SAN FRANCISCO — Once upon a time, Shohei Ohtani wasn’t expected to start pitching this season until after the All-Star break, if not later. In hindsight, how much more dire things would be for the Dodgers had they ultimately stuck to that initially conservative plan. Needing a spark, a jolt or just some shred of momentum Saturday to break a season-long seven-game …
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Concrete blocks placed by Israeli soldiers after October 7, 2023, according to local residents, are seen at one of the entrances to the West Bank village of Sinjil, impeding access for Palestinians, on July 9, 2025. Leo Correa/AP hide caption toggle caption Leo Correa/AP Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank beat a U.S. citizen to death, according to local …
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Gen Z and Millennials are in agreement: their obsession with Pokémon may never let up. Despite the Japanese franchise nearing its 30-year anniversary, young men in particular continue to be on a lifelong mission to “catch ‘em all”—and are spending hundreds, sometimes even millions of dollars, collecting trading cards. Part of the “boy math” is that investing in cards could …
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The Celtics opened Summer League play Friday with a 92-78 win over the Grizzlies. They went up big early, and while the Grizzlies came back to make it a game, the C’s finished off the victory to improve to 1-0 at Las Vegas. While there were some questions on how much first-round pick Hugo Gonzalez would play, he got the …
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