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(WWE) – WWE today announced it has signed Jade Cargill to a multi-year contract. The news was first reported by ESPN. Cargill, a standout performer who has earned accolades as an industry-renowned talent, will begin training today at the WWE Performance Center in Orland
(NY Post) – Former NBA player Brandon Hunter died on Tuesday, the Magic announced. He was 42 years old. The cause of death was not immediately known. Hunter starred at Ohio University during his four-year run in college before playing two seasons in the NBA. He was taken in the second round of the 2003 […]
(CNN) – Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, making his debut with the New York Jets, was carted off the field after suffering a left Achilles injury on just his fourth play in the team’s Monday Night Football game against the Buffalo Bills and will miss the rest of the 2023 season. Jets head coach Robert Saleh told reporters […]
(The Athletic) – Caroline Wozniacki has been to the top before. The desire to return there is driving her comeback after three years of retirement, which included having two children. Coco Gauff is trying to get to where Wozniacki has been. Many feel she’s on the precipice, and, in fact, could capture her first major […]
(The Guardian) – Noah Lyles had a brilliant week at the World Athletics Championships, winning gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay, but it’s safe to say that he’s not universally popular among his fellow US sports stars. Lyles, who is one of the most quotable athletes in the world, took a jab at the […]
(NPR) – Sha’Carri Richardson ran past a heat of the fastest sprinters in the world Monday to win the women’s 100 meter at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest. She ran from behind and past Jamaicans Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the defending world champion, to win with a time of 10.65 seconds. Richardson’s run […]
(CNN) – Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden called his own team’s president Daryl Morey “a liar” in a surprising attack amid ongoing trade speculation surrounding the 2018 NBA Most Valuable Player. “Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of,” Harden said during an event in China. “Let […]
(NBC News) – Former NFL star Michael Oher, subject of the book and movie “The Blind Side,” alleges that the couple who took him in as a teenager misled him into believing they were adopting him — and instead placed him in a conservatorship, according to a court filing Monday. “The lie of Michael’s adoption […]
(CNN) – Colombia reached the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in the country’s history after a nervy 1-0 victory over Jamaica in Melbourne on Tuesday, while France confidently knocked out Morocco to reach the last eight. Catalina Usme brilliantly scored the winner for Colombia and, in the process, became the first player at this tournament to break […]
(NBC News) – Simone Biles began her first competition in 732 days by briefly running around during introductions, unsure of where she was supposed to go. It’s the only time she seemed out of place. Once Biles saluted the judges, it was the same as it ever was. Biles soared to victory in the U.S. […]
