Trailblazing female tennis star Billie Jean King beat former men’s champ, Bobby Riggs, in a highly publicized match, the so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” on this day in history, Sept. 20, 1973. The made-for-TV sports spectacle proved a watershed moment in the fight for women’s equality in athletics. King won the tennis match in straight sets (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) before …
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The name of the first professional football player seems too perfect to be true. Pudge Heffelfinger sounds like a mythical Midwestern gridiron god more than a living, breathing human being. Heffelfinger’s fable is actually nonfiction fare. He was as real as the broken ribs he brutally delivered to a poor college kid while scrimmaging for kicks and giggles with the …
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The NFL was not in the same celebratory mood as Derek Carr was during the New Orleans Saints’ blowout win over the Dallas Cowboys. In the second quarter of the game, Carr scored a touchdown on a 1-yard run. He mimicked late pop star Michael Jackson’s signature dance moves to celebrate the Saints taking a 34-13 lead. While Carr was …
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Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis is trying to silence the noise after a rough start to the season; however, that is a bit of a challenge when his biggest critics have his phone number. Levis told reporters Wednesday that he would be changing his cell phone number after it somehow got leaked to the public. Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis, …
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U.S. Olympic legend Simone Biles showed off her commitment to her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, in a gesture of permanence this week. Biles got a tattoo of the letter “J.” It’s a nod to Owens. However, the tattoo is small and on her ring finger. It was seen in footage posted by Biles’ tattoo artist, Sydney Smith, on …
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Patrick Pass, a former New England Patriots fullback, was arrested on Wednesday in North Providence, Rhode Island, after allegedly assaulting an elderly man at a Planet Fitness gym. Pass, 46, was allegedly arguing with an 82-year-old man over exercise equipment at the gym before the former NFL player shoved the victim to the floor, per multiple reports. The man reportedly …
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Aaron Rodgers‘ return home for the New York Jets went exactly how fans wanted it to: healthy and dominant. The Jets took down their AFC East-rival New England Patriots, 24-3, to move to 2-1 on the season, while the Pats are now 1-2. Rodgers might not have gotten any points with the offense on the Jets’ first drive of the …
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New York Mets rookie Christian Scott will not just miss the end of the 2024 campaign, but all of 2025 as well, after needing special surgery on his pitching elbow. Scott, who has been trying to recover from a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm, will get a combined Tommy John ligament replacement as well as an internal …
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TheKansas City Chiefs might be without star running back Isiah Pacheco for the foreseeable future. Head coach Andy Reid offered a less-than-ideal update on the third-year player Wednesday, telling reporters Pacheco underwent surgery days after he broke a fibula in the closing minutes of the Chiefs’ 26-25 win over theCincinnati Bengals. Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco (10) runs …
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There’s nothing quite like a division rivalry game for a home opener, but New York Jets fans took “fired up” to a whole new level in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium on Thursday night. East Rutherford, New Jersey was the site for “Thursday Night Football” this week between the Jets and New England Patriots, the team’s AFC East foe …
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