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Ryan Mallett, former Former NFL quarterback, dies in apparent drowning at age 35
Former Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett, who also played for New England, Houston and Baltimore during five seasons in the NFL, has died in Florida after apparently drowning. He was 35.
Mallett died in an apparent drowning, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Mallett was a football coach at White Hall High School in his native Arkansas, and the school district also confirmed his death in a post on its website on Tuesday.
Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek said the university “lost an incredibly special person.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and teammates of Ryan Mallett,” Yurachek posted on Twitter.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said deputies said a group of people in the water near the second sandbar had reportedly been struggling to make it back to shore. A man, who officials later identified as Mallett, went under and lifeguards said he was not breathing when he was pulled out.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Mallett played for the University of Michigan for one season before finishing his college career at Arkansas. He passed for 7,493 yards and 62 touchdowns in two seasons with the Razorbacks.
Mallett was selected by New England in the third round of the 2011 NFL draft. He appeared in four games with the Patriots during the 2012 season, completing 1 of 4 passes for 17 yards.
New England coach Bill Belichick said he was “extremely saddened by Ryan’s tragic passing.”
“My thoughts and prayers are with his family and the many people whose lives he touched,” Belichick said in a statement posted by the team on Twitter.
Tom Brady was among several of Mallett’s former Patriots teammates who reacted to the news on social media.
“We lost a great man. Thank you for everything Ryan,” Brady wrote in an Instagram story.
“Tough one to swallow,” former Patriots receiver Julian Edelman tweeted.
“Rest in peace Ryan Mallet!” former New England running back James White wrote. “Gone way too soon, sending my condolences to his family!”
Mallett made six starts in nine games with the Texans and two starts in eight appearances with the Ravens. He completed 190 of his 345 attempts in the NFL for 1,835 yards and nine touchdowns with 10 interceptions.
“Ryan was a part of us,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said in a Twitter post by the team. “I will always remember the love he had for his teammates and for making the most of, and enjoying every football day while here.”
In his first start on Nov. 16, 2014, Mallett directed Houston to a 23-7 victory at Cleveland. His first career TD pass was a 2-yarder to defensive end J.J. Watt.
“Horrible news to read about Ryan Mallett,” Watt posted on Twitter. “Gone way too soon. Rest in Peace brother.”
Former Boston Red Sox player Will Middlebrooks wrote on social media that he had lost his “best friend.”
“I lost my best friend today,” Middlebrooks wrote. “Someone who has stuck by my side since we were just kids. The most competitive, hard headed, fun loving person I ever met. Nothing prepares you for this. I was lucky to have him for as long as I did. Rest in Love One-Five. We love you.”
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Campbell Soup Company planning to drop “soup” from its name
Chicken noodle, tomato and cream of mushroom aren’t going anywhere, but Campbell Soup Company plans to drop soup from its name, changing it to The Campbell’s Company.
“This subtle yet important change retains the company’s iconic name recognition, reputation and equity built over 155 years while better reflecting the full breadth of the company’s portfolio,” Campbell’s President and CEO Mark Clouse said.
The new name isn’t final yet. Campbell is waiting on a shareholder approval vote in November.
The name change wouldn’t be the company’s first. It started out in 1869 as Anderson & Campbell before becoming Campbell Soup Company in 1922. In the years since, Campbell Soup Company has acquired several other companies such as Pepperidge Farm and Snyder’s of Hanover, broadening its lineup of products to include things like Milano cookies, pretzels, Goldfish crackers and Prego pasta sauce. The rebrand will better reflect the range of products Campbell sells, according to the company.
Americans love their snacks. According to a 2023 National Library of Medicine publication, more than 90% of U.S. adults report eating one or more snacks on any given day. Around 46% of Americans eat three or more snacks each day, according to consumer behavior data analytics firm Circana.
“As consumer behaviors continue to evolve, it’s crucial for brands to innovate and differentiate themselves in the competitive snack market,” Sally Lyons Wyatt, global executive vice president and chief advisor of Consumer Goods & Foodservice Insights at Circana, said in a May statement.
Chris Foley, president of the Campbell snacks division, said the company “expect to continue to grow these advantaged core businesses.”
“We could not be better positioned for leading the ongoing growth and momentum in snacking,” he said in a Monday statement.
Campbell wouldn’t be the only food business to change its name to incorporate an expanded lineup of products. Dunkin’ shortened its name to remove Donuts in 2018. It was a change designed to reflect the emphasis on coffee and other drinks, in addition to sandwiches.
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Analysis of the words Trump and Harris relied on in their first debate: “taxes,” “criminals,” “weak”
At the first and only scheduled presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Harris mentioned Trump by name 38 times. Trump didn’t say Harris’ name a single time.
The former president mentioned inflation nine times; Harris only did so twice. Trump called Harris “weak” five times, and she returned the insult four times.
CBS News analyzed the words both candidates used during Tuesday night’s debate to determine what key themes and rhetoric they used to appeal to American voters as the 2024 election approaches. The analysis also compared the words used in this debate to the June 27 debate between President Biden and Trump. Here’s what we found.
Breaking down the words by topic
The debate kicked off with a question about the economy, but Trump’s response was mostly about immigration, a topic he returned to frequently throughout the night. He said “border” 12 times. Thirty percent of the times that Trump mentioned the word “people,” he was referring to migrants.
Repeatedly citing incorrect numbers, Trump said “million” or “millions” in reference to immigrants entering the U.S. 12 times. Seventeen times he referred to these migrants as “criminals” or referred to “crime” in the context of immigration.
When the candidates did talk about the economy, Trump and Harris said “tax,” “taxes” or “tariff” about the same number of times. Harris referenced “small business” or businesses seven times, a phrase Trump didn’t mention in either debate.
Trump emphasized inflation, using the term nine times — the same number of times he did in the June debate. Harris only mentioned it twice, and once was when she named the Inflation Reduction Act. Harris also made fewer references to “jobs” than Trump did.
On the topic of abortion, Trump spent time on late-term abortion and repeated the false claim that Democrats, including vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, condone killing newborns. He used the word “baby” six times, while Harris’ remarks about abortion more often focused on women’s bodily autonomy. In the context of abortion, she used the words “woman” or “women” seven times and “body” six times.
Examining how the candidates talked about each other
The candidates’ targeted attacks on Tuesday night included Harris calling Trump a “disgrace” twice and Trump labeling Harris a “Marxist,” echoing his social media nickname for her, “Comrade Kamala.” He also called her the “border czar” three times, a term that overstates her role in managing the country’s immigration policy.
One word that was one of the most frequent jabs the candidates employed was “weak.” Trump described Harris or Harris and Mr. Biden collectively as “weak” five times. He described Mr. Biden as “weak” once in the June debate and once on Tuesday. Harris called Trump or his actions “weak” four times.
Other insults included “incompetent,” used by Trump four times, and “immoral” and “unconscionable” by Harris each once.
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