William Byron won the Daytona 500 with an agonizing final lap under a caution flag. He took the checkered flag on Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas at full throttle. Bryon started from pole position and delivered a dominant drive in NASCAR’s first road course race of the season. The Hendrick Motorsports driver led 42 of 68 laps and …
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Charles Barkley didn’t mince words when he spoke about how Grand Canyon played against Alabama in the Antelopes’ loss in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday. Alabama won the game 72-61 to advance to the Sweet 16 against North Carolina. Grand Canyon upset Saint Mary’s to make it to the round of 32, but their hopes of having a …
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WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley did her best imitation of pro wrestling legend Rikishi during a live event on Saturday night in a match against Nia Jax and Shayna Bazler, and it caught the attention of her fiancée. Back in the WWE Hall of Famer’s prime, Rikishi would hit opponents with the “stink face” – putting his rear end …
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Bob Stoops, a former college football head coach who won a national championship at Oklahoma and the current leader of the United Football League’s Arlington Renegades, called for a commissioner to lead the sport. Stoops said in an interview with 92.3 The Fan that the current college football model as it relates to coaches is “not sustainable” – a similar …
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A star South Korean soccer player who was detained and investigated in China for nearly a year over bribery allegations has been released and returned home, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Son Jun-ho, a former member of the South Korean national team who had played professionally in China, was detained by Chinese authorities at the Shanghai airport in May on …
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NEW YORK – Dan Hurley wants everyone to know that the Big East was robbed. On Sunday, after seeing the performances of his conference as opposed to others, the UConn head coach said he wasn’t pleased with the committee’s decision to exclude Big East teams, notably St. John’s and Seton Hall. “Look what we’ve done in non-conference games. Seton Hall …
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Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani publicly addressed the gambling scandal involving his ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, where he said he has never placed a sports bet and Mizuhara’s story about paying off his $4.5 million gambling debt is entirely fabricated. “I never bet on baseball or any other sports, or never have asked somebody to do that on my behalf,” …
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The NFL owners’ decision to unanimously vote to ban “hip-drop tackles” starting next season has the football world in an uproar. There were objections to the league creating a new 15-yard penalty, and a subsequent fine, for this controversial tackle. Yet, NFL Network reported it was a unanimous vote by all 32 owners to rid it from the league. A …
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West Virginia women’s basketball coach Mark Kellogg toned down some of the trash talk about Iowa and Caitlin Clark, as the No. 8-seeded Mountaineers are set to take on the Hawkeyes in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Kellogg was heard telling players and their families at a Selection Sunday watch party they were looking to send Clark “packing” …
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Transgender darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven won titles against men and women in the same week and immediately came under fire for being allowed to compete against female opponents. Van Leuven won a women’s event in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) on Saturday, topping Beau Graves and Katie Sheldon. The win came more than a week after van Leuven won …
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