Author: Michael

The U.S. Open is one of the biggest stages tennis has to offer. As such, it requires the utmost focus from players solely on the match at hand. That is, unless your significant other is playing on another court close by.
This is exactly what happened on Thursday to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and France’s Gaël Monfils, who have been married since 2021. Svitolina played first on Thursday, but her second-rund match vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova went into three sets, forcing her to potentially miss the beginning of her husband’s match.
Monfils’s match was against No.

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While she had previously announced a retirement from the US Women’s National Team, defender/midfielder Julie Ertz is retiring from the sport altogether.
There will be a lot of changes with the USWNT after the team’s disappointing performance at the 2023 FIFA World Cup.
The 31-year-old announced that she was calling it a day on her international career earlier this month after the USWNT’s Round of 16 loss to Sweden. However, she wasn’t expected to hang it up altogether considering she just signed a new deal with the NWSL’s Angel City FC.

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Scott Boras has made some wild accusations against the Los Angeles Dodgers with regards to their handling of former MVP Cody Bellinger.
Earlier this week, Boras went after the Dodgers in a USA Today article, specifically criticizing their approach to injury recovery. And how it allegedly affected Bellinger’s performance.
During the 2020 postseason, Bellinger infamously injured his shoulder during a home run celebration with Kiké Hernandez. He underwent surgery that offseason to address the issue, but returned in 2021, still recovering but with a relatively clean bill of health.

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Shares for Endeavor and WWE fell Thursday following a $100 million investment from Saudi Arabia into the Professional Fighters League (PFL), an upstart mixed martial arts organization.
Endeavor is in the process of forming a sports and entertainment company called TKO Group that consists of WWE and UFC. Thus, the market’s response to Saudi investment.
The reaction suggests a belief that PFL can challenge UFC, the pre-eminent MMA brand worldwide.
Already, Saudi Arabia proved it could hinder U.S. sports leagues with the creation of LIV Golf.

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