Editor’s note: This article is part of the College Football Playoff Prospectus, previewing and predicting the top CFP contenders and Power 4 conferences for the upcoming season. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jack Sawyer was the first recruit to commit to Ohio State in the first class Ryan Day put together from scratch as head coach. The five-star defensive […]
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The Seattle Storm and forward Gabby Williams agreed to a rest-of-season contract, the team announced Tuesday. The deal comes after Williams led the French national team in points (15.5) and assists (2.3) en route to earning a silver medal at the Paris Olympics and nearly defeating the Americans. Williams, 27, played a career-low 10 games […]
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Jannik Sinner, the men’s tennis world No 1, has received an anti-doping sanction after twice testing positive for a banned substance. An independent tribunal has ruled that Sinner bears “no fault or negligence” for both positive tests, but Sinner has been stripped of his ranking points, prize money, and results from the BNP Paribas Open […]
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It’s off and running: Premier League season 33 has kicked into action and should the title race goes the distance, nine months and one week from now we will know if, on the banks of the Thames at Fulham, Manchester City have confirmed a fifth consecutive triumph or, at Southampton, if Arsenal have become champions […]
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At a recent celebration, members of SLAM magazine’s staff, past and present over the last 30-plus years, couldn’t believe it. The Hall of Fame. Really? SLAM in the Hall of Fame? Founder Dennis Page and the publication were honored by the James Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with the Curt Gowdy Transformative Media Award […]
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By Grant Brisbee, Kaitlyn McGrath and Stephen J. Nesbitt Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results. We’re approaching the business end of the season. With six weeks remaining, the postseason races are coming into […]
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Why isn’t Gabby Williams playing in the WNBA? It’s a question that Williams has had to reckon with too many times over the past four years, and one that is once again at the forefront after the former UConn guard’s dominant showing at the Paris Olympics. As Williams debates a return to the league she […]
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new video loaded: Democrats Share Their Wish List for Harris transcript Back transcript Democrats Share Their Wish List for Harris We posed a question to Democratic National Convention attendees in Chicago: If Kamala Harris wins, what is the first thing you want her to do as president? On the first day in office. First day […]
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Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. Welcome back to college football, now bigger and weirder than ever. We only have nine conference championship games this year. There’s a 12-team College Football Playoff. Conferences stretch literally from coast to coast. And the size of the Football Bowl […]
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The NFL made dramatic changes to its kickoff rules in March with the intention of boosting the number of kickoff returns while also mitigating the risk of a high rate of significant injuries. Although it’s too early to make concrete judgments, the results from the preseason indicate that the number of kickoff returns could increase […]
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