Exactly seven years to the day of his professional debut as a basketball player in the NBA (he had previously played professionally for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball) on December 9, 1981, champion Boston Celtics shooting guard Danny Ainge played the best game of that NBA career. The Oregon native led all scorers, putting up 45 points …
The Team USA gymnasts started strong, but both had difficulty landing their jumps Simone Biles and Suni Lee had a tough time on the balance beam Monday. In the penultimate women’s gymnastics event of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Biles and Lee both fell off the apparatus during the balance beam final, ending in 5th and 6th place, respectively. Italy’s Alice …
Simone Biles fell off the beam, a rare miscue here in Paris on Friday, that derailed what was headed to a four-gold-in-four-attempts competition here. Biles lost balance and slipped off the beam at the end of a combination. She recorded a 13.100 to finish fifth. It cost her a chance to collect an 11th career Olympics medal. The good news? …
Travis Kelce has Taylor Swift on the brain. The athlete joked about his Grammy-winning girlfriend when he met a Swiftie during the Kansas City Chiefs training camp. “You just took my wife’s breath away,” a man told Kelce, 34, as he approached them in a TikTok video shared Sunday. “Literally, she just almost died.” @brianwascavagedpm The tight end smiled as …
After three days of headlines, controversies and social media misinformation, the Algerian boxer outlasted her Hungarian opponent. Algeria’s Imane Khelif, boxing in the Olympics for the first time since she became a worldwide subject of notoriety and speculation, defeated Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori in the women’s 66kg quarterfinals at Paris North Arena by unanimous decision. The media tribune at Paris …
Julian Alvarez: Manchester City’s Rising Star and Transfer Speculation Ever get the feeling he said something to get more game time and it’s backfired somewhat here. Julian Alvarez has been making waves at Manchester City since his arrival from River Plate in January 2022. With his impressive goal-scoring record and undeniable talent, it’s no wonder that rumours of a potential …
90min rounds up the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip circulating around the world… Aston Villa have agreed a deal with Chelsea to sign striker Romelu Lukaku, who is currently refusing to enter into talks with Unai Emery’s side as he continues to wait for Napoli to strike an agreement. (Il Mattino – Italy) Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid …
Trinity Rodman blasted the U.S. women’s national soccer team into an Olympic semifinal here on Saturday after 105-plus minutes of drudgery. A sleepy, dreary quarterfinal between the USWNT and Japan droned on and on, into extra time, into stoppage time of the first extra period. And that’s when Rodman cut inside on her non-dominant left foot, and unleashed a rocket …
Simone Biles earned her seventh Olympic gold medal by soaring to victory in the women’s vault final at the Paris Games on Saturday. The 27-year-old Biles averaged 15.300 for her signature Yurchenko double pike and Cheng vaults to claim a second gold on the event eight years after she triumphed in Rio de Janeiro. Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, who finished …
Dakota Ditcheva ran through Jena Bishop in one round in Tennessee to reach the final of the 2024 PFL flyweight series. Ditcheva, 26, dropped Bishop with a powerful knee before landing a hammer fist on her opponent. The Briton invited Bishop back to her feet before the referee stopped the contest. Ditcheva competes in the £781,000 ($1m) PFL final later …
