Australia play Sweden in a match neither set of players want to be in having, having lost to England and Spain respectively in the FIFA Women’s World Cup semifinals, but there is still a bronze medal to play for.
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Falcons running back Bijan Robinson looked explosive on his first NFL carry Friday night in a preseason game against the Bengals, a 12-yard run that encapsulated so much of what he had already shown his team for weeks.
Pete Alonso took full blame for throwing the ball from Masyn Winn’s first big league hit into the stands. It ultimately was retrieved and given to the Cardinals rookie.
The estate of Dwayne Haskins has reached a settlement with the driver, the owner and the broker of the dump truck that struck and killed the quarterback in 2022.
For the first time in 20 years, Bill Self will return to Champaign, Illinois, to help raise money for the victims of the Maui fires.
Cardinals prospect Masyn Winn nearly lost the ball from his first career hit.
The NFL preseason continued Friday night. Here are the key performances from the first three of 16 games that will extend through Monday night.
Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. made one of the heads-up plays of the season on Friday when he deliberately missed a pop fly in Friday’s game against the Reds.
In the bottom of the seventh and a runner on first, Reds outfielder Will Benson lifted a fly ball into the infield. Instead of securing the catch, Guerrero allowed the ball to hit the ground, and Toronto completed the 3-4-6 double-play.
Although Toronto ended up losing the contest 1–0, the 24-year-old Guerrero displayed his continued maturation as a first baseman in the league.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
You could forgive New York Mets’ star Pete Alonso for checking out mentally, given where his team is in the standings.
The Mets are just 57-66, and essentially threw in the towel at the trading deadline, letting Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Mark Canha and David Robertson go. And playing out the rest of a pointless season may have gotten to him a bit on Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cardinals have dealt with a disappointing year of their own, sitting in last place in the NL Central at 54-69.
It’s safe to say Paul Skenes has had a whirlwind of a year.
The Pirates selected the former LSU pitcher as the No. 1 pick in the 2023 MLB draft after he helped the Tigers win this year’s College World Series. Skenes’s deal included a record $9.2 million bonus.
But even with the massive contract and many lauding him with a comparison to Stephen Strasburg, there’s not much that gets more attention on the internet than his relationship with LSU gymnast and social media star Olivia Dunne.