Unheralded players were the story of Round 1 at Royal Liverpool. Now it’s up to the likes of Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and other stars to put themselves in contention.
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Yaqub Talib, the brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib, reportedly pleaded guilty to a murder charge on Thursday in connection to the shooting death of a youth football coach during a scrimmage last August.
According to the Dallas Morning News, Yaqub, 40, agreed to a guilty plea for fatally shooting Michael Hickmon, 43, in Lancaster, Texas following an argument on Aug. 13, 2022. Yaqub is currently facing a 37-year sentence, per spokeswoman Claire Crouch of the Dallas County district attorney’s office.
Yaqub, who was charged with murder in September, will be in court on Aug.
Subscription-based sports site “The Athletic” knew how to hemorrhage money and internal morale.
From the woke sports coverage to the declaration that they could end up as the chief sports site on the Internet, “The Athletic” set its sights high but instead managed to crash and burn.
Now they’re facing heat from their former writers after massive waves of layoffs this year forced them to cut 4 percent of their staff.
On Thursday, NFL owners unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Commanders to the Josh Harris Group for $6.05 billion.
While appearing on the Rich Eisen Show, ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. took the development a step further when he revealed that the new ownership group could look to change the team’s name.
Eisen bluntly asked the senior writer if he felt the idea was even conceivable.
“I think there’s a pretty good chance of that to erase any part of the Snyder legacy to have a complete do-over,” Natta Jr. said.
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Rahm was not thrilled with the fans nor the media and was quite blunt in pointing that out after his Open Championship round Thursday.
Jon Rahm entered Thursday’s opening round of the 151st Open Championship looking for his second major title of the season. He captured the Masters Tournament back in April. But things did not get off to the best start, as Rahm carded a 3-over 74.
That places him eight shots off the lead held by Tommy Fleetwood, Emiliano Grillo and 6-foot-8 amateur Christo Lamprecht.
Right after the news that the NFL owners unanimously voted on Thursday to approve the sale of $6.05 billion of the Commanders, NBA legend Magic Johnson, who is part of the new ownership group, tweeted a lengthy and heartfelt message on his Twitter.
The former Lakers star, who joins 76ers and Devils owner Josh Harris—along with David Blitzer of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment—in the ownership group, expressed that it’s always been his dream to be a part of an NFL ownership team.
“God is so good…I still can’t believe it!” Johnson tweeted.
New Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris made himself some new friends on Thursday.
Harris completed the sale of the team from previous owner Dan Snyder — arguably the worst in the history of sports — which already made him the most popular man in D.C.
READ: NFL OWNERS OFFICIALLY APPROVE SALE OF COMMANDERS TO JOSH HARRIS AS WASHINGTON HOPES GLORY DAYS RETURN
But just hours after making the deal official, Harris made a gesture aimed at winning over the fan base immediately.
A Jacksonville Jaguars associate coach came out as gay, a first for the NFL and major U.S. men’s pro sports.
Associate strength coach Kevin Maxen revealed his sexuality in a new interview on Thursday. Maxen shared that he publicly announced his sexuality as a gay man to pave the way for others to be openly gay in the league.
Maxen said in the interview: “I want to be vocal in support of people living how they want to live, but I also want to just live and not feel fear about how people will react.
ACC commissioner and former Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips released a statement Thursday in the wake of being named as a defendant in two lawsuits regarding hazing allegations within the athletic department.
Phillips, Northwestern’s AD from 2008 to ’21, was listed among a group of defendants, including recently-dismissed football coach Pat Fitzgerald, in two of the lawsuits filed by ex-Wildcats football players in connection to the allegations.