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I planned to write today’s Daily Article about golfer Scottie Scheffler’s response to his early-morning arrest last Friday and the global coverage that has ensued. Then word came this morning that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash Sunday in northwestern Iran. A hard-line protégé of the country’s supreme leader, his death is…

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New York Knicks guard Josh Hart recently became the first player in the NBA playoffs to play 10 straight quarters of basketball, or two and a half games with no breaks. In a post game interview, Hart was asked how he was handling playing for such a long time, where Hart responded with a Bible…

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Update: Since this article was published, Katie Ledecky extended her record as the most-decorated U.S. female Olympian—and the second-most decorated U.S. Olympian of all time, behind Michael Phelps—after she won gold in the 800-meter freestyle final, marking her 14th Olympic medal. Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky says it’s been a “true honor” to represent the United…

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San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle is still an Iowa Hawkeye at heart, which is easy to see when he’s attending events in his spare time at the university. That includes women’s basketball last season during Caitlin Clark’s last year in the black and yellow. Kittle and his wife, Claire, a former Hawkeyes…

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