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NFLPA interim boss David White tells AP an 18-game regular season is 'not inevitable' :: WRALSportsFan.com An 18-game NFL season that once seemed inevitable is no longer a certainty.

NFLPA interim boss David White tells AP an 18-game regular season is 'not inevitable'

An 18-game NFL season that once seemed inevitable is no longer a certainty.

U.S. Olympic officials change policy, ban transgender women from women’s competitions

The Shame of “Alligator Alcatraz” From the daily newsletter: the immigration reporter Jonathan Blitzer on the Florida detention facility.

In today’s daily newsletter, Jonathan Blitzer, who covers immigration for The New Yorker, talks about the horrific conditions of the Florida detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

BREAKING: The Washington Nationals announced they have fired GM Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez.

Canada Will Scrap Tax That Prompted Trump to Suspend Trade Talks The government said on Sunday night that it would cancel its tax on American technology companies, handing a victory to the Trump administration.

Breaking News: Canada said it would cancel a tax on U.S. tech companies that had prompted President Trump to suspend trade talks, a victory for the president.

Nike is forecasting it will have to pay $1 billion in additional costs because of President Donald Trump's tariffs, the activewear giant announced. cnn.it/4kebDQ3

Cooper Flagg from the back in a white and blue Duke basketball jersey. Headline reads: "Cooper Flagg Has Always Been Different"

From @theathletic.bsky.social: Cooper Flagg, who is likely to be the NBA Draft’s No. 1 pick on Wednesday, has always been able to dominate, even when he was a fearless eighth-grader holding his own against a Division I guard. nyti.ms/3HTQ89L

And not a single one of us was paid to be there.

Swede Duplantis soars to new pole vault world record with 6.28m jump Sweden's Armand Duplantis soared 6.28 metres to break the world pole vault record at the Diamond League event in Stockholm on Sunday, the 12th time he has set a new world-best mark. The American-born double Olympic champion improved on his previous record, set in February, by one centimetre on his first attempt, making the most of the perfect conditions to delight the home crowd.

Swede Duplantis soars to new pole vault world record with 6.28m jump reut.rs/3G02dte

Park Service cancels plan to close Dupont Circle Park during Pride, official says The change comes less than 24 hours after the closing was announced. The park is at the center of Washington’s historic LGBTQ+ neighborhood.

A plan to bar people from celebrating Pride in the park at Dupont Circle this weekend has been canceled, Councilmember Zachary Parker said.

The change comes less than 24 hours after the closing was announced and received pushback from local elected officials.

Tom Thibodeau, head coach of the Knicks, shouts, with blurred fans in the background. Headline: Knicks Fire Head Coach Tom Thibodeau

Breaking News from @theathletic.bsky.social: The New York Knicks fired coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday, a league source confirmed. Thibodeau led the Knicks to the Eastern Conference finals this season, their furthest playoff run since 1999-2000. trib.al/Xs6DWMN

In five seasons in New York, Tom Thibodeau went 226-174 in the regular season, leading the Knicks to the playoffs four times.

The organization fired him on Tuesday.

Maybe choosing someone who is one of your NY real estate investor pals with no diplomatic or military experience to be the special envoy to deal with Putin, who refuses to bring any help with him from the State Dept & uses Kremlin translators, wasn’t the best plan to end the war.

Alex Palou wins Indianapolis 500 for first time, holding off Marcus Ericsson Palou is first driver since A.J. Foyt in 1979 to win five of the first six races of the season.

Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing continued their winning ways in 2025 by racing to victory in the Indy 500, marking Palou’s first career oval win.

Sheila Chelangat suspended for use of EPO - Athletics Weekly The distance runner becomes the latest Kenyan to be provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit Sheila Chelangat, who won the 2024 Istanbul Half ...

Sheila Chelangat provisionally suspended for the use of EPO.

She represented Kenya in the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics and won the 2024 Istanbul Half Marathon.

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Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator from South Carolina:

“Putin’s Russia is playing games and this needs to stop.I have over 70 cosponsors for sanctions against Russia if they continue the course they are on. This legislation also puts tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil, gas and other products.

🏆 Mixed 4x400m champions 🏆

It's the USA who take the victory in the mixed 4x400m final at the World Relays in Guangzhou 🇺🇸

The foursome of Chris Robinson, Courtney Okolo, Johnnie Blockburger and Lynna Irby-Jackson record a championships record of 3:09.54 ⚡️

Jaccob Slavin scores in OT as the Hurricanes beat the Capitals in Game 1 of their 2nd-round series :: WRALSportsFan.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jaccob Slavin scored in overtime, Frederik Andersen made 13 saves in his return from injury and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series on Tuesday night.

Jaccob Slavin scores in OT as the Hurricanes beat the Capitals in Game 1 of their 2nd-round series

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jaccob Slavin scored in overtime, Frederik Andersen made 13 saves in his return from injury and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 in Game 1 of their second...

Mike Krzyzewski to be inducted into Olympic, Paralympic Hall of Fame :: WRALSportsFan.com Legendary Duke and Team USA basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer.

Mike Krzyzewski to be inducted into Olympic, Paralympic Hall of Fame

Legendary Duke and Team USA basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer.

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Katie Ledecky breaks 800m freestyle world record almost a decade after setting it | CNN Katie Ledecky produced a scintillating swim to break yet another world record on Saturday, this time in the women’s 800m freestyle, lowering the mark she set almost a decade ago at the 2016 Rio Olympi...

Katie Ledecky breaks 800m freestyle world record almost a decade after last setting it: cnn.it/3Gym7vA

Ukraine Rejects Russian Call for a Three-Day Cease-Fire President Volodymyr Zelensky called the proposal a “theatrical show” and said such a short truce would not bolster negotiations for a lasting peace.

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said Ukraine will not adhere to a three-day cease-fire proposed by Russia, saying such a short truce would not help in negotiations for a lasting peace.

Elon Musk is no longer working from the White House, Trump’s chief of staff reveals ‘He’s just not physically present as much as he was,’ shared Susie Wiles after Musk said he would be focusing more time on Tesla

Elon Musk is no longer working from the White House, Trump’s chief of staff reveals

Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped. Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.

NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.

But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.

By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

It's wild that Europe, the allies the United States joined hands with to stand up against Russia (then doing evil business as the "Soviet Union"), is now having to stand up against *the United States* for enabling Russia's war crimes.

FEMA is about to lose a huge portion of its workforce, including some of its most experienced and knowledgeable leaders who manage disaster response.

Read more: cnn.it/3GzLRYc