Word Game: Aug. 2, 2025
TODAY’S WORD — ATHLETIC (ATHLETIC: ath-LET-ik: Of or relating to persons skilled or trained in sports or exercises.) Average mark…
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‘South Park’ skewers a new kind of sanctimony – The Mercury News
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Kevin Smith, motivate yourself to finish what you start
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Humans have always had an emotional relationship with predators. We both revere and demonize them. We buy more than 100…
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I’m always in the other grandparents’ shadow
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Jaguar Land Rover CEO Adrian Mardell steps down after controversial woke reband campaign
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Traded pitchers fly home with ex-teams before Mets loss to Giants
Tyler Rogers and José Buttó each made one final cross-country flight with their original teams to meet up with their…
I moved across the country to be closer to my family — but they still ignore me
DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In…
Yankees’ Carlos Rodon’s outing undone by control issues
MIAMI — Carlos Rodón’s smooth sailing turned into a bruise cruise. The lefty’s squandering of most of a six-run lead…