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    Sure, they call it the City of Light. But Paris is also the City of Fashion. So it’s no surprise that designers across the globe are busy getting their national team uniforms ready for their unique Olympic spotlight. The list of fashion labels joining up with Olympic committees to display their wares goes from industry giants like Ralph Lauren for Team USA and Emporio Armani for Italy to small, indie labels seeking to increase brand recognition and show off their national cultures, while emphasizing features like sustainability and adaptability. Designer Stella Jean says she knows she has only seconds of the world’s attention during the opening ceremony to make a lasting impression of her native Haiti.

      CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Julius Peppers, a fearsome pass-rushing defensive end, would be on the Carolina Panthers’ Mount Rushmore. Fourth all-time in NFL sacks, Peppers is preparing for a big weekend. On Aug. 3, he will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Peppers was elected in his first year of eligibility after 17 total seasons in the NFL — 10 of them with the ...

        ORLANDO, Fla. — In the oncoming mad rush to pay the college football players who bring in the green, it’s starting to look more and more like NCAA universities will soon sideline the very athletes who bring home the gold. As we get ready for the Paris Games, let us not forget how many Olympians from around the world benefit from a collegiate athletic model that is now in financial peril. With ...

          INDIANAPOLIS – The giant inflatable Oregon Duck mascot meandering down the White River in Indianapolis gave it away. There was something entirely different about Big Ten football media days this year. The conference officially expands to 18 teams with the addition of Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington on Aug. 2, and this week's media gathering at Lucas Oil Stadium is serving as an introduction ...

          MINNEAPOLIS — The detours on Khyree Jackson's path to the NFL — the community college he left, the hourly jobs he worked while thinking he was done with football — became the details of his story that resonated with Brian Flores so deeply this spring. From their first meeting at the Senior Bowl to their pre-draft Zoom calls and Jackson's visit to Minnesota in April, Flores was drawn to ...

          CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dabo Swinney has often said that he didn’t get a chance to join the Alabama football team as a walk-on wide receiver in 1990s, he wouldn’t be where he is today. So Clemson’s two-time national champion football coach, understandably, had a strong reaction to the recent news that walk-on players will be functionally eliminated amid new roster changes stemming from a court ...

          College football players are finally getting to be themselves — or play against themselves — in one of the hottest video games on the planet. 

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          MINNEAPOLIS — The detours on Khyree Jackson's path to the NFL — the community college he left, the hourly jobs he worked while thinking he was done with football — became the details of his story that resonated with Brian Flores so deeply this spring. From their first meeting at the Senior Bowl to their pre-draft Zoom calls and Jackson's visit to Minnesota in April, Flores was drawn to ...

          CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Julius Peppers, a fearsome pass-rushing defensive end, would be on the Carolina Panthers’ Mount Rushmore. Fourth all-time in NFL sacks, Peppers is preparing for a big weekend. On Aug. 3, he will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Peppers was elected in his first year of eligibility after 17 total seasons in the NFL — 10 of them with the ...

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