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MLB Hires Mosaic Creator as Principal Product Manager
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— Aug 29, 2026
Baseball’s story this week spans tech-driven disruption as MLB hired Mosaic creator Jason Weingradt after his beta app drew league interest and features like multi-view and live activities; the Mavericks-like push to innovate shows the sport embracing fan-made tools. Meanwhile, a new Northwoods League manager in New Buffalo and a fan-rated Manager-for-a-Day at the Oakland Ballers illustrate how clubs are blending analytics, personal ties, and fan involvement—from WAR-driven fan metrics to on-field leadership opportunities—across different levels of the game, including Yankees fans weighing in on optimal management decisions.
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Kelsea Ballerini Performs With Drag Queens During CMT Music Awards
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— Apr 3, 2023
Singer Kelsea Ballerini made a bold statement at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. Ballerini, who was the co-host for Sunday night’s award show, featured drag queens as backup dancers in her ’60s-themed performance for her hit…
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Rubio Announces Release of American Former Ballerina From Russian Prison
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— Apr 10, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday that ballerina Ksenia Karelina was released from a Russian prison and is on her way back to the U.S. Karelina, a U.S.-Russian dual national, was detained in 2024 on…
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Ballerina Dances in the Streets to Inspire Audiences Around the World
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— Oct 10, 2023
A classically trained ballerina, who was forced off the stage during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, has found a new audience by dancing in the street. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bianca Carnovale…
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America Plans To Conquer The Moon Again. Here’s What It Will Take To Stay
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Former Ballerina Wants to Make Inclusive Changes As New Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre
Reporting
— May 10, 2022
The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) has picked a new artistic director after 30 years. Susan Jaffe, once called “America’s Quintessential Ballerina,” started dancing at 18 years old at the ABT and now 40 years later, the…
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Most Influential Women in World History
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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Man Who Claims to Be a Female Ballerina Has Performance Go Viral – And It’s Really Bad for Him
Opinion
— Apr 12, 2023
A dancer is going viral for all the wrong reasons. Over the past few days, Twitter has blown up over a video of Sophie Rebecca, a man who thinks he is a woman and who was admitted to the U.K.’s Royal Academy of Dance…
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Misty Copeland Reveals That She Welcomed a Baby Boy 3 Months Ago and How Shes Balancing Motherhood and Career
Reporting
— Jul 22, 2022
Misty Copeland revealed that she welcomed her first child with husband Olu Evans. The 39-year-old ballerina told People that she has a three-month-old son named Jackson and plans to return to dancing next year. “I’m on…
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Iranian footballers granted asylum after anthem protest at Asian Cup
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— Sep 7, 2026
Iranian women’s national team players Atefeh Ramazani-Sadegh and Fatemeh Pasandideh confirmed in interviews that their refusal to sing Iran’s anthem during the Women’s Asian Cup was a deliberate protest against Tehran and a stand with protesters at home, a move that exposed them to personal risk. The episode sparked international debate, with Iran labeling them traitors and Australia granting asylum to several teammates while others later returned home, highlighting the ongoing tension between athletes, state power and political protests.
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Sport keeps colliding with politics in these situations. These women risked everything for a gesture most of us will never have to make.
Ex-Basketballers Indicted For Rigging Games Following Conspiracy Probe
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— Jan 15, 2026
A new federal indictment against a group including more than two dozen former college and professional basketball players alleges a years-long, multinational game-rigging conspiracy, according to new court documents…
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Trauma rewires the body long after the danger ends
Van der Kolk shows traumatic experience lives as stuck physiology that conversation alone often cannot reach.
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