Twilight Zone? A lexandria Ocasio-Cortez addressed Congress about the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters with these words: “We are talking about people who cheered on an individual who issued a Nazi salute from behind the Presidential Seal of the United States of America! Cheered on the pardoning of individu...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In Week 9 of High School Football, Valley Sports Central has nominated three teams for Team of the Week. The nominees are the Nikki Rowe Warriors, the Edinburg Bobcats, and the Sharyland Rattlers. Starting with the Nikki Rowe Warriors. They came...
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SEATTLE (AP) — Frustrated by a two-game skid, the Seattle Seahawks went into playoff mode. Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught nine passes for 150 yards and a touchdown, and the Seahawks handed the Kansas City Chiefs their first loss of the season, 20-3 on Sunday night. Sam Darnold threw f...
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Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder was taken off the court on a stretcher Sunday night, after suffering a serious injury to his lower left leg while getting fouled in a scene that moved some of his teammates to the brink of tears. He was injured on a drive with 1:14 rema...
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ATLANTA (AP) — A week ago, Atlanta Falcons rookie Kendal Daniels was carted off the field on a stretcher, his body strapped to a backboard, his head engulfed by an ominous-looking brace. No one was thinking about when he might return. The immediate concern was whether he sustaine...
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DETROIT (AP) — Dan Campbell's latest gamble did not pan out and the Detroit Lions made plays in all three phases — with some yellow flags that went their way — to bail out the aggressive coach. Jake Bates made a 22-yard field goal as time expired to give Detroit a 20-17 win over ...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Pat Murphy was quick with a quip for the pilot crew of the charter flight that brought the Milwaukee Brewers to Florida on Sunday for World Series Game 3. “Hey, thanks, guys. I didn’t know Quinn threw a knuckleball,” the Brewers manager said Sunday aft...
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TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Kyle Larson threw his left hand off the wheel in disgust with a half-lap remaining at Talladega Superspeedway, watching helplessly as his No. 5 Chevrolet plummeted from the lead. “I screwed up,” he said. “I felt like, ‘Man, another one I just gave away.’ An...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 52 points, hitting eight 3-pointers, to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 132-123 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday. In the first 50-point game this season in the NBA, Doncic made several big baskets late in the fourth quarter to help th...
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Michael Carrick patted his chest and gave an apologetic salute to the Manchester United fans who were applauding him, before trudging down the tunnel at the end of another bruising afternoon at Old Trafford. Then came a chorus of boos for the United players walking behind him. Un...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In the first moments after Kimi Antonelli’s latest victory, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff called it “another small step” toward the Formula 1 season championship. It’s much bigger than that as Antonelli marches toward F1 history. Antonelli’s dominant win Sund...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lamine Yamal dropped to the ground in despair, his hands covering his face. The 19-year-old Barcelona phenom is so used to scoring, and playing so spectacularly well, that he seemed the most awestruck of all the 60,000-plus at Camp Nou when he missed a cha...
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TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The NASCAR Chase race at Talladega Superspeedway was stopped under the red flag with five laps remaining after a scary wreck involving three-time Cup Series champion Joey Logano, whose car went airborne and landed on its roof. Safety crews needed several mi...
