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Los Angeles, land of the misnamed sports teams
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThese Lakers' home court was in Minneapolis, near a number of actual lakes. Their star, George Mikan, No. 99 in the middle, has his hair mussed by...
How family and determination forged teenager Alyssa Thompson's World Cup talent
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoOnly 18, Angel City forward Alyssa Thompson is part of a new wave of soccer players looking to carry...
New Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti's mission: Collaborate, innovate in time of change
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoROSEMONT, Ill. — When Tony Petitti took the podium to be introduced as the Big Ten’s new...
100-plus deaths later, why can’t we finally end bizarre culture of college & sports hazing? |...
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAsinine. Juvenile. Unnecessary. Archaic. Embarrassing. Dumb. Humiliating. Dangerous. There are not...
My cousin was killed by a car bomb in 1978. A mob boss was the top suspect. Now, I’m looking for...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFlorence Grady and Augie Palmisano reached the elevator doors at the same time. Both were tenants at...
The remarkable Pollards, the first Black family to settle in Rogers Park
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAs his son saw it, the challenges Fritz Pollard and his siblings faced as the first Black family in West Rogers Park were a major reason for their success in life. “Growing up in an all-white ...
NCAA's new president Charlie Baker talks student athletes becoming employees, NIL laws
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoFormer Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker formally replaces Mark Emmert as the NCAA’s president...
Personal text messages in Mel Tucker harassment case called largely irrelevant by experts
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhile text messages may have damaged Brenda Tracy’s reputation, three legal experts said they lack...
EDITORIAL: Title IX is the maker of dreams
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 10—Even after passage of Title IX in 1972, it wasn't easy. There were gross inequities in everything from uniforms and sneakers to locker rooms and playing fields. And, as legendary New ...
Opinion: Super Bowl isn’t the only big game
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Super Bowl’s on-field matchup and the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce narrative are the least of it. America’s presidential campaign, the Supreme Court’s...
