The NBA gave Cooper Flagg a nationally televised showcase for his first game with the Dallas Mavericks. Flagg, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, made his first appearance for the team in an NBA Summer League game in Las Vegas on Thursday night against Bronny James and the Los Angeles Lakers with ESPN’s cameras focused on their ...
Most of the NHL’s top free agents have new contracts. But there are also trades to be made as NHL teams acquire or move players to improve their immediate future or get their salary cap situation under control. There were two trades on July 10. The Dallas Stars sent veteran defenseman Matt Dumba and a draft pick to the Pittsburgh ...
The Oklahoma City Thunder are supposedly a small-market team, but are spending money and investing in their future like big-market teams. Continuing their busy offseason, the NBA champions and guard Jalen Williams agreed to a five-year maximum rookie contract extension that could reach $287 million. The extension kicks in at the start of the 2026-27 season. The 24-year-old Williams averaged ...
The NFL is coming together to donate to the relief efforts in Texas. Kerr County and the Texas Hill Country saw catastrophic flood waters from the Guadalupe River sweep through their area during the early morning hours of July 4. Heavy rainfall overwhelmed the area, damaging homes and youth camps – including Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp that lost ...
United States women’s national team legend and two-time World Cup and Olympic gold medalist, Tobin Heath, has announced her retirement from professional soccer on her podcast, ‘The RE-CAP Show,’ at the age of 37. Heath’s decision to retire comes after a series of setbacks, including a knee injury that required multiple surgeries, keeping her out of play since 2022. During ...
Bronny James is back for his second year with the Los Angeles Lakers and is competing in the NBA’s Summer League. James is coming off an underwhelming performance in the Lakers’ 89-88 victory against the San Antonio Spurs during the California Classic on Tuesday. He had two points, two steals, a rebound and an assist. He shot 1-for-5 from the ...
Cooper Flagg is making his debut in a Dallas Mavericks uniform as the team begins NBA Summer League play against the Los Angeles Lakers in Las Vegas. Flagg was the No. 1 overall pick by the Mavericks on June 25. All eyes will be on Flagg, especially for fans of the franchise, hoping he is the answer to their future ...
After days and weeks of intense speculation, the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments won’t be expanding — at least not quite yet. In a statement released on July 10, NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt said that no decision has been made on tournament expansion after it was “discussed at length” this week during meetings for the ...
World No. 12 Amanda Anisimova upset top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the Wimbledon women’s singles semifinals and will head to her first Grand Slam final. The match was delayed twice in the first set because of Centre Court fans not feeling well, but both players endured the heat in a match that took two hours and 37 minutes. ...
Atlanta United president and CEO Garth Lagerwey, one of MLS’s most successful executives, is stepping away from his duties after being diagnosed with cancer. Atlanta announced the news Thursday, referring to Lagerwey’s leave of absence as ‘indefinite’ and noting that doctors gave the 52-year-old an ‘encouraging’ prognosis for a full recovery. ‘I have made the difficult decision to step back ...