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The company had previously made it clear that vaccines were mandatory if employees were reporting to the office or out in the field where they come into contact with other employees. With work offices still navigating the COVID-19 landscape and now, the highly contagious Delta variant, more workplaces are instituting vaccine mandates and additional COVID-19 safety precautions. According to Matthew Dimick, PhD, JD, professor of law at the University of Buffalo’s School of Law, an employer can legally fire employees for violating COVID-19 protocols because the relationship between the employer and employee is contractual....

After a long day of travel and basketball, Coach K could have easily headed home or to his office to study game tape. But no, instead he paid a visit to the Cameron Crazies that were camping out at Krzyzewskiville and delivered some inspiration to the young folks. MORE: Duke win breakthrough, not milestone | Duke’s defensive flexibility | Highest paid coaches The students are camping out in the middle of winter for a coveted ticket to Duke’s rivalry game against North Carolina....

A former NBA assistant who worked with Fredette says the former BYU star has held back his own growth. MORE: Fatal flaws for NBA team this season | The AmeriLeague lie: How a convicted con stole the trust of the basketball world “Jimmer thinks everybody is stupid,” the unnamed assistant told Yahoo! Sports. “He thinks everybody needs to come and just turn over their offense and let him shoot it anytime he wants....

Smith, appearing on ESPN Radio’s “Golic and Wingo” show Wednesday morning, said he spoke with people “directly” regarding Kaepernick. “There’s only two things that will prevent Colin Kaepernick from having a job in the NFL,” Smith said. “That is one, if he shows up Saturday and can’t throw the ball on the damn football field, he’s throwing the ball in the stands. He’d have to be that God awful not to get a legitimate look and potentially have a job next week....

Kaepernick’s fine will be reduced in half to $5,500 after the league found no evidence of him using a racial slur, NFL Network was first to report. MORE: Week 7 picks | 49ers-Broncos odds, lines | San Franciso getting healthy View on Instagram The unsportsmanlike conduct incident happened after Kaepernick threw a fourth-quarter interception that contirbuted to his San Francisco 49ers losing to Chicago, 28-20. He allegedly used the n-word, according to both referees on the field and Bears defensive end Lamarr Houston....

For students like Maxine who are applying to college for next fall, that dream is turning out to be frustratingly unobtainable. It turns out the odds of getting into a selective college have never been worse. Why? It’s simple demographics. A little less than two decades ago the biggest population bulge in the history of America, the baby boomers, were busy having kids. Now those kids are in junior high school and high school and creating a demographic boomlet all their own....

Blake Lawrence, CEO of Opendorse, works with schools on NIP programming and education. He said that social media gets its value from followers. In addition to Instagram, a tweet would generate athletes $10 from every 1,000 followers, $3-$4 per follower via TikTok, and $4-$7 per follower through YouTube, according to Lawrence. Many athletes are geared up either working with companies like Opendorse or independently, as the promise of becoming paid influencers approaches....

This question originally appeared on Quora, the knowledge-sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. MORE FROM QUORA: Which highly accomplished athletes also had stellar academic records? Answer by Daniel Kamakura: College athletes probably should be paid, but if they are, I think we should finally dispense with calling them “students.” At this point, what is the use of maintaining the charade?...

McDonald was down on the field for almost five minutes after he started convulsing. He was alert and received treatment by Cincinnati’s medical staff right before halftime, according to cincinnati.com, which cited an UC spokesperson. McDonald’s mother told ABC that her son has a history of seizures, according to USA Today. However, it’s unclear if that’s what happened. McDonald started his college career with the Crimson Tide as part of the 2017 recruiting class, and appeared in 11 games last season for Alabama....

As the teams piled on the mileage (some covering around 100 laps), it was Lewis Hamilton’s opening day at Mercedes that came to an abrupt end due to a brake failure. After just 15 laps, his Mercedes suffered a loss of rear brake pressure and he crashed into the barriers at Dry Sac. He managed to lock up his front wheels to slow down before the gravel trap but the impact with the barrier also damaged the front left corner – the suspension and associated aerodynamic parts....

Apathy alone isn’t to blame. Russia’s parliamentary elections on Dec. 12 are supposed to render a verdict on the future of democracy and Yeltsin’s reforms–but probably won’t. With everyone from reformers to communist hard-liners accusing each other of dictatorial ambitions, the campaign has featured more bickering than serious debate. Yeltsin himself hasn’t contributed much to the multiparty spirit. Two months after tanks blasted his parliamentary opponents out of the White House, he has outlawed some opposition parties and warned candidates not to criticize his draft constitution (which will be decided by referendum)....

The $19.50 per hour hazard pay went into effect Jan. 1, 2022. The wage increase was approved by voters in a 2020 ballot referendum as a way to help support laborers who continued working despite possibly exposing themselves to COVID-19. The referendum said that the increased wage would be offered for as long as the city remained under a state of emergency due to the ongoing pandemic. However, on Monday night, the city council voted 8-1 to repeal the city’s state of emergency order, which was instated in August 2021....

Of course, a lot of this success has been down to their own takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group back in 2008, which has propelled the Citizens into football’s economic elite — they came top of the 2022 Deloitte Football Money League as the club with the highest revenue in Europe’s top divisions — and has enabled them to acquire elite-level talent to compete domestically and in European competition....

What with the release date approaching faster and faster, it’s hard not to get excited about Civilization V. The new hex-shaped tiles combined with the removal of stacking, horrible, horrible stacking, has made the sequel one of my most anticipated games of the year. It’s still such a miracle to think how classic Civilization, with it’s 8-bit blocks representing armies and cities, has evolved into such a great looking game....

The winner of arguably the biggest fight in women’s boxing history will become the sixth boxer and the second woman to hold all four major sanctioning-body titles simultaneously, joining former middleweight champions Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor, former junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford, cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and women’s welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus. MORE: Join DAZN and see more than 70 fight nights a year Shields (6-0, two KOs) was the first American boxer in history — male or female — to win consecutive Olympic gold medals (2012, 2016)....

Smith and vice-captain David Warner were stripped of their leadership roles and banned from the sport for one year after a plot to alter the balls condition during the third Test in March. “I would do anything to help the Australian cricket team,” the 37-year-old told Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph. “Age is age. Is 17 too young? Ive never cared about age. Brad Hogg played at 45. I don’t think it’s about a number....

Monster Tale is a Metroid-like game that combines puzzle-platforming elements with pet-management. Protagonists Ellie and Chomp work together and learn new skills to rid Monster World of the Kid-Kings, who are spreading evil across the land. For Ellie, she wants to help the monsters become champions and find a way home. RELATED: Nintendo May Have Made a Single-Screen DS Majesco Entertainment, publisher of the Sharknado video game and more recently Double Dragon: Neon on Nintendo Switch, announced today that the “whimsical adventure” Monster Tale is returning on the Nintendo Switch sometime in 2021 via a press release....

Claude Julien’s first employ in Montreal as a bench boss came in 2003, and lasted three-plus seasons. He re-joined Le Habs in 2017 under similar circumstances as his first tour, jumping into the head-coaching role mid-season after the firing of in the incumbent (in both cases, Michel Therrien). Between holding the post, Julien made a name for himself, winning a Stanley Cup in 2011 with the Boston Bruins, and implementing and pulling the strings for one of the stiffest defenses in the NHL....

Makelele was a part of Paris Saint Germain’s backroom staff under Carlo Ancelotti and his successor Laurent Blanc before he replaced Frederic Hantz as Basita’s manager. Bastia posted a message on their website saying: ‘Sporting Club Bastia is pleased to announce that Claude Makelele will be the trainer for the next two seasons,’ ‘He will arrive in Bastia on Monday when he will sign his contract before being presented to the press the next day at 11am....