FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Matt Ryan, who put up Corridor of Fame-worthy numbers over his stellar profession with the Atlanta Falcons however got here up heartbreakingly shy of a Tremendous Bowl championship, introduced his retirement as a participant Monday.

The choice was not a shock, given the quarterback had not performed since a single disappointing season with the Indianapolis Colts in 2022. He labored final season as an analyst for CBS, receiving a rousing ovation when he referred to as a sport in Atlanta.

“Ever since I can bear in mind, all I ever wished to do was play skilled sports activities,” Ryan stated in a video posted to his social media accounts. “The Atlanta Falcons gave me that probability.”

Ryan, who turns 39 subsequent month, threw for 62,792 yards and 381 touchdowns over his 15-year profession, spent virtually fully because the face of the Falcons throughout essentially the most profitable period in franchise historical past.

He ranks seventh in NFL historical past for passing yards, ninth in profession TD passes and received the league MVP award in 2016.

“Soccer is the final word workforce sport,” Ryan stated. “I used to be fortunate to be surrounded by so many nice teammates and coaches.”

The one factor that eluded Matty Ice was a title.

He guided Atlanta to a Tremendous Bowl look — simply the second in franchise historical past — on the finish of the 2016 season, however the Falcons infamously squandered a 28-3 lead late within the third quarter. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots rallied for a 34-28 time beyond regulation victory, which made Atlanta a nationwide laughingstock.

The franchise has struggled to beat that mammoth flop, at present mired in a streak of six straight shedding seasons.

Ryan thanked the Atlanta followers “for his or her power and keenness” and stated he was proud to retire as a Falcon.

“Whereas we didn’t accomplish every part we had hoped, I’m happy with what we did,” he stated. “And I do know that gave every part I might to be the very best that I probably might.”

Ryan led the Falcons to 1 extra playoff look in 2017, however closed his profession with 5 straight shedding campaigns. When Atlanta went into rebuilding mode after the 2021 season, Ryan and his mammoth contract had been dealt to the Colts for a mere third-round draft choose.

The commerce nonetheless turned out to be a bust for Indianapolis, which benched Ryan for the primary time in his professional profession. He posted a 4-7-1 file because the starter, had a career-low 14 landing passes with 13 interceptions, and was quietly let go by the Colts on the finish of the season.

Ryan joined CBS however didn’t surrender on probably returning to the sphere if one other workforce referred to as. Nobody did, so Ryan determined to formally name it a profession in Atlanta. A day information convention was deliberate on the Falcons’ coaching facility in suburban Flowery Department.

Whereas his profession didn’t finish as he hoped, Ryan guided Atlanta to unprecedented success after he was taken out of Boston School with the No. 3 choose within the 2008 draft.

Becoming a member of a franchise that was nonetheless reeling from franchise quarterback Michael Vick being despatched to jail for operating a dog-fighting operation and Bobby Petrino abandoning the top teaching place after simply 13 video games, Ryan supplied a steadying affect within the locker room and stellar play on the sphere.

The Falcons surprisingly made the playoffs in his rookie season, the primary of 5 straight successful seasons for a workforce that had by no means put collectively even back-to-back information above .500 over the primary 42 years of its existence.

With Ryan on the helm, the Falcons received three division titles and made six playoff appearances, additionally reaching the NFC championship sport in the course of the 2012 season. He had 10 straight seasons with greater than 4,000 passing yards, highlighted by his MVP season when he set profession highs with 4,944 yards, 38 touchdowns (to go together with simply seven interceptions) and a 69.9 completion share.

Ryan was a four-time Professional Bowl selectee and proved to be remarkably sturdy over his profession, lacking solely three video games throughout his Atlanta tenure due to accidents. After turf toe sidelined him for 2 video games in the course of the 2009 season, he made 154 consecutive begins earlier than a excessive ankle sprain sidelined him for one week in 2019.

He completed his profession with a file of 124-109-1 as a starter, together with a 120-102 mark with the Falcons.

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Hockey NWT says it is going to use the proceeds of a Yellowknife tremendous bingo partially to create the following version of a ladies’ camp hailed as an enormous success in February.

The One For All weekend-long improvement camp provided programming that reached greater than 300 ladies, Hockey NWT govt director Kyle Kugler stated, together with almost 80 from NWT and Nunavut communities past Yellowknife.

Hockey Canada, which created the One For All idea, despatched some 20 individuals to Yellowknife to assist make the occasion occur.

The NWT received’t be capable of depend on that sort of nationwide assist yearly, however Kugler says profitable the chance to host a brilliant bingo will assist generate the cash wanted to maintain comparable occasions going.

Annually, the Metropolis of Yellowknife holds a brilliant bingo draw through which one non-profit is chosen to host the occasion, from which that group can preserve the proceeds. (The town defines a brilliant bingo as “any bingo with a prize of over $50,000 and fewer than $100,000.”)

Because of this, the appropriate to run a brilliant bingo is cherished – it could possibly generate tens of 1000’s of {dollars} in funding that’s not tied to any particular program or spending requirement.

This 12 months, the tremendous bingo might be held on June 29.

“We put in for the tremendous bingo pretty-much yearly. I don’t assume I’ve missed one since I began. It’s a wouldn’t-it-be-nice submission,” stated Kugler.

Being drawn this 12 months “was an enormous shock,” he added. “It’s thrilling, for positive, and it’s going to significantly assist.”

Sustaining Hockey NWT’s momentum in ladies’ improvement was one among 4 targets Kugler listed within the group’s software, alongside internet hosting a Yellowknife teaching symposium, selling the institution of Hockey Canada Expertise Academies in Yellowknife colleges, and making a journey fund for athletes heading to main occasions just like the Canada Video games or Arctic Winter Video games.

One For All was “an superior occasion that we had been very happy with … it turned out method higher than we might have imagined,” stated Kugler.

A second version may not look precisely the identical, he stated, as a result of the probabilities are that Hockey Canada can’t ship the identical degree of assist a second time.

“However we’ll be capable of hopefully put some significant {dollars} towards one thing to ensure it’s an occasion that continues,” stated Kugler.

“It might not contain each territories in the identical method, however we’ll positively have a weekend for ladies and ladies in some unspecified time in the future in subsequent seasons.”

Whereas tremendous bingos are profitable occasions for teams, additionally they require an enormous operational effort.

“The timing is ideal – it’s Nationwide Volunteer Week, and we’re definitely going to be calling on our assist community to ensure this occasion meets everyone’s expectations,” Kugler stated.

“We’re wanting ahead to doing a very good job and involving our membership as a lot as attainable in an thrilling occasion for the group.”

Within the meantime, Hockey NWT is working a psychological well being week providing a collection of periods from Could 6-9.

After the tremendous bingo concludes, the group will maintain a fundraiser in partnership with Hay River Minor Hockey on the city’s golf membership from July 12-14.

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DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Broncos removed their quarterback, extensive receiver, security, tight finish, cornerback, sort out and edge rusher forward of this week’s draft – they usually’re altering the uniforms too.

The crew teased the uniforms on social media nearly a month in the past and has slowly launched increasingly info, together with the discharge date and a video of the players’ first reactions to the brand new uniform.

Lastly, on Monday the Broncos revealed the uniforms to the general public on X.

“Our new uniforms – the Mile Excessive Assortment – boldly combine components of our previous, current and future whereas paying tribute to Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Area we proudly name house,” Broncos president Damani Leech mentioned.

All through the franchise’s history, the Broncos have worn six different uniforms, with the latest design released in 1997 and some updates in 2012.

Previously, the home uniforms were bright orange with white pants and the away uniforms were all white. The jerseys displayed the player’s number on the front and their number and name on the back. The jerseys had subtle navy stripes on each side that curved inward at the top of the number.

‘The Mile High Collection’

Based on the video released on X, the new uniform highlights 5280 and is known as “The Mile High Collection.”

The uniform features Broncos Country and 5280 on the back collar and the classic “Broncos” in the front with the player’s number.

The home, away and alternate jerseys all come with a design on the sleeves that represents a mountain peak, Colorado’s rugged terrain and the sun rising and setting behind the mountains.

Home jersey

The Sunset Orange jersey comes with small triangles in the numbers, which nods toward the high-elevation air and summit markers. There are also three navy triangles printed on the jersey, in honor of the three Super Bowls in 1997, 1998 and 2015.

The new helmets are navy with an orange 5280 printed on the front and a Broncos logo on the side.

Away jersey

The Summit White away jersey also has a hidden triangle, which is featured on the back neck of the jersey. The triangle comes with a plus sign in it, signifying the team trying to reach its peak.

The helmets are also navy.

Alternate jersey

The Midnight Navy alternate jersey comes with mountain designs on the sleeves and hidden triangles in the numbers. The major change is the helmet, which is white with a Broncos logo on it.

The uniforms do not have the iconic “D” logo as many fans were hoping, however, the team also released a 1977-inspired throwback collection with the beloved Denver “D.”

The video announcement featured an orange Ford Bronco and iconic spots from around the state such as Red Rocks Amphitheater, Larimer Square and the Wells Fargo Center’s “cash register building.”

The team also released a new uniform collection for followers, which may be bought at Empower Subject.

The uniform design is one of some modifications for the Broncos not too long ago. The crew additionally unveiled the “Snowcapped” design final season with a white helmet that includes the long-lasting “D” brand that gamers wore with the colour rush uniforms.

Moreover the brand new look, the roster may even look totally different this upcoming season.

The Broncos launched former quarterback Russell Wilson and traded extensive receiver Jerry Jeudy in early March. The crew additionally launched security Justin Simmons together with a number of others.

The NFL draft will begin this Thursday, which can proceed the Denver Broncos’ new look heading into subsequent season.

BOSTON — A day earlier than Sport 1 in opposition to the Boston Bruins, Sheldon Keefe was requested how simple it was for him to return a wholesome(ish) Max Domi to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ No. 1 line instead of Mitch Marner.

“Very simple,” the Leafs head coach replied. “That call was made weeks in the past.”

Keefe and his workers could need to rethink that call already within the aftermath of a blowout loss in Sport 1 which noticed the Leafs rating solely as soon as on a purpose from David Kämpf. It might be time, that’s, to reunite Marner with Matthews.

Self-discipline and particular groups had been each main issues within the 5-1 loss, however the central query shifting ahead for the Leafs could also be this: How do they create extra offence in opposition to a Bruins group that doesn’t surrender a lot, particularly if William Nylander isn’t round to assist?

The Leafs have scored two or fewer targets in eight straight playoff video games relationship again to final season.

Matthews hasn’t scored in his final six postseason outings. He completed with 5 pictures on 10 makes an attempt in Sport 1. He wasn’t overly harmful, not like he had been throughout a 69-goal common season. He did have the Leafs’ finest likelihood that didn’t end in a purpose, when he fired a shot off the publish after Jeremy Swayman wandered out of the Boston crease.

The Leafs’ No. 1 line was simply OK. Nothing just like the juggernaut it grew to become late within the common season, with outcomes so good that getting it again collectively for Sport 1 was “simple” — not solely when Domi returned from damage however when Marner returned from a excessive ankle sprain a pair weeks earlier than that.

The road was ineffective within the early going particularly. Photographs had been 5-1 for the Bruins when the trio of Domi, Tyler Bertuzzi and Matthews was on the ice within the first interval.

Domi struggled to maintain his feelings in verify proper from puck drop. Jostling with Brad Marchand for positioning on the opening draw, Domi bought a speaking to from referee Gord Dwyer. He finally took two penalties within the recreation, together with a retaliatory slash on Marchand’s hand that preceded the Bruins’ fourth purpose.

Keefe referred to as it an “undisciplined” penalty afterward.

There was little of the Domi who regarded so electrical subsequent to Matthews down the stretch, the one who created superb capturing alternatives for the best shooter on the earth. He appeared a little bit too wound up in his first playoff recreation for the Leafs.

Reconnecting Marner with Matthews although is much less about Domi and extra about Marner and giving that unit as a lot juice as doable to attain. As a result of if the Leafs are going to win this collection, they’re going to wish that line to attain and rating rather a lot, much more so within the absence of Nylander.

Marner represents the most effective likelihood of creating that occur.

He didn’t get on the ice sufficient in Sport 1, a byproduct, partly, of not taking part in with Matthews.

Marner was tied for sixth amongst Leafs forwards in logging simply 10:37 at five-on-five. He performed lower than Matthews (14:49), Bertuzzi (13:37), Domi (13:04), Kämpf (10:52), Calle Järnkrok (10:46) and as a lot as his centre for Sport 1, John Tavares.

Marner averaged 14.5 five-on-five minutes per recreation in the course of the common season. He performed rather a lot lower than regular and that should change in Sport 2.

Taking part in him with Matthews would get him on the ice extra typically and get him reconnected along with his long-time working mate. It grew to become simple to overlook, within the glow of the unlocked chemistry between Matthews and Domi, simply how a lot chemistry Matthews and Marner had for years and years — and never all that way back this season.

They had been actually cooking within the weeks earlier than Marner sprained his ankle in Boston on March 7, with Marner taking part in his finest hockey of the season.

Over a 22-game interval, from Jan. 14 till that March night time when Marner was injured, the Leafs had outscored groups 18-7 when he and Matthews had been on the ice collectively at five-on-five. They received virtually 60 p.c of the anticipated targets.

Matthews scored 51 even-strength targets in the course of the common season. A team-high 21 had been assisted by Marner. No one else on the Leafs was even in double figures. (Domi, by the way in which, solely assisted on 5 of Matthews’ even-strength targets.)

This combo is tried and examined. It’s the Leafs’ bread and butter. It’s time to provide it one other look, if not now then when?

Although they weren’t on the identical line, Marner helped create Matthews’ second-best look of Sport 1 when Keefe caught him on the market with Matthews and Domi for an offensive zone draw late within the first interval. Marner neatly chucked a puck on web from deep, to not rating however somewhat to create a rebound alternative for another person — on this case, Matthews.

That was what Marner hoped the Leafs would do extra typically in Sport 2.

“We gotta be extra direct,” he mentioned.

Throw pucks at Swayman (or Linus Ullmark) from in every single place. “Simply attempt to get our bodies there and attempt to generate a little bit extra from that,” Marner mentioned.

Marner’s line — with Tavares and Matthew Knies — managed to maintain the David Pastrnak crew off the scoreboard within the opener, however they weren’t harmful offensively. Which meant the Leafs actually had just one line threatening for offence.

Which explains why early within the third interval, Keefe started loading up with Matthews, Marner and Tavares for the odd offensive zone draw.

Pairing Marner with Matthews would make the Leafs much more top-heavy, in fact, particularly if Nylander stays out for Sport 2. Nevertheless, the probabilities of that prime unit scoring with Marner round to assist make performs for Matthews will increase.

Within the earlier three postseasons, Marner assisted on 5 of Matthews’ eight even-strength targets.

Keefe might even maintain Domi there on the road with Marner and Matthews. That would depart Bertuzzi to affix Tavares and maybe, if he’s able to return, Nylander.

That lineup would look one thing like this:

Domi – Matthews – Marner
Bertuzzi – Tavares – Nylander
Knies – Holmberg – Järnkrok
Dewar – Kämpf – Reaves

(The Leafs might additionally attempt to maintain Nick Robertson and his potential for offence within the lineup in the event that they wished.)

Nylander’s standing for Sport 2 is a thriller at this level. With or with out him, the Leafs are going to wish Matthews and Marner to supply and produce rather a lot.

Getting them again collectively would be the Leafs’ finest likelihood to make that occur.

— Stats and analysis courtesy of Pure Stat Trick and Hockey Reference

(Photograph: Steve Babineau / NHLI through Getty Pictures)

Parking is about to get a makeover in Boston. 

Over the following two years, the town of Boston has plans to switch a big portion of its parking meters, in response to WGBH. These parking meters, which serve one or two spots at a time, will probably be changed by kiosks that may serve a number of areas. 

“Most of those meters are at or close to the tip of their helpful life, in order that’s why we’re taking up this course of now. Our schedule is to start someday, hopefully, in late 2024 … This will probably be a phased undertaking, operating in all probability by way of 2026,” Nick Gove, Boston’s transportation division commissioner, advised the information outlet.

Not solely will many of the present 5,600 parking meters get replaced with kiosks providing a number of fee choices, however even people who stay, mentioned to be 1,000 or fewer, can have new meter heads, in response to WGBH. 

When the method is repeated, there will probably be 500 to 700 parking kiosks within the metropolis, a pointy improve from the present 160 round Boston, in response to WGBH. 

These parking meters may even settle for tap-to-pay and pay-by-text, which present meters don’t settle for. 

Bank card funds and the town of Boston’s parking app account for 90% of parking income, in comparison with the remaining sliver made up of coin-based funds, in response to officers.

“Buyer point-of-sale preferences have continued to evolve during the last decade — actually, the final half decade,” Gove advised WGBH.

With out these replacements, in response to Gove, parking income could be impacted by non-functioning parking meters.

At the moment, there is no such thing as a deliberate improve in parking charges alongside these adjustments. Based on Gove, nonetheless, the town does plan to reevaluate its rules later this yr.

Avant Bard is happy to introduce a groundbreaking mission to conclude its season: the open filming of Homeless Backyard. Audiences could have the distinctive alternative to witness and have interaction in a night of filming, adopted by an unique preview of the ultimate product earlier than its official launch.

Written by Matt Minnicino, Homeless Backyard was initially deliberate for a theatrical staging as a part of Avant Bard’s 2023/24 season finale. Nonetheless, resulting from unexpected staffing challenges, this turned unfeasible. Director Kathleen Akerley, as a substitute of canceling the manufacturing, proposed creating a movie adaptation of the play, weaving it into a bigger cinematic narrative that explores the present challenges dealing with American theater.

“Homeless Backyard, a reinterpretation of The Cherry Orchard, delves into themes of shortage mindset, conflicting pursuits in land use, and the power (or incapacity) of management to acknowledge its personal shortcomings and, if needed, step apart,” shared Akerley. “This resonates deeply with the post-pandemic and put up–We See You White American Theater panorama.”

Akerley’s imaginative and prescient for a documentary highlighting the battle to deliver Minnicino’s story to life underneath monetary constraints whereas reflecting on Avant Bard’s personal historical past and management was enthusiastically embraced by the Avant Bard management. “This mission embodies Avant Bard’s mission—to impress thought, problem norms, and replicate the complexities of our world. Homeless Backyard not solely reimagines a traditional work but in addition serves as a mirror to our present actuality, highlighting the profound parallels between the play’s themes and the challenges dealing with modern theater,” acknowledged Producing Associate Alyssa Sanders. “Sara [Barker] and I are proud to help Kathleen’s imaginative and prescient, which not solely brings Minnicino’s story to life but in addition invitations us to replicate on our personal journey, recognizing that true management typically requires the braveness to confront our shortcomings and make method for brand new development.”

Playwright Minnicino wholeheartedly agreed, acknowledging that the theater world is present process a “tectonic shift.” “To have the ability to take the challenges of making theater and convert them into a real, compelling meta-commentary on how we create and who’s creating—it’s an absolute thrill to me,” shared Minnicino. “I feel Kathleen and Avant Bard’s intriguing innovation is bristling, daring, and completely Chekhovian—Chekhov who all the time wrestled the unhappiness and confusion of turn into tales about folks and the place on the planet they share.”

The shift on this mission places Akerley in acquainted territory. She directed her first movie, the characteristic One thing Previous in Entrance of the Mild, in 2014 (Semi-Finalist, Director’s Reduce Int’l Movie Pageant), and has directed and/or co-produced a number of shorts, together with The An infection (Official Choice, Portland Movie Pageant), Doorways of Impression, and She Speaks to the Bushes (Official Choice, Canada Shorts). Her experimental movie Silence on the Highway is in post-production.

The viewers’s expertise of witnessing the movie’s creation might be markedly completely different from a conventional stage manufacturing. To take care of coherence, the filmings will coincide with the unique showtimes from the preliminary schedule. Nonetheless, every night won’t be a mere “efficiency” of Homeless Backyard, as solely 5 pages of the script might be lined, guaranteeing that no two audiences witness the identical materials.

All through the filming, audiences can anticipate to see scenes captured from a number of views, doubtlessly with vital modifications in interpretation based mostly on suggestions. The evenings may even characteristic filmed Q&A periods with the viewers and communal engagement amongst all individuals—together with the director, actors, viewers, and crew—across the themes raised by the fabric. Viewers members might be lively individuals in shaping the documentary, spending a complete of 90 minutes within the house.

Homeless Backyard filmings will happen from Could 2 to 25, 2024 (Thursdays by means of Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.), produced by Avant Bard Theatre at Gunston Arts Middle, Theatre Two, 2700 South Lang Road, Arlington, VA. Buy tickets on-line.

As a part of a dedication to creating artwork obtainable to all, Avant Bard affords pay-what-you-can tickets at Saturday matinees, complimentary tickets to all Arlington center and highschool college students, and half-price tickets for his or her mother and father/guardians, and affords two “Masks Required” filmings: Saturday, Could 18, 2 p.m. and Sunday, Could 19 at 2 p.m.

Avant Bard produces thought-provoking theater. Avant Bard dedicates itself to productions of traditional works—each time-tested and modern—that take provocative, daring approaches in intimate settings. Since 1990, Avant Bard has delivered high-quality, various, and accessible artwork to the Washington, DC, area. Avant Bard is dedicated to expertise improvement, fairness, inclusion, and programmatic excellence. Study extra at avantbard.org.

5 males have been arrested on Saturday afternoon in Boston, Massachusetts for drug trafficking.

Boston Police say they executed a search warrant within the areas of 35 Northampton Road, 155 Eustis Road, and 161 W. Springfield Road at round 12:11 p.m.

In response to authorities, officers recovered 459 plastic baggage of crack cocaine (253 grams), 412 plastic baggage of fentanyl (980 grams), about $7,977 in US foreign money, a number of plastic baggage, gloves, masks, chopping brokers, and drug paraphernalia.

The 5 males have been recognized as:

• Jose Virella-Castro, 41, of Boston
• Jarlin Soto-Soto, 41, of Dorchester
• Alejandro Fernandez, 62, of Roxbury
• Michael Moreira, 57, for Roxbury
• Rafael Puntier, 54, of Roxbury

All 5 suspects have been charged with trafficking of sophistication A and trafficking of sophistication B. All 5 are anticipated to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Courtroom.