Let’s be honest – chicken wings can be quite challenging to eat. Whether it’s a crispy chicken wing or a saucy BBQ one, the struggle remains the same. Just as you bite into it, you find yourself struggling to get hold of the chicken and avoid the bone. Before you know it, you’ve created a mess all around (including on your face). This can be quite embarrassing, especially if you’re dining out. Wouldn’t it be so much better if there were an easier way to eat them? Well, there is! Recently, we came across a genius hack that shows you can eat chicken wings without making a mess. Once you try it out, you’ll wonder why you never tried this trick before. The video of this genius hack was shared by etiquette coach Seema Puri on her Instagram page. In the clip, she demonstrates how you can enjoy chicken wings without making a mess. The trick? It’s simple! Hold the chicken wing from the ends and gently twist it to separate the bones. You’ll notice that the bones come out easily. She then shows how you can savour each bite with confidence and elegance, without making it look like you’re struggling to eat it. Also Read: Does Your Thermos Have A Foul Odour? Make It Smell Fresh Again With This Genius Hack
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Internet users were quick to react to the video of this useful hack. Since being shared, the video has garnered over 917K views and thousands of comments. Many thanked the coach for the trick, saying it made their lives easier. However, some admitted they enjoy the mess that comes with eating chicken wings, while others argued that the bones don’t come out as easily as shown. Check out some of the reactions below:
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Bill Rometo was 5 when he first met Joe Naunchik, then a three-sport star at Plum High School.
“He was probably the best athlete to ever come out of Plum,” Rometo said of Naunchik, who was a football standout under Rometo’s father, Bill Rometo Sr.
“At that time, my dad coached football, basketball and baseball. He knew Joe really well. My dad would bring players home to do odd jobs and pay them. Joe was the one I recall who was there most often.
“Joe and my dad were very close for many years.”
Naunchik, known for his 40 years as a football coach, including 25 as a head coach at Plum, Hempfield, Valley and Fox Chapel high schools, died Saturday at his home in Arnold. He died of a combination of kidney and heart issues, according to his niece, C.A. Kromer.
He was 86.
The younger Rometo began his coaching career as an assistant from 1975-78 on Naunchik’s staff at Plum.
“Joe was just so knowledgeable on the game of football, and I know for myself, I grew as a coach because of him and just learned so much in the years as an assistant,” he said.
“He was just so successful,” Rometo said. “He would go to different places, and within a year or so, would turn them around and have them in the playoffs fighting for championships. He was just an outstanding coach and an even better human being.”
John Regoli was a childhood friend who bonded with Naunchik through many years as youth baseball teammates and who stayed close as athletes together at Arizona State University. Regoli remembered him as a teacher of the game who got the most out of student-athletes.
“Joe was a successful coach who was so well respected in the football community. From time to time, names like Dan Marino and Billy Fralic from his days at Pitt and from other places would come up. He would look forward to getting phone calls from and seeing former coaches and coaching colleagues and athletes he coached.
“He was basically a good person, and it was a privilege to know him. We were there for each other throughout our lives.”
Regoli’s and Naunchik’s friendship remained strong through many interactions, including those on the golf course at Hill Crest Country Club in Lower Burrell.
“We golfed almost every day together and probably set a record for how many rounds you could play in a year,” Regoli said.
Regoli said he last spoke with Naunchik a couple of days before he passed.
“We lost a lot of friends in the last few years, and rather than say they died, we said they got a tee time (in heaven),” Regoli said. “Joe called me from the hospital last week, and I asked how he was doing. He said, ‘I think I am getting a tee time,’ and I didn’t want to hear that.
”I told him I would talk to him when he got home, but (at the hospital) was the last time I talked to him.”
Many over the past couple of days since his passing have fondly recalled moments of Naunchik’s life, including his stellar playing and coaching career at the high school, collegiate and professional levels.
The 1956 Plum graduate was the Alle-Kiski Back of the Year as a senior and led the Mustangs football team to an undefeated season.
He also set a WPIAL baseball record by striking out 20 batters in a seven-inning game.
Naunchik received a scholarship to play football at Arizona State under Frank Kush. While there, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and spent three years in the minor leagues before deciding to surrender his professional baseball goals.
He finished his education at Fairmont State before starting his lengthy football coaching career.
Naunchik returned to Plum and served as an assistant coach before taking over the head coaching reins in 1970. In nine seasons with the Mustangs, he guided teams to three conference championships.
In all, he guided four WPIAL schools — Plum, Hempfield (1983-85), Valley (1986-90) and Fox Chapel (1991-97) — to the WPIAL playoffs. It is a WPIAL record he shares with several others.
Naunchik finished his high school coaching tenure 129-105-9 overall with five conference crowns.
Sam Albert, who recently resigned as the head coach at Kiski Area, recalled his early coaching days as an assistant under Naunchik at Valley.
“He was first class in everything he did,” said Albert who, in 1991, rose to the Valley head coach position when Naunchik moved on to Fox Chapel. “I learned a lot of football from him and also a lot of lessons in life.”
”I don’t know if I would’ve become the head coach at Valley without his assistance.”
Nunchick moved to the coaching ranks at Pitt for the 1979 season and coached the Panthers’ wide receivers and tight ends through 1983 under head coaches Jackie Sherrill and Foge Fazio.
“It was very important to be connected to Western Pennsylvania, and I always felt you should have some high school coaches on your staff,” said Sherrill, who won 50 games in five seasons at Pitt from 1997-81.
“I was very lucky to have been able to hire Joe Naunchik. Joe was a natural fit, not only because of his knowledge of football in Western Pennsylvania, but also because of his stellar reputation in coaching.
“What he brought to the University of Pittsburgh was his ability to communicate with the players. The players just loved Joe. He was very soft-spoken. I never heard him raise his voice, but he was very definitive, and the players respected him.
“He got a lot out of the players he coached. He was able to push them to another level, one that they never thought they could get to.”
During Naunchik’s time at Pitt, the Panthers compiled a 42-7 record and played in the Fiesta, Gator, Sugar and Cotton bowls.
He coached two All-American receivers in Julius Dawkins and Dwight Collins.
Naunchik was in the Superdome in New Orleans to witness Panthers tight end John Brown, a Burrell graduate and football star with the Bucs, make one of the most dramatic catches in Pitt football history.
Brown’s go-ahead 33-yard TD reception in the end zone from quarterback Dan Marino with 35 seconds left was the difference in a 24-20 victory over Georgia in the 1982 Sugar Bowl.
Brown and Naunchik remained close since those collegiate days up until Brown’s death at age 58 in 2017.
“With the way he was able to connect with his players, even after he stepped away (from Pitt), they would always call him and go to see him,” Sherrill said.
“He was invited to almost every function the players had. The biggest honor you can have as a coach is for years later to have them want to maintain a connection and a relationship. That is one of the great rewards as a coach.”
Naunchik was inducted into the the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame in 1994, was a member of the inaugural class of the Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, and was enshrined in the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, East Boros Chapter, in 2012.
Naunchik’s niece, C.A. Kromer, said her uncle’s love of sports and being knowledgeable on what was happening in the sports world hadn’t waned, even up to the time of his passing.
Friends will be received from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at The Rusiewicz of Lower Burrell Funeral Home, 3124 Leechburg Road at Alder Street.
An Orthodox funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 1150 Leishman Ave., New Kensington. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell.
A Trisagion service will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Terry, and his son Daniel.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to a charity in Naunchik’s name.
Michael Love is a TribLive reporter covering sports in the Alle-Kiski Valley and the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh. A Clearfield native and a graduate of Westminster (Pa.), he joined the Trib in 2002 after spending five years at the Clearfield Progress. He can be reached at mlove@triblive.com.
Heading into the 2024 season, there were rumblings among college football observers that BYU head coach Kalani Sitake might be on the hot seat.
His Cougars had stumbled down the stretch in 2023, losing five of their last six games to end up 5-7 and miss out on a bowl game.
Fast forward a few months and the tone is completely different.
For much of the season, Sitake was in the conversation for national coach of the year honors as BYU won its first nine games on its way to a 10-2 season and a share of the Big 12 regular-season title.
Instead of having to worry about getting let go, Sitake had his contract officially extended, a move that was announced on Saturday.
BYU seniors Connor Pay and Tyler Batty definitely weren’t surprised.
“He deserves it, for sure,” Pay said during Monday’s press teleconference. “He’s deserved it for a long time. I’m glad they finally got it done.”
Pay has played for Sitake since 2020 and said that experience has led him to clear conclusions on Sitake’s value.
“I don’t think there is a better man to lead BYU,” Pay said. “All you have to do is spend a few minutes with him and you can just tell that he resonates everything that BYU represents. As a player, I’ve gotten to be around that leadership for the last four-and-a-half years, and have a living representation of the man I want to be one day. It’s easy to have the right desires to do what is best for the team when you have a leader like that.”
Pay applauded Sitake for his dedication to the university and promoting the ideals of BYU.
“He has turned down a lot of money and a lot of other opportunities to stay here because he loves this school and loves us as players,” Pay said. “We don’t know any details, but I hope the school is rewarding him for that loyalty and everything he has done for the program.
“We’ve had three 10-win seasons in the last five years are there is a very short list of coaches in the country who have done that and I promise you he is the lowest paid one. I’m really glad they were able to get this done and I hope he is here for decades more.”
Batty said that this group of Cougar seniors is proud of how they developed under Sitake’s direction and turned it into wins on the field.
“Each successful season that we’ve had has been a reflection of Kalani and the way he pours his heart and soul into this program,” Batty said. “He’s moving it in the right direction. I’m super-excited about that extension. It’s huge. I know that any guy who has played for Coach Kalani would also be super-excited because they know him and know the way he operates. BYU will be in good hands for the foreseeable future, which will be awesome.”
For his part, Sitake didn’t make a big deal about the extension although he did acknowledge that it had been part of a whirlwind week which included early signing day last week, the Valero Alamo Bowl invitation on Sunday and the opening of the transfer portal.
“Since our last game against Houston, there’s been a lot going on,” Sitake said. “As the head coach, obviously my contract is something I wanted to get done, so I’m happy that I’m sitting in this position where I’m going to be the coach for a long time.”
He said from a management standpoint he can now turn his attention to trying keep the coaching staff intact.
“I’m trying to find ways to keep making investments in the program so we can get our players in a better position to have success,” Sitake said. “The administration made a commitment to me that that is really important and it is high on the priority list, so we are going to be working on that. I’m looking forward to get that done as soon as possible.”
ESKO — In 2023, Scott Arntson’s Esko football team was perhaps the most talented that’s ever taken the field in school history and there weren’t many arguments after the team buzzsawed its way through the regular season.
They were 10-0 for the third consecutive season, had three players that received All-Area honors and one — Koi Perich — who was named All-Area Player of the Year for the second successive season. Perich went on to be named first team All-Big Ten as a true freshman safety for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in 2024.
In many ways it was a dream season for Esko, but for Arntson and his family there was another side to 2023. His daughter, Ashleigh Franz, and her husband, Jacob Franz, told Arntson and his wife Amy they were having a baby in the early fall. Amy Arntson is a regular freelance contributor for Duluth Media Group.
Former Esko coach Scott Arntson spends time with his granddaughter Everleigh Franz at the hospital in 2023.
Contributed / Ashleigh Franz
“From the moment we told them that we were expecting, he was all-in the whole time,” Franz said.
Everleigh was born Sept. 3, 2023, but it was a complicated delivery, Franz said, and required Everleigh to spend 10 days in a neonatal intensive care unit in Duluth. Visiting hours in the NICU are very strict, but the new “all in” grandfather was going to see Everleigh as much as he could.
After practice every day, drove to visit his granddaughter and spend as much time as he could with her.
“Even if it was only 10 or 15 minutes, just being able to be there and see her is all he wanted,” Franz said. “The drive from Esko to downtown and then back to Carlton was sometimes longer than the time he got to spend at the hospital, but for him it was worth every second he got to be there.”
Arntson credited his assistants with their organized practices that allowed him to slip away quickly after it was over, especially when his thoughts were elsewhere.
“I think that helped a lot,” he said. “That’s kind of where your mind is and after you leave, you can’t wait to get up there and see her again.”
This season, Everleigh was able to come to practices to see grandpa and even spent time with him in the press box working the clock for JV games. She even came to three games this season, prompting Arntson to drop his famously stoic gameday manner.
Former Esko football coach Scott Arntson smiles with his granddaughter Everleigh. After a complicated delivery in September 2023, Arntson would race from practice to visit Everleigh in the hospital.
Contributed / Ashleigh Franz
“When they were walking to the fieldhouse at halftime, he would have his coach face on,” Franz said. “As soon as he saw Evvie, he would just break into a smile, come right over to us, scoop her up and hold her for 30 seconds and then hand her back. He was all coach mode and just instantly, it was grandpa mode.”
Earlier this season, Arntson’s son told him that they were expecting a grandchild and living in Wausau, Wisconsin, changed his thinking on coaching.
“Coaching football is something I love and hope to do again, but there’s other things too,” Arntson said. “I can’t even describe how much joy a grandbaby brings. My wife and I were both looking forward to it and we knew we would love it, but it’s even more than we could expect.”
Esko head coach Scott Arntson, right, looks towards his coaching staff during Esko’s game with Duluth East in Esko in August 2024.
Jed Carlson / Duluth Media Group
With a second grandchild on the way, Arntson made the decision to step down after nine years at Esko and four appearances in the state tournament, the first in 2019.
Just the fourth coach in Esko history, Arntson’s first year resulted in just two wins.
“There were a lot of questions, but the next year we were in a section championship game,” he said. “Then we just kept building from there — trying to be patient and do things what we considered the right way.”
In 2019, they finally won the section and made it to state, but it wasn’t enough. They realized what it would take to win at the state level and in 2021 they made it to the Class AAA semifinal, losing to eventual state champion Dassel-Cokato.
“The last couple years we thought we were the favorites,” Arntson said. “Our bar just kept changing as far as what our expectations were.”
Over Arntson’s tenure, the Esko program has not only sent a number of kids on to play college football, it’s expanded to include flag football starting in third grade and flex football — a modified form of flag football where players wear pads and block — beginning in fifth grade. They also organized a booster club for the program.
All the practices and extra games were taking more and more of his time, making the job of head coach “more administrative,” Arntson said.
“At the end of the day, I’m a football coach — I love coaching football,” he said. “This final season, I did very little of that.”
Scott Arntson holds his granddaughter Everleigh Franz. The former Esko coach stepped down so he could spend more time with Everleigh and another grandchild on the way.
Contributed / Ashleigh Franz
Arntson has played or coached football since 1984 and even Franz said her dad touched a lot of lives and she knows it will be different without her father on the sidelines next fall. She took stats on the sidelines when she was at Esko and remembers Arntson coaching with her brother in a baby carrier at Duluth Marshall.
“People will come up to him and call him ‘coach’ and that’s so valid,” she said. “Part of me sees him as ‘Coach Arntson,’ too, but now it’s ‘Grandpa’ and he holds that title so close to his heart.”
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Darren Rizzi has fond memories of the New York Giants growing up.
“I remember the strike year in 1982 where the Giants actually held practice on our [youth football] field in Hillsdale,” Rizzi said in an interview with NorthJersey.com two weeks ago.
“I was 11 years old and I could walk down to the bottom of the hill and watch the Giants practice. It was awesome.”
Rizzi, now 2-1 as the interim head coach of the New Orleans Saints, will get an even closer look Sunday when he brings his team in to face the struggling Giants at MetLife Stadium.
It will be a huge homecoming for the Bergen Catholic grad who has climbed multiple steps up the coaching ladder to get here.
“It will be a surreal experience,” Rizzi said.
Rizzi still has deep connections in North Jersey. His best friends from high school and his family will be there Sunday. They’ve coordinated a pre-game get together, and arranged for travel for his mother, Phylis, for the game.
Like any worried mother, Phylis is, well, a worried mother. She will be at MetLife too, praying at every snap and trying to keep a low profile.
“I am almost going to try to go incognito,” Phylis said. “I want to be able to be with my family. I just pray that he is safe and happy and secure.”
Ben Tonon is a Bergen Catholic graduate, and part of the Rizzi inner ‘triangle’ of best friends that includes Kurt Karcich.
Tonon is coming up from South Carolina to cheer for the Saints, natch, and support Rizzi.
“We’ve all been following Darren and his path to this point since he was at Rutgers and at Rhode Island and with the Dolphins,” Tonon said. “His ability to get the players to play hard, his relationship with his players is remarkable. I would run through a brick wall for him.”
Karcich is a St. Joseph Regional graduate and the son of Green Knights legendary coach Tony Karcich. Kurt lined up against Rizzi in the state championship game in 1987 – and won 7-0, not that he brings that up much.
The pair met at some shared Catholic school functions and hit it off immediately. They owned a love of family and football, and the friendship blossomed.
“I am ecstatic, this is long overdue,” said Kurt, now the principal at Point Pleasant High School. “He has all the qualities I think you want in a head coach. I have been with him on many recruiting trips when he was in the college ranks, and with the Dolphins and the Saints. He has a natural ability to lead people and command respect.”
The Rizzi Storyline is the biggest entering Sunday’s game – although the possibility of a former Don Bosco quarterback, Tommy DeVito for the Giants, facing a Bergen Catholic coach is fun too.
The Giants (2-10) have lost seven in a row and there are grumblings from fans about the job head coach Brian Daboll and GM Joe Schoen have done.
The Saints (4-8) just lost versatile star Taysom Hill to a season-ending knee injury in a loss to the Rams last week.
Tickets can be had for $10 on StubHub, so this isn’t exactly a marquee NFL matchup, but for Rizzi’s friends and family, this moment is priceless.
“You can say this, I have been a Giants fan since birth, but I hope they lose by 140 points,” laughed Tonon. “Both teams are struggling, but the product the Saints have put on the field has been incredible. I think everyone in New Orleans is seeing the product is something to go root for.”
“I’m rooting for the Saints,” Kurt said. “I’m a lifelong Giants fan, but I won’t even hesitate, I am rooting for my boy.”
According to Phylis, Darren originally was a Rams fan – Darren’s brother, Daniel, was a Cowboys fan, so Darren said he always hated the Cowboys – but when the Giants rose up in the late 80s, Darren switched to cheering for them.
It’s not lost on Darren’s friends that those Giants were led by a Bergen County native named Bill Parcells.
You never know how things might work out in the NFL (all indications are the Saints are happy with Rizzi), but it’s an easy leap that Giants fans could be looking at their future head coach on the opposing sidelines Sunday.
“I can imagine him being the coach of the Giants,” Tonon said. “That would be a dream come true.”
The Aquatics Integrity Unit (AQIU), the investigative and disciplinary arm of World Aquatics, has given Hungarian swim coach Ivan Petrov a three-month suspension for violations of the World Aquatics Integrity Code.
Petrov, who has dual Romanian and Hungarian citizenship, is the head swim coach of Győri Úszó SE swimming in Hungary, and a four-time Olympic coach.
The Hungarian Swimming Association submitted a request of change of sports nationality on May 13, 2024, and an email sent to World Aquatics by Petrov through a lawyer asserted that Fangli resided with him in Hungary, which according to the AQIU was done “in order to convince World Aquatics that the third requisite of Part One – Article 3.3.1 of the Competition Regulations was met and that the change of sporting nationality should be approved.”
On 18 June 2024, World Aquatics inquired about the Athlete’s current residence, as publicly available information indicated that she had currently been studying and living in the United States for the past few years. This information appeared to directly contradict the Respondent’s Official Statement.
On the same day, the Athlete confirmed that she lives and studies in the United States and she only returns to Hungary to train during the holidays (Christmas or New Year) and the summer break.
The relevant article of the change of sporting citizenship rules reads as follows:
The Athlete shall have uninterrupted residence in the country or Sport Country of the New World Aquatics Member for at least three years prior to his/her first International Competitions or shall be able to demonstrate by the end of the waiting period at the latest, that he/she has a genuine, close and established link to the country or Sport Country he/she will represent.
In spite of having that information, World Aquatics approved the request in June 2024 given the athlete’s “genuine, close and established link to Hungary considering…that both she and her relatives have held Hungarian citizenship for 11 years.”
But that approval did not absolve Petrov’s offense in the eyes of AQIU, which initiated an investigation on July 10, 2024. Petrov responded to the notice of investigation a day later saying that he is not a native English speaker and signed the statement in good faith. He reiterated that the athlete resides at his home when she is in Hungary, and said that the language barrier led to an unintentional agreement to the word “resides” versus “living.”
On review of the evidence, the AQIU gave Petrov a five-month suspension on basis of violations of sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, and 10.2 of the organization’s Integrity Code that deal with honesty and ethical standards.
Petrov took advantage of the option to deny the allegations against him (his right under Article 23.3 c), saying that like many other international athletes training in the United States, she maintained a residence in Hungary.
From the report:
The Respondent also emphasized that the Official Statement did not suggest that the Athlete lived permanently with him and that Hungarian law allows for an official residence that does not align with day-to-day living arrangements
The Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (CECO) of the AQIU referred the matter to the Adjudicatory Body on October 3, and a day later that group informed Petrov of his rights and a hearing via a single-member panel.
The panel member decided that AQIU was justified in its finding of ethics violations, and disputed Petrov’s claim that he misunderstood the term “residence” by calling it “highly improbable.”
” It is particularly telling that the only alleged confusion involves a term that is central to the decision-making process and directly impacts the eligibility requirements. This undermines the credibility of the Respondent’s explanation and suggests a self-serving motive,” the panel-member writes. “If the Respondent genuinely misunderstood the term ‘Residence,’ it was incumbent upon them to seek clarification before proceeding. The failure to do so further indicates that the misunderstanding claim is not credible and likely serves as an ex post facto justification for non-compliance.
The single-member panel applied the following sanctions:
A warning as to future conduct;
A reprimand;
A fine in an amount proportionate to the seriousness of the violation (amount not disclosed);
An order of reimbursement or restitution;
A suspension from carrying out specific activities on behalf of World Aquatics and/or Continental Organisation and/or World Aquatics Member for a specified period
A period of ineligibility (3 months)
The panel said that because the statement was officially submitted, it did not consider the fact that the athlete’s change of citizenship was approved anyway as a mitigating factor. It did credit Petrov for having a “clean record up to this point,” and ultimately reduced the suspension to three months.
Among other things, that suspension prevents him from participating or attending, in any capacity, in any aquatic competition. It also applied a fine, though it did not disclose the amount of that fine.
Fangli swam 1:07.50 in the 100 breaststroke at the 2024 Hungarian National Championships to win the title, adding a 31.31 to win the 50. She is the Hungarian Record holder in the 100 breaststroke in long course (1:07.08) and also holds five Hungarian Records. She finished 4th at last year’s Big 12 Championships in the United States in the 100 yard breaststroke.
Others representing the club include 35-year-old Zsu Jakabos, who represented Hungary at the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. Jakabos and Petrov are married.
The lawyer for former Soccer Canada coach Bev Priestman, pictured here in 2023, says her client was the victim of “blame shifting” in the wake of the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal.Scott Barbour/The Canadian Press
The lawyer for former senior women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman says her client is the victim of “blame shifting” in the wake of the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal.
Muneeza Sheikh, a Toronto-based employment and human rights lawyer, posted a statement to LinkedIn after The Globe and Mail published an investigation this weekend into the drone spying scandal and complaints from staff about the culture within Canada Soccer. The lawyer said the story contained allegations that were untrue, but did not specify what she was referring to.
“What happened at the Paris Olympics should have been a catalyst for change for Soccer,” Ms. Sheikh wrote. “Instead, the world has observed a master class of blame-shifting.”
She said Ms. Priestman has “proved her tenacity” as a coach across multiple teams over the past decade and as a leader in women’s sport.
Ms. Priestman was suspended by FIFA and Canada Soccer after performance analyst Joey Lombardi was caught by French police illegally flying a drone over an opponent’s closed practice on July 22. An investigation by lawyer Sonia Regenbogen found Ms. Priestman and assistant coach Jasmine Mander — whose names were redacted from the public version of the report — directed Mr. Lombardi to twice spy on New Zealand ahead of their match at the Olympics.
Canada Soccer announced earlier this month that Ms. Priestman and Ms. Mander will no longer be working for the organization. Mr. Lombardi resigned from Canada Soccer after the Olympics.
The Globe’s investigation found Ms. Priestman and Ms. Mander oversaw a program that was already in turmoil long before the Olympic scandal. Some current and former staff told The Globe that the team had become a toxic place to work and they complained about staff drinking sessions the night before games.
The Globe investigation also revealed that Canada Soccer launched two workplace investigations in 2023; Canada Soccer has said those investigations did not find violations of the organization’s Code of Conduct and Ethics.
Ms. Sheikh, who declined to comment before The Globe published its investigation, said in her LinkedIn post that Ms. Priestman has been targeted by false allegations.
“What has transpired continues to shed light on double standards in sport, hypocrisy, and false narratives. The recent article levies several fabricated claims against Bev,” Ms. Sheikh wrote. “These are demonstratively being raised now to detract from the real story. Bev has never harassed anyone.”
She added that the claims against Ms. Priestman are “designed to discredit and malign a gay woman in professional sports.”
“I hope out of a really tough situation this is a turning point for our game,” she wrote. “There has been a standard and precedent set now, irrespective of gender, tournament or associated revenues that will hopefully clean up our game.”
The statement from Ms. Priestman, who took over the women’s program in 2020 and coached the gold medal-winning team at the Tokyo Olympics, did not address the allegations that she ordered her staff to gather surveillance on opposing teams.
Dean Crawford, a lawyer for Ms. Mander, previously said accounts provided to The Globe about his client directing spying are inaccurate, but declined to elaborate. “At a high level, I can tell you that the allegations made by others to you about Ms. Mander’s involvement in various attempts to obtain surveillance of opponents are not accurate,” Mr. Crawford said.
Canada Soccer previously told The Globe that it commissioned the workplace investigations but declined to identify who among the organization’s leadership had received a copy. Instead, spokesperson Paulo Senra pointed to former executives at the organization who “fell short” of the disclosure obligations the organization is now implementing. A review of the minutes from that time show the report was not submitted to the board, he said.
Canada Soccer’s interim chief executive officer at that time was Jason deVos, now an assistant coach with Toronto FC, the city’s Major League Soccer team. The Globe previously reported that Mr. deVos had fielded a complaint in August, 2023, from one staffer about employees being asked to spy against their objections. Mr. deVos, a former player with Canada’s men’s national team, had said he could not discuss the workplace investigations, but said he introduced policy changes as a result.
Jason Devos assists in the draw during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final Draw at the Canadian Museum of History on December 6, 2014 in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.Francois Laplante/FreestylePhoto/Getty Images
The spying scandal cost the Canadians six points in Paris — the equivalent of two wins at the Olympics — and a $315,000 fine, and prompted the federal government to withhold some of Canada Soccer’s funding. The women’s team went home without a medal for the first time since 2008 after losing to Germany in the quarterfinals.
“It has and will continue to take some time to process, heal, find the words and step back in to a public setting but I felt I should say something irrespective of ongoing circumstances,” Ms. Priestman wrote in her Instagram post.
“I know that amazing group was ready to reach the top again this summer but in many ways what they did was even more special under such difficult circumstances.”
First-year Geneva boys soccer coach Jamie Lee was pleased that his team showed a big improvement this fall.
The Eagles finished the season with a 7-11-2 record including winning in the first round of the postseason tournament.
Geneva improved from two wins the previous season and finished second in the Chagrin Valley Conference Lake Division with a 3-1 record.
Lee was rewarded for his efforts by being named the 2024 Ashtabula County Co-Coach of the Year, as voted on the coaches, with Grand Valley’s Rick Huffman.
Lee was happy, even though his fellow county coaches weren’t familar with him very well, they saw the difference he had helped make in the Eagles’ soccer program.
“A lot of the guys don’t know me from anybody, so to be nominated and then voted upon, it was super awesome, a super awesome feeling, to know that they noticed the difference that we made this year as far as the team goes,” Lee said.
“We were much more of a cohesive unit this year and the kids were in better spirits and overall just played better, so that fact that people noticed that means a lot to me.”
Lee said one of his team’s highlights was a battle against Kirtland, which ended in a 1-1 tie, after the Hornets pretty much had their way with the Eagles the previous season.
“It was a very tough battle that I wanted to do well in and we showed them that we really improved and basically we didn’t let them push us around and I was very proud of that,” Lee said.
He said junior Paxton Galliazzo led the team in points scored, and his goalkeeper, senior Kyle Hejduk, had 136 saves, with more than 300 for his career.
The Eagles had a roster of 18 players, including five seniors and four juniors, four sophomores, and five freshmen.
Geneva is expected to have a large number of returners next season.
Lee has been a club soccer coach for at least five years, so transitioning to coaching high school players was a bit different.
In club soccer, he said, the idea was to keep pushing forward as often as possible to try to get scoring opportunities.
With the high school team, patience to maintain possession of the ball was the key strategy because of how the team was constructed and players’ skills.
“Most of my team were all travel kids,” Lee said. “So getting them to switch that mindset from ‘hey let’s move the ball downfield, up the field’ to we need to hold the ball and maintain possession.”
He said it took some time to establish that mindset, but the resulting patience allowed his players more time to think and make a better path and smarter decisions.
“We didn’t do well against high-pressure teams, so when we would get challenged it would turn into a 50/50 and we would lose the ball,” Lee said.
“They got better as the season progressed and by the end, we were definitely playing much more patient ball, much better, smarter soccer,” Lee said. “It was definitely a progression.”
“A stroke can kill you or your loved one. It can lead to full or partial paralysis,” Luke Coutinho
A stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, yet many people fail to recognise its warning signs on time. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 15 million people suffer a stroke annually. Of these, 5 million die, while another 5 million are left permanently paralysed. Lifestyle guru and author Luke Coutinho has recently highlighted this critical issue on Instagram, sharing practical advice on how anyone, regardless of medical training, can recognise the symptoms of a stroke and provide timely assistance.
“A stroke can kill you or your loved one. It can lead to full or partial paralysis,” Luke Coutinho stressed in his video uploaded to Instagram. “Save a life without being a doctor. How to identify a possible stroke that may kill or paralyse someone.”
Citing medical insights, he has warned that during a stroke, every passing minute kills about two million brain cells. Acting fast is not just important; it’s life-saving.
The BE FAST Method
To help people identify stroke symptoms effectively, Luke Coutinho has introduced the BE FAST method:
B – Balance: Check their balance. Are they tripping, dizzy, or walking unsteadily?
E – Eyes: Observe their vision. Are their pupils dilated, or is their vision impaired?
F – Face: Look at their face. Is it drooping on one side? Is their smile uneven?
A – Arms: Ask them to lift both arms. Often, someone having a stroke will struggle to do so.
S – Speech: Get them to speak. Is their speech slurred, or are they unable to speak clearly?
T – Time: Act quickly. Getting them to a hospital immediately is vital for survival and recovery.
A stroke is a serious medical emergency. The faster someone receives medical attention, the greater their chances of recovery and survival. Early intervention can minimise damage, prevent long-term disabilities, and even save lives. By learning and sharing Luke Coutinho’s simple steps, anyone can be a first responder in critical moments.
As Luke Coutinho has aptly put, “BE FAST, and you can save someone’s life.”
Disclaimer: This content including advice provides generic information only. It is in no way a substitute for a qualified medical opinion. Always consult a specialist or your own doctor for more information. NDTV does not claim responsibility for this information.
