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The Chicago Bulls continue to aggressively shop Zach LaVine, but trading him this season is “more pipedream than reality,” a source tells Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times. A major injury for another team or a significant shift in the current market would be necessary for a workable trade involving LaVine to materialize. LaVine signed a five-year, $215 million contract with the Bulls during his free agency in 2022. LaVine has three seasons at nearly $140 million remaining on his contract. LaVine has a player option for 26-27 worth $49 million that he almost certainly will pick up considering his…
Khabib Nurmagomedov is fine with Ilia Topuria challenging for the lightweight title. He just has to earn it first. Topuria, the UFC’s reigning featherweight champion, recently teased a move up to the 155-pound division before later clarifying that a decision on possibly changing decisions is yet to be made. In a segment on the Pound 4 Pound podcast, Nurmagomedov spoke to Henry Cejudo about the possibility of Topuria challenging Nurmagomedov’s close friend Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title in the future. “I think if he move up and he beat somebody like Dustin Poirier or Charles Oliveira, he’s next one…
Loyola Marymount Turns to David Carrasco as Water Polo Head Coach Loyola Marymount All-American David Carrasco is the next leader of its men’s water polo program, the school announced this weekend. Carrasco takes over for John Loughran, who retired this month after 40 seasons at the helm (including the last 28 for the men’s team), 672 wins and 15 appearances in the NCAA tournament. Carrasco played for LMU from 2019-22, named an All-American in 2021. He was the team’s associate head coach under Loughran, hired as an assistant for the 2023 season before a promotion in 2024. “I am so…
The Lotto team will downsize for 2025, with team manager Stéphane Heulot admitting that the Belgian ProTeam will not ride the Giro d’Italia next season and will have a reduced 25-rider roster. Furthermore, the team will not attempt to find a replacement for Maxim Van Gils, after he recently terminated his contract and moved to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. After losing Van Gils, Victor Campenaerts and Florian Vermeersch to wealthier WorldTour rivals, Lotto will instead count on the talent of young team leaders Arnaud De Lie, Lennert Van Eetvelt and Alec Segaert. The team’s seven new signs for 2025 include five development team…
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With another tennis year about to begin, please indulge your imagination for a moment.It is Monday, 30 June 2025 and we have just had this report from Wimbledon.”The defending ladies’ champion was the first player to walk out on to Centre Court this year, as The All England Club joined the other Grand Slams in a year of significant change.”Men have joined women in playing best-of-three sets in the first four rounds of a major, with all singles played over five sets from the quarter-finals onwards.”Change at this year’s Australian Open was well received. There was only one post-midnight finish…
NISA RODRIGUEZ (2-0) is a rising star in women’s boxing. In fact, in the higher weight divisions she is already one of the premier fighters in the world. On TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 she gets an opportunity to fight before hometown fans once again as she tackles a six-round feature bout at “Holiday Fight Night 3,” taking place at Sony Hall in Manhattan. It’s a presentation of BOXING INSIDER PROMOTIONS and televised live on DAZN, the leader in live streamed boxing. Rodriguez, who proudly represents Puerto Rico, grew up in the Bronx, and admits to having found trouble often as a…
Dec 15, 2024, 05:06 PM ETNAPLES, Fla. — Patty Tavatanakit holed a 25-foot birdie putt and Jake Knapp gave them the lead on the next hole with a tough pitch to set up birdie as the UCLA duo combined for a 7-under 65 on Sunday for a one-shot victory in the Grant Thornton Invitational.They won on their respective tours on the same day this year — Knapp at the Mexico Open, Tavatanakit at the Honda LPGA Thailand — and were equally impressive as a team, especially down the stretch at Tiburon Golf Club.Jeeno Thitikul, who won the LPGA finale at…
Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey will be active on the trade market leading up to February’s deadline, a source close to the Sixers informed ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. 76ers Trade Rumors: Philadelphia is $6.2 million under the second apron, owns multiple first-round draft picks This news isn’t surprising for a struggling 7-15 Sixers squad. The 76ers made four trades before last year’s deadline, and both Morey and head coach Nick Nurse are under pressure just to win games, never mind win a championship. Philadelphia has been patient with its All-Star trio of Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, and Paul…