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Jalen Brunson was probably already the most popular professional athlete in New York City, but his decision to sign a four-year, $156.5 million contract extension on Friday clinched it. The payday, while significant, represents only around 58% of what he could have earned by waiting until next offseason to re-sign on a projected five-year, $269.1 […]

The best teams have the best players, but when all the best players want to be paid as such, it can become impossible for teams to retain them all. Often, in order to keep a solid core around and stay with a winning squad, players end up taking pay cuts or revising their contracts. This […]

The U.S. women’s national team kicks off their final preparations for the Olympics on Saturday when they face Mexico at Red Bull Arena. The meeting marks a rematch from the group stages of the Concacaf W Gold Cup, when Mexico beat the USWNT 2-0. Though the game was just five months ago, this version of […]

A pair of red-hot players will look to win their first-ever Wimbledon women’s singles championship when 32nd-ranked Barbora Krejcikova takes on seventh-ranked Jasmine Paolini at 9 a.m. ET at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday. Krejcikova, who won the French Open in 2021, is seeking her second grand slam […]

Rose Namajunas is a bonafide flyweight contender. The former UFC women’s strawweight champion makes her third appearance at 125 pounds when she takes on streaking contender Tracy Cortez in her home base of Denver in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Namajunas (13-6) earned her No. 6 ranking in the UFC’s official […]

USATSI The 2024 Major League Baseball Draft will kick off on Sunday evening. This is just the second year that the first-round order has been determined by a draft lottery and the Cleveland Guardians won it this time. They only had a 2% chance of winning and they ended up hitting it and getting the […]

Getty Images Jalen Brunson is staying with the Knicks on a massive discount, according to multiple reports. The Knicks star guard agreed to a four-year, $156.5 million extension on Friday. By signing this contract now instead of next offseason, the All-NBA Second Team selection is leaving more than $100 million in guaranteed money on the […]

Football is a team sport. Which means, more often than not, you won’t be a serious Super Bowl contender if you don’t have a formidable combination of elite talent and/or consistent, innovative coaching. Just as a quarterback is often only as effective as his supporting cast, a coach’s designs alone can’t always elevate a team; […]

The Copa America final is set as Argentina and Colombia will meet with the coveted trophy on the line, but this is a cyclical moment as well. Colombia are unbeaten for a team-record 28 consecutive matches, but the last team to best them was Argentina on February 1, 2022. It has been more than two […]

The men’s final features a rematch of the 2023 Wimbledon championship, as No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz once again defends his title against No. 2 Novak Djokovic Jul 12, 2024 at 3:13 pm ET • 2 min read Getty Images The 2024 Wimbledon men’s semifinals concluded on Friday, and the final will feature a rematch of […]