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>> bill: we have gotten a lot of this video in overnight. precision missile strikes blanketing the waters around taiwan, threatening the democratic republic that the u.s. considers to be a strong ally. dana? >> dana: china demonstrating its ability to bombard the island by air and sea. the show of force prompting taiwan to put its military on high alert and cancelled dozens of commercial flights. >> bill: beijing is conducting these drills closer to taiwan than ever before. some of them happening a mere 12 miles away. beijing surrounding the island with helicopters and war ships show...

Pep Guardiola claimed there is no pressure on Erling Haaland to score more goals after the Norwegian's double sank Young Boys on Wednesday. Haaland struck twice in the second half of the Champions League fixture as the holders claimed a hard-fought 3-1 win over the Swiss side in their Group G encounter on the artificial surface at Bern's Wankdorf Stadium. The game had been in the balance after Meschack Elia had cancelled out Switzerland international Manuel Akanji's opener with a superb strike.

When a new football stadium was built at South Alabama, located in one of America's rainiest cities, the decision was made to go with an artificial turf playing surface. At San Diego State, where the weather seems almost always perfect, going with a grass field was an easy choice — but not the usual one in major college football. Of the 133 schools that currently compete in the top-tier of NCAA Division I, 94 have artificial surface football fields (71%) and 39 have grass (29%), most of those at Power Five schools that can afford the upkeep and maintenance.

The NFL Players Association wants the league to switch all its fields to natural grass, calling it “the easiest decision the NFL can make.” Executive director Lloyd Howell issued a statement Wednesday morning saying NFL players “overwhelmingly prefer it and the data is clear that grass is simply safer than artificial turf." Howell said the issue "has been near the top of the players' list during my team visits and one I have raised with the NFL.”

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Following the season-ending injury to four-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers on the artificial turf at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands on Monday night, the Bills are amplifying an NFL Players Association initiative to switch all of the league’s fields to natural grass. “As far as grass goes, we’ve been […]