Faizan Zaki won the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, defeating eight other finalists and earning more than $50,000 in cash and prizes. Faizan, a 13-year-old from Allen ...

No éclaircissement was needed after 13-year-old Faizan Zaki triumphed in the 21st round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The teen collapsed on the floor with excitement after correctly ...

His reps were words. Lots and lots of words. That work paid off. He won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in cinematic fashion late Thursday, spelling the winning word “éclaircissement ...

Faizan Zaki, last year’s runner-up at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, came back from a late-stage flub in Thursday’s competition to easily spell “éclaircissement” and take home the ...

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OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The first bee was ...

Faizan Zaki nearly threw away his opportunity to go from runner-up to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a shocking moment of overconfidence. Given a second chance, he seized the ...

The 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee began on Tuesday as more than 200 spellers looked to advance past the preliminary round. In the preliminaries, spellers competed in a traditional spelling ...

Ultimately, his joyful approach made him the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The favorite entering the bee after his runner-up finish last year — during which he never misspelled a word ...

Blake Shelton has hit back at angry critics on Wednesday after receiving backlash from his and wife Gwen Stefani's pre-taped AMAs performance. Fans were left furious after discovering the couple ...

She does it all with her game face on, she said. “I look like I’m just angry all of the time, but this is where I want to be,” she said. “I want to be out there on the field with my team ...