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San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called Donald Trump a “soulless coward” following the president’s false statements regarding former presidents calling the families of military members killed in action. Popovich, an Air Force veteran, contacted The Nation soon after Trump’s remarks. “I’ve been amazed and disappointed by so much of …

On the internationally recognized “Day of the Girl,” the Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday that they would allow girls to join their program. The move would provide girls a path toward the rank of Eagle Scout, the organization’s highest honor. “The historic decision comes after years of receiving requests …

Ronda Rousey‘s days as a UFC champion fighter appear to be over, but she’s certainly not leaving the world of competitive fighting. A trailer dropped today for a new GO90 original documentary series titled “Why We Fight,” produced by Rousey. The series will feature eight, 45-minute episodes followingZac “Kid Yamaka” …

Researchers from Boston University’s School of Medicine announced Tuesday that they discovered a new biomarker for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease found commonly in individuals with a history of repetitive head trauma. The breakthrough, they explained, “may allow the disease to be diagnosed during life for the first …

One afternoon last March, Tony, 27, logged onto PornHub to jerk off, as he usually did when he came home from work. He had just broken up with his girlfriend, and to fill the time he watched porn a few hours a day, “mostly out of boredom,” he says. This …

The sport of boxing is having one of its biggest and best years in recent memory. However, the result of Saturday’s anticipated showdown between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin proved the sport still has all kinds of problems. Touted as one of the most meaningful boxing matches of …

Amanda Nunes might not be someone you want to meet in an octagon, but she showed her kind nature this weekend once she stepped out of it.After capturing the UFC 215 championship belt on Saturday, she gave it to a 19-year-old cancer survivor whom she developed a rapport with, according …

There was a time, not long ago, when Downtown Los Angeles was a place to avoid, the rotting core of a famously centerless city. With its mirrored glass skyscrapers and historic Art Deco apartment buildings laid out in a dense grid, the neighborhood may have looked more like a conventional …

Irma, the storm that meteorologists have been nervously tracking for days, is now on the doorstep of America’s most vulnerable state. What’s coming is unlike anything that’s happened there before. As of Saturday afternoon, Irma had begun a 36-hour trek northward off the coast of Cuba, where it made landfall …