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Swiss tennis great Roger Federer has announced he’s retiring from competition, saying that at age 41, his body is telling him the time has come. Federer has contended with injuries, surgeries, and a rising crop of new stars in recent years. “I have played more than 1,500 matches over 24 years,” Federer said in a video message released…

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Washington Commander’s rookie Brian Robinson Jr. posted an update on his social media on Monday after he was wounded in a shooting over the weekend. Robinson posted a photo on his Instagram Stories from Medstar Washington Hospital Center in D.C. He captioned the photo, “Surgery went well! Thanks for the prayers! God is great!” According to police, Robinson…

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr praised his parents for teaching him to make his faith his priority and said that, as a child, he wouldn’t play if a game fell on a Sunday. The quarterback told Tauren Wells in an interview on “The High Note” podcast, “I was raised in the church. My grandpa…

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Serena Williams is moving on from the sport she’s dominated for decades — the superstar just announced she’s “evolving away” from tennis after the U.S. Open. The 40-year-old shared the news in an essay with Vogue last Tuesday, saying it’s time to move on and focus on other challenges like raising a family and business ventures off the…

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