[ad_1] 3:35 am ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com To close Mechelle Voepel covers WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports for espnW. Voepel started covering women’s basketball in 1984 and has been with ESPN since 1996. The United States women’s basketball team came to the Olympics with a mission: a seventh consecutive gold medal. The list … Read more
[ad_1] Americans April Ross and Alix Klineman beat Australia to win Olympic gold in beach volleyball on Friday. The team beat Australians Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy 21-15 and 21-16 in scorching 92-degree heat at Tokyo’s Shiokaze Park. First-time Olympian Klineman and Ross, who won three medals in as many trips to the … Read more
[ad_1] Lionel Messi will part ways with Barcelona. While the player and the club had accepted a five-year contract extension, La Liga salary cap rules mean that despite the parties’ agreement, the new contract cannot be signed under league rules. Messi’s old contract expired earlier this summer. Barcelona president Joan Laporta revealed on Friday that … Read more
[ad_1] “I feel like it will be an easy fight”: US boxer Keyshawn Davis anxiously awaits Olympic gold medal fightUNITED STATES TODAY Keyshawn Davis targets boxing gold at Tokyo OlympicsThe Washington Post Olympics 2020 boxing live stream: Keyshawn Davis, more on day 13Wrong left hook Norfolk’s Keyshawn Davis to fight for gold on Sunday after … Read more
[ad_1] It didn’t take long for Conor McGregor to react to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s recent comments on the Irishman’s controversial tweets. The former two-division UFC champion took to Twitter on Thursday to warn Nurmagomedov not to mention his name again. Nurmagomedov, who beat McGregor in the best-selling UFC pay-per-view in UFC 229 history, called McGregor a … Read more
[ad_1] CLEVELAND, Ohio – There will be people who dislike the terms of the new lease agreement between tribal owner Paul Dolan, Cuyahoga County, the City of Cleveland and the State of Ohio. Some will be angry and say taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for the $ 435 million deal to extend the lease for … Read more
[ad_1] Getty Images With many of the top players from both teams out, Thursday night’s 2021 preseason opener featured the debut of Steelers running back Najee Harris, Pittsburgh’s first-round pick. And coach Mike Tomlin liked what he saw. Harris had a healthy workload in the first quarter, carrying seven times for 22 yards and adding … Read more
[ad_1] CLEVELAND, Ohio – Triston McKenzie did a good job Thursday night in his very first start against the Toronto Blue Jays. The only blue jay that ruffled McKenzie’s feathers was shortstop Bo Bichette. It was enough to crush McKenzie and the Indians in a 3-0 loss to Toronto at Rogers Center. McKenzie retired 10 … Read more
[ad_1] KAWAGOE, Japan – Nelly Korda had to work for pars instead of birdies as a routine, and the 23-year-old American has done well enough to keep her distance in the pursuit of an Olympic golf medal . Korda saved par with a 5-foot putt on the 17th hole, then moved up and down from … Read more
[ad_1] Play video content TMZSports.com Jacques Paul vs. Manny Pacquiao is a fight you won’t see… because Filipino legend tells us he’s laser-focused on strengthening his legacy – and a fight with the YouTube star doesn’t help. … but he didn’t slam the door on Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather II. TMZ Sports spoke to … Read more