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SportsST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays' World Series run ended at home Wednesday night, as the Milwaukee Brewers beat them 4-1 in Game 5 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg and celebrated the first championship in their franchise's history on the Rays' own…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskATHENS, Ga. — Georgia men’s basketball tips off its season Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum against North Carolina Central, the first step in a push for a third NCAA Tournament bid in a row. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Coach Mike White enters…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
From the HERE City National DeskPHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix’s first turn hosting the NCAA Women’s Final Four pumped $71.5 million into the Arizona economy, researchers at Arizona State’s Seidman Research Institute concluded. The results were released Wednesday. Researchers surveyed out-of-state fans in person at the April 3 and April 5…
From the HERE City National DeskBOSTON, Mass. — Roughly three of every four retired NFL players who died from 2008 through 2023 had the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a population-wide estimate released Wednesday by a Boston University-led research team. The researchers put the figure at 74.5%. CTE,…
From the HERE City National DeskFLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets receiver Garrett Wilson said Wednesday that he wants to remain with the team, even as a 2-5 start and a shrinking role in the offense have left him openly frustrated. Wilson said he loves playing in New York…
Business
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Startups in the city's Innovation District are getting a new line to Texas money. Capital Factory, the Austin startup investor, said Thursday it will base a member of its venture team at the ARK Innovation Center in St. Petersburg to hunt for promising technology companies across…
Business
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays' trip to the World Series is paying off well beyond Tropicana Field. Hotels, bars, shops and street vendors around St. Petersburg and Tampa say the October baseball has brought them a crowd they would not normally see this early in the fall.…
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Alphabet shares were down about 11% before the opening bell Thursday after the Google parent fell short of Wall Street forecasts on both sales and profit for the first time in nearly four years and reported that its massive artificial intelligence buildout pushed free cash flow…
Politics
LARGO, Fla. — Pinellas County commissioners stopped short Tuesday of ordering license plate reader cameras off county roads in and around St. Petersburg, choosing instead to wait and see what state lawmakers do with the technology during the 2027 session in Tallahassee. The proposal, first brought by Commissioner Vince Nowicki,…
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WASHINGTON — Five days before Election Day, Alaska's tight U.S. Senate race is now the subject of both a state investigation and an expanded federal court fight over a little-known candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan. Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, said Wednesday night…
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WASHINGTON — With the midterm elections days away, the president of Pew Research Center is cautioning Americans not to treat any one survey as a forecast, arguing that 2026 combines old polling problems with several new ones. Pew president Michael Dimock said in an analysis posted Thursday that surveys remain…
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