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Let’s rank the 16 teams still standing in the 2023 men’s FIBA World Cup by their championship chances.
The 2023 men’s FIBA World Cup is loaded with NBA talent all over the field. The United States is seeking redemption after a disastrous seventh place finish in this tournament in 2019, and a young roster impressed in group play by finishing undefeated.
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Former Olympic cyclist Inga Thompson joined Riley Gaines on the ‘Gaines For Girls‘ podcast to discuss transgender athletes competing in women’s sports, specifically trans cyclist Austin Killips.
Thompson, who represented the U.S. in the Olympics on three separate occasions, has spoken out against Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI) transgender participation policy in the past. In fact, it led to her being removed as director of Cynisca Cycling team.
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Lou Hedley is the Aussie tattoo dad about to take over punting for the Saints.
Punters with personality always develop a cult following — hell, look at Pat McAfee. There’s something inherently funny about punting with swagger, and it causes these players to get elevated to folk heroes. Lou Hedley, the Saints 30-year-old punter from Australia, took his craft from the deserts of Western Australia, to a tattoo shop in Indonesia, a stop in Miami, and now to the NFL.
Yeah, people are going to fall in love with this guy.
Phillies star Bryce Harper blasted his 29th home run of the season in Tuesday night’s victory over the Angels, and had an unlikely source of motivation for the home run.
A 94.1 WIP radio listener in Philadelphia.
Sure enough, “Chuck from Mount Airy” was the reason for Harper’s home run, as he fired up the Phillies slugger when he called into the sports talk station on Tuesday afternoon.
“He calls in a lot,” Harper told reporters after the game.
Team USA’s Anthony Edwards and Jordan’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson went back-and-forth racking up points as the Americans wrapped up pool play 3-0 with a 110-62 win over Jordan.
The status of quarterback Joe Burrow has dominated headlines around the Bengals this preseason. The calf injury he suffered on July 27 set off alarm bells, and wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase generated discussion by repeatedly calling for Burrow to sit out Cincinnati’s opener against the Browns on Sept. 10 in order to allow his right calf to fully heal.
With the clock ticking, however, Bengals coach Zac Taylor remained relatively mum Tuesday on the status of his team’s superstar.
“We’ll see,” Taylor said when asked whether Burrow would return to practice this week.
A look at how Sanders executed exit interviews after the spring like an NFL cutdown day. Saturday we get to start seeing if his plan worked.
The Vikings are signing running back Myles Gaskin, released Wednesday by the Dolphins, to their active roster, agents Drew Rosenhaus and Ryan Matha confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Giants right-hander Alex Cobb fell one out short of his first no-hitter, settling for a 131-pitch one-hitter in Tuesday night’s 6-1 win over the Reds.
HBO’s Hard Knocks paid tribute to The Sopranos with a perfect remake of the show’s classic intro, and fans loved it.
Late Sopranos star James Gandolfini was a big New York Jets fan, so the team being featured on Hard Knocks this year created the perfect chance to honor the great HBO show and its star, and they hit it out of the park.
NFL Films set video of Jets head coach Robert Saleh driving to the team’s preseason game against the Giants to the Sopranos theme music, just as Gandolfini’s character was seen doing in the show’s open.