LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Lindsey Vonn, Naomi Osaka among several sports stars to wish Chris Paul a fond farewell after his retirement

After 21 seasons and 12 All-Star selections,Chris Paul called it a career on Friday. It didn't take long for the well wishes to start flooding in.

Between his tenures with seven different teams, his leadership role with the NBPA and his famous Banana Boat friendships, few players in the history of the NBA have been connected across the league like Paul. Here's a sample of the comments that came in onhis Instagram post making the announcement:

• LeBron James: "HELLUVA CAREER CHAMP! CONGRATULATIONS 🙏🏾✊🏾"

• Dwyane Wade: "An honor to compete against you my brother. A Legendary Career"

• Klay Thompson: "Point god ! It was a pleasure being your teammate. Congrats on a legendary run my man !"

• Tyrese Maxey: "LOVE OG!! Respect"

• Trae Young: "Set the Blueprint 🫡 Legend !"

• Bradley Beal: "Happy for you and the fam! Congrats on a great career bro! LEGEND"

• Kyle Lowry: "Amazing career my brother!! Love brother!!"

• Naomi Osaka: "❤️❤️❤️"

• Donovan Mitchell: "Point God🤞🏾🫡"

• Matt Barnes: "One of the Greatest PG's the games ever seen. Love you bro"

• Chiney Ogwumike: "LEGEND! ✊🏿✨"

• Al Horford: "Congrats CP!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏"

• Muggsy Bogues: "One hell of a ride young fella- You did it your way🎩👊🏾"

• Trayce Jackson-Davis: "It was an honor cp! 🙏🏾"

• Mike Conley: "👏🏾👏🏾 Congrats!!"

• Richard Jefferson: "Point God🤞🏾The best is yet to come"

• Nina Westbrook (wife of Russell Westbrook): "👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 congratulations on an incredible career!"

Lindsey Vonn even got in there from her hospital bed, writing "❤️💪🏻 legend!!!" And, of course, State Farm chimed in with "From assists on the court to assists in life - you've always been a good neighbor. Respect the legacy, CP3 👏"

Stephen Curry, who has been both friend and foe for Paul in their careers, released a video message praising the future Hall of Famer:

Congrats on an incredible 21-year career,@CP3🫡pic.twitter.com/faZZnlmlkT

— Golden State Warriors (@warriors)February 13, 2026

One interesting note is that of Paul's seven teams played for, six of them posted a farewell note on X soon after the announcement:the New Orleans Pelicans,Houston Rockets,Oklahoma City Thunder,Golden State WarriorsandSan Antonio Spurs.

The one holdout was the Los Angeles Clippers, where Paul arguably enjoyed the best years of his career. They ended up posting a tribute video at 9:43 p.m. PT.

Thank you, CP3 ♥️pic.twitter.com/CUM8HyxXLO

— LA Clippers (@LAClippers)February 14, 2026

It was unclear if the Clippers would even acknowledge the news during the day given how awkward the situation was. Paul reunited with the team for a farewell season only to be permanently sidelined in early December andeventually traded to the Toronto Raptors, who waived him Friday.

It was an ugly divorce,as there were reports of Paul clashing with team leadership.The Clippers announced they were sending him home in the dead of night, and that wound up being the finale of his career.

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February 14, 2026

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Lindsey Vonn, Naomi Osaka among several sports stars to wish Chris Paul a fond farewell after his retirement

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Baylor's Tyce Armstrong becomes 2nd college baseball player with 3 grand slams in the same game

WACO, Texas (AP) — Tyce Armstronghit three grand slamsin his Baylor debut Friday night in the Bears' 15-2 season-opening victory over New Mexico State, just the second college baseball player to ever accomplish that feat.

"I'm speechless," Armstrong said. "It's the coolest thing I've ever been a part of."

He joins Louisville's Jim LaFountain as the only players with that distinction. LaFountain hit two of his three grand slams in the same inning on March 24, 1976, in the second game of a doubleheader against Western Kentucky. He also hit a two-run home run in the 26-4 victory that was called in the fifth inning.

No Major League Baseball player has ever hit three grand slams in one game. Thirteen players have had two in a game.

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Armstrong, a senior first baseman, transferred from Texas-Arlington, where he had 17 homers and 87 RBIs over three seasons.

Against New Mexico State, he went 3 or 4 with 12 RBIs.

Armstrong hit all three homers to left field — a 401-foot shot in the third inning, a 407-foot blast in the fourth and a 386-foot homer in the seventh.

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Braves' Chris Sale has no intention of using ABS system: 'I’m not an umpire. That’s their job.'

Chris Sale of theAtlanta Bravessaid he will do his job when it comes to being a starting pitcher and will allow umpires to do their jobs when it comes to calling balls and strikes with the theAutomated Ball Strike Challenge Systembeing instituted in MLB this season.

Every team will have two challenges to begin each game. Only batters, catchers and pitchers will be allowed to challenge ball or strike calls and they must signal their intent by tapping their heads immediately after the pitch to initiate the challenge.

The 36-year-old Sale has thrown over 30,000 pitches in his 15-year career with the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves. What he won't do for the remainder of his time on the mound is challenge any called ball he believes is a strike.

"I will never challenge a pitch. I will never do it. I won't do it,"Sale told reporters on Friday. "I'm not an umpire. That's their job. I'm a starting pitcher. I've never called balls and strikes in my life. Plus, I'm greedy, and I know that. I think they're all strikes."

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Sale added that catchers, like teammates Sean Murphy and Drake Baldwin, are so good at framing pitches that a lot more pitches appear to be strikes than they used to, especially ones on the corner of the plate. The nine-time All-Star and 2024 pitching Triple Crown and Cy Young Award winner said he'll trust the umpire's call so as to not risk a challenge that could be used later in the game during an important at-bat.

"I've dealt with it before, across all games in my entire career there's been balls called strikes and strikes called balls and you just deal with it," Sale said.

If Murphy or Baldwin disagree, however, that's a different story.

"If my catcher has something to say about it, I'll leave that to him," Sale said. "I've dealt with both sides and I'm fine to keep dealing with it."

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Iranian regime change 'would be the best thing,' Trump says

President Donald Trumpbackedregime changeas the bestoption in Iran, as the U.S. continues to move military assets into the Middle East.

"Seems like that would be the best thing that could happen," the president said Feb. 13, when he was asked if he wants regime change in Iran. Trump was speaking after a military event at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Anti-government protests in Iran appeared to accelerate on Jan. 9, sparked by anger over the collapse of the country's currency and a broader sense of hopelessness and disillusionment with Tehran's clerical leaders.

The uptick in unrest also comes as President Donald Trump warned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington "will come to their rescue."

See the scenes in Iran, beginning here on the streets amid anti-government unrest in Tehran, Iran, in this still image obtained from social media video released on January 8, 2026. Witnesses told Reuters protesters gathered in the streets on Thursday, January 8, however this video's date taken has not been verified.

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Anti-government protests in Iranappeared to accelerate on Jan. 9, sparked by anger over the collapse of the country's currency and a broader sense of hopelessness and disillusionment with Tehran's clerical leaders.

The uptick in unrest also comes as PresidentDonald Trumpwarned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, sayingWashington "will come to their rescue."See the scenes in Iran, beginning here on the streets amid anti-government unrest in Tehran, Iran, in this still image obtained from social media video released on January 8, 2026. Witnesses told Reuters protesters gathered in the streets on Thursday, January 8, however this video's date taken has not been verified.

"For 47 years, they've been talking and talking and talking," Trump said. "In the meantime, we've lost a lot of lives while they talk. Legs blown off, arms blown off, faces blown off. We've been going on for a long time."

Earlier in the day, Trump also commented on a U.S. aircraft carrier currently being moved to the region, to join other military military assets that have been moved there in recent weeks.

"In case we don't make a deal, we'll need it," Trump said. "If we need it, we'll have it ready."

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It's not the first time the president has suggested that the removal ofAyatollah Ali Khameneias leader of Iran may be what he prefers. He made a similar comment in aJune 22 post on Truth Social.

"It's not politically correct to use the term, 'Regime Change,' but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn't there be a Regime change???" the president posted.

Trump's latest remarks come as U.S. officials areseeking to make a deal with Iranover its nuclear program, and just weeks after the Iranian government responded to protests on its streets with a brutal crackdown,killing thousands.

Contributing: Reuters

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Trump backs regime change as 'best thing' in Iran

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How Jeffrey Epstein used the glamour of the Nobel Peace Prize to entice his global network of elites

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly played up his ties to the former head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in invitations to and chats with elites like Richard Branson, Larry Summers, Bill Gates and Steve Bannon, a top ally of President Donald Trump,the Epstein files show.

Thorbjørn Jagland, who headed the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2009 to 2015, turns up hundreds of times in the millions ofdocuments about the former U.S. financierand convicted sex offender that were released by the U.S. Justice Department last month.

Since the release, Jagland, 75, has been charged in Norway for "aggravated corruption" in connection with an investigation prompted by information in the files, the economic crime unit of Norwegian police Økokrim said.

Økokrim has said it would investigate whether gifts, travel and loans were received in connection with Jagland's position. Its teams searched his Oslo residence on Thursday, plus two other properties in Risør, a coastal town to the south, and in Rauland to the west.

His attorneys at Elden law firm in Norway said Jagland denies the charges, and was questioned by the police unit on Thursday.

While there is no evidence in the documents seen so far of any outright lobbying for the Nobel Peace Prize, Epstein repeatedly played up hosting Jagland at his properties in New York and Paris in the 2010s.

From an 'interesting' guest to subject of banter with Bannon

In September 2018, during Trump's first term and in an apparent allusion to his interest in the peace prize, Epstein had a varied text-message exchange with Bannon, at one point writing — in one of many messages with untidy grammar: "donalds head would explode if he knew you were now buds with the guy who on monday will decide the nobel peace prize."

"I told him next year it should be you when we settle china," he added, without elaborating.

In one email from 2013, mixing in investment tips and praise for PR tips, Epstein told British entrepreneur and magnate Richard Branson that Jagland would be staying with Epstein in September that year, adding: "if you are there, you might find him interesting."

A year after she left a job as White House counsel to President Barack Obama, in 2015,Kathy Ruemmlergot an email from Epstein saying: "head of nobel peace prize coming to visit, want to join?"

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In 2012, Epstein wrote former Treasury Secretary and Harvard University president Larry Summers about Jagland, saying "head of the nobel peace prize staying with me, if you have any interest."

In that exchange, Epstein referred to Jagland — also a former Norwegian prime minister and former head of the Council of Europe, a human rights body — as "not bright" but someone who offered a "unique perspective."

The financier wrote Bill Gates in 2014, saying that Jagland had been reelected as head of the Council of Europe.

"That is good," theMicrosoftco-founder and the world's former richest man, wrote. "I guess his peace prize committee job is also up in the air?"

During Jagland's tenure as chair of the committee, it gave the peace prize to Obama, in 2009, and the European Union in 2012.

Jagland was brought into Epstein's orbit by Terje Rød Larsen, a Norwegian diplomat who helped broker the Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and Palestinians. Larsen and wife are also facing corruption charges in Norway due to their association with Epstein.

Associated Press writer Jamey Keaten in Geneva contributed to this report.

The AP is reviewing the documents released by the Justice Department in collaboration with journalists from CBS, NBC, MS NOW and CNBC. Journalists from each newsroom are working together to examine the files and share information about what is in them. Each outlet is responsible for its own independent news coverage of the documents.

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Iran’s crown prince says survival of Tehran government 'sends a clear signal to every bully'

MUNICH (AP) — Supporters ofIran's exiled Crown PrinceReza Pahlavirallied on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany on Saturday, aiming to crank up international pressure on Tehran.

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Banging drums and chanting for regime change, the large and boisterous demonstrationin Munichwas part of what Pahlavi described as a "global day of action" to support Iranians in the wake of deadly nationwide protests. Pahlavi also called for rallies in Los Angeles and Toronto.

"Change, change, regime change" chanted the crowd of many thousands of people, waving green-white-and-red flags with lion and sun emblems. Iran used that flag beforeits 1979 Islamic Revolutionthat toppled the Pahlavi dynasty.

Some demonstrators sported "Make Iran Great Again" red caps, mimicking the MAGA caps worn by U.S. PresidentDonald Trump's supporters. Many waved placards showing Pahlavi, some that called him a king. The son of Iran's deposed shah has been in exile for nearly 50 years but istrying to position himselfas a player in Iran's future.

"We have huge hopes and (are) looking forward that the regime is going to change hopefully," said Daniyal Mohtashamian, a demonstrator.

The crowd chanted "Pahlavi for Iran" and "democracy for Iran" as drums and cymbals sounded. Police said at least 15,000 people attended, German news agency dpa reported.

Mohtashamian said he traveled from Zurich, in Switzerland, to speak up for protesters inside Iran who faced repression.

"There is an internet blackout and their voices are not going outside of Iran," he said.

Iranian leaders are already under intense pressure, facing renewedthreats of U.S. military action. Trump wants Iran to further scale back its nuclear program. He suggested Friday thatregime change in Iran"would be the best thing that could happen."

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Iran was also the focus of protests in Munich on Friday,the opening dayof an annual security conference in the city gathering European leaders and global security figures. Supporters of the Iranian opposition group People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, also known as the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, demonstrated againstIran's deadly crackdownon protesters last month.

At a news conference in Munich, Pahlavi warned of the likelihood of more deaths in Iran if "democracies stand by and watch."

"We gather at an hour of profound peril to ask: Will the world stand with the people of Iran?" he asked.

He added that the Iranian government's continued survival "sends a clear signal to every bully: kill enough people and you stay in power."

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency says at least 7,005 people were killed in the protest, including 214 government forces. It has been accurate in counting deaths during previous rounds of unrest in Iran and relies on a network of activists in Iran to verify deaths.

Iran's government offered its only death toll on Jan. 21, saying 3,117 people were killed. Iran's theocracy in the past has undercounted or not reported fatalities from past unrest.

The Associated Press has been unable to independently assess the death toll, given authorities have disrupted internet access and international calls in Iran.

AP journalist John Leicester contributed from Paris.

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Reports: RHP Zac Gallen returns to D-backs on 1-year deal

After testing the open market, right-handed starting pitcher Zac Gallen is re-signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks on a one-year contract, multiple media outlets reported Friday.

According to The Athletic, Gallen's deal is worth $22,025,000 -- the same value of Arizona's qualifying offer that Gallen rejected. The same report added that $14 million of the salary would be deferred.

Gallen, 30, was coming off his worst full season as a pro. He went 13-15 in 33 starts with a 4.83 ERA, 175 strikeouts and 66 walks. The losses, ERA and walks all marked career-worst numbers.

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Gallen was an All-Star in 2023 and finished third in National League Cy Young Award voting after going 17-9 with a 3.47 ERA, a career-high 220 strikeouts and 47 walks in 34 starts (210 innings).

In 176 career major league appearances (all starts) for the Miami Marlins (2019) and Arizona (2019-25), Gallen is 66-52 with a 3.58 ERA. He finished ninth in NL Cy Young balloting in 2020 and fifth in 2022.

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Wisconsin slays another giant as Badgers roll to 92-71 victory over No. 10 Michigan State

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nick Boyd scored 29 points and shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range as Wisconsin trouncedNo. 10Michigan State 92-71 on Friday night, marking the second time in four nights that the Badgers have beaten a top-10 team.

Wisconsin (18-7, 10-4 Big Ten) is the first team to post three wins over top-10 squads this season. The Badgers won91-88at No. 2 Michigan on Jan. 10 and pulled out a92-90overtime victory at No. 8 Illinois on Tuesday.

The Badgers made their first five 3-point attempts in the opening 5 1/2 minutes and never looked back on their way to a surprisingly easy victory that ended with a court storming.

Wisconsin never trailed and led by as many as 24. The Badgers shot 15 of 35 from 3-point range, including 10 of 17 in the first half.

Boyd scored 20 of his 29 points in the first half, while John Blackwell had 19 of his 24 in the second half. Nolan Winter added 10 points and 11 rebounds for Wisconsin.

Coen Carr had 19 points to lead Michigan State (20-5, 10-4). Jeremy Fears Jr. had 14 points and 12 assists, but he shot just 3 of 12 from the floor.

Michigan State trailed 24-14 when Spartans center Carson Cooper landed awkwardly on a drive attempt and briefly left the game. The Badgers outscored Michigan State 8-0 while Cooper was out — completing a 15-0 spurt — and led 32-14 when he got back on the floor two minutes later.

The Spartans cut the margin to nine on a couple of occasions after Cooper returned, but Wisconsin built its lead back up and led 51-34 at the break. The margin never dipped below 15 in the second half.

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Michigan State hosts UCLA on Tuesday night.

Wisconsin visits Ohio State on Tuesday night.

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No. 23 Miami (Ohio) handles Ohio, improves to nation-best 25-0

Brant Byers scored 21 points and Peter Suder added 20 as No. 23 Miami (Ohio) remained the nation's only unbeaten team with a 90-74 win over archrival Ohio on Friday in Oxford, Ohio.

Byers shot 13-for-16 from the free throw line while Eian Elmer added 15 points for Miami (25-0, 12-0 Mid-American), which took the lead for good in the game's first five minutes and never trailed the rest of the way.

The 25-game win streak is the longest in the country to start a season since Gonzaga went 31-0 before losing the national championship game in the 2020-21 season.

Miami, which shot 51.7% from the field, also ran its home win streak to a school-record 29 games before a record crowd of 10,640 inside Millett Hall.

The RedHawks already had set Mid-American Conference records for the best start and the longest winning streak, breaking the 21-game streak recorded by Kent State in the 2001-02 season.

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Jackson Paveletzke had 22 points and Javan Simmons scored 12 for the Bobcats (13-13, 7-6), who had three early leads in the opening minutes. Luke Skaljac's layup broke a 10-10 tie and gave the RedHawks the lead for good with 15:37 left in the first half.

Miami used a 10-2 run over a three-minute stretch late in the first half to take a 41-30 edge on Almar Atlason's 3-pointer with 1:58 left before halftime. The RedHawks matched their biggest lead of the half moments later, 43-32, before Ajay Sheldon's trey cut the gap to 43-35 heading into halftime.

Coming out of the break, Miami picked up the tempo and built the lead to 13 multiple times. Byers hit five straight free throws, including all three after being fouled while shooting from well beyond the 3-point arc.

Miami used a 9-2 spurt over a three-minute span midway through the second half to turn a 10-point game into a comfortable 65-48 advantage. Ohio got within 65-52 on a tip-in from Kiir Kuany, but the RedHawks answered with a 14-7 spurt to go up by 20, and they coasted from there.

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How a 200-year-old Underground Railroad stop was just discovered in New York City

For the first time in over a century, historians say a new stop on the Underground Railroad has been discovered, fully intact, in New York City.

The site is hidden in the Merchant's House Museum, the only 19th-century home in Manhattan with both its interior and exterior preserved.

Tucked away in the walls on the second-floor is a chest of drawers that visitors have walked past for decades. But inside one of the drawer shelves is a hidden passageway -- just barely large enough for an upright person to fit through, leading 15 feet underground.

Museum staff have known about the existence of the passageway since the 1930s. However, they were only able to officially link it to the now-iconic Underground Railroad recently, after years of research.

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That journey began two years ago when the museum's historian, Ann Haddad, discovered that the builder and designer of the house, Joseph Brewster, was an abolitionist. That set off a muti-pronged effort by staff, volunteers and outside experts to research everything from general history of New York City, Brewster's life and architecture of the time.

"I've cold-called many academics and said, like, 'I have this thing, like, will you listen to me talk and I get your feedback on it?' Just because, you know, it just felt so big that we really wanted to ask and ask and ask," Camille Czerkowicz, the Merchant House's Curator & Collections Manager, told ABC News.

One of the most exciting discoveries came when they learned of Brewster's connections to integrated churches in New York.

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"He sold this house to become an elder at this church, and we learned from church archives that Brewster actually approved the construction of a false floor in the church that he had built, "Emily Hill-Wright, the museum's Director of Operations, told ABC News. "And so to me, that was a really compelling piece of evidence, because it showed that this is not just a one-off, that Brewster has a pattern of putting sort of these hiding spaces in buildings that he has constructed."

At the time of the house's building in the 1830s, the city was staunchly pro-slavery, even as slavery had been abolished in New York. Assisting freedom seekers was illegal, and pro-slavery riots and kidnappings abounded.

In addition to the immense dangers faced by Black Americans, Hill-Wright explained, "Anyone with a known connection to anti-slavery work or abolition was a target, and your life could be in danger."

While Brewster's feats were noble, they were not isolated. Anti-slavery efforts at the time were led by the Black community, said Czerkowicz and Hill-Wright. The museum is continuing to research what organizations and individuals may have been involved in assisting Brewster with the home's construction.

The Merchant's House is now the earliest known site of Underground Railroad activity in New York City, according to the museum.

On the significance of this discovery, Hill-Wright said, "By necessity, of course, these spaces were incredibly secretive, and so today, there are very, very, very few intact spaces like this one. Many Underground Railroad sites have other types of documentation, whether it's really strong oral history or, very rarely, there are written records, but it is very rare to have a physical space like ours that is as intact as our space is."

Having always offered visitors a look into domestic life for a merchant and his family in the 19th century, the Merchant's House is now working to broaden its offerings for this new layer of historical significance. Museum staff are continuing their research, and Czerkowicz and Hill-Wright hope that sharing their discovery with the public will allow for new opportunities in that effort.

The museum remains open to the public, with plexiglass soon to be installed around the Underground Railroad site so anyone may come to see it.

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