Author: Michael

The rivalry between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans has been called the greatest intersectional rivalry in college sports. The two schools have played each other 94 times, with the first meeting coming in December 1926, nearly 100 years ago.
But thanks to realignment within college football, it might be coming to an end. USC head coach Lincoln Riley recently hinted at Big Ten media day that he and the school could be reevaluating whether the rivalry game was worth the downside, in the modern, expanded playoff era.

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Basketball officiating at the Olympics hit a new low on Tuesday after a questionable flagrant was called on Team Japan forward Rui Hachimura.
Hachimura, who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, left early in a matchup against Team France after his second “flagrant” of the day featured a light swipe at French center Rudy Gobert. 
The Japanese player was also assigned a flagrant earlier in the game for bumping into a player from Team France during a drive to the basket.
Team France certainly benefited from Hachimura’s exit.

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The US Women’s Rugby Sevens team won the first rugby medal for the US since 1924 in shocking fashion against Australia on Tuesday., 
Now, one of the team’s breakout stars is getting a shout out from a guy who certainly knows a thing or two about a thing or two when it comes to stiff-arming the bejeezus out of the opposition.
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So, I’m not well-versed in the world of rugby, but I did catch some matches over the last few days, and even to my untrained eyes it was abundantly clear that Ilona Maher is an absolute machine.

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