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	Omar Raja will continue his dual role as a behind-the-scenes decision-maker as well as an on-screen voice for ESPN’s growing social media team under a recently signed, multiyear contract.Sporticast 366: Athletes Are Revolutionizing  Olympics Coverage




	Financial details of the deal were not made public.




	Raja previously founded House of Highlights as a college student in 2014, which was acquired by Bleacher Report in 2016. Raja joined ESPN in 2020 and has since helped the TV sports superpower extend its reach on new social media platforms.




	ESPN’s official accounts now boast more than 125 million combined followers across X, Instagram and TikTok, where...

ESPN Signs Social Media Star Omar Raja to Multiyear Extension


				













	NFL football and women’s foil fencing share few similarities—but here’s one you can add to the list. With Scott Hanson and Andrew Siciliano’s help, both sports have now delivered exhilaration on Sunday afternoons. Sporticast 366: Athletes Are Revolutionizing  Olympics Coverage




	Best known for his role anchoring NFL RedZone, Hanson was recruited to co-host Peacock’s new 10-hours-a-day Olympics whiparound show largely because of his experience during the football season. And Peacock’s program—Gold Zone—doesn’t hide its clear inspiration. 




	Gold Zone regularly features four events at once (go ahead and call it a quad box) while highlighting a dozen-plus gold medal winning moments live each...

Gold Zone Is How the Olympics Were Meant to Be Shown

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With Simone Biles making Olympic history yet again, there is no shortage of Black excellence at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She stands amongst big names like Lebron James, Brittney Griner, Coco Gauff, Stephen Curry and A’Ja Wilson, among many more, who are holding down the American flag, but what about the brilliant Black American athletes… Continue reading Black Athletes Representing the USA In the Olympics

Black Athletes Representing the USA In the Olympics

The Olympic schedule for Tuesday, July 29 is packed with thrilling events you won't want to miss. Highlights include the women's gymnastics team final, where Simone Biles will lead Team USA despite a calf injury. Read along here for live updates on the women's gymnastics team final. Swimming events include...

What Olympics events to watch today, including the women’s gymnastics team final


				













	With apologies to Jon Landau, I have seen the future of cable television, and it is a suicidal penguin.NFL Sunday Ticket Lawsuit Could Change How Sports Are Streamed




	The flightless dandy in question waddles into the frame in the closing quarter of Werner Herzog’s 2007 documentary Encounters at the End of the World, which was filmed at an American research station in Antarctica. While the rest of the colony moseys over to a nearby feeding ground, the “deranged” penguin turns his back on his pals and treks straight for the interior of the continent. “With 5,000 kilometers ahead of him, he’s...

Sports Media’s Merciless Evolution Leaves Cable TV Model Adrift


				













	The Olympic men’s basketball tournament tipped off Saturday with a dozen teams chasing gold, and it will feature some of the world’s most famous and best-paid athletes. Thirteen NBA players rank among the 20 highest-paid athletes in Paris, with golfers and tennis players filling out the rest and the cutoff at $36 million.Olympic Ad Boycotter Had No TV Spending as NBC Sales Hit Record




	You may be wondering, do these players get paid even more to represent their countries? No, the basketball players are not paid to play by the NBA, International Olympic Committee or U.S Olympic and Paralympic Committee, outside...

NBA Players Get Paid to Play in the Olympics—Just Not by the USOPC

The U.S. men's gymnastics team won their first medal in 16 years at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and one particular member has folks thinking he's a superhero. On July 29, folks worldwide watched Brody Malone, Frederick Richard, Stephen Nedoroscik, Paul Juda and Asher Hong achieve Olympic glory with a bronze medal in the men's team gymnastics event. Each member of the team delivered stellar performances throughout, but it was Stephen's turn on the pommel horse that had people stunned by what Team USA could do.

Stephen Nedoroscik Responds to Being Called Gymnastics' "Clark Kent" at the 2024 Olympics

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Here Are 3 South Carolina Athletes To Keep Your Eye On:

South Carolina Athletes Compeating In The 2024 Olympics

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One raunchy piece of advice made Haliey Welch an internet sensation — though her fame has come with a price. The 23-year-old, best known as "hawk tuah girl," has had to deal with some rather creepy fans ever since a video of Welch giving a tip about intercourse went insanely viral online.

'Hawk Tuah' Girl Haliey Welch Says She Was Offered $600 to 'Spit in a Jar' After Her Lovemaking Tip

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The 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, have brought star athletes to the forefront, some previously widely known and others not as much. Here are rolling out‘s top 5 Black American star athletes from the first weekend of the games. Lauren Scruggs, fencing (above) The 21-year-old earned her...

5 Black athletes who shined in the 1st weekend of the 2024 Olympics

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Florida’s buffet lovers are in for a shocker as the popular Royal Sushi Buffet & Hibachi in Port Richey has been temporarily shut down following a state inspection. This isn’t the first time the eatery has faced such trouble, but the recent closure has sparked quite a buzz among its loyal patrons and food enthusiasts alike.

Live roaches, flying objects in the kitchen and soiled shelves- Buffet closed again in Florida

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Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

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	The two-decade saga of finding a new home for the Tampa Bay Rays has concluded thanks to a stadium-approval vote from officials in Pinellas County.Diamond Sports RSNs, Comcast Settle Carriage Dispute




	Late Tuesday afternoon, the county’s commission voted 5 to 2 in favor of committing $312.5 million towards the construction for a 30,000-seat fixed-roof stadium as part of a wider effort to redevelop St. Petersburg’s Historic Gas Plant District. A final vote on approving district redevelopment dollars also passed.




	The Rays, who will reportedly commit $700 million, plan to open the doors of the $1.4 billion venue by Opening Day of the...

Tampa Bay Rays Get County Approval for Long-Awaited Stadium


				













	Attorneys for former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Nevada late Monday evening in the Pacific time zone for what amounts to “instant replay” of his recent defeat in court to the NFL. Copa América Final Ticketing Chaos Triggers Several Lawsuits 




	Gruden, 60, seeks an en banc reconsideration, which, if granted, would mean all seven justices on the Court will review his case.




	Gruden sued the NFL in 2021 claiming that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell or someone on the commissioner’s behalf tortiously interfered with his Raiders employment contract. Gruden accuses Goodell of leaking to The Wall Street...

Gruden Throws Hail Mary to Save Case Against NFL, Goodell

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Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a $1.35 billion behemoth of the sea, has recently been introduced to the world since its maiden voyage on July 19th. The ship, boasting nearly 5,700 passengers and a crew of over 2,200, offers an array of amenities designed to cater to multi-generational families on shorter 3- and 4-day itineraries.

Cruise Passengers Not Happy About Feature on World's Newest Mega Ship

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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.

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Coco Gauff revealed that she’s the only Team USA women’s tennis player living inside the Olympic Village in Paris after a chaotic living situation forced the rest of her teammates to flee to a hotel. 

Fresh off of leading her fellow Olympians as the flagbearer for Friday’s opening ceremony, Gauff gave a 7-second tour of the American women’s tennis players inside the $1.6 billion housing complex. 

“10 girls, two bathrooms. #olympicvillage,” the 20-year-old tennis phenom wrote in her TikTok video on Saturday.

The video featured the Olympians doing their hair and makeup and getting dressed across a few...

US tennis star Coco Gauff reveals her teammates left Olympic Village for hotel over rooming situation

Ready or not, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games have begun. As with any quadrennial, there will be stories of glorious triumph, heartbreaking defeat, feel-good underdogs, and maybe even a villain or two. But headed into Paris this year, one of the main storylines was whether or not the city could properly host the Games — and whether Parisians even wanted this in the first place.

The good, the bad, and the weird of the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony

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Two athletes from Mississippi are competing in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, representing Team USA after their journey through Mississippi high school sports. Shelby McEwen from Oxford will be competing in the High Jump event for the second time at the Olympics, aiming to improve on his 12th place finish in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Mississippi Athletes McEwen and Kendricks to Shine at 2024 Paris Summer Olympics

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It’s not humans. How a survivor of a super-extinction repopulated our planet. There are more than 8 billion humans alive at this moment on Earth (unless something has gone horribly wrong). But humans aren’t the only dominant mammals.

For Millions of Years, Earth Was Dominated by a Single Vertebrate Genus

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Sporticast 366: Athletes Are Revolutionizing Olympics Coverage


				













	On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the many ways...

Sporticast 366: Athletes Are Revolutionizing Olympics Coverage

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