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Getty Images With MLS Cup Playoffs in full swing, the finalists for end-of-season awards have been announced. They were determined from a vote including MLS players, staff, and members of the media with the three groups making up 33.3% of the final vote. Inter Miami are well represented in the finalists with a league-high six […]

NEW YORK — This is the 45th season of the Big East, a nondescript mile marker that nonetheless isn’t taken lightly by many around these parts. To honor the occasion, the conference has brought back its initial logo and will be using it for retro-style marketing throughout this season, if not beyond. (That block-letter emblem […]

Russell Westbrook didn’t necessarily replace Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on the Denver Nuggets. They don’t even technically play the same position. One of them is making almost $23 million this season. The other is earning the minimum. But as the Oklahoma City Thunder throttled the Nuggets 102-87 on their home court Thursday, it was hard to think […]

To understand the story of Ashton Jeanty, some things need to be clear. Jeanty having this historic season at Boise State is a miracle, or maybe written in the stars. There’s no reason that a kid who was born in Jacksonville, Florida, raised in Italy and developed in Texas should reside in Boise, Idaho. There’s […]

Getty Images Major League Baseball announced the umpiring crew for the 2024 World Series on Thursday, just over 24 hours before the scheduled first pitch of Game 1 between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.  Mark Carlson, who previously worked the World Series in 2015 and 2020, will serve as crew chief for […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder travel to play the Denver Nuggets to start the 2024-25 season on Thursday night. Last season, the Thunder went 57-25 and locked down the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. Oklahoma City made the playoffs for the first time since 2020. They were eliminated in the semifinals by the Dallas […]

Getty Images The Los Angeles Rams welcomed back their top two receivers in Week 8, and both Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua played major roles in the 30-20 upset victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Nacua led L.A. with 106 receiving yards on seven receptions, and Kupp caught five passes for 51 yards and a touchdown. […]

Getty Images The U.S. women’s national team are back in action after winning gold this summer in the Paris Olympics. The squad will host Iceland at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas on Thursday in game one of a three-match celebration series. The victory tour will feature two games against Iceland and close out against Argentina. […]

Week 7 of the 2024 NFL season produced crushing injuries for multiple NFC contenders, especially at the wide receiver position. San Francisco’s Brandon Aiyuk suffered a knee injury and will reportedly miss the remainder of the season, while teammate Deebo Samuel was hospitalized with pneumonia. On Monday, Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans left the team’s game […]

Getty Images It’s opening night for a good chunk of the NBA, and tempers are already flaring in Atlanta.  The Hawks kicked off their season Wednesday with the Brooklyn Nets in town, and the game was both competitive and chippy. Early in the fourth quarter, that physical play boiled over when Nets center Nic Claxton […]