USWNT defender Julie Ertz appeared to announce her retirement from international soccer following Sunday’s devastating loss to Sweden.
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The Sharks granted longtime defenseman Erik Karlsson’s request for a trade, dealing him to the Penguins in a three-team trade the included the Canadiens for a haul that included veteran forward Mikael Granlund and a 2024 first-round pick.
Sweden head coach Peter Gerhardsson has said goalkeeper Zećira Mušović’s performance was so impressive that it could have pysched out the United States women’s national team stars in the penalty shootout.
Megan Rapinoe lamented ending her final World Cup with a missed penalty as the United States women’s national team exited at the round of 16 for the first time in its history.
The United States Women’s National Team was eliminated in the Round of 16 by Sweden on Sunday morning and Megan Rapinoe summed up the loss perfectly after the match. Rapinoe was just one of the USWNT’s three stars to miss a penalty kick in the game’s final moments to seal their team’s fate.
“I thought we played really well. I’m so happy for us that we went out like that, playing the way we did,” she told Fox Sports, according to The Athletic. “I mean this is like a sick joke for me personally. I’m just like this is dark comedy that I missed a penalty.
Florida State landed its top commitment in the college football recruiting Class of 2024 on Saturday. The announcement came minutes after the Seminoles’ top NIL collective made a bold statement.
As conference realignment continues to reshape the landscape of collegiate athletics, Florida State is the latest school to seek new opportunity. As the Atlantic Coast Conference looks ahead to the future, it may not include the Seminoles unless it figures out a new revenue sharing system that pays the athletic department in Tallahassee up to the value that it believes it is worth.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted its new members on Saturday, as the nine-person class of 2023 accepted their gold jackets. The induction ceremony can be motivational to aspiring football players, and even to current members of the NFL.
Cowboys pass rusher Micah Parsons was one player who was inspired by the weekend, so much so that he made a bold prediction on Saturday.
“When you talk about great careers, [when] you talk about the Hall of Fame, like I don’t think I just want to make the Hall of Fame.
Emotion began to grip Rapinoe shortly after the USWNT’s 5-4 penalty shootout loss to Sweden as she reflected on her career in a chilly post-match interview zone.
The Penguins made a big trade on Sunday, acquiring the reigning Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson from the Sharks, Pittsburgh announced. In the three-team deal that also included the Canadiens, Pittsburgh also received Rem Pitlick, Dillon Hamaliuk and a 2026 third-round pick.
In exchange, the Sharks received Mikael Granlund, Jan Rutta, Mike Hoffman and the Penguins’ first-round pick next year, while the Canadiens got a second-round pick in 2025 from Pittsburgh along with Jeff Petry, Casey DeSmith and Nathan Legare.
Gatlin Bair is the fastest recruit in college football. He chose to stay home on Saturday instead of venturing out to play for a variety of Power Five schools that offered him a scholarship.
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— Gatlin Bair (@BairGatlin) August 6, 2023
Bair, a Class of 2024 prospect from Burley, Idaho, ultimately committed to Boise State over Michigan, as well as offers from Oregon, TCU, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Nebraska and BYU, among others. However, he will not join the Broncos program until 2026.