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New York Mets to play Philadelphia Phillies in London in 2024
The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies will play a two-game series in London next season as MLB takes another rivalry abroad.
3 years ago
New York Mets to play Philadelphia Phillies in London in 2024
The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies will play a two-game series in London next season as MLB takes another rivalry abroad.
3 years ago
NBA draft day arrives, where big man Wembanyama will realize his big dreams
The Spurs have the pick and the opportunity to add a player who is being considered a can’t-miss prospect, perhaps the likes that hasn’t been seen since LeBron James.
3 years ago
Billy Penn
A jet dryer from NASCAR racing will help speed the I-95 opening
Pocono Raceway is answering the call to keep the highway reconstruction crews on schedule and let traffic flow this weekend.
3 years ago
Morgan and Rapinoe selected for the U.S. Women’s World Cup roster
Eighteen-year-old Alyssa Thompson is among the 23 players selected for the United States team that will defend its title at the Women’s World Cup next month.
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NPR
He once had motor skill challenges. Now he’s the world’s fastest Rubik’s cube solver
What puzzles most people — like solving a Rubik's cube — makes sense to Max Park.
3 years ago
Paris 2024 Olympics HQ searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal
Officials say French investigators have searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games.
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Billy Penn
The A’s may out-underdog the Phillies, but that couldn’t stop the wins
Moving the team to Vegas is wrong and selfish. But Philadelphians who love baseball can feel bad and still celebrate their recent victories.
3 years ago
Wilt Chamberlain’s Philadelphia Warriors rookie home uniform sells at auction for $1.79 million
SCP Auctions says the jersey and shorts that Chamberlain wore during the 1959-60 season were sold to filmmaker Rob Gough.
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Wyndham Clark’s U.S. Open win on Father’s Day is also a tribute to his late mom
Clark’s mother, Lise, died of breast cancer in 2013, which sent him spiraling. The road back led him to leave college at Oklahoma State for a fresh start at Oregon.
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NPR
The NCAA looks to weed out marijuana from its banned drug list
An NCAA panel asked the association to treat marijuana like alcohol. The NCAA is expected to make a final decision on the matter in the fall.
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Novak Djokovic wins his 23rd Grand Slam title by beating Casper Ruud in the French Open final
This adds to the French Open titles earned by Djokovic in 2016 and 2021 and makes him the only man with at least three from each major event.
3 years ago
NPR
Brittney Griner is confronted by a right-wing media ‘provocateur’ at airport
A right-wing YouTube personality filmed his encounter with the WNBA star and her Phoenix Mercury teammates at the Dallas airport on Saturday.
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The Iron Sheik, charismatic former pro wrestling villain and Twitter personality, dies at 81
The Iron Sheik, whose real name was Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, grew up in Iran.
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Lionel Messi says he’s joining Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami after exit from Paris Saint-Germain
Messi announced his decision Wednesday to join a Miami franchise that has been led by another global soccer icon in David Beckham since its inception.
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