Texas commit Dia Bell is the 2025 Elite 11 MVP. The five-star quarterback recruit dazzled this week at the Elite 11 Finals in Los Angeles and was named the top performer among the 20 incoming high school seniors in attendance. With his honor, Bell joined a fraternity of MVPs that includes Heisman Trophy winner Caleb…
Famed slugger Sammy Sosa made his long-anticipated return to Wrigley Field on Friday — his first official appearance at the stadium in 21 years — for the Chicago Cubs‘ home contest against the Seattle Mariners (SEA-CHC GameTracker). When Sosa arrived at the stadium before the game, team owner Tom Ricketts greeted him with a hug….
Jun 20, 2025, 01:55 PM ET CHICAGO — Legendary Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa returned to Wrigley Field for the first time in more than 20 years Friday before Chicago’s afternoon game with the Seattle Mariners. Sosa, who is set to be inducted into the Cubs’ team Hall of Fame this year, arrived at the iconic…
The external expectations for the Golden State Valkyries coming into the 2025 season were low since the expansion franchise didn’t boast many household names on their roster. However, through 12 games of the season, they’ve been extremely competitive and have a 6-6 record a quarter of the way into their inaugural season, thanks in large…
The tensions that flared between the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun earlier in the week have subsided, but the jokes have kept coming. Fever guard Sophie Cunningham was a part a late-game skirmish after delivering a hard foul on Connecticut’s Jacy Sheldon with less than a minute to play. Sheldon immediately went after Cunningham, resulting…
Jun 19, 2025, 11:24 PM ET DETROIT — Pirates reliever Dennis Santana was involved in an altercation with a fan he said “crossed the line” during the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader with the Tigers, and at one point, he was seen leaping and swiping at the person. “You guys know me — I’m a…
Jun 20, 2025, 07:15 AM ET PODGORICA, Montenegro — Former NBA center Vlade Divac underwent emergency surgery after breaking a hip in a fall from his motorcycle in Montenegro, doctors said Friday. The accident happened Thursday on a road near the Montenegrin Adriatic Sea coast. Hospital officials said Divac sustained a fracture and that an…
Alexa PhilippouJun 20, 2025, 12:30 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Indiana Fever sensation Caitlin Clark and Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa…
Duke • Fr • 6’8″ / 221 lbs Projected Team Dallas PROSPECT RNK 1st POSITION RNK 1st PPG 19.2 RPG 7.5 APG 4.2 3P% 38.5% There is no rational justification to consider anyone else with the No. 1 overall pick. Flagg met all the hype and then some during a standout freshman season at Duke,…
Getty Images Two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant has become an investor in UEFA Champions League team Paris Saint-Germain and will serve as a consultant on the club’s potential plans to expand into basketball, according to The Athletic. Durant’s investment in Paris Saint-Germain comes via the expansion of Durant’s existing partnership with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI),…
