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Don't tune into the Super Bowl hoping for a break from politics

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The NFL is facing pressure ahead of Sunday's game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots to take a more explicit stance against the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement. More than 184,000 people have signed a petition calling on the league to denounce the potential presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Super Bowl, which is being held at Levi's Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area. The liberal group MoveOn plans to deliver the petition ...

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Australian freestyle skier Laura Peel hurts knee in Winter Olympics training camp

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Australian freestyle skier Laura Peel hurt her knee in a training camp ahead of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, raising doubts about her participation in a fourth Games. The 36-year-old Peel is a two-time world champion and one of the favorites to win the women's aerials. “She has returned to the training camp in Airolo, Switzerland where she’ll be treated by the team physio to determine next steps,” the team said Tuesday.

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Alperen Sengun’s NBA All-Star snub can be a good thing for Rockets

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Heading into the 2025-26 NBA season, there was chatter that the Houston Rockets could have a trio of All-Stars, comprised of Amen Thompson, the newly-acquired Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun. The first half of the season is over and the All-Star rosters are set. It’s official. Unless a player declines, due to injury, which we […]

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Speedskater Erin Jackson, bobsledder Frank Del Duca picked as US flagbearers for Winter Olympics

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Speedskater Erin Jackson already has made history, as the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics. Bobsledder Frank Del Duca is a sergeant in the Army, hailing from a family with deep Italian roots. Jackson, 33, and Del Duca, 34, were selected by a group of their fellow Olympians as the U.S. flagbearers for Friday night’s opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Games.

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