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I stopped drinking alcohol in June 2023, a decision that was long overdue and has since improved my life ...

It's been said many times before, across many different eras, but that doesn't make it any less true: The New York Jets ...

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Magnus Carlsen left his lunch meeting and headed to the second day of the World Rapid Chess Championship. He said he changed ...

Select portions of the college football world were outraged—big shock there—by Miami quarterback Cam Ward's decision to play ...

The Sacramento Kings played and lost what threatens to be the last meaningful basketball game of their season on Thursday night. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that it may also have been the ...

When F.C. Barcelona acquired Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig back in August, it did so despite clearly not being anywhere close to able to afford Olmo's salary under La Liga's Financial Fair Play rules, ...