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Ronaldo: This will probably be my last season in football

Cristiano Ronaldo has suggested that he will “probably” retire at the end of this season after revealing he already has his post-playing career “mapped out”.

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Aug 16 • 12:57 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Probably my last year'

Cristiano Ronaldo says this season will probably be his last as a player after a glittering football career.

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Aug 16 • 12:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
In ‘The Brink of War,’ a Return to an Era of Razor-Edge Diplomacy

A new film depicts the 1986 nuclear arms summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, which both offered and dashed hopes of a dramatic breakthrough.

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Aug 16 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized

Now that Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the outcome of this crucial race will depend mainly on two things: Whether Republicans succeed in demonizing El-Sayed because he’s brown and a Muslim, and whether they succeed in demonizing him as a left-wing radical. I will defer for the now the question of whether bigotry will be effective this year, although I will address it another day. What I want to address instead is El-Sayed’s signature issue — healthcare. Yes, El-Sayed advocates Medicare for All, a position the usual suspects denounce as “socialism.” I will get to the politics of his stance soon. Today, however, I want to talk about the substance. We should be clear that El-Sayed doesn’t even call himself a socialist. On the contrary, he explicitly disavows the label, saying “I’m a capitalist who just knows about capitalism”. In fact, as I explained in a previous post, the policies that El-Sayed advocates qualify him as a social democrat, not a socialist. Still, El-Sayed advocates a system under which the government would pay almost all medical expenses. Isn’t that socialism? Well, if that is the criterion then much of U.S. healthcare is already socialist. In fact, the government’s role is so large that U.S. healthcare is better described as partially privatized socialism than as anything resembling a free market. Let’s start with the raw numbers on health insurance, which pays the bulk of Americans’ medical expenses. Americans receive health insurance either from private companies or from public programs, overwhelmingly Medicare and Medicaid. Here’s what the breakdown of coverage and spending between private and public looked like in 2024: While a majority of Americans with health insurance get it from private companies, well over 100 million of us are covered by government programs instead. And these government programs pay more total dollars for medical bills than the private insurers do. Why do government programs that cover a minority of the population account for a majority of health insurers’ outlays? Mainly because Medicare covers seniors, and we’re expensive. Also, while Medicaid covers many younger Americans, disabled and elderly beneficiaries account for most of its spending. Even by the raw numbers, then, U.S. health insurance looks as much public as private. But that understates the government’s role: Private health insurance in the U.S. is both highly regulated and heavily subsidized. This is obviously true for the insurance coverage purchased by tens of millions of Americans through the exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act. But employment-based health insurance, which covers 161 million Americans, is far more of a government creation than most people realize. For employment-based insurance exists largely because of huge implicit government subsidies that come with major strings attached. Here’s how that works. If your employer pays you $10,000, that’s taxable income. But if your employer pays $10,000 toward a company health insurance plan that meets certain criteria, it isn’t taxable. That’s a huge effective subsidy, running at more than $300 billion a year. Take that subsidy into account, along with the more than $100 billion per year spent subsidizing policies purchased under the ACA, as well as the outlays on Medicare and Medicaid, and net effect is that the government pays for more than two-thirds of Americans’ health insurance. Granted, there are strings attached. Roughly speaking, employment-based health plans can’t discriminate based on medical history — that is, they can’t deny coverage to employees with pre-existing conditions — and they also can’t offer the plans only to highly compensated employees — a health plan that is only for the C-suite is considered taxable income. So given the restrictions of the federal tax code, employer-based health insurance is a lot like Obamacare, which also prohibits discrimination based on medical history and provides subsidies to make insurance affordable to lower-paid workers. The fact is that virtually all of private healthcare insurance is already well under some form of government control through regulation and tax subsidies. How should we think about this system? First of all, is Medicare socialist? Don’t tell anyone, but the way Medicare operates — it covers every senior’s medical expenses, whatever they turn out to be, while being funded by taxes that depend on one’s income — could be summarized by the old Marxist slogan “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” And back in 1961, when Ronald Reagan was the face of a last-ditch effort by the American Medical Association to block the creation of Medicare, he denounced Medicare as “socialized medicine” and warned that it would destroy our freedom. In reality, American freedom survived until Jan. 20, 2025, while Medicare is immensely popular, with an 82 percent favorable rating in the most recent KFF survey. Medicaid, government health insurance for lower-income Americans, comes in at 73 percent. This is in sharp contrast to public views about private insurers, who are widely disliked if not hated and accused of denying essential care. Furthermore, if Medicare is socialism, then the whole U.S. health insurance system, with the government paying most of the bills and placing conditions on private insurers, is almost equally socialist. If you insist on calling any program the government pays for and regulates socialist, then U.S. healthcare would best be described as a partially privatized form of socialism. And one must ask, what is the point of the part that is privatized? Do private insurers add anything positive? Or are they simply parasites, skimming off money that could have been paying for care? The case for viewing insurers as parasites is strong. Many Medicare benefits are now delivered via Medicare Advantage, that is, plans paid for by the government but run through insurance companies. MedPAC, an independent advisory commission, estimates that last year Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by $84 billion, thanks to practices such as “upcoding,” in which patients’ health problems are overstated to get larger sums from Medicare. Assessing the waste from employer-based insurance is harder, but most evidence suggests that private insurers have substantially higher administrative costs than Medicare does. Furthermore, the complexity of private insurance, with multiple payers all trying to deny care when they can, is a huge burden both on providers — doctors, nurses, and hospitals — and on patients. What do private insurers offer to compensate for these costs? One must go through intellectual contortions to avoid the conclusion that they are, in fact, parasites. Which brings me back to El-Sayed. In supporting Medicare for All, he’s basically calling for an end to the partial, parasitic privatization of a healthcare system that is already hugely dependent on public funding. When one looks at it that way, it’s not at all a radical proposal. Admittedly, the political lift requires overcoming the opposition to higher taxes to pay for Medicare for All. Political realism rather than economics was the reason I and many other progressives supported Obamacare, with all its complexities, rather than demanding an immediate move to Medicare for All. But the political calculus may very well have shifted since the 2000s, as Americans are fed up with a system of unaffordable premiums, rampant claim denials, and byzantine claim administration. Moreover, funding healthcare insurance through taxation would allow for a much more progressive distribution of the cost. That is, compared to the present system, middle-income households would pay less as high-income households would pay more. And the U.S. would stop wasting large sums on pointless administrative costs. So let’s be clear: El-Sayed’s healthcare platform is perfectly reasonable on the merits of cost, fairness and health efficacy. And with private insurers never more hated, while millions of Americans are losing their health insurance, 2026 may be its time. MUSICAL CODA

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Aug 11 • 6:33 AM EDT • Health • paulkrugman.substack.com
Liverpool Signs FC Barcelona Defender Ronald Araujo In Shock Transfer

Liverpool has signed FC Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo according to a number of leading transfer market experts.

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Aug 7 • 5:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Braves' Ronald Acuna: Logs two homers in victory

Braves' Ronald Acuna: Logs two homers in victory

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Aug 7 • 2:06 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
'The Brink of War' tells story of Reagan-Gorbachev nuclear discussions

Jeff Daniels stars as Ronald Reagan in "The Brink of War," a film about the Reykjavik summit that paved the way for the historic INF Treaty.

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Aug 3 • 6:40 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Courageous Colorado bucks Trump’s federal stupidity

There are several theories regarding the rhythm of American politics. The most frequently cited is the pendulum hypothesis — positing that episodes of liberal dominance are then interrupted by spans of conservative control. Since Ronald Reagan’s presidential election in 1980, these swings have been foreshortened, interrupting modest reigns of far-right rule in Washington with only […]

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Aug 3 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Orlando Sentinel 150: Central Florida’s major role in state, national politics

Central Florida was a battleground region for the White House for decades, with presidents and candidates routinely swinging through and drawing crowds every four years.

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Aug 2 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • orlandosentinel.com
Datavault AI Appoints Ronald M. Goldstein to Lead Professional Sports Licensing

Goldstein will direct professional sports and legacy athlete licensing programs on the Company’s NIL Vault (NILv) PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS…...

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Jul 27 • 7:57 AM EDT • Sports • ir.datavaultsite.com
Ronald Reagan center director: How to talk politics with family, friends and neighbors, without losing them

A new civility handbook offers a simple framework for disagreeing without destroying the relationships that matter most.

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Jul 25 • 7:30 AM EDT • Politics • fortune.com
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Atlanta Braves Make Correct Decision With Ronald Acuna Jr.

The Braves have a plan, and it's the right one.

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Jul 20 • 11:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
BTS, Madonna and the Muppets take the World Cup stage

Madonna opened the World Cup halftime show with her 2000 dance-pop hit “Music,” joined by star Brazilian soccer players of yesteryear, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. Sunday's show started with an apparently

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Jul 19 • 4:21 PM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
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Madonna and the Muppets take the World Cup stage

Madonna opened the World Cup halftime show with her 2000 dance-pop hit “Music,” joined by star Brazilian soccer players of yesteryear, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. It started with an apparently pre-recorded

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Jul 19 • 4:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Madonna and the Muppets take the World Cup stage

Madonna opened the World Cup halftime show with her 2000 dance-pop hit “Music,” joined by star Brazilian soccer players of yesteryear, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. It started with an apparently pre-recorded

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Jul 19 • 4:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • messenger-inquirer.com
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Madonna and the Muppets take the World Cup stage

Madonna opened the World Cup halftime show with her 2000 dance-pop hit “Music,” joined by star Brazilian soccer players of yesteryear, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.

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Jul 19 • 4:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • news4jax.com
Madonna and the Muppets take the World Cup stage

Madonna opened the World Cup halftime show with her 2000 dance-pop hit “Music,” joined by star Brazilian soccer players of yesteryear, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.

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Jul 19 • 4:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • ksat.com
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FIFA Merges Football, Gaming and Entertainment for the World Cup

Little Black Book, Campaign from Jung von Matt SPORTS features Tony Hawk, IShowSpeed, Squid Game, and Ronaldo

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Jul 17 • 9:13 AM EDT • Entertainment • lbbonline.com
Fans protest decision to exclude O.J. Simpson from new stadium's Wall of Fame

His legacy is overshadowed by his arrest in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

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Jul 10 • 4:56 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
How World Cup stars pushing 40 are defying their biological clocks

Players in their mid-30s and older used to be rare. In 2026, they made up about 6% of the 48 national team squads.

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Jul 10 • 7:44 AM EDT • Sports • seattletimes.com
Despite the hoopla, US men’s soccer still stagnant

SEATTLE — For all the growth in American soccer over the past quarter-century, the U.S. men’s national team remains stagnant. Christian Pulisic, Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie fared no better at the World Cup in 2022 and 2026 than Tim Howard, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore did in 2010 and 2014. “We want to be […]

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Jul 7 • 8:00 PM EDT • Sports • altoonamirror.com
Today’s Papers – It’s over for Ronaldo, Juventus move for Pellegrino

La Gazzetta dello SportWorld Cup kickedThe scandal of the suspended red cardControversy over the pardon for the American. Trump: ‘Yes, I’ve asked Infantino.’ UEFA: ‘That’s how you lose credi...

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Jul 7 • 4:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cristiano Ronaldo fights back tears after his final World Cup appearance for Portugal
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Jul 6 • 5:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cristiano Ronaldo Ends World Cup Career Without Elusive Title

Cristiano Ronaldo's quest to winning a World Cup is now over following Spain's win over Portugal in the round of 16.

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Jul 6 • 5:32 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup Career By The Numbers

Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo confirmed that this tournament will be his final World Cup appearance. Here is a look at Ronaldo's World Cup career by the numbers.

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Jul 6 • 4:38 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Folarin Balogun’s red card ban suspended, Ronaldo’s last World Cup

Noah Gross, Blake Holland and Nabil Remadna broke down Folarin Balogun's controversial red card reversal by FIFA, plus Cristiano Ronaldo saying this World Cup will be his last.

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Jul 5 • 6:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CR7 challenges Brazilian journalist: he doesn't like me 🎥

Cristiano Ronaldo “challenged” journalist Marcelo Bechler to ask a question during a press conference this Sunday (5), on the eve of the Portugal vs. Spain clash at the World Cup.The forward asked...

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Jul 5 • 2:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
From The Sports Desk: Portugal advances, Croatia sent packing after dramatic finish

Cristiano Ronaldo played hero yesterday, leading Portugal to a 2-1 win over Croatia, which had a late equalizer taken away on replay review. Now, Portugal takes on Spain next.

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Jul 3 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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Watch every goal of matchday 22 of the World Cup

Three European teams got through as Spain dominated and Cristiano Ronaldo got his first knockout stage goal.

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Jul 3 • 8:53 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Huge VAR call prolongs Ronaldo's last dance but ends Modric's

Veteran forward Cristiano Ronaldo gets another day on the World Cup stage after Croatia are denied a late equaliser by a huge VAR call.

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Jul 3 • 12:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Cristiano Ronaldo Continues To Make History, Breaking World Cup Knockout Stage Record

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the oldest player to ever play in the knockout stage of the World Cup.

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Jul 2 • 7:36 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
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2026 World Cup: Colombia wins Group K thanks to Portugal draw as DR Congo also advances

We won't get a meeting between Messi and Ronaldo in the quarterfinals.

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Jun 27 • 9:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Ronaldo, Messi and the question that haunts sporting superstars: When do you stop?

Some football titans are having their last dance at a World Cup

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Jun 27 • 12:14 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
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From The Sports Desk: Cristiano Ronaldo makes history and joins in World Cup scoring barrage

Ronaldo scored twice yesterday against Uzbekistan, which made him the first player to score in six World Cups, from 2006 through this tournament.

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Jun 24 • 11:15 AM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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From The Sports Desk: Cristiano Ronaldo makes history and joins in World Cup scoring barrage

Ronaldo scored twice yesterday against Uzbekistan, which made him the first player to ever score in six different World Cups, from 2006 through this current tournament.

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Jun 24 • 11:15 AM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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World Cup 2026: Record-breaking Cristiano Ronaldo leads Portugal's 5-0 rout of Uzbekistan
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Jun 23 • 2:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
FIFA World Cup schedule June 23: Games, kickoff times, livestream

Can Ronaldo finally get the goal he needs?

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Jun 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
‘I scored goals with Cristiano Ronaldo at 15. Even then his mindset and will to win was extraordinary’

Paulo Sergio played with Ronaldo in Sporting's academy between 1999 and 2003. He tells The Athletic exactly what a young Cristiano was like

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Jun 23 • 12:11 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. Faces Extended Recovery from Hamstring Injury

Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss shared an update on Ronald Acuña Jr.’s injury before Wednesday’s game against the San Francisco Giants.

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Jun 17 • 5:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
World Cup 2026: Why Cristiano Ronaldo may need the tournament of his life to lift Portugal
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Jun 17 • 1:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Ronald Araujo interview: ‘I needed help with my mental health. That’s why I decided to step away.’

The 27-year-old defender took a leave of absence from Barcelona last year. Now he's set for his first World Cup appearance

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Jun 15 • 12:20 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Trump’s proposed 250-foot ‘triumphal arch’ likely poses no risk to aviation, FAA says

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot “triumphal arch” less than two miles from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport would likely pose no risks to air travel but recommended red obstruction lights be added.

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PREVIEW: Netherlands set their sights on maiden World Cup triumph

The Netherlands will be hoping to reach new heights at the 2026 World Cup as Ronald Koeman’s side look to become world champions for the first time.The Dutch have come agonisingly close to breaking ...

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Jun 5 • 12:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Florentino promises galáctico signing on Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká level

The days leading up to Real Madrid’s presidential election have been eventful.Florentino Pérez has reached an agreement with José Mourinho and has also lined up the signings of Konaté (on a free ...

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Jun 4 • 6:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
From Rocafonda to the World Cup: Lamine Yamal's meteoric rise

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will play at a record sixth World Cup in 2026, but years from now the tournament may instead be remembered as Lamine Yamal's first.Over the past three years Abdul has answered plenty of questions about Lamine, but with concerns over the winger's fitness heading into the World Cup, he doesn't feel like speaking for now.

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Jun 2 • 12:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lamine Yamal Reveals Messi, Ronaldo-Themed Goal After Superstar Comparisons

Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal has addressed the constant comparisons to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, outlining his personal ambitions as he continues to break records for club and country.

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May 31 • 10:59 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
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Last Night In Baseball: The Astros Might Be Good Again

The Astros might be good again, Paul Skenes needed some help, Ian Happ is a terror in Pittsburgh, Ronald Acuña's monster slam and more from Thursday's MLB action.

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May 29 • 10:18 AM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Kylian Mbappé Matches Cristiano Ronaldo And Lionel Messi Goalscoring Feat

Kylian Mbappé secured a second straight Pichichi Trophy after scoring in Real Madrid's final-day win over Athletic Club.

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May 25 • 12:56 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Ronald Acuña Jr. DHing for Braves-Nationals series finale

A day of relative rest for Ronnie.

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May 24 • 2:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Pep Guardiola, Cristiano Ronaldo At Al-Nassr? Guardiola's Agent Confirms Contact

Al-Nassr launched an ambitious approach for Pep Guardiola prior to the manager's newly confirmed announcement that he will officially step down from Manchester City at the end of the season.

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May 22 • 8:50 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Xbox expands leadership team with major hires

Xbox has added two big names to its leadership team: Matthew Ball and Scott Van Vliet. The new recruits are part of an on-going drive from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to move faster, build better products, and make more focused business decisions. The Game Business can reveal that Ball is joining as Chief Strategy Officer. He is a popular industry analyst who is responsible for the annual The State of Video Gaming report, which is widely read across the business. His first job will be to strengthen the console side of Xbox, which is facing significant pressures, not least from the rising costs of memory and storage. In an interview with The Game Business earlier in the year, he admitted he was “pretty frightened” by the situation for the console sector. Ball had previously worked as head of strategy and planning for Amazon Studios, and wrote the 2022 international best-seller The Metaverse. He is currently CEO of Epyllion, a venture partner at investment group Makers Fund and senior advisor at KKR & Co. Meanwhile, Scott Van Vliet joins as Chief Technology Officer. He was previously in charge of Azure OpenAI and AI Core infrastructure at Microsoft, and he also led engineering for Microsoft Teams during the COVID 19 pandemic. But he has a games background. He previously worked across games for Amazon, including Alexa, Amazon Game Studios and the Amazon App Store. He directly worked on the Minecraft: Fire TV Edition. Prior to that, he was VP of Digital Play at Mattel, and worked across brands such as Batman, Barbie, Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and Cut The Rope. His job will be to improve how Xbox builds products so teams can move faster and deliver stronger results. For more breaking stories, sign-up to The Game Business today Subscribe In addition to these new hires, Xbox has promoted Chris Schnakenberg to Corporate Vice President, Partnerships & Business Development. He was previously VP of partnerships and business development, and joined from Activision Blizzard, where he spent 12 years in various strategy, business development and partner relations role. His focus is on third-party games, publishers and developers working with Xbox. The news follows a number of new hires and promotions earlier in the month, including Jason Ronald taking leadership over Xbox’s upcoming Project Helix console. “These changes are about strengthening our foundation by creating more clarity and improving execution,” Sharma said in an email to staff. “As we head toward Showcase and beyond, we’ll continue making the changes needed to position XBOX for the future.” Matthew Ball is speaking with Christopher Dring at The Game Business Live on Monday, June 8. More details on the event can be found here.

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May 20 • 11:47 AM EDT • Technology • thegamebusiness.com
Xbox expands leadership team with major hires

Xbox has added two big names to its leadership team: Matthew Ball and Scott Van Vliet. The new recruits are part of an on-going drive from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to move faster, build better products, and make more focused business decisions. The Game Business can reveal that Ball is joining as Chief Strategy Officer. He is a popular industry analyst who is responsible for the annual The State of Video Gaming report, which is widely read across the business. His first job will be to strengthen the console side of Xbox, which is facing significant pressures, not least from the rising costs of memory and storage. In an interview with The Game Business earlier in the year, he admitted he was “pretty frightened” by the situation for the console sector. Ball had previously worked as head of strategy and planning for Amazon Studios, and wrote the 2022 international best-seller The Metaverse. He is currently CEO of Epyllion, a venture partner at investment group Makers Fund and senior advisor at KKR & Co. Meanwhile, Scott Van Vliet joins as Chief Technology Officer. He was previously in charge of Azure OpenAI and AI Core infrastructure at Microsoft, and he also led engineering for Microsoft Teams during the COVID 19 pandemic. But he has a games background. He previously worked across games for Amazon, including Alexa, Amazon Game Studios and the Amazon App Store. He directly worked on the Minecraft: Fire TV Edition. Prior to that, he was VP of Digital Play at Mattel, and worked across brands such as Batman, Barbie, Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and Cut The Rope. His job will be to improve how Xbox builds products so teams can move faster and deliver stronger results. For more breaking stories, sign-up to The Game Business today Subscribe In addition to these new hires, Xbox has promoted Chris Schnakenberg to Corporate Vice President, Partnerships & Business Development. He was previously VP of partnerships and business development, and joined from Activision Blizzard, where he spent 12 years in various strategy, business development and partner relations role. His focus is on third-party games, publishers and developers working with Xbox. The news follows a number of new hires and promotions earlier in the month, including Jason Ronald taking leadership over Xbox’s upcoming Project Helix console. “These changes are about strengthening our foundation by creating more clarity and improving execution,” Sharma said in an email to staff. “As we head toward Showcase and beyond, we’ll continue making the changes needed to position XBOX for the future.” Matthew Ball is speaking with Christopher Dring at The Game Business Live on Monday, June 8. More details on the event can be found here.

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4 Takeaways From Portugal's World Cup Roster Selection

Cristiano Ronaldo eyes World Cup history with Portugal. But the real story is what should his role be on this team.

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May 19 • 9:54 AM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Braves eager to see Ronald Acuna Jr. hit against Marlins

Ronald Acuna Jr. will return to the Atlanta starting lineup on Tuesday when the visiting Braves play the Miami Marlins in the second game of a four-game series.

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May 19 • 4:08 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Event to showcase Filipino products, business opportunities while building Hawaii-Philippines ties

Gov. Josh Green, Ilocos Norte Gov. Cecilia Araneta Marcos, and Hawaii Senate President Ronald Kouchi are set to give keynote speeches.

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May 17 • 11:46 PM EDT • Business • hawaiinewsnow.com
Philippines vows to hand fugitive senator to ICC following shootout

Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa wanted for alleged role as top enforcer of ex-president Duterte's deadly drug war.

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May 15 • 9:09 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
Cristiano Ronaldo adds free sports streamer to his business empire ahead of the World Cup

The channel will be responsible for showing 34 matches from the 2026 World Cup, live and at no cost to viewers, including all the matches of the Portuguese national football team.View on euronews

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May 15 • 4:26 AM EDT • Business • sports.yahoo.com
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Philippine politician wanted by ICC flees Senate

Senate president says Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa 'no longer in the building' where he had taken refuge.

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May 14 • 4:05 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
Cristiano Ronaldo Scores 100th Saudi Pro League Goal

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his 100th Saudi Pro League goal as Al-Nassr beat Al-Shabab 4-2 to move five points clear at the top of the table.

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May 7 • 8:41 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
How Disneyland Remade American Politics

America is turning 250, and The Free Press is marking the occasion with a yearlong series of events, conversations, and stories celebrating our country’s history. Today, we’re taking a journey with historian Beverly Gage to Southern California. Beverly traded the archives for the open road for her new book, This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History. We’re proud to publish an excerpt, on the theme park that shaped American politics—and the presidents who loved it. —The Editors On July 17, 1955, Ronald Reagan stood near a mocked-up wood-plank town in Anaheim, California, where a 13-star flag flew incongruously over an “Old West” landscape, and introduced the world to Disneyland. He had been invited by Walt Disney himself to co-host the park’s live ABC broadcast, alongside Art Linkletter and Bob Cummings—three Hollywood actors who seemed to embody a wholesome, all-American ethos. From the imagined past of Frontierland, the show leaped ahead to Tomorrowland, set in the far-off year of 1986, emphasizing the technical marvels yet to come: nuclear energy harnessed for civilian purposes, human beings riding rocket ships into space. Disney foretold great things for a 1980s in which the United States would serve as “a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.” But even he could not predict the most important political fact of the age: that his genial co-host would become president. Southern California was a strange place to build a park about the past, because the region at the time was all about newness and abundance and growth. For a lot of its history, Orange County had been Southern California’s version of flyover country: a vast agricultural expanse between two desirable places, Los Angeles and San Diego. But Disneyland was changing that. Before long, 50 miles south of deep-blue Hollywood, Orange County would become a region famed for its right-wing politics—but also for its mythmaking skills. Those two things, it turned out, went naturally together. ADVERTISEMENT The two presidents Southern California gave America both understood this instinctively. Richard Nixon and Reagan each built a national career on invoking a version of the American past in which the specificities of historical context mattered less than the big picture. For Nixon, progress meant proclaiming a “New American Revolution” on the eve of America’s bicentennial while dismantling the federal programs that had built the postwar middle class. For Reagan, it meant recapturing a lost optimism and an old-fashioned faith in America as an exceptional nation. Both men were less interested in history as it actually happened than in history as it felt—and Orange County, a place that had built itself almost entirely from scratch, turned out to be exactly where the myth of America’s future was getting made. I’m a historian—and historians tend to be myth-busters. With the country’s 250th birthday on the horizon, I figured it was a good time to step out of the ivory tower and check in with the past as it exists here and now, at the museums and monuments and roadside attractions where Americans go to learn about their history. After all my travels—to Davy Crockett’s Tennessee and Texas, to the real Erie Canal, to the birthplace of the American automobile and the actual Old West—I couldn’t miss out on Disneyland, the single most influential historic attraction in U.S. history.

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May 7 • 5:01 PM EDT • Politics • thefp.com
Ronald Breaker named FAS dean of science

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May 4 • 1:24 PM EDT • Science • news.yale.edu
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Xbox to release "iconic games from the past" this year for 25th Anniversary

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