PISA, Italy (AP) — Daan Hoole won the individual time trial at the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday for the biggest victory of his career, while Isaac del Toro kept hold of the leader’s pink jersey at the end of the 10th stage.
Hoole made the most of going early, on dry roads, to finish the 28.6-kilometer (18-mile) course from Lucca to Pisa in 32 minutes, 30 seconds. It was the Dutch national time trial champion’s first victory in a Grand Tour.
The 26-year-old Hoole was seven seconds faster than Joshua Tarling, who won the first individual time trial on the second stage of the Giro.
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The Bears extending Thuney is logical, the next step in trying to contend right away.
The 2025 Chicago Bears’ offseason has felt like one where they’re gearing up to contend right away. Hiring defensive coordinator Dennis Allen kept the defensive structure intact, then adding plenty of offensive weaponry around QB Caleb Williams to make the offense really take off under new head coach Ben Johnson.
However, one of their most important deals was trading for guard Joe Thuney.
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TGL is expanding and headed to Detroit for its seventh franchise.
Late Monday night TGL’s social accounts suggested that news was on the way and it arrived on Tuesday as lunch begin to unfold on the east coast.
Expansion is coming for TGL. Starting in 2027 there will be a seventh team in the league. Get ready for Motor City Golf Club!
TGL’s Detroit team will feature ownership that oversees the NFL’s Detroit Lions, obviously, and Denver Broncos franchises.
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Here are our final grades for the Panthers’ 2025 offseason.
The Carolina Panthers are ready to make the leap. Obviously the team was bad in 2024, because you don’t find yourself picking inside the top-10 if you’re good — but there was a ton of promise down the back stretch with the team finally finding its groove after the bye week, pushing the Chiefs, Eagles, and Buccaneers into narrow, one-score losses.
Bryce Young is the nucleus of this turnaround.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl in 2002 thanks to a dominant defense. Hall of Famers Ronde Barber, Derrick Brooks, John Lynch and Warren Sapp made up a formidable squad for opposing offenses, but one other player on the roster seemingly doesn’t get the respect he deserves.
That would be defensive end Simeon Rice, who registered two sacks and a forced fumble during the Buccaneers’ Super Bowl win over the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII.