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New Netflix documentary takes up-close look at pro cycling
With the success of its Drive to Survive documentary series chronicling life in Formula 1, Netflix is now trying to expand its sports coverage. After already tackling tennis and golf, professional cycling is now on the menu.
On Thursday, June 8, Tour de France: Unchained was released on the streaming service. Produced by the same company that also did Drive to Survive, it presents an up-close look at the biggest cycling race in the world over the course of eight episodes.
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⛰️ The Nuggets’ star duo goes off
🌟 Pickleball’s teenage phenom
🏌️♂️ Rory McIlroy’s reaction to the LIV merger
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Denver leaned heavily into the Nikola Jokic-Jamal Murray duo for Game 3, and they delivered historic triple-doubles in a convincing win over Miami.
As NFL players continuously break league gambling rules, the league has elected to circulate a video to its players reiterating its policy on sports wagering.
The NFL has enlisted Tom Brady to be the spokesman in the educational video, according to Mike Klis of 9 News in Colorado. The news comes on the heels of the league’s latest betting investigation involving Isaiah Rodgers of the Colts.
We’re waiting to see if the Pac-12 can strike a media deal that would suffice conference members, which is now an everyday topic. It’s been reported that the conference has agreed to a Grant of Rights deal, member schools like Arizona are still waiting on the television deal to sign.
This has turned into the soap-opera that’s become a talking point around college football for the past few months. As the Big Ten, SEC and Big 12 look toward the future with their own negotiated television agreements, PAC-12 members are still waiting.
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Ludvig Aberg is making his first PGA Tour start as a professional this week and he is looking to make some history of his own.
After a historic week for the LPGA and Rose Zhang, could the PGA Tour see the same with Ludvig Aberg in his professional debut? He spoke to the media on Wednesday ahead of the RBC Canadian Open as he preps to tee off after becoming the first PGA Tour University player to earn exempt status for the rest of the 2023 and the entire 2024 season.
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The rookie from Kansas gave the Nuggets a huge injection of life off the bench in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
It’s really a credit to the Miami Heat that they were able to get out to the start they did, getting out to such early leads as 5-0, 9-4, and 14-10. It’s just too bad they weren’t able to keep the game competitive much longer beyond that, having only one other multi-possession lead in the first half and not a single lead in the second.
The Nuggets downed the Heat in Miami 109–94 in Game 3 on Wednesday night in Miami thanks to triple-doubles from stars Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray.
Jokić and Murray became the first duo in playoff history to record 30-point triple-doubles. The work of Jokić was particularly historic, as he recorded the first 30-20-10 stat line in playoff history. He finished with 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists.
Even after the monumental performance, Jokić refused to take too much credit. Instead, he heaped praise on rookie Christian Braun, who Jokić said won Denver the game.
Pickleball may be the craze of the senior set, irreplaceably hip among so many replaceable hips. There are entire residential communities based around a shared love of pickleball, the—all together now—fastest growing sport in the United States.
But, if you need sound evidence that—twack—pickleball cuts a wide demographic swatch—twack—consider the fate of the world’s best female player. She turned in an MVP season in 2022, winning eight triple crowns—the singles, doubles and mixed doubles events at a tournament.
Cincinnati Reds infielder Elly De La Cruz made his presence felt in a major way on Wednesday night by sending his first big league home run into orbit. The 21-year-old turned on a pitch and nearly sent the baseball out of the ballpark.
De La Cruz made his MLB debut the day prior picking up his first career hit in the form of a double, but the no-doubt home run certainly had a different feel to it.
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