A’ja Wilson named unanimous WNBA MVP: How Aces star forward earned league honor for third time

As the Las Vegas Aces begin their quest for a third consecutive WNBA championship, their star forward, A’ja Wilson, will lead the team having received the league’s highest honor. On Sunday, Wilson was named the 2024 WNBA MVP, becoming only the second player ever to win the award unanimously and the first since the Houston […]

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Manchester City vs Arsenal: Handling Haaland, set-piece threat – and does Arteta need the three points?

Heading into this Premier League weekend, Manchester City were top of the table and Arsenal were in second place. It all feels extremely familiar. In 2022-23, Arsenal lost home and away to City, and finished five points behind them. Last season, Arsenal beat City in London but drew with them in Manchester and ended up […]

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Lando Norris wins F1’s Singapore Grand Prix, tightens title fight with Max Verstappen

Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula 1. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday.  Lando Norris wins his third Formula One race of the season, taking the Singapore Grand Prix 20 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen. This narrows the driver championship gap to 52 points, with […]

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What I’m hearing: Steelers ready to cook with Fields, Herbert and Love updates, Bryce Young’s reality

The hot dogs are out of my house. Something about the way Mike Tomlin emphasized how we don’t want to know what’s in them forced me to chuck them … maybe forever. Mike Tomlin just compared the Steelers locker room to a hot dog. pic.twitter.com/Fxsl12h1nv — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 17, 2024 Tomlin’s 2-0 Steelers […]

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Arch Manning’s first career start: Two TDs, two INTs and several lessons as Texas routs ULM

Texas redshirt freshman quarterback Arch Manning’s highly anticipated starting debut had its share of ups and downs, but the Longhorns dominated overmatched Louisiana-Monroe 51-3 on Saturday night before 102,850 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Manning, the son of Cooper Manning, nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning and grandson of Archie Manning, finished 15 of […]

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NFL Week 3 roundtable: Bryce Young’s benching, Saints’ hot start and unbeaten matchups

Four of the NFL’s nine unbeaten teams meet Sunday, which should provide some buzz, albeit so early in the season. While C.J. Stroud’s Houston Texans meet the resurgent Sam Darnold’s Minnesota Vikings, Justin Herbert — questionable with a high ankle sprain as of Friday — and the Los Angeles Chargers meet the Pittsburgh Steelers, who […]

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The 3 biggest highlights from Juan Soto’s gutsy performance in huge win over A’s

OAKLAND — Juan Soto didn’t feel great. When he woke up Friday morning, his left knee was stiff, swollen and achy. The night prior, he slammed it into the wall making a sliding catch at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, and with just nine games left in the season and a month until his hotly anticipated […]

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Matt Chapman, Logan Webb embrace long-term leadership roles with Giants

BALTIMORE — Logan Webb was a teenage pitching prospect, just a couple months removed from his high school graduation, when he received his unofficial welcome to professional baseball. It was not a gracious welcome. And Matt Chapman delivered it. Webb was pitching for the Giants’ instructional league team in Arizona in the fall of 2014. […]

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Built with intention: F1 Academy’s car was chosen with the series’ goals in mind

Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula 1. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday.  One of the biggest critiques F1 Academy faces from new fans is that the cars are, to their eyes, fairly slow. Some fans have likened it to a tractor. Even […]

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ATP Next Gen Finals: Who is in the race to Jeddah? And how will the event evolve?

This article is part of The Next Generation series. As the greats, such as Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal become the past, and Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek handle the present, The Athletic explores the next generation: the rising stars who will be tasked with securing tennis’ future. Over the last seven years the ATP […]

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