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Three-time mountain bike marathon world champion Mona Mitterwallner is set to race on the road for the next two years, driven by ambitious goals. The 22-year-old Austrian rider is joining the Human Powered Health team, where she will combine mountain bike and road through 2026.Mitterwallner was the 17th and final rider for the 2025 roster for the team’s fourth season in the Women’s WorldTour. All but one of the riders and new team kit was unveiled earlier this month.Mitterwallner’s palmares include five rainbow jerseys across junior, U23 and elite categories, four elite cross-country national wins, two elite XCO World Cup…
Image credit: Graig Kreindler Let’s talk about Josh Gibson. A couple of weeks have passed since Gibson officially became the career batting average leader in the history of the major leagues, along with a few other records. Gibson, already a Hall of Famer, played exclusively in the Negro Leagues, a series of leagues that featured Black baseball players in the first half of the twentieth century. There was never an official policy in either the American or National League that teams couldn’t sign Black players, but no one did even though there were obviously talented players available until Jackie Robinson…
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If there’s one thing people love it’s watching someone fall from on high. Call it jealousy, or caving in to the dark side of human nature, the fact remains people find it enjoyable and amusing to watch as someone’s world collapses. Such is the case with one Devin Haney, who has gone from being seen as one of the top fighters on earth to being the butt of online jokes in the course of a single year (for the record, this article will not touch upon Haney’s private life, which has lately been used as fodder for the social media/gossip…
In-form LIV Golf’s Joaquin Niemann, The International Series Rankings champion for the 2024 season, is the latest big name to be confirmed for International Series India presented by DLF, the US$2 million tournament taking place at DLF Golf and Country Club next month. The Chilean, who captains the Torque GC team on the LIV Golf League, will join defending US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and local hero Anirban Lahiri for the tournament which will take place from 30 January to 02 February on the iconic course in Gurugram. Niemann was runner-up in the LIV Golf League individual standings in an…
Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II, who exited the Christmas Day game against the Los Angeles Lakers with 9:27 remaining in the fourth quarter, underwent an MRI earlier on Thursday. The MRI confirmed that Payton has suffered a mild strain of his left calf. He will be re-evaluated in one week. Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II first injured his left calf against the Timberwolves in Minnesota on Nov. 21 Payton, 32, first injured his left calf in a win at Minnesota on Nov. 21. He missed Monday’s loss to Indiana Pacers but returned to play in the…
Deiveson Figueiredo sees Merab Dvalishvili pulling off an upset title defense against Umar Nurmagomedov in the first UFC title bout of 2025. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) will put his bantamweight strap up for grabs against the unbeaten Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in the co-main event of UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+), which takes place Jan. 18 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Although he’s the reigning champion on a 12-fight winning streak inside the octagon, Dvalishvili finds himself as the betting underdog to Nurmagomedov at UFC 311. There is much hype around Nurmagomedov’s potential greatness, but 135-pound contender…
Carmel High School hosted the 2024 Holiday Invitational at its new pool on Friday, December 27. The Greyhounds swept the meet, with the girls and boys—both defending Indiana High School state champions—winning. The girls team is seeking its 39th straight title this season and beat Upper Arlington, Carroll Fort Wayne, Zionsville, and Homestead in the team’s second competition of the season. The boys beat the same schools and the boys’ only school, St. Charles Preparatory. In addition to the high school meet, Aaron Shackell recently returned to the club after spending the first term at the University of Texas, time…
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) continued his winning ways at the Exact Cross in Loenhout on Friday, soloing away from the first lap to claim his fourth win of four races.Thibau Nys (Baloise-Trek) out-sprinted Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Corendon) to claim second place, while Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) suffered a minor crash after running into a spectator on the final lap and had to concede the podium fight.”It was a difficult race, it wasn’t easy to make the difference,” Van der Poel said. “It’s a course where it’s difficult to really ride much faster than someone else because then you…