and shape the chase for the national title: Contenders:Austin Mack, Keelon Russell and Ty Simpson. While the competition is ongoing, Mack and Russell are clearly running behind Simpson, who completed 25 of 45 attempts in two seasons as Alabama's backup to Jalen Milroe. Comments made back in the spring by new offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb – that Simpson would've been the starter had the year started then, basically – makes this competition close to a foregone conclusion. In fact, the bigger competition at this point is for the backup role between Mack, a sophomore, and Russell, a five-star true freshman. Starter:Simpson. The fourth-year junior has the edge in experience and in coach Kalen DeBoer's system. He's the overwhelming favorite to be in the starting lineup for the Tide's opener atFlorida State. Contenders:Bear Bachmeier, Treyson Bourguet and McCae Hillstead. Jake Retzlaff's unexpected departurefrom the program amid the possibility of a seven-game suspension for violating the school's honor code dramatically changes the Cougars' plans under center. Hillstead is a redshirt sophomore who started four games for Utah State in 2023, with 11 touchdowns against eight interceptions. Bourguet, a junior, threw for 1,314 yards in two years at Western Michigan. Bachmeier is a dual-threat true freshman with the most potential, though no experience. Starter:Hillstead. That would be the pick as of today, though Bourguet could change the pecking order with a strong fall camp. Both would be keeping the seat warm for Bachmeier, though his time may be at least a year away. Contenders:Julian Lewis and Kaidon Salter. That both players were part of Colorado's contingent at last month's media day speaks to where things stand in the competition to replace Shedeur Sanders – basically, that we're still at a neck-and-neck standstill. Lewis was a major recruit who clearly represents the program's future at the position. Salter was productive across three years at Liberty, highlighted by his 32 touchdown passes two years ago to help the Flames reach the Fiesta Bowl. Will Deion Sanders choose this level of proven Group of Five production over potential? Starter:Salter. Given the Buffaloes' important non-conference matchup with Georgia Tech to open the year, Salter would be the safer pick out of the gate. But he'll need to produce to fend off Lewis, who will be the starter sooner or later. Contenders:Mikey Keene and Bryce Underwood. Underwood is a premier quarterback talent with the tools to succeed under a bright spotlight, should Michigan and coach Sherrone Moore be willing to accept the ups and downs that come with starting a true freshman in the Big Ten. Keene is more limited from a physical perspective but does have starting experience and familiarity with new Michigan offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey, who previously coached Keene at Central Florida. Starter:Underwood. The eventual payoff is too great for the Wolverines to sideline Underwood in favor of Keene's advantage in experience. Contenders:Max Johnson and Gio Lopez. Johnson opened last year as the starter beforesuffering a season-ending injury in the opener. The former Texas A&M and LSU starter has thrown for 5,923 yards and 47 touchdowns across his five seasons, including 27 scores and only six interceptions for the Tigers in 2021. Lopez, a sophomore, is a South Alabama transfer who threw for 2,559 yards with totaled 25 combined scores for the Jaguars as a redshirt freshman. Apropos of nothing, new North Carolina coach Bill Belichick went 84-103 in the NFL without Tom Brady as his quarterback and 249-75 with Brady under center. Starter:Lopez. That Johnson has multiple years of starting experience in the SEC has to count for something. But Lopez brings a different dimension to the offense as a runner, making him the smarter long-term choice for a team that has the talent to contend for a top-four finish in the ACC. Contenders:CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey. Replacing Leonard won't be easy for the defending national runner-up. What's intriguing about this competition is the juxtaposition of styles: Minchey, who has played in three games in his two years on campus, is more of a dual-threat option; while Carr, a former five-star recruit and redshirt freshman, is closer to a pure pocket passer. Carr has been seen as a possible multiple-year starter since signing with the Irish. Starter:Carr. Maybe there's a package for Minchey in a supporting role. But Carr has the tools to balance out what should be a very strong running game and make Notre Dame even more dangerous. Contenders:Lincoln Kienholz and Julian Sayin. This one is tighter than the competition in Tuscaloosa after Kienholz more than held his own during the spring. Kienholz completed 10 of 22 attempts as a true freshman in 2023 but didn't see any game action last season. Sayin was one of the top prospects in the 2024 signing class and was briefly a member of the Crimson Tide before transferring to Columbus. Kienholz has made a move in this battle but remains the underdog. The winner lands the ultimate prize: starting at quarterback in one of the friendliest system in college football and throwing to Jeremiah Smith, among others. Starter:Sayin. At worst, Kienholz has proven himself to be a reliable backup capable of leading the offense. But Sayin's immense ceiling as the starter will be hard for Ryan Day and theBuckeyesto turn down. Contenders:Joey Aguilar, George MacIntyre and Jake Merklinger. Nico Iamaleava's abrupt exit for UCLAdiminishes Tennessee's chances of returning to the playoff. TheVolunteersstill have several interesting options, though, led by the addition of Aguilar from Appalachian State after he spent a few months of his own with the Bruins. Aguilar is a high-volume passer (850 attempts his past two seasons) with ample experience but is prone to turnovers, with a Sun Belt-high 14 interceptions in 2024. He still has a distinct edge over Merklinger, a redshirt freshman, and the true freshman MacIntyre. Both are talented, highly recruited prospects who could engage in another battle to replace Aguilar after this season. Starter:Aguilar. He'll have to play cleaner football to get Tennessee to nine or more wins and keep the two younger passers on the sideline. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:College football quarterback competitions and predicted winners

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Europeans fear being a footnote in history as Putin looks to strike deal with TrumpNew Foto - Europeans fear being a footnote in history as Putin looks to strike deal with Trump

Not for the first time, European capitals are gripped with apprehension thatRussian President Vladimir Putinwill surgically divide the transatlantic alliance as well as get everything he wants inUkraine. Ahead of the suddenly announcedsummit in Alaskaon Friday between Putin and US President Donald Trump, one European diplomat, who declined to be named as they were not authorized to speak on the record, told CNN: "We are at risk of being a footnote in history." In part, European fears are down to just how little is known about what the Kremlin has proposed in order to halt the fighting in Ukraine. Putin has given no details. US envoy Steve Witkoff said nothing after his meeting with the Russian leader last Wednesday. Trump himself said after Witkoff left Moscow: "It's very complicated. We're going to get some back, we're going to get some switched. There will be some swapping of territories, to the betterment of both." The Europeans fear "the betterment of both" is a very unlikely outcome. There is zero indication that Putin has shifted an inch on his maximalist demands – either territorially or in terms of Ukraine remaining a punching bag for Russia without any security guarantees and with limits on the size and capabilities of its military. "There is no sense in Paris, Berlin or London that seizing someone else's territory matters to this US administration, and the (Europeans) find that deeply disturbing," said the diplomat. The UK, France, Germany, Italy and the EU felt obliged to say in a joint statement Saturday: "We remain committed to the principle that international borders must not be changed by force." Poland and Finland also signed the statement. They spent much of the day making the case to US Vice President JD Vance, who was about to start a vacation in the UK, and trying to get clarity on what would be negotiated. The "Trump Administration has described Russian President Vladimir Putin's reported demands for a ceasefire in Ukraine in four different ways since August 6," according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington DC-based think-tank. There is one thread common to all versions: that Putin will demand that Ukrainian forces withdraw from all parts of Donetsk region they still hold. This would include substantial cities: Slovyansk, Kramatorsk and Kostyantynivka. "Conceding to such a demand would force Ukraine to abandon its "fortress belt," the main fortified defensive line in Donetsk Oblast since 2014," noted ISW, exposing Ukraine to further aggression down the line. Mick Ryan, who tracks the Ukrainian conflict in his Futura Doctrina blog, said Sunday that "Ukraine, more than anyone, understands that ceded territory would then be used as the launch pad for future Russian aggression." The parallels with the Munich Agreement between British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler in 1938 are striking. Even after the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain said he had been assured by Hitler: "This is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe." Unknown: whether Putin will persist in his demand that Russia also be ceded control of two other Ukrainian regions – Kherson and Zaporizhzhia – whose regional capitals are still in Ukrainian hands. Or whether he would accept a freeze along the current frontlines in these regions, part of which run through open countryside and would be difficult to monitor. It's also unclear whether Putin will demand Ukraine recognize Moscow's sovereignty over Crimea – and if so, what he might offer in return. Zelensky has already pointed out that the Ukrainian constitution prevents giving up any of its territory. There is also a question over the sequence of events, with the Europeans regarding a ceasefire as the precondition for any talk about territory. "The current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations," the European leaders said Saturday. Another unknown: whether the Kremlin will agree to some sort of European "reassurance force" that would guarantee the ceasefire. All the indications to date are that it willnot permitany NATO member to contribute to such a force. The European leaders said in a statement Saturday that there must be "robust and credible security guarantees that enable Ukraine to effectively defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity." But experience suggests the Europeans may be whistling in the wind, for all their efforts to flatter and pacify Trump. "Since his inauguration in January, the Europeans have bought unlimited passes for the Trump roller coaster ride. They have climbed on, strapped themselves in, and regularly screamed out in terror but failed to get off," said Rym Momtaz at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington DC-based think tank. They are paying the price for not developing a strategic identity independent of US apron-strings, as French President Emmanuel Macron has been urging for eight years. As much as they want to support and protect Ukraine, the Europeans are reduced to pleading – and guessing what might be decided in their absence. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who is convening a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday to discuss "Russia's aggression against Ukraine" said Sunday that "any deal between the US and Russia must have Ukraine and the E U included, for it is a matter of Ukraine's and the whole of Europe's security." German Chancellor Friedrich Merz struck the same tone in an interview on Sunday, saying, "We cannot accept that territorial issues between Russia and America are discussed or even decided over the heads of Europeans and Ukrainians. I assume that the American government sees it the same way." To Ryan, a former Australian general who now tracks the conflict, Europe's predicament is much more hazardous than it should be, because – he says – the US itself has no Ukraine strategy. "There is just anger, impulses, social media posts, multiple course-changes in direction and an underpinning desire from Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize." For more CNN news and newsletters create an account atCNN.com

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Israel steps up Gaza City bombing after Netanyahu vow to expand the offensiveNew Foto - Israel steps up Gaza City bombing after Netanyahu vow to expand the offensive

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinians reported the heaviest bombardments in weeks on Monday in areas east of Gaza City, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected to complete a new expanded offensive in the enclave "fairly quickly". An airstrike also killed six journalists, including prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al Sharif, in a tent at the Al Shifa Hospital compound. Witnesses said Israeli tanks and planes pounded Sabra, Zeitoun, and Shejaia, three eastern suburbs of Gaza City in the north of the territory, on Monday, pushing many families out of their homes westwards. Some Gaza City residents said it was one of the worst nights in weeks, raising fears of military preparations for a deeper offensive into their city, which according to Palestinian militant group Hamas is now sheltering about 1 million people after the displacement of residents from the enclave's northern edges. The Israeli military said its forces fired artillery at Hamas militants in the area. There was no sign on the ground of forces moving deeper into Gaza City as part of the newly approved Israeli offensive, which is not expected to begin in the coming weeks. "It sounded like the war was restarting," said Amr Salah, 25. "Tanks fired shells at houses, and several houses were hit, and the planes carried what we call fire rings, whereby several missiles landed on some roads in eastern Gaza," he told Reuters via a chat app. The Israeli military said its forces on Sunday dismantled a launch site east of Gaza City, which Hamas used to fire rockets towards Israeli communities across the border. Netanyahu on Sunday said he had instructed the Israeli military to speed up its plans for the new offensive. "I want to end the war as quickly as possible, and that is why I have instructed the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) to shorten the schedule for seizing control of Gaza City," he said. Netanyahu on Sunday said the new offensive will focus on Gaza City, which he described as Hamas' "capital of terrorism". He also pointed to a map and indicated that the coastal area of central Gaza may be next, saying Hamas militants have been pushed there too. The new plans have raised alarm abroad. On Friday, Germany, a key European ally, announced it would halt exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza. Britain and other European allies urged Israel to reconsider its decision to escalate the Gaza military campaign. Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, told Reuters that some countries appeared to be putting pressure on Israel rather than on Hamas, whose deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, ignited the war. JOURNALISTS KILLED The airstrike that killed Al Jazeera's Anas Al Sharif and four of his colleagues at Al Shifa Hospital was the deadliest for journalists in the conflict so far and was condemned by journalists and rights groups. Medics at the hospital said on Monday that local freelancer Mohammad Al-Khaldi had also died in the attack, raising the number of dead journalists from the same strike to six. Al Sharif had previously been threatened by Israel, which confirmed it had targeted and killed him, alleging he had headed a Hamas cell and was involved in rocket attacks against Israel. Al Jazeera rejected the claim, and before his death, Al Sharif had also rejected Israeli allegations that he had links to Hamas. Hamas, which runs Gaza, linked his killing to the new planned offensive. "The assassination of journalists and the intimidation of those who remain pave the way for a major crime that the occupation is planning to commit in Gaza City," it said. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said 238 journalists have been killed in almost two years of war. The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed. Hamas-led fighters triggered the war in October 2023, when they stormed into Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, by Israeli tallies. About 50 hostages are still in Gaza, but only around 20 are thought to be alive. More than 61,000 Palestinians have since been killed by Israel's campaign, according to Gaza health officials. Most of Gaza's population has been displaced multiple times and its residents are facing a humanitarian crisis, with swaths of the territory reduced to rubble. (Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi in Cairo; Additional reporting by Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem; Editing by Sharon Singleton)

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Israel steps up Gaza City bombing after Netanyahu vow to expand the offensive

Israel steps up Gaza City bombing after Netanyahu vow to expand the offensive By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinians reported t...
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16 BIGGEST fantasy takeaways from Week 1 preseason + 8 draft strategies to construct BEST rosterNew Foto - 16 BIGGEST fantasy takeaways from Week 1 preseason + 8 draft strategies to construct BEST roster

While the preseason scores and results don't count, what we takeaway from the games does matter. Matt Harmon provides his 16 biggest fantasy takeaways from Week 1 preseason action, including his thoughts on key injuries, playing time for certain rookies and his overall thoughts on young QBs like Shedeur Sanders and Jaxson Dart. After the break, Scott Pianowski joins the show with Harmon to share his 8 best draft strategies to construct the ideal roster this month. (2:00) - Yahoo Fantasy Draft Weekend is in Las Vegas August 22-24! (3:35) - Preseason Week 1 fantasy recap: Headlines that matter, playing time notes and sicko stuff (3:50) - Headlines that matter: Slater out for year, Travis Hunter's debut, Tyjae Spears' ankle injury, Jayden Reed in a boot, Anthony Richardson leaves game with finger injury, Stafford starts to throw, Rachaad White's groin injury (13:30) - Playing time to note: Texans put WR Jayden Higgins in X role, Jaguars RB usage, Tyler Warren's usage in Indy's offense, Chase Brown is in the clear RB1 role, Carolina WRs, RJ Harvey and Marvin Mims' roles in Denver, Jets rotate RBs, Will Shipley clear RB2 in Phlly (25:55) - Sicko stuff: Deep sleeper rookie WRs to watch + Thoughts on Dart and Sanders' debuts at QB (31:30) - Scott Pianowski joins the show (32:45) - 8 draft strategies to construct the ideal roster (32:50) - RB strategies: Robust RB, Hero RB and Zero RB (52:40) - WR and TE strategies: Robust WR and Vanity TE (1:12:45) - QB strategies: Vanity QBs, Late-round QBs and mobile QBs 🖥️Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family athttps://apple.co/3zEuTQjor atYahoo Sports Podcasts

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16 BIGGEST fantasy takeaways from Week 1 preseason + 8 draft strategies to construct BEST roster

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Eagles Pro Bowl G Landon Dickerson (leg) carted off at practiceNew Foto - Eagles Pro Bowl G Landon Dickerson (leg) carted off at practice

Philadelphia Eagles guard Landon Dickerson was carted off the field with a leg injury during Sunday night's open practice, which the team announced late Sunday as an undisclosed injury. Dickerson, 26, was listed on the injury report on Saturday with a knee injury. He was not listed on the report on Sunday. He was injured on a pass play and remained down on the field for several minutes. He was unable to put any weight on the right leg. Dickerson was a second-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. He is a three-time Pro Bowl selection and has started 62 of 63 regular-season games played for the Eagles in his four-year NFL career. He also has started nine playoff games, including all four last season as Philadelphia won the Super Bowl. He has quickly established himself as an elite interior offensive lineman. Last season, he earned a 79.2 overall PFF grade, ranking 13th among 136 qualifying guards. The Eagles' injury report on Sunday listed wide receiver Elijah Cooks (shoulder), guard Kenyon Green (shoulder), long snapper Charley Hughlett (neck), running back Montrell Johnson Jr. (hamstring) and defensive tackle Byron Young (groin) as not practicing. --Field Level Media

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Eagles Pro Bowl G Landon Dickerson (leg) carted off at practice

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Australia to recognize Palestinian state, leaving US increasingly isolated among key alliesNew Foto - Australia to recognize Palestinian state, leaving US increasingly isolated among key allies

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday that his country will recognize a Palestinian state in September, joining a growing list of Western allies as internationalcondemnation and anger buildsover Israel's actions in Gaza. A formal recognition will be made at the United Nations General Assembly next month, where "Australia will recognize the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own predicated on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority," Albanese said at a press conference. On Monday, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters said his country was also considering recognizing a Palestinian state, and would make a decision at a cabinet meeting in September. "New Zealand has been clear for some time that our recognition of a Palestinian state is a matter of when, not if," Peters said in a statement, echoing the language used by Australian officials in the weeks leading up to Monday's announcement. Describing the situation in Gaza as an "absolute human catastrophe," New Zealand Prime Minister Chrisopher Luxon said in a press conference that it was "entirely appropriate that we take the time to actually make sure we weigh up our decision and work that through in a sensible way." Australia joins theUnited Kingdom, France andCanadain announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September. The move leaves the United States increasingly isolated from some of its closest allies in its defense of Israel's escalating military campaign that's decimated the besieged enclave after almost two years of war. If Wellington also moves, it will mean that four of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network comprising the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, will recognize Palestinian statehood. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she'd spoken to US Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio in a call Sunday to give him advance notice of Australia's impending announcement. A read-out of the call released by the US did not mention Palestinian statehood. In an interview with Catholic broadcaster EWTN last week, Rubio said that declarations of support for a Palestinian state were "largely symbolic" and only "emboldened Hamas and made it harder to achieve peace." Albanese said Australia had sought and received assurances from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that Hamas would play no role in any future Palestinian state. Other conditions include a commitment to demilitarize and to hold general elections, abolish a "system of payments to the families of prisoners and martyrs," and governance and education reform, as well as "international oversight to guard against the incitement of violence and hatred," Albanese said. "A two-state solution is humanity's best hope to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and to bring an end to the conflict suffering and starvation in Gaza," he said. "This is about much more than drawing a line on a map. This is about delivering a lifeline to the people of Gaza." Canada and France have both said they would recognize a Palestinian state in September, when world leaders meet in New York for the UN General Assembly. The UK has said that it will, too, if Israel does not meet conditions that include agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a rare press conference with international media in which he called steps by Western nations to recognize Palestinian statehood "shameful." "To have European countries and Australia march into that rabbit hole, just like that, fall right into it, and buy this canard is disappointing," Netanyahu said. "But it's not going to change our position. We will not commit national suicide to get a good op ed for two minutes." Australian Foreign Minister Wong said, "we cannot keep doing the same thing, and hoping for a different outcome. We can't keep waiting for the end of a peace process that has ground to a halt." Wong framed the decision as an "opportunity as a nation to contribute to momentum towards two states" which she underscored was "the only prospect for peace." Israel announced an expansion of its war in Gaza on Friday, with a plannedmilitary takeoverof Gaza City that is expected to involve the forced evacuation of up to a million people. On Sunday, United Nations officials and UN Security Council member states condemned the plan, saying it would lead to "another calamity" and constitute "further violations of international law." Ramesh Rajasingham, the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva said what is unfolding in Gaza "is no longer a looming hunger crisis – this is starvation, pure and simple." Last month, the UN-backed food security agency the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)warned that"the worst case scenario of famine" was unfolding in Gaza, its starkest alert yet as starvation spreads. Hunger-related deaths are rising in the enclave, especially among children, Rajasingham told the UN Security Council. Since October 2023, 98 children have died from severe acute malnutrition — 37 since July 1 alone, he said, citing health authorities in Gaza. Israel is facing growingglobal condemnationover its conduct in Gaza, with large protests breaking out in major cities - including London and Australia's Sydney - as people demonstrate their horror and anger over starvation in the territory. More than 460 people were arrested at a massive protest in London on Saturday and, last week, more than 90,000 people marched across theSydney Harbour Bridgeto protest the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Organizers put the figure at closer to 300,000 and plan more protests this month. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account atCNN.com

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Australia to recognize Palestinian state, leaving US increasingly isolated among key allies

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