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Standout Boston Fleet Goalie Leads USA Women's Hockey To Gold Shot — And Rates Salads, Too Standout Boston Fleet Goalie Leads USA Women's Hockey To Gold Shot — And Rates Salads, Too
Standout Boston Fleet Goalie Leads USA Women's Hockey To Gold Shot — And Rates Salads, Too As the US women's hockey team storms through the Olympics and prepares to face Canada for gold, a goalie from New York has been nearly impossible to beat — all while becoming a well-known Caesar salad critic.  Aerin Frankel, a 26-year-old goaltender for the Professional Women's Hockey League's Boston Fleet who grew up in the Westchester County, NY village of Briarcliff Manor, has been dominant in the net for the US women’s hockey team at the Milan Cortina Games.   She was a key factor in Team USA's advancing to the gold medal game with a 5-0 semifinal win over Sweden on …

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by Ben Crnic
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Yale Football Coach, Mass Native Tony Reno Steps Down, Citing Health Reasons Yale Football Coach, Mass Native Tony Reno Steps Down, Citing Health Reasons
Yale Football Coach, Mass Native Tony Reno Steps Down, Citing Health Reasons Yale football coach Tony Reno is leaving the team after 14 seasons for health concerns, the university announced Tuesday, Feb. 17. Reno did not disclose his condition, but Yale said he believes the decision is in the Bulldogs' best interest. He took a medical leave of absence from the program in December. The Oxford, Massachusetts, native's decision is effective immediately. Yale hired him as head coach in January 2012, and he leaves as one of the program's most successful coaches in its long history. “When I arrived at Yale 14 years ago, I could never have imagined what this journey …

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by Josh Lanier
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College Football Star Charged With Rape College Football Star Charged With Rape
College Football Star Charged With Rape One of the leading players in Division I college football has been charged with rape. Parker Kingston, a 21-year-old BYU redshirt junior wide receiver, was charged with first-degree felony rape this week, following a year-long investigation into an incident alleged to have occurred on Feb. 23, 2025, in St. George, Utah. According to court documents, a woman alleged Kingston raped her after she repeatedly told him to stop. Kingston has maintained that the encounter was consensual. Kingston was initially held without bail but was granted a $100,000 bond on Thursday, according to ABC affiliat…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Netflix Ice Dancers Denied Gold? Married Olympians Consider Score Appeal After Silver Finish Netflix Ice Dancers Denied Gold? Married Olympians Consider Score Appeal After Silver Finish
Netflix Ice Dancers Denied Gold? Married Olympians Consider Score Appeal After Silver Finish A fraction of a point stood between Team USA and Olympic gold on Wednesday night — and now Madison Chock says an appeal is not off the table. Team USA’s Chock, who is a three-time reigning world champion with partner and husband Evan Bates, said she would consider an appeal after earning silver in the Olympic ice dancing final, following a narrow loss to France. Chock and Bates finished second behind France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron in the free dance final on Wednesday night at the Winter Olympics. Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron began skating together less than a year…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Team USA Winter Olympian Seeks Help Bringing Mom To Milan-Cortina Games Team USA Winter Olympian Seeks Help Bringing Mom To Milan-Cortina Games
Team USA Winter Olympian Seeks Help Bringing Mom To Milan-Cortina Games A Team USA Winter Olympian with Pennsylvania roots is asking for help bringing the person who made her dream possible to the biggest stage in sports. Jasmine Jones has been selected to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy, as part of the United States two-woman bobsled team. The Winter Games are currently underway, with bobsled competition scheduled from Feb. 15 through Feb. 22. The two-woman event begins Feb. 20. Now, Jones has launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover travel, lodging, and Olympic-related expenses so her mother can attend the Games in person. “Making th…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Here's How Bad Bunny, Super Bowl LX Stack Up In US TV History Here's How Bad Bunny, Super Bowl LX Stack Up In US TV History
Here's How Bad Bunny, Super Bowl LX Stack Up In US TV History After months of anticipation and political tension, the "Benito Bowl" delivered one of the biggest audiences in the history of the NFL's crowning event. Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX performance is now the most-watched halftime show, averaging 128.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings released on Tuesday, Feb. 10. That outpaced the entire game's average of 124.9 million viewers, which was likely held back by the Seattle Seahawks' defensive domination over the New England Patriots. The second quarter saw the highest peak viewership in US TV histo…

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by Chris Spiker
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CT's Maxim Naumov Honors Late Parents With Emotional Olympic Skate After DC Plane Crash CT's Maxim Naumov Honors Late Parents With Emotional Olympic Skate After DC Plane Crash
CT's Maxim Naumov Honors Late Parents With Emotional Olympic Skate After DC Plane Crash US figure skater Maxim Naumov carried the memory of his late parents with him to the Olympics on Tuesday night, Feb. 10.  The 24-year-old Simsbury native made his emotional debut at the Milan Cortina Games this week, posting a qualifying score of 85.65, a result that drew a standing ovation, NBC News reported. His American teammate, Andrew Torgashev, who is expected to be a gold medal contender, finished with a score of 88.94.  Naumov's performance comes a little more than a year after his parents died in a plane crash near Washington, D.C.  Former pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova a…

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by Josh Lanier
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How An Actual Wedding Joined Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Show: 'They Wanted Real People' How An Actual Wedding Joined Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Show: 'They Wanted Real People'
How An Actual Wedding Joined Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Show: 'They Wanted Real People' Bad Bunny raps "but there's no wedding" in Spanish at the beginning of "Tití Me Preguntó," but that wasn't the case during his Super Bowl LX Halftime Show. Thomas "Tommy" Wolter and Eleisa "Elli" Aparico were married in an actual wedding during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Sunday, Feb. 8. The California couple had their nuptials in front of 70,823 fans at Levi's Stadium and hundreds of millions of worldwide viewers. Wolter posted about the wedding on Instagram, referencing the English translation of the song "BAILE INoLVIDABLE." "An unforgettable dance with the love of my…

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by Chris Spiker
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Real Wedding, Huge Stars Help Bad Bunny Rock Super Bowl LX: 'Together, We Are America' Real Wedding, Huge Stars Help Bad Bunny Rock Super Bowl LX: 'Together, We Are America'
Real Wedding, Huge Stars Help Bad Bunny Rock Super Bowl LX: 'Together, We Are America' The "Benito Bowl" featured many surprises during an energetic celebration of Latin America, including a wedding and a young boy receiving a Grammy Award. Superstar rapper Bad Bunny performed at halftime during Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, Feb. 8. The Puerto Rican artist was the first primarily Spanish-language solo act to headline the 13-minute concert on the NFL's biggest stage. The performance started with Bad Bunny walking through a sugarcane field, referencing Puerto Rico's history as a Spanish slave colony with sugar plantations. While singing "Tití Me Preguntó,…

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by Chris Spiker
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Trump Reacts To Boos For VP Vance At Winter Olympics Trump Reacts To Boos For VP Vance At Winter Olympics
Trump Reacts To Boos For VP Vance At Winter Olympics Vice President JD Vance was met with loud boos and jeers from the crowd at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan, Italy, drawing a swift response from President Donald Trump, who insisted Vance “doesn’t get booed in this country.” Vance led the official US delegation to the 2026 Milan–Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony at San Siro stadium on Friday night, Feb. 7.  When stadium cameras showed Vance and his wife Usha on the big screen, the crowd’s reaction was immediate and unmistakable, with boos echoing throughout the venue. The moment was picked up clearly on television …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Breezy Does It: American Skier Wins Olympic Gold Hours After Vonn’s Downhill Wipeout Breezy Does It: American Skier Wins Olympic Gold Hours After Vonn’s Downhill Wipeout
Breezy Does It: American Skier Wins Olympic Gold Hours After Vonn’s Downhill Wipeout Breezy Johnson captured Olympic gold in the women’s downhill at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on Sunday, Feb. 6, marking the first Olympic medal of her career. The win came just hours after American skiing legend Lindsey Vonn crashed 13.4 seconds into her downhill run (video here) during the final, ending her bid to become the oldest alpine skier to medal at the Olympics. Vonn had been competing in a knee brace only nine days after rupturing her ACL in her left knee, officials said. Her fall brought an abrupt end to what many hoped would be a historic comeback. While Vonn’s Oly…

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by Cecilia Levine
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MLB Speedster, Three-Time World Series Champion Terrance Gore Dies At 34 MLB Speedster, Three-Time World Series Champion Terrance Gore Dies At 34
MLB Speedster, Three-Time World Series Champion Terrance Gore Dies At 34 Terrance Gore, a World Series champion known for his blazing speed and clutch postseason appearances, has died at the age of 34. Gore, a beloved teammate on several MLB teams, died after what his wife described on social media as a complication during a routine surgical procedure, according to multiple reports. The former New York Met spent eight years in the Majors, playing in just 112 games, almost exclusively as a pinch-running specialist. Gore made just 14 starts in his career, tallying 85 at-bats with one RBI and three extra-base hits. Though he was sparsely used, Gore still wound up …

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by Zak Failla