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Male athletes are leading the way six months after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money on their celebrity.
They lead in total name, image and likeness compensation and …
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By ERICA HUNZINGER
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1/27/22
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The artist who created a sculpture of Kobe and Gianna “Gigi” Bryant is hoping there will be a permanent site for a memorial.
Southern California artist Dan Medina placed …
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1/27/22
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ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman, …
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1/27/22
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SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — One of just 20 special football cards from the year Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl is coming up for auction.
The 2002 Topps Finest X-Fractor card is expected to …
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1/27/22
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — One word made all the difference Wednesday on “Jeopardy!”
Champion Amy Schneider’s dazzling streak on the quiz show is over, snapped by a Chicago librarian after 40 …
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By LYNN ELBER
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1/26/22
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GENEVA (AP) — Pablo, meet Crypto.
Heirs of Pablo Picasso, the famed 20th-century Spanish artist, are vaulting into 21st-century commerce by selling 1,010 digital art pieces of one of his …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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1/26/22
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Whatever harm Barry Bonds did to baseball pales in comparison to the damage baseball inflicted on itself both at the time and since. So say what you will about the steroids era, at least the games …
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By JIM LITKE
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1/26/22
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David Ortiz gazed at his phone, his pursed lips revealing nerves rarely seen from one of the game's great clutch hitters.
Pedro Martinez's hand rested on Ortiz's shoulder, and Martinez grinned …
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By JAKE SEINER
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1/25/22
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Billy Casper and Mickey Wright were undeniable homegrown greats. Phil Mickelson is clearly San Diego's most accomplished and beloved golfer of the modern era, and Tiger Woods has …
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By GREG BEACHAM
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1/25/22
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NEW YORK (AP) — The four NFL divisional round playoff games had the highest average viewers on record with 38.2 million tuning in on television and digital platforms.
Every game over the …
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1/25/22
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After 13 years in retirement, Annika Sorenstam returned to competition last year. She made the cut in the Gainbridge LPGA, playing only because it was her home course of Lake Nona in Orlando, …
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By DOUG FERGUSON
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1/25/22
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In the pantheon of figure skating rivalries, Nancy and Tonya soars like a triple lutz above the rest.
Two athletes in their prime, each trying to be America's golden girl, on the biggest stage in …
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By DAVE SKRETTA
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1/25/22
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BAGHDAD (AP) — War kept him away from his beloved homeland for decades. Now, virtuoso oud player Naseer Shamma hopes to help rebuild conflict-scarred Iraq through a series of concerts and other …
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABDELRAHMAN ZEYAD
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1/25/22
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Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, with eight MVPs and seven Cy Young Awards between them, are in the bottom of the last inning in their Hall of Fame bids. Either they get in Tuesday — and it’s going …
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By JAKE SEINER
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1/24/22
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — They call it “The Golden Hour.”
Each day after their film session, an hour goes up on the scoreboard clock and the Golden State Warriors break into small groups to …
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By JANIE McCAULEY
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1/24/22
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After spending one weekend in second place, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” proved it still had some fight left. Sony's superhero juggernaut swung back to first place in its sixth weekend in theaters …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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1/24/22
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When the vast majority of your life is happening within the four walls of your home, every square foot counts. So the past two years have inspired some serious, space-saving creativity.
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By MELISSA RAYWORTH
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1/24/22
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Friday will never be the same again.
For those with means in Dubai, the former first day of the weekend carried a gluttonous party tradition — an hourslong …
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By ISABEL DEBRE
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1/24/22
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DENVER (AP) —
Nikola Jokic scored 34 points, including four free throws in the closing seconds, and the Denver Nuggets held on to beat the Detroit Pistons 117-111 Sunday night.
Jokic also …
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By DENNIS GEORGATOS
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1/24/22
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TOKYO (AP) — French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, whose dramatic designs were worn by celebrities like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Cardi B, has died. He was 73.
He died Sunday, his …
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By YURI KAGEYAMA
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1/23/22
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