Aaron Rodgers' act is tired, but Pittsburgh Steelers share blame | Opinion The Pittsburgh Steelers aren't expecting an Aaron Rodgers retirement decision before NFL draft this week. The act is getting old.

As tiresome as the ‘will he or won’t he’ Aaron Rodgers saga is, the Steelers are willing and enabling participants.

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Big East revival architect Val Ackerman to retire after 13 monumental years as commissioner

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LETTER from journalists to the WHCA: “TAKE STRONGER ACTION”

Wearing pins and handkerchiefs at the dinner isn’t enough as Trump wages war on the first amendment.

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

Worth the read. And a reminder of the importance of journalism.

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In 1971, England lifted their ban on women playing football. 17 months later, the Lionesses took the field. They've since grown the league at home to one of the world's best, lifted trophies, and redefined British football. They've turned dreams into legends. Here's to 500 more 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁

Kennedy Wesley’s first international goal makes it 3-0

Rose doubles it. She has been playing so well tonight.

Third time tonight is the charm for Naomi Girma. USWNT leads Japan 1-0

It will never stop pissing me off how much trump is going to walk away from this presidency as a “real” billionaire in a way he never was before, and it is going to be solely because of the public office

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Japanese national anthem, highly underrated.

LIV Golf aided Saudi crown prince's image makeover. Now it's expendable | Opinion Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing strategy is shifting, leaving LIV Golf stars and other athletes expendable once their value fades.

LIV Golf aided Saudi crown prince's image makeover. Now it's expendable, as all stooges eventually are.

“perhaps the real legacy of this tournament – and one with implications that go well beyond football – will be to expose the contempt in which the powerful hold the powerless.”

An adorable raccoon.

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The JD Vance who lectured the Pope on religion? That JD Vance?

Just like at the 2022 World Cup, the United States men's national team will likely start no more than two MLS players at this summer's World Cup. It's a downward trend that's mostly held steady since the league's founding.

Nevertheless almost all of the USMNT will have MLS DNA.

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Louisville to host 2028 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, become Gymnastics City USA 2028 • USA Gymnastics Louisville will be the final stop on the journey to LA28 when it hosts the 2028 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, USA Gymnastics and the Louisville Sports Commission announced Wednesday.

Our final stop on the journey to LA28 is set!

Louisville will host the 2028 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics!

#GymnasticsCityUSA will take over the town beginning on June 5 with #USAGTrials28 set for June 16-19 at the KFC Yum! Center.

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Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.

USA TODAY Studio IX isn’t reacting to the conversation. We’re shaping it. And we’re just getting started. It's time to celebrate our one-year anniversary and we're introducing the newest storytellers on our team: Callie Fin, Meghan L. Hall, and Mitchell Northam.

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Dianna Russini resigns from The Athletic in aftermath of Mike Vrabel pictures One week after photos of the New York Times NFL reporter and Patriots coach emerged, Russini left the organization.

One week after photos of the New York Times NFL reporter and Patriots coach emerged, Russini left the organization.

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NEWS: In 2021, Ally Financial Inc., a financial services company, announced its “50/50 pledge,” a promise to spend the same amount on advertising women’s sports as it does men’s sports by 2027.

On Tuesday, Ally reached that goal, a full year ahead of schedule.