New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy believes the FIFA Club World Cup will be remembered as a “huge success” and will only set the stage for a memorable World Cup in 2026. MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, has hosted five Club World Cup group-stage matches, which averaged about 35,000-40,000 fans with “incredible energy,” Murphy said. The venue will host ...
The Oklahoma City Thunder and guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander have agreed to a four-year, $285 million deal, according to ESPN.com. The annual average of $71.25 million per season is the highest in NBA history and runs through the 2030-31 season. The 26-year-old Gilgeous-Alexander had a season for the ages, leading the Thunder to their first NBA championship with a seven-game victory ...
The Milwaukee Bucks waived guard Damian Lillard and will take the remainder of his salary to sign free agent forward Myles Turner, reports ESPN.com. The remaining portion of Lillard’s contract is worth $113 million, which he signed in 2022 when he was a member of the Portland Trail Blazers. He spent 11 seasons with Portland and was traded to Milwaukee ...
The 2025 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup, the league’s annual in-season tournament, comes down to one game. The Indiana Fever, minus Caitlin Clark, will face off against Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx in the title game at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The Fever announced on Tuesday, July 1 that Clark would not be cleared to make her highly anticipated return ...
President Donald Trump rallied Republicans in the House to get his ‘big, beautiful bill’ to the finish line and on his desk by July 4, reminding his colleagues the American people sent them to Washington, D.C. to ‘get it done.’ Nearly every Republican in the Senate voted to pass Trump’s $3.3 trillion megabill, though Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Rand Paul, ...
The Dallas Stars are turning to a name from their past to lead the team into the future. The Stars announced on Tuesday, July 1 that they have hired Glen Gulutzan as their next head coach. He was the Stars’ coach during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons and was fired after missing the playoffs in both seasons. But he most ...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander agreed to a four-year, $285 million extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder may face difficult decisions regarding contract extensions for Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren. General Manager Sam Presti has strategically drafted and developed players to create a sustainable and competitive roster. This is exactly the kind of contract available to a player like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, ...
Perhaps the first day of NBA free agency didn’t have the massive, franchise-altering moves fans have become used to, but there were clear cases of teams capitalizing on the open market. Just the same, there were also cases of teams that took on uninspiring and alarmingly quiet approaches to the sudden availability of players. The common theme, as it has ...
Amid a Big Ten quarterback club defined by fresh faces and incoming transfers, Drew Allar is one major reason why Penn State may be poised to leap ahead of Oregon and Ohio State and deliver the program’s first national championship in almost 40 years. While there are several newcomers with starting experience – including UCLA’s Nico Iamaleava and Indiana’s Fernando ...
One year with the New York Giants was enough to convince tight end Darren Waller to retire. Now, he’s set to make an NFL comeback with a new team. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the New York Giants are trading the newly un-retired tight end to the Miami Dolphins. The move comes roughly 13 months after Waller announced his ...