Muhammad Ali received the Ken Burns treatment with a four-part documentary series, currently airing on PBS and available online through the PBS app, which covers Ali’s legendary career as the three-time world heavyweight champion and anti-war activist. Burns directed and produced the documentary with his daughter, Sarah Burns, and her […]
Subbed off after 75 minutes in the game against Lyon on Sunday, Lionel Messi sparked a heated debate after apparently not agreeing with Mauricio Pochettino’s decision. Messi put on a puzzled face as he was passing by Pochettino, with the media around the world questioning his integration into the team. […]
Two of standout Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien’s star runners, Santa Barbara and St Mark’s Basilica, are both out indefinitely after suffering injuries. Santa Barbara, who won the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks and Grade 1 Beverly D at Arlington Park, won’t head to the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf as […]
Bob Baffert scratched Medina Spirit from Saturday’s Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx on Tuesday after the Kentucky Derby winner and 2/1 morning-line favorite drew an outside post that Baffert found troubling. Medina Spirit drew post 9 in the 10-horse Pennsylvania Derby field. That put his two chief competitors, Hot […]
Jonathan Clay Redick, otherwise known as JJ, will no longer lace up his sneakers after 15 seasons in the pros. Redick retires from the NBA ranked #15 in all-time 3-pointers made with 1,950 treys. Redick, 37, averaged 12.8 points per game over a strong career with six different teams, including […]
Tiger Woods became the latest elite athlete to lend his likeness to a series of sports NFTs on the DraftKings Marketplace, as the first two versions of his Autograph Premier Preseason Access Passes dropped on Tuesday. Collectors had the opportunity to queue up for one of 5,000 Carbon Premier NFTs, […]
DraftKings offered to acquire the UK-based sports betting and gambling company Entain. Entain has a 50% stake in BetMGM and operates the Ladbrokes, PartyPoker, bwin, Sportingbet and Coral brands. CNBC’s sources report the offer is for $20 billion in DraftKings’ stock and cash. Investors quickly reacted to the news. Entain’s […]
The Houston Texans will start rookie quarterback Davis Mills against the Carolina Panthers on Thursday Night Football in Week 3 after Tyrod Taylor suffered a hamstring injury during their loss to the Cleveland Browns in Week 2. Taylor initially tweaked his hamstring in the second quarter against the Browns. Davis, […]
Gerrit Cole and Robbie Ray have emerged as the two clear favorites to win the AL Cy Young Award this year. But both aces struggled in their last starts, potentially opening the door for a dark horse to join the race down the stretch. Ray went just 4.2 innings for […]
Undefeated middleweight prospects Hashem Arkhagha and AJ Dobson both come into Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday night with plenty of hype, but they’ll still have to impress in the featured bout to come away with a UFC contract. Arkhagha and Dobson will face off in the main event at […]
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz had an injury double-whammy when he sprained his right ankle and left ankle in Week 2’s 27-23 loss against the Los Angeles Rams. In my old neighborhood back in the Bronx, someone would refer to Wentz as Carson Two Ankles. That’s not an endearing moniker […]
A slew of quarterbacks were banged up in Week 2, but the San Francisco 49ers saw their backfield get decimated by injuries. Fantasy football Week 3 waiver wire pickups include newly signed 49ers running back Kerryon Johnson, running back Cordarrelle Patterson, running back Sony Michel, and hybrid running back/receiver Demetric […]
Champions for nine years in a row before Inter won the league last season, Juventus is struggling to find form. Since the start of the current campaign, the Torino giants only managed to win two points, after drawing against Udinese and Milan. They lost their other two games, against Empoli […]
Erling Haaland scored twice, as Borussia Dortmund came out 4-2 winners over Union Berlin at the weekend. The 21-year-old Norwegian striker has now scored seven goals since the start of the campaign. The biggest teams in Europe are queuing once more to impress him. Barcelona and Real Madrid both are […]
British-bred Yibir highlighted a sterling weekend for breeding colossus Godolphin, winning Saturday’s $1 million Black-Type Jockey Club Derby Invitational – the final leg of the New York Racing Association’s Turf Triple series. This last-to-first outing over the 1 ½-mile Widener turf course at Belmont Park earned Yibir a berth in […]
Bryce Harper and Fernando Tatis Jr. are currently focused on the National League playoff race, as both the Phillies and the Padres are still in contention for a wild card spot, while the Phillies could also win the NL East. But the two superstars are also engaged in their own […]
The New York Liberty snuck into the WNBA Playoffs on Sunday, earning a backdoor berth as both the Washington Mystics and Los Angeles Sparks lost their final games of the regular season. But the Liberty face a long road to a potential WNBA Championship thanks to the league’s punishing postseason […]
The Cleveland Browns defeated the Houston Texans in Week 2 to improve to 1-1, but paid a steep cost when wide receiver Jarvis Landry exited the game prematurely due to a knee injury. Initial reports said Landry suffered an MCL injury on the opening drive, but an MRI on Monday […]
Alabama escaped its trip to Florida with a hard-fought 31-29 victory over the Gators. That result was still enough to shake up the national championship odds at sportsbooks, as the Crimson Tide look just a bit more vulnerable than they did a week ago. Alabama (3-0) jumped out to a […]
The Miami Dolphins were shut out during a 35-0 throttling by the Buffalo Bills, but the game really went off the rails early in the first quarter after quarterback Tua Tagovailoa needed help getting off the field due to an injury to his ribs. The Bills jumped out to a […]
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