Over the weekend, Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix won her 12th gold medal at a track and field World Championships—breaking a record formerly held by Usain Bolt, the runner often referred to as the “world’s fastest man.” Felix, 33, took the world record from Bolt in Doha after a 4 x 400 mixed-gender relay race victory.…
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Hannah Brown has had a whirlwind week. The finale of her season of The Bachelorette finally aired and revealed that she gave her final rose to contestant Jed Wyatt—only to find out later he hadn’t been honest about his past relationships. She promptly called off their engagement and told host Chris Harrison that, while she…
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When the U.S. Women’s National Team comes to play they mean business—in their 2019 World Cup debut today they not only crushed the competition, they broke the record for biggest World Cup win ever with a USWNT score against Thailand of 13-0. Remember this moment: the Women’s National team just made sports history—again. The USWNT…
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A record number of African American women graduated from the prestigious West Point military academy on Saturday: Of the 200 female cadets graduating, 34 were black—and they’re part of making the class of 2019 the most diverse class in the mostly white, mostly male, military academy’s 217-year history. “I just showed myself and those who…
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Awards season is over. We know the winners, the losers, the surprises. But there’s only one part of it—or really, one person—that I’ll remember forever: Yalitza Aparicio. After her soul-moving performance in Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma—her first acting job, ever—I was rooting for Aparicio to take home the Best Actress Oscar. She didn’t end up winning,…
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Forget final-season spoilers, because a long-gestating Game of Thrones mystery has been solved. However, it’s less to do with spooky White Walkers and more along the lines of…basic pronunciation. In a new interview with The Guardian, Maisie Williams clarified once and for all the correct pronunciation of her character Arya Stark’s name. Take a deep…
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