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Commentary: The Olympic Games Are Back – In the Fashion We Want Remember three years ago? Tokyo was the host, and the Japanese people were beyond welcoming. But there were no spectators. There were no roars from the stands. Athletes wore masks in between events. So did officials and media members. Daily spit tests were required of all attendees. Everything about the 2020 Olympic Games was unique. The COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the world, altered the landscape of the biggest sporting event there is. Like any other Olympiad, there were stunning performances from the athletes, including world-record performances from the…
Tadej Pogačar of UAE Emirates capped off his historic season with a run of stage wins, including the final time trial in Nice, to win the 2024 Tour de France. Pogačar’s stellar performance transformed his ascending legacy, overturning consecutive defeats by Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard and moving him ahead on total Tour wins with three, at age 25. The win also gave him the recently elusive Giro-Tour Double, thought to be impossible in modern cycling, the first such occurrence since Marco Pantani in 1998. The time trial in Nice, ascending the Col d’Èze of Paris-Nice fame, stood in for the traditional…
Transfers Kendall Rogers – July 12, 2024 1. New coach, no problem for Texas A&M The Aggies were thrown a curveball a couple of weeks ago when head coach Jim Schlossnagle split for Austin and the University of Texas. However, despite his departure, the Aggies have not skipped a beat on the recruiting trail, and now have a more robust NIL operation. That, in part, has aided new head coach Michael Earley in retaining almost all of A&M’s key pieces and adding some solid pieces out of the transfer portal. In terms of the returning lineup, the Aggies will return…
Heung-min Son shared a wonderful moment with some young mascots before the QPR game yesterday. The club played their third pre-season friendly, beating QPR 2-0. Yves Bissouma gave Ange’s side a 1-0 lead in the first half and young striker Dane Scarlett made it 2-0 near the end of the game, scoring a tap in from close range from a wonderful Mikey Moore assist.Before the kick-off, So stood next to the young mascots who were left in awe at the presence of their idol.Their expressions said it all as they greeted the South Korean, some even giving him a hug. And…
Forget about Doha, please, all roads should lead to Madrid. Spain may be awash with football mania once more, but it is also primed for lift-off in rugby.Perhaps the most significant result during a busy Test weekend was Spain’s 29-20 win over Tonga in Nuku’alofa. While the hosts were chronically limited, Los Leones had come close to upsetting Samoa in Apia six days earlier, so there is no doubting that they are on the rise, despite the savage setback of being thrown out of the last World Cup, as excessive punishment for fielding an ineligible player in qualifying.Hours after their…
World number 51 Nuno Borges beat Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2 to win the Swedish Open in Bastad.Spaniard Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, slipped to a resounding defeat in his first final since 2022.Hampered by injury in recent years, the 38-year-old has fallen to 261 in the rankings and opted against playing at Wimbledon this summer to prioritise the Olympics.Portuguese Borges, playing his first ATP final compared to Nadal’s 131st, took the first set in 46 minutes and won three games in a row in the second to seal victory.”It’s crazy. I know we all wanted Rafa to win -…
By: Sean Crose It’s been called the 90 Second Massacre. Mike Tyson, the undefeated WBC, WBA, and IBF heavyweight champion of the world, stepped into the ring one night in June of 1988 to face the lineal heavyweight champion of the world, Michael Spinks. It was to be a major contest if ever there was one – a fight for all the figurative marbles. Those whose who remember, and even those who are too young to remember, know what happened after the opening bell rang. Tyson decimated the talented Spinks in a minute and a half into the first round.…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 21, 2024, 01:33 PM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaTROON, Scotland — Xander Schauffele’s critics used to say he didn’t have the nerves or backbone to win one of golf’s major championships.Now, the 30-year-old PGA Tour star from San Diego can’t stop winning them.Two months after Schauffele captured his first major championship victory at the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, he added a second one Sunday at the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club.On a day when seven…
The Charlotte Hornets have reportedly agreed to re-sign Seth Curry to a one-year deal. Before the start of the offseason, the team waived the sharpshooting guard. Curry was acquired at the NBA Trade Deadline when the Hornets traded P.J. Washington to the Dallas Mavericks. Curry went from a legitimate title contender to a team in rebuild, a very difficult situation for any quality role player in the league. However, it appears that the Hornets envision a role for the veteran guard for the upcoming campaign. Charlotte Hornets, Seth Curry Agree to One-Year Deal Seth Curry’s Numbers While Seth Curry is…
In dealing with defeat, Mike Perry has focuses – but Conor McGregor’s declaration of his BKFC firing is not one of them. “He doesn’t f*cking have a promotion because me and him are both owners of BKFC,” Perry said during a post-fight news conference after boxing Jake Paul. “He can’t fire me. We can fight bareknuckle. Look at me. I lost to Jake Paul. Why don’t you go fight Jake Paul and box him with the gloves on. I think it would be worse than Conor McGregor vs. (Floyd) Mayweather.” Following Perry’s TKO loss Saturday to Jake Paul, McGregor, a…