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Female boxer who lost at Olympics wins national title

An Olympic female boxer has won a national title in her homeland months after losing less than a minute to an opponent accused of being male in a controversial match. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Italy's Angela Carini withdrew after just 46 seconds during her match against Algeria's Imane Kherif. The boxer has been controversially […]

Republican wins mayoral race in deep-blue Louisiana parish

A Republican political newcomer just defeated a Democratic incumbent mayor in one of Louisiana's bluest parishes. Last month, eight candidates threw their hats into the ring in the East Baton Rouge Parish mayoral race. open primary. Among them were two-term incumbent mayor and president, Democrat Sharon Weston Bloom, and Republican Emile “Sid” Edwards, a political […]

Ilya Sorokin’s back-to-back wins comes in crucial Islanders moment

Patrick Roy always preferred back-to-back starts during his playing career. At least, Ilya Sorokin probably doesn't care at this point. On Sunday, he found the back of the net for Ottawa while Semyon Varlamov was out with a lower-body injury, marking just the fourth time in the last four seasons that he's started on both […]

Islanders, Ilya Sorokin beat Senators for rare back-to-back wins

The Islanders have won just eight games in regulation. The Islanders struggled throughout November. The Islanders' special teams are notoriously terrible, and the third period is no different. The Islanders somehow manage to qualify for the playoffs. Perhaps that says more about the state of the Eastern Conference than anything else. On December 8, 2024, […]