Semi Taulanga of Mater Dei High holds up the Southern Section Division 1 championship plaque after a 31-24 win over St. John Bosco at Veterans Stadium on Friday night. St. John Bosco, which lost to Mater Dei 59-14 in an earlier Trinity League game, made the Monarchs sweat out victory for the first time all season behind a gusty, fearless …
France's Léon Marchand claims his crown as the next big thing in Olympic swimming toggle caption Quinn Rooney/Getty Images NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. "It was crazy," Marchand said of his final individual performance in the men’s 200 meter individual medley final at Paris's La Defense arena in a Paris suburb. toggle caption Natacha Pisarenko/AP Notably, …
New Delhi: There is nothing quite like a home hero. Leon Marchand, 22, France’s poster boy in the build-up to the Paris Games is already an icon in this Olympics, securing three gold medals so far in five days of swimming competitions. Marchand, dubbed the ‘French Michael Phelps’ – for one, Bob Bowman, coach of the greatest Olympian, has coached …
CLAIM: A video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying on CNN due to backlash over Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling a fire alarm on Saturday. The video itself shows a commentator discussing the congresswoman’s appearance on CNN, but begins with a thumbnail of Ocasio-Cortez crying. A reverse image search shows the thumbnail is actually an image of Ocasio-Cortez crying during a House …