Footage shows the young lion in the back seat of a vehicle with its head out of the window on a busy Pakistan street.
Footage showing a lion cub riding in the back seat of a vehicle on a busy Pakistan street has garnered thousands of views and stirred plenty of anger.
The accompanying clips were featured on Instagram this week by Umbreen Ibrahim Photography.
The first clip, playing to “The Lion King” tune, Hakuna Matata, shows the lion with its head out of a window as the vehicle is moving. The lion appears content, but viewers can see that it wears a chain leash.
The second clip shows other motorists’ reaction to the lion as the vehicle is stopped at a red light. One asks about the lion’s name and receives the answer, “Mufasa.”
Rules analyst Dean Blandino did his best to allay #Chiefs fans’ angst ahead of a Carl Cheffers-officiated Super Bowl.
Kansas City Chiefs fans have been worried about the Super Bowl since news broke in January that the big game would be officiated by referee Carl Cheffers, who some perceive to have a vendetta against the team due to recent matchups he has officiated.
One of the most notable games Cheffers officiated for Kansas City was Super Bowl LV. During that game, Cheffers penalized the Chiefs 11 times for 120 yards compared to the Buccaneers’ four penalties for 39 yards. Cheffers is known to be quick to throw the penalty flag, but he was chosen to officiate the Super Bowl this season due to exceeding in metrics that the NFL has determined are indicative of successful referees.
FOX rules analyst Dean Blandino, the NFL’s former head of officiating, did his best to allay Chiefs fans’ concerns about the Super Bowl matchup during media availability this week. He told reporters that Cheffers’ crew is just as worried about their potential impact on the game as fans are.
While nothing that Blandino could say would totally negate the angst of Kansas City fans across the country, it is worth remembering that Cheffers’ legacy would be negatively affected by a bad performance on Sunday. The Super Bowl is the NFL’s biggest stage, and all parties are fully invested in making the occasion go off without a hitch.
Morris knows how roughing the passer penalties are supposed to work and hopes that the NFL will correct its murky enforcement of the rule.
Week 5 of the 2022 NFL season was defined by the league’s murky definition of what they consider to constitute a roughing the passer penalty, and though the Los Angeles Rams weren’t victims of a bad call, defensive coordinator Raheem Morris was asked about the recent controversies in his Thursday press conference.
With an All-Pro pass rusher like Aaron Donald on his roster, it seems like it is only a matter of time before the Rams fall victim to a bad call in this area. Morris told reporters that he has a thorough understanding of the league’s stance on the matter, but made it clear that since the safety of players is a top priority in the NFL’s concussion era, effective enforcement comes down to referees’ ability to call the penalties in a way that doesn’t affect the outcome of a given matchup.
“So the first view for it, is I understand it’s for player safety, which is first and foremost in what we do,” Morris explained. “The next thing is you have to coach it. We have been over the last couple of years. We talk about hitting in the strike zone, which is below the neck area and above the waist area because you can’t go too low, you can’t go too high. Some of those things are penalties. They did, however, take out some of the penalties when you graze their head with your hand, which I thought was excellent this year, and now it was talking about the landing on them and how you want to land on them. And so you have to try to roll.
“Some penalties are going to get called that you think are wrong, that’ll always happen. That’ll always be part of our game, that’ll always be what it is. Do we have to try to protect that from those penalties that are so critical? No doubt, no question. I’m sure the league will clean that up. I’m sure they’ll get together and we’ll get rid of some of those controversial calls that we have from the last week. Nobody wants to see that, fans, players, coaches, media members, nobody. So, we’ll clean those things up, but we all just got to know what’s in the benefit of player safety and we got to keep that first and foremost on our minds.”
The implications of last week’s questionable calls will loom large over the league’s schedule in the coming weeks as fans clamor for them to change their rules or make key plays reviewable to make sure that regulations are enforced correctly. Nobody wants to see quarterbacks get injured, but the correct application of the rules will be necessary to ensure that the integrity and core physicality of the game never comes into question.
“At the end of the day the rules officials said we did nothing wrong.”
SAN DIEGO, Cali. – Patrick Reed knew the question was coming.
He knew he’d have to address his controversial drop from an embedded lie in the third round of last year’s Farmers Insurance Open, especially given his checkered past that included his complaints about not playing with Jordan Spieth in the 2018 Ryder Cup and his incident in a bunker in the 2019 Hero World Challenge when he improved his lie before hitting his shot, a two-stroke penalty later assessed.
So, back to the South Course in the third round last year. Reed had taken his golf ball out of the embedded lie in the rough left of the fairway on the 10th hole before calling for an official to get relief. Video of the incident was not kind, and social media lit up and afterward, Xander Schauffele said of the matter, “The talk amongst the boys isn’t great, I guess.”
PGA Tour rules officials said Reed did nothing wrong and no penalty was issued. Reed went on to roll to a 5-shot victory at 14 under, but the episode overshadowed his triumph.
Patrick Reed poses with the winner’s trophy following the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course – South Course. (Photo: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports)
“It should be remembered as a victory,” Reed said Tuesday ahead of his title defense beginning Wednesday. “At the end of the day the rules officials said we did nothing wrong. When you have rules officials that come out and say that, as well, as you sit there and they’re able to go by the book and go by the rules and you don’t do anything wrong with that and there’s no real discussion about it, you go out there and play the best I can and do everything I’m supposed to and win the golf tournament.”
That’s how World No. 1 Jon Rahm sees it.
“We’re talking about one instance. He did win by five, right?” Rahm said. “So he played better than everybody else by quite a bit. Talking about an instance where only he knows what happened. I’m in no room to judge. As far as I’m concerned, he is the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open champion and he did it by five.
“It was great playing the whole week.”
When asked if the noise that follows him around will darken his legacy, Reed, 31, said he can just be who he is and keep moving on.
“The only thing I can do is keep on moving forward, keep trying to get the best I can on the golf course and handle myself how I feel like I’m supposed to off the golf course, whether it’s with my peers, whether it’s at home, whether it’s out on the road or anything like that,” he said. “As long as I feel like I’m doing the right things, all of it will take care of itself.”
Following the win, Reed’s year went off the rails. He didn’t add to his PGA Tour victory haul of nine and had just six more top 10s in 29 starts in 2021. After reaching No. 9 in the world early in 2021, he slipped to his present ranking of 26th.
He battled pneumonia in the summer and wasn’t selected to the Ryder Cup as a captain’s pick. He also was working on swing changes.
“I really think the biggest thing is anytime you can win on the PGA Tour throughout a year, it’s a good year,” Reed said. “Obviously to be a little bit more consistent, have more chances to win than one, that’s what turns it into a great year. I felt like last year was a good year for me. I didn’t feel it was my best, but really allowed me to sit down and kind of reflect on the things I did well.
“There are also things I need to change, and I feel like making that swing change and working with David Leadbetter and really locking in on that golf swing is something I need to do for the long term, and I feel like it’s going to pay dividends later on. I’m really looking forward to this year, especially coming on right now where I start feeling a little bit more comfortable with things that we’re working on.
“With that being said, just the confidence is through the roof because of that.”
And he’s in a good place. He’s finished in ties for 13th and sixth and won last year in his most recent three starts in the Farmers.
“I love this golf course,” he said. “It’s one of those golf courses where you really have to think your way around this place. It’s not just set up and hit driver and just attack. You actually have to have a pretty good game plan going into this place. I feel like I do better at harder golf courses and places you have to think around because it gets me more involved and more engaged in the golf shots.”
It wasn’t just a drive to flip field position against Wisconsin when Notre Dame’s backs were up against it. It wasn’t just a touchdown drive against the Badgers last week that stretched the lead to 24-13 and made things a lot easier.
And it wasn’t being called upon to bail Notre Dame out in the second half against Cincinnati after Jack Coan and Tyler Buchner were both bad. Sure it was against a very good team and defense in Cincinnati but neither were effective.
But somehow, for the second week in a row, Notre Dame’s offense came to life when Drew Pyne entered the contest just after halftime. He immediately marched the Irish down to the Cincinnati 35, only to be replaced for a first down run by Tyler Buchner that did nothing. Without much surprise the offense sputtered the rest of the drive.
Brian Kelly wouldn’t commit to any quarterback after the game, instead stating the coaching staff has to get the position figured out. He also didn’t come out and declare Jack Coan the starter like he did after last week’s victory. I’m fairly sure he knows.
If he doesn’t something worth considering is the fact the rest of the offense has had more of a bounce in its step when Pyne is in compared to Coan or Buchner.
Perhaps one could consider that crazy thing called results and see who actually gives Notre Dame the best chance to move the football.
I have a feeling Kelly and company will make the obvious choice next week at Virginia Tech but until it’s actually official we’re still left to wonder.
Fishermen caught an 870-pound tiger shark and somehow managed to pull it into their small boat. The catch ignited a “furious debate.”
Six fishermen in Australia caught an 870-pound tiger shark and somehow managed to pull it into their small boat, prompting the usual calls for them needing a bigger boat.
But the catch also ignited controversy.
The tiger shark was caught Sunday off the coast of Sydney by Dark Horse captain Paul Barning and his crew, as reported by Yahoo! News Australia, which stated that the catch “sparked furious debate” on the Port Hacking Game Fishing Club’s Facebook page.
Though they did nothing illegal, as Aussie fishermen are allowed to keep one tiger shark in their daily catch, they were criticized for killing a species of shark that is labeled internationally as “near threatened” by the IUCN Red List of endangered species.
Many online commenters were impressed with the size of the giant apex predator while others were saddened it was killed, with one calling it “selfish stupidity.”
Lawrence Chlebeck, a shark expert for the Humane Society International, is critical of those killing large sharks for sport with Australian scientists noting a 74 percent decrease in tiger sharks over the last 50 years.
“We need to recognize these magnificent species for what they are and do everything we can to make sure that they don’t fall further into decline,” Chlebeck told Yahoo! News Australia.
New South Wales Game Fishing Association president Garry Chenoweth countered the argument, however.
“Our guys are not out there just to murder everything that’s in the water,” he told Yahoo! News Australia. “Those guys [in the photo] have taken just one fish.
“[Sport fishermen] don’t even rate on the 1 percent scale in terms of the impact on oceanic species…It’s really easy to defend [game fishing], but people don’t want to see the actual statistics. [People] just see a picture [of a shark being caught online] and want to lynch everybody up.”
The Daily Mail Australia stated that the fishermen fought the huge tiger shark for 45 minutes. It was unclear how they managed to get it into the boat.
The Leader reported that another large shark was caught and shown in an image (below) on the Port Hacking Game Fishing Club’s Facebook page, but that the page was not available, that the link might be broken or the page removed.
Among other comments on the post, according to Yahoo! News Australia:
“My daughter is 9; I just showed her the picture, as we caught a small mako a few weeks ago, and she said she thinks you caught a JAWS!”
“How did you get that on the boat without destroying it? Would’ve been kicking very hard.”
“How did you not get chomped?”
Good questions, indeed.
Photos courtesy of Port Hacking Game Fishing Club.
Chance Scott reeled in a fish of a lifetime—a record-breaking 53-pound, 15-ounce lake trout—but it created quite a controversy.
Chance Scott reeled in a fish of a lifetime—a whopping 53-pound, 15-ounce lake trout—but when the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources acknowledged it as a state record and posted it on Facebook, it created quite a controversy.
The common refrain was that he should have thrown it back.
Scott landed the lake trout at Flaming Gorge, known for its trophy fishery. The fish measured 44.1 inches with a 34.7-inch girth, and displaced the previous record of 51 pounds set in 1988.
“Nice catch, Chance!” the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources wrote on Facebook.
Most commenters agreed it was a nice catch, but many thought it should have been released, even though keeping it was perfectly legal. Among the comments:
“Should have set it loose.”
“Dang!!!! Nice catch, should have released though.”
“This is why that fishery is going downhill fast, but congrats…I guess.”
“That fish is probably over 30 years old. Not sure why anyone would keep it.”
“It’s sad that he kept it. What does that prove? They’re no good to eat when they’re that big. Think of the thousands of offspring she could have provided if he wouldn’t have allowed his ego to dictate.”
“Should have taken pictures, a few quick measurements, and turned it lose. Could have a form mount made. It takes decades for a fish to get that big.”
“I don’t get why on earth anyone that enjoys fishing would keep a trophy fish like that impeding someone else or yourself from catching it again? You want a mount? Take pics and measurements, that way the mount lasts longer anyway. If it’s about feeding a family, head to a trout farm. All the same type of people who keep trout end up complaining later there’s no fish or they’re all small.”
“It took about 53 years for that laker to grow that big. If anglers want to continue catching lakers that big at the Gorge, they need to be released. Sure it was his choice to keep it, but if everyone starts doing it the trophy potential will greatly reduce.”
But while Scott had his detractors, plenty of commenters defended him and his record catch:
“Nice fish man!! Ignore the haters, they are just jealous anyway!”
“Awesome fish!!! Congratulations to the angler!!! A record fish. Why not keep it? It will make a very impressive mount of a lifetime. There are plenty of big/trophy fish in the Gorge. Keep that record fish and get it mounted.”
“Congratulations! Don’t let people shame you for keeping it. Feed the whole family or hang it on the wall. You caught it, do what you want with it.”
“Man after seeing these comments I’m happy I no longer live in this state. I’ve never seen so much animosity between hunters and fisherman. I also think it would have been cool to see this fish released, but can respect the fact that this man decided to keep it too. Bottom line is that if you’re bashing someone for keeping a fish (the state record none the less) that they legally caught, you’re part of the problem.”
Photo courtesy of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Despite the emergence of running back Rashaad Penny Week 12, Chris Carson remains the Seattle Seahawks starting running back for now.
Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Carson struggled last week against the Philadelphia Eagles while Rashaad Penny posted one of the better games of his career. But for now, it appears there is no starting running back controversy in Seattle.
“I mean, Chris is our guy,” offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said Friday. “We know that. He’s playing terrific football as well. But, like what happened last year some, each week, sometimes different guys step up. It happens that way in the passing game. Different receivers step up. Happened in the running game.
“Of course, we want to get Rashaad his touches, get him in the game – in terms of forcing it to happen, we’re not going to do that.”
Penny’s off-season work paid off for both him and the Seahawks and Schottenheimer has noticed a real difference in the second-year running back.
“I think he feels better, I think he feels like his conditioning is better” Schottenheimer explained. “I think that’s part of the confidence of a young player. Hey, I feel better. I feel like I can do more. It’s cool to see him get rewarded for that when he goes out and performs the way that he did.”
So for now, Seattle will continue to utilize the one-two punch of Carson and Penny, playing whoever is hot at the time. The Seahawks running backs’ next chance to square off is Monday night against the Vikings in primetime.
