Our federal law enforcement officers face a 1000% increase in assaults against them, unprecedented online doxing of our agents and their families, and they’re being stalked and pummeled by rocks and Molotov cocktails.
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Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Like the three Dolphins opponents before them, the Jets pummeled Miami on the ground, putting New York’s offensive in favorable down-and-distance situations.
Hitting left-handed against powerful Cleveland reliever Hunter Gaddis, Pérez slapped a single into right field to bring in two runs and turn another nailbiter into a comfortable 4-1 lead.
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Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
In a video posted just days before the competition started, Richter gets his butt slapped by his mentor.
While half-heartedly watching Napier against Miami, Stricklin accidentally knocked one of Marino’s letters out of place.
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Noah White,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
Guido has been a magnet for controversy; a decade earlier he had been knocked to the ground when the Pirates’ first baseman Randall Simon took a swing at him with his bat from the visitor’s dugout, causing both the Italian sausage and hot dog to fall.
All of the electricity, vibes and crash-the-establishment momentum that began when Deion smacked TCU in his first game as Colorado’s coach have evaporated behind nothing but losses.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Oct. 2025
In the locker room, fellow pass-rusher extraordinaire Jonathon Cooper smacked Bonitto’s shoulders and bellowed his praises to a gaggle of reporters.
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