SAN JOSE, Calif. — Even Simone Biles can’t believe what Simone Biles can do.
Her body must have understood that she was nailing her floor routine on Sunday en route to winning her eighth national all-around title—a first for any gymnast, male or female—because she beamed as she hit skill after skill, but her brain had no idea. When the 15.400—the best score of the weekend on floor, and second overall only to her own vault—flashed, she gaped.
“I was like, Damn, I need to see that routine,” she said, likening the experience to a fever dream.
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It’s ‘Cram Week’ on the pod as we get you ready for all your drafts this week and over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Scott Pianowski joins Matt Harmon to put a bow on the preseason and determine which guys they’ve changed their mind on since the start of the month.
On April 27, Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud entered the NFL facing lofty expectations as the second overall pick.
Now, exactly four months removed from draft day, the rookie has officially claimed his spot atop Houston’s depth chart as the starting QB with the season opener looming on Sept. 10.
After starting all three of the Texans’s preseason games, Stroud, 21, was announced as QB1 by first-year Texans coach DeMeco Ryans following Sunday’s 17–13 road win over the Saints.
C.J. Stroud will get his first NFL start in Week 1 at Baltimore.
Matthew Stafford is gearing up for his third season with the Rams, with the team’s regular season opener just two weeks away.
Final roster cuts are just around the corner, and Los Angeles figures to be one of the youngest teams in the league. That’s something Stafford has apparently struggled with, according to his wife Kelly.
During a recent episode of her podcast, The Morning After With Kelly Stafford, Kelly revealed that her husband has found it difficult to connect with some of his new, young teammates.
“It’s kind of crazy. So Matthew’s been in the league a long time.
Simone Biles won her record eighth U.S. gymnastics championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy.
United States track and field star Noah Lyles raised eyebrows with his recent comments in which he was critical about NBA players referring to themselves as “world champions” after winning an NBA title.
“You know what hurts me the most is that I have to watch the NBA Finals and they have ‘world champion’ on their head. World champion of what? The United States?” said Lyles.
Those comments reached a slew of NBA stars, who took to the comment section on Instagram to raise issue with what Lyles said.
After winning a historic eighth national all-around title, Simone Biles added another milestone to her legendary career on Sunday, just three weeks removed from her long-awaited return to competition.
The superstar gymnast dazzled spectators at the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, Calif. en route to secure a record eighth U.S. title with a final score of 118.450.
With the win, Biles set the mark as the first U.S. gymnast, man or woman, to win eight titles, breaking a tie with former men’s star Alfred Jochim, who won seven from 1925-33.
Tom Brady sounds like he’s still recovering from the beat down he and the Bucs suffered at the hands of the Cowboys last postseason.
The retired QB and undisputed GOAT made an appearance Saturday night for the Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders preseason matchup.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS – AUGUST 26: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones visits with Tom Brady before a preseason game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Las Vegas Raiders at AT&T Stadium on August 26, 2023 in Arlington, Texas.
Less than 10 days after enduring a frightening medical episode, Saints tight end Jimmy Graham took an important step forward on Sunday as the veteran closes in on the start of his 13th NFL season.
Graham, who signed a one-year deal to return to the team in July, took the field for Sunday’s preseason finale against the Texans and put on a show in his second tune-up tilt. The contest marked the 36-year-old’s first since re-joining the Saints after experiencing an alleged seizure during a run-in with Los Angeles police that led to his arrest on Aug. 18.