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Zverev beats Shelton to win US Open title

NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Zverev's best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam title by an American man since 2003, beating Ben ...

Rybakina bests Sabalenka in Saturday’s final

NEW YORK (AP) — Elena Rybakina came to New York and took everything that had belonged to Aryna Sabalenka. First, it was the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis, then the U.S. Open trophy. The tournament that for so long was a struggle for Rybakina turned into the site of her ...

U.S. yet to learn lessons from Kirk’s murder

It feels like just yesterday that America lost Charlie Kirk. I remember every detail vividly. Charlie and I were in daily contact that week, as he prepared for his next national campus speaking tour. I was part of an intimate Zoom meeting he had organized the night prior to its first stop, at Utah Valley University. Less than 24 hours later, it was the site of his murder. Everything about the assassination was astonishing: the unconscionable security failure from the campus police and Charlie's detail, the fact he was killed while modeling robust and respectful debate, the utterly ...

Ten years later, Kaepernick remains unpersuasive

A decade later, Colin Kaepernick is as tiresome as ever. To mark the 10-year anniversary of his kneeling during the National Anthem, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback is out with a new memoir, "The Perilous Fight." (Get it?) In an interview with NBC News in advance of the book's release, which he clearly imagines as part of a vindication tour, he proved himself as committed to woke racial politics as ever. He told NBC that his protests were about fighting "police killing black folks" and "systemic oppression." He added that he was thinking -- not very modestly -- about ...

Zverev reaches US Open final

NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Zverev knows what it's like to endure a lengthy wait for a Grand Slam title. Now that it's over for him, he wants to keep the drought going for American men's tennis. Zverev will play for his second major title this year after beating Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (7), ...