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The Truth About Coaching College Student-Athletes: Gazelles Versus Elephants Every young Division 1 coach learns this hard truth fast: your job rides on the shoulders of 18 to 22-year-olds whose athletic performance can fluctuate week to week.

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The Truth About Getting Recruited to D1 Athletic Programs There are really only two ways

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There Are Things Student-Athletes Are Just Supposed to Do My former track & field coaching mentor, the incredible Coach Beverly Kearney, taught me countless lessons.

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Fox: The number of US farms shrank by 15,000 in 2025. Farm bankruptcies are on the rise. It's a pretty grim picture.

How Ski Patrollers Stay Warm We went to the Colorado Rockies and asked four ski patrollers to share their tips and tricks for staying warm in winter weather.

Even in some of the toughest winter conditions, ski patrol braves the weather to ensure the safety of the skiers and snowboarders enjoying the mountain. We went to the Colorado Rockies and asked four ski patrollers to share their tips and tricks for staying warm in winter weather.

As Iran Negotiates, It Is Preparing for War With the U.S. Iran’s leaders want to reach a nuclear deal with the U.S., but they are also rushing to prepare for war in case talks between the countries fail.

Iran’s leaders want to reach a nuclear deal with the U.S., but they are also rushing to prepare for war in case talks between the countries fail.

Over nearly three decades, the Canada-USA rivalry has been among the best in sport, with the two sides in a near-constant battle for women’s hockey supremacy.

The nastiest rivalry in hockey will once again take center stage on Thursday in the Olympic gold medal game.

Jesse Jackson was a champion for civil rights, economic justice, and world peace.

I have always remembered his moving call for moral clarity at the 1988 DNC.

This USA women’s hockey team is possibly the most dominant Olympic hockey team ever. And every player is a product of the United States’s NCAA hockey programs. Canada—the second best team competing? Every single player ALSO attended an American university’s hockey program. All thanks to Title IX.

Indigenous communities raise concerns over heightened ICE actions across the country As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Native families say increased ICE activity is creating fear in their communities, even among U.S. citizens and tribal members.

Indigenous communities nationwide are increasingly reporting encounters with immigration agents, including detention — despite them being U.S. citizens and members of sovereign tribal nations.

Wordle 4/6 - NBA 2026 All-Star Game(s) - Devin Booker (USA red) embracing President Obama (blue) 💜 2/16/26 (photo: USA Today)

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The Obama’s get a standing ovation at the NBA all star game. How I miss these two!

U.S. Olympic speed skaters adapt NASCAR 'bump drafting,' revolutionizing team event U.S. Team Pursuit speed skaters will top speeds of 30 mph by pushing themselves around the track mere inches from each other.

U.S. Team Pursuit speed skaters will top speeds of 30 mph by pushing themselves around the track mere inches from each other. n.pr/4bXHJit

Brasil’s 1st Winter Gold Medalist Posts Photo with Colin Kaepernick For Braathen, who had broken with the Norwegian ski team to join the Brazilian Olympic team, Kaepernick was one of his heroes.

Increidble story half Brazilian/half Norwegian ditches team norway after experiencing lots of racism to ski for Brasil and have more say over his training. Then wins gold in Italy.

Posts photo with kaepernick calls him a hero

Huge ovation for Barack and Michelle Obama at the NBA All-Star Game

Feb. 15, 1837 | Congress Ratifies Treaties Removing Indigenous Peoples From Their Lands in the Midwest Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1837, Congress ratified two treaties that removed Indigenous peoples from their homelands in the Midwest. This also added nearly 2,000,000 acres of territory that permitted slavery to the state of Missouri.

Obama gets his first touch of the All-Star game

My favorite part of the Olympics is when I decide my mental health and well-being hinge entirely upon the performance of an athlete I didn't even know existed until 5 minutes ago.

Takeaways: South Carolina’s composure, LSU’s missed chances - The IX Basketball Three takeaways from Saturday’s showdown between LSU and South Carolina and a look at how the Gamecocks showed composure.

The Gamecocks showed the composure of a team with larger ambitions still in front of it, writes @wiltonreports.bsky.social

Here's three key takeaways from their 79-72 win over LSU:

Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre: “I was trafficked to a lot of types of different men — billionaires, royalty… he used me as a form of blackmail so these people would owe him favors.”

Feb. 16, 1847 | Missouri Prohibits Education of Black People Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1847, Missouri passed an act that prohibited Black people from learning to read and write and assembling freely for worship services. The act also forbade free Black people from migrating to the state.

The Obama’s get a standing ovation tonight at the NBA Allstar Game.
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ESPN did the run-up for tonight's LSU-South Carolina women's basketball game in a big-time way.

First women's college basketball game ever in the ABC Saturday primetime window. Well done.

Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw

Feb. 14, 1945 | Grand Jury in Alabama Refuses to Indict White Attackers of Black Woman Learn more about our history of racial injustice

On this day in 1945, an all-white, all-male grand jury in Alabama failed to indict any of the white men accused of raping Mrs. Recy Taylor, a Black woman. Despite a confession, the men were never prosecuted.

The farm has been in his family since 1837. Don Guinnip may be the last to run it. A fifth-generation farmer stares down a future in which his land is no longer tended by someone in the family. It’s new territory for everyone.

A fifth-generation farmer stares down a future in which his land is no longer tended by someone in the family. It’s new territory for everyone. on.wsj.com/46EmwGM

Team USA rolls past Italy 6-0 in the women's hockey quarterfinal in Milan.

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Twenty eight years before Ilia Malinin dazzled at Milan Cortina, Surya Bonaly decided to go out on her own terms — and became the only person to land a backflip on one blade at the Olympic Games ⛸️

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BREAKING NEWS: Kansas City Current has signed USWNT midfielder Croix Bethune, the club announced on Wednesday.

The 24-year-old joins the reigning NWSL shield winners through the 2027 season.