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Lauren Merola

New York

News Editor at The Athletic

news @TheAthletic, beat writer @PLLAtlas, alumna (x2!) @USCAnnenberg, mostly sad New York fan

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  • Bryce James, LeBron's youngest son, officially signs with Arizona

    6 days ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Merola |Brendan Marks

    After committing to Arizona in January, Bryce James, the youngest son of LeBron James and younger brother of Bronny James, officially signed with the Wildcats on Thursday. "What's going on Wildcat nation, can't wait to get there and start working. Bear down," Bryce said in a post on X.

  • Headgear picks and an unexpected expletive

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Tess DeMeyer |Lauren Merola

    If you've watched college football on a Saturday, odds are you've also watched Lee Corso. Corso, the longtime ESPN analyst, will retire from "College GameDay" after Week 1 of the 2025 season, ending a 38-year run. The 89-year-old became a Saturday morning staple for fans with his weekly headgear selections, in which he predicted which school would win the chosen "GameDay" matchup by donning a mascot head of his pick.

  • Examining other trophy mishaps

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Merola

    Ohio State visited the White House on Monday to commemorate its national championship victory last season, and after President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and coach Ryan Day all publicly praised the Buckeyes on the South Lawn, Vance went to hoist the national championship trophy. But he dropped it. Well, he dropped half of it. As Vance tried to lift the trophy off a table onstage, the base separated from the top and fell to the ground.

  • Tiger Woods, Gary Player welcome Rory McIlroy to 'exclusive' Grand Slam club after Masters win

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Merola

    Welcome to the club, Rory McIlroy. That was Tiger Woods' message to the newest career Grand Slam winner after McIlroy captured his first Masters in a playoff win over Justin Rose on Sunday. The triumph in Augusta rounded out McIlroy's career Grand Slam - winning all four majors, also including the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship - 11 years after his last major championship.

  • Ja Morant switches to grenade gesture after NBA fined All-Star for finger-gun 3-point celebration

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Merola

    After the NBA levied a $75,000 fine on Ja Morant last week for his finger-gun gesture celebrations during Thursday's game against the Miami Heat, the Memphis Grizzlies star unveiled a new way to commemorate a made 3-pointer. In the Grizzlies' 141-125 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night, Morant mimicked pulling a pin, tossing a grenade and covering his ears following a made 3. Morant finished with a team-high 36 points and shot 5 of 13 from behind the arc.

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21 Apr 25

RT @washingtonpost: Pope Francis’s Easter message addressed conflicts around the world and called for peace on April 20, the day before his…

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21 Apr 25

RT @NicoleBehnam: R.I.P. Pope Francis, who once washed the feet of refugees from different religions and said: “We are different, we have d…

Lauren Merola
Lauren Merola @laurmerola
17 Apr 25

Forget NIL, Lee Corso's departure from GameDay is what really marks a new era in college football 🥲