This crisis in competence predates the pandemic. So does the very related labor shortage. The percentage of firms reporting shortages of labor more than doubled between 2015 and 2020, to 70 percent. Low birthrates among millennials has created what the forecasting firm EMSI describes as a “demographic drought,” as U.S. population growth between 16 and 64 has dropped from 20 percent in the eighties to less than 5 percent last decade....

The political fallout was huge with the row carrying over to the very top levels of government. But the nixing of the game also meant that Argentina’s only meaningful warm-up game for the tournament would be a ridiculously straightforward hammering of Haiti in Buenos Aires. Jorge Sampaoli is only 11 games into his tenure as national team manager and badly needed another 90 minutes for his players and systems to be tested....

Anthony Grant, who worked alongside Donovan for 12 seasons, is returning to Florida as an assistant coach. He replaces Matt McCall, who was named the coach at Chattanooga. MORE: Leaving so soon, UK stars? | Rutgers pledge dunks over 7-6 recruit It’s fortuitous timing for Grant, who was fired last month by Alabama after six seasons as the Crimson Tide’s head coach. Now, Grant is back in Gainesville, where he helped the Gators win a NCAA championship in 2006 alongside Donovan, his longtime friend....

The role of former Alabama running Tony Nathan in the upcoming film “Woodlawn” — which opens nationally Friday — seemed like a natural fit. Castille worked as the lead action double until three days before production, when he was given a chance to win the lead role. PHOTOS: Athletes who became actors When Castille sat down for a scene with Academy Award winner Jon Voight — who plays the role of legendary Alabama coach Bear Bryant — past, present and future collided....

According to globovision.com, the cause of death was a heart attack. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2016 The Aragua Tigers of the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP) and the Brewers expressed their sympathy on Twitter. Quevedo broke into the majors in 2000 with the Cubs posting a 3-10 record in his lone season in Chicago. He then pitched for the Brewers over the next three seasons before fizzling out of the league....

Following a ruling by the FA Council, a panel of one ex-match official, one former manager and one ex-player will review footage and advise whether an offence has been committed, with a player charged in cases where the trio reach unanimous agreement. Retrospective action can be taken when an alleged offence has been missed by the referee and resulted in a penalty, a red card or a second yellow card, with the punishment a two-match ban....

Until last fall, Zachary Wester, 26, had been employed as a deputy in Jackson County on Florida’s panhandle, about an hour west of Tallahassee. He was apprehended Wednesday in Crawfordville, Florida, on 52 counts of felony charges including racketeering, official misconduct, fabricating evidence, possession of a controlled substance and false imprisonment, according to the state’s Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). He was also charged with misdemeanor perjury, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia....

On Tuesday morning, the former Republican congressman wrote about how he spent Monday, the day Juneteenth was observed this year, and what it caused him to reflect on. “I spent Juneteenth all day in the hot sun hoeing and pulling weeds and thinking about what it would have been like to have been a slave. At the end of the day, I thought about what it would be like to be an aborted baby....

“It sickened me yesterday to see security personnel—including members of the National Guard—forcibly and violently clear a path through Lafayette Square to accommodate the president’s visit outside St. John’s Church,” Mullen wrote in an op-ed published in The Atlantic. Mullen says he has been “reticent” to criticize Trump’s leadership until now, “but we are at an inflection point, and the events of the past few weeks have made it impossible to remain silent,” he wrote....

In a tweet posted by the United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA), it was declared that the Italian would be taking over as head coach. “The Emirati football federation has named the Italian coach Alberto Zaccheroni to lead our national team,” the tweet read. According to reports, Zaccheroni has signed a contract until 2019, when UAE will host the AFC Asian Cup. Zaccheroni previously won the 2011 edition of the tournament as head coach of Japan....

“I’m doing good. I had to get treatment again for the first time in four years. My cancer came out of remission, and so I had treatment last month. I’m doing fine,” Pinkel told KMIZ-TV. “With my type of lymphoma, you’ll never be healed. But that’s kind of why I retired when I did — I just wanted to not go back and regret working 85 hours a week, 35 weeks out of the year when I could be doing other things with my family and my eight grandkids....

Jennifer Fielder, now a member of the Public Service Commission, allegedly identified herself as a state senator on the voicemail to St. Peter’s Health on Oct. 11 and said she didn’t think “senators would be too happy to hear about” how the hospital was treating a specific patient she said was a friend, according to The Associated Press. The alleged mistreatment involved three main points: a delay in paperwork being transferred to the patient including the power for the patient’s daughter to make medical decisions if the patient was incapacitated, family not being allowed to visit the patient, and not allowing the 82-year-old woman to be treated with ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, two medications popular among conservative commentators with no evidence either is an effective COVID treatment....

During Saturday’s game against Mississippi State, Tagovailoa, a potential No. 1 overall draft pick, suffered a dislocated hip that will sideline him for the remainder of the season. Tannenbaum describes Tagovailoa’s injury—and the fact that, as a junior, he could return to Alabama for his senior season—as a very “fascinating” situation. “You could declare for the draft and truly evaluate how that goes,” Tannenbaum said. In a hypothetical draft situation, Tannenbaum also detailed the leverage that Tagovailoa has and how he could use it to end up on a team of his choice....

The cause of death was not immediately known. UPDATE: Adrian Robinson’s death ruled suicide PHOTOS: Notable sports deaths of 2015 Robinson, who played collegiately at Temple, started his NFL career in 2012 when he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Steelers. He played 12 games in his rookie season before he was traded to the Eagles for running back Felix Jones. The Eagles released Robinson a week later....

During his four years at Texas from 1992-96, Holmes did not complete his degree. But he recently went back to school and received a bachelor’s degree in youth and community studies from UT’s College of Education. MORE: Jets’ Richardson defends skipping voluntary workouts | Seahawks depth chart 2015 | Suspensions shorter than Brady’s “Even though playing professionally in the NFL was one of my long-term goals, not completing my degree was still weighing on me,” Holmes told the college....

While the statement acknowledged a continuing legacy of institutionalized racism that denies black U.S. citizens justice in their own country, it also declared, “Looting is not liberation, and destruction is not progress.” Ultimately his statement urged citizens, law enforcement and government officials to work towards “fairness and legitimacy of the legal system… [and] achieving justice for all,” noting, “There is a better way … [and] a peace rooted in justice....

Dent, who represented Pennsylvania’s 15th District from 2005 to 2018, told CNN that the government was “potentially” entering a “new chapter” in terms of the relationship between congressional Republicans and the president. “Between the Ukraine debacle, the Kurdish betrayal [in Syria], Doral, the meltdown meeting [with Democratic leaders] last week, the Mulvaney confession on the quid pro quo, I mean, these members are in a situation where they just can’t defend the indefensible,” the former GOP representative said....

The former Seahawks wide receiver posted a lengthy series of tweets Sunday indicating he’s retiring from the NFL. Baldwin began by tweeting he “always wanted to write a letter to my younger self” and did so throughout the next 19 posts. Baldwin alluded the “incredible memories, terrible mistakes and valuable lessons” as well as the failures we would endure playing football from his youth through high school, up to college and into the pros....

TikToker @notyouraveragesahm posted the video this week and has since been watched over 900,000 times. “When [I] was a server & used to add coupon to my cash tables after they paid so [I] could have bigger tips,” she wrote in text overlaid onto the video. In the video @notyouraveragesahm, whose first name is Ashley, is seen acting out the motions of plugging in a food order. “I was making money one way or another,” she captioned the video....

Former T.C. Williams coach Bill Yoast, who was portrayed in the memorable “Remember the Titans” movie, died Thursday at the age of 94, according to a report from The Washington Post. Yoast’s daughter Dee Dee Fox reportedly informed the newspaper of his passing, but did not provide a cause of death. Yoast was portrayed by Will Patton in the 2000 film and is credited with helping integrate the football program at the high school....