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Image credit: Reggie Hildred-USA TODAY Sports Each weekday during the regular season, the Box Score Banter series highlights a moment of two from the previous slate of action, then recognizes top performances and previews the best games of the day ahead. Here are some of the best pieces of shortform writing that the year provided. Nick Fortes Steals the Sho(w) Written by: Alexandra Whitley Dodgers 20, Marlins 4 AB R H RBI HR Fortes 4 1 1 1 1 Three years and one day ago, Nicholas Fortes made his MLB debut. He homered. In his second game, he homered again.…
David Pocock and his wife Emma have shared a snap of their new babyThe pair posed for pictures as they enjoyed a family holiday over Christmas By ED CARRUTHERS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 04:58 EST, 31 December 2024 | Updated: 05:45 EST, 31 December 2024 David Pocock has surprised his Instagram followers by sharing a heartwarming picture of his new born baby on Instagram, as he and his partner Emma posed for a snap while enjoying a family trip away. The former Wallabies and Western Force star and his family appear to have been enjoying their Christmas break in the country. Emma…
Wimbledon doubles finalist Gabriela Dabrowski has revealed she had breast cancer surgery earlier this year, undergoing further treatment while she challenged for the sport’s biggest prizes.The 32-year-old Canadian, who is a three-time major champion, was diagnosed in April.”It is a privilege to be able to call myself a survivor,” world number three Dabrowski wrote in an Instagram post.After two surgeries and a three-month break from the WTA Tour, she returned to win the Nottingham grass-court title alongside New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe in her first tournament back.Four weeks later, the pair reached the Wimbledon final where they lost to Katerina Siniakova…
Dec 30, 2024, 01:10 PM ETThe 2025 PGA Tour season kicks off this week with the Sentry at Kapalua Plantation Course in Maui, Hawaii. The year’s first signature event features a total purse of $20 million, with $3.6 million going to the winner. The 60-player field includes 2024 PGA Tour winners and players who finished inside the top 50 in last season’s FedEx Cup standings. Chris Kirk won the Sentry last season after shooting rounds of 67-65-66-65 and finishing 29 under par.Scottie Scheffler, who recently became the first golfer since Tiger Woods (2005-07) to win PGA Tour Player of the…
Tre Mann will be re-evaluated in two weeks as he continues rehabilitating a disc injury, according to the Charlotte Hornets. Mann is increasing the intensity of his workouts. Mann is averaging 14.1 points this season.
Rukiya Anpo and Sina Karimian delivered insane scenes in their boxing match Tuesday morning at RIZIN Bangaichi, an event that preceded the NYE show RIZIN Decade in Saitama, Japan. Anpo, who was gearing up to face boxing superstar Ryan Garcia in the RIZIN ring before the young boxer had to withdraw citing an injury, took on Karimian in an exhibition match, and they got into a brawl in the final round after Karimian threw an spinning punch. The referee tried to intervene, but was hit three times. Anpo, a kickboxing veteran who has once boxed legendary Manny Pacquiao in Japan,…
Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year: Luke Hobson Grew From NCAA Champ to Olympic Medalist to World-Record Holder By the end of the spring, there was no doubting Luke Hobson’s credentials in the short-course pool. In three years, he’d become the best distance swimmer in the history of the University of Texas, twice an NCAA champion in the 200 freestyle, once in the 500 free, a school-record holder in both. The only question was whether Hobson could turn his immense NCAA promise into international success in time for an Olympic year. The answer would be a resounding yes. In a…
This is it. I do not know when SBNation plans to turn the site off (read-only mode), but I assume it is by January 1. First things first, as I’ve signaled before, the FSA Directeur Sportif is cued up for another go-round. Not sure about 2026, but 2025 is on. I can’t deprive myself of the chance to price Tadej Pogačar after his megamonster year. Or deprive all of you of the dilemma that price will pose. I could never look Ursula in the eye again if I missed this chance. The instructions for playing are simple: just go to…
Image credit: © Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports “Jim Creighton, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the amateur Niagaras of Brooklyn (all teams were amateur then), created a stir in 1858 with a pitch that was not only faster than any seen before but also sailed or tailed or climbed or dipped; the result was “fairly unhittable,” in the words of John “Death to Flying Things” Chapman, a contemporary star with the Brooklyn Atlantics. How did Creighton do it? By adding an imperceptible snap of the wrist to his swooping bowler’s delivery.” …
Getty ImagesGerald Davies is among a select group of Wales players to have won three Grand SlamsWales rugby great Gerald Davies has said he is “dumbstruck” after being awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours.The 79-year-old Wales and British and Irish Lions wing has been recognised for services to rugby union and voluntary and charitable service.”It is an amazing honour,” said the former player, who also scored 20 tries in 46 Tests for his country across his 12-year international career in the 1960s and 1970s, and is among a select group to have won three Grand Slams.A paralympian, a…