SportsCenter anchor Stan Verrett will be leaving ESPN at summer’s end after the network opted not to renew his contract, according to Front Office Sports. “We’re grateful for Stan’s many contributions and all he has brought to SportsCenter over the years,” Dave Roberts, Executive Vice President and executive editor of sports news and entertainment for the network, said in a statement. “We thank him and wish him continued success.” Verrett, who came to ESPN in 2000, had been co-anchoring the network’s flagship program from its Los Angeles studios since 2009. ESPN announced in March that, after 16 years in L.A., it would be moving that production to their Bristol, Connecticut headquarters. Verrett won’t be making the move with them. “My life is in Los Angeles is now,” Verrett wrote on X. “Nothing but gratitude for 25 years of living a dream at ESPN. I’m not retiring. Really excited about the future and some incredible opportunities. Stay tuned.” Front Office Sports reports that Verrett will help promote SportsCenter’s “50 States in 50 Days” tour in support of its forthcoming direct-to-consumer product.

A 39-year-old air traffic controller who was the sole operator on duty for the Newark Liberty International Airport during a 90-second blackout early this month penned an anonymous column warning travelers against flying out of her own airport. The air traffic controller said she was on deck around 4 a.m. on May 9 when all her frequencies cut out for 90 seconds, leaving her unable to speak with the four aircraft she was just communicating with. “Do I think it’s safe to fly from or to the airport?” she wrote in the British newspaper The Times. “Let me put it like this: I deliberately avoid my own airport when booking flights, even if the alternatives are more expensive and less convenient. If Newark’s air traffic control problems don’t get fixed, I believe it’s only a matter of time before we have a fatal crash between two planes.” She wrote that everyone on her team has experienced some form of communications failure since they were moved to Philadelphia from Long Island last summer. The FAA said in response that the move was due to “critical staffing shortfalls.” Citing Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the FAA said “our system is outdated and showing its age. When equipment issues occur, the FAA will ensure safety by slowing down air traffic at an airport.”

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Tennis star Danielle Collins reprimanded a cameraman during a match Wednesday for getting a little too close while she was in the midst of a changeover. “I need to get water. We’re on a changeover. You don’t need to be that close to me, and you don’t need to be on top of Emma,” Collins told the operator during a two-minute break in her match against Emma Raducanu at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. “It’s like wildly inappropriate,” she continued, adding that it’s “not that difficult to give space.” Collins ended up taking the win and celebrated her victory by touting the importance of “self-expression” and not being afraid to embrace the emotions that come with the game. “I think to be good at anything, self-expression is really important,” Collins said after the match, according to The New York Post. “I think you have to be yourself, and I’m a competitor at the end of the day. I’m not meek and mild. I’m not someone that is going through life quietly, and I want to succeed. I know what it takes to succeed, and at this level, you have to compete and this is what competing is about.” The tennis star previously caused a stir in January after blowing kisses to hecklers during the Australian Open and motioning that they should kiss her behind.

Kim Kardashian is finally a law school graduate. The reality star shared the big news on her Instagram Stories Wednesday, where she posted pictures and videos of what appeared to be a backyard graduation ceremony. “I finally graduated law school after six years!!!” Kardashian, who completed what should have been a four-year apprenticeship in six years due to delays like COVID-19, wrote. The beauty mogul was joined by her children and her sisters, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian. Taking inspiration from her late father, attorney Robert Kardashian, Kim enrolled in the apprenticeship in 2019 with hopes to employ her legal knowledge in the prison reform space. She took the “baby bar” exam three times before passing in 2021, and more recently took the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam in March to be able to take the Bar exam and eventually practice law in California. “It’s an absolute honor to stand here today, not just as mentors, but as witnesses to one of the most inspiring legal journeys we’ve ever seen,” Jessica Jackson, one of the attorneys who sponsored Kim’s education, said during the ceremony.

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The maintenance worker at the centre of a New Orleans jailbreak has insisted he had no knowledge of the crime being committed despite accusations that he helped aid the escape. Last Friday, 10 men escaped from the Orleans Justice Centre after breaking through a hole behind a toilet, which had been shut off by the worker, Sterling Williams. Five men remain on the run in what is being called one of the largest jail breaks in recent U.S history, according to the Associated Press. An attorney representing Williams has told a court it was not an inside job, rather just a worker doing his job. Williams has been charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of malfeasance in office. “He was not aware that there was going to be an escape,” attorney Michael Kennedy said. “He was not conspiring with them. He had no knowledge that he was being used.” Kennedy added: This was clearly all part of an orchestrated plan.” Williams “was nothing more than the tool they used to turn off the water which they knew would have to happen after clogging the toilet.”

Pope Leo XIV‘s hometown plans to acquire his childhood home in Chicago and turn it into a historic site that will be free to the public. The village of Dolton, in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois, said it will work with the Chicago archdiocese to preserve the pope’s brick-built home where he and his family lived for almost 50 years. The village’s attorney, Burt Odelson, told ABC7 that they plan to obtain the home “so that we can keep it as it is and people can come and view it.” He added: “This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” Yet the village faces a challenge, as Leo’s humble family home is currently being fought over in an online auction organized by Paramount Realty, which also auctioned off Trump’s childhood home in 2017. Odelson said he informed the real estate auction company that the village will either purchase the home or buy it through eminent domain. “If there is a government use for any property or location, then the government has the ability, through the law, eminent domain, to pay a fair market price for that space,” Dolton Mayor Jason House said. He underscored the importance of the house to the village, noting that it brings “the recognition that great things do come out of Dolton.”

As Trump‘s tariffs continue to hit major retailers across the country, Nike plans to raise prices on many of its products sooner than expected. Although the new prices are supposed to go into effect on June 1, a person familiar with the issue told NBC News that customers might see increased prices on shelves as early as this week. Footwear, apparel, and equipment will see an increase between $2 and $10, depending on their original prices. “We regularly evaluate our business and make pricing adjustments as part of our seasonal planning,” the brand said in a statement, excluding any talks of tariffs. According to Nike’s fiscal 2024 annual report, it manufactures around half of its footwear and apparel from countries like Vietnam and China, which have been hit particularly hard by Trump’s levies. Nike will not raise prices on kids products, Air Force 1 sneakers, items under $100, and Jordan apparel and accessories, though Jordan sneakers will be affected. “The buyers of these products are not that price-sensitive, so I doubt that a few dollars will make much difference,” Morningstar analyst David Swarts told Front Office Sports Wednesday.

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Europeans are scaling back business trips to the United States amid the Trump administration’s intensifying hostilities toward trade partners and immigrant visitors. European business travel bookings to the U.S. in April dropped 26 percent compared to the same month last year as companies seek markets offering “greater stability,” Politico reported, citing data from the London-based HotelHub, a booking platform used by travel agencies. HotelHub’s chief commercial officer Paul Raymond pointed to “uncertainty around the traditional partnership” and President Donald Trump’s tariff chaos as reasons European companies are thinking twice about coming to America. After calling the European Union “nasty‚” Trump slapped the bloc with 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum, 25 percent tariffs on cars and 20 percent tariffs on all other goods, before abruptly hitting pause on the policies in April. Yet the fallout from America’s souring reputation isn’t just limited to European business travel. The U.S. is set to lose $12.5 billion in international travel spending this year, according to a World Travel & Tourism Council report published last week. “While other nations are rolling out the welcome mat, the U.S. government is putting up the ‘closed’ sign,” said Julia Simpson, the WTTC president and CEO.