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Hope Solo’s future in soccer is looking more uncertain than ever. Solo’s team, the Seattle Reign FC of the National Women’s Soccer League, announced that the goalie had been “granted a personal leave” before the team faced off against the Portland Thorns on Saturday night. “Hope Solo has been granted personal leave and will be […]

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Elon Musk may have caught a ton of headlines Tuesday with SpaceX’s launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket, but aboard the International Space Station (ISS), another first was also taking place: Space’s first badminton game. American astronauts teamed up with Russian cosmonauts and a Japanese astronaut to make the game happen. Playing in zero gravity […]

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President Donald Trump once again took aim at former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Speaking at a rally in Louisville, Ky., on Monday night, Trump appeared to take credit for Kaepernick’s failure to get signed from free agency since he opted out of his contract with the 49ers on March 3. The Brief Newsletter […]

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President Donald Trump said Nike‘s decision to feature Colin Kaepernick as the face of its new “Just Do It” ad campaign sends a “terrible message.” “I think it’s a terrible message,” Trump told conservative news site The Daily Caller. “Nike is a tenant of mine. They pay a lot of rent.” Trump was referring to […]

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President Donald Trump sent mixed messages about the kneeling movement sweeping the sports world — appearing to support some of the unprecedented solidarity among NFL players Sunday after he encouraged football fans to boycott games if players took part in the silent protest during the national anthem. Following early-morning tweets where he criticized the NFL’s […]

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