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Taiwan nighttime dragon boat racing puts a modern twist on an ancient tradition 06/10/2024 10:23am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Across the Chinese diaspora, racing in dragon boats has been a tradition reaching back thousands of years. But change is afoot, most recently in central Taiwan where the races were switched to the evening to take advantage of cooler temperatures, a refreshing breeze and the Giants veteran tight end Darren Waller retires at age 31 06/09/2024 07:54pm • New York Giants tight end Darren Waller announced his retirement from playing football on Sunday, saying he “found a lot of joy” in the sport, but "the passion has slowly been fading.” In a nearly 18-minute video posted on his YouTube channel, the 31-year-old Waller confirmed he's stepping awa Lions lose 1 day of offseason workouts after violating NFL rules relating to on-field contact 06/07/2024 08:48pm • ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have lost one day of organized offseason workouts after breaking rules relating to on-field contact during a practice last month. “We take very seriously the rules set forth within the NFL’s Offseason Program and have worked to conduct our practices a Chiefs' BJ Thompson is alert and responsive a day after having a seizure, going into cardiac arrest 06/07/2024 02:48pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs defensive lineman B.J. Thompson remained hospitalized but was awake and responsive on Friday, one day after the second-year pro experienced a seizure during a team meeting and went into cardiac arrest at the Kansas City practice facility. Chiefs trainer Rick Burkhold Fun and games in London for Mets and Phillies as players get pints, see sights 06/07/2024 02:41pm • LONDON (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets are enjoying London so much they might not want to go home. Can you blame them? There's business ahead with a two-game set this weekend, but Friday's workout at London Stadium was a laid-back affair following team dinners the night before. In London, Phillies slugger Bryce Harper says US cricket upset of Pakistan was 'awesome' 06/07/2024 12:45pm • LONDON (AP) — Bryce Harper can recognize great hitting, even if it's in cricket. The Philadelphia Phillies slugger was impressed by the United States pulling off a huge upset over Pakistan at the Twenty20 World Cup in Texas. He didn't quite know the names, but few Americans do. U.S. captain Monank Colts rest QB Anthony Richardson on final day of minicamp with soreness in throwing shoulder 06/06/2024 06:13pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Richardson jogged onto the field for Thursday's final minicamp practice. Then he started throwing — left-handed. The scene created a brief scare for Indianapolis Colts fans. Thirty-five minutes later, Richardson and coach Shane Steichen tried to ease those concerns by The Giants are still waiting for veteran TE Darren Waller to make a decision on playing in 2024 06/06/2024 03:47pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants are waiting patiently for veteran tight end Darren Waller to decide whether he wants to play this season. Coach Brian Daboll said Thursday he has communicated with the 31-year-old Waller throughout the offseason, mostly by text messages. He added th Chiefs backup lineman taken to hospital after cardiac event during team meeting, AP source says 06/06/2024 12:54pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs backup B.J. Thompson was taken to a hospital in stable condition Thursday after the defensive lineman experienced a cardiac event during a team meeting, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person, speaking to the AP on cond A Virginia athlete grapples her way to the podium at the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championship 06/06/2024 10:53am • A local athlete competing in the world championships of Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappled her way to greatness — a bronze medal — all while training out a small school in Arlington, Virginia. Beatrice Jin has been grappling at the Kogaion Academy for over five years. “Every time you think A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground 06/06/2024 12:01am • Ahmed Othman isn't on TikTok and doesn't want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media, bombardi A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground 06/06/2024 12:00am • Ahmed Othman isn't on TikTok and doesn't want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media, bombardi RED-S and the Female Athlete Triad 06/05/2024 08:00pm • When Pippa Woolven was offered an athletic scholarship to run cross country and track at her dream school, Florida State University, she was in love with the sport. Woolven moved from England to Florida having only visited the U.S. once before. "I was so blown away by how fun it was to have this fam Star pass rusher Micah Parsons believes in benefits of offseason time away from Cowboys 06/05/2024 06:32pm • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Micah Parsons skipped most of the voluntary offseason program with the Dallas Cowboys after alluding to a culture problem for the team in the wake of a shocking wild-card loss to Green Bay in January. The star pass rusher says he hasn't even found time for a one-on-one meeting Colts player representative says he's opposed to expanding NFL season to 18 games 06/05/2024 05:21pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts center Ryan Kelly made one thing perfectly clear Wednesday: He's opposed to an 18-game season in any form. The NFL's Players Association executive committee member wasted no time explaining his concerns following the second day of this week's three-day minica