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Former NBA star Rajon Rondo avoided a jail sentence Tuesday when he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun possession charge in Jackson County, Indiana. According to court records, as part of a plea deal, Rondo pleaded guilty to unlawful carrying of a handgun. Two separate charges of marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed. Rondo was placed on probation for 180 days and ordered to pay all costs associated with the case. The four-time All-Star guard was originally arrested on Jan. 28 after a traffic stop. Rajojn Rondo avoids jail time, reaches plea deal in Indiana https://t.co/5okpKPWMEl pic.twitter.com/sPE9V2RFgq…
Valentina Shevchenko isn’t vibing with Alexa Grasso’s take on what she needs to do in order to regain the women’s flyweight title at UFC 306. Ahead of the first women’s trilogy fight in company history at Noche UFC on Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews), reigning champion Grasso (16-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) told MMA Junkie that she thinks Shevchenko (23-4-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC) “waits too much” when fighting and needs to compete with some aggression when they meet for the third consecutive time. Shevchenko found that analysis nothing short of amusing. “So she is planning to…
Jeff Cavana, a former head coach of the LSU Swimming and Diving program for four seasons, died this week. He was 67. Cavana became LSU’s head swimming coach in August of 2000 after serving as an assistant coach for the Tigers for 10 seasons. Cavana joined LSU as an assistant to then-head coach Rick Meador in 1989. He was promoted to head coach of the Tiger swimming program when Meador stepped down in 2000. As a head coach and assistant coach, Cavana helped lead the LSU women’s team to a top-20 national ranking in nine of his 16 seasons, while…
Just 24 hours after he inherited the Vuelta a España points classification lead when Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) crashed out, Australian sprinter Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) boosted his advantage in that classification to the maximum by netting his third stage win of the 2024 race.For Groves and the other fast men in the 2024 Vuelta a España, there were no more sprint stages on offer after Wednesday’s hilly, waterlogged run to Santander. There was a distinct air of now-or-never as the rain teemed down in the northern region of Cantabria and a four-man break did their utmost to outwit…
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West Ham United are reportedly eyeing a move to bring Joel Matip back to the Premier League.Matip joined Liverpool on a free transfer from Schalke 04 in 2016 and became a key player in the Reds’ success under Jurgen Klopp.Over his eight-year spell at Anfield, he made 201 appearances, helping the club secure their sixth Champions League title, their first Premier League title in 30 years, as well as the FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, and two League Cups.Jurgen Klopp’s high praise for Joel MatipUpon Matip’s departure from Liverpool at the end of last season, Klopp spoke highly of the…
Felix Jones has let Steve Borthwick and English rugby down. Big time.So too has Aled Walters, but to a slightly lesser degree. Their departures from the national set-up in the last few weeks have thrown the side’s progression into disarray ahead of a stacked autumn series. Tom Tombleson, a fitness coach, has also moved on. These losses are highly significant and the silence from the RFU is deafening more than seven days after we first heard Jones had jumped ship. The situation does not cover anyone in a positive light.Jones joined England with significant pedigree after winning back-to-back World Cups with South Africa. …
Frances Tiafoe set up a US Open semi-final against Taylor Fritz to guarantee there will be an American man in the singles final in New York for the first time in 18 years.Andy Roddick was the last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title when he triumphed at Flushing Meadows in 2003.Roddick was also the last American man to reach a US Open final, having lost to Roger Federer there in 2006.But the wait for a home finalist will soon be over after Fritz ended his run of Grand Slam quarter-final disappointment by edging out Alexander Zverev 7-6…
By Matt Bozeat SIXTY years ago, one of Britain’s greatest fighters was facing up to life without boxing. On August 22, 1964, in a ring in Malta, Randolph Turpin threw his last punch. Banned from boxing by the British Boxing Board of Control because of health concerns and troubled by debt, Turpin picked up what would prove to be his boxing pay day by stopping Charles Seguna in the second round on cuts. Less than two years later, he was dead, with an inquest ruling he had committed suicide. ‘The Leamington Licker’ left behind the Lonsdale belt and memories of…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:06 AM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaFans won’t have to wait until the Masters in April to watch golfers from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League compete in the same event.PGA Tour stars Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler have agreed to face LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match in Las Vegas in mid-December.”I’m thrilled to partner with Scottie in what promises to be an exciting duel against Bryson and Brooks in Vegas this December,” McIlroy…