Melissa Rohlin FOX Sports NBA Writer Jeanie Buss is used to being underestimated. She’s one of two female majority owners in the NBA and her resume includes posing for Playboy in 1995. She stands out in every room, where whiffs of sexism and accusations of nepotism have shrouded her career since her father, the late Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry …
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Hospital in southern Israel hit by Iranian missile Soroka hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba has been hit by a ballistic missile, Israeli officials have said, after Iran launched its latest wave of retaliatory airstrikes on the country. Unverified footage on social media showed people running through corridors filled with dust and detritus and doctors standing outside amid …
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Someone I know and admire very much, and who seems in excellent health at between 82 and 89 years old, has an espresso and a mini baba al rum every day at about three o’clock – except Sundays, when he has ice-cream. Every now and then, I join him and we then walk for a bit (there is nothing like …
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The rupture in the transatlantic relationship has left European leaders struggling to know how to think, let alone act, with any autonomy. Europe most urgently needs a mind of its own on the Middle East. Tragically, EU governments were just beginning to turn the page after a year and a half of complicity with the Israeli government’s war crimes in …
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The Buss family is reportedly entering an agreement to sell majority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to Mark Walter, the lead owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jeanie Buss will continue to serve in her role as Governor after the sale for “at least a number of years.” Walter, the CEO and chairman of diversified holding company TWG Global, …
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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has a playful message for Los Angeles Lakers fans about Shohei Ohtani, now that the MLB and NBA teams will have the same majority owner. “Hands off of Shohei,” he said, smiling. “They got enough superstars wearing the purple and gold. Leave him alone.” Social media was teeming with photos of the Japanese two-way …
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Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders was cited by police for driving over 100 miles per hour on the highway early Tuesday morning, according to police records. An officer for the Strongsville (Ohio) Police Department stopped the 23-year-old Sanders just after midnight for driving 41 mph over the posted 60 mph speed limit in his black 2025 Dodge TRX truck, …
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TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Rays are in talks to sell the Major League Baseball franchise to a group of investors, team officials confirmed Wednesday. What they’re saying: The Rays released a statement to FOX 13 on talks to sell the team: “The Tampa Bay Rays announced that the team has recently commenced exclusive discussions with a group led …
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Travis Kelce said the decision to return for his 13th season with the Kansas City Chiefs wasn’t much of a decision at all. In fact, the four-time All-Pro tight end indicated Wednesday that No. 14 isn’t out of the question. “I got one year on this contract, I know that. And we’ll try to figure out something for next year,” …
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The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders say they are getting a serious increase in pay. One of the cheerleaders has said during the second season of the Netflix series “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders” that the members are getting a 400% boost in pay. The cheerleaders have been pushing for pay increases for years. In 2019, the Cowboys settled a lawsuit with …
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