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Luke Plapp couldn’t have started 2024 off on a better path when he won the dual Australian titles in January but the smooth sailing didn’t continue. Crashes at important junctures and illness curtailed the run, but the 23-year-old is far from discouraged as even with the obstacles, the progress continued.In the first four months of the year there was a sixth overall at Paris-Nice and a second on stage 4 of the race plus a Tour de Romandie stage podium to add to the national titles he scooped up in January. Then at his Giro d’Italia debut in May there…
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As the English clubs, by and large, took a step forward, and the South African sides had a weekend to forget, Toulouse motored on with the minimum of fuss and the maximum of class.Having scored 61 points and nine tries in beating Ulster last weekend, they improved on that in an emphatic 64-21 victory at Exeter, crossing the line 10 times.The European champions had the bonus point – and realistically, the victory – secured before half-time in Devon, but did not ease up after the interval. Having scored five tries in the first half, they scored five in the second…
Junior welterweight TERELL BOSTIC (13-2, 2 KO’s) is a red-hot fighter right now. Riding a five-bout winning streak, he’s aiming for big game in the 140-pound weight class. Now he returns to the scene of his last defeat as he participates in “Holiday Fight Night 3,” taking place at Manhattan’s Sony Hall on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17. It’s being presented by BOXING INSIDER PROMOTIONS and televised live on DAZN, the leader in live streamed boxing. Bostic’s story begins in Wyandanch, NY, in Suffolk County on Long Island. He ultimately found that boxing gave him a sense of direction. Prior to that,…
Dec 15, 2024, 05:40 PM ETPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Lanto Griffin holed a 40-foot putt for eagle on his first hole that sent him to a 7-under 63 in the final round of Q-school, the leader of six players who earned PGA Tour cards for next year.Griffin was the medalist at 9-under 271, but all that mattered was being among the top five and ties to get full status as the PGA Tour goes through sharp changes that include smaller fields starting in 2025.Hayden Buckley (67) and former world No. 1 amateur Takumi Kanaya of Japan (69) also made…
Safe to say, this Denver Nuggets season is not going according to plan. Sitting sixth in the West at 13-10 entering play on Sunday, Denver hasn’t won more than two in a row in over a month and look short of being true title contenders. Most recently, Nikola Jokic dropping 56 points, 16 rebounds, and eight assists wasn’t enough to prevent a loss to the league-worst Wizards. Bear in mind, Washington had lost 16 straight games entering that contest. Jokic is having another monstrous season, second in the league in points at 31.5 per game, second in rebounds at 13.3,…
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images TAMPA, Fla. — UFC lightweight Michael Johnson reflects on his knockout win over Ottman Azaitar at UFC Tampa, the longevity of his career, the backing of the MMA community, and calls for a rematch with Justin Gaethje.
15 years after the end of the infamous “super suit” era in swimming, the final chapters of one of the most intense record-breaking eras of the sport are just now being written. That includes the conclusion of the so-called American “suit gap” records, which were records that were the fastest ever done by an American, but that were never recognized by USA Swimming as American Records because of a quirk in the rules. With the 30 World Records set this week at the World Short Course Swimming Championships evoking memories of the 2009 World Championships when a record seemed to…
Belgian cyclocross champion Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) faces his season being impacted once again by nerve pain in his back.The 27-year-old arrived in Namur targeting overall victory in the UCI World Cup, having won the series for the second time last year.However, the cruel nature of steep and slippery banks, resulting in hard running sections, came back to haunt Iserbyt once again.From the opening lap the Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal rider was struggling on the steep run-ups and fell down the pack. By the second lap Iserbyt dropped down to 24th and was seen clutching his leg in discomfort.After changing…
Quake Show celebration at the 2024 Ivy League Tournament (Shotgun Spratling) Stories Joe Healy – December 11, 2024 For those of us in and around college baseball, we are unfortunately bound together by the fact that we all have a story about when it was that we knew the college baseball season in 2020 was, in fact, over. And for better or worse, as it was happening, those in the Ivy League got a bit of a head start in processing that news and figuring out what it meant. News broke with a press release at 3:00 PM on March 11, 2020,…