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Serena Williams hosts an ESPY awards show celebrating landmark year for women's sports 07/12/2024 12:57am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Led by host Serena Williams, The ESPYS celebrated a landmark year for women's sports, with Simone Biles, A'ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Dawn Staley and JuJu Watkins among the honorees on Thursday night. Staley, coach of the national champion South Carolina women’s basketball team Longtime NFL assistant coach and defensive mastermind Monte Kiffin dies at age 84 07/11/2024 09:31pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Monte Kiffin, the longtime NFL and college assistant coach whose Tampa Bay defenses routinely ranked among the league’s best, died Thursday. He was 84. One of the architects of the ultra successful Tampa 2 defensive scheme, Kiffin spent 13 seasons as defensive coordinator of t The Top Real Estate Companies in Atlanta 07/11/2024 08:00pm • Known as a transportation hub and home to many executives and Fortune 500 companies, Atlanta is a great city to plant roots. The average home value in Atlanta in July is nearly $400,000, reports Zillow. That's a 2% increase from a year ago. If you're going to buy real estate, it's important to team West Virginia, Idaho asking Supreme Court to review rulings allowing transgender athletes to compete 07/11/2024 05:22pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia and Idaho are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review rulings that blocked the enforcement of state laws prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in sports. “If the Supreme Court takes this up, it will determine the fate of women’s sports across th US appeals court says some NCAA athletes may qualify as employees under federal wage-and-hour laws 07/11/2024 05:11pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — College athletes whose efforts primarily benefit their schools may qualify as employees deserving of pay under federal wage-and-hour laws, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday in a setback to the NCAA. The court, in the latest challenge to the NCAA's long-held notion of “amate The GOP platform calls for 'universal school choice.' What would that mean for students? 07/11/2024 04:49pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — National Republicans are poised to support “universal school choice” as part of the policy platform they adopt at next week’s convention in Milwaukee, a goal supporters see as the culmination of decades advocating for parents’ autonomy to pick their children’s schoo George Mason gives basketball coach Tony Skinn a one-year contract extension 07/11/2024 04:28pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — George Mason has signed basketball coach Tony Skinn to a one-year contract extension through the 2028-29 season. Athletic director Marvin Lewis announced the deal Thursday. In his first season as coach, Skinn led the Patriots to 20 regular-season wins for the first time sinc Sports on TV for Friday, July 12 07/11/2024 04:25pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, July 12 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:35 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Geelong at Collingwood 2:30 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Carlton at Western 5:30 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Essendon at North Melbourne AUTO RACING 2 p.m. FS2 — Shelley Duvall, star of 'The Shining' and 'Nashville,' dies at 75 07/11/2024 03:58pm • Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick's “The Shining,” has died. She was 75. Duvall died Thursday in her sleep at home in Blanco, Texas, her longtime partner, Dan G Why breast density is important in assessing cancer risk 07/11/2024 03:29pm • This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Medical Center. According to the American Cancer Society, screening mammograms miss about 1 in 8 breast cancers, and women with dense breasts are more likely to get false-negative results. Last March, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) passed NCAA committee approves Indianapolis to host all 3 men's finals, NIT in 2026, adds metrics for 2025 07/11/2024 03:00pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis will host championships for all three NCAA divisions and the NIT in 2026, and the governing body’s men’s basketball committee has also approved including the Torvik and Wins Against Bubble rankings among metrics in evaluating teams for next year’s tournament. Georgia has 2 more players, including LB Smael Mondon, arrested for reckless driving 07/11/2024 01:19pm • Georgia starting linebacker Smael Mondon was arrested by Athens-Clarke County police on Wednesday night on charges of speeding and reckless driving, according to jail records. One day earlier, freshman offensive lineman Bo Hughley was arrested by University of Georgia police on similar charges as th Maryland vs. Virginia: Which state ranks No. 1 on 'Best States for Business' list — and which ranks No. 31? 07/11/2024 12:30pm • CNBC's 2024 rankings of Best States for Business puts Virginia at the top of the list for the third time in five years, and a record sixth time since CNBC began its rankings in 2007. Virginia edged out last year's top state of business, North Carolina, in what CNBC called the closest finish ever. Here's what you need to know about the NBA's upcoming 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal 07/11/2024 12:08pm • The NBA might not be happy with the NFL making Christmas Day a regular part of its schedule. However, its new media rights deals nearly put the two leagues in the same economic arena. The NBA's 11-year, $76 billion contract package would kick in with the 2025-26 season. The deal is for the same numb Prime Time in Big 12: Colorado coach Deion Sanders says he is 'judged on a different scale' 07/11/2024 10:57am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Colorado coach Deion Sanders said Wednesday at his first Big 12 media days appearance that he has to operate under an entirely different umbrella when it comes to expectations. The Pro Football Hall of Fame player is going into his second season coaching in a power conference. �