Global Entry is a Trusted Traveler program offered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. As a full-time digital nomad, I can’t recommend anything more than Global Entry. I’ve been traveling internationally for years and have been saved by Global Entry on more than one occasion, especially when it came to making a good connection. Here you can find out whether Global Entry is worth it for you.

Benefits of Global Entry

The main benefit of Global Entry is expedited entry into the United States from abroad. If you are landing in the US after an international flight, you can use a dedicated Global Entry lane to get to a Global Entry kiosk. Most of the time, you don’t need to scan your passport – biometric information is used to clear you at immigration. Once the kiosk tells you you can proceed, you will go to an immigration officer who will welcome you back into the country.

In theory, that sounds a bit unnecessary. In practice, it’s one of my favorite and most valuable travel benefits. Queues at entry can be long. Therefore, avoiding this queue can be the difference between connecting or missing your flight. You don’t have to deal with any processing lines or paperwork.

Global Entry also includes TSA PreCheck benefits, so you don’t need to apply for these programs separately. With TSA PreCheck, you can pass through a special security checkpoint without having to remove your shoes or belt or take liquids and large electronic devices from your luggage. With TSA PreCheck, you can get through security significantly faster, so you can arrive at the airport later than usual and easily pass through security before boarding your flight.

Details about costs and application process

The only downside to Global Entry is the lengthy registration process, but it is still quite straightforward. You can create a Trusted Traveler Programs account, complete the application, and pay the $100 non-refundable fee. Customs and Border Protection will then review your application and notify you whether your application has been conditionally approved or denied. About 80 percent of applications receive notification within two weeks, but the other 20 percent can take a year or longer.

After you receive conditional approval, you can schedule an interview at a Global Entry Enrollment Center. This is the most difficult part of the registration process. As the program becomes increasingly popular, available appointments fill up very quickly. So keep an eye out for vacancies. There are fewer Global Entry Enrollment Centers than TSA PreCheck locations, so you may have to travel to your appointment.

When I enrolled in 2019, I scheduled my appointment while traveling to Miami because my home airport was not an enrollment center. Bring your passport and another form of identification, such as a driver’s license or ID card, to your appointment.

After the interview, you will receive your card in the mail and can use the benefits immediately. You don’t have to bring your Global Entry card to the airport to use the program, but it can’t hurt.

Why global market entry is worthwhile

Global Entry is worthwhile for anyone who travels internationally at least somewhat regularly. The cost of re-enrolling is only slightly higher than re-enrolling in TSA PreCheck and the validity period is the same. You can spend a little more on your application and get all the great TSA PreCheck benefits and expedited entry into the US

If you plan to travel abroad even once a year, Global Entry is worth it. If not, it may be easier to apply for TSA PreCheck, but it just can’t hurt to sign up for Global Entry even if you don’t have any international travel planned. Make sure you already have a valid passport before submitting the application.

Tips for free worldwide entry

The best way to get Global Entry for free is to take advantage of credit card statement credits. Several credit cards offer this benefit, from Capital One’s Venture Rewards Card with a $95 annual fee to the AmEx Platinum Card with a $695 annual fee. Unfortunately, there are no other ways to get Global Entry for free other than credit cards.

Credit cards with an annual fee under $100:

These cards include:

• Aeroplan® Credit Card: $95
• Arvest Visa Signature® Credit Card: $0
• Bank of America Premium Rewards Credit Card: $95
• Capital One Venture Card: $95
• Choice Privileges Select Mastercard®: $95
• IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card: $99
• Navy Federal Credit Union Visa Signature® Flagship Rewards Card: $49
• PenFed Pathfinder Rewards Visa Signature Card: $95, discounted for existing PenFed Honors Advantage members
• Provident World+ Travel Visa Signature Card: $0 annual introductory fee for the first year, then $45
• United Explorer Card: $0 introductory fee for the first year, $95 thereafter
• USAA Eagle Navigator Visa Signature Credit Card: $95
• US Bank Altitude Connect Visa Signature Card: $0
• US Bank FlexPerks Gold American Express Card: $85

Premium credit cards:

• Capital One Venture X Card: $395
• Chase Sapphire Reserve® Credit Card: $550
• Citi/AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard: $595
• Delta SkyMiles Platinum American Express Card: $350
• Delta SkyMiles Reserve American Express Card: $650
• HSBC Elite World Elite Mastercard: $395 for qualified HSBC Bank customers
• Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card: $650
• MasterCard Black Card: $495
• MasterCard Gold card: $995
• The Platinum Card® from American Express: $695
• SKYPASS Select Visa Signature Card: $450
• Truist Enjoy Beyond Credit Card: $195
• UBS Visa Infinite Credit Card: $495
• United Club Infinite card: $525
• United Quest Card: $250
• US Bank Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite Card: $400

Business credit cards:

• Capital One® Venture X® Business Card: $395
• IHG One Rewards Premier Business Credit Card: $99
• Southwest Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card: $199
• The Business Platinum Card® from American Express: $695
• Capital One Spark Miles for Business: $0 annual introductory fee for the first year, then $95

For most travelers, having a credit card that allows them to earn valuable points on travel purchases and reimburse the Global Entry registration fee is more than worthwhile. However, if you don’t want to apply for a new credit card, paying just $100 for five years of Global Entry and TSA PreCheck benefits is perfectly reasonable.

The Kansas Jayhawks welcome the TCU Horned Frogs to Kansas City – their temporary home while the school’s stadium is renovated – for a matchup between two Big 12 teams, and if you want to watch the game on TV or via live stream, we have what you are looking for.

The Jayhawks lost their conference opener to the West Virginia Mountaineers last weekend and have otherwise struggled to a 1-3 start. The only win came in the season opener against the Lindenwood Lions.

The Horned Frogs didn’t fare much better, entering the weekend with a 2-2 mark after losing their last two – including their Big 12 opener against the UCF Knights at home in Week 3.

Watch Jayhawks vs. Horned Frogs on ESPN+

Information about the Kansas vs. TCU Week 5 college football game

Here’s everything you need to watch the Jayhawks vs. the Horned Frogs.

• When: Saturday September 28th
• Where: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
• TV channels: ESPN+
• Live stream: ESPN+

Even though these two teams are off to a slow start, there’s nothing better than a good conference rivalry game on a Saturday afternoon. This could easily become a fun matchup, so be sure to tune in!

When is Kansas vs. TCU?

The Jayhawks take on the Horned Frogs at 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday September 28th.

Watch Kansas vs. TCU with ESPN+

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The UFC is back in Paris, France this weekend for a huge Fight Night 243 event. Lightweight stars Renato Moicano and Benoit Saint Denis are at the top of the list, and the winner could have a shot at his first title fight.

At a glance: How to watch UFC Fight Night Paris online

At the time of writing, Saint Denis is the favorite to win at the Accor Arena, with just two defeats on his 16-fight record. Moicano is seven years older (35 compared to Saint Denis’ 28) but more experienced with 25 fights and 19 wins.

Want to watch UFC Fight Night Paris this Saturday? Read on. Below is a quick guide to live streaming UFC Fight Night Paris online, including a way to stream UFC Fight Night for free.

How to watch UFC Fight Night Paris online

Like all UFC Fight Night events, Fight Night 243 will stream exclusively on ESPN+. Unlike numbered events, there is no PPV fee, but you will need an ESPN+ subscription to watch UFC Fight Night Paris live.

Don’t have ESPN+? There are several ways to use the streaming service, described here:

Stream UFC Fight Night Paris for free

Want to watch UFC Fight Night Paris for free? Be sure to take advantage of the Hulu + Live TV free trial. ESPN+ doesn’t offer a free trial per se, but you can get free ESPN+ live streams of UFC Fight Night with the three-day trial of Hulu + Live TV. Remember to cancel before it expires to avoid fees.

UFC Fight Night Paris date, start time, location

UFC Fight Night 243 takes place today, Saturday, September 28th at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. Main card action begins at 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT and prelims begin at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT.

UFC Fight Night Paris odds, fight card

Vegas has Benoit Saint Denis as the favorite to win tonight, giving the Frenchman a moneyline of -290 to Renato Moicano’s +215. Saint Denis is coming off a knockout loss to Dustin Poirier in the co-main event of UFC 299 in March. Moicano, on the other hand, has won his last three fights – most recently against Jalin Turner at UFC 300.

Here’s the full main card for tonight:

Renato Moicano vs. Benoit Saint Denis – Lightweight
Nassourdine Imavov vs. Brendan Allen – Middleweight
William Gomis vs. Joanderson Brito – Featherweight
Kevin Jousset vs. Bryan Battle – Welterweight
Morgan Charriere vs. Gabriel Miranda – Featherweight
Farès Ziam vs. Matt Frevola – Lightweight

The Detroit Tigers were sellers at the trade deadline, parting ways with veterans Jack Flaherty, Andrew Chafin and Mark Canha. After August 10, the Tigers were eight games under .500 and ten games back in the wild card race, with a 0.2% chance of making the playoffs.

Less than 50 days later, the Tigers punched their ticket to the postseason for the first time since 2014.

“We never stopped believing,” Riley Greene said.

The Tigers needed a three-game win against the Chicago White Sox to clinch a wild-card spot in the American League. They wasted no time winning the series opener 4-1 on Friday to advance through the regular season, which ends Sunday.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Chinatown businesses are banding together to increase security for customers and the tourism corridor, all amid a spring crime spike and recent serial burglars targeting local businesses.

Fukuburger’s Colin Fukunaga has helped promote collaboration between local Chinatown businesses and Asian businesses by sharing deterrence tips, monitoring and crime incident information to keep other business owners informed.

“There is no other choice, we have to do this,” Fukunaga said.

“Chinatown is currently the third most visited part of Las Vegas. You are an entrepreneur. It is your duty to your customers that you are also here to protect them,” he said.

Dozens of business owners joined Las Vegas Metropolitan Police on Thursday in a meeting with leaders of the Spring Valley Area Command to discuss measures taken to catch the burglar responsible for 29 break-ins.

Fukunaga has helped numerous Asian business owners report crimes and helped break down cultural barriers when communicating with local law enforcement.

“It’s really important to change that paradigm and make sure we all come together and share the information with each other so we can stop what’s happening,” he said.

Business owners are connected in a “text thread” to share real-time information across Chinatown. When there is a problem or incident, companies directly call SMART Team “Mike and Ike,” two officers responsible for door-to-door patrols. Earlier this year, LVMPD increased patrols and visibility in the Spring Mountain corridor to crack down on criminals and car break-ins targeting customers.

Companies also implement deterrence measures: they leave cash registers open and empty (visible through the windows), lock safes, hang fliers and posters of suspects on windows, post signs to clear your vehicle of valuables, and install numerous surveillance cameras.

“I have high definition cameras, about ten of them in every nook and cranny and one of them on the door just in case. They all have motion sensors,” said Rarann ​​Mojica of FoneStar Repair, which repairs cell phones, tablets and laptops.

As customers enter the door, Mojica asks them to return to their cars and clear out any visible valuables.

“So that they can come back at any time and feel safe,” Mojica said.

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Seventeen restaurants, hotels and other businesses in and around Wichita were out of compliance during food safety and lodging inspections conducted by the Kansas Department of Agriculture from Sept. 15-21.

They were cited for a number of violations, including ongoing cockroach infestations, flies landing on food and surfaces that touch food, moldy bathtub caulking, water leaks, missing information and equipment, dirty equipment, missing smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, foods that weren’t stored at safe temperatures, an employee who didn’t wash their hands and more, according to inspection reports.

Information about the food establishments and hotels and motels, as well as a summary of their violations, appears below. All of the businesses listed are located in Sedgwick County. The list was compiled Sept. 25.

More than 40 establishments passed their inspections Sept. 15-21. A list of those also appears below. Some may have been non-compliant in previous weeks.

Business owners and managers can contact Eagle reporter Amy Renee Leiker at 316-268-6644 or [email protected] to comment on inspection results that appear in this story. Comments will be added to the online version of this article.

More details about inspections are in The Eagle’s searchable database of non-compliant restaurant and hotel inspections at www.kansas.com/databases.

Out-of-compliance inspections

54 Craft & Co., 549 S. Rock Road in Wichita — One violation on Sept. 16 during a follow-up inspection. Water wasn’t hot enough at a three-compartment sink. Next inspection: Nov. 16.

Andy’s Frozen Custard, 10788 W. 21st St. in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 17 during a routine inspection. Water wasn’t hot at a bathroom sink, containers of brownies and candies didn’t have lids on them to protect them from contamination including from flies, flies in restaurant were landing on food and surfaces that touch food. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Andy’s Frozen Custard, 3425 E. Douglas in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 18 during a routine inspection. Water wasn’t hot at a bathroom sink, flies in the restaurant were landing on food and surfaces that touch food, a fly landed on brownies that weren’t covered. The next inspection date wasn’t provided.

Baymont Inn & Suites by Wyndham Wichita East, 12111 E. Central in Wichita — Sixteen violations on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. There was no cleaning or sanitizing solution in the fitness rooms for guests to use, no towels in the fitness room, no ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) outlets by sinks in some rooms, emergency lights didn’t work, carbon monoxide detectors weren’t checked every six months, smoke alarms didn’t work in two rooms, issue with smoke alarm testing logs, broken microwave, freezers in rooms had individual ice trays in them which isn’t allowed, moldy bathtub caulking, bottles of floor and surface cleaners weren’t labeled, the carbon monoxide detectors in the boiler room and the laundry room weren’t working, no carbon monoxide detector testing logs on site, smoke alarms aren’t checked every six months, no single-use gloves in laundry room. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Chick N Max, 3520 N. Maize Road, Suite 200 in Wichita — Four violations on Sept. 18 during a routine inspection. Several foods including cheeses and chicken weren’t cold enough in a refrigerated preparation table, leaky carbonator below soda dispenser, hand-washing sink was blocked by a drink cooler and a bucket, equipment including lids and spatulas were still dirty even though they were in clean storage. Next inspection: Sept. 28.

Delux Inn, 8401 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita — Nine violations on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. No records showing carbon monoxide detectors are checked every six months, bottle of air freshener wasn’t labeled, no single-use gloves in laundry room, leaky sink in laundry room, no fire extinguishers on the outside of the motel, no records showing smoke detectors are checked every six months, no emergency management plan available to employees, no smoke detectors in some rooms, battery is missing in a smoke detector. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Economy Hotel Plus Wichita, 5805 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 17 during a follow-up inspection. Leaky pipe in laundry room ceiling and standing water in the basement, water was coming from under the door for the electrical and sprinkler room, standing water in the hallway, trash and dirt on carpets throughout the building. Next inspection: Nov. 17.

Fat Ernie’s Family Dining, 2806 S. Hydraulic in Wichita — Five violations on Sept. 18 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. A pitcher was blocking hand-washing sink, cockroaches in cabinets and in dining room, cockroaches in kitchen, flies, large gap above screen door in kitchen, several dead insects in building including bugs next to bakery supplies and in clean containers, dead cockroaches, containers and pans soiled with sticker residue were in clean storage. Next inspection: Nov. 18.

Fish and More, 2021 S. Oliver in Wichita — Four violations on Sept. 17 during a routine inspection. Cooked food wasn’t held at a safe temperature, no probe food thermometer, catfish nuggets and catfish steaks weren’t kept hot enough, there isn’t a hand-washing sink in a shed where the restaurant prepares yams and cornbread. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Jacky Chan Sushi, 7820 E. Harry in Wichita — Six violations on Sept. 19 during a routine inspection. Cooked rice left at room temperature, cabbage and cooked pork weren’t held at safe temperatures, no paper towels at bathroom sink, tuna was thawing in intact vacuum packaging, missing information related to cooking and storage procedures for cooked sushi rice, no soap at sink, sushi rice wasn’t labeled with the time it was made. Next inspection: Sept. 29.

Magnolia Cafe, 2424 N. Woodlawn, Suite 111 in Wichita — Nine violations on Sept. 19 during a routine inspection. Several containers of food including chicken salad and sausage gravy weren’t labeled with the correct preparation dates, sticker residue on pans in clean storage, sanitizer stored above uncovered containers of sugar and flour, pan of raw salmon was stored above pan of cooked sausages, bottle of degreaser wasn’t labeled, restaurant doesn’t have a disclosure on menu warning customers of the risks of eating undercooked or raw meats and seafood, cooked sausage wasn’t kept hot enough, the date wasn’t recorded on seafood shell stock tags, shell stock tags weren’t kept in chronological order. Next inspection: Oct. 19.

McDonald’s, 3430 S. Hydraulic in Wichita — One violation on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. Flies throughout restaurant. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

O.J. Watson Park Concession Stand, 2901 S. Old Lawrence in Wichita — One violation on Sept. 15 during a routine inspection. No test strips to measure the strength of chlorine sanitizer. Next inspection: Sept. 25.

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, 7626 E. Kellogg Drive in Wichita — Five violations on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. Gap in back door, flies throughout restaurant, restaurant had cans of insecticide that are rated for use in homes only, several foods including yogurt and meatballs weren’t kept cold enough in refrigeration, sticker residue on plastic containers in clean storage. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Tom’s Lotus Garden, 822 S. Broadway in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 19 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. A gap around a screen door could let pests in the building, cockroaches in cooler and other areas including in kitchen and by ice machine, dead bugs and grease throughout the kitchen. The next inspection date wasn’t provided on the inspection report.

U Hungry Truck (mobile vendor/food truck), 4701 N. Glendale in Bel Aire — Four violations on Sept. 20 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. Flies, lettuce and cheese weren’t cold enough in refrigeration, fly landed on serving spoon, employee didn’t sanitize spoon after washing it. Next inspection: Nov. 20.

Ziggy’s Pizza, 13605 W. Maple, Suite 111 in Wichita — Six violations on Sept. 16 during a routine inspection. No test strips to measure concentration of sanitizer, dirty can opener, no probe food thermometer, hard-boiled eggs weren’t labeled with their preparation dates, employee didn’t wash hands between handling dirty and clean dishes, pans of cooked chicken wings weren’t covered in the walk-in cooler. The business was in compliance during a follow-up inspection conducted the same day.

Bed bugs. Dead cockroaches. Flies. Grease. Wichita KS restaurant, hotel inspections

Cook didn’t wash after nose wipe. Feces. Bugs. Wichita KS restaurant, hotel checks

How do businesses fail inspections?

Businesses fall out of compliance when they have too many violations, issues that can cause a foodborne illness, when a problem can’t be fixed right away, such as bug and rodent infestations, and more. But most violations are minor and are corrected while an inspection is taking place.

Typically, establishments are reinspected within 10 days to ensure they are following the rules.

It’s rare for a business to shut down over a failed inspection. But it can happen. Usually, closures are temporary, voluntary and due to major problems, such as sewage backups, pest infestations, and water or power outages.

The lists in this story include only businesses from Sedgwick County. But you can search food and lodging inspection results anywhere in Kansas at https://foodsafety.kda.ks.gov/FoodSafety/Web/Inspection/PublicInspectionSearch.aspx.

Complaint? Here’s how to submit it

If you see problems at a food or lodging establishment, you can file a complaint.

To notify the state about unsavory or questionable conditions anywhere that serves or sells food to the public, email [email protected] or call 785-564-6767. You can also file a complaint at www.foodsafetykansas.org.

To report an illness you think was caused by a restaurant, food or event where food is served, contact the Kansas Department of Health and Environment at 877-427-7317 or www.foodsafetykansas.org.

Complaints about conditions at hotels and motels can be submitted at www.agriculture.ks.gov/public-resources/comments-complaints/lodging-complaint.

For more information about foodborne illnesses, visit www.foodsafety.gov.

These businesses passed inspections

• Allen Elementary School, 1881 S. Elpyco in Wichita

• Artichoke Sandwichbar (mobile vendor/food truck), 811 N. Broadway in Wichita

• Breezy’s Snow Shack, 716 E. Dover Drive in Valley Center

• Calvin’s Hamburger Haven, 2417 S. Seneca, Suite 100 in Wichita

• Chisholm Trail Elementary School, 6015 Independence in Park City

• Clearwater Elementary School West, 100 S. Prospect in Clearwater

• Clearwater High School, 1201 E. Ross in Clearwater

• Culver’s, 3220 N. Maize Road in Wichita

• Dollar General, 3445 N. Womer in Wichita

• DZ Ice Cream & Frozen Treats (mobile vendor/food truck), 142 S. Meridian in Valley Center

• Friends University – Retail, 2100 W. University in Wichita

• Grace Market, 1030 S. Oliver in Wichita

• Haysville Middle School, 900 W. Grand in Haysville

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Wichita Northeast, 2340 N. Greenwich in Wichita

• Hong Kong Express, 7900 E. Harry in Wichita

• Lady Burritos, 204 W. Greenway in Derby

• Leeker’s Deli on the Go (mobile vendor/food truck), 6223 N. Broadway in Park City

• Lee’s Chinese Restaurant, 6215 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita

• Maize Middle School, 4600 N. Maize Road in Maize

• Natural of Course, 8000 W. Central, Suite 100 in Wichita

• Ossman Concessions (mobile vendor/food truck), 1221 N. Curtis in Wichita

• Panda Express, 2760 N. Maize Road in Wichita

• Paradise Donuts, 612 E. Douglas in Wichita

• Pink Elephant Games and Cafe, 2431 W. Pawnee in Wichita

• Rex Elementary School, 1100 W. Grand in Haysville

• Riverside Cafe, 9125 W. Central in Wichita

• Round1 Bowling & Arcade inside Towne East Square, 7700 E. Kellogg Drive, Suite G03J in Wichita

• Scooter’s Coffee, 3123 N. Rock Road in Wichita

• Scooter’s Coffee, 13335 W. Maple in Wichita

• SnackShack and Us (mobile vendor/food truck), 9923 W. Binter Lane in Wichita

• Sonic Drive-In, 1024 E. Louis Blvd. in Mulvane

• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School, 645 N. 119th St. West in Wichita

• Super 8 by Wyndham Wichita North, 3741 N. Rock Road in Wichita

• Supermercado Del Pueblo, 2128 N. Broadway in Wichita

• Taco Bell, 6515 E. 37th St. North in Wichita

• Taco Shop, 1652 S. Webb in Wichita

• Tacos Uruapan (mobile vendor/food truck), 1021 S. Topeka in Wichita

• Tanganyika Wildlife Park, 1037 S. 183rd St. West in Goddard

• Tiendita La Pelota, 2819 S. Fees in Wichita

• Viola Groceries, 26320 W. K-42 Highway in Viola

• Wadadli Island Cuisine (mobile vendor/food truck), 228 S. Ceymarie Circle in Wichita

• Walmart Supercenter, 501 E. Pawnee in Wichita

• Whiskey Dicks, 801 S. Seneca in Wichita

• Wichita Heights High School, 5301 N. Hillside in Wichita

• Ziggy’s Pizza, 13605 W. Maple, Suite 111 in Wichita

Note: Sometimes addresses listed — especially for mobile vendors and food trucks — are not where food is actually served to the public. Contact those establishments directly for specific service locations.

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Under legendary head coach Nick Saban, the Alabama Crimson Tide posted an 8-2 record against the Georgia Bulldogs. On Saturday, the fourth-ranked Tide host the second-ranked Bulldogs at Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa for the SEC powerhouses’ first meeting since Saban’s retirement. Both programs had bye weeks before the main college football game of Week 5. Alabama dominated Wisconsin, defeating the Badgers 42-10 in their last game behind five total touchdowns from quarterback Jalen Milroe. Georgia survived a major scare from Kentucky in its last game and used a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Wildcats 13-12.

Kickoff at Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET. The Bulldogs have a 1-point advantage in the latest Georgia-Alabama odds, according to the SportsLine consensus, while the over/under is at 49.5 points. Before making your Georgia vs. Alabama picks, check out the Week 5 college football predictions and betting tips from SportsLine’s Jimmie Kaylor.

Kaylor is an NFL, college football and DFS expert for SportsLine and has been covering the NFL and college football for nearly a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and determining his betting tips. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has made a lot of money over the last two years.

Kaylor destroyed the books in college football in 2023, scoring a whopping 57.9 units and compiling a record of 107-45-2. Everyone who followed his tips finished the season well.

Now Kaylor tuned in to the Alabama vs. Georgia game on Saturday and just announced his tips and predictions. You can head over to SportsLine now to see his picks. Here are the college football odds and betting lines for spread, money line and over/under for Georgia vs. Alabama:

• Spread between Georgia and Alabama: Georgia -1
• Georgia vs. Alabama over/under: 49.5 points
• Georgia vs. Alabama money line: Georgia -118, Alabama -104
• Georgia vs. Alabama picks: See picks at SportsLine

Why Georgia can cover

The Bulldogs entered the season as the No. 1 team in the country with a roster full of future NFL players. Georgia returned 16 starters from last year’s team, which went 12-0 in the regular season but missed the College Football Playoff after losing to Alabama in the SEC championship game. Kirby Smart has largely found himself on the wrong end of this rivalry since taking over in Athens, and his team is committed to reversing that trend.

Georgia likely presents the toughest challenge Alabama will face this season on the defensive side of the ball. Safety Malaki Starks and edge rusher Mykel Williams (doubtful, ankle) are both likely to be among the first picks in the 2025 NFL Draft and they are the spearhead of a defense that is allowing just 6.0 points per game this season. See which team you should choose here.

Why Alabama can cover

Alabama has dominated this rivalry in recent years, winning eight of the last nine meetings with Georgia. In 2023, the Tide defeated the Bulldogs 27-24 in the SEC Championship Game and a spot in the College Football Playoff was on the line. This game will be played in Tuscaloosa, where Georgia has not won since 2007.

Alabama also has an X-factor in quarterback Jalen Milroe. The junior signal-caller was a standout in 2024 and his dual-threat ability poses a major problem for Georgia’s defense. Milroe has completed 67.3% of his passes for 590 yards and eight touchdowns, and he has passed for 156 yards and six touchdowns . He has yet to give up the ball in 2024. See which team you should choose here.

How to Pick Alabama vs. Georgia

Kaylor analyzed the Georgia-Alabama game from all angles and is going by the total score. He has also discovered a critical X-factor that causes him to jump over one side of the range. At SportsLine, he just shares what it is and which side he supports.

So who will beat Alabama against Georgia in Tuscaloosa on Saturday and what crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-win? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the range you should jump on, all from the expert who won $5,790 for $100 college football bettors in 2023, and find out.

While he was working on his latest film, MegalopolisFrancis Ford Coppola had an idea: What if viewers interacted with the film itself? At each screening, he had microphones set up throughout the audience so that at a predetermined time, anyone who wanted could ask the characters a question – and someone on the screen would answer. It would bridge the gap between fact and fiction. It would prove that going to the cinema can truly be a unique experience.

And it would have worked, the director told me at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, if he had found someone to help make the technology work. Coppola had done everything else to create the experience: He had thought up questions he assumed people would ask – like how the characters were feeling or what they wanted to do next – and he had questions for every one wrote different answers. He then filmed his cast reciting the answers he had written. He even began working with the programmers behind Alexa, Amazon’s AI assistant, to develop a mechanism that would process viewers’ questions and play a clip with the best-fitting answer. “If you went to the cinema every day for a week and saw it seven times, every time would be different,” he said. “That was the original intention, and we shot it that way.”

But production of the now-infamous scene, as film festival-goers can attest, didn’t go according to plan – and not much else went according to plan MegalopolisRollout. Lionsgate, which signed on to distribute the film weeks after its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, had to make a trailer that used made-up quotes from critics about Coppola’s best-known work, such as: The Godfather And Apocalypse now. In July, diversity reported allegations of his misconduct on set, including attempting to kiss extras. (Coppola denied the allegations and has since filed a defamation lawsuit against them diversity.) Box office analysts have predicted the film to be a flop. And Amazon walked away from the project mid-production, leaving Coppola no choice but to reduce the interactive theater component to a single, scripted exchange.

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When we spoke, Coppola didn’t sound unsettled by how big the gap had become between his ambitions and their realization. Instead, he believed such obstacles were inevitable for an idiosyncratic filmmaker. “Cinema is something that is constantly changing,” he said. “But when you try to change it, everyone says, ‘Well, it can’t be like that.’ That’s why we have to accept a lot more when we see films that are different from the films we are used to.”

Megalopolisalthough, is a much accept. The film, in theaters today, imagines 21st century New York City. He invented a time-changing material called “Megalon.” The town’s mayor, Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), doubts Cesar’s ability to pull this off, but his socialite daughter Julia (Nathalie Emmanuel) sees promise in Cesar’s work. Building on ideas Coppola first had in 1977 and began developing into a film in 1983, Megalopolis aims to show how a decadent civilization on the brink of collapse can be saved through ideals. The result is a maximalist mess that deals with too many different themes – like the dangers of technology, the preponderance of wealth, the amorality of celebrity and the importance of preserving artistic heritage. The characters speak in non sequiturs and platitudes. Storylines are introduced and dropped randomly. By the end of my demonstration, my note pages were filled with question marks.

But despite all its flaws Megalopolis is unabashedly open-hearted and earnestly calls to imagine a better future. Perhaps that sounds as trite as the signed dialogue, but Coppola’s intention, he explained, was to inspire his audience to think like his protagonist – to create, innovate and even break the rules of cinema through Cesar directly asked a question. “Every day in the news you see grief that is unnecessary,” he said. “Nothing bad happens these days must “We are capable of solving any problem we face.” That’s why he covered up Megalopolis with homages to “every film I’ve ever loved” – including works by Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa and Alfred Hitchcock – to highlight the value of art. And after having to shelve the script until 2021, when production actually began, Coppola dealt with his own heartache by self-financing the $120 million passion project.

What he has achieved is too scattered to be considered a masterpiece, but also too sincere to be dismissed as self-indulgence. And when the audience doesn’t quite understand what he wants MegalopolisCoppola admitted that at least he thinks they will be entertained. “The film,” he said with a shrug, “isn’t boring.”

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About in the middle MegalopolisCesar and Julia meet on a tower overlooking the city. They have fallen in love and when they kiss, Cesar stops time. The bouquet of flowers that Julia had dropped freezes in midair. The scaffolding they are standing on stops swinging. They are locked in an embrace, floating above New Rome. It’s a delicate, physics-defying tableau: two bodies on a motionless platform, supported by wires descending from an unseen place. For the viewer there is simply an endless, golden sky.

MegalopolisThe best moments convey Coppola’s preference for cross-border play. What if, the director wondered, an audience member not only had an audience stand up and talk to Cesar, but also recite the entire soliloquy of Hamlet, as Driver did during rehearsal? What if the tug of war between Driver and Emmanuel continued as a take? “I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that films are the children of theater and how they relate to each other,” Coppola told me. “We are at our most creative when we play together.”

The film falters as it tries to reconcile this whimsy with its more serious goal: drawing obvious parallels between its setting, a city crumbling under corrupt leadership, and modern America. In the final act, Cesar gives a speech about how building a perfect society requires debate. But the message seems like an easily digestible slogan at best – and Megalopolis struggles to clarify how Cesar will prevent the end of the New Rome or whether Coppola himself has a guide to saving democracy.

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What the director has are theories about human potential, a topic that Coppola enthusiastically touched on several aspects in our conversation. He asked if I remembered Christopher Nolan’s film Interstellarthen he chuckled as he expressed his belief that love itself is a force made up of particles like photons – like an idea about the transcendent nature of our relationships that the space epic spawns. He assumes that every human being has the ability to “sensibly solve the problems that we have to solve in order to live on this planet.” And he explained to me how to do it MegalopolisHe tried to rewrite the events of the 1936s Future thingsa science fiction film written by HG Wells that he considers formative. It’s the story of a group of people building the city of the future, but their efforts take generations. “I never liked it,” Coppola explained. Instead, he saw room for improvement. “I said, ‘Well, my film, if they’re going to build the future, I want them to build it faster.'” After all, “artists control time,” he told me, repeating a line Megalopolis. “They always have.”

However, such control does not extend beyond the boundaries of an artist’s work. At my screening, shortly after the live question-and-answer session, the film froze on Cicero’s face and the colors merged. I wasn’t sure this was supposed to happen, and apparently neither was anyone else. “This could all be part of this?” someone wondered aloud as theater staff scrambled to restart the projector.

That wasn’t the case, but it felt like it could have been. Megalopolis imagines a universe where a man can hold memories in his hand; the “time, stop” command actually works; and characters can hear their viewers from beyond the fourth wall. But none of these experimental swings actually land, because the thing Megalopolis What Coppola needed most was something he couldn’t imagine: enough years for the technology to be capable – and for popular opinion to shift in its favor – to implement his boldest ideas.

Maybe the key to understanding MegalopolisSo it’s to see it as both unsettling and impressive, as the 85-year-old director’s terrible, epic attempt to manipulate time itself at the expense of narrative logic. Coppola had so much to bring to life his so-called fable about America: an illustrious career that allowed him to hire a top-notch cast and crew; Money from independent sources to finance a significant portion of the costs; and enough experience with other problematic productions to master them confidently. But what he ultimately created is not the realization of his desires; It is an unfinished work waiting for our reality to catch up with its imagination.

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MADISON, Wis. –

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to fire a communications professor who wanted to keep his job after he was fired as chancellor of one of the system’s campuses for producing pornographic films.

Joe Gow, who served as UW-La Crosse’s chancellor for nearly 17 years, argued last week that he should retain a teaching position on campus. But the university’s lawyers argued that he behaved unethically, violated the terms of his employment contract, damaged the university’s reputation and compromised its mission.

The regents met in closed session Friday morning before publicly voting to fire Gow. There was no public discussion before the board vote.

Gow said he is considering filing a lawsuit to keep his teaching job. He did not immediately respond to a message Friday morning.

Gow has been on paid leave from his faculty position since the regents fired him as chancellor in 2023, shortly after university leadership became aware of the videos posted on pornographic websites.

The case has drawn national attention both for the salaciousness of a high-ranking university official making and speaking publicly about pornographic films and for the questions it raises about free speech rights.

Gow argued that his videos and two e-books that he and his wife Carmen published about their experiences in adult films were protected by the First Amendment. The university’s attorney argued that Gow’s videos themselves were legal, but that they were not protected by his employment contract.

Zach Greenberg, an attorney with the free speech advocacy group Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, called the regents’ decision “a major blow to academic freedom and the right to free expression.”

“FIRE has said time and time again: Public universities cannot sacrifice the First Amendment to protect their reputations,” Greenberg said. “We are disappointed that the UW has caved to donors and politicians by alienating a tenured professor.”

Republican lawmakers already view Wisconsin’s university system as a liberal incubator. Last year they forced the company to scale back its diversity initiatives. System President Jay Rothman has tried to avoid further angering conservatives as he seeks approval for an $855 million increase in the next state budget.

Gow’s hope of teaching in the classroom again was rejected by his department head, Linda Dickmeyer. She said that because Gow had not taught in 20 years, he would be assigned general education courses, but she declined to allow him to return to teaching in any capacity.

Gow was criticized in 2018 for inviting porn actress Nina Hartley to speak on campus. She received $5,000 from tuition fees for her performance. The university said he came up with the idea of ​​bringing her to campus after filming a pornographic video with her.

Gow and his wife’s e-books were written under the pseudonyms “Monogamy with Benefits: How Porn Enhances Our Relationships” and “Married with Benefits – Our Real Adventures in the Adult Industry.” But they also star in a YouTube channel called “Sexy Healthy Cooking,” in which the couple cooks meals with porn actors.