Day: June 2, 2022
Amateur Ingrid Lindblad takes U.S. Women’s Open lead
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — When Ingrid Lindblad peeked at the tee times for the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open, she had an overwhelming sensation of disbelief upon seeing she would be in the same group as her golfing role model, fellow Swede Annika Sorenstam. Then, on her […]
Read MoreFrench Open lookahead: Nadal-Zverev, Cilic-Ruud semifinals
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load PARIS — LOOKAHEAD TO FRIDAY Rafael Nadal will face No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev in one French Open men’s semifinal. No. 20 Marin Cilic will play No. 8 Casper Ruud in the second semifinal in Court Philippe Chatrier on Friday. It is Nadal’s 36th birthday. There is rain in […]
Read MoreRussian athletes to remain banned from track and field world championships
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load When the United States hosts the track and field world championships next month for the first time, the event will be without athletes from Russia and Belarus. World Athletics reaffirmed its March decision to ban athletes representing both countries to the Associated Press, which will keep them from participating […]
Read MoreEverything you need to know about the NCAA baseball tournament
[ad_1] The NCAA baseball tournament kicks off Friday. Here’s what you need to know about the 64-team event. [ad_2] Source link
Read MoreCoco Gauff to face Iga Swiatek in French Open final
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load PARIS — Four years after winning the French Open’s girls’ championship, American teen Coco Gauff took a major step in her ascension to the elite ranks of tennis Thursday at Roland Garros, earning a spot in her first Grand Slam final with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Martina Trevisan […]
Read MoreJosh Donaldson upset by Yankees’ criticism of ‘Jackie’ remark
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load Josh Donaldson has felt the effects of calling Tim Anderson “Jackie,” a reference to Jackie Robinson that Chicago White Sox Manager Tony La Russa called “racist,” from his own New York Yankees teammates. Donaldson was suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball for […]
Read MoreAfter Uvalde, athletes, teams call for tighter gun laws
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load On the evening of May 26 — two days after the school shooting that claimed 21 lives in Uvalde, Tex., and two days before the first pitch of a series between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox — executives of the teams got on the phone to discuss […]
Read MoreDoctor in tow, Rafael Nadal heads to French Open semifinals
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load PARIS — Rafael Nadal showed up at Roland Garros with his personal doctor along for the trip, hoping to get some help with the chronic pain in his left foot that’s been an off-and-on problem for years. Nadal, as is his wont, has downplayed his chances at a 14th […]
Read MoreLegislators in Virginia to delay vote on NFL stadium for Washington Commanders
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load RICHMOND — The General Assembly will delay voting on legislation meant to lure the Washington Commanders football team to Virginia, a key senator said Tuesday, signaling trouble for a plan that began the year with broad bipartisan buy-in. With legislators returning to the Capitol on Wednesday to vote on […]
Read MoreBethesda-Chevy Chase lacrosse has dream season despite finals defeat
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load When midfielder Grayson O’Marra began playing lacrosse at Bethesda-Chevy Chase in March 2019, her coaches asked freshmen to write their realistic and dream goals for their high school tenures. O’Marra’s dream goal was to win a regional championship. The Barons had never reached the state title game and had […]
Read MoreBrenden Aaronson preps for World Cup, Leeds United
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load CINCINNATI — On the final day of the Premier League season, Brenden Aaronson was with his girlfriend in a Vienna cafe watching Leeds United attempt to avoid relegation to England’s second division. His own move to the world’s most popular soccer circuit hinged on the outcome. Leeds’s survival May […]
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The Boys Season 3 Release Time in India, Episodes, Cast, Trailer, New Characters, and More
The Boys season 3, set to debut this week on Amazon Prime Video, marks the return of some highly polarising characters — from Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher to Antony Starr’s Homelander — who were last seen setting our screens on fire in 2020 when the previous instalment ended with a brutal and bold final episode. […]
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NCAA should pull its championships from Texas over gun laws
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load If the NCAA had any moral standards, it would move the Men’s and Women’s Final Fours — one scheduled for Houston, one slated for Dallas — out of Texas next year. It would move all of its other championships from the state, too. And it would vow not to […]
Read MoreSparks’ Liz Cambage denies directing racial slur at Nigerian players
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load Los Angeles Sparks center Liz Cambage denied directing racial slurs toward Nigerian women’s basketball players while playing for the Australian national team in a closed-door scrimmage before the Tokyo Olympics. The Sunday Telegraph obtained video that shows Cambage — the daughter of a Nigerian father and Australian mother — […]
Read MoreChase Young rejoins Commanders, details recovery from ACL surgery
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load In his first public appearance at the team facility since January, all Chase Young could do was watch. The Washington Commanders’ star defensive end emerged from the building with about a half-hour remaining in practice Wednesday; yelled, “Tezzz!” to teammate and close friend Montez Sweat; and positioned himself near […]
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