The Global Update

A transgender high school pitcher in Minnesota was not included in an annual coaches’ poll of All-State selections despite a dominant season that ended with a championship.  The trans athlete, Marissa Rothenberger of Champlin Park High School, was absent from the Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association list of 2025 All-State honors.  Rothenberger previously made the list…

President Donald Trump sued CBS News and its parent company, Paramount Global, in October 2024 over an interview on “60 Minutes” with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump accused the outlet of deceptive editing and election interference.  The lawsuit and its subsequent settlement have far-reaching implications and set off a fierce debate about media ethics and…

Former NFL offensive tackle Luis Sharpe, a three-time Pro Bowler, died on Friday, his former team confirmed. He was 65. Sharpe played in the league for 13 seasons, all with the Arizona Cardinals franchise. He was a first-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982. While Sharpe only played for the Cardinals, he played…

College basketball star Tahaad Pettiford was jailed in Alabama in the early-morning hours on Saturday, jail records showed. The Auburn basketball guard was eventually released from custody on the same day, ESPN reported. As of Saturday afternoon, Pettiford’s name was no longer on the list of inmates on the jail’s log. Auburn head coach Bruce…

Super Bowl champion Ndamukong Suh announced his retirement from the NFL on Saturday.  Suh, 38, last played in the NFL during the 2022 season, with the Philadelphia Eagles. The five-time All-Pro said he is “honoring” a wish from his late father by retiring.  “July 12, 2024, was the hardest day of my life. It’s the…

Out in the California sun, a new kind of farmhand is hard at work. Powered by solar energy and guided by artificial intelligence, the solar-powered weeding robot for cotton fields is offering farmers a smarter and more sustainable way to tackle weeds.  This technology is arriving just in time, as growers across the country face…

Jacob Misiorowski has taken the baseball world by storm. The 23-year-old, 103 mph-throwing righty made his MLB debut last month for the Milwaukee Brewers, and he didn’t allow a hit in his first 11 innings of work. He exited his first game with cramps, and then was perfect through six innings in his second outing….

An historic night at Madison Square Garden on Friday night turned into an awkward moment in the wee hours of Saturday morning at the Taylor-Serrano 3 post-fight press conference. A reporter based out of Puerto Rico asked a question that “has to do with the projection of women in boxing.” The reporter insinuated that there…

Minnesota Twins star shortstop Carlos Correa left the team’s 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates after being involved in a scary collision on Friday at Target Field.  In the top of the seventh inning, Pirates left fielder Tommy Pham laced a line drive off the right field wall and tried to stretch a single into…

When Most Valuable Promotions was founded in 2021 by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, they struck gold in signing Amanda Serrano to a deal, making her the first woman on the brand. Serrano had already cemented her legacy as one of the GOATs of female boxing, and she has since signed a lifetime deal with…