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The pool has long been home to Simone Manuel. Outside of it, the Olympic champion is pushing herself in a new endeavor to boost the profile of women’s sports.

The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur news and links for Thursday, March 4 Share this story Hi, everyone! Ramble of the Day A little while ago, my sister thought it might be fun if I took a few minutes to see the most popular Google queries for Tottenham players. Most of them were pretty normal — age, social media, spouses, and my personal favorite, “is [insert player’s name here] good.” That wasn’t particularly surprising, but there were a few gems in the mix. For starters, the pri...

Copy shortlink: On another warm day at the Nordic world ski championships, Jessie Diggins wore a uniform more suited for summer training than for winter racing. The Afton native tried to stay cool in shorts and short sleeves Tuesday, but she just missed the medals with a finishing fourth in the 10-kilometer freestyle. Temperatures in Oberstdorf, Germany, reached 58 degrees at race time and felt even toastier under a bright sun. Norways Therese Johaug won in 23 minutes, 9...

Wednesday: The answer to that, and other questions you may have about California’s reopening. Also: A deadly crash near the border.

With eyes on Tokyo, Katie Ledecky returns to find out what a difference a year makes Rick Maese, The Washington Post March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail As her last swim meet was wrapping up 12 months ago this week, Katie Ledecky was asked about the headlines that seemed to be getting bigger and scarier each day, casting some uncertainty on at least the near future, in and out of the pool. "Im following it all," she said then. "Mostly to make sure Im doing things I need to be doing. In terms of...

Ledecky returned to national competition on Wednesday for the first time in a year, winning the 1,500-meter freestyle at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in San Antonio, Texas. She led by a half-pool length for most of the 30-lap race before touching in 15 minutes, 42.92 seconds. Ashley Twichell finished well back in second at 16:04.29. “I didn’t set too many expectations coming into this first race,” Ledecky said afterward. “I knew getting the first race out of the way would kind of be a m...

Lion Links: 3/3/21 Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Hello, Mane Landers. I hope you all are having a good week as we’re halfway towards the weekend. How is everyone doing as we get closer to kickoff next month? I’ve been finishing up my final projects for my sportscasting classes this month as I get ready for graduation in April. Besides that, I’ve been busy working at Disney Springs. We have plenty of news to cover, so let’s get to the links! Oscar Pareja is Building on Orlando City�...

News Wire Feed Light Reading 2/26/2021 OAKLAND, Calif. – As part of its ongoing commitment to help connect lowincome students and families to the Internet so they can fully participate in educational opportunities and the digital economy, Comcast today announced plans to equip 20 Oakland community centers and parks and recreation facilities with free WiFi for the next three years. As part of its Lift Zones initiative, the company will provide r...

ByPost Staff Nicholas Williams, Director of Oakland Parks and Recs, left and Councilman Noel Gallo, right with children at Manzanita Rec Center who received Dell Computers and free internet for one year from Comcast. Photo credit: Christy Price The ongoing health crisis has brought troubling consequences to communities of color. At the center of the most vulnerable groups are children who’ve been pushed into distance learning, in some cases without internet connectiv...