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RIYADH (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo says this Saudi Pro League season is likely to be the last of his professional career. The 41-year-old superstar’s contract with Riyadh club Al-Nassr, signed in December 2022, expires next June, and he has told Vogue magazine that another is unlike...
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OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Von Miller is set to sign with his hometown Dallas Cowboys and doesn't even want to wait a week for the team to get back from training camp in California before joining the club. The NFL's active leader in sacks has agreed to a one-year contract for what wil...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called out his struggling club after a 6-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday cost them a significant tiebreaker in the race for home-field advantage. “I say this because it's just been four or five, six weeks of be...
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PHOENIX (AP) — There's certainly a good case to be made that Diana Taurasi is the best player in WNBA history. For Phoenix Mercury fans, that case is already closed: She's undeniably the G.O.A.T. Taurasi was inducted into the Mercury Ring of Honor on Sunday at halftime of a game ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — After the Indiana Fever's fourth straight win, Caitlin Clark said coach Stephanie White “made a great point” in her postgame talk with the team by saying “This felt like a playoff game.” If so, the Fever looked playoff-ready in their 95-91 overtime win over the Atl...
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DALLAS (AP) — John Niland, a three-time All-Pro guard who helped the Dallas Cowboys win their first Super Bowl championship, has died. He was 82. Niland's daughter, Haven, said he died Saturday morning in McKinney, a Dallas suburb. Niland made 111 starts in 124 games over nine se...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jordan Spieth set a target of 67 for the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship, certain that would be enough for him to crack the top 50 in the FedEx Cup and advance to next week. Turns out he would have only needed a 69, and even that was [...]...
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ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — Jack Whaley blinked back tears as he clutched the U.S. Amateur championship trophy and could only think of the countless times his father kept encouraging him, kept playing golf with him, all to urge a promising teenager on the cusp of quitting the game to sti...
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Paul O’Donnell was struggling in the marathon on Sunday morning. The Irish fans got him home. “It was incredible, to see green and the tricolors all over the course,” the Irishman said. “The support kept me going. It was much appreciated. It was just a ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was back to his dominant form Sunday, turning a two-shot lead into a runaway in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He closed with a 4-under 66 for an eight-shot victory, the largest in the 68-year history at the TPC Southwind. Scheffler ended...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of Edinburg held its sixth annual triathlon, where approximately 500 competitors participated. The event kicked off Sunday morning at the Edinburg Municipal Park, located at 714 S Raul Longoria Rd. Competitors participated in numerous a...
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MASON, Ohio (AP) — Iga Swiatek overcame a short turnaround after winning in Toronto on Thursday to beat Colombian Emiliana Arango, 6-3, 6-0, on center court at the Cincinnati Open on Sunday. It was the seventh consecutive win for Swiatek, who won the title in Cincinnati last year...
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ATLANTA (AP) — One day after hitting two homers, Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Nolan Arenado was fretting about a pain he's never felt. Arenado pulled himself out of a 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves in the fourth inning Sunday with what was described as left trunk discomfort...
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RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Cameroon finally won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over tournament debutant Malawi. Marie Ngah Manga headed two goals and Naomi Eto scored the other while Cameroon kept Malawi’s Chawinga sisters in check to claim its first wi...
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Rodri, Spain’s World Cup-winning captain, appears to be heading back to Spain after Manchester City and Barcelona reached an agreement over the midfielder’s transfer. The clubs have agreed to a deal for Rodri worth 76.5 million euros ($88.5 million), a person with knowledge of th...
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Amy Hunt won a record fourth gold medal in a single edition of the European championships when Britain clinched victory in the mixed 4x100 relay on Sunday. Hunt had already won two individual titles -- the 100 and 200 -- and added a third gold Saturday ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety announced six scheduled road closures at intersections in Brownsville. According to the news release from TxDOT, the six closures are due to road work and will be scheduled along SH 4, between Grant Street a...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He was 83. He died at his home in Bradenton, Florida, on Saturd...
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A spokesperson for the Mission Police Department said officers shot and killed a man who was “armed with a knife” early Sunday morning. According to a news release, the shooting occurred at about 12:04 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of Oblate Avenue after officers responded to a c...
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By Paul Cobler | The Texas Tribune T ech companies are lining up to voice support for Gov. Greg Abbott’s audit of data centers seeking to connect to the power grid , although little is known about what the audit will entail or what it means for the data center construction boom. ...
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DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The United States successfully defended the men's title at the flag football world championships on Sunday but lost the women's title to Canada, while Mexico's women and Canada's men earned qualification spots for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. ...
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By VALERIE GONZALEZ and RYAN J. FOLEY | Associated Press M cALLEN (AP) — A small law firm with ties to the Trump administration declined a $150 million contract to represent migrant children who traveled alone to the U.S., authorities said Wednesday, while another group whose for...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Rangers are investigating an overnight fatal officer-involved shooting in Mission. According to a news release from Mission PD, at approximately 12:04 a.m., authorities responded to a 911 call regarding a person "experiencing a high-st...
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D onald Trump has built one of the most remarkable political careers in modern American history. For decades, he has cultivated an image of personal invincibility. Business failures became evidence of resilience. Investigations became proof of persecution. Criticism became confir...
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Washington Commanders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because the team had not yet announced...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Five people, including three children, were taken to a hospital following a two-vehicle collision, according to city of Rio Hondo officials. At approximately 5:26pm on Saturday, the Rio Hondo Volunteer Fire Department responded to a crash in the...
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Police have made one arrest after a security incident caused transportation delays for fans and athletes leaving Alexander Stadium following Saturday night’s session at the European track-and-field championships in Birmingham. Medal ceremonies were post...
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Arsenal has made an explosive start to the English soccer season, scoring inside 25 seconds in the Community Shield against Manchester City. Riccardo Calafiori was the scorer at the Principality Stadium on Sunday in the annual season curtain-raiser between last year's Premier Lea...
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McALLEN — Los Fresnos’ head volleyball coach Anissa Lucio said her team still has opportunities to be better. She said that after the Falcons did something that Lower Valley teams usually do not do, win McAllen’s Poundfest. Lucio has not won the tournament as a coach despite nume...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mackenzie Dern successfully defended the 115-pound championship in her first title defense with a unanimous decision victory over Gillian Robertson in the first of two championship fights on Saturday night at UFC 330. Dern (17-5) won the vacant strawweight bel...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dominant fastball has made Jacob Misiorowski one of the most exciting pitchers in baseball over the past two seasons, but it was an effective slider that helped him get out of a bases-loaded jam by striking out Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman in the Milwauk...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Joey Logano delivered a warning to his NASCAR rivals after his victory Saturday night at Richmond Raceway. “Don’t let the boys get hot,” the driver of Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford said after fending off a late charge by Chase Briscoe to earn his 39th career win ...
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Kate Douglass lowered her own world record in the women’s 50-meter freestyle for the second time Saturday, winning the Pan Pacific Championships final in 23.19 seconds. In the morning preliminaries, the 24-year-old American swam 23.49 to take the mark away f...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Elena Delle Donne and Candace Parker's WNBA careers were intertwined with so many great moments. Now they are forever bonded, enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2026 class Saturday night. They were joined by the 1...
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Los Fresnos Izzy Guerra, right, slams a ball past Edinburg Vela’s Lily Carter, left, during the championship match pound fest at McAllen High school gymnasium Saturday August 15,2026 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) Edinburg Vela’s Madeleine Luedeker, left, hit ...
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M cALLEN — The Los Fresnos Falcons defeated the Edinburg Vela Sabercats here on Saturday, marking the Lower Valley team’s first win in the McAllen ISD’s Poundfest tournament in at least 15 years, according to head coach Anissa Lucio. “Super proud of them, we went through some adv...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler settled in after a rough start Saturday for a 2-under 68, giving him a two-shot lead over Sam Burns and Sungjae Im in the FedEx St. Jude Championship going into a final round where so much is at stake from the top to the bottom of the leade...
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agency will not build a 30-foot wall or install stadium lighting through Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park or the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Harlingen actor got the chance of a lifetime by being part of an indie film that was filmed and produced in the Rio Grande Valley. Israel Zallar plays the supporting role of Mateo in the 2026 indie film Borderline, directed by Ryan Jordan and ...
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MASON, Ohio (AP) — Novak Djokovic's stay at the Cincinnati Open was a short one. The 24-time major champion fell to Thiago Agustin Tirante 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday in a match that took 2 hours, 44 minutes in hot and humid conditions. A 25-year-old from Argentina, Tirante is rank...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Joshua Báez smashed the first pitch he saw in the majors about 450 feet, then flashed a grin to the St. Louis dugout as he began his home run trot. “There was a calmness and a smile, like, ‘I’m here,’” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “It’s rare for me to pick...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Joshua Báez became the first player to hit three home runs in his first three at-bats in the major leagues, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. The 23-year-old left fielder, called up from Triple-A Memphis earlier in...
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks and cornerback Devon Witherspoon have agreed to a four-year, $132 million contract extension, with $101 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of an...
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TORONTO (AP) — Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge played catch in New York on Friday as he continues working toward a return from a broken right rib. “Just part of the ramp-up to baseball activity,” manager Aaron Boone said of Judge before Saturday’s game against the Blue Jays in Tor...
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Kate Douglass set a world record in the women's 50-meter freestyle in the preliminary heats of the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday. The 24-year-old from the New York City suburb of Pelham touched in 23.49 seconds in her heat at the outdoor pool in Irvi...
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TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays put six-time All-Star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on the seven-day IL Saturday because of concussion symptoms and selected outfielder Daz Cameron from Triple-A Buffalo. To make room on the 40-man roster, right-hander Lazaro Estrada was designated fo...
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IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story continues our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list. The ...
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — During this Hall of Fame weekend, nearly everyone would like the attention to be on basketball, but it's difficult to ignore the conversations that are swirling around the WNBA — especially with some of the league's greatest icons being enshrined. The ong...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a deadly two-vehicle crash that took place Friday night. At approximately 9:26 p.m., DPS troopers responded to a fatal two-vehicle crash on Texan Road south of Freedom Avenue north of Palmvi...
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A s the battle against marijuana legalization as well as efforts to fight Texas’ recent ban on various hemp-derived THC cannabis products continues, there was one Harlingen man who took his commitment for legalization further 33 years ago. Charles Schoonover attended one of Harli...
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T he Rio Grande Valley is one of our nation’s most homogeneous, with a population that is 92% Latino, and a majority of that population remain loyal to their Latin roots, with 75% identifying themselves as Roman Catholic. A majority of other residents adhere to various other Chri...
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T wo people were killed and as many hospitalized following a head-on collision near Palmview on Friday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The crash occurred at around 9:26 p.m. on Texan Road south of Freedom Avenue north of Palmview, DPS authorities said...
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PARIS (AP) — Champions League titleholder Paris Saint-Germain bolstered its star-studded attack by signing World Cup hero Ferran Torres from Barcelona on a five-year contract Saturday. PSG announced the signing in a statement without giving financial details. Sports Daily L'Equip...
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IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER McALLEN — Weslaco East entered the McAllen Bulldog Friday Night Lights Cross Country Invitational fresh off a No. 4 ranking in the Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas’ first Class 5A state poll of the season. Sitting two spots ahead of the Wild...
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STAFF REPORT EDITOR’S NOTE: Coaches, please send corrections or results to ivan@themonitor.com. McAllen Bulldogs Friday Night Lights XC Invitational McAllen Sports Park McAllen, TX BOYS 5K INDIVIDUAL 1. Alexander Nava, Weslaco East, 15:28.5; 2. Trey Llanes, Corpus Christi Veteran...
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McALLEN — The Rio Grande Valley will have two volleyball tournaments crown a champion on Saturday. McAllen’s Poundfest and the Donna ISD tournament ring in the volleyball season. Most Valley teams choose between the two annual tournaments, some will go out of town, but the majori...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Stephanie White was greeted by cheers instead of boos. And the Indiana Fever and their fans had plenty of reasons to be happy before the night was over. Caitlin Clark had 29 points and 10 assists in an entertaining duel with fellow No. 1 overall pick Paige Bue...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- This weekend is shaping up to be about as close to normal as it gets for mid-August across Deep South Texas. Expect plenty of sunshine, moderate southeast winds, and afternoon temperatures climbing into the upper 90s to near 100 degrees. For co...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge sided with Madison Square Garden in its lengthy legal battle with Charles Oakley on Friday, saying that the former New York Knicks All-Star had not proven he was assaulted when he was removed from a game he attended in 2017. Oakley was handcuffed and arres...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 16 of her 29 points in the third quarter Friday night, and Aliyah Boston scored 10 of her 16 points in the fourth to help the Indiana Fever get past the Dallas Wings 98-87 in a key game for playoff position. Clark also had 10 assists while...
