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Miles Partain, Andrew Benesh reach beach volleyball quarters
Miles Partain and Andrew Benesh kept the United States alive for the men's beach volleyball gold medal when they defeated Italians Samuele Cottafava and Paolo Nicolai 2-0 on Monday in the Round of 16 in Paris.,At the temporary Eiffel Tower volleyball court, Partain and Benesh prevailed 21-17, 21-18....
Five Reasons Why Team USA Men's Basketball Will Win Gold Medal at 2024 Paris Olympics
Team USA men's basketball team is a lock to win the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. These are the five reasons why....
Poland men’s volleyball ends jinx, will meet U.S. in semis
PARIS -- Poland beat Slovenia in men's volleyball on Monday to finally cross the quarterfinal hurdle having been eliminated in the last eight at every Olympics since 2004, while hosts France mounted a sensational comeback to beat Germany.,Poland will next play the United States, who later beat Brazi...
Reign sign Swiss F Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic through 2025
The Seattle Reign announced the signing Monday of forward Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic through the 2025 season.,The 33-year-old Swiss veteran returns to the NWSL, arriving from Atletico Madrid for an undisclosed transfer fee.,She previously was in the league from 2018-19, tallying six goals and four assis...
Jimmer Fredette: Olympics-ending injury 'devastating'
Two torn ligaments in his adductor sidelined United States 3 x3 basketball standout Jimmer Fredette during the Paris Olympics, he said.,The U.S. men entered the competition as favorites to compete for the gold medal but didn't get out of group play, finishing seventh among eight teams.,After the Ame...
Liquid avenge earlier loss to take Elite League Season 2 title
Team Liquid pulled off two close victories, including 3-2 over 1win in the grand final, to win the Dota Elite League Season 2 championship Sunday in Lima, Peru.,Liquid captured the $240,000 first prize by winning its rematch with 1win, who swept Liquid 2-0 in the upper-bracket final on Saturday.,Boo...
Liquid edge Cloud9 in battle of unbeatens at LCS Summer Split
In a battle of unbeatens, Team Liquid rallied to beat Cloud9 2-1 on Sunday as teams continue to battle for playoff positions in the League Championship Series Summer Split.,After losing the opening match in 39 minutes on red, Team Liquid stormed back to win in 24 minutes on blue and 34 minutes on re...
U.S. women's volleyball beats France, reaches knockouts
The United States swept France on the final day of pool play Sunday at South Paris Arena to advance to the quarterfinals of the Olympic women's volleyball tournament.,The American team eked out three narrow set victories -- 29-27, 29-27, 25-20 -- to win its second match in Pool A action and finish s...
Five NFL Players Under the Most Pressure in 2024
The NFL preseason is officially underway. As the regular season grows closer, these five NFL stars have the most pressure to perform at a high level in 2024....
Commanders rookie QB Jayden Daniels to play vs. Jets
Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels will play in next weekend's preseason opener against the New York Jets, head coach Dan Quinn said Sunday.,The Commanders used the second overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft on Daniels, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner.,"I think we've probably ...
1win advance to grand final at Elite League Season 2 final
1win continues to live up to its name, and now finds itself one win from taking home the Elite League Season 2 championship in Lima, Peru.,On Saturday, 1win swept Team Liquid 2-0 in the upper-bracket final, advancing to Sunday's grand final. They will face the winner of Sunday's first match, the low...
Andrea Lee shoots 67 to grab Portland lead
Andrea Lee fired a 5-under-par 67 to move into first place at 19 under Saturday after three rounds of the Portland Classic in Oregon.,Lee, who won the 2022 Portland Classic for her only win, bogeyed the par-4 first hole but then birdied five of the next eight to close the front nine at -18-under, th...
Team USA trounces Puerto Rico, clinches No. 1 seed in quarters
Anthony Edwards scored 26 points on 11-of-15 shooting and the United States finished 3-0 in Group C pool play with a solid 104-83 victory over Puerto Rico on Saturday at Lille, France.,Joel Embiid added 15 points and Kevin Durant had 11 as the United States earned the No. 1 seed for the knockout rou...
Top women pull out of Montreal event post-Olympics
The National Bank Open will be missing some big names as tennis stars Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Barbora Krejcikova, Jasmine Paolini and others have withdrawn from the upcoming event in Montreal, Tennis Canada announced Friday. ,In withdrawing, five-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Swiatek...
Stitching Together Chicago White Sox's Decision To Not Trade Garrett Crochet
Why did the Chicago White Sox keep Garrett Crochet at the MLB Trade Deadline? Let's take a deep dive into that interesting decision by the worst team in baseball....
U.S. beach volleyball duo, coach split mid-Olympics
In the midst of the Paris Olympics, U.S. beach volleyball teammates Andy Benesh and Miles Partain elected to part ways with their coach, Mike Placek. ,The split occurred at some point between the pair's 2-0 defeat of Morocco in preliminary Pool D play on Tuesday and Thursday's 2-1 win over Brazil. T...
Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins (knee) out 'several weeks'
Tennessee Titans star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is expected to miss "several weeks" but will not need surgery for a left knee injury sustained in practice, head coach Brian Callahan said Saturday.,"It's not a surgical issue, so the timeline could vary on those injuries," Callahan said. "So it wi...
Liquid, 1win just one win from Elite League Season 2 final
After their first maps on Friday, Team Liquid and 1win appeared headed to the lower bracket to face elimination games. Instead, they are both one victory away from the grand final at the Elite League Season 2 playoffs in Lima, Peru.,On the first day of the playoffs, the top four seeds from pool play...
Dewi Weber makes statement with 62, leads in Portland
Dewi Weber of the Netherlands scorched Columbia Edgewater Country Club with a 10-under-par 62 to take the halfway lead at the Portland Classic on Friday in Oregon.,Weber finished her round with five straight birdies to leap ahead to 16-under 128. She is two shots in front of Andrea Lee, who shot 63 ...
Gary Patterson, Baylor agree to part ways
Gary Patterson is no longer a "senior-level strategic consultant" for the Baylor football program, less than six months since he accepted the job.,Baylor said in a statement Friday that Patterson and the program are parting ways four weeks before the start of the new season.,Patterson, 64, was the l...