The heavyweight division in pro boxing begins at 201 pounds. Adam Fantilli is 205 pounds. But make no mistake, the third overall pick in the 2023 NHL draft is no heavyweight. He’s not even a middleweight. Or a lightweight. After all, he doesn’t really fight. And yet, that didn’t stop Fantilli, who is tied for the lead among Columbus’ goal ...
Tyler Skaggs’ relapse into opioid addiction was not evident to many of his closest associates, including his agent, who testified Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the wrongful death lawsuit of the pitcher who died after ingesting a fentanyl-laced pill in 2019. ‘Before he died, I did not think he was using,’ Ryan Hamill, the pitcher’s longtime agent, said in court, according ...
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo could be out until the calendar turns to 2026 after exiting Wednesday’s win over the Detroit Pistons early with a calf injury, according to a new update. Antetokounmpo is expected to miss 2-4 weeks with a right calf strain, ESPN reported on Thursday, Dec. 4, and the longer end of that timeline would put his ...
Travis Kelce is again a nominee for one of the NFL’s most prestigious awards. The tight end on Thursday was named the Kansas City Chiefs’ club winner for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, making him one of 32 league-wide finalists for the honor. Kelce, 36, was also the team’s nominee for the 2024 season, when the ...
When Michelle Akers boarded a flight from New York to Italy for the USWNT’s first international match in 1985 at 19, she didn’t understand the gravity of the moment. ‘I literally was just there to play. No money, no fanfare, no audience, nothing. It was just because we loved it,’ Akers, a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, ...
AI-assisted summary Ralph Lauren designed the opening and closing ceremony uniforms for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony uniform features a white wool coat, while the closing ceremony outfit includes a color-blocked puffer jacket. All items in the uniforms are manufactured in the United States. Team USA athletes praised the new designs for their style, warmth, ...
The National Women’s Soccer League wants to keep Washington Spirit star Trinity Rodman in the league for years to come. But Rodman’s services will come at a cost, and according to multiple media reports, NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman vetoed a deal that would have kept Rodman in the league. According to The Athletic, the 23-year-old Rodman was ready to accept ...
Many were surprised when the Los Angeles Clippers announced that Chris Paul was no longer with the team, including his teammates James Harden and Kawhi Leonard, who expressed surprise at learning Paul had been sent home. The Clippers decided to part ways with Paul after a reported three-hour discussion between Lawrence Frank, the president of basketball operations, and Paul at ...
It’s hard to definitively say what happens in December of the college basketball season defines a season, but that’s what happened with the ACC and SEC in 2024-25. In the second edition of the ACC/SEC challenge, the SEC dominated 14-2. It set the stage for a historic run for the SEC, while the ACC had another down year. After the ...
HURRICANE MILLS, T.N . – Two medics rolled Ashlee Sokalski onto a backboard and fitted the 19-year-old with a neck brace in the middle of the dirt motocross track. Other teen racers whizzed past on their off-road motorcycles, no halt to the race, no safety flaggers in sight. Sokalski had sharpened her race skills for years and finally broke through ...