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UFC president Dana White, in the eyes of the bookmakers, has an outside chance at becoming the 48th president of the United States. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States. He earned that title by defeating Kamala Harris in the 2024 US presidential election which took place earlier this week. One man who was very happy to see that result is Dana White. The UFC president has been friends with Trump for a long time now and throughout the course of his campaign, he was more than happy to stand…
2024 PV RMSC NTG Showdown October 4-6, 2024 Rockville, MD 25 yards (SCY) “2024 NTG Showdown” on Meet Mobile Rockville Montgomery Swim Club’s Griffin Oehler turned in a pair of tremendous performances at the 2024 PV RMSC NTG Showdown last month. Oehler, who was 15 years old at the time of the meet, swept the backstroke events, winning the 100 back in a time of 48.85 and the 200 back in a time of 1:47.83. He sped into the wall well ahead of the rest of the field in both races and climbed the national age group rankings. The 200…
The main rosters for the invitation-only 2025 Life Time Grand Prix were revealed today, with an extensive selection of new international challengers making the cut to unseat three-time men’s series champion Keegan Swenson and two-time women’s winner Sofia Gomez Villafane.Headliners on the men’s side are three-time The Traka 360 winner Mattia De Marchi (Italy) and former WorldTour road pros Lawrence Naesen (Belgium), Tsgabu Grmay (Ethiopia) and Simon Pellaud (Switzerland).Six female riders will make debuts in the Grand Prix next year, with the lead-off event at a new Sea Otter Classic Gravel race on April 11 in Monterey, California. Among the…
Fall Report Mike Rooney – November 7, 2024 LAS VEGAS — In the last 10 completed seasons of Division I college baseball, Tim Corbin’s Vandy Boys have played in the CWS Finals four times. Let that sink in for a moment. More than 300 teams begin each season with the same goal. And your program is among the last two standing 40% of the time. That is a ridiculous level of consistency and excellence. But is it a fair standard?The obvious answer is no. More importantly, I believe those inherent expectations make assessing this program a challenging endeavor. I had…
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size This feels like a massive moment for Australian rugby. Code hopper Joseph Aukuso-Suaalii will play his first pro game of rugby as starting outside centre for the Wallabies after being named to face England at Twickenham on Sunday (AEDT).The $5.35 million recruit from Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, has been named for his debut alongside Len Ikitau, as was exclusively revealed by The Roar early on Thursday.The 21-year-old last played a game of rugby 1864 days ago during the Australian Schoolboys’ upset…
British men’s number two Cameron Norrie continued his positive end to an injury-hit season by reaching the Moselle Open semi-finals.The 29-year-old moved into the last four with a 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 win over Belgium’s Zizou Bergs.The former world number eight is playing in only his third ATP event since July because of a forearm injury which ruled him out of the US Open.After being unable to take two match points in the second set tie-break, Norrie recovered to dominate the deciding set against 61st-ranked Bergs.”I should have had the tie-breaker in the second set but he played quicker than…
LAWRENCE OKOLIE can breathe a sigh of relief. After years of talking about moving to heavyweight he is now officially a part of the sport’s marquee division. The former WBO Cruiserweight and WBC Bridgerweight champion made it official with a double announcement last month. Having fought under the Matchroom and Boxxer banners in recent years Okolie is now a Queensberry fighter and the latest addition to a plethora of heavyweight talent which includes Daniel Dubois and Moses Itauma. Okolie will make his debut for Frank Warren’s outfit on December 7 against Hussein Mohamed, 18-1 (14 KOs), at Wembley Arena. Over…
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Fine, but unimaginative.That was Rory McIlroy’s view of his new swing, which he tried out for the first time competitively while shooting a 5-under 67 in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Thursday.It left the No. 3-ranked McIlroy five shots off the lead held by Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood in the first event of the European tour playoffs.Seeking a victory that would clinch a sixth yearlong Race to Dubai title, McIlroy returned to competitive action after a month away — most of which he spent shut away in a studio…
Giannis Antetokounmpo is not looking for a trade despite the Milwaukee Bucks’ early season struggles, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN. “Anytime a team like that is struggling, there’s certainly going to be questions about the future of Giannis Antetokounmpo. “He is not looking to be moved. Milwaukee is not looking for him to be moved. They’re looking to figure out what went wrong with this roster to start the season here. So, I think we can put away the fictional Giannis trade proposals for right now. There’s no concern from that front,” said Marks on NBA Today. The Bucks are…
It’s been a week since welterweight champion Belal Muhammad revealed news of a foot infection forced him out of UFC 310, and there’s been a lot of talk about what will happen with his opponent, Shavkhat Rakhmonov, but still nothing has been set. One possibility being talked about is for Rakhmonov to meet former 170-pound champ Kamaru Usman for an interim belt at the Dec. 7 pay-per-view event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. While Rakhmonov has lobbied for that matchup to take place, things are still up in the air. On Thursday’s episode of his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast…