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Faculty Publications April 17-23

This week’s edition of Faculty Publications includes Cedars-Sinai studies that were published April 17-23. If you have a published paper from this period that does not appear on this list, please contact Sue Marone. Cedars-Sinai in the News Pope Francis Had Health Issues That Increase Stroke Risk | The New York TimesMichelle Kittleson, MD Walking Faster May […]

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Cedars-Sinai in the News

Pope Francis Had Health Issues That Increase Stroke Risk | The New York Times
Michelle Kittleson, MD

Walking Faster May Reduce Your Risk of Abnormal Heart Rhythms, Study Finds | CNN
Martha Gulati, MD

Chief of Sports Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Discusses Youth Sports Safety | CBS News
Michael Banffy, MD

Microscopic Plastic Levels far Higher in Those Who Suffer Strokes, Study Finds | UPI
Martha Gulati, MD

Cedars-Sinai, Black Men in White Coats Team up for Third Annual Youth Summit | Los Angeles Sentinel
Peter Slavin, MD

Slow Down, Chew More: Do Eating Behaviors Affect Obesity? | Medscape
Amanda Velazquez, MD

Inteligencia Artificial Identifica Enfermedad de las Válvulas Cardíacas a Partir de una Prueba Común de Imagen | Enlace Judío
David Ouyang, MD; Sumeet Chugh, MD

Genera of Bacteria in Small Bowel Microbiome Vary by BMI | Physician’s Weekly
Gabriela Leite, MD

6 Things Neurologists Would Never Do if They Wanted To Protect Their Brain Health | Women’s Health
Vernon Williams, MD

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Anesthesiology

Role of Acetaminophen in Chronic Pain Management: Benefits, Risks, and Considerations. Elvir-Lazo, Ofelia Loani, Zufan Woldemariam, Alicia L. Romero-Navarro, Roya Yumul, and Paul F. White. Journal of Surgery and Research 8 (1): 176–81.

Biomedical Sciences

A Macrophage-Neutrophil Program Drives Mammary Carcinogenesis. Bolini, Lukas, Simon R. V. Knott, and Lorenzo Galluzzi. Trends in Cancer, April, S2405-8033(25)00093-7.

Hybrid Strategy of Coronary Atherosclerosis Characterization With T1-Weighted MRI and CT Angiography to Noninvasively Predict Periprocedural Myocardial Injury. Matsumoto, Hidenari, Satoshi Higuchi, Debiao Li, Hiroki Tanisawa, Koji Isodono, Daisuke Irie, Hidefumi Ohya, Ryoji Kitamura, Kyoichi Kaneko, Motoki Nakazawa, Kengo Suzuki, Yoshiaki Komori, Tetsuichi Hondera, Sebastien Cadet, Hsu-Lei Lee, Anthony G. Christodoulou, Piotr J. Slomka, Damini Dey, Yibin Xie, and Toshiro Shinke. European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging, April, jeaf116.

Cardiology

Single-Center 5-Year Observational Study of Thrice-Weekly Single-Strength Sulfamethoxazole–Trimethoprim as Adequate Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients With Heart Transplants. Lor, Kevin, Catherine Le, Evan Kransdorf, and Michelle Kittleson. Transplantology 6 (1): 3.

Music of the Heart: Arrhythmias. Hu, Jiun-Ruey. JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology, March, S2405-500X(25)00136-7.

Short-Term, Mid-Term, and Long-Term Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Balloon-Expandable Versus Self-Expanding Valves: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Tavakoli, Kiarash, Negin Sadat Hosseini Mohammadi, Pegah Bahiraie, Sahar Saeidi, Farhad Shaker, Arman Soltani Moghadam, Sara Montazeri Namin, Habib Rahban, Shubhadarshini Pawar, Masih Tajdini, Hamidreza Soleimani, Yaser Jenab, Yousif Ahmad, Fady Hany Iskander, Mohamad Alkhouli, Raj Makkar, Aakriti Gupta, and Kaveh Hosseini. Clinical Cardiology 48 (4): e70134.

5-Year Echocardiographic Results of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients. Hahn, Rebecca T., Julien Ternacle, Iria Silva, Carlos Giuliani, Antonela Zanuttini, Alexis Théron, Nicole Cristell, Mathieu Bernier, Sabah Skaf, Jonathan Beaudoin, Susheel K. Kodali, Mark Russo, Samir R. Kapadia, Chris S. Malaisrie, David J. Cohen, Jonathon Leipsic, Philipp Blanke, Mathew R. Williams, James M. McCabe, David L. Brown, Vasilis Babaliaros, Scott Goldman, Wilson Y. Szeto, Philippe Généreux, Ashish Pershad, Brandon Park, Marissa Gunnarsson, John G. Webb, Craig R. Smith, Raj Makkar, Vinod H. Thourani, Michael J. Mack, Martin B. Leon, Philippe Pibarot, and PARTNER 3 Investigators. JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging, April, S1936-878X(25)00100-7.

Intersecting Impact of CAG Repeat and Huntingtin Knockout in Stem Cell-Derived Cortical Neurons. Stocksdale, Jennifer T., Matthew J. Leventhal, Stephanie Lam, Yu-Xin Xu, Yang Oliver Wang, Keona Q. Wang, Reuben Tomas, Zohreh Faghihmonzavi, Yogi Raghav, Charlene Smith, Jie Wu, Ricardo Miramontes, Kanchan Sarda, Heather Johnson, Min-Gyoung Shin, Terry Huang, Mikelle Foster, Mariya Barch, Naufa Armani, Chris Paiz, Lindsay Easter, Erse Duderstadt, Vineet Vaibhav, Niveda Sundararaman, Dan P. Felsenfeld, Thomas F. Vogt, Jennifer Van Eyk, Steve Finkbeiner, Julia A. Kaye, Ernest Fraenkel, and Leslie M. Thompson. Neurobiology of Disease, April, 106914.

High-Throughput Workflow for Detergent-Free Cell-Based Proteomic Characterization. Seyedmohammad, Saeed, Alejandro Rivas, Maxim Zhgamadze, Ali Haghani, Simion Kreimer, Ajay Bharadwaj, Niveda Sundararaman, Sameer Vasantgadkar, Kasturi Pal, Eugenio Daviso, Aleksandr Stotland, Chris Murray, Koen Raedschelders, Sudha Savant, and Jennifer E. Van Eyk. Journal of Proteome Research, April.

Incidence of Pacing-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing Versus Leadless Pacing. Chopra, Maya, Ji-Cheng Hsieh, William Mueller, Eric D. Braunstein, Stuart Beldner, Raman L. Mitra, Laurence M. Epstein, Jonathan Willner, and James K. Gabriels. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology: An International Journal of Arrhythmias and Pacing, April.

Management of Complications After Valvular Interventions. Bansal, Agam, Rishi Puri, James Yun, Amar Krishnaswamy, Hasan Jilaihawi, Raj Makkar, and Samir R. Kapadia. EuroIntervention: Journal of EuroPCR in Collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology 21 (8): e390–410.

Computational Biomedicine

Patient-Related Metadata Reported in Sequencing Studies of SARS-CoV-2: Protocol for a Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis. O’Connor, Karen, Davy Weissenbacher, Amir Elyaderani, Ebbing Lautenbach, Matthew Scotch, and Graciela Gonzalez-Hernandez. JMIR Research Protocols 14 (April): e58567.

Imaging

Comparative Analysis of White Matter Signal Alterations in Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Abdi, Asad, Milad Alipour, Milad Ghanikolahloo, Amin Magsudy, Fatemeh HojjatiPour, Ali Gholamrezanezhad, Mehran Ilaghi, Mehran Anjomrooz, Fatemeh Sayehmiri, Ramtin Hajibeygi, Mobina Fathi, and Reza Assadsangabi. Frontiers in Radiology 5: 1554345.

Medicine

Risk Scores for Choledocholithiasis Perform Poorly in Patients With Hemolytic Diseases: A PEDI Database Report. Thompson, Jennifer, Wenly Ruan, Douglas S. Fishman, Matthew Giefer, Kyung Mo Kim, Mercedes Martinez, Luigi Dall’Oglio, Valerio Balassone, Filippo Torroni, Paola De Angelis, Simona Faraci, Cynthia Tsai, Michael Wilsey, Racha Khalaf, Petar Mamula, Quin Liu, Yuhua Zheng, Bradley A. Barth, and David Michael Troendle. Frontiers in Pediatrics 13: 1574462.

Challenges in Diagnosing and Managing Acute Cholecystitis in Cirrhosis. Pornchai, Angsupat, Nicha Wongjarupong, Adil S. Mir, Evelyn J. Calderon Martinez, and John Cinicola. Cureus 17 (3): e80870.

Development and Validation of Crohn’s Perianal Fistula Educational Videos and Website for Increasing Patient Knowledge and Engagement. Khalil, Carine, Muskaan Mehra, Yixin Yang, So Yung Choi, Jan Ballesteros, Zoe Krut, Nirupama Bonthala, Karen Zaghiyan, Phillip Gu, Yee Hui Yeo, Brennan M. R. Spiegel, and Christopher V. Almario. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, March.

Efficacy and Safety of Mirikizumab in the Treatment of Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis Regardless of Baseline Modified Mayo Score: Results From the Phase 3 LUCENT Trials. Abraham, Bincy, Jianmin Wu, Séverine Vermeire, Gil Melmed, Ryan Ungaro, Aline Charabaty, Richard Moses, Faye Chan-Diehl, Jerome Paulissen, Baojin Zhu, Edward L. Barnes, Adam C. Ehrlich, and David T. Rubin. Crohn’s & Colitis 360 7 (2): otaf002.

S-Adenosylmethionine Inhibits Plasminogen-Activating Inhibitor-1 and Protects Male Mice From FOLFOX-Induced Liver Injury. Gangi, Alexandra, Tony Wh Li, Youngyi Lim, Swati Chandla, Andrea Floris, Arash Khangholi, Maria Lauda Tomasi, and Shelly C. Lu. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, April, 101513.

Prognostic Value of Minimal Residual Disease Detected by EuroFlow Next-Generation Flow Cytometry and Next-Generation Sequencing in Patients With Multiple Myeloma Achieving Complete Response and Receiving Lenalidomide Maintenance After Autotransplant: A Prospective Comparison Study. Yoroidaka, Takeshi, Hiroyuki Takamatsu, Ryota Urushihara, Mitsuhiro Itagaki, Satoshi Yoshihara, Kota Sato, Naoki Takezako, Shuji Ozaki, Kazuhito Suzuki, Kentaro Kohno, Tsuyoshi Muta, Morio Matsumoto, Yasushi Terasaki, Takeshi Yamashita, Shin-Ichi Fuchida, Jun Sakamoto, Tadao Ishida, Kenshi Suzuki, Hirokazu Murakami, Brian G. M. Durie, and Kazuyuki Shimizu. Haematologica, April.

How Alcohol Induces Human Acute Alcoholic Pancreatitis – Problem Solved? Nordback, Isto, Hannu Paajanen, and Stephen Pandol. The American Journal of Pathology, April, S0002-9440(25)00115-4.

De Novo Metastases in Patients With Primary Colorectal Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Analysis. Loroña, Nicole C., Kamya Sankar, Mariana C. Stern, Stephanie L. Schmit, and Jane C. Figueiredo. Cancer Causes & Control: CCC, April.

Development, Usability, and Validity Evidence of a Rheumatology Telehealth Feedback Form. Zickuhr, Lisa, Alberto Sobrero, Daniel Albert, Amanda S. Alexander, Tami Bonnett-Ami, Sarah Dill, Sharon Dowell, Elizabeth D. Ferucci, Connie Herndon, Bharat Kumar, David Leverenz, Jennifer Mandal, Amaad Rana, Irene J. Tan, Swamy Venuturupalli, Tiffany Westrich-Robertson, Marcy B. Bolster, Jason Kolfenbach, and American College of Rheumatology Workforce Solutions Committee. Arthritis Care & Research, April.

Multi-Omic and Spatial Analysis of Mouse Kidneys Highlights Sex-Specific Differences in Gene Regulation Across the Lifespan. Chen, Siqi, Ruiyang Liu, Chia-Kuei Mo, Michael C. Wendl, Andrew Houston, Preet Lal, Yanyan Zhao, Wagma Caravan, Andrew T. Shinkle, Atieh Abedin-Do, Nataly Naser Al Deen, Kazuhito Sato, Xiang Li, André Luiz N. Targino da Costa, Yize Li, Alla Karpova, John M. Herndon, Maxim N. Artyomov, Joshua B. Rubin, Sanjay Jain, Xue Li, Sheila A. Stewart, Li Ding, and Feng Chen. Nature Genetics, April.

Targeting Senescence With Apigenin Improves Chemotherapeutic Efficacy and Ameliorates Age-Related Conditions in Mice. Zhang, Hongwei, Qixia Xu, Zhirui Jiang, Rong Sun, Qun Wang, Sanhong Liu, Xin Luan, Judith Campisi, James L. Kirkland, Weidong Zhang, and Yu Sun. Advanced Science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), April, e2412950.

Neurology

Noninvasive Assessment of β-Secretase Activity Through Click Chemistry-Mediated Enrichment of Neuronal Extracellular Vesicles to Detect Alzheimer’s Disease. Kim, Hyoyong, Junseok Lee, Audrey Qian, You-Ren Ji, Ryan Zhang, Qixin Hu, Christopher Kazu Williams, Han-Yu Chuang, Matthew D. Smalley, Yaya Xu, Liang Gao, Mary C. Mayo, Ting Zhang, Edwin M. Posadas, Zaldy S. Tan, Harry V. Vinters, Keith Vossel, Shino Magaki, Yazhen Zhu, and Hsian-Rong Tseng. Advanced Science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), April, e2415289.

Orthopaedics

Long-Term Postoperative Outcomes by Surgeon Gender and Patient-Surgeon Gender Concordance in the US. Ikesu, Ryo, Hiroshi Gotanda, Tara A. Russell, Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, Marcia McGory Russell, Ryu Yoshida, Ruixin Li, Alexandra Klomhaus, Christian de Virgilio, and Yusuke Tsugawa. JAMA Surgery, April.

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

ELOC-Mutated Renal Cell Carcinoma Is a Rare Indolent Tumor With Distinctive Genomic Characteristics. Wang, Jasmine J., Rong Rong Huang, Brian D. Cone, Sung-Hae L. Kang, Reza Setoodeh, Anthony E. Sisk, Dipti P. Sajed, Brian M. Shuch, Adam G. Sowalsky, and Huihui Ye. Modern Pathology, April, 100777.

Surgery

Development and Assessment of a Patient-Reported Outcome Instrument for Gender-Affirming Care. Kaur, Manraj N., Charlene Rae, Shane D. Morrison, Alexis Laungani, Pierre Brassard, Margriet G. Mullender, Tim C. van de Grift, Danny A. Young-Afat, Jens Ahm Sørensen, Lotte Poulsen, Sylvie D. Cornacchi, Jack G. Graesser, Anne F. Klassen, et al. JAMA Network Open 8 (4): e254708.

1121 Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopic Biopsies: Diagnostic Yield and Surgical Implications. Brownlee, Andrew R., Claire Perez, Lucas Weiser, Woosik Yu, Drew Bolster, Kellie Knabe, Sevannah Soukiasian, George Chaux, Raffaele Rocco, and Harmik J. Soukiasian. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, April, S0003-4975(25)00325-X.

Drug-Induced Acute Pancreatitis Following Dose Increase of Mycophenolate Mofetil in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Case Report and Literature Review. Abou-Jaoude, Maroun, Ahmed Elsidig, Sara Abdel-Samad, and Ibrahim Tfayli. Transplant Immunology, April, 102230.

Inhibition of Polymorphonuclear Cells Averts Cytotoxicity Against Hypoimmune Cells in Xenotransplantation. Hu, Xiaomeng, Grigol Tediashvili, Alessia Gravina, Jonathan Stoddard, Trevor J. McGill, Andrew J. Connolly, Tobias Deuse, and Sonja Schrepfer. Nature Communications 16 (1): 3706.

ASO Author Reflections: Advances in Axillary Management for Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Boyle, Marissa K., and Armando E. Giuliano. Annals of Surgical Oncology, April.

Comprehensive Review of the Management of Patients With Acute Cholecystitis Who Are Ineligible for Surgery. Baron, Todd H., Irving Jorge, Ali Husnain, Petros Constantino Benias, Bradley N. Reames, Ashok Bhanushali, Salvatore Docimo, Matthew Bloom, Riad Salem, Patrick Murphy, Harjit Singh, Shyam Varadarajulu, and Ahsun Riaz. Annals of Surgery, April.

Urology

Fostering Equity: Assessing Access to Transgender Health Education in US Medical School Curricula. Arteaga, Rebecca, Samhita Mallavarapu, Maurice M. Garcia, Sandeep Sandhu, and Shannon M. Smith. The Clinical Teacher 22 (3): e70071.

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Boxing champ Terence Crawford tells Omaha graduates to work hard and keep fighting for success | National

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Unbeaten four-division world champion Terence “Bud” Crawford encouraged graduating University of Nebraska at Omaha students Friday to devote themselves to hard work, never give in to negativity and never stop setting goals. Crawford, the keynote speaker at the school’s commencement ceremony at Baxter Arena, told of his journey from a difficult […]

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Crawford, the keynote speaker at the school’s commencement ceremony at Baxter Arena, told of his journey from a difficult childhood in north Omaha to international boxing fame and how the graduates can use the approach he took to find success in their professional and personal lives.

“Being from Omaha means you’re a fighter,” he said. “That’s two things we have in common. I was a fighter before I became a boxer. I was a competitor before I put on the gloves. I accepted this invitation to speak with you today because I love being around other fighters. I love people who embrace who they are.”

As a teen, Crawford was kicked out of five schools for fighting before he graduated from high school. He ran with a bad crowd and was shot multiple times, once in the head. He said he was fortunate to find mentors who gave him hope he could have a better life, but he also had to do his part to make it happen.

“You control your own destiny,” he said. “You get to determine your greatness. You have everything you need to be a champion.”

Crawford told the graduates to not let obstacles stand in their way of achieving success and quoted Mike Tyson, who famously said everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.

“It’s just as true in life as it is in boxing,” Crawford said. “You can set all the goals and make all the plans you want but sometimes you’re going to get punched in the face. You get the job interview, but you don’t get the job. You get the match online, but you don’t get the date. You make an investment, and then the market takes bad turn.”

The way to respond, he said, is to keep working and not waste time.

“All I heard growing up is no boxers come out of Omaha,” he said. “Where would I be if I listened to them? Do you think your basketball team listened to people who said they would finish second to last in their league? They believed in each other, won a conference and gave UNO its first-ever March Madness appearance.”

Crawford said he never let himself become satisfied once he began collecting championship belts. He will bid to become a five-division champion when he moves up two weights to fight undisputed super middleweight champ Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas on Sept. 13.

“When I was coming up, I watched fighters who came before me and I saw how they got the money, the fame. They blew it all on jewelry and cars,” he said. “Once I became champion, I wanted more, so I had to keep being the same person and not letting success get to my head.

“There always is going to be someone with a faster car, a bigger house, more expensive clothes. Real fulfillment comes from somewhere else. This is important. Don’t be satisfied, ever. The moment I became a world champ, I didn’t celebrate it and call it quits. I said what’s next?”

Crawford, 37, said he will continue to be a fighter long after he hangs up his boxing gloves. He said he plans to continue growing his B&B Sports Academy, his north Omaha youth center where confidence, discipline and healthy habits are taught through sports.

“There are a lot of kids growing up just like me — rough neighborhoods, no guidance, nobody to look up to,” he said. “I want to be a light for them and show them what’s possible. That’s what I want. I’m challenging you all today to do the same. Remember where you come from. Remember you are a fighter.”

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[OPINION] Investment In Fields Needed; Look At New, Safe Turf Products

Jim Wolf captained the 2000 Staples High School boys soccer team. He now serves as president of the Westport Soccer Association, and is a member of the Staples Boys Soccer Foundation. As discussions continue about athletic fields and artificial turf, he writes: My wife Lizzie and I both graduated from Staples in 2001. We quickly […]

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Jim Wolf captained the 2000 Staples High School boys soccer team. He now serves as president of the Westport Soccer Association, and is a member of the Staples Boys Soccer Foundation.

As discussions continue about athletic fields and artificial turf, he writes:

My wife Lizzie and I both graduated from Staples in 2001. We quickly and enthusiastically moved back to our hometown from New York City after our third child was born. We have 3 children at Greens Farms Elementary School.

After moving back, I immediately became involved in the local youth soccer programs that had such a meaningful impact on my life. Our Westport Soccer Association is a non-profit that organizes travel and rec programs for more than 1,600 kids each fall and spring.

Similar to other youth organizations in town, participation levels for the WSA have increased significantly in the post-COVID years. Our enrollment has grown more than 30% compared to 2020.

This spring we are fielding 33 travel teams. We anticipate that number to increase as the current pre-K and rec players filter up into the travel program.

Each additional travel team requires an incremental 4 to 5 hours of field time per week. There was not capacity for this growth even before the Long Lots fields were taken offline.

Other town youth sports and high school programs are seeing similar enrollment increases. The existing grass fields have become over-utilized and unrested, and significantly deteriorated in quality.

Put plainly, and as many are aware, the current field inventory in Westport is inadequate. Player safety, given field conditions, is increasingly concerning.

Lower soccer fields at Long Lots Elementary School will soon be closed.

At this point, many Westport kids unfortunately will not be able to participate. Our young athletes are at risk of missing out on the numerous developmental benefits of youth athletics.

Based on the studies presented during the Long Lots construction discussions, it is understood that there are limited opportunities to create new fields in Westport, and maintaining the existing over-utilized grass fields requires more financial resources.

The community desperately needs new investment in the fields. Lighting and artificial surfaces are both reasonable and actionable solutions.

The limited budget allocated to fields to date has resulted in the WSA and other youth programs paying a meaningful per player fee to generate incremental revenue to invest in the existing fields.

Poor condition of Wakeman grass field (lower portion of photo) can be seen from the air.

This was not ideal for our families. But we stressed the importance of the supplemental funding, and the parent community has been willing to do their part for the kids.

Given the availability and quality of the grass fields, turfing in the safest way, using the newest products available must not only be considered, but expedited. The kids and the broader community cannot afford to have an RTM ruling or process that slows down progress.

All opportunities to expand field capacity and improve quality (ranging from lighting to irrigation to resting) should be quickly acted upon. Any ordinance that limits optionality or speed of development would be incredibly unfortunate. We are already years behind other communities on this.

How hard is it to resolve to improve fields for Westport’s kids in the safest way possible?

(“06880” Opinion pages are open to all. Email 06880blog@gmail.com.)

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Republican Governor Sparks MAGA Backlash With Betting Move

Ohio Governor Mark DeWine has sparked a backlash from other Republicans after proposing to increase a tax on betting in the state. Newsweek reached out to DeWine’s office via his website for comment. Why It Matters DeWine initially proposed doubling Ohio’s tax on sports betting from 20 percent to 40 percent as part of his […]

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Ohio Governor Mark DeWine has sparked a backlash from other Republicans after proposing to increase a tax on betting in the state.

Newsweek reached out to DeWine’s office via his website for comment.

Why It Matters

DeWine initially proposed doubling Ohio’s tax on sports betting from 20 percent to 40 percent as part of his budget in February. He had already doubled it from 10 percent to 20 percent in a 2023 budget.

According to the Ohio Capital Journal, the money will be used for youth sports initiatives and a new stadium for NFL team the Cleveland Browns.

What To Know

If the tax increases, Ohio will have the second-largest betting tax rate, eclipsed only by New York, which has a 51 percent tax rate.

He is also proposing increasing taxes on cigarettes and vape products.

DeWine has clashed with other Republicans in the past. In September 2024, he criticized Donald Trump and his then-running mate JD Vance’s rhetoric on immigration in Ohio, though he said he supported both politicians.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks at a news conference in Columbus on December 29, 2023.

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What People Are Saying

His idea has sparked a backlash from members of his own party.

Donald Trump Jr. on X, formerly Twitter: “While my dad is trying to cut taxes for Americans, why is a REPUBLICAN Governor trying to raise taxes?”

Gabe Guidarini, president of the University of Dayton College Republicans, said in a Dayton Daily News article: “I’m deeply concerned about Governor Mike DeWine’s proposed tax hike on sports gaming — a plan that feels like a targeted attack on young people, particularly those of us working hard to build our futures.”

Republican State Representative Brian Stewart told News 5: “You know we started out with a 10 percent tax on sports gaming, we’ve not even finished two football seasons and now we’re talking about quadrupling that tax. I think that’s going to generate a lot of discussion.”

Conservative commentator Jack Posobiec, on X: “RINO Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s plan to raise taxes on sports betting to force taxpayers to pay for a new sports stadium is nothing more than government cronyism on the back of the working-class. Why can’t billionaire team owners pay for their own stadiums?”

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, in February: “These are the companies that are taking all of this money outside, draining it outside of the State of Ohio on gaming. They ought to pay their fair share and this would make them pay their fair share.”

What Happens Next

The two-year budget is due by July 1.

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Wellsville Youth Football Sign up time, a FREE youth sport

Online registration or in person registration signups close on June 15th 2025 From the Wellsville Youth Football team, Wellsville Youth Football is preparing for a great season and it is time to get “with the program.” Parents: It is time to get them signed up to be part of a team with great coaches. Players who […]

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Online registration or in person registration signups close on June 15th 2025

From the Wellsville Youth Football team,

Wellsville Youth Football is preparing for a great season and it is time to get “with the program.”

Parents: It is time to get them signed up to be part of a team with great coaches. Players who are 6-7 years old are eligible for Flag Football. Players who are 8-9 years old are eligible for PeeWee. Players who are 10-11 years old can play at the Midget level. Any player who is 12 years before Dec 1 is eligible to play at the Midget level.

SIGN UP at the Football shed at Tullar Field on June 5 in person from 5:30 until 630pm or….

Wellsville youth Football is a free to all participants. Sign-ups will close by June 15^th to set rosters.

Practice starts July 28 at Island Park at 5:30.

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Northeast Minnesota youth baseball club Minnesota Expos succeeds

“This provides each club’s most talented players the platform to be seen at the highest level nationally,” Berrisford said. “For many of our players, this opportunity has been essential in their recruiting and developmental processes.” “It was career-changing for me,” he said. “It has been very rewarding. We broke the ice for baseball in the […]

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“It was career-changing for me,” he said. “It has been very rewarding. We broke the ice for baseball in the area.”

That remains a benefit to baseball in northeast Minnesota.

“Much of what they have done together has never happened before in our area. They have opened many opportunities for the kids that come behind them,” Marsolek said. “In its simplest form that legacy of breaking down barriers and creating opportunities that never previously existed is what this group should be known for.”

The Minnesota Expos club team indicates they are No. 1 after winning the MPR Super 15 national tournament at Creekside Park in Kansas City, Mo. The players are: Front row, left to right: Max Berrisford, Carter Boos, Noah Asuma, Owen Marsolek, Nick Terhaar, Sam Haugen; Back row: Owen Hayden, Kaden Alstad, Noah Sundquist, Curran Conrad, Thor Tokvam, Tanner Ross.

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Everett Public Schools to launch girls flag football as varsity sport

EVERETT — Girls flag football will be the newest varsity sport coming to Everett Public Schools next winter, the school district announced May 9. It will be the first new new varsity sport to be added in the district since it introduced bowling over two decades ago. “One of the things that stuck with me […]

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EVERETT — Girls flag football will be the newest varsity sport coming to Everett Public Schools next winter, the school district announced May 9.

It will be the first new new varsity sport to be added in the district since it introduced bowling over two decades ago.

“One of the things that stuck with me the most talking with other schools and kids is the connection a lot of girls feel to this sport,” said Dani Mundell, the district’s athletic director. “This really is kind of America’s sport. Everybody loves football, and there are a lot of girls that love football, maybe as more of a spectator of the sport. Now they get to be a part of it.”

Flag football is a non-contact sport, removing removing the need for tackling and heavy equipment. It’s one of the fastest growing youth sports in the country and its low costs reduce the barriers to participate, a group of schools wrote in a proposed amendment to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. Everett High School was among the schools that submitted the proposal.

Sanctioning the sport would “provide more equitable access to the game of football and would meaningfully benefit thousands of girls across the state with interest in the game,” the schools wrote.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association officially sanctioned the sport on April 21. It’s the 15th state to sanction the sport at the high school level, according to the Seattle Seahawks.

For Mundell, she sees the introduction of the sport as an opportunity to provide a new gateway to sports participation for girls across the district.

“They feel like they can be a part of a high school team without having years of experience,” Mundell said Wednesday. “I think it’ll open the doors for a lot of kids who want to be a part of the athletics program, but may feel nervous about trying out for some of the sports.”

Jacob Hiatt, the director of the YMCA of Snohomish County’s flag football program, is also excited about the new varsity sport.

“It gives girls their own lane, their own place to shine,” he said. “What I’ve noticed is the girls tend to take it very serious and compete very well. They’ve kind of owned it as their own sport, which I love seeing.”

Flag football games are set to be played using a unique format. Two fields will be set up side by side on a standard football field, where teams will play from sideline to sideline. It will allow two games to be played at once.

The program will cost about $76,000 to launch, and about $60,000 per year to continue operating, Mundell said.

The flag football season will start in the 2025-26 school year, and will take place during the winter. Programs will be available at all three Everett high schools. All of the teams will play their home games at Everett Memorial Stadium.

Will Geschke: 425-339-3443; william.geschke@heraldnet.com; X: @willgeschke.

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