Writing

The New York Times

• An Illegal Street Sport Takes a Country Holiday.

• A Path to the Runway, Paved with Hardship.

• Pill Bottles Beside the Dead Shared a Doctor’s Name.

• New York’s Emergency Food Program Gets More Funding, but Will It Be Enough?

• It Was Billed as the ‘Taxi of Tomorrow.’ Tomorrow Didn’t Last Long.

• A Nigerian Scam, With a Royal Twist.

• One Elite High School Was Diverse. Then It Got Discovered.

• What is the SHSAT and Why Does it Matter?

• Subway Delays Hit Low-Income New Yorkers the Hardest, Report Says.

• Killings of 4 Teens, Within 6 Miles of Each Other, Shake Brooklyn.

The Washington Post

• Maségo — singer, dancer, ‘musical actor’ — is having a breakout year. But will the fame get to his head?

• Chaz Bear of Toro y Moi proves he’s so much more than chillwave.

• East of the Anacostia, where there are no hotels, Airbnb has been a boon for property owners and guests.

• The Wizards need more from their bench. It starts with Kelly Oubre Jr.

• With new Overwatch League team, D.C. looks to become esports capital, too.

• The Redskins are now honest about their attendance and it’s not pretty.

• The Nuggets, loaded with young talent and a star big man, believe the time is now.

• NBA journeyman Marresse Speights is China’s newest star.

• A Louisiana mayor wants to ban Nike products. The town’s residents and some New Orleans Saints are fighting back.

• To get where they want, the Wizards know their defense needs to be better than league average.

• Pennsylvania high school cancels all games against another district after alleged racist slurs.

The Bangor Daily News

• What it’s like to survive high school only to fail college.

• The surprising Maine county that sends so many kids to college.

• What Maine can learn from Aroostook County’s college aspirations.

• Making more good teachers is hard, but here are ideas for how to try.

• The Maine schools that have shrunk the most.

• How 4 people survive as inventors in Bangor.

The Los Angeles Times

• It’s a new ‘fantasy league’ during summer games at King Drew High.

• ‘Hip-Hop and basketball go hand in hand’ at Battle of the Pro-Am’s.

• Zinedine Zidane looks to add to coaching success with Real Madrid.

• Manchester City routs Real Madrid 4-1 in front of Coliseum soccer record 93,098.

• Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike wants to make the WNBA a global brand. But how?