Month: February 2020
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It’s time for our (first) annual NBA Trade Deadline Check-In!
The trade deadline presented some big name trades, here is how these players are adjusting to their new situations.
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Ken Peters, AP sports writer who covered Olympics, dies
Ken Peters, who covered multiple Olympics and other major events during a nearly 35-year career as a sports writer for The Associated Press, has died
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Hockey coach moved from job to job, despite sex allegations
Hockey coach moved from job to job, despite sex allegations
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Cattle futures drop on broader market pressure
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day sharply lower on follow-through selling, and the decline in prices picked up steam after the Dow started to drop, there is ongoing concern about the [Read More…]
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NFU president says public, transparent process needed for any future trade aid
National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson is urging the administration to follow a public and transparent process for the market facilitation program following President Trump’s announcement that farmers could receive more trade aid this year. [Read More…]
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The internet isn’t quite on board with Deontay Wilder’s costume explanation
Deontay Wilder has a legitimate excuse as to why he looked flat on Saturday. But it’s not the explanation that the world wants.
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Kenin loses opening match again; Barty cruises in Doha
Kenin loses opening match again; Barty cruises in Doha
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Pompeo accuses China and Iran of censoring information about coronavirus outbreaks
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused the governments of China and Iran of censoring information about the outbreaks in their [Read More…]
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McBroom blasts two-run shot in Royals’ 5-4 win over Texas
Kansas City Royals 5, Texas Rangers 4 in Cactus League play in Surprise, Arizona.
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In NYC’s Central Park, rangers rush to save rare duck with injured beak
Courtesy of Brad Kane(NEW YORK) — The race is on to find a rare duck who was spotted in Central Park with a piece of plastic stuck between its beak. Veteran bird watcher Brad Kane [Read More…]
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Yanks’ Severino need elbow surgery, will miss season.
New York Yankees pitcher Luis Severino has an elbow injury that requires Tommy John surgery
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Wild’s Zach Parise on almost trade: ‘Games were hard to play’
For the past week, Zach Parise was carrying some extra weight with him around the ice
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US Navy’s 7th Fleet to screen all personnel boarding ships for coronavirus
EMPPhotography/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said Tuesday it will screen all personnel boarding its ships for coronavirus — formally called COVID-19 — as the virus spreads across Asia. “We have developed plans to [Read More…]
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Castonzo tells Colts he wants to keep playing
The Indianapolis Colts say longtime left tackle Anthony Castonzo is expected to return next season after contemplating retirement for more than a month.
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Parise: ‘Games were hard to play’ while Wild talked trade
For the past week, Zach Parise was carrying some extra weight with him around the ice
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Boston lefty Brian Johnson knows about perseverance
Boston lefty Brian Johnson knows about perseverance
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Singer Duffy says she was ‘raped and drugged and held captive’
Danny Martindale/WireImage/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Welsh singer/songwriter Duffy, best known her 2008 hit, “Mercy,” largely disappeared from the spotlight for the past decade, and in a candid Instagram post Tuesday she explained why. Duffy, whose [Read More…]
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Pompeo: US, Taliban deal ‘historic opportunity for peace,’ but women’s rights up to Afghans
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — “So far,” a deal among the U.S., the Taliban and the Afghan government to reduce violence “is working,” according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. But, Pompeo said, the U.S. will [Read More…]
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Castonzo informs Colts he wants to continue playing
The Indianapolis Colts say left tackle Anthony Castonzo is expected to return next season
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Petition for airlines to seat families together for free takes off
tonefotografia/iStock(NEW YORK) — It’s an all-too-common complaint among families who fly: pay an additional charge to make sure you children are seated with you or run the risk of having even babies and toddlers seated [Read More…]