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Women’s welterweight boxer Imane Khelif is on the verge of winning her first Olympic gold medal and bringing Algeria its seventh first-place prize in 60 years. Yet that story has taken a backseat to a hailstorm of ethical debates and misinformation. Khelif defeated Italian boxer Angela Carini in her first-round matchup to advance to the women’s […]
Since its inception, SummerSlam has been one of the most important shows of the year for WWE. That was no different this year, with SummerSlam signaling a major shift for many of WWE’s biggest stars. Titles changed hands, factions were fractured and one of wrestling’s biggest stars made his return after many months away from […]
The Jazz and Lauri Markkanen have agreed on a five-year, $238 million contract extension that will keep one of the NBA’s most-coveted trade candidates in Utah for at least next season, his agent told ESPN. The timing of Markkanen’s signing is crucial. He became extension eligible on Tuesday (Aug. 6). With this contract extension, Markkanen […]
Happy Wednesday! The Olympic men’s and women’s soccer finals are now set with the USWNT into Saturday’s gold medal showdown vs. Brazil with host nation France taking on Spain this Friday to conclude this Paris Games’ tournament. This is Jonathan Johnson with your midweek update. Footy fix All times U.S./Eastern Wednesday, August 7 Friendly: Inter […]
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One of the highest honors for a soccer player is to represent their country at the highest level but with games being added to the early soccer schedule by the minute, multiple tournaments can prove to be too much. In a year that included Euro, Copa America, and the Olympics, one player who could be […]
Getty Images It’s been a wild year so far in the boxing ring. The first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion was crowned after Oleksandr Usyk outboxed Tyson Fury. Undisputed (at the time) super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez returned to score a spirited win over countryman Jaime Munguia. And Gervonta Davis scored a brutal knockout in his […]
WWE WWE SummerSlam set the stage for a huge five months in professional wrestling. Roman Reigns returned for the first time since WrestleMania to fire the first shot in a Bloodline vs. Bloodline storyline, The Judgement Day imploded and multiple new champions were crowned. Gunther was one of four superstars to win titles at SummerSlam, […]
Getty Images Howard men’s basketball coach Kenny Blakeney’s ambitious plans to sell a stake of his program to private equity investors in exchange for a huge influx of cash has seemingly hit a snag. Blakeney’s designs, reported earlier this month by the Washington Post as a first-of-its-kind idea wherein he proposed selling a 1/3 stake […]
WWE’s main roster currently houses nine championships. SummerSlam on Aug. 3 saw four new champions crowned in a show that set the stage for the rest of 2024. King and Queen of the Ring tournament winners Gunther and Nia Jax successfully challenged for the world heavyweight and WWE women’s titles, respectively, while LA Knight and […]