Four-time WNBA champion Sue Bird is a big fan of this year’s rookie class and credits their game with helping grow women’s basketball to new heights. But the legendary women’s basketball player believes that the narrative surrounding Caitlin Clark’s reception in the pros was just one big misunderstanding. During an appearance on the “Good Game...
The WNBA’s media rights talks came under fire after the NBA’s Board of Governors approved an 11-year, $76 billion deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video. The WNBA would receive about $200 million a year and $2.2 billion over 11 years, The Associated Press reported Thursday. Its current media deal, valued at around $60...
A New Jersey 12U softball team’s hopes of reaching the Little League World Series were dashed last week after a controversial state championship game. The state championship between Toms River and Hanover Township was suspended due to lightning with Hanover leading 6-4. The game was stopped at the start of the sixth inning because of...
Arike Ogunbowale, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese knocked down WNBA All-Star Game records as Team WNBA topped the U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team on Saturday night, 117-109. Ogunbowale, the Dallas Wings’ sharpshooter, scored the most points in an All-Star Game with 34 – all coming in the second half. Ogunbowale set the net on fire...
A faceoff between Jake Paul and Mike Perry ahead of their boxing match escalated into a brouhaha on Friday night as the mind games between the two fighters turned into pushing and shoving. Paul and Perry came face-to-face and started to trash talk each other even more. Paul asked Perry why he was “nervous” and...
It has been 10 years since Rory McIlroy won a major title, and his failure to nail down a U.S. Open victory at Pinehurst No. 2 last month put him under the golf microscope. Not to mention, McIlroy’s personal life has been under the microscope this year as well. He and his wife, Erica Stoll,...
The 2024 Paris Olympics are just around the corner, and one superstar collegiate gymnast is giving some support to one of the most famous athletes in the sport and giving a warning to the rest of the world. LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne was on the red carpet ahead of the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles...
Atlanta Dream star Allisha Gray made league history on Friday night as she became the first player in league history to win the skills competition and the 3-point contest. Gray completed the skills course in 31.2 seconds in the first portion and then in 32.1 seconds in the final, holding off Phoenix Mercury sharpshooter Sophie...
Dutch golf star Joost Luiten let it rip Friday and revealed his plans for the Olympics after his efforts to play for the Netherlands were blocked in the days leading up to the Games. After he missed the cut at The Open Championship, he didn’t hold back his feelings about the International Golf Federation (IGF)....
On this day in history, July 20, 1968, athletes competed in the first Special Olympics International Games — the largest sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities today, according to National Geographic. The first Special Olympics International Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. About 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from the United...
