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Texas Invitational: Rex Maurer Shatters American Record in 500 Freestyle He finished his high school years as a national-record holder and among the country’s top rising stars in the middle-distance events, but Rex Maurer struggled in his lone year at Stanford, falling to 31st at the NCAA Championships in the 500 freestyle. Upon transferring to Texas, Maurer immediately found success but nothing compared to his achievement Wednesday night, when he swam an enormous best time to become an American-record holder for the first time. In the 500 freestyle final at the Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invite, Maurer obliterated the national mark…
Strava sent a message to its users this week announcing that third-party applications will no longer be allowed to display customers’ data to other users. The note sparked an uproar on social media, with users of the popular fitness-tracking app accusing the company of trying to kill off third-party apps such as those used for coaching services or comparisons.Strava posted an update one day after the message went out, trying to reassure users that the changes will have “no impact to most developers” and will affect only a “small fraction (less than 0.1%)” of customers.The announcement stated, “If you have…
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Fly-half Marcus Smith is improving the way he dovetails with the rest of England’s attack, says assistant coach Andrew Strawbridge.Smith, 25, has been one of England’s standout performers in three Autumn Nations Series defeats against New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.However, despite Smith’s creativity in attack and accuracy from the kicking tee, England are still on their worst run since 2018 after five straight defeats.”I have found Marcus really open to discussions about the game,” Strawbridge told BBC Sport.”He is getting better and better at having a deeper understanding of the game and his role in it.”Since his Premiership debut…
As Rafael Nadal retires from tennis, 5 Live Sport takes a look back at his career.
By Eric Armit JAKE PAUL outpointed Mike Tyson in what hardly even qualifies as a sparring session. Despite wearing a knee brace and having limited mobility, Tyson was able to get to Paul in the first scoring round with a left and overhand right. Paul landed a right, but it was Tyson’s round. Paul had his jab working in a low-scoring second round, which he just edged. Paul began to move more and throw more punches in the third, finding Tyson an easy target. He took the fourth, circling Tyson and choosing his moment to step inside and score. Paul…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 20, 2024, 10:00 AM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaLPGA golfers will compete for a record $131 million in purse money in 2025, the circuit’s 75th anniversary season, the tour announced Wednesday.The LPGA’s 33-event schedule tees off with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida, from Jan. 30-Feb. 2 and concludes with the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida, from Nov. 20-23.The 2025 schedule includes a new stop at the Black Desert Championship in Ivins, Utah, from May 1-4, and…
We still don’t know the reasons why Nikola Jokic has been out of the competition for the past week, but all we know is that it has to do with his family. On Tuesday night, the Nuggets announced for a third-consecutive match that he wasn’t going to participate for personal reasons. The Serbian big man, who is a three-time league MVP, is currently leading Denver in stats with 29.7 points, 13.7 rebounds and 11.7 assists per contest. Only problem is, the Colorado team had lost the first two games without him against New Orleans and Memphis. After finally beating the…
Former lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler has revealed he suffered the most amount of injuries he’s ever suffered in combat during last weekend’s rematch with Charles Oliveira at UFC 309 — claiming he urinated blood following the pairing, and was “swollen” all over his body. Chandler, who still sits at number seven in the official lightweight rankings off the back of his fight with the Brazilian, made his first Octagon walk in two years in a bid to avenge his 2021 knockout loss. And coming up short on the judge’s scorecards over the course of five rounds in a unanimous…
São Paulo Summer Championships November 14-16, 2024 Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil SCM (25 meters) Meet Central Less than two months after surgery, 16-year-old Agostina Hein broke two Argentine National Records at the São Paulo Summer Championships this weekend. The Argentine first clocked 4:04.17 in the 400 free (SCM) to get under Cecilia Biagioli’s 15-year-old national record of 4:06.66. She then followed it up in the 200 free, where she went 1:56.75 in the 200 free. This takes over a second off Lucia Gauna’s 1:57.92 national mark set last year. Both times got under the ‘A’ cut for next…