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Even at age 38, LeBron James stands as one of the best players in the NBA today.
The Lakers star, playing in his 21st NBA season, is one of only 10 players in league history to compete in 20 or more seasons. With longevity as his superpower, the four-time NBA champion continues to capture milestones and appreciate the iconic moments of his professional basketball career.
Although the Lakers (1-2) suffered a 132-127 road loss to the Kings on Sunday night, it marked 20 years to the date of James’s NBA debut in Sacramento.

Nearly three months on from its unofficial outset, the U.S. women’s national team coaching search is seemingly inching toward a predictable conclusion.

College basketball’s regular season may get off to a rather slow start (just two men’s games between high-major opponents are set for the first day of the season), but some of the sport’s highest-profile teams faced off in charity exhibition games over the weekend to give fans a taste of what they might see this season.
The games are a major breath of fresh air: NCAA rules allow Division I teams to play “secret scrimmages” against other D-I teams that can’t be televised or attended by fans as well as publicized exhibitions against non-D-I teams.

Third-base coaches for the Rangers, Diamondbacks, Phillies and Astros reflect on the crucial, often game-deciding decisions they make every day.

Jasper Stubbs, the winner of the 2023 Asia Pacific Amateur Championship | Asia Pacific Amateur Championship
Jasper Stubbs won the Asia Pacific Amateur in a two-hole playoff in his native Australia at Royal Melbourne.
Jasper Stubbs, a 21-year-old from Victoria, Australia, conquered the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship in his own backyard at Royal Melbourne.
He defeated Wenyi Ding and Sampson Zheng of China in a two-hole playoff after firing a 2-under 69.

Mitchell Evans leads Notre Dame in both receptions (29) and receiving yards (422).

It’s fun to talk about how Aaron Rodgers’s presence has helped Zach Wilson, or how Wilson has learned from offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, and how maybe, just maybe, Wilson can turn his career with the Jets around with the silver-lining opportunity Rodgers’s injury has created for him.
But all those story lines didn’t amount to much as Wilson picked himself up off the turf, having taken a sack from Kayvon Thibodeaux that gave the Giants possession in field goal range, up 10–7 with 1:26 left Sunday.

1. Pete Carroll is 72 years old and still going strong on and off the field.
Now in his 14th season as coach of the Seahawks, Carroll has his team in first place in the NFC West and apparently his unorthodox team meetings are partially responsible.
The Athletic recently ran a feature on Carroll and his unusual team meetings. Former and current Seahawks players shared a variety of stories about Carroll on passing X’s and O’s talk and scouting reports during team meetings and basically making them a free-for-all.

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Wie West channeled her inner Justin Bieber when she told reporters about a possible return to the LPGA Tour and professional golf.
At the U.S. Women’s Open, Michelle Wie West said goodbye to professional golf. Less than five months later, she shared a cryptic message about a possible return.
There is at least a chance that she will unretire, per TMZ Sports. Wie West channeled her inner Justin Bieber to answer when the publication asked if she would play professional golf again.

Here’s what the Nuggets have done over the first week of their first title defense in franchise history.
Facing a supremely motivated Lakers they swept during the conference finals? Dispatched with the same ease as in the playoffs. On the road against a Memphis team fighting to stay afloat without Ja Morant? Turned them into highlight fodder. In Oklahoma City to face an upstart Thunder team many expect to have a breakout season? Blowout win.