Two-time Paris Olympics gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles was criticized for a foray into politics that appeared to be a jab at former President Donald Trump. In a post on X, Biles responded to a post from Ricky Davila, who wrote, “Simone Biles being the GOAT, winning Gold medals and...

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Thursday's controversy over Algeria's Imane Khelif boxing Italy's Angela Carini continues to spark debate amongst athletes and commentators alike. On Thursday afternoon's episode of "The Pat McAfee Show," host Pat McAfee took to addressing the situation. In just shy of six minutes, McAfee gave a very mild take on the...

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An Olympic swimmer collapsed Friday on the side of the pool and was carried away on a stretcher. Tamara Potocka of Slovakia was stricken after a qualifying heat in the women's 200-meter individual medley, according to ESPN. Potocka was getting out of the pool after the race when she collapsed....

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Two illegal immigrants at the center of an alleged attempt to breach a prominent United States military base have been allowed to post bail, securing their release from jail. The two men, Jordanian nationals Hasan Yousef Hamdan and Mohammad Khair Dabous, were originally arrested on May 3 after an incident...

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If you hope to find true justice anywhere this side of Heaven, you will experience soul-crushing disappointment. Nonetheless, victims' families and the public at large deserve something far more closely resembling justice than what they received on Thursday from District Attorney Steve Wolfson of Clark County, Nevada. According to the...

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A second boxer, who was disqualified by the International Boxing Association during last year's world championships, is going viral for physically pummeling an opponent to tears in a female event at the Paris Games. On Friday, Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting beat Uzbekistani boxer Sitora Turdibekova across three rounds in the...

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There seems to be no end to the Secret Service's incompetence. Just when you think the July 13 shooting of former President Donald Trump couldn't have gone any worse, a new detail proves that it did. A Thursday report from The New York Times offered another one of those details....

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It's looking like at least one member of the Clinton family may make her way into the White House should Vice President Kamala Harris win the upcoming November election. A report indicated, Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, is eying the ambassador to the...

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Not even when playing chess would Thursday's prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia have been a choice anyone looking to actually win would consider. And yet President Joe Biden not only considered it, he went through with it. Biden came away from the trade with three pawns from...

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An air unit formed in the days when pilots were considered knights and gentlemanly combat ruled the sky has been stripped of its historical nickname after fears it could be offensive to Muslim communities. The Royal Air Force's 14 Squadron was forced to drop the "Crusader" noscript after an official...

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The 2024 Summer Olympics are only a week old, but have already seen their share of controversies. From an opening ceremony act that offended millions, to international sparring over its rules for women's boxing, to a spying scandal involving the coaching staff of a women's soccer team, some have threatened to...

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Has someone let the cat out of the bag when it comes to Kamala Harris' vice presidential pick? A video published Friday on a social media account of Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appears to show Harris has chosen Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate. And it's coming out...

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If Anna Luca Hamori can jab in the ring as well as she does on social media, controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif's aura of invicibility might become a fairy tale like "Beauty and the Beast." Last year, Khelif was banned from fighting as a woman because of the presence of...

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A group of black Republicans is springing to the defense of former President Donald Trump after Trump’s contentious appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists this week. “It appears that the Democrat Political Industrial Complex (DPIC) is working its butt off to stop the exodus of Black voters who...

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Skye Nicolson, the women's featherwheight boxing world champion, has come to the defense of embattled Algerian boxer Imane Khelif -- and somehow managed to make her situation look even worse. The Australian Nicolson, who has gone pro, will not be competing in the 2024 Paris Games, but she has sparred...

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Amy Broadhurst has every reason to defend Imane Khelif. The problem is that her defense misses the whole point. Yes, Broadhurst is an object lesson in the fact that the Algerian boxer can be beaten. She's the last person to beat her, in fact, according to BoxRec, in a bout...

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Leave it to James "It's the Economy, Stupid" Carville to bluntly diagnose what's wrong with Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign. Carville was a campaign strategist for Democrats, most famously for Bill Clinton's presidential run in 1992. He became best associated with the aforementioned catchphrase for the Clinton campaign (which was...

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And the hits just keep on coming at the Paris Olympics. This time, quite literally. In the latest controversy to befall the 2024 Summer Games, a Georgian judo competitor decided to take his frustrations out on his victorious French opponent, leading to his immediate disqualification. The disqualification cost Georgian judo...

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Fresh off taking on the world's best gymnasts at the Paris Olympics, Simone Biles was taking on her own fans -- and sticking up for her husband. The woman widely considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time is no stranger to the spotlight, and sometimes courts controversy with...

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An account of the terrors of working for Vice President Kamala Harris during the days she was a U.S. senator has resurfaced. Terry McAteer, whose son worked briefly for Harris in a long-ago summer internship, wrote an op-ed for The Union in 2019 when Harris was in the midst of...

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Contrversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is now assured of taking home a bronze medal after defeating Hungarian female Anna Luca Hamori. Last year, Khelif was banned from fighting as a woman by the International Boxing Association because of the presence of an X and Y chromosome, hallmarks of being male....

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