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Hot dog champion Joey Chestnut blasts sportswriter for criticizing competitive eating

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Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest champion Joey Chestnut defended competitive eating after sportswriter Peter King labeled the events as “disgusting.”

King, a writer for NBC Sports and longtime Sports Illustrated columnist, criticized ESPN’s recent 30 for 30 documentary focused on Chestnut and the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest.

“A shame that as at least a fifth of children in America go to bed hungry nightly they’re highlighting gluttony,

Strongest earthquake in years rattles Southern California; damage reported

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The largest earthquake in two decades rattled Southern California on Thursday morning, shaking communities from Las Vegas to Long Beach and ending a quiet period in the state’s seismic history.

Striking at 10:33 a.m., the magnitude 6.4 temblor was centered about 125 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the remote Searles Valley area near where Inyo, San Bernardino and Kern counties meet. It was felt as far away as Ensenada and Mexicali in Mexico,

Jared Lorenzen performed miracles right in front of me

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I watched Jared Lorenzen, who passed away today at the age of 38, play football exactly one time. It happened in Louisville’s Old Cardinal Stadium, which most closely resembled a map from a video game you would buy from a spinning wire rack at Kroger for $4.99. I watched a baseball game there once as a kid, and I distinctly remember noticing that the pitcher’s mound was completely flat — something that can’t possibly have been true,

Instagram Down Again: Users Worldwide Experienced Hours-Long Access Problems

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UPDATED: Instagram users across the globe reported problems sharing to and accessing the Facebook-owned photo and video service on mobile apps and the web on Wednesday — an outage that continued for much of the day.

Instagram began having issues since 8:45 a.m. ET, with most of the user reports concentrated in the Northeast U.S. and Western Europe, according to DownDetector.com.

Users of Facebook and WhatsApp were also encountering problems sharing photos,

The Great Mike Pence Mystery

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Washington (CNN)Mike Pence was supposed to travel to Manchester, New Hampshire, on Tuesday morning to hold an event on the opioid crisis. He never went.

Why? No one knows.
“Something came up that required the @VP to remain in Washington, DC,” tweeted Alyssa Farah, Pence’s press secretary. “It’s no cause for alarm. He looks forward to rescheduling the trip to New Hampshire very soon.”
Added Pence chief of staff Marc Short: “It’s not a national security issue.

Total solar eclipse stuns viewers in South America

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(CNN)On Tuesday, a total solar eclipse stretched across South America. The path of totality, where the moon visibly blocks the sun, spanned parts of Chile and Argentina. Outside the path of totality, a partial solar eclipse was visible.

The umbral shadow — the area in which the sun will appear completely covered by the moon — passed over the Pacific Ocean, Chile and Argentina, according to NASA.
The total solar eclipse appeared in the sky over the city of La Serena,

Wimbledon 2019: Naomi Osaka Leads First-Round Exodus

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WIMBLEDON, England — For Cori Gauff, 15, and Felix Auger-Aliassime, 18, Monday at Wimbledon was a day for teenage dreams coming true after their first victories at a Grand Slam tournament.

But established stars only slightly older seemed to treat first-round losses like midlife crises.

Naomi Osaka, 21, lost in the first round for only the second time in 14 Grand Slam main draw appearances.

After becoming the first player in more than a decade to win her first two Grand Slam titles consecutively,

Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs found dead at age 27

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The Angels announced Monday that pitcher Tyler Skaggs died. The team was scheduled to begin a series against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, but the game has been canceled.

The Southlake, Texas, police department released the following statement: “[Monday] at 2:18 p.m. CDT the Southlake Police Department responded to a call of an unconscious male in a room in the Hilton hotel at 1400 Plaza Place. Officers arrived and found the male unresponsive,

Taylor Swift slams ‘incessant manipulative’ Scooter Braun for buying her music catalog

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Music executive Scooter Braun just acquired Big Machine Label Group, the record company that owns Taylor Swift’s music. Swift is not happy.

The 29-year-old pop star penned a lengthy Tumblr post Sunday calling the deal her “worst case scenario,” accusing Braun of subjecting her to “incessant, manipulative bullying” for years and purchasing her music knowingly “controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated” with him.

“Some fun facts about today’s news: I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world,”

Lakers reach out to Kawhi Leonard who has talked to Magic Johnson

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Teams around the league began filling out their rosters Sunday as free agency opened at 3 p.m. PDT, but the Lakers waited.

With a shot at Kawhi Leonard, their entire plan for this summer hinges on his decision. They can’t move until he does.

Magic Johnson spoke with Leonard and his uncle, Dennis Roberston, on Sunday, Johnson told The Times. According to people familiar with the discussion, they had a positive conversation about the direction of the Lakers.

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