Les Carpenter
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Washington Post sports writer
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“I didn’t want to regret.” The incredible story of how Islam Makhachev’s older brother Kurban gave up his dreams so Islam could live his as #UFC champion
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In Dagestan, home to the world’s best fighters, the Makhachevs couldn’t afford to send both boys to train with a legend.
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Islam Makhachev would never have lived his dream of becoming a UFC champion had his older brother not sacrificed his own.
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In Dagestan, home to the world’s best fighters, the Makhachevs couldn’t afford to send both boys to train with a legend.
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In Dagestan, home to the world’s best fighters, the Makhachevs couldn’t afford to send both boys to train with a legend.
Islam Makhachev and his brother Kurban grew up poor in a remote village in the mountains of Dagestan. Both dreamed of being UFC fighters, but money was tight, only one could go train. That’s when Kurban made a choice that changed UFC history.
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Islam Makhachev and his brother Kurban grew up poor in a remote village in the mountains of Dagestan. Both dreamed of being UFC fighters, but money was tight, only one could go train. That’s when Kurban made a choice that changed UFC history.
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Inside the frantic scramble to get Ethyn Ewing to his last-second UFC debut and surprise victory
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Ethyn Ewing needed to lose 11 pounds and get from Los Angeles to New York in 60 hours to make his UFC debut. Then he won.
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After sleeping through his call of destiny, this fighter shocked everyone but himself at #ufc322
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Ethyn Ewing needed to lose 11 pounds and get from Los Angeles to New York in 60 hours to make his UFC debut. Then he won.
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What's it take for a soccer stadium to stage football? Years of planning. https://t.co/EJog3YWsZq
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When the Commanders play the Dolphins in Madrid on Sunday, they will compete at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium after years of planning.
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HFB PT42! I post this story from @Lescarpenter about twice a year. Dinner in Seattle. Dude wanted to know about everyone at ASU. January 2004. https://t.co/HykAdDKnCX very thankful the way ASU supported the Run from the start. See you April 11!!!
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Working at a tire shop in Brazil since age 12, Alex Pereira went to a gym to turn his life around. He became one of the fighting circuit’s most formidable champions. https://t.co/y6YZX8Kv5c
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Working at a tire shop in Brazil since age 12, Alex Pereira went to a gym to turn his life around. He became one of MMA’s most formidable champions.
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How @AlexPereiraUFC went to a gym to turn his life around and became a UFC star. - The Washington Post
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Working at a tire shop in Brazil since age 12, Alex Pereira went to a gym to turn his life around. He became one of MMA’s most formidable champions.
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Alex Pereira quit school at age 12 to work in a tire shop. He thought he’d be there forever. Instead, he became a UFC champion.
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Working at a tire shop in Brazil since age 12, Alex Pereira went to a gym to turn his life around. He became one of MMA’s most formidable champions.
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Early in all of our careers, Adrian Wojnarowski, Les Carpenter and I would convene after covering UConn basketball games at the Vernon Diner off I-84. It’s not too far, it turns out, from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, which all these years later will honor Woj with the
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“A woman who inspires.” 50-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina has competed in eight Olympics and is trying for a ninth.
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Oksana Chusovitina made her international debut more than three decades ago for the Soviet Union. She’s still hoping to compete in three years in Los Angeles.
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“We may never see this happening for many years or possibly ever” the 50 year old gymnast who has competed in eight Olympics and wants to make L.A. her ninth
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Oksana Chusovitina made her international debut more than three decades ago for the Soviet Union. She’s still hoping to compete in three years in Los Angeles.
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"Hard work is great. Luck is essential." With an abundance of both, Thomas Boswell charted his course to Cooperstown as he stands among the National Pastime's greatest scribes. #HOFWKND
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The picks and shovels of the AI economy. AIS provides exposure to companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence—spanning semiconductors, data centers, and AI-enabled applications. Consider how AIS may align with your investment strategy.
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Remember quarterback Josh Johnson? At 39, he’s back in Washington, trying to stick.
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Johnson, who played here in 2018 after Alex Smith and Colt McCoy got injured, is grinding at training camp and fighting for a roster spot with the Commanders.
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Tonight, the legendary Flo Hyman will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs. Remember her legacy with this article from @Lescarpenter at @washingtonpost. https://t.co/eu5xLbDUfM
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Flo Hyman, a women’s sports pioneer who rose to stardom at the 1984 Olympics, was felled by Marfan syndrome while playing in Japan two years later.
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Ilia Malinin wins figure skating world championship again - The Washington Post
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Malinin looked all but invincible in Boston as he defended his world championship with ease, but he knows there’s room for improvement ahead of Milan in 2026.
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In return to figure skating, American Alysa Liu wins world title - The Washington Post
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Alysa Liu becomes the first U.S. woman to win a world figure skating title since 2006, and two other Americans finish in the top five in a promising showing.
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