There are some vivid downsides to college sports’ new NIL era, but net-net, things seem so much healthier when much of it comes down to a school’s willingness to spend.
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Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
But there can be downsides to working the proverbial room as well.
Not because the moms themselves are toxic people, but because the dynamic shifts into an ugly place with mean-girl behavior.
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Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
The radical shifts in France — regicide, the Committee of Public Safety’s terror, and expansionist campaigns — dissolved the moral and practical basis for the alliance.
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Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
Head to any tennis court to try to get some swings in and one’s sure to see plenty of people playing pickleball, a combination of badminton, ping pong and tennis that sees players swing small paddles on a short court.
Last spring, the owners closed their downtown location and consolidated at 310 SW Blue Parkway in the Pine Tree Plaza, mainly due to the timing of the downtown lease as well as industry trends, Boehm said.
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Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
Together, these trends have turned industrial space into a cornerstone of national logistics and digital capacity.
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