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Jan12025 by adminNo Comments

BYE-BYE, 2024!

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NEW YORK CITY (AP)-- From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, neighborhoods all over the world invited 2025 with incredible light programs, welcomes and ice plunges.The New Year's Eve ball dropped in soaked Times Square, where countless revelers stuck it out in heavy rain to commemorate the start of 2025 in New York City.Nations in the South Pacific Ocean were the very first to call in the New Year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ball dropped in Times Square. Auckland was the very first significant city to commemorate, with thousands thronging downtown or climbing up the city's ring of volcanic peaks for a fireworks perspective. Dispute soft recognitions of the start of 2025 in locations like the Middle East, Sudan and Ukraine.American Samoa will be amon...

Jan12025 by adminNo Comments

New Year’s Eve events ring in 2025

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1 of 14|An approximated one million revelers stand in the rain Tuesday night in Times Square to commemorate New Year's Eve in New York City. More than one billion viewed throughout the world as the standard Waterford Crystal ball dropped at midnight to ring in 2025. Image by John Angelillo/UPI|License Photo Dec. 31 (UPI)-- New Year's Eve events and fireworks worldwide sounded in 2025, as more than a million revelers crowded into New York City's Times Square for efficiencies and the standard midnight ball drop under rainy skies. A long list of entertainers-- consisting of Megan Moroney, Kapo, Carrie Underwood, the Jonas Brothers and Rita Ora-- amused the enormous crowd in anticipation of the countdown and the big, lighted Waterford crystal ball that dropped to sound in the brand-new year. ...

Dec312024 by adminNo Comments

New Year 2025: Iconic crystal-covered Times Square ball takes last drop test as New York get ready for NY’s Eve

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New Year 2025: As New York get ready for its renowned New Year's Eve occasion-- ball drop, the crystal-covered ball that descends down a pole in Times Square to sound in the brand-new year was considered a trial run Monday.The Times Square ball weighs nearly 6 loads (5.4 metric heaps) and includes 2,688 crystal triangles.To check the crystal-covered ball, New York authorities turned a switch to illuminate the stunning geodesic sphere. The sphere then effectively added and down a 139-foot (42-meter) pole atop the One Times Square high-rise building.Monday's practice session was simply among numerous pre-ball drop advertising occasions; On Sunday, fistfuls of confetti were flung towards crowds in the square in anticipation of the 3,000 pounds (1,360 kgs) of vibrantly colored paper that will ...

Nov132024 by adminNo Comments

MLS is exploring a calendar overhaul. The case for (and against) change is clear

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An MLS season shift would benefit warm-weather teams like Inter Miami, allowing them to host more winter games and draw fans during a quieter sports season. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)The 2024 Major League Soccer playoffs began with grand plans of mainstream resonance. Then, they crashed into reality. A Times Square showcase was spoiled by the World Series. Major moments were buried behind a paywall, and obscured by American football. And now, for two weeks, the playoffs have paused, ceding their already-secondary stage to international soccer.“Insane… 22 days for the next Play-off game,” LA Galaxy star Riqui Puig wrote on X. “Come on @MLS.”All of that, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports, represents a primary reason MLS decision-makers are considering an overhaul. As The Athleti...