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Spain won the Nations League in 2023. They won the European Championship in 2024. They won Olympic gold in Paris. And yet, the last time this team made it past the round of 16 was at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa — the year Andrés Iniesta’s extra-time winner in Johannesburg gave La Roja its one and only men’s world title. Three World Cup tournaments. Three last-16 exits. At some point, the résumé you build between World Cups must show up at the tournament itself. This summer, with the best squad Luis De la Fuente has had at his disposal, Spain has no excuses. Here are my takeaways. 1. Teenager Lamine Yamal is the Great Hope Yamal has been Spain’s marvel since his breakthrough as a 16-year-old at Euro 2024, adding two La Liga titles with Barcelona in the process. Now he arrives at his first World Cup carrying a hamstring injury into a five-week tournament. He is very much expected to be available for the start of the competition, having already made significant progress in his recovery. The question isn’t whether he’ll get there, it’s whether De la Fuente is disciplined enough to manage him correctly once he does. You cannot play Yamal at 60% through the group stage and expect him to still be at full capacity in the knockouts. If Spain is going deep—and they should be — this team is going to need the real version of him when it actually matters. 2. No Real Madrid Players. For the First Time Ever. For the first time in World Cup history, there will be no Real Madrid players represented in Spain’s men’s national team squad for the tournament. De la Fuente instead leans heavily on La Liga champions Barcelona, who boast eight representatives in the final 26-man list. Dean Huijsen was Real Madrid’s best bet to have a player this summer, but he was snubbed in favor of defenders Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao), Marc Pubill (Atlético Madrid), and Barça duo Pau Cubarsí and Eric García. Dani Carvajal’s absence was less of a surprise—injuries and a lack of playing time had already ended the right-back’s case before the announcement. But his leadership will be missed, and it’ll be worth watching who steps into that role inside the camp. 3. The Midfield Depth Is Absurd The Spanish midfield is led by 2024 Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, aiming to return to full fitness after injury struggles with Manchester City. When healthy, he is the best in the world at anchoring that holding midfielder role. But the most important player in this midfield—and perhaps the most important midfielder in the entire tournament—is Pedri. At 23, with 40 senior caps already, his blend of vision, technique and passing is what makes Spain’s system breathe. Add on talents – such as Álex Baena (Atlético Madrid), Gavi (Barcelona), Fabián Ruiz (PSG), and Arsenal duo Martín Zubimendi and Mikel Merino – and and you have seven midfielders of genuine international quality. No other nation at this tournament can boast this level of quality and depth in this department. 4. The Winger Injury Situation Both Yamal and Nico Williams were included in the squad despite carrying injuries. For Yamal, the path to fitness looks relatively clear. For Williams, the situation is murkier as the Athletic Bilbao star suffered yet another setback against Valencia on May 10, and Spain will be sweating over his availability. Without a fully fit Williams, Spain are still very good, but significantly flatter in wide areas where he and Yamal combining is what makes this attack truly frightening. There were calls for Monaco’s in-form Ansu Fati to make the cut precisely because of this uncertainty. De la Fuente made his choice anyway. He is gambling on both players being fit for the tournament, and now the medical staff has to earn their salary. If both Lamine and Nico reach the knockouts at 100%, Spain are one of the most dangerous teams this summer. The bet is worth making. But it is still a bet.Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
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Alaskans pride themselves on resilience. We work long hours, adapt to difficult conditions, raise families through dark winters and carry a culture that values toughness and independence.
But resilience without recovery eventually becomes exhaustion.
Across healthcare, more providers are seeing the same troubling pattern: people who are chronically fatigued, mentally overloaded, emotionally strained and physically stuck in stress physiology that never truly powers down. Patients increasingly report poor sleep, headaches, anxiety, digestive issues, chronic muscular tension, brain fog, shallow breathing and difficulty recovering physically or mentally from everyday life.
Many assume this is simply normal modern living. It should not be.
Alaska presents unique environmental and lifestyle pressures that can intensify stress on the body. Long winters, reduced daylight exposure, economic pressure, geographic isolation, demanding work schedules and increasing digital dependency all contribute to a population that is functioning under constant strain.
At the same time, many of the behaviors that help human physiology recover have steadily declined. Americans move less, sleep less, spend more time on screens, experience more chronic stimulation and often live in a near-constant state of distraction.
The human nervous system was designed to adapt to periods of stress, not remain activated indefinitely.
This conversation matters because chronic stress does not simply affect mood. It influences sleep quality, immune response, cardiovascular function, muscular tension, focus, digestion, inflammation and overall recovery capacity. Over time, those effects compound.
Unfortunately, much of modern healthcare remains largely reactive. We often wait until symptoms become severe enough to require intervention rather than placing greater emphasis on prevention, recovery, movement quality, stress regulation and lifestyle adaptation before chronic dysfunction becomes disease.
This is not an argument against medicine. Modern medicine saves lives every day and remains essential. But public health conversations should also include practical discussions about how daily behaviors influence long-term function and well-being.
Recovery is not laziness. Sleep is not a weakness. Movement is not optional. Human physiology still requires the same foundational inputs it always has.
Children need more movement and less digital overload. Adults need opportunities for physical recovery, emotional decompression, meaningful human connection and healthier stress-management habits. Communities benefit when healthcare discussions extend beyond symptom management and include proactive strategies that support long-term resilience.
Alaskans are capable of extraordinary endurance. But endurance alone is not the goal.
A population that survives while becoming progressively more exhausted, inflamed, sedentary and disconnected is not moving toward better health.
Perhaps it is time we stop glorifying burnout and begin taking recovery more seriously, not only as individuals, but as a culture.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) — Both Felix Rosenqvist and Meyer Shank Racing have respect in the INDYCAR garage. Their resumes are not littered with victories. But both are viewed as solid racers, as ones who could win but not ones who will win. Rosenqvist’s victory Sunday in the Indianapolis 500 might change all that. Both Rosenqvist and the team had only one INDYCAR victory in their careers leading into the Indianapolis 500. Rosenqvist won at Road America in July 2020. Meyer Shank won the 2021 Indianapolis 500 with Helio Castroneves. On Sunday, Rosenqvist won the Indy 500 in dramatic fashion with a few daring passes, including one by teammate Marcus Armstrong and then side-drafting to get by David Malukas at the finish line. “What does it really take to really do it? I felt I had more confidence today,” Rosenqvist said in his post-race news conference. “I think that was the difference and the hunger to do it. I think that’s what it takes here to win it. “You need to be ready to risk it all on the last lap. If it ended in the fence, I think I would have been proud of my run. That’s the way you have to approach it.” The 34-year-old Rosenqvist has driven for Chip Ganassi Racing, Arrow McLaren and Meyer Shank over his eight seasons. He had a winning history before coming to INDYCAR as a former Formula 3 champion and having won three Formula E races. “I feel like I’ve grown so much and learned so much,” Rosenqvist said. “I’ve been able to toughen up more mentally and physically.” Meyer Shank, too, has a winning pedigree, just not in INDYCAR. Michael Shank-owned teams have won the IMSA Rolex 24 At Daytona three times. “We’re kind of an upper-to-midpack team, is how I look at it now,” Shank said in his post-race news conference. “But we’re right there at the top and this proves that we can do it when it’s all set up correctly. “It’s just constant improving, constant improving. We want to get to the next level.” Last year, Meyer Shank moved from being a technical partner with Andretti Global to being a technical partner with Chip Ganassi Racing. Both of its drivers, Rosenqvist and Marcus Armstrong, used to drive at Ganassi. While Rosenqvist had just one win in his first five seasons, his combination of showing some speed and working well with the team put him at the top of Meyer Shank’s list when it was looking for a driver. “We targeted trying to get Felix three years ago,” said team co-owner Jim Meyer. “He was the guy we wanted. I think it’s been really, really rewarding to watch the chemistry he’s built with the team, how the two trust each other, and I think that played a big part in today’s win.” Rosenqvist and Armstrong needed that trust that they wouldn’t wreck each other trying to win. Rosenqvist pretty much forced Armstrong to lift to avoid being wrecked, but on the last lap for the win for the Indianapolis 500, that would most likely be considered fair play. “I was going wheel to wheel with, I think, Marcus for the whole backstraight. So there wasn’t a door open to go in,” Rosenqvist said. “And I was like, ‘Yep, this is going to be it. I’ll stay flat and see what happens.’” What happened was the biggest win of his career — albeit just his second — on the sport’s biggest stage. “There was some wheel banging and some tire marks on the side pods, which is cool, but no one ended in the wall,” Rosenqvist said. “I think that’s why it turned out to be such a great finish and such a show for the fans. “That means a lot to me. Even that was on another track, I still would have been over the moon. And to do it here in Indy in front of 350,000 people — that’s just unreal.” Certainly the entire organization was over the moon. The Meyer Shank organization entered INDYCAR racing in 2017 when it competed in the Indy 500 and was full time by 2020 with Jack Harvey. It hasn’t been smooth, with Simon Pagenaud getting injured in 2023 and then a move of sports-car driver Tom Blomqvist to INDYCAR in 2024 did not show results. Last year, Rosenqvist finished sixth in the season standings; Armstrong was eighth. “I don’t come here to not try to win races,” Shank said. “Our trajectory in INDYCAR … was very, very detailed and scheduled out. What we could afford is all we’re going to do. We’re not going into debt. We’re going to get partners that are going to pay for what we can get done. And I think we’ve stuck to that for the most part. “I think we’re really good. I think we’re not the little team anymore they used to freaking call me all the time.”Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
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MAGA isn’t just withering. It’s being snuffed out — by Donald Trump himself.
This isn’t hopepilled wishful thinking from the American Left. This is what diehard conservatives are saying.
Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly spoke on the matter as she sees it.
The MAGA deterioration is, she says, a result of Trump having “betrayed” his base.
‘MAGA is not what it was’
On Friday, May 22, internet political commentary villains Megyn Kelly and the Hodgetwins sat down for one of the worst meetings of the minds imaginable.
However, some were taken by surprise when Kelly — who, despite the man’s crude and personal insults towards her back in 2016, has supported Donald Trump — accused the aspiring dictator of betraying his political base.
“MAGA is not what it was,” Kelly described. “MAGA is now this very, very small group of Trump diehard loyalists who have to love Mark Levin.”
Levin is a Republican who initially opposed Trump, then supported him after he received the party nomination. Levin, like some other public figures on the American Right, has spiraled and grown more zealous, defending Trump for the indefensible.
“And so that’s by definition an increasingly tiny group,” Kelly shaded. Though she seldom has good opinions, she is a Mark Levin hater. So she has one thing going for her.
Later during the same lengthy interview, Kelly observed that MAGA has changed considerably.
“I guess I’ve been surprised to see how quickly [MAGA has] shrunk down to something less formidable, by far, than it used to be,” she remarked.
That matches up with anecdotal evidence of visible signs of Trump support diminishing, and with empirical data on voters with buyer’s remorse now that they realize what they have unleashed upon the nation — and the world.
“It’s disrespectful to call Trump voters cultists,” Kelly claimed of the accurate label that such individuals often receive. “But they do have the same kind of loyalty.”
She continued: “Where it’s like ‘In Trump We Trust,’ and he can do no wrong.” Yet, astonishingly, she went on to defend this disturbing standpoint.
Opposing the idea of going to war with Iran was ‘not a throwaway line’ of his campaign, and yet …
“And I get that. You know, they’ve been burned by a lot of other politicians,” Kelly claimed. “They felt like Trump got them at a time when everybody was ignoring them.”
But Trump, too, has burned these people. And she’s not just talking about how he’s spent more than a year sabotaging the economy.
“It’s stunning to me that the people who voted for the man who said over and over ‘No new wars,’ [and] ‘No war with Iran, no Middle East wars,’” Kelly noted.
She continued: “And specifically over and over said ‘Iran’ and also said ‘The Democrats are going to get us into a war with Iran’ — that was not a throwaway line,”
This, Kelly highlights, was a massive betrayal. Even people who are fine with Trump’s defiance of the Constitution and who actively support his opposition to human rights are balking at this.
“That was a massive part of his campaigning and his promising,” Kelly reiterated.
Of course, while some have abandoned MAGA, others have doubled down — even if it means ignoring their previous stances.
“That those people on a dime were like ‘Yes, we’re pro-war with Iran! Yes, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,’” Kelly accurately characterized.
She then acknowledged: “We all know that that’s a lie. It’s so obvious that’s a lie to get us into this conflict.”
It is important that we remember that Megyn Kelly saying this does not mean that she is a good person. She emphatically is not.
Likely, she is looking into the near future — a time when Trump is out of power — and where she will stand with those whom he has alienated as the next far-right figureheads seek influence.
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Though he is the former lead vocalist of Attack Attack!, Caleb Shomo is best known for taking the same roll in Beartooth.
The rocker has been married to his wife, Fleur Shomo, for more than 14 years.
He has now come out, publicly, after a prolonged period of self-examination.
Fleur is showing support for her husband.
‘I am a proudly gay man’
On Saturday, May 23, Caleb took to his Instagram page to share a lengthy and heartfelt message.
“There’s been a lot of speculation surrounding my personal life as of late,” he began, “and I feel compelled to set the record straight before it affects those I love any further.”
Caleb announced: “I am a proudly gay man.”
He shared: “This is something I’ve been unpacking and reckoning with in my life for quite some time now.”
The 33-year-old rocker, who grew up as the son of a pastor, wrote that his period of denial and suppression of his sexuality has been “difficult to navigate.”
“I spent a decade burying feelings with alcohol,” Caleb confessed.
“And honestly when I decided to put it down and focus on exploring why I felt this way for so long,” he shared, “it’s been a direct path to me reconciling with my sexuality in hopes that it will eventually lead to me experiencing self love.”
Caleb shared that he will “whole heartedly and fully” express himself on his next album.
“Wherever it takes me I will follow and I refuse to water any part of it down, from the music, to the lyrical content, and way I portray myself,” he vowed.
Caleb emphasized: “I will only do what makes me happy at the deepest level and what is the most honest depiction of who I am. … I am trying to finally be proud of who I am and I think this is a massive part of that journey.”
‘Holding these things in only hurt you and those around you’
“I encourage anyone who’s struggling with who they are to give yourself grace. Give yourself patience. Be honest with yourself,” Caleb encouraged.
“Do the hard work instead of burying it down as deep as you physically can thinking it will change like I did,” he counseled.
“Holding these things in only hurt you and those around you,” Caleb advised.
Ultimately, he concluded: “Love you all, and hopefully this is a step in the right direction to loving myself one day.”
Our heartfelt congratulations go out to Caleb. Being yourself is a key component to happiness. If our society weren’t riddled with homophobia, transphobia, and similar cultural bigotries, more people would be able to do so sooner.
Obviously, many immediately thought of Caleb’s wife, whom he married around April 1, 2012.
Fleur made her own Instagram post, sharing an honest message about her husband’s revelation.
“I will always want to love, protect, and support Caleb,” she emphasized, even while acknowledging confusing and difficult months.
Some spouses sometimes feel that coming out — in any capacity, but particularly if they are gay or trans or otherwise expect the relationship to end — would be unfair to their partner.
However, like parents who loathe each other but avoid divorce because they share a child, trying to live a lie ultimately does a disservice to everyone involved.
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