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Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025 -
Basso acknowledges that while the sport is still in its early stages, the signs are already promising.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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After hearing that a transgender woman from Wagner College in New York competed in a women’s fencing tournament at the University of Maryland last month, the head of the OCR launched a special investigation into both schools and threatened their access to federal funding.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
2 May 2025
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In 2005-06, when the tournament was named the UEFA Cup, Middlesbrough reached the final while toiling in the league’s bottom half, finishing 14th.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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The next generation of engineers, programmers and innovators is competing in robotics competitions today.—
Dan Mantz,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Most importantly, this competition is not ideological.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Others who influence the manosphere range from fitness content creators people follow for bodybuilding advice that share misogynistic comments to influencers who focus on traditional gender roles.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Killian has turned the house into something of a shrine to his labor of body modification, plastering his bedroom walls with bodybuilding posters.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2025
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However, her unbeaten ended in the finals of the 2022 PFL lightweight tourney when Pacheco scored a unanimous decision win over Harrison.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Miami Heat has already made NBA play-in tournament history before, becoming the first team to qualify for the playoffs through the play-in tourney and then win a first-round series.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Each location might have some different activities, but they are all known for having a massive indoor water park complete with numerous slides, a lazy river, and a wave pool.—
Michelle Spitzer,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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The study found that certain human activities at sea, such as fishing and particularly underwater spearfishing and the management of passive fish traps, are associated with this type of bite.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Cloud does that as well as any new player feeding into a championship roster.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The five-star prospect attended Chatsworth High School in L.A. and led his team to the final of the Division II championships.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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His 25 scrimmage touchdowns were the fourth-most in college football, only five behind Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Those strong initial impressions continued at FSU’s first spring scrimmage, where Norvell told reporters that Sperry made lengthy scoring passes to Willy Suarez and Elijah Moore with a pass rush on both.—
Joey Knight,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Athletics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/athletics. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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