Craig Melvin, an NBC News anchor, will be in Beijing as well, along with 600 other staff members on the ground.īut because of China’s Covid-19 restrictions, most of the sports commentators will be in Stamford, part of a crew of about 1,500 people there. Mike Tirico, an NBC Sports anchor, is in Beijing and will host the first few days of coverage from China.

Erasing Vestiges of ‘Zero Covid’: The ruling Communist Party is waging a propaganda campaign to rewrite the public’s memory of its handling of the pandemic, which included some of the harshest restrictions in the world.

A Surge in Activity: After being battered by the pandemic in 2022, Chinese factories bounced back with vigor in February: Manufacturing activity rose to its highest level in more than a decade.

But the debut of the bot, called Ernie, was a flop.

A Disappointing Debut: The search giant Baidu unveiled China’s first major rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Russia-Ukraine War: Working to portray himself as a mediator, Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia next week a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine could follow.

With Bill O’Brien being named as the Patriots’ new offensive coordinator, the onus is going to fall squarely on Jones’ shoulders to help turn it around by being the kind of leader Anderson talked about. That decision ended up being a complete disaster that ended with Jones regressing and the team missing the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. It was a year where the Patriots moved their defensive coach, Matt Patricia, to offensive play-caller, after losing offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to the Las Vegas Raiders.

Jones is coming off a forgettable season with the Patriots after throwing 2,997 yards for 14 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. I’m like, ‘Man, this is what Alabama football’s about.’ And he’s walking, he walks up to me and he says, ‘Stars don’t matter here.’ I was like, ‘What did I do? (laughs) I didn’t even do anything.’ But that just shows the type of leader he was and the type of person he was, and that just made me want to keep going even more.”

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