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Freedom fighters ascend on Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — The beginning of Dana White and the UFC's road to the White House can be traced back 25 years to when a fringe mixed martial arts promotion — at the time still unable to shake the "human cockfighting" label applied to the sport years earlier by a U.S. senator — ran a modest event called "Battle on the Boardwalk." Making his first appearance as UFC president, White was asked about his goals for the fledging promotion. Sporting close-cropped hair, thinner, dressed in a suit, and using restraint in his words, White still offered a sneak peek of his future bombastic ...

Those anxious to tease out worst-case scenarios that could come from gambling's growing stranglehold on sports couldn't have found a better place for one of those scenarios to land — in the middle of college football, a sport that for decades has proven uniquely unable to deal with its most-pressing problems. One bit of good news from Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby's initial victory in court this week is it produced something everyone in college sports seems to agree on: College players gambling on college sports, especially when they involve their own teams is, as Florida ...

CORRECTION

In the Southern Local High School senior awards program story published June 5, Brooke Boyle was omitted from the list of students who earned honor cords and Trevor Groff’s name was misspelled.

US and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan’s prime minister says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working with both sides to finalize a deal. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the U.S. and Iran have reached a “final, agreed upon text.” He said Pakistan, which has taken the lead in mediation efforts, was working with the warring countries on next steps. “Peace has never been this close as it is now,” Sharif said in a post on X. The apparent breakthrough in negotiations comes ...

Americans kick off World Cup bid

(AP) — Mexico opened the World Cup in style on Thursday with a dominant 2-0 win over South Africa in front of a boisterous home crowd at Azteca Stadium. On Friday, the U.S. and Canada both get their opportunity for a fast start in front of their respective home countries. Julián ...

Anunoby puts Knicks on verge of title

NEW YORK (AP) — When OG Anunoby is introduced at Madison Square Garden, it sounds like a 20,000-person singalong. The anticipation builds as the public address announcer begins to reveal the second starter, a 6-foot-7 forward from Indiana. When he finally reaches the player's name, the ...