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Fall Report Mike Rooney – October 11, 2024 At the time of last fall’s report on the Cougs, things were in disarray. The Pac-12 had imploded, and this once proud program was left holding the bag. Or holding no bag as it were. One could argue that the uncertainty was more damming than even a bad hand would have been.The outlook for 2025 and beyond is much improved. WSU committed to playing baseball in the Mountain West for the next two seasons, giving Nathan Choate’s program a much-needed home. And now the Pac-12 is back in play. There are clearly…
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Ireland legend Johnny Sexton says he’s seen enough to believe “genius” Joe Schmidt can turn around the Wallabies and make them a competitive foe for the Lions, starting with their Spring Tour Tests in Europe.Sexton, who won Six Nations titles under Schmidt with the Irish, was doing the podcast rounds this week to promote his autobiography Obsessed.On The Good, The Bad and The Rugby podcast Sexton was asked if the Wallabies coach still had the necessary X-factor as a national coach.It was put to…
Serbia’s Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam titles – a men’s record – and claimed a long-awaited Olympic gold earlier this year.The 37-year-old will face American world number seven Taylor Fritz in Saturday’s semi-final as he bids for a landmark 100th title.Fritz, 26, comfortably beat Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3 6-4 on Friday to book his place in the last four. It extended a run that has seen Fritz progress past the third round for the first time in Shanghai.Djokovic, who will now compete in a 78th Masters 1,000 semi-final, said he was motivated by matches against the upcoming generation.”It keeps…
Curmel Moton works prior to his East Coast debut in Philadelphia (Photo by Ike Richman/Swift Promotions). by Joseph Santoliquito | PHILADELPHIA, PA — Curmel Moton did not want his father to hear him. He did not want anyone to hear him, nor see him. So, he curled up and locked himself in a hotel bathroom stall and let the tears slide down his face bleeding the disappointment through his eyes, while trying to muffle his sobs. For a moment, his spirit was broken, shattered in the National Silver Gloves 70-pound final loss to a fighter named Breishaun Johnson, someone Moton had…
Oct 11, 2024, 06:06 AM ETSHANGHAI — Sei Young Kim of South Korea held on to her lead with a 2-under 70 in the second round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai tournament on Friday.Kim has a two-round total of 12-under 132 after opening with 62 — her lowest round of the season — as she looks for her first victory in 2024.Kim was one shot ahead of Lucy Li of the United States and Mao Saigo of Japan. Li shot a 4-under 68 and Saigo carded a 7-under 65.Two of the LPGA’s top players — Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko…
The New York Knicks are $300,000 below the “second apron” following their trades for Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges. The Knicks are not allowed to exceed the second apron at any point this season. It’s been great execution of a plan. It’s five years in the making,” Tom Thibodeau said. “It’s accumulating the draft capital, and looking at the opportunities and going step by step and figuring out the things you can do.” There were a couple of key instances where the Knicks were able to lower their 24-25 cap to eventually execute the Towns’ trade. For example, Jalen Brunson’s…
LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC Fight Night 244 (ESPN+) fighter weigh-ins at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). Among those weighing in are recent flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval (16-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) and Tatsuro Taira (16-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), who meet in the main event, and JunYong Park (17-6 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Brad Tavares (20-9 MMA, 15-9 UFC), who fight in the middleweight co-feature. The full UFC Fight Night 244 weigh-in results include: MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET) Brandon…
On today’s inaugural College Swimming Podcast, hosts Brendan “Dirty Double” Burns and Aislinn “Bruin Buckeye” Walsh sit down with IU’s Anna Peplowski to discuss Anna’s recent successes, including a walk-off Big Ten team championship and an Olympic silver medal in Paris. Anna also discusses the pros and cons of having her sister, Noelle, as a teammate and coach, and Anna reveals which Olympians she would like to join on a podcast. All of that and more on the first edition of the SwimSwam College Swimming Podcast.
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) will not be taking part in Il Lombardia this year, with his name not appearing on the definitive startlist that was published late on Friday evening.The British racer recently impressed in the Giro dell’Emilia by taking second place behind Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) in atrocious weather conditions, and then went on to finish 15th in the Gran Piemonte in the main chasing group behind breakaway Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost).However, when race organisers RCS published the start list for Saturday’s Il Lombardia on Friday evening, Pidcock – considered a contender for the final European Classic of…
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