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Matt About Town: Mini golf, major fun. DC's most historic mini golf course to reopen in early September 08/20/2024 08:34am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;width:300px !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}.in-article-vertical-video connatix_video_caption {width: 300px !important;}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 1 Virginia Tech is optimistic about 2024 with experienced team led by QB Kyron Drones 08/20/2024 07:26am • BLACKBURG, Va. (AP) ��� After getting engaged to his longtime girlfriend earlier this summer, Jaylin Lane knows he���ll be receiving a wedding ring in the future. Meantime, the senior Virginia Tech wide receiver wants secure a different type of ring ��� the one given to Atlantic Coast Conference Joe Biden's exit, talk of the glass ceiling, a nod to Gaza protesters. Takeaways from DNC's Day 1 08/20/2024 07:17am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Democratic National Convention 's first night showcased speeches from the last Democrat to lose to Donald Trump and the last one to beat him. Hillary Clinton spoke hopefully of finally breaking the ���glass ceiling��� to elect a female president. Joe Biden laced into Trump an DeBoer era set to begin at Alabama amid typically high expectations for defending SEC champs 08/20/2024 06:10am • Much has changed at Alabama since Jalen Milroe ran smack into a wall of Michigan defenders in the Rose Bowl. Just not the expectations. Nick Saban won't be stalking the sidelines anymore. That job belongs to Kalen DeBoer, who led Washington to a national runner-up finish last year. Milroe is back at Kiffin and No. 6 Ole Miss are trying to avoid the 'rat poison' of high expectations 08/20/2024 06:10am • Lane Kiffin is no stranger to being part of a highly ranked team high on talent and with expectations to match. It���s less familiar territory at Mississippi, where rampant preseason hype hasn���t typically been an issue. It certainly is now. The Rebels are coming off their first 11-win season and No. 16 Oklahoma looking forward to first season in Southeastern Conference 08/20/2024 06:10am • So much has changed for Oklahoma this season. The Sooners finally are joining the Southeastern Conference after years of dominating the Big 12. They have a new defensive coordinator in Zac Alley and new co-offensive coordinators in Seth Littrell and Joe Jon Finley. And they finally are making the fu Kentucky, Stoops hope defensive depth, faster offense keeps Wildcats competitive in expanded SEC 08/20/2024 06:10am • LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) ��� Kentucky has work ahead if it hopes to climb out of the middle of an expanded Southeastern Conference strengthened by the addition of two college football powerhouses. Coach Mark Stoops hopes a deep defensive corps and quicker offensive pace under another new coordinator keep After an 11-win breakthrough last season, Missouri sets its sights on the college football playoff 08/20/2024 06:10am • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) ��� Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III made it perfectly clear just how high expectations are in Columbia this season for the 11th-ranked Tigers. ���What I���m trying to do this year that I haven't done,��� he said, ���is win the big national championship.��� What a change f SEC ready: The Texas Longhorns join new league 'obsessed' with winning from the start 08/20/2024 06:10am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� The new conference logo is on the field. The campus party over the summer was a hit. New chants of ���S-E-C, S-E-C!��� are perfected and a historic rival is back on the schedule. Now it's time for No. 4 Texas to play some ball. The Longhorns are now officially members of the S Auburn hoping for offensive improvement with help of new playmakers, same QB 08/20/2024 06:10am • Hugh Freeze has upgraded Auburn's offensive talent on the recruiting trail and reclaimed play calling duties. A head coach known for his offensive acumen is hoping that translates into far more production after a debut season when the offense sputtered, especially the passing game. Freeze thinks th National title or bust: No. 1 Georgia begins the season in a familiar spot 08/20/2024 06:10am • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) ��� Georgia begins the season in a familiar spot ��� No. 1 ��� and facing the burden that anything less than a third national title in four seasons will be a disappointment. Pressure? Not at all. Coach Kirby Smart has built a program that lives very much in the moment, letting other South Carolina coach Shane Beamer is different than most others: He likes his Gamecocks 08/20/2024 06:10am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� South Carolina coach Shane Beamer likes his team, even if few others do. The Gamecocks' fourth-year coach had been on a rising trajectory with a pair of winning seasons to start his tenure and lots of signs of a breakthrough year led by returning quarterback Spencer Rattler Why have 1 in 3 working seniors 'unretired?' 08/20/2024 05:45am • As inflation has risen in recent years, many seniors living on a fixed income have found themselves in a difficult financial situation, leading them to "unretire" and reenter the workforce. The increasing cost of living ��� driven by higher prices for basic essentials such as food, housing and he Quarterback decision is crucial as Virginia and coach Tony Elliott face early tests 08/20/2024 04:38am • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) ��� Virginia coach Tony Elliott said at the start of the summer he didn���t want his open quarterback competition to be ���a big deal.��� His players say they���ve bought in, but the decision is crucial for Elliott, who starts his third season with little margin for erro Antisemitic graffiti and other vandalism found at more Montgomery Co. schools 08/20/2024 04:37am • Four schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, were found vandalized Monday with graffiti that included antisemitic messages just a week after vandals also struck a congregation and an elementary school. "It's disappointing that teachers and administrators returned to school today, only to face thi