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Hawks select Zaccharie Risacher No. 1 overall in 2024 NBA Draft
The Atlanta Hawks selected forward Zaccharie Risacher with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft on Wednesday night.,Risacher comes out of France, where he most recently played for JL Bourg-en-Bresse of LNB Elite, the country's premier division of professional basketball.,In 32 games last sea...
Monday June 24 Best Sports Betting Picks For Stanley Cup Final Game 7 & Soccer Predictions
These are our top betting picks and predictions for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals and Copa America....
Five NFL Players With The Most To Prove in 2024
Every year, NFL players report to training camp with a lot to prove. But these five guys have a ton on the line in 2024....
Countdown to Copa America: Teams, Underdogs, Names to Know
Here's our full preview of the 2024 Copa America soccer tournament with a breakdown of teams and players to follow....
Bucs' first-round C Graham Barton signs contract
Center Graham Barton signed his four-year rookie contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday. ,The team announced the signing but not the terms for Barton, who was selected with the 26th overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Duke. Multiple reports said the fully guaranteed deal is worth a...
Iowa's Ava Jones medically retiring from basketball
Iowa's Ava Jones is medically retiring from college basketball, two years after sustaining serious injuries in a car crash that killed her father.,Jones, from Nickerson, Kan., was with her parents and brother on July 5, 2022, standing on a sidewalk when they were struck by an allegedly intoxicated d...
Sterling Shepard: Baker Mayfield text led to signing with Bucs
Sterling Shepard credited quarterback Baker Mayfield for putting the wheels in motion that led to the veteran wide receiver signing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.,Shepard told the New York Post that Mayfield reached out to him last week.,"I got a text from my boy and I just thought it was (a) 'regular ol...
Reports: WR Sterling Shepard reaches deal with Bucs
Wide receiver Sterling Shepard has agreed to terms on a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, multiple media outlets reported Thursday.,Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed for Shepard, who will see a familiar face in quarterback Baker Mayfield. The two were teammates at Oklahom...
Crazy Raccoon sink Falcons, win OWCS Major Dallas
Crazy Raccoon downed Team Falcons 4-2 on Sunday in the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series 2024 Major in Dallas.,After earning a 2-1 victory on Oasis and falling 3-1 on New Junk City, Crazy Raccoon took control of the match by taking Watchpoint: Gibraltar 2-0 and New Queen Street 1-0. Team...
Falcons, Raccoon step into upper-bracket final at OWCS Major Dallas
Team Falcons and Crazy Raccoon swept into the upper-bracket final on Saturday at the Overwatch Champions Series 2024 Major in Dallas.,The Falcons dispatched Spacestation in three maps, and the Raccoon did likewise to the Toronto Defiant. Those winners will meet Sunday for a berth in the grand final ...
Four teams sweep to upper-bracket semis at OWCS Major Dallas
Spacestation, Team Falcons, Crazy Raccoon and Toronto Defiant all posted 3-0 victories in the upper-bracket quarterfinals on Friday at the Overwatch Champions Series 2024 Major in Dallas.,In Round 1 of the lower bracket, M80 earned a 3-0 victory and ENCE advanced with a 3-1 win. ,All matches in the ...
D-backs place RHP Zac Gallen (hamstring) on 15-day IL
The Arizona Diamondbacks placed ace right-hander Zac Gallen on the 15-day injured list Friday due to a right hamstring strain.,Arizona recalled right-hander Slade Cecconi from Triple-A Reno in a corresponding move, keeping its 40-man roster at 39 members.,Gallen lasted just six pitches in his Thursd...
Vancouver's Rick Tocchet named NHL Coach of the Year
First-time finalist Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks won the Jack Adams Award on Wednesday as the NHL's 2023-24 coach of the year.,The trophy honors the head coach who has "contributed the most to his team's success," voted on by members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association.,Tocchet, in his fir...
Reports: LaMelo Ball, Hornets sued by North Carolina mother
A North Carolina woman has filed a lawsuit against Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and the team, contending Ball struck her then-11-year-old son with his SUV.,USA Today and ESPN, whom reviewed the lawsuit, said Wednesday that Tamaria McRae alleges that her son approached Ball's vehicle as he was...
Scottie Scheffler fires 66 following 'huge misunderstanding,' arrest
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested and charged with four offenses, including one felony, prior to the start of the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday morning.,Scheffler shot a second-round 66 after returning to the course in the vehicle of one of the co-owners of Valhalla ...
Scottie Scheffler arrested at PGA Championship, calls it 'big misunderstanding'
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested and charged with four offenses, including one felony, prior to the start of the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday morning.,He was released from custody after being booked at the Louisville (Ky.) Metro Department of Corrections, his mug s...
Scottie Scheffler arrested at PGA Championship, expected to play second round
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested and charged with four offenses, including one felony, prior to the start of the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday morning.,He was released from custody after being booked at the Louisville (Ky.) Metro Department of Corrections, his mug s...
Scottie Scheffler detained by police at PGA Championship
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was handcuffed and detained by police prior to the start of the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday morning.,The start of the round also was delayed because of a fatal crash, with PGA Championship officials expected to make an announcement at 7:30 a.m....
Reports: Mets adding LHP Joey Lucchesi to rotation
The Mets are expected to recall left-hander Joey Lucchesi from Triple-A Syracuse to start Wednesday's road game against the Philadelphia Phillies, MLB.com and the New York Post reported Tuesday.,According to the New York Post, the Mets will also designate infielder Joey Wendle and right-hander Yohan...
Bucs S Antoine Winfield gets record 4-year, $84.1M extension
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are making Antoine Winfield the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history.,The All-Pro safety agreed to a four-year, $84.1 million deal that includes $45 million fully guaranteed, his agents confirmed to NFL Network on Monday.,It marks the first time in NFL history that a s...