One player from each team poised to break out in ’23
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One player from each team poised to break out in ’23

2:24 AM UTCAs we near the end of the calendar year, it’s a pertinent time to ask a very important question: Which player from each team is the most likely to have a breakout season in 2023?We asked MLB.com writers just that, and here’s what they had to say:Blue Jays: OF Daulton VarshoVarsho lands in… […]

Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests
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Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests

ZVECAN, Kosovo (AP) — International efforts to defuse a crisis in Kosovo intensified Wednesday as ethnic Serbs held more protests in a northern town where recent clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers sparked fears of renewed conflict in the troubled region.Hundreds of Serbs repeated at a rally their demand for the withdrawal from northern Kosovo of the… […]

Third Man Charged In 2002 Shooting Death Of Run-DMC Star Jam Master Jay
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Third Man Charged In 2002 Shooting Death Of Run-DMC Star Jam Master Jay

NEW YORK (AP) — A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, prosecutors said Tuesday, marking the latest movement in a case that languished for years.Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York filed a superseding indictment on Tuesday, charging Jay Bryant, 49, in the… […]

Nurse’s sell to Harden on Sixers return: ‘Winning’
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Nurse’s sell to Harden on Sixers return: ‘Winning’

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 1, 2023, 05: 11 PM ETCAMDEN, N.J. — New Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse was asked about the status of pending free agent James Harden and how he’d sell the star guard on playing for him next season.”Winning has to be the sell, right?” Nurse said Thursday during his introductory news conference… […]

Auschwitz museum criticizes use of death camp in politics
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Auschwitz museum criticizes use of death camp in politics

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland’s ruling party that uses the theme of the Nazi German extermination camp to discourage participation in an upcoming anti-government march.The state-run museum attacked “instrumentalization of the tragedy” of the 1.1 million people who were murdered at the site during World… […]

An invisible advantage is fueling the Nuggets’ NBA Finals run
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An invisible advantage is fueling the Nuggets’ NBA Finals run

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 08: 00 AM ETCloseOhm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a… […]

Judge: DSG must fully pay MLB teams’ contracts
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Judge: DSG must fully pay MLB teams’ contracts

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJun 1, 2023, 08: 06 PM ETCloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.A U.S. bankruptcy judge in Houston ruled in favor of Major League Baseball and four of its teams Thursday, forcing Diamond Sports Group,… […]

Harbaugh cites vetting error in Schembechler hire
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Harbaugh cites vetting error in Schembechler hire

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJun 1, 2023, 05: 43 PM ETClose College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana UniversityMichigan coach Jim Harbaugh said on Thursday that a mistake was made during the vetting process in the recent hire of Bo Schembechler’s son, who resigned last month following offensive social media activity.Glenn “Shemy”… […]

The little-known legend of Spottswood Poles
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The little-known legend of Spottswood Poles

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