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When it comes to being a young, aspiring GC contender and you’re in the same team as Tadej Pogačar, it can’t be straightforward. But according to Juan Ayuso, Pogačar’s teammate at UAE, who makes no secret of his own Grand Tour ambitions, that’s exactly why he likes it.As Ayuso sees it, Pogačar is the best racer in the world, and that makes the Slovenian what the 22-year-old calls ‘the one who sets the bar, and we try to reach it’ – even if such a mission is actually borderline impossible and Pogačar is operating in a league of his own.”My…
Stories Shotgun Spratling – December 18, 2024 LOS ANGELES — “Ball security is job security.”UCLA assistant coach Bryant Ward was talking to the Bruins during an early practice about the importance of bunt coverage, but the message was part of a larger focus that permeated UCLA’s fall.“Ball security, run prevention. Run prevention was definitely a focus in the fall,” head coach John Savage said. “We want to get back to Bruin pitching and Bruin defense.”The Bruins are coming off their worst season in Savage’s 20-year tenure at UCLA, where anything that could go wrong seemed to, beginning with injuries to…
If there is one place Australian rugby is in desperate need of depth, it’s the centres.The game of rugby has transformed since professionalism, with centres being required to not just serve in the defensive line, but be a chief attacking weapon, act as a second playmaker to take pressure off the flyhalf, serve as a vital tactical kicker, and more.Australia has had several exciting prospects over the last few years, with Samu Kerevi, Hunter Paisami and Len Ikitau combining in several combinations over the last few years. Ikitau has proven himself to be a dangerous attack weapon, and his combination…
By: Sean Crose One of the best things about being a fight fan is being able to look at the up and comers. Indeed, the sport of boxing is as much about the future as it is the present. Boxing Insider Promotions has, in just a few short years, made it’s mark on the rising fight scene, both in Manhattan as well as in Atlantic City. The promotional outlet kept the momentum going Tuesday night in the heart of midtown when Holiday Fight Night III went down at Sony Hall in Times’ Square. Sure enough, fans were treated to a…
Prostate Cancer UK, who deliver The Big Golf Race, the biggest fundraiser in golf has partnered with pioneering golf software company Trackman, to provide golfers around the UK the chance to take part in an innovative indoor virtual golf challenge this winter. The Big Golf Race Winter Shoot-Out begins on Wednesday 1st January, 2025 and is a three round, 9-hole, stroke play tournament taking place on the front nine of three iconic Major golfing venues – St Andrews, Evian Resort and Bethpage Black, also the host of the 2025 Ryder Cup. Each round, open for a month at-a-time will have…
The New Orleans Pelicans are reportedly winning to discuss trading every player on its roster except Herb Jones, Yves Missi, and Trey Murphy III. The team is currently locked in contract discussions with Brandon Ingram. The Pelicans are looking for Ingram to take pay cut of around $40 million per season to extend, with Ingram looking for closer to $50 million per year. It was also reported earlier this month that the team have no interest in waiving Zion Williamson.
UFC 311 promises to start the year off with a bang. The UFC rolls into 2025 with its first pay-per-view headlined by Pound-for-Pound king Islam Makhachev (26-1) defending his lightweight title against Arman Tsarukyan (22-3), and Merab Dvalishvili (18-4) defending the bantamweight title against the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0). There is plenty of bad blood in both matchups and you can get a taste of the rivalries in the newly released trailer below. Makhachev defeated Tsarukyan in April 2019, when Tsarukyan was making his UFC debut on short notice. Since then, Makhachev has continued his dominant run, which includes three…
Luke Hobson, Jillian Cox Return From Worlds to Lead Texas to Sweep of Georgia Seventy-two hours earlier, Luke Hobson was in Budapest, winning a short course world title and a world record in the 200-meter freestyle. Now back with his University of Texas team in Austin, Hobson returned to yards and led his team to a dominant dual meet win over the University of Georgia, scoring 224 points to the Bulldogs’ 74. The Texas women also had a world championship medalist back home and racing well as Jillian Cox won her lone event to lead her team over Georgia by a 190-104…
Project Echelon Racing returns in 2025 at the Continental level for a third year our of eight seasons, confirming a 15-rider roster looking to replicate, or go bigger, than their 26 race wins from this past season. Veterans Stephen Bassett, Brendan Rhim and Scott McGill form a solid base with long-term objectives fixed on representation at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.Leading the squad since 2022, Tyler Stites heads to Caja Rural-Seguros RGA on a two-year contract. The 26-year-old all-rounder has finished on the podium at US Pro nationals in the time trial or road race each of the last…
Image credit: © Ken Blaze-Imagn Images We’re currently hard at work on the 2025 Baseball Prospectus Annual, which will head to the presses in early January and should hit shelves not long after. For those not familiar, the Annual previews all of baseball, analyzing nearly 2,000 players, the game’s top 101 prospects, and provides a unique essay for every team. What follows is last year’s essay for the Chicago White Sox, written by Sox Machine beat writer and BP alumnus James Fegan. It was published before the true horrors of the 2024 season came to light, but you’ll find that…