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Book bans mired at record high
The American Library Association (ALA) says book bans remain stubbornly high, announcing that 2025 saw the second-highest documented level of book challenges, narrowly missing the top spot recorded in 2023. The group found as part of its State of America’s Libraries Report that 4,235 unique titles were challenged in 2025, compared to 4,240 in 2023. ALA defines a challenge…
He’d want to break into T20 side first: Zaheer on Shreyas Iyer as India captain
Zaheer Khan said that while captaincy could be a consideration later on, Shreyas Iyer would first be looking to make a spot for himself in the Indian T20I team, having not played in the shortest format since December 2023.
Camilla Luddington Gives Advice to ‘Tomb Raider’ Sophie Turner
LifestyleCamilla Luddington Gives Advice to ‘Tomb Raider’ Sophie TurnerBy Web Desk-Apr 20, 2026Camilla Luddington, who played Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider video games, has shared a valuable tip with Sophie Turner, who’s taking on the iconic role in the upcoming Prime Video series. Luddington suggests Turner stock up on heating pads to soothe her muscles after intense stunts. Luddington, who voiced and performed motion-capture for Lara Croft from 2013 to 2018, recalls being sore after filming cr...
The 10 factors that will decide the Premier League title race
They are now effectively neck-and-neck. And what a finale to this Premier League title race we have in store. Arsenal and Manchester City have five weeks to prove why they should be Premier League champions after a scintillating top-of-the-table clash on the most Super of Sundays evened the stakes.
Liam Rosenior reveals talks with Chelsea owners amid losing run
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Audi Crooks transfers from Iowa State to Oklahoma State
Iowa State transfer and top portal pick Audi Crooks has committed to Oklahoma State, Crooks announced on social media Monday.The top pick on The Athletic’s transfer portal rankings, Crooks finished the season with 25.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. She was the second-leading scorer in the NCAA this season.Advertisement
Manchester City rip control of Premier League title race from Arsenal | Football Weekly – video
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Barney Ronay and John Brewin to discuss a wild weekend in the Premier League.On today’s pod: Manchester City take control of the title race with a huge win over Arsenal. The panel ask just how decisive this result is, did City win it, or did Arsenal lose it in the margins? What do we make of those near-misses from Eberechi Eze and Kai Havertz? There’s also the small matter of the key battle: Erling Haaland v Gabriel as the panel asks if the head-ruttin...
USMNT Player Tracker: Matarazzo makes history, Pulisic toils continue, Balogun's hot streak
Pellegrino Matarazzo capped his Spanish move with rapid success, Folarin Balogun can’t stop scoring, Weston McKennie continues to prove himself Juventus’ go-to guy but Christian Pulisic’s fallow spell persisted.Welcome to this week’s USMNT Player Tracker.In a parallel universe, Pellegrino Matarazzo might have been plotting an entirely different summer.Advertisement
How Chelsea can finish sixth and still qualify for Champions League
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49ers, LT Trent Williams agree to new 2-year, $50 million contract, ending standoff
The San Francisco 49ers and Trent Williams agreed to a reworked contract, his agency, Elite Loyalty Sports, announced on Monday. The two-year deal pays the left tackle $50 million, including $37 million guaranteed and a $22 million signing bonus.Williams, who turns 38 in July, was set to enter the final year of a three-year, $82.7 million contract, which had no guaranteed money remaining. The team declined to exercise Williams’ $10 million option bonus on March 20, which raised his 2026 cap hit...
The Giants' roadtrip mirrored how their 2026 season has gone thus far
The San Francisco Giants began by playing horribly, unfathomably stale baseball, and they were seemingly incapable of stringing hits together. Then they got on a little roll, which allowed you to grade them on a sliding scale. The absolutely horrid start allowed you to feel better about the not-horrid play that followed. It was just good enough to not give up on the Giants, but it was also just bad enough to consider spending your time on something more interesting, like watching QVC.Advertiseme...
Man Utd flops and Ronald Koeman - Why the Netherlands aren't banking on World Cup glory
The Netherlands have been the nearly team in World Cup finals. Given the history and the admiration for the style of football, they are arguably the best nation to never have won the competition.The Dutch reached the quarter-finals of the 2022 edition in Qatar, losing on penalties to eventual winners Argentina after a dramatic 120 minutes. For this summer’s tournament in North America, they have been drawn in Group F, where they will face Japan, Tunisia and Sweden in the group stages.Finalists i...
Kyle Busch sends Hamlin chilling threat, NASCAR wife is 'America's Most Beautiful' & 1st black female wrecked
Look, I'm not sure how it would look, but ... have we ever thought about maybe giving Kansas some bigger responsibilities during the NASCAR Cup Series season? As in, the championship race? I know we're going to start rotating those bad boys moving forward. I'm thinking Kansas should be on the list.No offense to Miami. Yes, offense to Phoenix. Kansas might clear them both.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMTough to argue with THAT Tyler Reddick win, right? I know I give Tiny Tyler...
Anthony Gordon's transfer preference emerges with Arsenal and Liverpool interested
Anthony Gordon's transfer preference emerges with Arsenal and Liverpool interestedEngland star Anthony Gordon has been linked with a move away from Newcastle in the upcoming summer transfer window with clubs both in and out of the Premier League interestedCommentsSportDaniel Orme Sports Writer14:15, 20 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesGordon has also been linked with Bayern Munich(Image: Getty Images)Anthony Gordon would be ‘open’ to a move to Bayern Munich as the Newcastle star continues to be linked...
Teenage snooker star Stan Moody makes Crucible statement against Kyren Wilson
Youngster takes 6-3 lead after aggressive early displayDing Junhui secures last-16 date with Zhao XintongHalifax teenager Stan Moody announced himself on the World Snooker Championship stage with some superb play for a 6-3 first-session lead over No 3 seed Kyren Wilson.The 19-year-old Crucible debutant discharged himself from hospital after suffering from a serious bout of tonsilitis to enable him to qualify for the tournament. But it was 2024 world champion Wilson left feeling under the weather...
White among the future stars at national finals: 'I proved people wrong'
Future stars of the sport showed their potential in the final of the England Boxing National Amateur Championships.Boxing in the elite finals in Derby on Saturday, Ruby White won her first senior national title with a flyweight victory over Madi Gittens of Box Club.
Romelu Lukaku and Napoli hold positive talks, striker will continue recovery in Belgium
Romelu Lukaku and Napoli have agreed that the striker will continue his recovery from injury in Belgium following constructive talks between player and club.Lukaku returned to Italy on Monday for discussions with Napoli in an effort to resolve a stand-off over his rehabilitation from injury.The 32-year-old striker has been away from the club’s training base in Castelvolturno following his latest setback, seeking treatment back in Belgium.Advertisement
Packers 7-round 2026 mock draft: Multiple O-linemen, immediate CB help, a lefty QB
GREEN BAY, Wis. — There hasn’t been as much buzz in Green Bay preceding the draft this year compared to last for two reasons. One, the city isn’t hosting the event as it did in 2025, and two, the Packers don’t have a first-round pick for the first time since 2017, the draft before Brian Gutekunst took over as general manager.Advertisement
Cowboys 7-round 2026 mock draft: A bold trade to get defender they need
The Dallas Cowboys have eight picks in this week’s NFL Draft and the majority of them are expected to be used on the defensive side of the ball. We took it a step further and spent every one to help fix what was probably the worst defense in franchise history last season.Using the Pro Football Focus mock draft simulator, here is our final Cowboys mock draft:Round 1, No. 6 overallSonny Styles, LB, Ohio StateDallas enters Thursday night with two first-round picks, No. 12 and No. 20. However, in th...
What we heard at Canucks locker-room clean out: 6 big-picture takeaways
VANCOUVER — On Friday, across three hours of media availabilities at Rogers Arena, the Vancouver Canucks formally concluded the worst and most disappointing regular season in franchise history.As a variety of players and Canucks president Jim Rutherford spoke, The Athletic was there asking questions and taking it all in.Advertisement