Author: Michael

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation into potential Title IX violations that occurred at multiple educational institutions, hours after he signed an executive order to ban trans athletes from women’s sports. 
The Department’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will be investigating San Jose State University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) for separate incidents involving trans athletes competing on a women’s or girls’ sports team.

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Grading the big trade between the Lakers and Hornets.
With the NBA still reeling from the Lakers’ acquisition of Luka Doncic, the team needed to find a way to improve quickly at center. Replacing Anthony Davis is something the Lakers couldn’t do easily — but Rob Pelinka made a significant upgrade on their post-AD situation overnight by getting Mark Williams from the Charlotte Hornets.
This trade was considerably more difficult to make than the deal for Doncic, which is mind-blowing.

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The Lakers not only got better at the NBA trade deadline, they also got more flexible to further improve.
The Los Angeles Lakers surprised the NBA world again on Wednesday night. It wasn’t quite the earth-shattering thunderbolt of their Luka Doncic trade earlier in the week, but given that few were even certain that third-year Charlotte Hornets center Mark Williams was even available, L.A. getting him for Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish, a 2031 first-rounder and 2030 swap certainly qualified as unexpected.

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How much will a Super Bowl 59 commercial cost?
The Super Bowl is more than just a football game.
It has become a cultural event, one viewed by millions of people all over the world.
In fact, the Super Bowl remains the most-watched television program each year. According to data from Nielsen Super Bowls comprise the 10 most-viewed telecasts by average viewership, with last season’s Super Bowl LVIII leading the way with 123,714,000 average viewers.
You have to get to No. 11 on that list, the finale of M*A*S*H, to reach a non-Super Bowl.

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