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Miles Bridges has been diagnosed with a bone bruise in his right knee. The injury occurred after Bridges hyperextended his right knee late in the fourth quarter of the team’s win on Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons. Bridges will be reevaluated in two weeks. In eight games this season, Bridges is averaging 14.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 30.5 minutes.
The UFC Vegas 100 weigh-in video features 24 fighters stepping on the scale Friday morning in Las Vegas. Watch a live stream of the official weigh-ins above courtesy of Ag. Fight. In the main event, Neil Magny and Carlos Prates have to hit the welterweight limit of 171 pounds for the non-title fight. Magny seeks to extend his record for the most wins by a welterweight in UFC history, with his number currently standing at 22. Prates can complete a spectacular 2024 campaign that already includes three wins this year. He has finished all of his opponents during that stretch,…
Ilya Kharun, Torri Huske Impressive in First Session of ASU-Stanford-Cal Tri-Meet Thanks to conference realignment, the annual January Pac-12 showdowns between Arizona State and Bay Area schools Cal and Stanford are no more, but the three top-flight programs are all meeting this week in Tempe, Ariz., with a Thursday evening session followed by a Friday matinee. During the first session, ASU’s men and Stanford’s women were the top teams, with Olympic medalists atop those respective squads leading the way. The defending-national-champion Arizona State men have seen major upheaval since the departure of former head coach Bob Bowman and promotion of Herbie Behm…
EF Education-EasyPost announced the signing of Estonian Madis Mihkels on Thursday. The 21-year-old had a strong start in his two neo-pro seasons with Intermarché-Wanty with numerous top-10 results including at Paris-Roubaix.”I am super happy with this move,” Mihkels said in a press release. “It is the right next step for me to make as a cyclist. EF Education-EasyPost looks like a team with a great environment and atmosphere between the riders and the staff. I’m really looking forward to next season.”The team’s CEO Jonathan Vaughters has high hopes for Mihkels, who won the bronze medal in the European Championships elite…
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With more than 30 players now on full-time deals, Wales ran in tries for fun with convincing wins over Ireland, Scotland and Italy. They rose to an all-time high world ranking of sixth and secured their place in the top tier of a new global tournament, WXV1.But on their return to New Zealand, Wales were given a sobering reminder of the gap that exists between them and the top nations, with defeats to Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Still they insisted they wanted to play the best to be the best.Then came the dismal 2024 Six Nations, with Wales managing…
Eighth seed Krejcikova’s victory was bad news for Swiatek, who has been eliminated at the group stage of the WTA Finals for the first time since 2021.Swiatek has been the dominant player on the Tour for the majority of the past two years and started this season strongly by winning the Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid, Rome and French Open titles.However, her lofty levels have dipped in the second half of the season and allowed Sabalenka to overtake her at the top of the rankings.In her search for answers, Swiatek decided to change coaches and replaced Tomasz Wiktorowski with Wim Fissette…
By: Sean Crose “Keep going,” the man said to a gym full of bright young students. “Stay locked in.” The man then added another, pointed piece of advice. “Be the first one in the gym,” he added. “Be the last one out of the gym.” Sound guidance, but not surprising since it was coming from one Jaron “Boots” Ennis, welterweight world titlist and one of the most impressive fighters in the current boxing scene. The 27 year old, who will be defending his IBF world welterweight title this Saturday night in his native Philadelphia against Karen Chukhadzhian, is 32-0 with…
Tommy Fleetwood carded a course record-equalling 62 to take the first round lead at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the first event of the DP World Tour Play-Offs. Already a two-time winner of this tournament after claiming back-to-back victories in 2017 and 2018, Fleetwood carded eight birdies and an eagle for his 10-under-par total on a low-scoring day at Yas Links to sit one stroke ahead of former Ryder Cup teammate Thorbjørn Olesen and America’s Johannes Veerman. The 33-year-old from Southport was four under after just three holes as he started birdie, eagle, birdie, and he made six further gains…
The Warriors continue to improve as this new 2024-25 season starts to unravel, especially after they beat the reigning champions in the own turf on Wednesday evening. Yes, you read correctly, Golden State are now 7-1 with their thrilling 118-112 victory over the Celtics at TD Garden. Before the start of the competition, at their media day back in September, Stephen Curry was clear in saying that his team are “in position where we can be a relevant team early and give ourselves a chance to compete. Then assess where we are.” Well, only eight games into the campaign and here…