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Jordan Woolery blast lifts UCLA over Alabama at Women's College World Series
Jordan Woolery delivered a three-run home run in the sixth inning to lift UCLA to a 4-1 win over Alabama in the opening round of the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.,The Bruins (43-10) will take on the Oklahoma-Duke winner Saturday while the Crimson Tide (38-19) will play the Oklahoma-...
UConn's Alex Karaban, Alabama's Mark Sears withdraw from NBA draft
Two-time defending champion UConn will have one starter returning after forward Alex Karaban announced Wednesday afternoon that he is withdrawing from the NBA draft and staying with the Huskies.,Others to reverse course on Wednesday included second-team All-America guard Mark Sears, who is staying a...
UConn F Alex Karaban withdraws from NBA draft
Two-time defending champion UConn will have one starter returning after forward Alex Karaban announced Wednesday afternoon that he is withdrawing from the NBA draft and staying with the Huskies.,Karaban, a rising junior, made the announcement on social media before the deadline of 11:59 p.m. ET Wedn...
Aryna Sabalenka cruises, Alize Cornet retires at French Open
Second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka coasted to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Erika Andreeva on Tuesday in their first-round match at the French Open in Paris.,Sabalenka, of Belarus, recorded 27 winners against 16 unforced errors and broke the Russian's serve five times to capture the match in 68 minutes,Also on Tue...
WTA roundup: Two Americans reach Strasbourg semifinals
Americans Danielle Collins and Madison Keys are on to the semifinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg after matching 6-1, 6-3 victories on Thursday in France.,Collins, the No. 3 seed, eased past France's Clara Burel in 63 minutes by winning a tidy 22 of her 29 first-service points (75.9 percent)....
French Open: Iga Swiatek heavy favorite despite tough draw
Iga Swiatek is a heavy favorite to win her fourth career French Open title despite facing a potentially difficult gauntlet of opponents at Roland Garros.,Swiatek, who turns 23 next week, was announced as the top seed on Thursday. BetRivers oddsmakers installed her as the -150 favorite to win the wom...
WTA roundup: Top seeds advance in Strasbourg
Top seed Marketa Vondrousova dropped the first set but recovered to squash qualifier Magdalena Frech 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France on Wednesday.,Frech, from Poland, was striving for her first win ever over a Top-10 player, but the Czech prevailed in two hours, 13 minute...
WTA roundup: Sara Sorribes Tormo endures marathon in Rabat
No. 3 seed Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain advanced to her first quarterfinal of the year when she defeated Argentina's Nadia Podoroska 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem on Tuesday in Rabat, Morocco.,In a match that lasted just shy of three hours, Sorribes Tormo broke her op...
WTA roundup: Top two seeds go down in Rabat
Italian qualifier Camilla Rosatello dug deep to pull out an upset of No. 1 seed Yue Yuan of China, winning 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem on Monday in Rabat, Morocco.,Rosatello trailed 5-3, 40-30 in the first set before saving 12 set points acros...
WTA roundup: Anhelina Kalinina scores upset in Strasbourg
Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine upset No. 8 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 on the first day of the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Sunday in France.,Kalinina won 65.5 percent of her first-service points (38 of 58) and nearly half her first-return points (27 of 55) in the two-hour...
No. 1 Iga Swiatek beats No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka for third title in Rome
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek won her third Internazionali BNL d'Italia in four years on Saturday, defeating No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-3 in Rome.,It was the eighth win for Swiatek, from Poland, in 11 meetings against her rival from Belarus. It also was the ninth straight win in a singles final for Swia...
Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka set up rematch in Rome final
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka won their respective semifinal matches at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Thursday in Rome, setting the stage for a rematch in the final on Saturday.,Swiatek disposed of third-seeded Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-3 in a one-hour, 47-minute match, while Sabale...
Aryna Sabalenka, Danielle Collins to square off in Rome semifinals
Any worries about Aryna Sabalenka's ailing lower back were put to rest Wednesday when the World No. 2 defeated Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-4 in an efficient 72 minutes to move into the semifinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.,"I was testing my body on the warmup and I felt, 'OK, I'm probab...
Aryna Sabalenka survives three match points to make Rome quarters
World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka saved three match points en route to defeating No. 16 seed Elina Svitolina 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) in a late-night marathon in the Round of 16 of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Monday in Rome.,Sabalenka also endured an injury to her lower back/hip area that required a long ...
This week in the NFL March 09, 2024
Back in 2021, Britt Reid, then the Chiefs’ linebackers coach and son of celebrated Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left team headquarters drunk, smashed his truck into two cars stopped on the side of the interstate at 84 mph, and put five-year-old Ariel Young into a coma. Young sustained a ...
Andy Reid's son gets break his DUI victim didn't; Emmitt Smith is right about DEI; Kelce retires for real this time
Back in 2021, Britt Reid, then the Chiefs’ linebackers coach and son of celebrated Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left team headquarters drunk, smashed his truck into two cars stopped on the side of the interstate at 84 mph, and put five-year-old Ariel Young into a coma. Young sustained a ...
15 most memorable women's March Madness moments
As the women’s sports movement grows, the March Madness tournament grows with it. Things like fan attendance and viewership are all growing because people want to watch these exciting athletes compete in some of the biggest moments of their careers. Each year of the tournament seemingly gets more ex...
Nick Saban retired, so why is he acting like he was forced out?
For those of us who hoped Nick Saban retiring would be the end of Nick Saban, this idle/jilted version of him might be even more insufferable. In an ESPN story about how Alabama pivoted from Saban to Kalen Deboer in 49 hours, the seven-time title winner revealed that “player attitudes” and the NIL e...
Russell Wilson, the most sound and fury signifying the most nothing
One can’t help but wonder if Russell Wilson had just thrown that last pass in Super Bowl 49 into the third row how the rest of it might have played out. Seattle would likely have had consecutive Super Bowls, he’d be a god in the PNW, and perhaps everyone would have had more patience for the mountain...
The most realistic (and logical) option for the Buccaneers now is Baker Mayfield
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have decided to keep wide receiver Mike Evans in the fold for a couple more years, announcing an agreement on an extension Monday. Now Baker Mayfield is sitting around waiting for that same call or text from his agent with the same news Evans received. It only makes sense af...