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DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Four U.S. states are lifting school mask requirements. Here in Northeast Wisconsin, some school districts are also evaluati...

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Brewer will be joining fellow assistant coaches Sean Schimmel and Brian Schrader alongside head coach Jeff Julian.

Will Katie Ledecky Still Be Competitive for the Paris 2024 Olympics? On 8/2/21 at 9:00 PM EDT Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky wants to continue making history in the Olympics in 2024. The 24-year-old, who just won gold in the 800m freestyle in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics wants to return to the 2024 Summer Olympics which will be held in Paris. "That was not my last swim," Ledecky said. "Im at least going to 24, maybe 28. Well see. You never take anything for granted. You dont know if youre gonna...

Olympian Amanda Beard is very proud of Simone Biles decision to prioritize mental health Olympian Amanda Beard, who lives in Gig Harbor, won her first gold medal at the age of 14, and says she understands the intense mental pressure it takes to compete. Author: Chris Daniels Updated: 5:15 PM PDT July 29, 2021 GIG HARBOR, Wash. — If anyone understands the pressure of the Olympic glare, it might be Amanda Beard. "Its a little stressful," said Beard, with a laugh,...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Finalists Announced for First Ever Digital Revolution Awards February 8, 2021 GMT NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 8, 2021-- Shortlists for Tenth Revolution Group’s first ever Digital Revolution Awards have been announced, with organizations and professionals from across the cloud ecosystem being recognized and celebrated for their outstanding performances. Finalists represent the most innovative, boun...

Apparel company. >> well, what it is really doing is -- instead of focusing on stephanies ability or a surfers ability, what it does is just emphasize the image, and detracts from the ability of surfers. and we have a new crop of surfers that are the best ones that i have ever seen. and it is just -- it really takes away from what the women are doing as far as their ability goes. >> what do you make of it, amanda? because being such a star athlete yourself, but also having posed for play boy, yo...

Okay with it. >> when you see athletes like amanda or in this case, stephanie, doing these photo shoots, do you feel like it then pressures other surfers or other athletes that are not so inclined to have to tout their own sexuality if they dont want to do that? they just want to play a sport. >> yeah, i do, i think it establishes a paradigm to establish who is -- establish who is sexier. and in the studies i looked at, the woman who is sexualized, it actually diminishes her athletic ability, an...

Okay with it. >> when you see athletes like amanda or in this case, stephanie, doing these photo shoots, do you feel like it then pressures other surfers or other athletes that are not so inclined to have to tout their own sexuality if they dont want to do that? they just want to play a sport. >> yeah, i do, i think it establishes a paradigm to establish who is -- establish who is sexier. and in the studies i looked at, the woman who is sexualized, it actually diminishes her athletic ability, an...

This woman has 10s of thousands of signatures in protest of that ad. amanda beard is herself a model and has posed for magazines like playboy, so we think there may be a difference of opinion on this. we appreciate it, corey. what did you find so offensive about the ad, because women and the sexualization of sports is nothing new. >> no, it is nothing new. the thing that was most difficult about this was that it was for a surf event and we didnt see any surfing, whatsoever. >> that didnt seem li...