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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Aaron Rodgers says Shailene Woodley left him, not the other way around

Aaron Rodgers is pushing back hard on the narrative surrounding his broken engagement to actress Shailene Woodley, claiming on a podcast that she ended the relationship, and offering blunt details to prove it. The 42-year-old Super Bowl champion and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback appeared Thursday on part two of "Not Just Football with Cam Heyward" and […] The post Aaron Rodgers says Shailene Woodley left him, not the other way around appeared first on American Almanac .

Aaron Rodgers is pushing back hard on the narrative surrounding his broken engagement to actress Shailene Woodley, claiming on a podcast that she ended the relationship, and offering blunt details to prove it. The 42-year-old Super Bowl champion and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback appeared Thursday on part two of "Not Just Football with Cam Heyward" and laid out his version of events, directly contradicting Woodley's prior public statements that he "ruined her life" and left her in a deep depression. Rodgers says the facts run the other direction entirely. He told Heyward he proposed to Woodley in December 2021 and she accepted. But just days later, he claims, the 34-year-old "Divergent" actress told him something that ended the…Open

STRIPES (Matt Wagner) - At least one new champ will hold court in boys volleyball | Stars and Stripes

With Bahrain closed, the field opens for seven contenders in the south, while Wiesbaden joins the ranks in DODEA-Europe’s northern zone.

NYTIMES (Tania Ganguli) - The U.S. Open Has Been Quietly Releasing Tickets for Its Popular Tournament

On Wednesday, hundreds appeared on Ticketmaster. The United States Tennis Association said it periodically released tickets it held for a variety of reasons.

CULTURCIDAL (John Hawkins) - What it Takes to Succeed: 30 Quotes from the Greatest Coaches of All Time

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When you read what the most successful coaches tell their teams about how to win, you’ll hear the same basic things over and over again ad nauseam. Sure, maybe one of them will toss in a funny anecdote and another one will phrase it slightly differently, but if you want to know what the best coaches tell the best athletes about how they become champions, what you are about to read is it. Now, you may not want to be a Super Bowl Champion or win a World Series, but everybody has things they want to be good at. Listen to what these coaches are saying and follow their advice, and you will go further than you ever thought you could. 1) “If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.” —…Open

NYTIMES (David Waldstein) - Even When a U.S. Open Match Ends at 3:30 a.m., There Is Still Lots to Do

After a match between Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton ended at 3:33 a.m. this week, cashiers, ushers and cleaning crews got to work. The next shift was only hours away.

AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Brett Favre video sparks fresh concern as Parkinson's battle takes visible toll

A new video of Brett Favre greeting Green Bay Packers fans in Mexico has football fans openly worried about the 56-year-old Hall of Famer's physical decline, a stark reminder that Parkinson's disease spares no one. Favre, the three-time MVP and 1996 Super Bowl champion, recorded a short message for the Packers' Mexican fan base ahead […] The post Brett Favre video sparks fresh concern as Parkinson's battle takes visible toll appeared first on American Almanac .

A new video of Brett Favre greeting Green Bay Packers fans in Mexico has football fans openly worried about the 56-year-old Hall of Famer's physical decline, a stark reminder that Parkinson's disease spares no one. Favre, the three-time MVP and 1996 Super Bowl champion, recorded a short message for the Packers' Mexican fan base ahead of the new NFL season. The clip surfaced on social media over the weekend and drew an immediate wave of concern from fans who noticed a visible change in the quarterback once known for his iron-man durability and gunslinger swagger. Comments flooded in. "He's the reason I fell in love with football, this is rough to watch," one fan wrote. Others called the scene "truly sad" and "terrible." An account on X…Open