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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....
France, Germany, Serbia reach men's basketball semifinals
PARIS -- Franz Wagner and Germany overcame a sleepy start to ease past Greece 76-63 on Tuesday and became the first team to reach the semifinals of the Paris Olympics men's basketball tournament.,Wagner led Germany with 18 points while Dennis Schroeder chipped in 13 as the World Cup winners improved...
Germany, Serbia reach men's basketball semifinals
PARIS -- Franz Wagner and Germany overcame a sleepy start to ease past Greece 76-63 on Tuesday and became the first team to reach the semifinals of the Paris Olympics men's basketball tournament.,Wagner led Germany with 18 points while Dennis Schroeder chipped in 13 as the World Cup winners improved...
Truist to take over as sponsor of PGA Tour's Charlotte event
Truist is taking over as the title sponsor of the PGA Tour's signature tour event in Charlotte, N.C., replacing fellow banking giant Wells Fargo.,The tour announced on Tuesday a seven-year agreement with the Charlotte-based bank to launch the Truist Championship, to be played at Quail Hollow Club be...
Tyler Mahle set for Rangers debut against Astros
Texas right-hander Tyler Mahle will step on a major league mound for the first time in 15-plus months when the Rangers face the Houston Astros on Tuesday night at Arlington, Texas.,Mahle underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2023 as a member of the Minnesota Twins. He proved himself ready to return by...
Josh Smith's walk-off blast lifts Rangers over Astros in 10
Josh Smith hit a two-run, walk-off homer with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Texas Rangers a dramatic 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night at Arlington, Texas.,Smith ripped a 3-1 fastball from Caleb Ferguson (1-4) well into the stands in right-center to give the...
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....
Simone Biles on Olympics: 'I'm pretty proud of myself'
Simone Biles is the world's most decorated gymnast, but that did not stop her from producing uncharacteristic errors during her final two performances at the Paris Olympics on Monday, reminding her vast fan base that she, too, is human.,On a self-described "redemption tour," Biles strived to return ...
Brazil's Rebeca Andrade beats Simone Biles for gold in floor exercise
PARIS -- Simone Biles finished .033 behind Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, who claimed the gold medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics on Monday.,Biles won gold medals in the vault and all-around with Team USA in her rebound from the Tokyo 2020 Games and ran her career total to 11 medals with a ...
China's Zou Jingyuan defends gold in parallel bars
PARIS -- China's Zou Jingyouan handily beat his rivals to retain the Olympic parallel bars title on Monday, picking up his third medal of the Paris Games and giving his country a second gold in gymnastics.,The 26-year-old, nicknamed 'king of parallel bars' for his dominance on the apparatus, earned ...
Royals send red-hot Brady Singer to face Red Sox
The Kansas City Royals look for right-hander Brady Singer to continue his second-half success as they open a three-game series against the visiting Boston Red Sox on Monday.,Since the All-Star break, Singer (8-6, 2.88 ERA) has won three straight, going seven innings in each game and allowing a combi...
Astros, Rangers enter rivalry series desperate to awaken bats
The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers will both be looking to jump-start their offenses Monday when they open a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.,Monday's game will kick off a nine-game road trip for the Astros, who are coming off a 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay in which they were held to three hits. Ho...
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...
Astralis, NaVi win play-ins at BLAST Fall Groups, reach Fall Final
Astralis and Natus Vincere secured the last two berths into the Fall Final by winning their play-in matches Sunday to conclude the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 event in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Astralis swept Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0 and NaVi did the same to Complexity Gaming. The matches were best-of-t...
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....
Brandon Lowe, five pitchers lead Rays to 1-0 win over Astros
Brandon Lowe produced a run-scoring double in the top of the third inning, and five pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout as the Tampa Bay Rays claimed the rubber match of a three-game series against the Houston Astros with a 1-0 victory on Sunday.,After Dylan Carlson delivered a leadoff double t...
American Kristen Faulkner pedals to gold in Olympic cycling road race
PARIS -- American Kristen Faulkner pulled off a major upset as she won the women's road-race gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, making the most of the top riders' mind games to snatch the biggest victory of her career.,Faulkner, along with Belgian Lotte Kopecky, caught the leading duo of Du...
Bobby Finke dominates the pool, sets 1,500 freestyle world record
PARIS -- American iron-man Bobby Finke smashed the men's 1,500-meter freestyle world record as he retained the Olympic gold medal in the event in a thrilling swim Sunday at the Paris pool.,Finke became the only U.S. male swimmer to win an individual gold medal in Paris. ,After 30 lung-busting laps, ...
Astros RHP Lance McCullers Jr. likely out for season
Houston Astros veteran right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. likely will miss the rest of the season while he recovers from injuries that forced him to shut down from throwing a month ago during his rehabilitation. ,Astros manager Joe Espada made the announcement Sunday. McCullers will miss his second st...
Algeria's Kaylia Nemour wins gold on bars; Suni Lee takes bronze
PARIS -- Algeria's Kaylia Nemour became the first African gymnast to win an Olympic medal when she secured the gold with a breathtaking routine on the uneven bars at the Paris Games on Sunday that wowed the crowd in Bercy Arena.,The 17-year-old's fast-paced routine featuring a number of complex rele...