DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The smallest team in the Bundesliga may be the most exciting. From a town of just 13,000 people and operating on a shoestring budget, Elversberg made a big statement in its first-ever top-division game last week, stunning former champion Bayer Leverkusen 3-2. Texas-bor...
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Bill Russell. Wilt Chamberlain. Larry Bird. That's the full list of those who managed to win three consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player awards. Nobody has pulled off that feat in 40 years, and the star power not on that list — names like Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Magic Johnso...
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E very year on Oct. 10, World Mental Health Day serves as a reminder that mental health is fundamental to our well-being. It shapes how we think, feel, connect with others, and navigate life’s challenges. Yet for far too many individuals and families, access to mental health care...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Late in games, Gabby Williams starts counting. She constantly computes math in her head, all while handling the pressure of being the one to regularly take big shots for the Golden State Valkyries. Better Williams than coach Natalie Nakase, that's for sure. “...
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By Gabby Birenbaum | The Texas Tribune E DINBURG — The grills were firing ahead of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s football game Saturday when a woman in UTRGV orange came out from under her tailgate tent to greet Bobby Pulido. She had been to one of his concerts year...
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LONDON (AP) — Trying to seal a desperately needed win, Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud threw an interception in the end zone and gave the Jacksonville Jaguars another chance on Sunday. Jacksonville tied the game at 31-31, but Stroud didn't stress about it. “His mindset was...
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A breathtaking 50-meter strike stood out among the five goals scored by Brighton in the latest big win from this season's surprise package in the Premier League. As for Arsenal, the defending champion just needed one goal — a late one from substitute Noni Madueke — to see off Not...
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BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Diego Gomez hit it like Beckham. Collecting the ball near the halfway line, the Brighton midfielder advanced just inside Crystal Palace's half and launched a 50-meter shot over stranded goalkeeper Walter Benitez and into the net for a spectacular goal in ...
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College football has never experienced a Saturday like this. Five of the top seven teams in the AP Top 25 lost on the same day in the regular season for the first time in history. The last time anything even remotely close happened was on Jan. 2, 1989, according to Sportradar, wh...
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A 4-year-old child died early this month after he shot himself with his father’s unsecured handgun while alone in a vehicle as his parents were inside a store. The father, Angel Padilla Jr., 34, was charged Wednesday following an arrest warrant issued by investigators for crimina...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Chicago quarterback Caleb Williams is active and expected to start for the Bears on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons after missing three games with a right hamstring injury. Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. also is active and expected to start after leaving ...
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Notre Dame might have deserved one more play at the end of its game at BYU. Florida State was furious over how referees saw its two Hail Mary completions for would-have-been touchdowns in double overtime against Miami. And once again, end-of-game offici...
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PROVO, Utah (AP) — Bear Bachmeier threw a go-ahead touchdown pass with 1:47 left and No. 8 BYU stopped No. 2 Notre Dame at the goal line to preserve a riveting 28-24 victory Saturday night. The Fighting Irish’s last chance to win the game, an incomplete pass in the end zone from ...
