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Controversial UPenn Swimmer Is First Transgender NCAA Championship Winner
A University of Pennsylvania athlete has swum her way to victory both a man and a woman, this time taking home an NCAA trophy on Thursday. Lia Thomas, 22, who previously competed as William on the men's swim team, has made history as the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA championship on Mar. 17, the school and dozens of media outlets announced immediately following the event. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ESPN (@espn) Thomas is also the first Quaker female swimmer to win an NCAA individual title, according to a release…
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NJ TikToker Stuns Gym Bros With 425-Pound Deadlift (
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Jaws hit the floor at a New Jersey gym last month as Sherein Abdelhady effortlessly pulled 425 pounds right off of it. The 25-year-old physical therapist captured not only her impressive PR, but the stunned faces of the men around her. "Deadlifting 425 pounds is cool," Abdelhady captioned the clip. "But seeing everyone's reaction is cooler." The video, filmed at Clifton's LA Fitness, had more than 31 million views as of Wednesday, March 2. And the reactions were 100% real, Abdelhady said. @shereinabdelhady there’s alot of emotions in this video 😂 #fyp #gym #fitness ♬ without me -…
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Giants Head Coach Joe Judge Fired
Embattled New York Giants Head Coach Joe Judge was fired Tuesday after two seasons that produced a 10-23 record and a series of public embarrassments, the team confirmed. "Steve (Tisch) and I both believe it is in the best interest of our franchise to move in another direction," team President John Mara said in a statement shortly after 5:30 p.m. "We met with Joe [Monday] afternoon to discuss the state of the team," Mara added. "I met again with Joe this afternoon, and it was during that conversation I informed Joe of our decision. We appreciate Joe's efforts on behalf of the organization.…
Sports
That Teacher's A Baller: Rutgers Grad Sinks Playground Shot In Viral Video
Kathleen Fitzpatrick was playing basketball with her third graders one Friday afternoon at recess as she usually does, when she made the shot that nearly broke the sports-side of TikTok: "If I make this shot, we'll have hot chocolate as a class on Monday," Fitzpatrick told the students, she said in an interview with ESPN. Dressed in jeans and a white blouse, "Miss Fitz" dribbles toward the hoop before launching the ball -- her students watching in anticipation. It goes in. The crowd goes wild. Make no mistake, it's not "Miss Fitz's" first time handling a basketball: The Washington DC-area…
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Child Swallows Flashlight Battery Prompting Recall:
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Halo is recalling five models of its children’s projector flashlights because the company has received two reports of children accessing the button cell batteries and in one case swallowing them. The child who swallowed the battery required surgery to remove it. The company says the models include it’s Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Avengers, and ESPN projector flashlights. They have a key chain on one end and a flashlight projector on the other end. The flashlights were part of a Disney-branded care package that Starlight Children’s Foundation (“Starlight”) distributed to hospitals and healthc…
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2 Fully-Vaccinated Pittsburgh Steelers' Players Test Positive For
Covid-
19, ESPN Says
The second Pittsburgh Steelers' player has tested positive for COVID-19 in the last three days, according to an ESPN report. Minkah Annane Fitzpatrick Jr., 25, of New Jersey, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the outlet reports citing an unnamed source. Fitzpatrick was scheduled to speak at a press conference Monday at noon but had to cancel due to the test result, according to ESPN. If Fitzpatrick does not test positive in time to play in Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Charges, Tre Norwood would most likely play in his place, according to DKPittsburghSports. Fitzpatrick …
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Seven Charged With Homicide In Death Of Soccer Great Diego Maradona
Authorities in Argentina have charged seven medical professionals in the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona. Maradona, considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time, died of a heart attack in Buenos Aires last November after undergoing surgery for a blood clot on his brain just two weeks earlier. He was 60. Family members’ concerns prompted an investigation that included a raid on the home and private clinic of neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, various news outlets reported. Then came the bombshell announcement that Luque and six others – including Maradona’s psychiatrist and two…
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College Hockey Player From NJ Dies In House Fire Near Niagara University
The body of a 23-year-old college student from New Jersey was found following a house fire near his university. Patrick Romano, of Toms River, died following Saturday's blaze at a home on Wyoming Avenue in Niagara Falls -- about a mile from Niagara University, where Romano was a junior, university officials said. The fire broke out at a Wyoming Avenue home around 5 a.m. Saturday, and took approximately two hours to control. The cause was under investigation. Romano attended Toms River High School East, where he was a member of the varsity hockey team. He joined Niagara University's Purp…
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: Former NY Giant Chris Canty Lists Alpine Home For $3.999M
Former New York Giant Chris Canty has listed his Alpine home. The Berkery Drive mansion is listed at $3.999 million. The former professional football player bought the home for $4.9 million in 2009 -- the same year he signed with the Giants. A "DiPietro, Canty & Rothenberg” ESPN Radio show co-host, Canty will be moving into New York City to be closer to ESPN headquarters, listing agent Igor Beyder said. "A lot of money went into trim and moldings," Beyder said. "There were a lot of upgrades [to the home]. It's one of the more move-in ready homes in Alpine." The more than 10,000-s…
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New Jerseyans Can Bet On Nathan's Hot Dog-Eating Contest
For the first time in event history, three states that legalized betting on the Nathan's Hot Dog-Eating Contest -- and New Jersey is one of them. This year is the first that the July Fourth contest won't go down in front of the Nathan's joint on Coney Island in front of live spectators. Instead, it will be held in an indoor venue on Coney Island at noon Saturday with no live audience due to COVID-19. Wagering approved by the state's Division of Gaming must stop before the event begins as no live betting is allowed.Bookmakers can only offer bets tied directly to the competition. Joey "Jaws"…
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NJ Native Britt McHenry Confirms She Has Brain Tumor
Britt McHenry, a former ESPN employee from Mount Holly, confirmed she has a brain tumor and said surgery is imminent on Twitter on Thursday evening. McHenry said she wanted to keep the diagnosis relatively private, but “as usual, things are being said without my consent." "I have a brain tumor. I’m with an amazing medical team and surgery is imminent. Thank you for continued support and understanding at this time," McHenry wrote. Earlier, she tweeted about getting an MRI on Monday and alluded to bad news on Tuesday. "I have a brain tumor. I’m with an amazing medical team and surgery …
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