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Max McGwire (Wisconsin Rapids Rafters) Summer Baseball Patrick Ebert – August 2, 2024 See also: Northwoods Notebook: Galvin provides big hits, wins on way to Miami The city of St. Louis and the name ‘McGwire’ are a natural fit. After Mark McGwire hit 220 of his 583 career home runs in only five years as a player with the Cardinals – and later spent three years as a coach with the team – his oldest son Max is heading to Saint Louis University this fall to continue his collegiate career. Coming out of high school, Max and his brother Mason, who is…
Juventus are set to be priced out of a move for Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho, according to Matteo Moretto.The Old Lady are heavily linked with the England international this summer and have been said to be ‘determined’ to get a deal over the line (per Mail on Sunday, via Sky Sports).However, United are thought to want at least £40m for Sancho, who recently reconciled his previously cold relationship with manager Erik ten Hag.According to Moretto, Juventus simply cannot afford that fee and could turn to Fiorentina’s Nico Gonzalez, Galeno of Porto and Borussia Dortmund’s Karim Adeyemi as possible alternatives.“They…
Henry Slade is set to miss out on the start on the Premiership season The Exeter and England star underwent shoulder surgery during the summer By Alex Bywater Published: 07:40 EDT, 2 August 2024 | Updated: 07:43 EDT, 2 August 2024 Henry Slade will miss the start of the new season with Exeter and is unlikely to be fit for England’s autumn internationals after undergoing shoulder surgery.The experienced centre enjoyed a fine 2023-24 campaign with club and country after being a shock omission from the national squad for last year’s World Cup.Slade responded to being dropped by England by being named Premiership…
Sir Andy Murray sits down with Sir Chris Hoy to reflect on his historic tennis career ,which ended with defeat in the quarter-finals of the Paris 2024 men’s doubles on Thursday.
Los Angeles , USA: Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov Final Press Conference ahead of their WBA World Interim WBO World Super Welterweight Title fight on saturday night. 1 August 2024 Picture By Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing by Joseph Santoliquito | LOS ANGELES — Terence Crawford is looking for more. Maybe this is the precursor for what is ahead and “Bud’s aimed future clash with Canelo Alvarez. For now, this Saturday, the former two-division undisputed world champion (140 and 147) and three-time division titlist (135, 140 and 147) is looking at a title in a fourth weight class, when he faces WBA…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Polly Mack shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday in perfect morning conditions at Columbia Edgewater to take the first-round lead in the Portland Classic.Winless on the LPGA Tour, Mack opened with birdies on Nos. 10 and 11 and eagled the par-5 third. The 25-year-old German player added four birdies on the front nine, closing with two in a row.”Pretty flawless round,” Mack said. “It seemed so easy out there today. Very nice start and that just kept me pretty calm.”German countrywoman Caroline Masson was a stroke back with Nataliya Guseva, Samantha Wagner and Hyo Joon Jang.Playing in…
A statue depicting Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant will be unveiled in a private tented ceremony Friday outside of Crypto.com Arena, a source from the Los Angeles Lakers informed ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue depicting Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant on Friday The statue is the second of three planned monuments to the Lakers legend, who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas along with Gigi and seven others in January 2020. The first statue, a 19-foot bronze memorial to Bryant’s 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors, was unveiled on Feb. 8.…
UFC president Dana White has made his stance clear on a potential boxing fight of Alex Pereira vs. Jake Paul. Poatan’ Pereira is the UFC light heavyweight champion and ‘The Problem Child’ Jake Paul is a professional boxer and YouTube star. Alex Pereira vs. Jake Paul A fight rumor between Alex Pereira and Jake Paul had been circulating as of late. After ‘The Problem Child’ knocked out BKFC and UFC athlete Mike Perry in a boxing match, then Jake Paul called out the UFC champion ‘Poatan.’ He even phoned the Brazilian striker while in the ring and Pereira agreed to…
2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES WOMEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINALS World Record: 7:37.50 – Australia (2023) Olympic Record: 7:40.33 – China (2021) 2021 Winning Time: 7:40.33 – China (2021) Podium Australia (M. O’Callaghan, L. Pallister, B. Throssell, A. Titmus) – 7:38.08 ***NEW OLYMPIC RECORD*** USA (C. Weinstein, P. Madden, K. Ledecky, E. Gemmell) – 7:40.86 China (Yang J., Li, B., Ge, C., Liu, Y.) – 7:42.34 Lani Pallister scratched prelims of the women’s 1500 freestyle Tuesday morning after testing positive for COVID-19. Two days later, Pallister earned redemption as she helped the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay for Australia to gold.…
Bob Jungels will join Ineos Grenadiers in 2025 after signing a two-year contract with the team. The Luxembourger arrives from Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, where he has spent the past two seasons.“This is a team that I’ve always admired, and this opportunity has come along at the perfect time,” Jungels said on Friday. “I truly believe that within this environment I’ll be able to take my performance to the next level, while at the same time sharing my experience within the group.”Now 31, Jungels enjoyed considerable success during his long tenure at QuickStep, winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2018 and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne the following year. He…