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Transgender athletes look to changing of White House guard
Transgender athletes are getting an ally in the White House next week as they seek to participate as their identified gender in high school and college sports — although state legislatures, Congress and the courts are all expected to have their say this year, too. Attorneys on both sides say they expect...
Vaccine appointments now being taken for 75 years and older
Roughly 277,000 Connecticut residents who are 75 years and older were allowed Thursday to begin making appointments online or via telephone for their COVID-19 vaccinations, with plans in the works to eventually phase in people 65 and older and anyone 16 to 64 with underlying health conditions that put them of...
Ballard contemplates possibility of Rivers returning to Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard heard the locker room talk. Coach Frank Reich wants Philip Rivers back as the starting quarterback next fall. Two-time All-Pro linebacker Darius Leonard wants another chance to get Rivers his missing Super Bowl ring. So do Leonard's...
Pandemic's toll shows up on students' college applications
In a college application season like no other, students who have seen every aspect of their lives disrupted by the coronavirus are grappling with how to show their potential. High school seniors around the U.S. are facing January and February college application deadlines without SAT and ACT entrance exam scores,...
Arizona officials reinstate winter sports at high schools
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona high school sports officials voted Tuesday to allow winter sports, reversing a decision made four days earlier to cancel the season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Arizona Interscholastic Association voted 5-4 to reinstate basketball, soccer and wrestling for high school...
Waxahachie boys take over No. 1 in Texas 6A hoops rankings
SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school state rankings for the week of Jan. 11: BOYS PUBLIC Class 6A 1. Waxahachie, 11-2; 2. Humble Atascocita, 11-0; 3. Duncanville, 13-1; 4. Richardson, 10-1; 5. South Grand Prairie, 10-0; 6. Austin Westlake, 12-1; 7. Fort Bend Elkins,...
High school girls lacrosse team finds a way to give back
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Weeks ago, St. Mary’s junior Hadley Chadwick wondered if there was any way she could find a way to inject a little light in a year marred by misery. With her father, Chris, they found it. Chadwick had helped the St. Mary’s’ Easter basket drive earlier in the year....
Biloxi seafood icon and football legend George Sekul dies
BILOXI, MISS. (AP) — He quarterbacked a national championship team, coached two national championship teams, and in Biloxi George Sekul was just as well-known for his involvement in the Mississippi Coast seafood industry. “He kind of lived in both worlds,” said Robin Krohn David, executive...
McKenzie transfers from Philadelphia to Belgium’s Genk
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — The Philadelphia Union have transferred central defender Mark McKenzie to Belgium’s Genk. The Union said Thursday the transfer fee was for multimillion dollars but did not specify the amount. McKenzie, 21, made his Union debut in 2018 and his U.S. national team debut last Feb. 1...
Editorial Roundup: North Carolina
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Jan. 6 The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer on the spike in coronavirus cases in North Carolina: North Carolina, like other states, is now seeing the effects of two accelerants that health officials had feared would ignite the spread of COVID-19....
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