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The Sharks make 20-year-old Macklin Celebrini the youngest captain in team history
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Macklin Celebrini was picked as captain of the San Jose Sharks on Friday, becoming the youngest player ever to fill that role for the team at the age of 20. Celebrini takes over the spot that had been vacant since Logan Couture went down with a career-endi...
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Europe's top leagues add to pressure on Infantino by calling for FIFA reform
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Gianni Infantino came under more pressure on Friday as the Premier League and three other top European leagues called for FIFA governance reform following the failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. A statement co-signed with the top leagues from S...
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Ryan Gerard in contention at French Open as Matt Fitzpatrick leads
PARIS (AP) — Ryan Gerard might have been representing the United States in the Presidents Cup this week. Instead, he’s in contention at a big European tour event for the second week running after shooting a 6-under 65 on Friday to be three shots off the lead at the halfway point ...
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Man City ready to fight Premier League after reports that club guilty of almost all charges
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City plans to fight the Premier League for months if found guilty of alleged financial breaches in potentially the biggest scandal in English soccer history. Reports Friday said an independent panel had upheld nearly all of the 100-plus finan...
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New Texas A&M director of colonias program in McAllen seeks to empower
Pablo Javier Almaguer “I t’s a dream job,” Pablo Javier Almaguer said with a chipper voice as he welcomed the opportunity in front of him. Almaguer was recently named the new director of the Colonias Program at the Texas A&M Higher Education Center in McAllen following the retire...
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Despite Trump’s 2024 success, midterm elections may yield different results in Valley
Y ears before President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, there had already been talk about a so-called “red wave” washing over the historically Democratic Rio Grande Valley. Trump’s success in all Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy and Starr counties appeared to validate those...
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Growers wrestle with labor as RGV farmworkers struggle to find jobs
A South Texas agricultural employer is in its fourth year of hiring foreign workers for its farming and packing operations under the H-2A visa program. This year, they’re planning to expand their H-2A workforce by over 40%. “We don’t have enough local workers to do the work on th...
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Let's play two more: NHL features an 84-game season for the first time in decades
Business has been booming for the NHL for several years, with the salary cap skyrocketing and attendance reaching new heights in packed arenas. Let's play two more. The league is going to an 84-game regular season for the first time since 1994 — it was in place for two seasons — ...
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Body of Brazilian man found in Rio Grande, Escobares Police says
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Escobares Police Department is investigating a body found floating in the Rio Grande on Thursday. U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered the dead man floating in the river while conducting a boat patrol operation. Interim Police Chief Jesse Al...
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Switzerland's Embolo joins Xhaka out of Nations League squad over fake COVID-19 documents
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — World Cup quarterfinalist Switzerland has lost a second player from its Nations League squad because of years-old cases of fake COVID-19 documents. Breel Embolo will not join the squad in Scotland as planned, the Swiss soccer federation said Friday, due t...
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The Valley sees isolated showers and highs in upper 90s
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Valley on Friday morning saw isolated shower activity. Coverage continues all day at 20%, with lower chances over the weekend. It won't be a washout, so don't cancel those Friday night/ weekend plans! Activity also won't be severe but the mo...