The NFL suspended five players for violating the league’s gambling policy on Friday. Detroit Lions wide receiver Quintez Cephus and safety C.J. Moore and Washington Commanders defensive end Shaka Toney were suspended indefinitely, the league announced. Meanwhile, Lions wide receivers Stanley Berryhill and Jameson Williams were suspended six games. Cephus, Moore and Toney are suspended…

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Dale Shepherd, a former world record holder in weightlifting and multiple time New Zealand’s strongest man, applied to enter the weightlifting completion “Day of the Deads” in the women’s category. According to the New Zealand news media website Stuff, Shepherd wrote the words, “I identify as a woman for this contest” on the entry form…

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Few topics engender more impassioned takes than the topic of transgender athletes in sports. Few sports better highlight the innate physiological differences between men and women than mixed martial arts. Perhaps due to those two facts, former MMA champion Jake Shields issued an open challenge Thursday on social media to prove a long-simmering point about…

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A deceased former Navy lieutenant — and murderer — will become the first veteran to have his remains removed from Arlington National Cemetery this year due to the nature of his crimes. Former Lt. Andrew Chabrol kidnapped, raped and murdered an enlisted woman — 27-year-old Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa Harrington — in Chesapeake, Virginia,…

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Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez was removed from Thursday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays after he lost track of how many outs there were and ran into a double play. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch removed Báez in the third, one inning after Báez’s gaffe on the bases. “If you watch the last couple of…

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Medieval scholar Grigory Kessel recently discovered ancient Gospel text hidden in an ancient manuscript fragment. Kessel, a senior scientist at the Institute for Medieval Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, published his findings last month in the periodical, “New Testament Studies.” According to the article, Kessel had been studying the “undertexts” of an old…

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Another day, another embarrassing Joe Biden gaffe on the world stage. In his muddled state, the president not only managed to appear clueless but also brought up a painful historical reference for Ireland, the country Biden is visiting this week. While there is nothing unusual about Biden beclowning himself, it was somewhat surprising to discover…

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was talking at a New York university on Monday night when critics heckled her one at a time. One individual even called her a “sad old drunk.” Pelosi spoke at City University of New York that evening and was talking with host Paul Krugman — a New York Times columnist…

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Ivanka Trump made a low-profile visit to her father, former President Donald Trump, last weekend before he traveled to New York to face controversial charges brought by a grand jury. “The former first daughter saw him on Sunday at his Palm Beach, Fla., fiefdom ahead of his arraignment on Tuesday in New York,” the gossip…

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When students who want to become lawyers show a complete disregard for the document that our legal system is based on, there should be consequences. Sadly, those consequences are usually suffered by the people they represent. Now, though, the tide may be turning, as it appears that some judges have decided to stop allowing themselves…

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