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Gonzaga coach Mark Few and Team USA face Nikola Jokic and Serbia to start Olympic competition

Team USA men's basketball schedule for 2024 Paris Olympics

The Spun

The United States has announced the starting five for the U.S. Women's Basketball Team entering the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Chelsea Gray, Diana Taurasi, Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart, and A'ja Wilson will start for the United States.  This is a pretty good starting five for Team USA. ...

U.S. Women's Basketball Announces Starting 5 Entering Olympics

State College, PA

A former Lady Lion will be starting their post-college basketball career. Makenna Marisa will join the David Kornel Basketball Academy for the 2024-25 season, the team announced in an Instagram post. The David Kornel Basketball Academy is located in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, and is managed by former NBA player David Kornel....

Ex-women's basketball's Makenna Marisa to join David Kornel Basketball Academy

FanSided

Warm-up games have come to a close and the 2024 Paris Olympics are nearly here. Men’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics will tip off this weekend. The tournament will open with a marquee matchup from Group A’s Group of Death between Australia and Spain. The day will close with a Group A matchup as well, between Canada and Greece. Those two games will sandwich Group B matchups between world champions Germany and Japan and hosts France taking on Brazil. Team USA will play their first game on Sunday at 8:15 am ET against Serbia.

2024 Paris Olympics Men's Basketball Preview and Predictions

A Nittany Lion coach is set to join Team USA in 2025. Brian Toron will be the head coach for the USA Open Team at the 2025 Maccabiah Games. As an assistant coach for the last two seasons, Toron has helped Penn State to a cumulative 49-17 record and two All-American players.

Women's volleyball's Brian Toron named head coach for USA in 2025 Maccabiah Games

Lancaster County, PA

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NewsByJoshua

Fans of Frisco's Chicken were left reeling as the beloved Peruvian-style eatery announced the closure of all its locations in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The chain, known for its delicious food and strong community values, posted a heartfelt note on its doors, informing customers of the devastating news.

Favorite Chicken Chain Suddenly Closes All Stores, Heartfelt Message Found on Doors

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Virginia State

History Facts lists eight names US parents no longer give their newborns, which you may no longer hear in Virginia. The girls' names are Doris, Gertrude, Mildred, and Judith. I know or have known women with all four names, but they are either baby boomers or boomer parents' ages and someone's grandma or great aunt. Consider the ages of females in Virginia you know with these names.

Eight names parents in Virginia may no longer be giving to their newborns

The 2024 Olympics are upon us, with soccer, rugby, archery and handball all taking center stage in the competition's opening days. On Friday, the tournament begins in earnest — but not with any athletic events. Rather, the spectacle kicks off with a festival of light unlike any other: the opening ceremony.

How long is the Olympics opening ceremony? Number of countries, athletes, show length and more to know for Paris 2024

Pennsylvania State

High School On SI

As the Olympics begin in Paris this week, 30 former Pennsylvania high school athletes will participate, while six will compete in the Paralympics

Pennsylvania high school athletes competing in 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Athlon Sports

NCAA women's basketball star Hailey Van Lith was pictured with her Team USA 3x3 squad in a recent photo where the players were repping the red, white, and blue with the American flag right behind them.  Van Lith was wearing a Team USA jumpsuit, along with Cierra Burdick, Dearica Hamby, and ...

Hailey Van Lith's Team USA Outfit Is Turning Heads Before 2024 Olympics

South Carolina State

Explore Beaufort SC

The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

The US Sun

A PREDICTED Paris 2024 medal table has revealed France will leapfrog ahead of Team GB amid Charlotte Dujardin's withdrawal. The six-time Olympic medallist, 39, pulled out of the upcoming Paris Olympics this week as a disturbing clip emerged online. The equestrian star was spotted hitting a horse 25 times in...

Paris 2024 Olympics predicted medals table revealed with France leapfrogging Team GB after Charlotte Dujardin video

Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

I don’t know about you but summer is definitely my favorite season and I am definitely a sun worshipper. Living in the Pacific Northwest, we do not see enough of it so when it is here, that is where you will find me. Everything I do I do outside when the sun is out and the weather is warm. I wonder who else feels this way. I wonder what Zodiac Signs love the Sunshine. Want to find out? Let’s do a little research.

3 Zodiac Signs Who Love Sunshine

West Virginia State

Norfolk, VA

Four Virginians were confirmed to be onboard when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Phillip Acts and Selini Decker, who lived a few blocks apart in Norfolk, died when the ship sank. Richmond native Robert Decker and Eloise Smith, who later moved to Richmond from West Virginia, survived.

There's a reason no remains from the Virginia Titanic victims will ever be found

PARIS -- After getting off to a rocky start last year, Olympics 2024 organizers said the Paris Games have broken the record for the most number of tickets sold or allocated in the event’s history. And yet, tickets are still available. Organizers say 9.7 million tickets were sold or...

Record 9.7 million tickets have been sold for Paris Olympics. But more are available

NewsNinja

In a deeply distressing event that has left the community of Padana village in Lahore reeling, a 15-year-old boy named Arsalan sadly ended his life by leaping from a water tank. The tragic incident is believed to have happened following Arsalan's receipt of poor grades in his final exams, a critical juncture in the educational structure of Pakistan.

Tragedy Strikes: Teenager Commits Suicide Over Exam Results in Lahore

Gainesville, FL

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Florida softball head coach Tim Walton and former standout Amanda Lorenz competed for USA Softball at this year's World Baseball Softball Confederation World Cup. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida softball head coach Tim Walton alongside former standout Amanda Lorenz competed for USA Softball at the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation World Cup and took home a silver medal as Team USA went 5-1 at the tournament. USA Softball's only blemish at the WBSC World Championships was a 6-1 defeat to Japan in the championship game, but otherwise outscored opponents 28-8 over the six games played in Castions...

Walton, Lorenz Take Home Silver with USA Softball at WBSC World Championships

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Ex-men's basketball's Tom Hovasse to be head coach of Japan for Paris Olympics

A former Nittany Lion will be making another Olympic appearance as a coach. Class of 1989 alum Tom Hovasse will be the head coach of Japan's...

Ex-men's basketball's Tom Hovasse to be head coach of Japan for Paris Olympics

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