Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani reached another career milestone at the plate in a 5-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Aug. 6. Ohtani performed double duty on Wednesday afternoon, providing some offense with his 1,000th career hit – a home run – and serving as starting pitcher. The Dodgers star supported his own pitching effort with the ...
AI-assisted summary Sex toys have been thrown onto the court during three WNBA games in recent weeks. One person has been arrested and charged in connection with one of the incidents. WNBA players and coaches have expressed concern about the incidents, citing player safety. With a month left in the season, the WNBA is getting increased visibility, but it’s not ...
‘The Pommel Horse Guy’ is back for another spin. Stephen Nedoroscik returns to competition for the first time since the Paris Olympics this week, looking to win a fifth consecutive title on pommel horse at the U.S. gymnastics championships. Fellow Paris Olympians Hezly Rivera, Brody Malone, Frederick Richard and Asher Hong are also planning to compete at nationals, which are ...
The 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first of the three-event FedEx Cup playoffs, is about to kick off. The first round is set for action at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler enters the first leg of the playoffs in a favorable position, having won four PGA Tour events, including two major titles this season ...
For the first time this summer, all of the NFL’s teams will be strapped up for a weekend’s worth of preseason action. With few exceptions – for better or worse – most of the 32 squads have fully taken shape, though a few important positional battles and contract standoffs await resolution. Still, this is the time of year when most ...
ESPN announced Tuesday it had agreed to acquire numerous media assets from the NFL in a landmark agreement. Most notably, ESPN acquired NFL Network and the league’s ever-popular RedZone channel, which shows every touchdown from every game, as part of the deal. The NFL will acquire a 10% equity stake in ESPN as part of the deal. ESPN has also ...
OWINGS MILLS, Md. – For somebody who won’t participate in the Baltimore Ravens’ preseason opener on Aug. 7 against the Indianapolis Colts, Tuesday’s joint practice against the team that used to call Baltimore home can be invaluable to Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson – even if there is a mid-session melee. A joint practice means Jackson can mimic the feeling of ...
The Little League Softball World Series inches closer to the final as four teams were eliminated from contention on Tuesday, Aug. 5 and four more kept their championship hopes alive. Day 4 featured two more win-or-go-home games. The action started with an Orange bracket match between Cantareira of São Paulo, Brazil vs. Floyds Knobs Community Club of Indiana. Indiana would ...
Jen Pawol continues to make history as a female baseball umpire. Announced on Wednesday by Major League Baseball, Pawol is getting called up to be part of the five-team umpire crew for this weekend’s Atlanta Braves-Miami Marlins series, which features a doubleheader on Saturday, making her the first female umpire to work a regular-season MLB game. Pawol is scheduled to ...
ESPN announced Tuesday it had agreed to acquire numerous media assets from the NFL in a landmark agreement. Most notably, ESPN acquired NFL Network and the league’s ever-popular RedZone channel, which shows every touchdown from every game, as part of the deal. The NFL will acquire a 10% equity stake in ESPN as part of the deal. ESPN has also ...