Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, the first out gay active professional male tennis player, was just posting a selfie

Saturday, December 7, Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, a 24-year-old professional tennis player, did about the most normal thing anyone does these days. He posted a couple selfie on Instagram. It was his partner’s birthday, so he posted a sweet carousel of them posing by the water in Rio de Janeiro. “I love you so […]

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Women’s college basketball power rankings: Who’s raising USC’s offensive ceiling?

One of the most anticipated showdowns of the season is on the docket this week, as UConn and USC face off in a rematch of the 2024 Elite Eight in Hartford, Conn. Both teams boast top-10 offenses and defenses, per Her Hoop Stats, which generally indicates a national title contender. During the preseason, this game […]

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NFL Week 15 takeaways: Who leads MVP race: Allen or Lamar? Sizing up NFC Super Bowl contenders

Week 15’s early Sunday action showed us that even struggling teams still have fight in them — the Saints took the Commanders down to the wire, the Cowboys apparently took offense to their underdog status in Carolina and blasted the Panthers, and the Jets won a back-and-forth battle in Jacksonville with some throwback heroics: TAE […]

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Remembering Adam Johnson on an emotional night in Nottingham – ‘a guy team-mates would all love’

“Adam was described by those people as a great person, a fast skater, highly skilled with game-changing ability, a winner, but most importantly…” Omar Pacha has to stop talking to compose himself. The CEO of Nottingham Panthers is paying an emotional, impassioned tribute to Adam Johnson, the former NHL player who lost his life in […]

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Freddie Freeman’s World Series grand slam ball sells for $1.56 million: Where it ranks

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman ended Game 1 of the 2024 World Series with the first ever walk-off grand slam in World Series history. On Saturday night, the ball he hit sold for $1.56 million at auction, making it the third most expensive game-used baseball of all time. The Dodgers went on to […]

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Heisman winner Travis Hunter charted his own path and validated Deion Sanders as a coach

NEW YORK — After winning the Heisman Trophy, Colorado star Travis Hunter hugged his fiancee and then his mom. When he got to Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders, the hug lasted a little longer. He even went back in for another, putting his head on Sanders’ shoulder. You could hear Hunter getting choked up. “Appreciate you, […]

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Lindsey Vonn, at historic stop for women’s alpine, kicks off her World Cup return

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Before starting down the track, ski racers often receive course reports by radio, detailing conditions and delivered by teammates at the finish who skied the course ahead of them. It’s not every day those reports come from Lindsey Vonn, three-time Olympic medalist, 82-time World Cup winner and one of alpine skiing’s […]

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Man City 1 Man Utd 2 – Amad’s genius, Nunes’ errors and Amorim’s set-piece problem

Amad scored a brilliant late winner in the Manchester derby shortly after earning the penalty that had put Ruben Amorim’s team level as Manchester City crumbled in the closing stages at the Etihad Stadium. The main story before the game was Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho being left out of the United squad, with United […]

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Why has Bill Belichick’s hiring at UNC sparked skepticism? Let’s examine the reasons

Bill Belichick has amassed 333 total coaching victories in the NFL, second only to the late Don Shula. He coached the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl victories and served as defensive coordinator on two Super Bowl-winning editions of the New York Giants. He possesses a genius-level knowledge of the NFL, not just in […]

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‘I can’t believe it came to this’: His Lions fandom is his identity. He almost lost it

NORTHVILLE, Mich. — Fahad Yousif is two days removed from receiving something called a Certificate of Completion from the National Football League. It is dated Dec. 12. It is signed by Ari Novick, Ph.D., a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Laguna Beach, Calif. It is numbered “Cert #216932,” meaning 216,931 others presumably have received […]

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