“Any given Sunday” might still be a saying for the NFL, but games have expanded well beyond just one day a week. Just ask the Kansas City Chiefs and their 2024 schedule. When the NFL schedules released earlier this month, the Chiefs saw themselves playing every single day of the week at some point during the year except for Tuesday. …
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Major League Baseball’s record books will look a lot different later this week. The league is reportedly set to officially recognize statistics from the Negro Leagues and incorporate them into its own data. MLB elevated Negro League stats as “major league” in 2020, a move they said was “a longtime oversight in the game’s history.” Since then, MLB has been …
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A French tennis player has apologized after he launched a ball into the crowd during his first round match at the French Open over the weekend, hitting a woman in the stands. Terence Atmane, 22, released a statement on social media Monday after his unsportsmanlike behavior during a match against Austria’s Sebastian Ofner resulted in a woman being struck in …
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Washington Commanders kicker Brandon McManus is being sued by two women, who were allegedly sexually assaulted by him last year on a flight to London while he played for the Jacksonville Jaguars. McManus’ attorney, Brett R. Gallaway, told ESPN that his client vehemently denies the claims. “These are absolutely fictitious and demonstrably false allegations made as part of a campaign …
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Justin Fields is one of the more athletic quarterbacks in the NFL, but do not expect to see him fielding kick returns in 2024. The Pittsburgh Steelers signal caller threw cold water on the idea that he would participate in any kick return experiments. “Nah, I’m not here to do that,” Fields said on Tuesday, according to The Post-Gazette. Fields …
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Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Pro Football Hall of Fame member James Francis “Jim” Thorpe came into this world on this day in history, May 28, 1888. Born in a one-room cabin in the geographical area that is now Oklahoma, Thorpe was raised by Hiram and Charlotte Vieux Thorpe on the Sac and Fox reservation, according to the Oklahoma Historical …
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One of the more polarizing figures in major league baseball over the past three decades, Angel Hernandez, recently revealed his decision to retire. Hernandez spent the past three decades as an MLB umpire, stirring up some consternation with players along the way. Fans have also taken aim at Hernandez over the years, and the news of his sudden retirement sparked …
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Travis Kelce was spotted with his Kansas City Chiefs teammates, Patrick Mahomes and Hollywood Brown, at Game 3 of the Dallas Mavericks-Minnesota Timberwolves Western Conference Finals on Sunday night. But the reception by the American Airlines Center crowd wasn’t welcoming for the star tight end. Kelce looked surprised when the Jumbotron in the arena showed him sitting courtside with his …
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Several days ago, Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon implored the media to “back off” any notion that WNBA veterans dislike Caitlin Clark. “We love Caitlin Clark. I think she’s amazing. I watch every time I possibly could. Our league loves her,” Hammon began. She then took a swipe at a race narrative — her own star player in …
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All season long, the Eastern Conference was the Boston Celtics‘ to lose. After dominating their side of the bracket, they are back in the NBA Finals. The Celtics completed the sweep of the Indiana Pacers on Monday night to return to the bidding of the Larry O’Brien Trophy for the second time in three seasons. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS …
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