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Georgia Tech gets rare 5-star recruit in OT Josh Petty
Georgia Tech on Monday landed its first five-star football prospect in the modern era of recruiting rankings when offensive lineman Josh Petty committed to play for the Yellow Jackets in 2025, according to 247Sports.,Petty, 6-foot-5, 265-pound tackle from Fellowship Christian School in Roswell, Ga.,...
Georgia, Ohio State lead preseason AP Top 25 poll
Georgia ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll released Monday.,Coach Kirby Smart's Bulldogs received 46 of the 62 first-place votes, with 15 going to No. 2 Ohio State and one to No. 3 Oregon. Texas and Alabama round out the top five.,Due to realignment and the b...
Report: Ravens rookie CB Nate Wiggins sprains shoulder
Cornerback Nate Wiggins, the Baltimore Ravens' first-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, sustained a minor sprain of his right shoulder in the preseason opener Friday, NFL Network reported Sunday.,Wiggins used his right arm to tackle Eagles running back Lew Nichols for a 1-yard loss on a screen pass i...
U.S. women win basketball gold over France by a foot
The United States -- behind 21 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks from A'ja Wilson won its 61st consecutive game in women's Olympic basketball play and captured its eighth consecutive gold medal, beating France 67-66 in a gritty battle Sunday in the closing event of the Paris Olympics.,The game did...
4-star CB Jontae Gilbert commits to in-state Georgia
Four-star defensive back Jontae Gilbert committed to play for the Georgia Bulldogs, he announced on social media Saturday.,The 6-foot-1, 185-pound cornerback won't have far to travel to play for the Bulldogs after completing his upcoming senior season at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta.,Ra...
Ravens top pick Nate Wiggins injures shoulder
Baltimore Ravens rookie cornerback Nate Wiggins sustained a right shoulder injury during the third quarter of Friday's preseason 16-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.,The severity of the injury was not immediately known for Wiggins, who was selected by the Ravens with the 30th overall pick of the 2...
Top NFL Players Snubbed From NFL 100 List
The NFL Top 100 list always finds a way to create controversy, but these five players were dramatically snubbed from this year's list....
Angels reinstate 3B Anthony Rendon; Luis Rengifo has season-ending surgery
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon's return to the lineup was delayed Tuesday -- not by his health but by inclement weather for the scheduled game against the host New York Yankees.,The Angels reinstated the oft-injured Rendon from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday ahead of the game, w...
College Football Preseason Power Rankings: Top 12 Teams in the Nation
As college football grows closer to kicking off at the end of August, these are Deadspin's top 12 ranked teams heading into the 2024 campaign....
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....
Dodgers activate Freddie Freeman from restricted list
The Los Angeles Dodgers activated Freddie Freeman from the restricted list on Monday after the star first baseman missed eight games to be with his ailing son.,Freeman left the team before July 26-28 road series against the Houston Astros because his 3-year-old son, Maximus, became ill and was hospi...
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....
Angels INF Luis Rengifo (wrist) returns to 10-day IL
For the second time this season, the Los Angeles Angels placed infielder Luis Rengifo on the 10-day injured list on Saturday due to right wrist inflammation.,In a corresponding move, the Angels selected the contract of infielder Charles LeBlanc from Triple-A Salt Lake.,Rengifo, 27, was removed from ...
Breanna Stewart, Team USA beat Belgium, clinch spot in knockouts
A'ja Wilson piled up 23 points and 13 rebounds while Breanna Stewart scored 26 points as the U.S. women's national team beat Belgium 87-74 in group play at the Paris Olympics on Thursday at Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.,The result marked the 57th consecutive victory for the Ame...
Report: Statue of Kobe Bryant, daughter set for unveiling
The second of three planned statues of Kobe Bryant will be unveiled Friday in a private ceremony outside of Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, ESPN reported.,This statue bears the likenesses of the late Lakers superstar and his daughter, Gianna, who was 13 when she died with her father and seven other...
Georgia releases WR Rodarius 'Rara' Thomas in wake of arrest
Georgia dismissed senior wide receiver Rodarius "Rara" Thomas from the team following his arrest last week on a felony charge of second-degree cruelty to children and misdemeanor battery.,Georgia coach Kirby Smart confirmed Thomas' departure on Thursday.,"I met with Rara on Tuesday and had a chance ...
Lewis Hamilton wins Belgian Grand Prix after George Russell DQ
George Russell was stripped of his win in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday after race officials discovered the Mercedes entry was underweight.,Runner up Lewis Hamilton, his teammate, was named the winner.,The race outcome was referred to stewards for review after it was found that Russell's No. 63 w...
Strategy pays off as George Russell wins Belgian Grand Prix
George Russell won a hotly contested Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, nipping Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton and McLaren's Oscar Piastri, with just 1.1 seconds separating the trio.,The victory at the Spa-Francorchamps track was the third for Russell on the Formula One circuit.,Russell and his team de...
Season over for Mets' Kodai Senga (calf) after single start
A left calf strain will sideline New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga for the rest of the season, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters Saturday.,Senga made his season debut Friday against the visiting Atlanta Braves but lasted only 5 1/3 innings before being pulled with the injury. He was set to ...
Georgia WR Rodarius 'Rara' Thomas arrested on family violence charges
Georgia wide receiver Rodarius "Rara" Thomas was arrested early Friday on a felony charge of cruelty to children-family violence and two misdemeanor counts of battery-family violence.,According to records from the Athens-Clarke County Jail in Athens, Ga., Thomas was booked at 3:20 a.m. No bond was ...