Former Portland Trail Blazers play-by-play announcer Braiden Bell and his attorney are calling for his reinstatement after the team fired him hours after announcing his hiring over decade-old social media posts. Bell, 29, was hired from the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury to replace Kevin Calabro, becoming the NBA’s youngest lead broadcaster. But the Blazers terminated his […]
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Teenage cancer patient’s final fight becomes law as House passes landmark pediatric bill
A teenage girl who spent her final years advocating for young people battling cancer is forever memorialized in history, thanks to a key bill passed by the House of Representatives. Mikaela Naylon was just 16 when she died five years after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, […]