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The Kansas City Star 816-234-4868 Vahe Gregorian has been a sports columnist for The Kansas City Star since 2013 after 25 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
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As the mother of three kids and a lover of outdoor sports, the 43-year-old is always on the move, recently adding jiu-jitsu to her mix of physical activity.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
19 Jan. 2025
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This obsession has become his top priority, guiding him in organizing his practice and tournament schedule for the upcoming year.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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That’s three tournament championships this season for the Monarchs . .—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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Making better use of A.I., Mr. Burns said, is crucial to the U.S. competition with China.—
Julian E. Barnes,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Howe’s men will share the club record of nine consecutive victories across all competitions with Kevin Keegan’s vintage (May to September 1994) and Rafa Benitez’s Championship-winning side (September to November 2016).—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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Mishima’s torso is buffed from years of bodybuilding, his legs almost spindly by comparison.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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The film became a box office hit and paved the way for the bodybuilding industry's entry into mainstream culture.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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This year, Cleveland hosts the first and second rounds of the men's tourney.—
Troy Smith,
Axios,
10 Jan. 2025
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Each of the two men’s tourneys operated under a one-year contract.—
Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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In the past, players could treat recovery as a voluntary activity, sought out on their own.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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But being the first American to beat one seasonal activity on one class would not exactly be the same level of achievement.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The two conference championship games kick off Sunday.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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But with the 2024-25 NFL season winding down, and the Chiefs facing off against the Buffalo Bills in the American Football Conference championship game this weekend, the Taylor Swift effect appears to be blunted.—
Rob Csernyik,
WIRED,
25 Jan. 2025
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Kurt Warner threw five touchdown passes and four future Hall of Famers — Isaac Bruce, Marshall Faulk, Cris Carter and Randy Moss — each recorded at least 100 scrimmage yards and a touchdown.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Cougars won almost every battle along the line of scrimmage, then ran away — BYU went for 180 on the ground, with 6-foot-2 hammer LJ Martin accounting for 93 of those — and hid.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
29 Dec. 2024
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“Athletics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/athletics. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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