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The road to pound-for-pound respect and accreditation in combat sports is rarely ever a straight line.  Sometimes, fighters appear on the scene with a seemingly perfect skill set intact yet lack the requisite number of elite wins for inclusion (and often never get there thanks to injury, defeat and/or bad luck). Other fighters, like UFC […]

The United States saw both the men’s and women’s 3×3 basketball teams lose their opening games of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday. This doesn’t mean the journey to the podium is over, but it is important to point out that U.S. fans should perhaps manage their expectations differently when it comes to 3×3 teams […]

USATSI The NFL’s only three-person quarterback battle appears to be down to two. During Tuesday’s training camp practice, Jarrett Stidham took the reps with the first-team offense despite it being Zach Wilson’s turn in a rotation that also includes rookie Bo Nix, who received first-team work on Monday. While he said he had “no news to […]

Liverpool and Arsenal step up their preparations for the 2024-25 season on Wednesday as third and second from last term’s Premier League face off in Philadelphia. These two figure to be Manchester City’s nearest rivals too and have made a solid start to their time in the U.S., the Gunners beating Manchester United in Los […]

The biggest waves, it turns out, can start with the smallest ripples. On March 21, SMU fired Rob Lanier after just two seasons, a surprising move ahead of the Mustangs’ transition to the ACC. Just two and a half weeks later, thanks to a bevy of moves in between, John Calipari shockingly departed Kentucky for […]

The grudge match between Du Plessis and Adesanya headlines UFC’s return to Australia Jul 30, 2024 at 4:40 pm ET • 1 min read Getty Images Expect a lot of bad blood at UFC 305. UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya compete in a grudge match in Perth, Australia on Saturday, Aug. […]

Getty Images The return to padded practices in NFL training camps means real football is just around the corner. Unfortunately, that also means some of the brutality that comes with the price of playing the game — injuries — are back as well. Detroit Lions defensive lineman John Cominsky suffered a torn MCL in practice […]

Tuesday marked the second game in men’s basketball group play for eight of the 12 teams at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and it saw three teams move to 2-0 and guarantee their spots in the next round. Germany, France and Canada have all clinched quarterfinal berths thanks to wins over Brazil, Japan and Australia, respectively […]

Real Madrid and Milan meet in a prestigious preseason friendly at Soldier Field in Chicago on Wednesday. The reigning Spanish and European champions will not have Kylian Mbappe with them as the French superstar is only due to return to training with his new teammates next week, but fellow new arrival Endrick is linking up […]

WWE SummerSlam continues its storied legacy as a cornerstone WWE event. Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland hosts the promotion’s third-longest running pay-per-view on Saturday and the card is shaping up nicely. Two matches have been known for a long time: the world heavyweight championship and WWE women’s championship matches. Gunther and Nia Jax won the […]