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Novak Djokovic’s record-setting French Open win led to quite a message from...
Sunday saw 36-year-old Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic win the French Open singles title. That title, Djokovic’s third singles title at Roland Garros (he also won there in 2016 and 2021), came...
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Tributes pour in for Andrew McCutchen after 2,000th career hit
The MLB 2,000-hit club now has 291 members. Pittsburgh Pirates’ outfielder/designated hitter Andrew McCutchen entered that illustrious group with a first-inning single off Carlos Carrasco of the New...
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Pablo Ruiz’s goal from 68 yards out stunned the soccer world
One of the most impressive long-range soccer goals in a while came from Real Salt Lake midfielder Pablo Ruiz Saturday. In the 41st minute of a road match against D.C. United, Ruiz spotted that United...
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MLB team ruins player’s special Father’s Day moment
Pro sports roster decisions are often made without a lot of thought to timing. That’s how you get things like players released or traded on their birthdays. But perhaps an even stranger case of timing...
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NFL suggests gambling policy applies to players not in the league
The NFL’s gambling policy has received a lot of attention lately, with several players receiving six-game suspensions for violations of it. That’s prompted discussion of the policy from coaches,...
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Lionel Messi’s pay for Saudi Arabia tourism deal revealed
In 2021, Lionel Messi signed a deal to promote tourism to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As with other sports things involving Saudi Arabia, such as LIV Golf, that deal was bashed by many with a label of...
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Two CFL teams’ historic outcome not seen in half-century
Shutouts are rare at most levels of football, with only four of the NFL’s 272 regular-season games in 2022 producing that result. When it comes to the Canadian Football League, shutouts are perhaps...
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All-NBA center signs contract extension
One of the Sacramento Kings’ top pieces will be sticking around with them for some time. 27-year-old center Domantas Sabonis, a three-time NBA All-Star (including this past year) and a third-team...
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NFL figures remember Ryan Mallett: ‘He could throw a strawberry through a...
The death of former college and NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett this week has sparked a lot of tributes. The 35-year-old Mallett, who was the head football coach at White Hall High School in Arkansas,...
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CFL team loses in bizarre fashion after mental blunder
It’s been a no-good, very-bad season for the Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Elks, and that continued Thursday night. On the road in Regina, the Elks were leading the Saskatchewan Roughriders 11-3...
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Former Northwestern player calls hazing practices ‘sexual abuse’ and ‘vile...
Content warning: This story contains discussion of sexual abuse, hazing, and suicidal ideation. The National Sexual Assault Hotline can be reached at 1-800-656-4673. The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline can...
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Tigers pitchers accomplish July 8 feat not seen in a century
An amazing thing with Major League Baseball is that despite an annual 162-game schedule (since 1962 in the National League, and since 1961 in the American League), we still see quite a bit of history...
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CFL team ties 70-year-old pro sports home losing streak
It has now been 1,371 days since Edmonton’s Canadian Football League team won a home game. In fact, they have never won at home under their current name, the Edmonton Elks (a change made in June 2021)....
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MLB legend’s antisemitic comment causes stir
Former Cincinnati Reds’ star catcher and Baseball Hall-of-Famer Johnny Bench was part of the team’s latest Hall of Fame class induction Saturday, and his comments at a pregame press conference honoring...
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Former first-team All-Pro says he ‘never got an offer’ to return to 49ers,...
The San Francisco 49ers’ kicking game will look quite different this year. Robbie Gould had been their kicker since joining them as a free agent ahead of the 2017 season, but the 40-year-old Gould...
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Jaguars sign Pro Bowler to three-year deal
It was quite likely that Evan Engram was going to play in Jacksonville again this year, with the Jaguars placing the franchise tag on him in March. But he’s now signed a contract keeping him there for...
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Epically long Wimbledon game was almost the length of one final
A remarkable element of tennis is how much of a discrepancy there can be in match times. With individual points ranging in duration from service aces or double-faults to incredibly protracted rallies,...
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Wrestling manager reportedly injured in press conference attack by fan
After the AAA Triplemania event from the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide promotion in Tijuana Saturday night, wrestling manager Don Callis was reportedly attacked by a fan. Callis confronted Kenny Omega in a...
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Wimbledon final sees Carlos Alcaraz break incredible Novak Djokovic streak on...
It’s always remarkable to see a decade-long streak come to an end. And that’s what happened with Carlos Alcaraz’s 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 win over Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon men’s singles final...
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Marshawn Lynch unveils new Beastmode blender partnership: ‘Wake yo’ *** up...
Marshawn Lynch is most famous for his college and NFL career, which has now translated into broadcast work for Amazon, but he’s always been active in endorsements and entrepreneurial moves as well....
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