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Getty Images New York Mets’ manager Carlos Mendoza’s lineup for his team’s Monday makeup game against the St. Louis Cardinals features something not seen in almost four years – slugger Pete Alonso batting in the bottom half of the lineup. Indeed, Mendoza’s lineup has J.D. Martinez batting fourth, and Alonso meantime has been demoted to […]

Heading into the knockout round(s) of the men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the United States is better than a 1-5 favorite (-550 at FanDuel) to go home with the gold medal, which would be the fifth straight for the Americans.  Eight teams are set to compete in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. The Americans will […]

Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs have an elite kicker in Harrison Butker, and now, he’s paid like one. On Monday, Butker agreed to a four-year, $25.6 million extension that includes $17.75 million guaranteed, per ESPN.  Butker had just one year remaining on the five-year, $20.3 million contract he signed in 2019. He reportedly represented […]

Getty Images The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup champions are chasing history in the Olympics. Spain will meet Brazil in the Olympic semifinals on Tuesday, and if they advance, they’ll get a chance to compete for the gold medal. No national team has ever won a World Cup and then gone on to win the […]

The Marcus Freeman era at Notre Dame got off to a rocky start. He replaced Brian Kelly as head coach when Kelly left for LSU and promptly lost his first three games. However, he rebounded to win nine games in his first full season guiding the program and improved to 10 wins in 2023. Now, […]

James Conner is a 29-year-old running back, one season away from hitting that dreaded 30 that seems to scare NFL general managers and Fantasy owners. However, Conner proved he still had plenty of juice in his seventh season last year, potentially sending him up the 2024 Fantasy football rankings. Conner finished seventh in Fantasy football […]

The Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers will begin a three-game set in Los Angeles on Monday night that could double as a preview of the eventual National League Championship Series. After all, these squads are ranked Nos. 1 and 2 on the Senior Circuit in winning percentage with just under two months to […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When the New York Giants selected Tyrone Tracy Jr. in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, most of the talk was about how the explosive Purdue star had made the transition from wide receiver to running back for his final collegiate season. But according to Tracy himself, the transition […]

By and large, the United States men’s basketball has looked fantastic through its first three games of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Individually, a few guys have struggled to find their footing. None more so than Stephen Curry. Tracing back to Team USA’s final two exhibition games, Curry has shot 16 for 48 over his last […]

Conor Gallagher is expected to sign for Atletico Madrid shortly after agreeing to a five-year contract with the Spanish outfit and the Premier League club reaching an agreement of around $44 million. The 24-year-old has permission from the London club to travel to the Spanish capital and to undergo a medical ahead of the proposed […]