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Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider, delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Atlanta.

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  • Sports

Atlanta Braves pitcher throws a no-hitter into the 8th inning in win over Miami Marlins

Spencer Strider held the Miami Marlins scoreless Monday as the Braves snapped their four-game losing streak, winning 11-0. 

April 25, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers is leaving the Green Bay Packers after 18 seasons. He'll be playing with the New York Jets in 2023.

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It took a while, but Aaron Rodgers is poised to become a New York Jet

The 39-year-old four-time NFL MVP had been vocal about his frustrations on the Green Bay Packers. Now, he'll be dropping the No. 12 in exchange for the No. 8 on the Jets.

April 24, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
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With NBA playoffs underway, players are showing off their talents — and their style

NBA players weren't always free to express themselves through their outfits. Nowadays they represent their roots and influence culture off the court. (Story aired on ATC on March 23, 2023.)

April 24, 2023
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  • Pilar Galvan
The Paralympics TikTok account combines sports footage with viral audio to showcase athletes. But critics of compilations posted to Twitter say it mocks them instead.

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  • Sports

Edgy or insensitive? The Paralympics TikTok account sparks a debate

People are slamming the account for what they see as mocking Para athletes. But those behind it, and some featured on it, say it's an important tool for increasing visibility and understanding.

April 24, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Josh Christopher, 21, of the Houston Rockets is building his own brand. He's shown above prior to a game against the Atlanta Hawks in November 2022 in Houston, Texas.

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  • Pop Culture

With NBA playoffs underway, players are showing off their talents — and their style

Players didn't always have the freedom to express themselves through their outfits — in 2005, the NBA instituted a restrictive dress code. Now players embrace the intersection of sports and fashion.

April 23, 2023
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  • Pilar Galvan
Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds celebrate with the Vanarama National League trophy after Wrexham won the Vanarama National League on Saturday at Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, Wales.

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  • Sports

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's soccer team wins promotion to professional league

Following a victory on Saturday, Wrexham has gained promotion and starting in August will play in the fourth highest tier in English soccer.

April 22, 2023
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  • Willem Marx
A game at the Oakland Coliseum in July 23, 2022. The Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a new stadium in Las Vegas.

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  • Sports

The Oakland A's are on the verge of moving to Las Vegas

Team officials said they had signed an agreement to buy a 49-acre site near the Strip for a new stadium. The team's departure would leave Oakland with no major pro sports teams.

April 21, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan
Detroit Lions wide receiver Quintez Cephus is one of five NFL players suspended for violating the league's gambling policy.

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The NFL suspends 5 players for violating gambling policy

Three players were suspended indefinitely for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season, while two others received six-game suspensions for betting on non-NFL games at a league facility.

April 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Lashawn Thompson, 35, died in the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta in September 2022. His family's attorney, Michael Harper, said Thompson's body was covered with insect bite marks.

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Crump says Kaepernick to pay for autopsy for inmate who died in 'appalling conditions'

The former NFL quarterback is assisting the family of Lashawn Thompson, a Georgia jail inmate who died last year while covered in insects, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said.

April 21, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Former professional wrestler Ted "Teddy" DiBiase Jr. speaks  in Jackson, Miss., on Sept. 23, 2015. A federal indictment unsealed on Thursday said companies run by DiBiase received "sham contracts" in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money.

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  • National

A former pro wrestler is charged in Mississippi with welfare fraud

Companies run by former professional wrestler Ted "Teddy" DiBiase Jr. received "sham contracts" in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money, according to a new federal indictment.

April 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Damar Hamlin attends an event with lawmakers to introduce the Access to AEDs Act on March 29, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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  • Sports

Damar Hamlin wants to raise awareness for this rare cardiac condition

Commotio cordis is the leading cause of death in youth athletes across all sports. He wants to change that.

April 19, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Lemiley Lane, who grew up in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, walks along the Bountiful High School campus during her junior year in 2020 in Bountiful, Utah. The school changed its nickname in 2021 to "The Redhawks."

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  • Race

As schools face calls to drop Native American mascots, some could lose state money

New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding.

April 19, 2023
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  • Scott Neuman
Police in Elgin, Texas say 25-year-old Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr. faces a third-degree felony count of deadly conduct after an early-morning shooting in an H-E-B parking lot.

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  • National

2 Texas cheerleaders were shot after 1 tried to get in the wrong car after practice

The shooting happened just after midnight in the grocery store parking lot the cheerleaders use when carpooling to practice. One of them, described as an all-star cheer icon, was critically injured.

April 19, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman celebrates after Game 5 of the NHL 2021 Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper.

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  • Sports

NHL commissioner disputes link between hockey and CTE brain disease

The Commissioner of the National Hockey League tackles the league's efforts to increase diversity, hockey's culture of fighting and potential links between the game and the brain disease CTE.

April 19, 2023
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  • H.J. Mai
A scoreboard shows a message of support for Damar Hamlin at a January Bills-Patriots game in New York. The Bills' general manager says Hamlin has been cleared to play.

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  • Sports

Damar Hamlin is cleared to play football, 4 months after his on-field cardiac arrest

The general manager of the Buffalo Bills said Tuesday that Hamlin is back to working out with the team. It's the next step in his remarkable recovery after collapsing on the field in January.

April 18, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
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