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Storm and Sky looking to clean up late-game messes
Poor execution late in games has plagued the Chicago Sky and Seattle Storm during the first two months of the WNBA season.,Host Chicago and Seattle will try to regroup when the teams meet in a Wednesday matinee.,The Sky (7-16) return to Wintrust Arena on the heels of a 1-3 road trip whose record mig...
Nick Faldo criticizes Bryson DeChambeau's links game
World Golf Hall of Fame member Nick Faldo teed off on Bryson DeChambeau, accusing the two-time major winner of having "zero clue of strategy" for links golf ahead of this week's The Open Championship.,Faldo, 68, who counts three Claret Jugs among his six major titles, said DeChambeau's power-hitting...
Tadej Pogacar nabs 24th career Tour de France stage win
Four-time winner Tadej Pogacar's Stage 10 victory on Tuesday made him the first to win three times on Bastille Day in the Tour de France.,The 27-year-old Slovenian collected his 24th career stage win by finishing the mountainous 166.6-kilometer trek from Aurillac to Le Lioran in 3 hours, 58 minutes ...
England's Aaron Rai returns to Open Championship to hero's welcome
Jack Nicklaus sent a handwritten letter to him. The British royal family tweeted at him.,"I couldn't quite believe that when I saw it," Aaron Rai said Tuesday, recalling the correspondence he received two months ago after winning the PGA Championship in Pennsylvania in May.,And the return to Europe ...
Folarin Balogun joins Klutch Sports
Klutch Sports signed United States men's national team breakout star Folarin Balogun, the midfielder who scored three goals and added a controversial red card during the World Cup.,Balogun, who formerly played with Arsenal, has been rumored to be considering a move back to the Premier League followi...
Jon Rahm: 'Confidence is always high' ahead of The Open
Three years have passed since Jon Rahm won a major, the most recent celebration coming at the 2023 Masters when Scottie Scheffler put the green jacket on the Spaniard at Augusta National.,Rahm won the U.S. Open in 2021, and has ties for second at the PGA Championship (2026) and The Open Championship...
Post-Dusty May departure, L.J. Cason transferring from Michigan
Guard L.J. Cason is transferring away from Michigan following the departure of Dusty May, according to a Monday On3 report.,Cason, a rising junior, was a reserve for the national champion Wolverines, though he saw his minutes increase substantially over his freshman season. Cason's minutes rose from...
‘That sucks’: Racers react to controversial Bubba Wallace penalty
Ryan Blaney had plenty to celebrate following his win at the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway over the weekend, but he also had a two-word reaction when learning about Bubba Wallace's controversial penalty during his postgame interview.,"That sucks," Blaney said.,For Wallace, it absolutely does...
Report: Potential ATP-WTA merger put on hold
A tennis tour merger between the men's Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has been put on hold indefinitely according to a Monday report from The Guardian.,The two tours had been discussing a pooling of commercial and media rights and were near a deal ...
Report: NCAA women’s tourney to move to straight seeding of top 16
The NCAA women's tournament is introducing a change in how the top 16 seeds will be positioned in the bracket.,The chair of the NCAA women's basketball committee said they will no longer make tweaks to the order of those top 16 teams that they used to make to avoid putting conference rivals in the s...
Reports: Lakers sign Ziaire Williams to 1-year, $3M deal
The Los Angeles Lakers filled out their roster on Monday, signing small forward Ziaire Williams to a one-year, $3 million deal, multiple outlets reported.,Williams is reuniting with Bronny James, who he played alongside at California high school Sierra Canyon.,The No. 10 overall pick in the 2021 dra...
Brown head coach Mike Martin takes assistant job at Michigan
Brown head coach Mike Martin stepped down on Monday to take an assistant coaching job at Michigan.,Brown thanked Martin for "a distinguished 14-year coaching career" in a statement on social media. Michigan also confirmed the move in a news release.,The national champion Wolverines' staff had an ope...
France star Kylian Mbappe '100%' entering Spain match
Although he exited France's 2-0 quarterfinal defeat of Morocco last Thursday with an ankle injury, Kylian Mbappe is fully fit for Les Bleus' Tuesday semifinal against Spain in Arlington, Texas, France coach Didier Deschamps told reporters on Monday.,"Kylian feels good," Deschamps said. "He is at 100...
Eleven athletes file lawsuit to challenge new NCAA eligibility rules
A collection of 11 athletes from around the country and across multiple sports have filed a class action lawsuit against the NCAA, challenging its new eligibility rules.,In a federal lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the State of Colorado, the group, which includes Minnesota basketball...
Report: No. 1 pick Roch Cholowsky signing record bonus with White Sox
Shortstop Roch Cholowsky, the No.1 overall pick in last weekend's MLB Draft, has agreed to a record $10.35 million signing bonus with the Chicago White Sox, MLB.com reported on Monday.,While that bonus is below the $11.35 million slot value for that pick, it's also comfortably the largest signing bo...
Ex-Croatia head coach Slaven Bilic returns to role
Slaven Bilic was hired as head coach of the Croatia national football team on Monday, taking over following Zlatko Dalic's post-World Cup departure.,It will be Bilic's second term in charge of his nation's program after previously coaching them from 2006-12.,"I have the complete confidence in our pl...
Michigan AD Warde Manuel: 'No plans for me not to continue'
While there were multiple media reports Sunday that Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel's job status is in jeopardy after an external investigation into the culture of his athletic department, Manuel doesn't see that happening.,Manuel, who has been AD at his alma mater since January 2016, isn't ...
Reports: Former Texas coach Tom Herman joining Florida State staff
Former Texas, Houston and Florida Atlantic head coach Tom Herman is joining Florida State's coaching staff in an unspecified role, according to multiple media reports Monday.,Herman, 51, was once seen as a rising coaching star, winning the Broyles Award, given to the best assistant coach in college ...
Avalanche sign F Fabian Lysell to 1-year deal
After spending last season in the minors, Fabian Lysell is getting another crack at the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche.,Colorado signed the forward to a one-year contract on Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed.,The Avalanche acquired Lysell from the Boston Bruins on June 27 in exchange for f...
D Braden Schneider, Rangers agree to 1-year contract
Defenseman Braden Schneider agreed to a one-year contract on Monday to remain with the New York Rangers.,The Rangers did not announce the terms of the deal, but The Athletic and New York Post reported that the contract is for $5.5 million and allows Schneider to avoid arbitration.,Per the reports, S...