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Prince Harry to be honored at 2024 ESPY Awards ceremony for Invictus Games
Harry will be given the Pat Tillman Award for Service, which is “given to a person with a strong connection to sports who has served others in a way that echoes the legacy of the former NFL player and U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman,” according to a press release from ESPN.
‘Planet killer’ asteroid to make close pass to Earth on Thursday afternoon
Thursday afternoon the asteroid will fly past Earth at about 58,000 mph. According to Live Science, the asteroid is considered a near-Earth asteroid, meaning its orbit occasionally puts it within 1.3 astronomical units (AU) of the sun — or roughly 1.3 times the average distance between Earth and the sun.
Alex Morgan shares disappointment after being left off Olympic women's soccer team roster
U.S. women's soccer star Alex Morgan is sharing her disappointment in not being included on the Team USA Olympic women's soccer team ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. "Today, I'm disappointed about not having the opportunity to represent our country on the Olympic stage," Morgan wrote Wednesday in a post on X. "This will always be a tournament that is close to my heart and I take immense pride any time I put on the crest," she continued. Despite the disappointment, Morgan offered her support for Team USA as they take on the world's top squads, starting with group play on July 25.
Scoreboard Roundup – 6/27/24
Here are the scores from Wednesday's sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEPhiladelphia Phillies 6, Detroit Tigers 2Kansas City Royals 5, Miami Marlins 1Houston Astros 7, Colorado Rockies 1Milwaukee Brewers 6, Texas Rangers 5L.A. Dodgers 4, Chicago White Sox 0N.Y. Mets 12, N.Y. Yankees 2Minnesota Twins 8, Arizona Diamondbacks 3 AMERICAN LEAGUESeattle 5, Tampa Bay 2L.A. Angels 5, Oakland 2Baltimore 4, Cleveland 2Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox (PPD)
Country music legend Willie Nelson cancels another concert date
Country music legend Willie Nelson canceled another concert appearance on Wednesday, skipping a planned performance in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Read more trending news Nelson, 91, had already missed three concert dates last week, including the opening night of the Outlaw Music Festival in Alpharetta, Georgia, on June 21. The 12-time Grammy Award winner also skipped dates the following two nights in North Carolina -- Charlotte on June 22 and Raleigh on June 23. “Willie Nelson will not be performing at tonight’s show in Virginia Beach,” a statement posted on Nelson’s social media sites said Wednesday. “We expect Willie to return to the tour shortly.”
Milwaukee shooting: 2 adults, 2 children wounded at gas station
Four people, including two children, were wounded on Wednesday when shots were fired at a BP gas station in Milwaukee, authorities said. Read more trending news The shooting occurred at about 2:29 p.m. CDT at the station, located at 60th Street and Oklahoma Avenue, in the south side of the city, WISN-TV reported. According to the Milwaukee Police Department, several shots were fired at an occupied vehicle, striking the victims.
Teigan Martin, former University of South Florida tight end, dies in auto crash
Teigan Martin, a reserve tight end who played for the University of South Florida in 2023, died Monday from injuries sustained in an automobile crash, the school announced on Wednesday. He was 20.
Man who threatened to hang fifth-graders while crashing Zoom class sentenced to prison
An eastern Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to making threats while “Zoom-bombing” a Louisiana elementary school’s fifth-grade virtual classroom was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, federal prosecutors said Monday.
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