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Israeli cycling team loses sponsor despite country dropping name

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! Israeli cycling team Israel-Premier Tech (IPT) has lost its top sponsor despite complying with the sponsor’s request to remove the word “Israel” from the team name. Canadian company Premier Tech announced it would end its partnership with the team in a statement released Friday. “After several discussions with […]

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Oregon teenagers speed up lawsuit after protesting trans athlete at medal podium

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! Oregon teenagers Alexa Anderson and Reese Eckard scored a victory in their legal battle against the state’s high school athletic association after they stepped down from a medal podium to protest a trans athlete in May. Anderson and Eckard’s lawsuit against the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) alleges

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Van Jones distances himself from CNN while making pro-Israel statements

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! I’m sitting at the Blue Square Alliance Against Hate Conference this week listening to Van Jones and I’m disappointed in myself for not hating all he says. It starts with this: “I work for CNN,” Jones says, “but I’m not CNN. I don’t agree with everything CNN says

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Damon Jones uses parents’ home as collateral, pleads not guilty

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! Former NBA player and coach Damon Jones pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering stemming from two separate illegal gambling cases. To remain free, he used his mother and stepfather’s home as security for a $200,000 bond. Jones is one of three

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Rick Pitino says he reached out to Louisville alumsz

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! Terry Rozier’s college coach, Rick Pitino, reached out to his former player after Rozier was indicted in an illegal gambling case. Pitino, who coached Rozier at Louisville, said he was “shocked” by the news of Rozier’s alleged involvement and arrest “because Terry makes $22 million a year.” “It’s

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FIFA’s Infantino accused of violating neutrality over Trump support

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! Miguel Maduro, the former chairman of FIFA’s governing committee, suggested that current FIFA president Gianni Infantino violated the governing body’s statutes by recently expressing support for President Donald Trump. Maduro told The Athletic he believes Infantino violated FIFA’s rules on political neutrality with the latest comments about Trump

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College basketball: The world’s tallest teenager Olivier Rioux makes his Florida debut

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! The Florida Gators were up in the fourth quarter of their win over North Florida on Thursday, yet fans had a big request for head coach Todd Golden. They wanted to see Olivier Rioux, the world’s tallest teenager at 7-foot-9, make his collegiate debut, as chants of “We

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University of Washington soccer player Mia Hamant dead 21 years after battle with cancer

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! University of Washington women’s soccer player Mia Hamant has died after a monthlong battle with stage 4 kidney cancer, the school announced Thursday. She was 21. Hamant, a California native in her senior year, was diagnosed with Stage 4 SMARCB1-deficient kidney cancer in April after suffering symptoms such

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NFL News: Trump attends Commanders-Lions game, honors military veterans

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! President Donald Trump will attend Sunday’s game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions at Northwest Field in Landover, Maryland. Trump will be on hand to celebrate the veterans ceremony at halftime of the game, joining Commanders owner Josh Harris in the owner’s suite. Pat McAfee first

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