NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA playoffs will have a star-studded matchup between A'Ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark, thanks to a massive comeback by Golden State. Down 10 with three minutes to go, the Valkryies went on a 14-0 run to beat the Los Angeles Sparks 76-75 Thursday night and move into to the No. [...
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Once the Atlanta Falcons finally reached the red zone, they kept coming back again and again. Bijan Robinson rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns as the Falcons capitalized on the return of quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and trounced the punchless Green B...
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PSJA North’s Mark Quintanilla, right, pushes off an Edinburg Economedes defender Jonathan Ramirez, left, during a non-district game at Richard R. Flores Stadium Thursday Sept.24, 2026 in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) Edinburg Economedes Kj Robinson, left, is br...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's week five of high school football and Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights. ON VALLEYCENTRAL+: Watch live high school football games on ValleyCentral+ Sports Director Megan Murray and Sport Reporters Brett Holmes and Noa...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The current weather pattern will continue through Friday and into the weekend, bringing above-normal temperatures, a persistent east wind, and the occasional light shower. Rain chances will gradually decrease over the weekend, with fewer shower...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bob Pettit, an imposing scorer and rebounder for the St. Louis Hawks and winner of the NBA’s first Most Valuable Player award in 1956, has died. He was 93. Pettit's alma mater, LSU, announced Thursday that he died a day earlier. The university did not provide a...
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The NFL fined San Francisco 49ers All-Pro fullback Kyle Juszczyk for what it deemed an “offensive” celebration similar to one he had been doing for several years with no issues. Juszczyk was fined $14,926 after he imitated drinking a beverage following ...
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For Cass Meehan, childhood visits to their Mohegan homelands meant family time and basketball. At 6, sporting a red jersey that hung past their knees, Meehan joined a roaring crowd at some of the Connecticut Sun’s first WNBA games. Two decades later, the Mohegans have sold the Su...
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MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Best of friends in golf, winless as partners in team play, Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns looked like that dubious drought might continue Thursday in the Presidents Cup. Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im had the advantage on four straight holes along the back nine ...
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The State of Texas has lifted several quarantine zones in South and Central Texas that had been imposed to prevent the spread of New World screwworm. This comes as the number of cases of the parasitic flies north of the border aren't as bad as officials originally had feared....
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A pregnant woman’s unborn child died following a crash in Starr County caused by a Border Patrol agent, according to a local attorney. Attorney J. Michael Moore delivered a letter to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in McAllen on Thursday on behalf of the family involved in the crash, ...
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H ARLINGEN — A developer building a 1,100-acre data center campus on the city’s outskirts has “reserved” 1.5GW of power for the project’s $4 billion first phase. While Fluidstack’s reserved the amount from AEP-Texas, the company “could use less” power to operate the data center. ...
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M ISSION — Two weeks after deciding to continue negotiations, the council here on Tuesday unanimously adopted a meet-and-confer agreement with the Mission Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 3609. The agreement with the union, which continues to designate the Mission Fire Depart...
