This week marked the last set of Athletes of the Week for the 2025-2026 high school sports season in Cincinnati. Readers voted online until June 19 for their favorite performances. Winners can now grab their certificates and add their photos to an online showcase. The voting covered high school spo
Most baseball fans just want to enjoy the game without politics getting in the way. Yet Major League Baseball has turned Pride Nights into something more like a political rally than a simple celebration. While teams argue these events show support for the LGBTQ community, they’ve also brought unnece
Sports betting in the U. S. has exploded from a tiny niche to a giant industry in just a few years. What started as a few hundred million dollars in 2018 now pulls in over $13 billion annually. The rapid growth isn’t just about more people betting—it’s about how betting itself has become a normal pa
Growing up on a chicken farm taught William Mouw more than how to handle feathers and feed. The 25-year veteran of the pro golf tour spent decades shoveling manure before sunrise, gathering eggs before school, and learning that hard work isn’t always glamorous. Now he’s 3, 000 miles from those chore
Google is making a bold move to compete with Nvidia in the AI chip market by investing $3. 2 billion in a massive data center project in western New York. The facility, called Lake Mariner, will rent out computing power powered by Google’s own AI chips, called Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). These c
Five years ago, big companies rushed to show how green they were—publishing reports, hiring experts, and promising to cut pollution. The push came from new climate rules and customers who wanted cleaner business practices. But like seasons changing, business priorities flipped when a new trend took
Mike Whan isn’t your usual golf executive. At the U. S. Open, he’s more likely to be found in a beat-up cart than a boardroom, chatting up volunteers and players like an old friend. The USGA’s CEO grew up raking traps at a Cincinnati golf course for pocket money and free rounds—a far cry from his cu
Abed Hachem stood where his home used to be, now just twisted metal and broken bricks scattered across the ground. His garden, once full of life, was buried under gray dust that covered everything from children’s toys to the torn remains of his living room furniture. The mosque’s minaret was the onl
National City isn’t some small town with a million extra dollars sitting in a jar. It’s a working-class city of 56, 000 people squeezed into just 7 square miles. Most folks there are busy paying rent, feeding families, and making it through the week—not studying spreadsheets to see if their city can
Living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease isn’t just about managing symptoms. Many people face hidden challenges that make sticking to treatment plans difficult. Research shows that while some find ways to adapt, others get stuck because of daily obstacles they can’t easily overcome. One ma
