BOSTON — George Springer menyeringai kecil dan menunjuk rekan satu timnya di dekat garis base ketiga. Maksudnya tidak salah lagi. Bahkan sebelum dia berbicara, pesannya sudah tersampaikan. "Saya bermain untuk orang-orang di ruang ganti kami," kata pemain luar itu minggu ini selama tiga set pertandingan melawan Red Sox. "Saya bermain untuk kota kami. Penggemar kami. Saya tidak bermain demi angka atau apa pun itu. Saya ingin bermain untuk menang." Rasa sakit akibat patah hati Blue Jays di Game 7 tidak lagi mentah. Tapi bekas lukanya masih ada. Kekalahan dari Dodgers bukanlah sesuatu yang bisa diatasi oleh klub. Melainkan sebuah pengalaman yang akan -- atau telah -- dipelajari untuk dibawa. Musim ini, bahkan setelah menyapu bersih Red Sox setelah kemenangan hari Kamis, telah menjadi pengingat akan sifat bisbol yang tidak kenal ampun. Bagaimana sebuah kejuaraan bisa dijangkau, hanya karena kegagalan menampakkan dirinya sebagai kerabat terdekatnya. Bagaimana, setelah kejadian itu, Blue Jays terpaksa memulai kembali. Sebuah catatan yang bersih. Dan dengan batu tulis itu muncullah kejahatan yang diperlukan untuk melakukan semuanya lagi. Untuk berjuang lagi. Untuk bertahan lagi. Jatuh lagi. Untuk menyakiti lagi. Merasakan kesakitan lagi tanpa jaminan apa pun bahwa Blue Jays akan mencapai puncak itu. Toronto secara bertahap menanjak musim ini, mencatatkan rekor 16-11 selama sebulan terakhir untuk meningkat menjadi 37-38 secara keseluruhan dan menempatkan dirinya di posisi wild card. Namun hal itu bukannya tanpa hambatan. Cedera telah membuat kontributor utama absen sepanjang tahun 2026. Shane Bieber telah masuk dalam daftar cedera sejak Maret karena radang siku. Addison Barger belum pernah bermain karena penyakit serupa. Keduanya diharapkan segera kembali. Springer, sementara itu, juga tidak mengalami cedera, berjuang melawan cedera yang dideritanya. Para pemain juga berkinerja buruk. Terutama, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., yang mencetak homer keempatnya musim ini pada hari Kamis. “Saya pikir dia berhak mengetahui penyesuaiannya dan apa yang perlu dia rasakan,” kata pelatih memukul Blue Jays David Popkins. "Ada banyak suara yang muncul bersamaan dengan hal itu, seperti, 'Hei, dia tidak sedang mencari kekuasaan.' Kemudian Anda mulai mencoba memukul untuk mendapatkan lebih banyak tenaga, dan tiba-tiba segalanya mungkin terbuka sedikit lebih cepat, Anda tidak menginjak rem dengan cara yang sama, dan Anda mencoba menciptakan gaya angkat alih-alih membiarkan gaya angkat terjadi secara alami. "Dengan 87 pertandingan tersisa, tidak ada kepanikan bagi Jays. Musim lalu mengajarkan mereka terlalu banyak hal untuk itu. Itu mengajari mereka tentang kesuksesan dan kegagalan. Tentang keberanian yang dibutuhkan untuk menjalani musim enam bulan. Tentang kemenangan dan, sama halnya, kekalahan. "Banyak dari orang-orang itu berada di panggung terbesar yang bisa ditawarkan bisbol," kata manajer John Schneider. "Jadi, menurut saya hal ini membantu untuk memperlambat beberapa situasi di sini di musim reguler, namun menurut saya hal ini juga mengingatkan semua orang bahwa kami masih baik-baik saja. Anda tahu maksud saya? Sepertinya ekspektasinya sedikit berbeda karena apa yang kami lakukan tahun lalu, namun masih banyak pertandingan baseball yang tersisa." Blue Jays memiliki peluang untuk bangkit sebelum jeda All-Star. Mereka akan menghadapi serangkaian lawan yang, seperti mereka, tidak memenuhi ekspektasi, termasuk Astros, Rangers, Mets, Giants, Cubs, dan Padres. "Saya pikir semua orang yang mencicipinya tahun lalu ingin kembali dan sangat lapar untuk kembali," kata infielder Ernie Clement. "Jadi saya pikir dengan apa yang telah terjadi, dan bagaimana kami tidak mendapatkan banyak pantulan yang menguntungkan kami. Kami mengalami beberapa cedera." Kekalahan yang memilukan tahun lalu, yang membuat para pria dewasa menangis di dalam clubhouse dan di perut Rogers Center setelah Game 7, masih terus berlanjut. Bukan sebagai sumber penyesalan, tapi sebagai acuan, meski rasa sakit itu akan terus membekas. "Maksudku, kita masih terlibat dalam hal ini," tambah Clement. "Jadi, saya pikir tidak ada yang panik di sini. Jadi, kami hanya, Anda tahu, tetap berada di jalur dan melewati badai dan mencoba untuk tetap bertahan di sini." Namun di Liga Amerika yang sudah lemah, hal tersebut bukanlah hal yang mustahil. Blue Jays akan bersandar pada pengalaman. Bersandar pada penderitaan yang berkepanjangan dari perjalanan pascamusim yang berakhir hanya terpaut dua angka dari gelar Seri Dunia. "Kami percaya bahwa kami bisa bermain lebih baik, dengan cara kami tahu cara bermain," kata Springer. “Dan saya pikir Anda mulai melihat bahwa kami bermain lebih baik secara kolektif.”

Niacinamide berhak mendapatkan reputasinya sebagai salah satu bahan perawatan kulit yang bekerja paling keras. Bahan aktif multitasking melakukan semuanya: Dapat membantu mencerahkan kulit kusam, memperkecil tampilan pori-pori, mengurangi kemerahan, memperkuat pelindung kulit dan memperbaiki tekstur secara keseluruhan, sekaligus cukup lembut untuk sebagian besar jenis kulit. Baik Anda mengatasi bintik hitam, minyak berlebih, atau warna kulit tidak merata, kemungkinan besar produk yang Anda pilih mengandung niacinamide. Salah satu bentuk vitamin B3, niacinamide cukup lembut untuk sebagian besar jenis kulit — sebagian besar produk perawatan kulit menggunakan konsentrasi antara 2 dan 10 persen, dan ahli kimia kosmetik Ron Robinson mencatat bahwa sebagian besar penelitian berfokus pada 5 persen ke bawah. Dokter kulit Omaha Joel Schlessinger, MD mencatat bahwa ini mungkin pilihan yang baik bagi mereka yang memiliki kulit sensitif yang tidak dapat mentolerir bahan-bahan yang lebih kuat seperti vitamin C dan retinoid. Sebelumnya, kita akan mendalami lebih dalam tentang manfaat, kegunaan terbaik, dan produk unggulan niacinamide yang layak untuk ditambahkan ke rutinitas Anda. (Merek ini telah mempelajari bahan tersebut selama beberapa dekade.) “Pada tahun 1990-an, para ilmuwan Olay melakukan program penyaringan bahan untuk mengidentifikasi kandidat baru untuk kesehatan dan penampilan kosmetik kulit,” kata ilmuwan utama Olay, Frauke Neuser. “Mereka kemudian menemukan berbagai manfaat topikal niacinamide, termasuk mengurangi munculnya garis-garis, kerutan, dan pori-pori; mengurangi kemerahan, noda, bintik-bintik dan kilap; dan meningkatkan pergantian sel permukaan kulit, yang pada akhirnya ditunjukkan dalam beberapa studi klinis.” Dari manfaat yang terbukti secara ilmiah, Dr. Schlessinger mengatakan manfaat terbesarnya adalah mengurangi peradangan, yang berperan penting dalam kemerahan yang menyertai kondisi kulit umum seperti jerawat, eksim, rosacea, dan banyak lagi. Dokter kulit New York, Doris Day, MD, menganggap perbaikan penghalang dan pelembab sebagai dua manfaat lainnya: "Ini mendukung sintesis ceramide—anggap mereka sebagai lem yang menyatukan sel-sel kulit, dengan cara yang baik, mencegah kehilangan air berlebih dari kulit dan memungkinkan kulit meremajakan dirinya sendiri." Selain itu, ia merupakan antioksidan, yang berarti membantu menetralkan radikal bebas dan melindungi kulit dari efek buruk polusi, cahaya biru, dan sinar matahari. Apakah Niacinamide Membantu Mengatasi Jerawat? Mereka yang menderita jerawat dan kulit berminyak mungkin akan merasa lega dengan niacinamide. “Sifat anti-inflamasinya memungkinkannya menenangkan dan menenangkan kulit yang teriritasi, sehingga sangat cocok untuk produk jerawat,” jelas Robinson. Day setuju, dan memuji kemampuan bahan tersebut untuk menurunkan ekskresi sebum: “Kontrol sebum penting pada pasien yang berjerawat, dan lebih sedikit sebum juga dapat mengurangi kilap, membuat pori-pori tampak lebih kecil.”Dokter kulit Birmingham, AL Corey L. Hartman, MD menambahkan bahwa niacinamide juga dapat membantu mencegah jaringan parut akibat timbulnya jerawat. Niacinamide dan vitamin C dapat digunakan bersamaan? Jawaban singkatnya adalah ya. Menurut Dr. Schlessinger, "sebuah penelitian yang dilakukan pada tahun 1960-an menyarankan kedua bahan tersebut tidak boleh digunakan secara bersamaan karena kombinasi keduanya dapat menghasilkan produk sampingan yang tidak diinginkan yang disebut asam nikotinat, yang dapat menyebabkan kemerahan pada kulit. Namun, penelitian yang lebih baru menunjukkan bahwa bahan-bahan tersebut baik-baik saja untuk digunakan dalam kombinasi, dan faktanya, bahan-bahan tersebut sekarang diformulasikan bersama dalam banyak produk." Ada juga laporan bahwa kedua bahan aktif tersebut saling menghilangkan, tetapi Ko mengatakan ini hanyalah mitos. “Mereka membentuk senyawa kuning yang disebut niacinamide ascorbate yang sebenarnya berguna untuk mengurangi hiperpigmentasi,” jelasnya. “Kecuali jika seseorang melihat kemerahan, yaitu kemerahan dan gatal yang konsisten hanya di area tempat produk diaplikasikan, maka kombinasi tersebut kemungkinan besar baik-baik saja.” Kombinasi bahan lain yang terbukti efektif dalam mengurangi bintik hitam dan hiperpigmentasi, menurut Ko, adalah niacinamide dan N-acetyl glucosamine (NAG). Bisakah Anda Mengonsumsi Niacinamide Secara Oral? Ditemukan dalam kangkung, alpukat, almond, dan makanan padat nutrisi lainnya, vitamin B3 sangat penting untuk diet sehat, dan dapat membantu menurunkan kolesterol dan kulit bercahaya, serta manfaat lainnya. Bagi mereka yang tidak mengonsumsi cukup vitamin, tersedia suplemen niacinamide oral—biasanya diberi nama nikotinamida—dan Dr. Day meminumnya setiap hari. “Mereka aman dan efektif, dan telah terbukti membantu memperlambat perkembangan kanker kulit,” katanya. "Niacinamide adalah salah satu bahan favorit saya, baik secara topikal maupun oral." Sebuah studi tahun 2015 yang diterbitkan di American Health & Drug Benefits menemukan bahwa pil nikotinamida mengurangi tingkat kanker kulit sel skuamosa dan sel basal baru pada pasien berisiko tinggi sebesar 23 persen bila diminum dua kali sehari selama setahun. Mereka juga menurunkan risiko keratosis aktinik, suatu prakanker kulit yang umum. “Nicotinamide harus menjadi bagian integral dari rejimen individu yang rentan terhadap kanker kulit,” kata Dr. Schlessinger, yang merekomendasikan HELIOCARE Advanced Antioxidant Supplement With Nicotinamide ($38). Untuk mendapatkan manfaat perlindungan dari B3, Dr. Hartman menyarankan dosis 1.500 hingga 3.000 miligram per hari. 11 Produk Niacinamide Terbaik untuk Dicoba pada tahun 20261/11 Ampul pengencang merek K-beauty Goodal mengandung 10 persen niacinamide untuk mencerahkan, diimbangi dengan panthenol dan gliserin yang menenangkan untuk meminimalkan iritasi.2 / 11Untuk pilihan masker, Biocellulose Dream Glow Mask dari FEMMUE Revitalize + Radiance menggabungkan niacinamide dengan ekstrak fitoplasenta untuk mencerahkan kulit kusam.3 / 11PCA SKIN's HydraBright Cream memadukan niacinamide untuk mencerahkan dengan squalane untuk mendukung pelindung kulit. Telah terbukti meningkatkan kecerahan dan hidrasi kulit hanya dalam 21 hari, dengan 100 persen pengguna merasakan perbedaan yang nyata.4 / 11Dikemas dengan asam hialuronat, niacinamide, dan Teknologi Perlindungan Polusi dari mereknya, pelembab gel ini menjaga kulit tetap terhidrasi, montok, dan terlindungi sepanjang hari. Menyerap dengan cepat dan dapat dipakai dengan baik di bawah riasan.5 / 11Serum berair K-beauty ini ringan dan tidak lengket, mengandung niacinamide dan 4 persen asam traneksamat untuk meningkatkan kejernihan dan kecerahan kulit.6 / 11Bagian bawah mata juga perlu dicerahkan—berkat kafein, vitamin C, dan niacinamide (lihat, keduanya bekerja dengan baik!), Versed membuat gel mata yang mendinginkan untuk menghilangkan bengkak dan langsung menyegarkan bagian bawah mata yang lelah.7 / Serum Super 11Olay benar-benar sesuai dengan namanya: Formula 5-in-1 mengandung niacinamide, vitamin C, peptida kolagen, vitamin E, dan AHA yang bekerja sama untuk memberikan tekstur kulit yang lebih baik serta manfaat menghidrasi, menghaluskan, mengencangkan dan mencerahkan.8 / 11 Serum Mela B3 dari La Roche-Posay dirancang untuk mengatasi semua jenis bintik hitam— termasuk bintik matahari, bintik-bintik penuaan, dan bekas jerawat—dengan 10 persen niacinamide, Teknologi Melasyl dan Thermal Spring Water.9 / 11 UV Clear dari EltaMD adalah SPF 46 spektrum luas favorit kultus yang berfungsi ganda, melindungi dari sinar UVA dan UVB sementara niacinamide 5 persen membantu menenangkan dan meratakan warna kulit.10 / 11 Serum niacinamide ramah anggaran dari Good Molecules memiliki banyak pengikut, dan versi toner memberikan nilai yang sama. Kombinasikan niacinamide, arbutin, dan ekstrak akar licorice untuk mencerahkan kulit dan memperkecil tampilan pori-pori. Oleskan formula bebas alkohol ke seluruh kulit Anda sekali atau dua kali sehari dengan kapas, lalu ikuti dengan serum dan pelembab.11 / 11Perawatan mata yang mendinginkan ini menargetkan lingkaran hitam, bengkak, dan garis-garis halus dengan niacinamide dan minyak biji plum. Teksturnya yang seperti balsem mudah diserap dan mudah dipakai saat riasan, pagi dan sore hari.

Para pemilik dan operator kapal bersiap pada hari Jumat untuk menghadapi apa yang mereka harapkan akan menjadi peluang yang lebih besar bagi mereka untuk keluar dari Teluk Persia setelah terdampar selama lebih dari tiga bulan, mengakhiri satu minggu perkembangan yang mengejutkan dalam perang di Iran. Setidaknya 25 kapal bergerak melalui Selat Hormuz pada hari Kamis, termasuk 14 kapal tanker, lebih tinggi dari rata-rata beberapa minggu terakhir dan sebuah tanda bahwa beberapa operator merasa lebih percaya diri, menurut Kpler, sebuah perusahaan data maritim. Lalu lintas masih jauh di bawah tingkat biasanya sebelum perang, ketika sekitar 130 kapal per hari melintasi selat tersebut. Beberapa kapal kargo besar juga mulai berangkat. Perjanjian awal yang ditandatangani oleh Presiden Trump dan Presiden Masoud Pezeshkian dari Iran memulai periode negosiasi 60 hari antar negara. Yang penting, Iran berjanji untuk membuka kembali selat tersebut, dan pada hari Kamis militer AS mengatakan pihaknya telah mencabut blokade yang diberlakukan terhadap kapal-kapal Iran sejak bulan April. Kesepakatan tersebut menimbulkan pertanyaan baru pada hari Jumat setelah Swiss mengatakan tahap berikutnya dari perundingan telah ditunda dan Israel melancarkan serangan baru di Lebanon. Harga minyak, setelah turun tajam minggu ini, menjadi goyah. Bagi perusahaan pelayaran, dan ribuan pelaut yang masih terjebak di kapal, dimulainya kembali lalu lintas di Teluk Persia masih bergantung pada penyelesaian sejumlah masalah penting. Sekitar 500 kapal komersial masih terdampar di teluk. Sebagian besar kapal yang melintasi selat pada hari Kamis mengambil rute yang melintasi garis pantai Iran. Karena ranjau laut berserakan di bagian tengah selat, beberapa eksekutif mengatakan mereka menunggu kejelasan tentang rute yang harus diambil kapal, peraturan untuk berbaris dan proses keluar untuk menghindari risiko navigasi, termasuk tabrakan, terutama di tengah gangguan pada GPS dan sistem navigasi satelit lainnya. Ada juga masalah praktis. Setelah terhenti di Teluk Persia selama lebih dari tiga bulan, teritip dan makhluk laut tumbuh di lambung kapal, mengganggu kecepatan dan menimbulkan masalah operasional. Risiko keamanan yang signifikan masih ada, kata Jakob Larsen, kepala petugas keamanan di Baltic and International Maritime Council, atau BIMCO, asosiasi pelayaran terbesar di dunia. Dia mengatakan kepada 2.100 anggota kelompok tersebut bahwa masih berisiko bagi kapal untuk mulai transit. “Untuk menghindari risiko serius yang terkait dengan angkutan massal yang tidak terkoordinasi melalui zona lalu lintas perairan pantai yang sempit, kami mendorong pemilik kapal untuk mempertimbangkan menunggu klarifikasi lebih lanjut dan arahan dari badan koordinasi internasional,” kata Larsen dalam sebuah pernyataan.

Tidak banyak yang belum dilakukan Morgan Freeman selama tujuh dekade berkecimpung dalam bisnis pertunjukan. Dia memenangkan Oscar dan Golden Globe Awards, membintangi banyak film dan drama Broadway, menarasikan film dokumenter, memperjuangkan isu lingkungan, dan menyumbangkan kekuatan bintangnya untuk kampanye politik. Dan sekarang, hanya satu tahun sebelum ulang tahunnya yang ke-90, dia melebarkan sayapnya ke dunia musik dengan merilis album mendatangnya, Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience. LP berisi 12 lagu ini merupakan perjalanan melalui 100 tahun musik blues, dan menampilkan penampilan tamu oleh Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo', Shemekia Copeland, Anthony Big A Sherrod, Chineke! Orkestra, Lady Adrena, dan masih banyak lainnya. Itu akan dirilis pada 7 Agustus, tetapi saat ini Anda dapat mendengar Freeman dan Taj Mahal bekerja sama untuk “Death Letter Blues” klasik Son House. “Saya mendengar musik blues untuk pertama kalinya di teras rumah nenek saya di Delta Mississippi, dan musik itu tidak pernah hilang dari saya,” kata Freeman dalam sebuah pernyataan. "Melihat Taj Mahal mengawali album ini dengan cover lagu klasik Son House, 'Death Letter Blues', merupakan nada yang sempurna untuk memperkenalkan album ini. Merilisnya pada Juneteenth bukan hanya simbolis — ini adalah kebenaran dari mana musik ini berasal dan siapa yang membuatnya. Saya harap orang-orang mendengarkan dan mengingatnya." Bukan kebetulan album ini diumumkan pada Juneteenth. “Musik ini lahir dari sejarah yang sama dengan peringatan Juneteenth,” kata produser album Eric Meier dalam sebuah pernyataan. "'Death Letter Blues' adalah salah satu lagu paling mentah dan paling jujur ​​dalam buku lagu Amerika, dan mendengar Taj Mahal menghuninya dengan simfoni penuh di belakangnya — direkam di antara tembok keramat Royal Studios dan Abbey Road — adalah sesuatu yang inovatif dan unik. Kami sangat bangga memperkenalkan album kami dengan lagu ini." Tur tiga tanggal telah dipesan untuk mendukung album tersebut. Ini dimulai pada 7 Agustus di Houston, berlanjut pada 26 September di Memphis, dan berakhir pada 17 Oktober di Gulfport, Mississippi. Ini tidak berarti bahwa Freeman melepaskan pekerjaannya sehari-hari. Dia terus berperan sebagai Menteri Luar Negeri AS di acara Paramount+ Lioness, dan baru-baru ini dia menjadi narasi serial dokumenter Netflix The Dinosaurs. Cerita Trending Daftar Lagu Pengalaman Symphonic Blues Morgan Freeman 1. “Gelap Adalah Malam, Dingin Adalah Tanah” – Morgan Freeman ft. Keith Johnson2. “Persimpangan Jalan” – Super Chikan3. “Surat Kematian Blues” – Taj Mahal 4. “Debu Sapu Saya” – Lady Adrena5. “Sensasinya Hilang” – Alvin Youngblood Hart 6. “Jalur Perakitan Cadillac” – Keb' Mo' 7. “Ada yang Mengetuk” – Anthony Big A Sherrod8. “Traveling Riverside Blues” – Shemekia Copeland 9. “Aku Akan Membawamu Ke Sana” – Tierinii Jackson ft. Stax Music Academy Choir10. “Cintai Aku atau Tinggalkan Aku” – Anthony Big A Sherrod11. “Suatu hari nanti” – Anthony Big A Sherrod 12. Aku Berbohong Kepadamu – Keith Johnson

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Consider the audacity of AJ Dybantsa. The 19-year-old from Brockton, Massachusetts, is days away from concluding the final phase in the first act of what could be a Hall of Fame career. These closing hours of pre-NBA life are the culmination of a zealous plan — something he and his family have essentially willed into existence, without abate— across the past four years.It's no guarantee Dybantsa goes No. 1 to the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night, but that is, indubitably, the expectation from a lot of NBA executives and, of course, Dybantsa. Earlier this week, just a few days removed from meeting with Wizards leadership in Los Angeles on June 11 and 12, I asked him if he believed all of the presumptions and many of the mock drafts would be right. Is he about to be the No. 1 pick over Darryn Peterson and Cameron Boozer? "Yes," he told CBS Sports.  Dybantsa delivered his answer in that blunt, confident tone he's grown into as he's become a more self-assured and more famous young man. When it comes to basketball, Dybantsa usually gets what he expects. Imagine planning year after year of your life around one moment. That's what next Tuesday is all about; Dybantsa doesn't shrug off or downplay how much draft night means to him and the symbolism tied to the top pick. For him, it's an evidential link connecting what he's done and who he is with what he believes he'll do and who he will become over the next 15 years (or more)."I have one piece of advice: Don't overthink this," BYU coach Kevin Young, who was an NBA assistant from 2016-2024, told CBS Sports. "This is no knock on the other guys. I think those guys are great players. But if you're just talking straight NBA, I say this with all due respect to the writers and the bloggers and the rankers. I've lived the NBA life. I've been in the war rooms. I've been to the Finals. He's the kind of guy everyone's trying to get. The 6-9, can-do-everything who, by the way, is a freak athlete. Who, by the way, checks all the boxes from a human being standpoint. Like, those are so rare that it's, just, do not overthink this." 2026 NBA Mock Draft: Cameron Boozer goes to Jazz at No. 2, Clippers like Mikel Brown for fifth pick Matt Norlander Projected No. 1 picks are sometimes equal parts prideful and bashful about being in that spot. A lot of pressure comes with a 1 attached to your name. Some athletes don't like to focus on it. That's not Dybantsa. He has hunted this for more than four years and wants to tell you about it. He wants to be the first pick, even though the franchise that knows him best, the Utah Jazz, is sitting there at No. 2. Dybantsa believes he's the best player in maybe the best high school class of the 21st century. Going No. 1 would bring validation, which is ironic because, in getting to know him and his family over the past few years, Dybantsa doesn't appear to seek validation in most other parts of his life."He's a generationally good player, certainly for me, and I was lucky enough to be around Wemby," BYU associate head coach Will Voigt, who coached the Spurs' G League franchise during Victory Wembanyama's rookie year, told CBS Sports. "There's a lot of the same stuff. These kinds of guys are different, and you can see it like that (snaps fingers). And AJ is like that."Darryn Peterson, left, and Dybantsa have been in a years-long race for the No. 1 pick. Ed Zurga via Getty Images The Dybantsas have dictated every step of the journeyAfter steadily rising to national fame in the past four years, if Dybantsa becomes the face-of-a-franchise player (something a lot of league executives believe will happen) then this period will be looked back on by future high-end prospects and their families for how the Dybantsas navigated a years-long gangway to the NBA. They'll see how Dybantsa deftly, but somewhat controversially, handled moving through the high school ranks (by going to three private schools in three states) and then to college while getting paid millions upon millions upon millions of dollars and becoming generationally wealthy before ever signing an NBA contract. It's a trek a lot of players and their families want before ever understanding just how difficult it is to handle. There are plenty of pitfalls and potential traps and distractions or detours or injuries that could negatively affect a teenager while trying to not just make the NBA, but be a top draft pick at that.Dybantsa has not only done it, he's essentially gotten to this point unscathed."I've kind of been dealing with it since I was like 13 years old," Dybantsa said. "I'm used to it now, how this is."His voyage to Tuesday night has been as widely tracked and covered as probably any prospect since LeBron James (yes, Cooper Flagg included). He was a buzzed-about prospect by the time he started high school. By 16, he was a household name for the average invested American basketball fan. His reputation bloomed not just because of his obvious ability, but because of the marketing and commercial power of social media.  There was a folk lore element to him as well: the malicious gossip and assumptions about why he left Massachusetts to move across the country to play in California. He turned heads again after bolting California to finish high school at a peculiar prep school in, of all places, Utah. That laid the foundation for his unorthodox college choice: Dybantsa was far and away the best recruit to ever choose to play at BYU (and was paid millions for doing so). Though the Cougars fell well short of expectations (23-12, a 6-seed and no NCAA Tournament wins), Dybantsa nonetheless delivered in his one and only college season, as his talents always suggested he would. He scored the third most points by a freshman in NCAA history (894) and was a unanimous First Team All-American. From the day he stepped on campus last summer in Provo until the end of BYU's season, Dybantsa never missed a practice.Dybantsa during his junior year at Prolific Prep in Napa, California. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images "He's the most mature 18-year-old I've been around," BYU assistant Brandon Dunson said. "It's refreshing to see, because I've been around a lot of people in his position and there's so much BS around them."Those who don't know Dybantsa or his father, Ace, or mother, Chelsea, have assumed the BS has been part of the package dating back to, at least, his sophomore year of high school. That's a misguided notion, though it's true that at every juncture of this journey the family has been insistent on doing it their way. That meant saying no to a lot of people who wanted a piece of AJ, even if well-intentioned. "He makes my job easier," Dybantsa said of his dad. "Doesn't really let me get too high on myself, so I just stay in the lab." The Dybantsas have kept a close circle. They have dictated the terms of just about everything AJ has been involved in, which isn't a novel approach, but the way they've been perceived by some vs. the reality of how they've maneuvered this world privately are two different stories.Among the most scrutinized decisions: Dybantsa is the rare prospect who will enter the NBA without an agent. Dad has played that role for AJ from the beginning. You want to talk to Dybantsa, you need to go through Ace. While the family has a business advisor in former agent Leonard Armato (who represented Shaquille O'Neal during his playing days), almost every basketball decision Dybantsa has made since he was in middle school has happened with his parents' blessing or at their orders. And to this point, pretty much all of it has worked out."We've been staying true to ourselves and not just following the (usual) path," Dybantsa said. "We are trying to pave our own way and do it in our way, and thank god it has worked out so far."Can you control your NBA destiny? Players, parents and agents have tried the gambit for decades. Few have gotten to this point by doing it entirely on their terms and, for the most part, succeeding like the Dybantsas. "All of it has felt surprisingly normal, because when you take a step back and talk about it, it seems pretty insane," Voigt said. The story of why Dybantsa won't hire an agentFor the past few years, there has been an aggressive nationwide chase happening that no one has been able to win. No matter the pitch, no matter the concessions, no matter the reputation, no matter the list of clients or the connections across the sports and marketing world, nobody has remotely come close to being able to convince Ace Dybantsa why his son should be represented by anyone but Ace Dybantsa. "A lot of them are pissed at me, but too bad," he told CBS Sports earlier this week. For the first time, for this story, Ace revealed the reasons behind one of the lingering mysteries in basketball: Why won't Dybantsa hire an agent like almost everybody else? Not only has it not happened, Ace said it was never close to happening and will not be happening in the future. The origin starts in AJ's early teens when he played for Expressions Elite, a prominent Massachusetts-based grassroots program that's sponsored by Nike. "I had no idea that first year how these things were," Ace said about the start of the journey. "I had no idea what AAU was. To me, we're just playing basketball." When Expressions again recruited Dybantsa as a pre-teen, Ace got his first true insights into the inner workings of grassroots basketball and the agency world. This was just coming out of COVID, so the family was still getting its bearings on the full operation. "They told me what they had to do. They promised some stuff," Ace said. "I still had no clue what was going on. This is when he was entering eighth grade. Then, the second year, that's when I was like, whoa."  According to Ace, by the time AJ was 14, the family was being pushed toward picking an agent. (Yes, at 14.)"The main guy (with Expressions) comes to me, he goes, 'AJ's gonna make half a billion dollars in his career. Only three agents can represent him.' He never named them," Ace said. "He said, 'When the time comes, I will bring them to you. You can pick any of the three.' I'm like, OK. I go home and tell my wife. My wife says, 'Ace.' I say, 'I know. He thinks I'm stupid.' You're gonna bring the three that you mentioned, which of them I'm gonna pick, you're going to have a point or two." By that he means the program director would get a kickback for steering his son to a certain agent.  "So, I play the game," Ace said. "And then the other thing they're trying to do, they're trying to control me: 'You can't let AJ talk to anybody.' … I thought AJ was my son."Ace played along initially out of curiosity more than anything else. He wanted to see who was telling the truth and how agents worked with middlemen to try and lure future NBA lottery picks as young as 13 or 14. It all felt off. Certain agents were given immediate meetings, while others were purportedly told it would be months before they could meet the family. Ace also said there was a trainer at that time working with the program who they felt wasn't looking out for the best interest of AJ.In what way?"He was looking for money," Ace said.AJ's parents have had access to his social media since the start. They've seen dozens of agents and go-betweeners in his DMs, offering him money, cars and other perks. Many of them were cut off right away."I tell you not to bother me. If you don't respect my wish, you know the thing I like about cell phones, iPhone, just block it," he said. "I blocked so many people." Dybantsa eventually left Expressions, and then left Massachusetts after starting his high school years playing for Saint Sebastian's prep school. "They're trying to threaten me. I said, 'I'm from Africa. Good luck,'" Ace said. "If you get an agent, come on, they're getting a piece. Last time I checked, I'm the one that changed the diapers for AJ, not y'all. You come to me (and say) 'Ace, we're going to help your son, we're going to do this and get you to another level. Can you help our program?' That's fair. But trying to use my son? Now that, oh, no, no, no, that won't work. I have nothing against agents. AJ is No. 1. You know how much he's going to make. It's there. Google it. Why do I have to hire an agent to tell me what I already know what's fair?"Ace Dybantsa, left, and AJ prior to his freshman season at BYU. James Roh via Getty Images NBA agents take 4% of a player's salary, but more and more that number is earned on negotiating the second, third and fourth contracts — not the first. Some agents representing lottery-level players have been pulling in a percentage on NIL deals in college, then taking nothing on the first contract in an effort to get the big payoff when the rookie deal expires.Plus … there is a chance that Dybantsa's dad is ahead of the curve here. CBS Sports reached out to a handful of NBA front office executives and NBA agents and asked them if the Dybantsa decision to not hire representation was justifiable. All of them said you can make the case it is."It's good to have some advocacy or representation outside of yourself, but everything's evolved so much that I don't think it matters as much," one Western Conference GM told CBS Sports. Said another Western Conference general manager: "The first contract, especially with him, he's going to go 1 or 2, it's not even negotiating. The team's going to give him 120% of the rookie scale, he's going to get all of that. I can see on the basketball side very little need in the short-term for an agent. Where it gets complicated is how much will it affect his endorsements, how much will he get if they don't get maximum dollars. If his career ends up being a not-max guy, that'll be the question."Dybantsa has always been a "max guy" at the high school and college level and obviously has no plans of dropping down. (Let's check in come 2030 and see how that's going.) When he's selected next week, be it first or second, Dybantsa will be slotted into a deal worth north of $10 million every year of the contract, with the price going up each of the first four years.This hasn't stopped agents from trying. Dozens have made their pitches through all sorts of tactics and approaches. There was one more who circled back earlier this month, only to be shot down. "There's always one that thinks they are smarter than the other ones," Ace said. "I think his dad does a great job of shielding him from a lot of stuff," Armato told CBS Sports. "His dad is tough on him. He's disciplined. They're very close. He's pretty old school in the way he parents, but at the same time he shields him from a lot of things he'd be otherwise exposed to. He's really put AJ in a position where he can concentrate on basketball."' 2026 NBA Draft Roundtable: Who goes No. 1 overall? Experts favor AJ Dybantsa over Darryn Peterson Cameron Salerno This approach has made Ace a pariah to some. He's been accused of always having his hand out, looking for the highest bidder to get the most money and get rich off of his son. But Ace, who never talks specific money figures to anyone not in the family's tight circle, said all of what got AJ to this point was based on education and being a step ahead of the people who were going to be chasing them and their money."They always blame Black parents. They're not in their family. They're not in their kid's life, you see the single mom over there," Ace said. "Here, you have a Black father who's still in his kid's life, and they're still bitching. Who the f--- do you want? You can't win. I'm gonna do what's best for my son. I'm gonna protect my son better than you. He is my son. Trust, I know they're rooting for me to fail." And as for AJ?"AJ's opinion is my opinion," he said. "My son and I, we talked. And when I explained that to him, his words: 'Let's keep it in the family.'"It's a tight circle: Ace, Chelsea, AJ and his two sisters, Samarra and Jasmyn. Armato is the business advisor. They have a lawyer, a financial advisor, a manager and one person in charge of AJ's social media posting. That's it, at least for now.Ace has always prided himself on his negotiating skills. Born in the Republic of the Congo, he moved to France at 13, then came to the United States in 1989, vowing to learn English and get a college degree before returning to France. Within weeks of arriving in Massachusetts, he applied for a job at McDonald's and, barely speaking any English, claims he immediately negotiated his first pay rate from $5.25 to $6 per hour. He never left."Some people, the haters, say, 'Look at him. He changed. He did this. He did that,'" Ace said. "I didn't change. My lifestyle changed. Your lifestyle would've changed too in my shoes. I'm still the same asshole."He lived in Boston, worked in Braintree, went to school in Brockton (at Massasoit Community College), and relied on public transportation. He eventually met his future wife, Chelsea, while going to the same gym. He asked her out and was turned down multiple times before she said yes. Ace would go on to be a police officer at Boston University, specifically choosing that job over other opportunities at different precincts because he planned on all of his children going to BU for a significantly reduced tuition rate. Chelsea and Ace make for a dynamic duo, as they are two very different personalities. Ace sat down for more than an hour for this story and is always available for a chat. Chelsea, a charming but quiet woman who grew up in Jamaica, respectfully turned down interview requests; she's content to let her husband take the spotlight in the press. And still: Ace let it be known his wife is the boss and nobody in their house challenges that. 'God, education come first'The real origin of AJ's journey to Tuesday night in Brooklyn starts somewhere around 3,000 days ago. When AJ was in the sixth grade, he told his parents he wanted to be an NBA player. Ace didn't even let him dream big at that point, telling his boy the harsh math: About 450 players are chosen to play in the NBA. The odds were overwhelmingly against it.AJ wouldn't let it go, so dad used education to motivate. If he got A's and B's, he'd let him play as much basketball as he wanted, both recreationally and on organized teams, year-round. Not so long after that conversation, AJ came home with a C on his report card. Ace called AJ's travel coach to find out when the next game was; there was a tournament upcoming in Pennsylvania, a 12-hour round trip from their home in Brockton. Ace told the coach he was driving his son all the way to the tournament and that he was strictly not allowed to play him. "You're going to drive six hours just to prove a point?" the coach asked. He was, and he did. AJ went and wasn't let off the bench. He cried in the car on the way back."He realized then that I wasn't messing around, and he has been on the honor roll ever since," Ace said. "God, education come first."Dybantsa's freshman year at BYU concluded with a 3.6 GPA. He told me he'll regularly be taking coursework in the years to come; part of the deal with agreeing to declare for the NBA Draft after one season was a promise to his mother that he will work every year to earn his college degree in his 20s and not wait until after his NBA career was over to do it. Dybantsa has a great deadpan to his personality, but on this, it's serious. He will not disobey his mother's wish. Ace and Chelsea have carried a mantra of sorts: Education is the key to everything because they cannot take it away from you."That guy doesn't screw around with academics," Young said. "I have nothing but great things to say about the family."Dybantsa picked BYU not just because of the monetary upside, but because of Young and his NBA experience and connections. Even the way they wound up in Utah is an untold story to an extent. AJ didn't click in California. It wasn't his vibe."At Prolific, there were guys doing all types of stuff, and he didn't like it," Dunson said. "He didn't like the people he was around. Some guys were out drinking, doing all this stuff. That's not him."So, the family moved again for Dybantsa's senior year, placing him at Utah Prep. It was unorthodox, to say the least, as it wasn't an entrenched school or a common destination for upper-echelon basketball talent. It also telegraphed an eventual commitment to BYU. AJ took no shortage of flak throughout this process due to his father running point on everything. College coaches weren't allowed to talk to AJ for most of his recruitment, and those who were boxed out frequently spoke negatively about Ace. One reason for that: coaches have seen bad outcomes many times when a parent tries to dictate every angle of a situation. (Emoni Bates is one recent example.) In reality, the Dybantsas were working the system while trying to plot every move to the best possible outcome for their son. They didn't take a single vacation for six years. AJ would do workouts three times per day on most non-school days throughout his high school career. Most of that was never caught on video. Most of that is why he's probably going No. 1."People think he was born for it. No, no, he worked at it," Ace said. "You have to be in a gym. You have to be in love with the gym."Kevin Young was hired in March of 2024 to be BYU's coach. In a stunning admission that provides insight into just how buried he was in his job as an assistant with the Suns, Young told me he didn't even know who Dybantsa was shortly before getting the job. His initial impressions, from the outside in, were not the reality. At first glance, he saw a top-ranked recruit with USA Basketball obligations, Nike funding, a Red Bull sponsorship, a huge NIL deal with Fanatics and appearances in different countries — and a frisky father at the center of everything."I'm like, I can't deal with this," Young said of his very first impression. "But what I respect about Ace was, the second it was time to go and turn up for the season, it was like, 'Hey, man, we're done with all that.' And I even told him at one point, 'Hey, man, like, I'm totally cool with all this, but we're gonna get to a point where — and he said, I totally understand."And there was never a hiccup the entire way. "No funny business," as Young described it. BYU coach Kevin Young said this photo of Dybantsa and Richie Saunders is one of his favorite shots from last season. Aaron Baker via Getty Images Dunson put it this way: "I've coached seven, eight, nine five-star guys and their families and stuff. They've honestly been the easiest group I've ever dealt with." BYU was the pick because of the isolated location with a strict code of conduct (i.e., minimal distractions), Young's NBA connections (he coached Kevin Durant, who is Dybantsa's basketball idol) and the NBA-ification of the program. Ace and AJ did their diligence and inquired about Young to Durant, Devin Booker and Chris Paul before committing. All enthusiastically vouched for him.Then Young brought in Voigt, who had NBA ties and also coached a variety of African national teams. The team's nutritionist came from the Suns. BYU's strength coach came from the Milwaukee Bucks. Assistant John Linehan worked with Anthony Edwards in college to what end? Being the No. 1 pick. During his time in Provo, coaches and teammates told me Dybantsa was almost exclusively at one of five places at all times: his apartment, the athletic facilities, in class, at his parents' house, at his sister's volleyball games or commuting between one of those locations."Credit to Chelsea and Ace, credit to AJ," Voigt said. "The way he's handled all of it, it's been pretty spectacular."Said Ace: "When I met (Young), before we moved to BYU, I said, 'He's yours. I'm only Daddy. I'm not one of those parents where you gotta play him this much. No. As a matter of fact, let me give you the answer to the test. He doesn't like to be benched. If he does something you don't like, just bench his ass.'"The list of basketball parents who would encourage, if not borderline dare, a college coach to bench their future lottery pick of a son is ... extremely small.Dybantsa's most underrated asset as a pro is his inherent desire to share. He can score 30 with relative ease but hates not getting every one of his teammates involved. His reputation here is exceptional, which is connected to his high basketball intelligence. He's smart, and he will challenge you, but do so in a way to make sure everyone is trying to get the most out of the basketball experience."Toughness, durability, intelligence, work ethic, check, check, check," Voigt said.He's been this way since he started watching film of himself at a young age. Even before that, he played with and against older players — adapting quickly and planting the seed for his NBA dreams."I would have to learn the speed of the game when I was a little kid and learn how to play fast, learn on the fly," Dybantsa said. "The ability to play up and watch a lot of film allowed me to read the game the way I do."That desire to learn is still in its burgeoning stages. We got a fun look at Dybantsa's penchant for trying new things when he opted into being a correspondent in the past couple of weeks, shadowing the Knicks and Spurs in the NBA Finals. He threw himself into the experience. "I wanted to pick a couple of the guys' brains, see what their answers are like," he said, before adding the obvious, "And it was a good way to watch the Finals."With the Finals over and a Knicks title run for the ages now written, a young man's journey 3,000-plus days in the making approaches its zenith. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, almost everything has gone to plan for AJ Dybantsa. Now there's just one more piece, the biggest of them all, that is tantalizingly out of his control in these closing hours. It's 15 words, the final two of which will bridge Dybantsa's first act with a second — and may well swing one of the biggest basketball stories of the next decade.With the first pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, the Washington Wizards select ...

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Cowgirl Jessie and her horse Bullseye face off against Lilypad in Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5. It opens in theaters on Friday, June 19. Disney/Pixar hide caption toggle caption Disney/Pixar The much anticipated summer movie Toy Story 5 features a battle between toys and tech — a plot likely to resonate with parents who see the pull of digital devices in their kids' lives, especially during the summer. And that's not just a parental perception: Research clearly shows that screen time goes up dramatically during the summer. "For kids, 7 to 12, they are using and spending more time on their screens, about 30% more, which is equivalent to about four more hours per week compared to school time," says Lauren Lee, a psychologist at Aura, an online safety company that compiled a very detailed report about kids' online lives based on data from nearly 30,000 devices. For the latest stories on the science of healthy living, subscribe to NPR's Health newsletter. Aura gathered information through its parental control app that accesses children's and parents' devices and through surveys with parents and children around the country. It found that 75% of children ages 7 to 11 years old said that they would rather watch videos than play with toys. It's a statistic at the heart of the Toy Story 5 plot, where 8-year-old Bonnie starts to ignore her beloved toys after her parents give her a "Lilypad" tablet that's the new social capital. Bonnie's favorite toys, Jessie and Bullseye, want her to make friends. Disney/Pixar hide caption toggle caption Disney/Pixar "Summer is a particularly vulnerable period for higher screen use," says pediatrician Dr. Jason Nagata, who was not involved in the Aura study. Nagata, who researches online behaviors of children and teens at the University of California, San Francisco, says the Aura research jibes with what previous studies have shown. In the absence of the structure and routine of school days, it is easy to reach for devices. Higher screen time during summers is the norm now The new study gives a degree of granularity, not just on the time children and teens are spending online, but on what they are doing — scrolling, playing video games and socializing virtually. (A virtual social group is a big part of the Toy Story 5 plot — but no spoilers here!) . For teens, screen time goes up by 15% during the summer compared to the school year, the report finds. While younger kids are spending much of their time on devices watching YouTube videos or playing on the video gaming platform Roblox, teens are spending more time on social media apps, according to the new report. Nearly 70% of children are on their devices by mid-afternoon, and 1 in 10 remain active on their devices at midnight. "We are seeing nighttime messaging rates more than doubling across all age groups compared to the fall," says Lee. The new Toy Story movie also portrays this, with Bonnie, staying up late on her new tablet, and reaching for it first thing in the morning. More screens, worse sleep and mood Studies also illustrate the negative health impacts of such high screen time during summers. The Aura report finds that as the summer wears on, one in three children score low on Aura's Digital Wellbeing Index, which correlates digital behaviors with a range of health parameters, including sleep, mood, isolation and their ability to regulate emotions. The company scores children on this index based on surveys of kids and parents as well as their screen habits. "Time that is generally spent on screens is often displacing sleep, physical activity or outdoor time," says Nagata. And those factors — adequate sleep, time outdoors, physical activity, in-person socializing with friends and family — are really important for the health and wellbeing of children, he says, especially during the summer when they aren't at school being engaged, active and interacting with others. Kids don't want to be stuck to their screens all summer There's some good news, too. The Aura report shows that kids have some self-awareness around tech: More than half of the children and teens surveyed recognize that too much time on screens isn't good for them, and more ranked spending time with friends (36%) and going outside (24%) higher than using a tablet (20%). That's been shown in other studies, too, says Nagata. "Many children and teens themselves report that they actually don't want to be glued to their phones over the summer," he says. "It's just oftentimes, they're a little bit bored." Screens are easy to reach for when bored, and many apps are designed to keep people hooked for extended periods, with constant notifications and alerts. So, as kids around the country start their summer vacations, how can parents ensure that they don't spend their days sucked into their devices? 1. Give them something else to do. Fun and structure are the buzzwords. Parents should try to provide fun alternatives to screens, Nagata suggests. "If you're just saying, 'Oh, you have to limit your screen use to 1 or 2 hours a day without providing fun alternatives, it can be really hard if the kid is still stuck at home and kind of bored," he says.   Nagata suggests activities that offer a "physical barrier" to devices, like swimming. "I try to take my daughter swimming every weekend over the summers, and the pool has become our special father-daughter place," he says. "And it's also screen free. You cannot physically bring phones or devices into the pool." He also recommends summer camps. A 2023 survey by the American Camp Association found that 90% of summer camps banned cell phones and tablets. "Camps that especially provide opportunities for physical activity, outdoor play and opportunities for stronger relationships and social interactions may be especially beneficial for kids," he says. For kids less interested in sports or physical activities, there are art, music and cooking camps, too. Niki Cordell runs a summer camp in Chicago called Junior Chefs Kitchen. Kids get hands-on experience cooking two recipes every day, and go to the park for about an hour. Once a week, they visit various restaurants in the city. "Not all kids are super sporty, so this gives them the ability to build confidence and life skills in a different setting," says Cordell. Kids in her camp often go home wanting to recreate the recipes they learned, she says. Organizing days around trips to the library or park, and taking advantage of community organizations like the Boys & Girls Clubs of America are lower cost ways to give summer days more structure. 2. Let the kids have a say. Try a "family bingo" approach. Engage your kids in planning for days when they don't have camp or other activities, says Merve Lapus, vice president of education, outreach and engagement for Common Sense Media, an advocacy organization. "It's actually really important to just have that discussion with the kids and recognize that it's very easy to get lost in screens, but we want to really be in agreement that this is something we're going to try and do together," says Lapus. He also recommends that parents do activities with their children. "For my own teenager, this is going to be the year that she learns about driving," he says. "So we're going to spend a lot of time on things that are going to be very practical for their next stage (of life)." Cordell, who is also a mother of three, says she and her children create a "family bingo sheet," with various activities. "It could be kayaking or water balloon fight day," she says. "Then we put a bunch of different activities in a jar." When her kids get bored, they pick out an activity from the jar and do it. For this summer, one of her children suggested creating little characters out of shaving cream, says Cordell. "I was like, 'I've never heard of that before, but let's go for it!'" Summer lists are also important to Simmons Hanson, a teacher and mother of three children, ages 8, 11 and 13. "For years and years we have made a summer list," says Hanson, who lives in Washington D.C. "Sometimes it's big things on the list, like camps or vacations, trips to the beach. But it's also little things like a double-ice-cream-day." Then there are activities that Hanson's middle child thinks of when she's bored that aren't already on the family summer list. Instead of writing them down, the 11-year-old Sallie Chappell Hanson says she files away the ideas in her brain for later. "I think that your brain is like a catalog," she says. "Instead of saving files, it can save ideas." Some of her ideas include entrepreneurial endeavors like selling lemonade or handmade bracelets in her neighborhood. Other ideas involve arts and crafts projects, or playing imaginary games with her 8-year-old sister. Bullseye and Jessie with Lilypad in Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5. Disney/Pixar hide caption toggle caption Disney/Pixar 3. Set some rules for the whole family (and follow them!) "The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends implementing a family media plan," says Nagata. That's an "individualized set of guidelines for your household." That media plan should include times — like meal times and bedtimes — and places — like bedrooms — that are free of devices for the whole family. "That means devices don't need to be on the table when we're having a meal together, if that's something that families are able to do," suggests Lapus. "It's really just important to recognize what are your family values and how do you center those?" The familiar characters Woody and Buzz Lightyear square off against Lilypad, too. Disney/Pixar hide caption toggle caption Disney/Pixar "We started to have some rules around limiting screen time because the kids were getting really grumpy after hours and hours of screen time," says Hanson. And they revisit those rules at the beginning of the summer. "Our family is sometimes managed by quirky rules, like you can have screen time when it rains," she says. "And sometimes it's determined by it's a long day after soccer camp and everybody needs to cool off and I need to make dinner. And so then that becomes screen time." Her kids share an iPad and a Chrome Book, and each kid uses the devices for different things based on their stage of development. All her kids love listening to podcasts, she says, but they are often doing other things while listening to them. 4. Check your own screen use — and share your struggles. Nagata also recommends modeling healthy screen use, especially as recent research suggests that children tend to mirror screen use by parents. Hanson agrees. "We as parents, we have always modeled and narrated a lot of things around us," she explains. "Even from when the kids were very young, narrating and modeling things about our choices – about why we choose to go here or there, or why we choose to wear this. Tech choice is no different."  It helps raise awareness in her children about the drawbacks of excessive technology use, and creates an ongoing conversation about it in her family. Hanson used to regularly scroll through Instagram, she says. "And the kids love to look over my shoulder and look at Instagram," she says. "We would get stuck scrolling." But recently, she realized such excessive scrolling through her feed was having a negative impact on her own mood. "I could feel myself getting grumpy and getting short tempered with the kids, when I was trying to look at Instagram and parent at the same time," explains Hanson. "It's not a great combo." So, she took Instagram off of her phone, and explained to her kids why she did that. "Those sorts of choices continue to be necessary to explain as they grow up and are paying attention to everything that we are doing as parents," she says. "It feels really important to guide them in their choices with our own behavior." Not surprisingly, Toy Story 5 also shows adults sometimes hooked to their screens. As Woody astutely observes in the movie, "Tech is for everything." But parents do need to put down their devices sometimes and help their children figure out how to use technology in a healthy way that leaves room for the good old imaginative play and real friendships they need.

Tim-tim yang menduduki puncak klasemen Grup D pada Piala Dunia 2026 bertemu pada hari Jumat saat USMNT dan Australia sama-sama memainkan pertandingan kedua mereka di turnamen tersebut. Tim AS mendominasi Paraguay 4-1 di pertandingan pembuka mereka, dengan selisih tiga gol memberi mereka posisi teratas di grup untuk saat ini. Australia mengalahkan Turkiye 2-0 di pertandingan pembuka mereka untuk mendapatkan tiga poin berharga. Pemenangnya berhak mendapatkan tempat di babak sistem gugur. Status Christian Pulisic untuk Tim AS masih belum pasti setelah ia tersingkir dari pertandingan pembuka karena cedera betis. Kickoff AS vs. Australia dilakukan pada pukul 15.00 ET di Seattle. Peluang USMNT vs. Australia terbaru dari FanDuel Sportsbook mencantumkan AS sebagai favorit -165 (berisiko $165 untuk memenangkan $100) pada money line 90 menit, dengan Australia di +390 dan hasil imbang di +360. Over/under total gol adalah 2,5 (-114/-106). Sebelum mengunci pilihan Australia vs. USMNT, lihat prediksi AS vs. Australia dari Martin Green dari SportsLine. Setelah bekerja di industri taruhan olahraga selama beberapa tahun, Green menjadi penulis dan handicapper olahraga profesional dan telah meliput permainan tersebut di seluruh dunia. Tahun lalu, Green meraih keuntungan di berbagai bidang pada pilihan taruhan sepak bolanya, termasuk Liga Champions (+211,25) dan Bundesliga (+100). Dia juga menjadi sangat populer pada tahun 2026, mencatat rekor 18-8 dalam 26 pilihan UCL terakhirnya, menghasilkan keuntungan hampir $1.000. Siapa pun yang ingin mengikuti saran taruhan Piala Dunia di sportsbook dan aplikasi taruhan dapat memperoleh keuntungan besar. Sekarang, Green telah mempelajari AS vs. Australia dan baru saja mengungkapkan pilihan dan prediksi taruhan Piala Dunia 2026 miliknya. Anda dapat menuju ke SportsLine sekarang untuk melihat pilihannya. Berikut adalah beberapa odds Piala Dunia dan garis taruhan sepak bola untuk USMNT vs. Australia: USA vs. Australia Garis uang 90 menitUSA -165, Australia +390, Seri +360USA vs. Australia over/under: 2,5 gol Spread USA vs. Australia:USA -1,5 (+150)Pilihan USA vs. Australia: Lihat pilihan di SportsLineUSA vs. Streaming Australia:Fubo (Coba gratis) Prediksi Top USA vs. AustraliaSetelah memeriksa Australia vs USMNT dari setiap sudut, Green cenderung di bawah 2,5 total gol (-106). Mungkin tergoda untuk pergi setelah penampilan ofensif Amerika yang luar biasa melawan Paraguay. Namun, Amerika juga terlihat kuat dalam pertahanan, hanya kebobolan satu gol di babak kedua dari Paraguay setelah unggul 3-0. Status cedera Pulisic juga menambah beberapa pertanyaan tentang kemampuan AS untuk menyamai hasil pertandingan pembuka mereka. Australia, sementara itu, mencatatkan clean sheet melawan serangan Turki yang kuat. Penjaga Patrick Beach bermain sangat baik, dan kehadirannya dapat membantu menjaga skor permainan ini tetap rendah karena tiga pertandingan terakhir Australia memiliki total gol di bawah 2,5. Lihat taruhan terbaik Green untuk AS vs. Australia di SportsLine, dan Anda dapat mempertaruhkan gol Under 2.5 di FanDuel di sini: Cara membuat pilihan AS vs. AustraliaSetelah mempelajari Australia vs. AS dari setiap sudut, Green telah menemukan faktor x yang penting dan terkunci dalam dua taruhan terbaik, termasuk pencetak gol plus uang. Anda dapat mengunjungi SportsLine untuk melihat apa itu. Jadi apa taruhan terbaik untuk AS vs Australia? Kunjungi SportsLine sekarang untuk melihat taruhan terbaik AS vs. Australia, semuanya dari pakar pilihan UCL 18-8, dan cari tahu.