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Nicolas Cage Talks About 'The Surfer,' Sharks and Riptides

Nicolas Cage has never been one to say “no” to a role, and his latest film, The Surfer, proves just that. The Oscar-winning actor recently opened up about his time filming the psychological thriller, and let’s just say it wasn’t all sipping piña coladas and watching sunsets.  Nicolas Cage on The Surfer: “I Could’ve Died”  […]

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Nicolas Cage has never been one to say “no” to a role, and his latest film, The Surfer, proves just that. The Oscar-winning actor recently opened up about his time filming the psychological thriller, and let’s just say it wasn’t all sipping piña coladas and watching sunsets. 

Nicolas Cage on The Surfer: “I Could’ve Died” 

Cage stars as a businessman who returns to his Australian hometown to reclaim the beach house he grew up in. Sounds like a hopeful movie, right? Wrong. A group of territorial locals sparks chaos, pushing Cage’s character to his emotional and physical limits.

Despite the title of the movie and the name of his character, Cage wasn’t able to do much surfing for the film. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Cage revealed several reasons why he didn’t surf much during filming (so for those who haven’t seen the movie yet, don’t expect to see the National Treasure actor pulling off tricks on a surfboard). 

He said, “We had things like weather conditions and believe it or not, shark reports and things, all that s—.” 

Similar to his character, who only wanted to surf, Cage has spent his whole life trying to surf, but life keeps stacking the cards against him: “I have surfed, but every time I’ve attempted surfing, I’ve been pounded to smithereens. I surfed down on Sunset Beach. When I was trying to learn, my teacher gave me a shortboard. I said, ‘Look, I want a long board.’” 

But even with a long board, the actor and film producer still can’t get his bearings to ride the waves. He said, “I just got pounded and literally got stuck in the rip tide, and they said they saw my board, they call it ‘tombstone,’ like that triangle top. I’m climbing up the leash as I’m somersaulting, and I could have died. Now I have a young kid, I don’t know if I want to do it anymore.” 

Still, he admitted that “The goal is to retire, surf, drink red wine, and eat spaghetti.” 

What’s Next for Him

Cage is set to appear in the upcoming drama The Prince, directed by Cameron Van Hoy, alongside Scott Haze, J.K. Simmons, Giancarlo Esposito, Andy Garcia, and more. He’ll also star in the horror film The Carpenter’s Son, featuring FKA Twigs, Noah Jupe, and Souheila Yacoub. Additionally, Cage will take on the titular role in Madden, a biopic about legendary football coach John Madden. 

The Surfer is currently playing in theaters. 

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Rosters Announced For USA Water Polo Futures Cadet & Youth Training Trips

Story Links Irvine, CA – August 1 – A host of rosters have been announced for current and upcoming USA Water Polo Futures training trips for athletes at the Youth and Cadet level. Congratulations to all the athletes and coaching staff selected.  Futures Youth Boys – Athens, Greece Adam Afar Ryder […]

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Irvine, CA – August 1 – A host of rosters have been announced for current and upcoming USA Water Polo Futures training trips for athletes at the Youth and Cadet level. Congratulations to all the athletes and coaching staff selected. 

Futures Youth Boys – Athens, Greece

Adam Afar

Ryder Bjork

Jasper Feldman

Tanner Gorman

Caden Keene

Caleb Kulak

Jack  Lansing

Calvin Lubsen

Cade O’Hare

Lucas Pearce

Salvatore Recca V

Mason Tunney

Neveh Yechiely

Cutter Leach 

Nicholas Austen

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Austin Ringham

Staurt Sokil

Apostolos Karagiannis

Lesly Brown

Bryan Lynton

Futures Cadet Boys – Athens, Greece

Lincoln Bott

Asher Chemerinski

Arda DeMiryurek

Dane Fishback

Ren Fujikake

Zane Kieckhafer

Austin Miller

William Mills

Walter Mundt

Jack Wieman

Henry Gorsche

Wyatt Warkentin

Mark Stoneham

Baron Ounjian

Mattias Purcell

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James Staresinic

Luke Chandler

Caleb Terzich

Futures Youth Girls – Budapest, Hungary

Ellison Brush

Isabella Jurgensen

Margaret Ryan

Natalie Whitfield

Delaney Hook

Mia Fabros

Julia Gustafsson

Quinn Arroyo

Eden Coughran

Kiernan Hogan

Eve Webb

Bethany King

Christina Flynn

Sydney-Anne Kring

Lily Holloway

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Melissa Seidemann

Douglas Eichstaedt

James Collie iii

Lyric Soto

Jacob Melger

Futures Cadet Girls – Budapest, Hungary

Juliana Horton

Gia Jacob

Siena Doble

Natalie Arata

Catherine Bambury

Abigail Billish

Blake Hofley

Isabella Masdiaz

Amaya Dresevic

Louise Walls

Eva Johnson

Paige Segesman

Taytum Banda

Teodora Diaconu

Gianna Adams

Joslyn Cox

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Brenda Villa

Gina Castagnola

Christopher Vidale

Alyssa Diacono

Regional Youth Boys – Belgrade, Serbia

Pierce Bateman

Brendan Bogansky 

Asher Brunner

Dane Fox

Oliver Geheb

Landon Heuer

Julius Hoxaj

Jack Lindberg

Dylan McManus 

Daniel Mirejovsky

Thomas Singleton

Nicholas Zimmerman

Samuel Eastaugh

Robert Norell

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Petar Momolovich

Benjamin Hoffschneider

Regional Cadet Boys – Belgrade, Serbia

Anthony Albus

Ethan Allen

Colton Coney

Koanui Keaulana

Lucas Levy

Filip Malezanov

James McRae

Tabari Morgan

Atirau Morton

Mason Nordquist

Joan Prats

Martin Robredo

Cole Sharp 

Luke Welton

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Joseph Molina

Trevor Campbell

Marko Dzigurski

Regional Youth Girls – Belgrade, Serbia

Ruth Garcia

Kaileilani Harvey

Kaylani Zhang

Courtney Smith

Katherine McCullough

Kamryn Sallas

Isabella Recker

Ellyssa Brandt

Cecilia Elena Caligiuri

Maile Farden

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Nicholas Alexander-Frosig

Farrah Kunkel

La’akea Dedrick Gum

Emily Blackwell

Regional Cadet Girls – Belgrade, Serbia

Logan Davidson

Skylar Flowers

Emily Jensen

Hana Kulasic

Leihiwa McElheny

Margaux Purcell

Harper Rich

Amanda Myott

Samantha Maldonado

Leonna Castro

Emma Daniel

Matilda Ogle

Eleanor Kriplen

Kathleen McCarthy

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Kirby Kaptur

Courtney Johnson

Emily Blackwell

Robert Juhas

 



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Ukrainian Duo Reaches Quarterfinals at 2025 European Beach Volleyball Championship | Ukraine news

A landmark event took place in the history of Ukrainian beach volleyball: the pair Tetiana Lazarenko and Maryna Hladun reached the quarterfinals of the Women’s European Championship for the first time, defeating the German duo Linda Bock and Louisa Lippmann in the round of 16 match. At this tournament, Ukraine was represented by three pairs: […]

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A landmark event took place in the history of Ukrainian beach volleyball: the pair Tetiana Lazarenko and Maryna Hladun reached the quarterfinals of the Women’s European Championship for the first time, defeating the German duo Linda Bock and Louisa Lippmann in the round of 16 match.

At this tournament, Ukraine was represented by three pairs: Lazarenko/Hladun, Yeva Serdiuk/Daria Romaniuk, and Valentyna Davydova/Angelina Khmil. After the group stage, two Ukrainian duos advanced to the playoffs – Lazarenko with Hladun and Davydova with Khmil.

In the round of 16, Lazarenko and Hladun were the first to take the court, facing the German athletes Linda Bock and Louisa Lippmann, who are ranked 54th in the world. The Ukrainians lost the first set 16-21, despite having an early lead. However, in the second set, they managed to turn the game around, winning 21-19.

In the deciding set, trailing 2-5, the Ukrainians made an impressive comeback and finished the match with a score of 15-10, which allowed them to advance to the quarterfinals of the Women’s Euro 2025.

This result is the best ever for Ukraine in the history of women’s beach volleyball at the European Championships. Previously, the highest achievement was reaching the round of 16, which Lazarenko and Hladun also accomplished in 2024. At the previous championship, the Ukrainians won their group but were eliminated in the first playoff round.

Among men, the best result is the bronze medals won in 2023 by the duo of Serhii Popov and Eduard Reznik.

UPDATED: In the round of 16, the pair Valentyna Davydova/Angelina Khmil also competed, facing the two-time European champions from Latvia, Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova. The first set ended with a loss for the Ukrainians 25-27, they won the second 21-16, but in the deciding set they failed to convert five match points and lost 18-20.

Thus, only one Ukrainian pair – Hladun and Lazarenko – will compete in the quarterfinals of Euro 2025 in beach volleyball. Their opponents will be the Dutch Mila Kenink and Raisa Schoon. The match is scheduled for Friday, August 1, at 16:00 Kyiv time.





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Catch up with Shamrock volleyball, Brice Sheets and Allen Roberson

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – If you missed today’s interviews with Teri Self, Brice Sheets and Allen Roberson on the Sports Drive, you can watch it all here. Maya Kitchens shares an extended interviews with the Shamrock volleyball team as they prepare for the upcoming season! Maya Kitchens shares an extended interviews with the Shamrock volleyball […]

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AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – If you missed today’s interviews with Teri Self, Brice Sheets and Allen Roberson on the Sports Drive, you can watch it all here.

Maya Kitchens shares an extended interviews with the Shamrock volleyball team as they prepare for the upcoming season!

Maya Kitchens shares an extended interviews with the Shamrock volleyball team as they prepare for the upcoming season!

Broadcaster Brice Sheets talks with us about excitement for the start of sports this fall, highlights area athletes and more!

Broadcaster Brice Sheets talks with us about excitement for the start of sports this fall, highlights area athletes and more!

60-Minute Drill host Allen Roberson chats with us about his high school football experience with Friday Night Lights, what schools stand out to him and more!

60-Minute Drill host Allen Roberson chats with us about his high school football experience with Friday Night Lights, what schools stand out to him and more!

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Stephen F Austin ruling could have impact

A 2019 lawsuit filed by former UK students alleging the school violated Title IX by not providing equal opportunities for women to participate in sports is in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. UK student speaks about lawsuit against college for violating Title IX University of Kentucky student Elizabeth Niblock is one of two students […]

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A 2019 lawsuit filed by former UK students alleging the school violated Title IX by not providing equal opportunities for women to participate in sports is in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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  • Six Stephen F. Austin State University athletes filed a lawsuit against the school alleging Title IX discrimination after SFA announced it was axing women’s bowling, beach volleyball and golf.
  • A 2019 lawsuit filed by former UK students alleging the school violated Title IX by not providing equal opportunities for women to participate in sports is in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  • SFA used the same argument UK is using in its appeal and won. While a case decided in Texas doesn’t have any direct impact on a case in the Sixth Circuit, UK could use the ruling to help its case.

A ruling made in the Eastern District of Texas could have an impact on a yearslong Title IX lawsuit against the University of Kentucky.

Six Stephen F. Austin State University athletes from the women’s bowling and beach volleyball teams filed a class-action lawsuit against their school this summer alleging Title IX discrimination after the university announced it would cut those two programs and men’s and women’s golf. “The decision was based on sustained departmental budget deficits and the anticipated financial impact of upcoming revenue-sharing requirements with Division I athletes,” SFA athletics said in a statement. The plaintiffs sought to keep the school from axing these programs.

SFA argued that the plaintiffs’ case was based on a policy interpretation of Title IX handed down by the Department of Education in 1979, better known as the three-part test, rather than the statute itself. Defendant lawyers urged the court to disregard the policy interpretation but also stressed the school was in compliance with Title IX either way. This is the same argument the University of Kentucky is using in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals against former students Ala Hassan and Lisa Niblock.

Judge Michael J. Truncale issued a written ruling Friday evening in favor of the plaintiffs. SFA has been ordered to reinstate all three women’s teams. Truncale affirmed that the Loper Bright case cannot be applied to Title IX in what plaintiff attorney John Clune called an “incredibly important” win for gender equity in sports.

A case decided in the Eastern District of Texas doesn’t have any direct impact on a case in the Sixth Circuit. But Iowa-based attorney Lori Bullock could take Truncale’s ruling and file it as non-binding supplemental authority for the Sixth Circuit to consider when ruling on Kentucky’s cross appeal. A quick appeal of Truncale’s decision to the Fifth Circuit is possible, Clune said, in which case either UK or Bullock could submit the SFA decision for the Sixth Circuit to consider.

In 2019, Hassan and Niblock filed a federal lawsuit alleging the school violated Title IX by not providing equal opportunities for women to participate in varsity sports. Last fall, U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell ruled in the Eastern District of Kentucky that the university was not in violation of the gender-equity law. Bullock filed a notice of appeal to the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in February.

Under the Department of Education’s three-part test, a school can be in compliance with the participation aspects of Title IX in any one of the following ways:

— The number of male and female athletes is substantially proportionate to their respective enrollments; or

— The institution has a history and continuing practice of expanding participation opportunities responsive to the developing interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex; or

— The institution is fully and effectively accommodating the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex.

UK’s legal counsel tried multiple times during the lower court proceedings to have the three-part test thrown out. Lawyers most recently cited a Supreme Court ruling from June between Loper Bright Enterprises and Raimondo, which they also cited in an April briefing. The decision made in favor of Loper Bright overturned a 40-year precedent known as “the Chevron doctrine” directing courts to defer to government agency interpretations of “ambiguous” laws.

However, Truncale ruled that Loper Bright applies to an agency’s interpretation of statute, not its own regulation. He also ruled that Loper Bright does not overturn previous case law that previously interpreted policy. Thus, Loper Bright does not apply to Title IX’s 1979 interpretation.

“It’s a hard ask for the schools to make the finding that SFA was trying to make,” Clune told USA TODAY. “The case law, it seems reasonably clear to us, but you know, you never know what a Court of Appeals is going to do. We’re really happy about the ruling, but we’re not surprised by the ruling. If you follow the law, this is what the outcome should be.”

Reach college sports enterprise reporter Payton Titus at ptitus@gannett.com, and follow her on X @petitus25.



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Health commissioner crowns Green Team at Ohio Social Sports adult sand volleyball championship

MANSFIELD — — What a night! The Green Team is the official 2025 Adult SandVolleyball League Champions. That squad battled through a fun and competitive season at the YMCA of North Central Ohio. Adding to the excitement, Dr. Julie Chaya, Health Commissioner at Richland Public Health, was there to hand over the championship trophy. Organizers […]

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MANSFIELD — — What a night! The Green Team is the official 2025 Adult Sand
Volleyball League Champions.

That squad battled through a fun and competitive season at the YMCA of North Central Ohio.

Adding to the excitement, Dr. Julie Chaya, Health Commissioner at Richland Public Health, was there to hand over the championship trophy.

Organizers would like to offer a huge thanks to her and Richland Public Health for sponsoring the league and helping us make this season happen.

The final night was more than just volleyball — it was a full-on celebration.

There was a live DJ spinning tunes, a photographer (photo album) and videographer (video link) capturing the action, cornhole on the sidelines, and Domino’s Pizza to keep everyone fueled up.

“It was everything we love about sports — community, energy, fun, and connection,” organizers said. “These kinds of leagues make a real impact — not just in fun and fitness, but in bringing people together.

“A big thank you to all the teams and players who joined us this season. Whether you played every week or came out to cheer, you helped create an awesome atmosphere.

“Also, shoutout to the YMCA of North Central Ohio for letting us use their sand courts all season long. We couldn’t have done it without their support.”

What’s Up Next?

 Softball kicks off next week. Registration closes this weekend, and we’ve only got a few spots left — grab yours now.

 Blueberry Festival events are open for sign-up. Join us for the free Home Run Derby and Volleyball Court Royale on Aug. 15 and 16.

 Indoor Volleyball and Indoor Basketball leagues are also now open — come play
with us this October and November.

Register and learn more at www.OhioSocialSports.com.





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