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Welcome to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the story behind the stories from the last week on court. This week, the transition from Wimbledon’s grass to the Roland Garros clay for the Olympics began in earnest, with players seeking to find their feet on the Parisian terre battue. After six weeks of slip-and-slide,…
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“Star Trek: First Contact,” for non-Trekkies, was the film where the U.S.S. Enterprise-E traveled back in time to the year 2063 to stop the Borg — a destructive race of unthinking cyborgs — from altering Earth’s history. It featured a lot of action and violence, and Captain Picard was transformed from a stern diplomat into…
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The bodycam footage of Sonya Massey, a black woman from Illinois, getting shot by a white police officer was finally released Monday under the authority of the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s office. The release of the video has been delayed at the request of Massey’s family, but was published Monday afternoon to the Illinois State…
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After the United States women’s national team spent much of the last World Cup cycle slowly turning over the roster, that process has ramped up in 2024 ahead of the Olympics. Program stalwarts such as Julie Ertz, Kelley O’Hara and Megan Rapinoe have been ushered out of inclusion. Alex Morgan did not make the cut.…
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The Hair Robot was the creation of “Fryrish” writer Ron Weiner, and he is proud of his creepy robot mutant. “Futurama” co-creator David X. Cohen, on the DVD commentary track, referred to Hair Robot as “one Ron Weiner’s greatest creations.” Cohen prided himself on keeping abreast of fan comments online, wanting to get a general…
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By Dan Barker Published: 17:25 EDT, 22 July 2024 | Updated: 17:27 EDT, 22 July 2024 Detectives have questioned a woman and raided homes as part of their probe into a scandal hit funeral directors. The 55-year-old woman was yesterday arrested as part of Police Scotland’s investigation into A Milne Funeral Directors. And as part…
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Someone always wanted something from Shohei Ohtani. An autographed baseball. A special meeting on the field. But often during his time with the Angels, Ohtani could not be bothered. His regimen as a two-way player left him with limited time. His preference was to focus only on baseball. Virtually every request needed to go through…
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NBC The peak television renaissance didn’t happen overnight. A decade prior to the epochal debut of “The Sopranos” on HBO, series as disparate in their aims as “The Simpsons,” “Twin Peaks” and “The Larry Sanders Show” were challenging the industry’s notions of what the broadcast medium could accomplish.…
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By Andy Gardner Published: 13:31 EDT, 22 July 2024 | Updated: 17:04 EDT, 22 July 2024 The ex-boyfriend who arranged for the model and TV presenter Katie Piper to be attacked with acid has a rare two-day parole hearing beginning tomorrow where he will ask to be released. Daniel Lynch, a former boyfriend of Piper,…
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SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Losing the Brickyard 400 is tough to digest regardless. When you feel like circumstances beyond your control took away a victory in what is a NASCAR crown-jewel race, it’s even more difficult. It’s understandable then that Ryan Blaney was mad following a third-place finish in Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The…