Jerry Easter, a 6-foot-4 point guard at Hillcrest Prep in Gilbert, Arizona, picked up a major college basketball offer as an eighth-grader. It came from Arizona State on Friday. It wasn't his first college offer. After his sixth grade year, he was...
Week 11 of the NFL season has arrived with a logjam in the AFC. For the first time since the 1970 merger, nine teams in a conference have at least six wins after 10 weeks. Two of those teams are...
Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams said he "fought depression" while a member of the New York Jets. Appearing on the "All Things Covered" podcast hosted by Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson and former NFL cornerback Bryant McFadden, Adams detailed his...
Tom Brady threw for 341 yards and was involved in four touchdowns, Ronald Jones had a franchise-record 98-yard touchdown run, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers bounced back from a dreadful defeat with a resounding 46-23 win over the Carolina Panthers...
After Kamala Harris’ barrier-breaking election as vice president last week, a good-natured warning made its way around social media. “Make sure to wear shoes, ladies. There’s glass everywhere.” Now, just a few days later, another ceiling has shattered. The Miami...
Kevin de Bruyne missed a penalty as Manchester City and Premier League champion Liverpool shared a 1-1 draw on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium. The Belgium international screwed his first-half spot-kick wide of the post after VAR ruled Joe Gomez had used his arm...
Marco Reus put Dortmund ahead late in the first half but David Alaba levelled with a deflected shot after a clever free-kick routine in injury time. Robert Lewandowski headed in from Lucas Hernandez's cross and set up Leroy Sane, who...
The two former players had a string of battles while playing against each other (Picture: Getty) Former Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic has spoken about the time he nearly came to blows with Didier Drogba in one of his many on-pitch battles with the ex-Chelsea frontman. The two sides dominated the Premier League over a period of seven years with Vidic arriving in 2006 – just after Jose Mourinhos second title-winning season at Stamford Bridge – from Spartak Moscow. The Serbs physical duels with Drogba were one of the hallmarks of the matches between the two teams, though Vidic admits things nearly spilled over in the Champions League final in Moscow in 2008. Vidic says Drogba wanted to punch him in Moscow, though he only got a little slap (Picture: Getty) Speaking to The Athletic, the former centre-back recalled: Drogba wanted to punch me during the game. At first I was thinking: “What is he doing?” Then I went towards him. I was stupid, so was he. He was sent off. Advert..
REUTERS: Australia's Ash Barty has reclaimed the number one spot in the WTA rankings less than a month after losing it while US Open champion Bianca Andreescu moved up to a career-high fifth after her maiden Grand Slam win in New York. Andreescu beat Serena Williams 6-3 7-5 in Saturday's final to maintain a 13-match unbeaten run, where she also won the Canadian Open, to break into the top 10 for the first time in her career. Advertisement Advertisement "I don't want to take anything for granted. These are the moments you live for and I'm just beyond blessed," Andreescu, who moved up 10 places, told Reuters. After taking the first set and leading 5-1 in the second, Andreescu was broken twice by 23-times Grand Slam winner Williams before eventually breaking back and winning the contest to become the first Canadian to win a major in the professional era. "It definitely wasn't easy in the final against Serena Williams," the 19-year-old added. "I think I'..
REUTERS: Habib Cisse, former legal adviser to disgraced IAAF ex-president Lamine Diack, has been banned for life for corruption and fined US$25,000, the IAAF Ethics Board said on Monday. The IAAF said its ethics panel had found Cisse guilty of helping to cover up doping violations by Lilya Shobukhova "and other Russian athletes". Advertisement Advertisement Cisse was accused by independent investigator Dick Pound in 2016 of being part of a clique run by Diack that covered up organised doping in the sport. Diack, who is to be tried in France on charges of corruption and money laundering, diverted the handling of Russian doping cases to Cisse, who was serving at the time as the Senegalese's personal lawyer. "The decision (to ban Cisse) enters into force on 9 September 2019, being the date on which the decision was communicated to the parties," the IAAF said in a statement on its website. The world governing body added that
