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‘Pulling back the curtain on untold stories’: Australian legend’s daughter to take cricket to the USA with podcast on Willow | Off the field News – Times of India

Grace Hayden, daughter of former Australia batter Matthew Hayden, is a cricket presenter. (Instagram) Grace Hayden, 23-year-old daughter of Australian cricket legend Matthew Hayden, is launching a new weekly video podcast called “Game On With Grace” on Willow, America’s leading cricket network. The show aims to introduce cricket to US audiences through engaging stories and…

Supreme Court Seems Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools

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The culture wars returned to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, this time in a battle over whether public schools in Maryland must allow parents with religious objections to withdraw their children from classes in which storybooks with L.G.B.T.Q. themes are discussed. In a long, lively and sometimes heated argument that gave close consideration to a…

Paige under pressure? Stories from Bueckers’ past show she can deliver for UConn

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Paige Bueckers ran off the court at Spokane Arena with a smile splitting her face and a Final Four hat perched atop her head. She waved to the crowd and headed for the UConn locker room. The second-seeded Huskies had just beaten No. 1 seeded USC on Monday night behind Bueckers’ 31 points. Little girls…

Thanks to the transfer portal, this March’s Cinderella stories are players, not teams

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To find Cinderella stories at this men’s Final Four, you have to look at the name on the back of the jersey rather than the front. For the second time in the history of the NCAA Tournament’s modern-day bracketing practices, all four top seeds advanced to the national semifinals. It will be No. 1 Florida…

TOI’s Shevolution: Celebrating stories of women who lead, inspire and transform | India News – The Times of India

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From education to entrepreneurship, healthcare to arts, and beyond — women across diverse fields are breaking barriers and redefining success. To honour these trailblazers, TOI presents Shevolution — an event dedicated to showcasing inspiring stories of perseverance, change, innovation, and impact. Organised in association with GL Bajaj Educational Institutions, Shevolution will take place on Mar…

i-IDEATE, i-INNOVATE, i-IMPLEMENT: Success stories from rural West Bengal on solar powered organic farming, lending, millet cultivation | India News – Times of India

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WATER WEALTH: Bengal farmer Maya Khan has revolutionised paddy cultivation with water-saving technique, boosting yields & cutting costs thanks to the NGO A Ground-breaking irrigation technique, solar-powered organic farming, and lending an entrepreneurial edge to millet cultivation — Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay brings success stories from rural West BengalIn the heart of West Bengal’s agricultural landscape, at…

The top NFL media stories of 2024: Tom Brady debuts, Netflix steps in and more

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If you want some long-term relationship advice, I offer you this: Find someone who loves you as much as news outlets love end-of-the-year content. The New Yorker did a piece 11 years ago on why our brains love lists, and it holds up today. Among other reasons: It spatially organizes information and promises a story…

The tennis stories of 2024, from doping bans and Grand Slam titles to a bee invasion

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Happy holidays, and prepare for the greatest gift: tennis returns tomorrow, December 27. In the spirit of looking back on the previous season and remembering all the moments big and small that defined it, here is a compendium of tennis stories of all kinds from The Athletic’s tennis writers, Matt Futterman and Charlie Eccleshare, with…

How ‘made-up’ stories about mayor proved costly for 139-year-old US newspaper

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A 139-year-old Massachusetts newspaper, the Everett Leader Herald, will publish its final edition this week after reaching a $1.1 million settlement in a defamation case filed by Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria, The Independent has reported. The settlement, announced Monday, resolves a lawsuit that accused the publication of fabricating quotes and publishing false articles with the…

‘What a shot’: The stories behind some of hockey’s most iconic photos from the man who took them

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OLD BETHPAGE, New York — Bruce Bennett may have been to more NHL games than anyone in history, and the 69-year-old’s house offers glimpses into the career that’s put him rinkside so many times over more than five decades. Signed jerseys, sticks and photos of Wayne Gretzky line the living room walls, many inscribed with…