It’s not unusual for tennis balls to land in the grandstands at tournaments, so attendees usually know to stay alert during matches.
However, one shot during Monday’s Wimbledon match between Daniil Medvedev and Jiri Lehecka might be a one-in-a-million occurrence.
Lehecka returned a serve from the No. 3 player and popped the ball up into the stands. Wildly enough, the ball landed smack dab in a spectator’s Pimm’s cocktail, which is a gin-based drink specially prepared at Wimbledon. Needless to say, this doesn’t happen very often—if at all.
Author: Michael
LeBron James coached his son at Peach Jam, and the highlights are hilarious.
LeBron James has been a corny basketball dad in the best possible way since his oldest son Bronny first started popping up on the AAU circuit five years ago. We’ve seen LeBron jump in the layup line with the kids, get animated on the sideline, and bring his famous friends with him to watch the games.
Bronny has since turned into a legitimate NBA prospect, and will begin his freshman season at USC in the fall.
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James spent last week in North Augusta, S.C. coaching his son Bryce’s 16U basketball team at the prestigious Nike EYBL Peach Jam tournament.
James teamed up with another former NBA player in Rajon Rondo to coach the team, which went 3–1 but failed to advance out of pool play due to point differential.
But an early exit didn’t stop James from producing some hilarious moments on the sideline, captured in a viral TikTok video shared by Brent Wilson showcasing the many emotions of “Coach LeBron”. As you might expect, James was fired up on the sideline.
Free agent running back Dalvin Cook is said to hold offers from numerous teams, but the current standstill on the ex-Viking’s signing appears to come down to what those offers look like.
As NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe reported on Good Morning Football, the Dolphins are one team with interest in Cook which has made an offer to the running back. The issue? Per Wolfe, Cook believes he’s “one of the best backs in the league, and he wants to be paid as such.”
“The Dolphins do have interest. They’ve had conversations with Dalvin Cook.
Las Vegas Summer League is underway, and clubs are at a point where they’re determining who makes the most sense to bring to training camp once that begins in late September.
But with that in mind, a handful of talented, relatively young free agents remain on the market. Here are five of the best ones, who are all 27 years old or younger.
Trendon Watford
Surprisingly, the 22-year-old combo forward was waived by Portland the day free agency began despite putting up solid numbers—7.4 points per game, 3.8 boards and 2.
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. The best event of MLB’s All-Star week is tonight. (The home run derby.)
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🏈 Northwestern’s hazing scandal
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📈 Top 2024 quarterback prospects
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Fitzgerald could face additional discipline
Pat Fitzgerald is synonymous with Northwestern football. He was a star linebacker for the Wildcats in the ’90s and joined the coaching staff in 2001 as an assistant.
Minor leaguers showed off all their talents during Saturday’s MLB Futures Game, but one pitching prospect specifically stood out after he took to the mound: Brewers right handed pitcher Jacob Misiorowski.
In the one inning Misiorowski appeared in, he threw 11 fastballs, and all but one pitch hit at least 100 mph. His slowest of the bunch was clocked at 99.8 mph.
On the mound, the prospect averaged 100.6 mph per pitch, while 12 of the 17 other pitchers averaged around 95 mph for a fastball.
It probably isn’t easy being Rob Manfred. The MLB commissioner is tasked with leading professional baseball and has to constantly deal with boos and criticism—although it’s warranted at times. He made it a little too easy for baseball fans to come at him on Sunday during the 2023 MLB draft, when he completely butchered a school name in the first round.
Manfred walked up to the lectern at Lumen Field in Seattle to announce the Athletics’ pick at the No. 6 spot and slipped up.
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Well, this is one of the dumbest sports quotes of the year.
The ongoing feud between Kylian Mbappé and Paris Saint-Germain is reaching a head with all signs pointing to Mbappé making a move to Real Madrid after he announced he wouldn’t be renewing his contract. Normally losing one of the best players in the world would cause a team to reset and lick their wounds, but instead those in PSG’s orbit are lashing out and essentially saying “Mbappé isn’t that good anyway.
You’ve got to be kidding me with that rain. Seriously, NASCAR fans didn’t deserve that. We deserved to watch that race all the way to the end, because buddy, it was the best one I’ve seen in years.
That’s right — years. I said it, and I’m sticking by it.
Fair is fair, and I was tough on NASCAR last week because I thought the Chicago race was … eh. Atlanta, though, was right in my wheelhouse.
From start to premature finish — yes, go ahead, make the joke — it was awesome. Non-stop action, passing, sliding up the track, near wrecks and, of course, actual wrecks.