Nigeria notched the biggest win in the country’s Women’s World Cup history in a 3–2 thriller against co-host Australia, setting the stage for an exhilarating final day in the Group of Death.
Led by Pitt women’s soccer coach Randy Waldrum, Nigeria came back from a 1–0 deficit to defeat the tenth-ranked Matildas. Just five minutes after Australia’s opening goal, Racing Louisville’s Uchenna Kanu equalized just before the stroke of halftime.
Osinachi Ohale then gave the Super Falcons the lead in the 65th before Barcelona star Asisat Oshoala extended the lead to 3–1.
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It wasn’t long ago that Name, Image, Likeness was introduced to college athletics. What came with it was a new way to entice players to certain schools. As we’ve seen over the past year, the number of commissioners and coaches finally calling it what it is has changed.
Let’s be clear, paying players to attend college is not new. What is new is the way some are hiding it behind NIL rules and collectives. Long gone are the days of dropping off a bag of cash or setting up parents of potential student athletes with jobs across the country.
Formula 1’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix is set to take place on Sunday, Nov. 9 but it will be a big party all weekend, including Saturday night when David Beckham and Shaquille O’Neal host a celebration at Club SI.
The two legends will take part in candid conversations about their careers and also hang out with Club SI guests before the race gets underway.
“Having attended Club SI at other Grand Prix races, I can say with certainty, when it comes to the celebration of sports, SI never disappoints,” Shaq said.
Mike Tirico opened NBC’s 2022 Winter Olympic coverage in Beijing, China by addressing the host country’s alleged human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims. He also acknowledged that China is “the nation where COVID began.”
Tirico’s opening comments were not only accurate but admirable, although he recently admitted that he had a very real fear during his remaining time in the country following his opening remarks.
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Just one more race before F1 goes quiet for the summer shutdown
Formula 1’s summer shutdown is right around the corner, but before the grid goes quiet for a few weeks, there is one last matter of business.
The Belgian Grand Prix.
The circuit heads to the famed Spa-Francorchamps, for the third F1 Sprint weekend of the season. That means just one practice session on Friday before qualifying for the Grand Prix itself.
Not a lot of time for the teams, particularly those with some work to do, to get things right.
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The U.S. dug deep and weathered some physical play to get a point against Netherlands. However, they have some issues that must be addressed.
It’s Sho-time.
It turns out the Angels will not be sellers at the trade deadline. Instead, they are buyers — acquiring starting pitcher Lucas Giolito and reliever Reynaldo Lopez from the White Sox Wednesday night.
And that means Shohei Ohtani isn’t going anywhere.
Ohtani will continue his bid for the AL MVP as he takes the mound vs. the Tigers Thursday.
Usually, I give a lot of stats as to why I like a certain bet.
It seems like every night we see nasty pitches thrown by pitchers that could easily be considered the best or coolest pitch of the Major League Baseball season. There is just a ton of filthy stuff being thrown around the league.
Well, on Wednesday night, we had the opposite of that, as San Francisco’s Ryan Walker threw what should easily stand up as the worst pitch of the season.
The right-hander seemed to have a glitch in the system on this pitch in the third inning because it didn’t come close to home plate.
The NFC West may not be the simple prediction it appears to be.
While the 49ers are in terrific position to once again threaten for a Super Bowl, they’ll have serious competition within the division first.
Last year, it was the Seahawks who stunned the prognosticators by earning a wild-card berth after trading away Super Bowl–winning quarterback Russell Wilson and replacing him with Geno Smith. As it turned out, Wilson bombed with the Broncos, while Smith earned a Pro Bowl berth in Seattle, throwing 30 touchdowns.