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Napheesa Collier turned to Twitter to reveal new details about Unrivaled, the new three-on-three professional basketball league for the WNBA’s biggest stars.
A new professional women’s basketball league is coming to the United States, and it could change everything for the game’s top athletes.

The door has been wide open for Justin Fields to make his case to be the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback since training camp opened. It couldn’t have been easier.
And he seems to have fumbled the opportunity.
Literally.
Fields started for the preseason’s first game for the Steelers Friday night against the Houston Texans. He and played with the first-team, as he’s been doing since early in training camp, because Russell Wilson has been slowly rehabilitating from a calf injury.
So there’s been an open door to the starting job for Fields.

Team USA hopes to win its first Olympic gold medal since the 2012 London Games, but Brazil star Marta eyes her first gold before she retires. Follow along with us.

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The USC head coach has created a methodical plan with his quarterbacks and Lewis is next in line.
The USC Trojans won one of the bigger recruiting battles in the 2025 class last year when they ultimately landed a commitment from five-star quarterback Julian Lewis, who has received a total of 37 scholarship offers.

Tyreek Hill is about to wake up to a barrage of tweets ripping him after the star Miami Dolphins wide receiver incorrectly called out a teacher for her grammar.
The embarrassing tweet came after Tyreek quote-tweeted a teacher named Mary Crippen who was standing in front of a dry-erase school board and asked her followers if Hill and teammate Jaylen Waddle would combine for over 3,000 yards this season.
“Can @cheetah and @D1__JW combine for 3,000 yards? Class class is going to track and find out. This year it’s all about teamwork,” the teacher tweeted out.

The top recruit from D.C. showed off his all-around skills at the Under Armour’s Next Elite 24.
Day 2 of the Under Armour Elite 24 wrapped up on Friday, with some of the top high school and international basketball players competing against each other in a scrimmage in front of a handful of NBA scouts.
While the main event of the three-day showcase is the nationally televised game on Saturday, Friday still provided a valuable outlook into some of the top talent around the nation, with 2025 four-star guard Acaden Lewis standing out with his array of skills.

Team USA will face host country France in the men’s basketball gold medal game at the 2024 Paris Olympics this afternoon.

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Ko looks to add her third medal to her collection at the 2024 Olympics, and she will use Simone Biles’ words to make it happen.
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko is competing in her third Olympics. She won a silver medal in Rio at the 2016 Games and a bronze medal three years ago in Tokyo. Now, she is aiming for Gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and has a strong chance of making that happen.
Heading into the final round of play, the Kiwi tied for first place with Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux at 9-under overall.

In today’s edition: The USWNT’s new “Big Three,” Grant Fisher spotlight, Khelif wins gold, “Layers of the Games,” and more.

Deion Sanders, who hasn’t won a game since last October, went OFF on a Denver Post reporter after yesterday’s Colorado practice. 
Now, I can’t stand the media. Yes, I know I work in the media, but you know what I mean. Sports media types, at least 95% of ‘em, are insufferable. They’re usually a bunch of fake virtue-signalers who think Kamala Harris will be a good president because she … smiles a lot. 
So, I always find it funny when people in sports go after them. And I always like when Deion Sanders is involved in it, because he’s a #content machine.