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Moments after Marquette thumped Notre Dame 78-59 in an uncompetitive laugher in December, Golden Eagles coach Shaka Smart pulled Fighting Irish coach Micah Shrewsberry aside and whispered in his ear. “You guys remind me of my group from a few years ago. Now keep ’em,” was Smart’s message, Shrewsberry recalled this week. Shrewsberry doesn’t take losing all […]
The Northern Irishman is scheduled to play with two of the most influential men in golf this week The post Rory McIlroy suggests deal between the PGA Tour, LIV Golf backers could be finalized by end of year first appeared on OKC Sports Radio.
Getty Images Despite an injury-marred and ineffective 2024 season, 41-year-old future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander says he wants to continue pitching. After Verlander’s Houston Astros were eliminated from the postseason by Verlander’s former team, the Detroit Tigers, on Wednesday, the three-time Cy Young winner said to Candler Rome of The Athletic, “I want to continue to pitch, to compete. […]
The Week 5 NFL schedule has arrived, with the only two unbeaten teams trying to keep their perfect starts alive. The Vikings face Aaron Rodgers and the Jets (+2.5, 40.5) in London on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET, while Kansas City hosts New Orleans (+5.5, 43.5) on Monday Night Football at 8:15 p.m. ET. The […]
Even for those staunchly averse to secondary education, the first day of school always brings a certain level of excitement. Is it because of the curriculum? The welcome-back assembly? The spanking-new cobalt blue paint job on the lockers that will last about a week? Of course not. The thrill comes from the anticipation of seeing […]
Getty Images Manchester United aim to snap a three-game winless streak on Thursday against Porto as both teams eye their first win of the UEFA Europa League campaign. United opened the competition with a 1-1 draw against Twente last week, another disappointing result on the record for manager Erik ten Hag and company. Their point […]
The stage is set for the 2024 NHL Global Series, which will kick off the 2024-25 season with a Friday matchup between the Buffalo Sabres and the New Jersey Devils. Friday’s tilt kicks off a two-game stint at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. These Eastern Conference foes are looking to open up their seasons […]
WWE’s Bad Blood premium live event on Saturday is aptly named, with the card featuring several major grudge matches that have been built up for months. Two of those matches will draw significant attention, with CM Punk meeting Drew McIntyre inside Hell in a Cell and Roman Reigns returning to action to team with Cody […]
Getty Texas State is staying put in the Sun Belt — for now — after receiving interest from the Mountain West, Bobcats athletic director Don Coryell announced Tuesday night. “The recent interest shown in Texas State and its presence across the college athletics landscape speaks volumes about the university and the work our staff and […]
The 2024 college football season is flying by and we’re somehow just a few weeks away from the halfway mark, which means I’m hard at work in curating what a midseason ranking of the top 151 players looks like. In the preseason edition, Travis Hunter was No. 1. Safe to say that was a good […]