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Nina Mandell

Footwork on the AAI vault during a gymnastics competition. In the corner is the cover image for the book "A Fraction of a Point: A Gymnastics Dynasty on the Line"

Book Excerpts That Don't Suck

How One Ohio High School Built An Unlikely Gymnastics Dynasty

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Chris Thompson

A grainy black-and-white 1981 photo showing something that looks like an ape striding out of the woods.

Science

What Did The Migrating Bigfoot Family Know About This Ohio Meteor Explosion?

Ray Ratto

BEREA, OHIO - JUNE 04: Managing and principal partner Jimmy Haslam of the Cleveland Browns looks on during Cleveland Browns OTA offseason workouts at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on June 04, 2025 in Berea, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

Ohio Caves To The Haslams, Tells Cleveland To Eat Dirt

Kelsey McKinney

Zillowing Out

A $600,000 Home That Will Trap Us Forever

Life's Rich Pageant

Pro Fishing Has Its Own Cheating Scandal Involving Weights In Prize-Winning Fish

Photo illustration of a brick A-frame home built in the 1970s

A $1 Million Home Where We Can Drown in Shag Carpet

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Vince Guerrieri

Boxing

Don King Comes Home

Samer Kalaf

Bailiff dives over staircase railing as he fails to apprehend drug offender

Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Lowlight Of The Day Is This Bailiff Tumbling Down The Stairs As He Tries To Uphold A Broken System

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