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Austin Reaves has solidified himself as an essential piece of the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship aspirations. Rob Pelinka expressed confidence in Reaves’ ability to thrive alongside two of the greatest players of all-time in LeBron James and Luka Doncic. “My theory is basketball geniuses that love to win, find ways to work and click together,” Pelinka told ESPN. “And we knew LeBron was a basketball savant, wants to win at the highest level. Obviously Luka Doncic, basketball savant, wants to win at the highest level. And AR is coming into his own there. He gets the game, he sees it.…
UFC on ESPN 65 took place this past Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, producing a key move in the featherweight division. In the main event, undefeated Lerone Murphy won a clear unanimous decision over former interim title challenger Josh Emmett. Murphy entered the week at No. 12 in the 145-pound division, but after his second main event win, lands at No. 8 in this week’s rankings update. Check out all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings.
Landon D’Ariano has announced he will transfer to NC State for the upcoming 2025-2026 season. D’Ariano just finished his freshman season at Texas. D’Ariano was one of eight men from Texas to enter the portal on the day that it opened. He did not swim at SECs for the team despite being an ‘Honorable Mention’ ranked recruit coming out of high school. D’Ariano is the second freshman to transfer out of Texas as Jeremy Kelly announced he will join Notre Dame this fall. Although he did not swim at SECs, his best times would have scored at the meet. He…
The UCI has delivered a hefty penalty to Lars Forster (Thömus maxon) and Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM) for defying the regulations cutting the UCI Whoop Mountain Bike World Series elite cross-country Olympic (XCO) podiums down to three. The fourth and fifth placed duo jumped onto the elite men’s podium at Brazil’s opening round on Sunday in a move to support a widespread rider campaign to keep the long-embedded five-rider podium alive.Ahead of the start of competition more than 120 riders, including the entire men’s and women’s top 30, had put their names to a statement strongly objecting to the move to…
In Episode 449, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the Craig’s endless cough and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Good: The Giants, the Mets bullpen, and Wilyer Abreu are off to very strong starts.2. The Vlad: Vladimir Guerrero, jr signs a mega-extension with the Jays. Patrick isn’t here, but ther est of us are ambivalent.3. The Ugly: The White Sox are bad again, some pitching staffs are underperforming early, and Victor Robles suffers an awful shoulder injury.4. What to Watch: An NL East showdown, two purported playof contenders off to mediocre starts, and the Keller Fellers are the…
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Rugby players are a strange breed. They train hard, put themselves through enormous physical pain, sacrifice many comforts in life, and engage in extremely bizarre activities in full view of the general public, all in service to a game which I think we can all agree is utterly meaningless. It takes a special kind of personality to pack into a scrum knowing that what you are about to endure will serve no greater purpose. And yet they do it, and we are glad for…
Earlier, former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini battled back from a set down to knock out German top seed Alexander Zverev.Defeat for second-ranked Zverev means that Jannik Sinner is guaranteed to remain as world number one when he returns from his three-month doping ban at the Italian Open in May.Zverev twice broke Berrettini’s serve in a commanding opening set but the Italian seized his first opportunity of the match in set two to force a decider.Berrettini served for the match at 5-3 in the third, but Zverev responded with a good return game to level the set.However, Berrettini broke once again…
By: Sean Crose “I have just received a cold and impersonal notification from Dmitry Bivol lawyer, Patrick English,” Mauricio Sulaiman, head of the World Boxing Council, stated on social media Monday, “with arguments that are so ridiculous that I rather not discuss informing the WBC that Dmitry Bivol has decided to relinquish his WBC light heavyweight championship. We wish Bivol success and hereby confirm David Benavidez as WBC world light heavyweight champion” And so the undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world is undisputed no longer. Bivol was recently left with a choice – fighting arch rival Artur Beterbiev for…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau said he is getting “super close” to finding the perfect driver head to suit his powerful game at this week’s Masters, where he will look to build on his career-best finish at the tournament a year ago.The two-time major champion got off to a hot start at Augusta National last year, carding an opening round 65 to take the 18-hole lead before finishing tied for sixth.DeChambeau, a physics degree holder nicknamed “The Scientist” for his calculated approach to the game, wrote notes on the bottom of different driver heads with a red Sharpie at the…
We have news of yet another a college freshman who feels ready to taste the Draft waters in the next couple of months, but will play it safe as he maintains his college eligibility. Were are talking about Tahaad Pettiford, whose shot creation, shotmaking and scoring instincts have stood out to NBA scouts. He told ESPN on Monday that he feels ready for the challenge. “I’m looking for an NBA team that values my skill set and sees my long-term potential,” said the Auburn star. “The right fit and organization that values me. I’ll sit down with my family and…