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All-Star Break Checkup: Where’s the Signal?

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The Wizards lost by 25 to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a game that I just don’t want to think or write about. Except for this: the person watching last night’s game with me thought it was nice James Harden was introduced as part of a ceremony to honor old-time players. They were shocked to learn […]

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Reactions to the banning of Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Olympics

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Notable reactions to Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych being banned from the Milan Cortina Games because of his insistence on wearing a helmet that pays tribute to athletes and coaches killed in the war with Russia: ___ “No one, no one — especially me — is disagreeing with the messaging. The messaging is a powerful message. It’s a message of remembrance. It’s a message of memory and no one is disagreeing with that. The challenge that we are facing is that we wanted to ask or co...

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Winter Olympics recap: Brignone completes dramatic comeback and Ukrainian athlete excluded

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An all-time great comeback and a controversial exclusion are dominating the Milan Cortina Olympics on Day 6. Later Thursday, Chloe Kim of the United States seeks to become the first snowboarder to win three straight Olympic gold medals in women's halfpipe. For much of last year, it wasn't clear if Italian skier Federica Brignone could compete at her home Olympics at all, let alone contend for a medal.

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