Coca-Cola, Molson Coors teaming up on Topo Chico Hard

SILVER SPRING, Md. — With the assistance of Molson Coors, Coca-Cola will get started promoting the “hard stuff” — arduous seltzer, this is. The corporations mentioned the brand new alcoholic beverage will come within the type of Topo Chico Hard Seltzer, which they hope to have on retailer cabinets within the first part of 2021. The arduous seltzer will are available in 4 flavors: Tangy Lemon Lime, Exotic Pineapple, Strawberry Guava and Tropical Mango. Chicago-based Molson Coors, which has two different seltzer manufacturers in its portfolio, will maintain the promoting, gross sales and distribution of the alcohol-infused mineral water, a product that has observed large expansion within the U.S. not too long ago. IWSR Drinks Market Analysis, a knowledge company,

Despite requires ‘distancing,’ Chicagoans birthday party arduous for

Chicago’s annual river-dyeing and St. Patrick’s Day parades had been canceled, however inexperienced beer and Irish whiskey nonetheless flowed Saturday in River North, the place masses flocked to rejoice regardless of officers’ pleas for “social distancing” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. People wearing festive sun shades of inexperienced, leprechaun most sensible hats and shamrock headbands covered the bars and golf equipment scattered all over the Near North Side group. Inside, companies had been complete — however no longer too crowded. “With the virus going around, we’re taking care to make sure we don’t have too big of crowds in here today,” mentioned a bouncer out of doors Celeste, a nightclub at 111 W. Hubbard St. The bouncer, who declined to percentage

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle touts ‘arduous

The Cook County Board overwhelmingly accepted a virtually $6.2 billion price range Thursday, over the objections of 1 holdout commissioner who warned that “rate of growth and spending is not sustainable for the long term fiscal health” of the county. The price range was balanced with no layoffs or tax will increase and even added some workers engaged on taxpayer appeals of property assessments and expunging previous hashish convictions. But the spending blueprint did minimize 638 vacant well being care positions, regardless of an emergency nurse’s warning that these cuts “hurt my patients.” Despite the ripples of dissent, the board voted 15-1, with one absence, to approve its fiscal plan for subsequent yr. Preckwinkle mentioned it

Why Zion Williamson Says Some Duke Professors Gave Him Hard Time

When you’re one of many prime school basketball gamers within the nation, it’s arduous not to attract consideration to your self on campus. Especially in case you’re Zion Williamson. Getting to class, as an illustration, was fairly the duty. “Duke (University) is an open campus, so … a lot of selfies,” he informed reporters Wednesday through the NBA Draft media availability. “And a lot of, ‘I’m sorry to bother you but can I get a picture?’ I’d say yeah, I didn’t mind.” But apparently, a few of his professors did. “Sometimes a instructor would have a look at me like, ‘You’re just a little late there.’ And I’m like, ‘Sorry, I needed to, like, cease and

Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn Has Scary Fall Into Barrier Netting During Run

Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn Has Scary Fall Into Barrier Netting During Run

Things took a scary turn at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, when two-time Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn took a nasty spill during a run on Friday. The 33-year-old — who had the second-best qualifying time entering the Women’s World Cup season opener Friday — wiped out and went hard into the barrier netting. Here’s the video: Ouch. Despite the hard hit, the American appeared to not be too badly hurt, making her way down the hill on her own power. Later in the day, she responded to the incident on Twitter. What makes the whole ordeal so concerning for the skier is her recent injury history. In fact, she is attempting to

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Makes Kyle Larson Fall, Hit Stage Hard In Las Vegas

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Makes Kyle Larson Fall, Hit Stage Hard In Las Vegas

Everybody plays pranks on their friends. But if you and your friend both are NASCAR drivers, that leads to some very public embarrassment. Kyle Larson received a brutal reminder of that Wednesday in Las Vegas. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver was set to take part in a live Q&A on Wednesday. Beforehand, however, Larson’s buddy, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., made him the butt of his joke by pulling his chair out from under him. Was it juvenile? Perhaps. Do we care? Not even a little. (Gluck later tweeted to correct that it was Stenhouse, not Kevin Harvick, made Larson hit the deck.) This just goes to show, it’s always your closest fri... NESN.com

Redding: “It wasn’t looking good until the race”

Scott Redding, P8: “I’m really, really happy with the result in the race, I didn’t expect that. We struggled a lot all weekend and I pushed hard all the weekend but I never felt comfortable. I struggled a lot with the front tyres and even in Warm Up I wasn’t in a good, confident position but we made some changes for the race. It started to work, I had quite good grip from the beginning so I could get the rhythm. So in the end I was happy with the end result. We worked hard and it wasn’t looking good until the race, we were thinking if we could get top ten it would be a good job. So to