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Amid uncertainty, schools prepare for paid athlete endorsers
There is Arizona Edge and Buffs with a Brand. Oklahoma State rolled out OSU Elite and Texas Tech launched Beyond Verified. Florida State unveiled Apex in April with a social media video that included clips of former Seminoles sports stars from Deion Sanders to Burt Reynolds. The program Alabama created...
Senate report details sweeping failures around Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON — A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has uncovered broad government, military and law enforcement missteps surrounding the violent attack, including a breakdown within multiple intelligence agencies and a lack of training and preparation for Capitol Police officers who were quickly overwhelmed by...
Former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel dies at 71
LOS ANGELES — Jim Fassel, a former coach of the New York Giants who was named NFL coach of the year in 1997 and led the team to the 2001 Super Bowl, has died. He was 71. Fassel’s son, John, confirmed the death to the Los Angeles Times on Monday....
Biden to get warm welcome from relieved but wary allies
LONDON — When U.S. President Joe Biden flies to Europe this week, he will find his hosts welcoming but wary. His predecessor Donald Trump may be gone, but he leaves a long shadow. Biden’s first foreign trip as president starts Wednesday and includes a gathering of the Group of Seven...
China’s wandering elephants becoming international stars
BEIJING — Already famous at home, China’s wandering elephants are now becoming international stars. Major global media are chronicling the herd’s more than yearlong, 300-mile trek from their home in a wildlife reserve in mountainous southwest Yunnan province to the outskirts of the provincial capital of Kunming. Twitter and YouTube...
Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage
LONDON — Multiple websites went offline briefly across the globe Tuesday after an apparent outage at the cloud service company Fastly, revealing how critical a handful of companies running the internet’s plumbing have become. Dozens of sites including the New York Times, CNN, some Amazon sites, Twitch, Reddit, the Guardian,...
This date in sports history: June 8Video
1935 — Omaha, ridden by Willis Saunders, becomes the third horse to win the Triple Crown by capturing the Belmont Stakes with a 1½-length victory over Firethron. 1950 — Boston beats the St. Louis Browns, 29-4, at Fenway Park, and the Red Sox set six major league records: most runs...
Tyler Toffoli scores OT goal as Canadiens complete sweep of Jets
MONTREAL — Tyler Toffoli scored at 1:39 of overtime, lifting the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night and a four-game sweep of their second-round playoff series. Toffoli took a cross-crease pass from Cole Caufield and beat Connor Hellebuyck with a one-timer for the...
Washington state OKs free pot as vaccine incentive
SEATTLE — Washington state says licensed marijuana stores can offer free joints to promote coronavirus vaccine clinics. The “Joints for Jabs” program announced by state officials Monday will permit pot retail shops to give away a single pre-rolled joint to anyone over 21 who gets a shot at an on-site...
Rickie Fowler faces uphill chase on long day of U.S. Open qualifying
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Already facing a long day, Rickie Fowler found the road even tougher Monday in 36-hole qualifying as he tried to avoid missing the U.S. Open for the first time in 11 years. Fowler was among 685 players seeking 54 spots in nine qualifiers across eight states to...
Islanders win 5-4 to take 3-2 lead in series over Bruins
BOSTON — With five minutes left and his New York Islanders bleeding away their three-goal lead, coach Barry Trotz called a timeout and told his players to breathe. “He just calmed everyone down,” said forward Josh Bailey, who had a goal and an assist in the 5-4 victory that gave...
Angels’ Mike Trout says no timetable on return from calf injuryVideo
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout said his right calf is starting to feel better, but the Los Angeles Angels superstar still doesn’t know when he will be able to return. The three-time AL MVP went on the injured list May 18 after straining his calf the night before against the...
Knicks’ Tom Thibodeau selected as NBA’s Coach of the YearVideo
NEW YORK — Tom Thibodeau got the New York Knicks back to the playoffs, guiding the team to its second-best record in 20 years. And in the eyes of the voters, that coaching job was the best in the NBA. Thibodeau was revealed Monday as the NBA’s Coach of the...
‘A lot of anxiety’ for Democrats as Biden agenda stalls
WASHINGTON — Hopes for a big infrastructure investment are teetering. An ambitious elections and voting bill is all but dead. Legislation on police brutality, gun control and immigration has stalled out. After six months of Democratic control in Washington, the party’s progressive wing is growing increasingly restless as campaign promises...
Capitol riot suspect blames ‘pack of lies,’ seeks release
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines, Iowa, man pictured prominently with a QAnon shirt ahead of a crowd of insurgents inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack asked a judge on Monday to release him from jail, saying “he feels deceived, recognizing that he bought into a...
Oregon lawmaker faces expulsion for assault on state Capitol
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek wants to expel a Republican lawmaker who allowed violent protesters into the state Capitol in December. Fellow Republicans said Monday they want him out too. Video that emerged late Friday in local news reports that apparently showed Rep. Mike Nearman choreographing how...
Oil pipeline foes protest Enbridge’s Line 3 in Minnesota
SOLWAY, Minn. — Hundreds of protesters vowing do whatever it takes to stop a Canadian-based company’s push to replace an aging pipeline blockaded a pump station in northern Minnesota on Monday, and some chained themselves to construction equipment. Environmental and tribal groups say Enbridge Energy’s plan to rebuild Line 3,...
Drought-stricken Nevada enacts ban on ‘non-functional’ grass
CARSON CITY, Nev. — In Sin City, one thing that will soon become unforgivable is useless grass. A new Nevada law will outlaw about 40% of the grass in the Las Vegas area in an effort to conserve water amid a drought that’s drying up the region’s primary water source:...
Automakers face a threat to electric vehicle sales: Slow charging times
DETROIT — If the auto industry is to succeed in its bet that electric vehicles will soon dominate the roads, it will need to overcome a big reason why many people are still avoiding them: Fear of running out of juice between Point A and Point B. Automakers have sought...
Column: Racing with friends reignites Allmendinger’s passionVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — AJ Allmendinger was so over the grind and the losing and the lack of any enjoyment in his job that he walked away from NASCAR after the 2018 season rather than run for another mediocre team. His friends pulled him back in. It was a little at...
Philadelphia to give away nearly $400,000 in vaccine prizes
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced Monday that the city will be giving away cash prizes as part of a multiweek lottery to entice residents to get vaccinated for covid-19. The sweepstakes will include three drawings with chances to win up to $50,000 and is a partnership between the...
Medical marijuana law changes get through Pennsylvania House
HARRISBURG — The state House on Monday approved a set of revisions to Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana law, seeking to make permanent some of the changes put in place temporarily because of the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives voted 164 to 38 for the bill, which would permit dispensing a three-month supply at...
Supreme Court won’t review men-only draft registration law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday that for now it’ll be up to Congress, not the court, to decide whether to change the requirement that only men must register for the draft. It’s one of the few areas of federal law where men and women are still treated differently....
2 former Penn State players among those picked for U.S. Olympic women’s volleyball team
COLORADO SPRING, Colo. — Former Penn State players Haleigh Washington and Micha Hancock are among the 12 players selected for the U.S. Olympic women’s volleyball team that will compete at the Tokyo Games. Washington helped Penn State to the 2014 NCAA championship as a freshman, and Hancock was a members...
U.S. has recovered ransom payment made after Colonial Pipeline hack
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has recovered the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline to halt its operations last month, officials said Monday. The operation to recover the cryptocurrency from the Russia-based hacker group is...
