After winning an NBA championship, it’s almost time for the Oklahoma City Thunder to pay the price for success. The second-youngest champion in league history has its roster littered with rookie-scale deals by a bunch of players in their early 20s. As soon as free agency opened, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander took a significant slice away from…
Love Island, Monopoly Deal and boat trips: Williamson on England’s team bonding ahead of Euro 2025 opener England’s ‘home away from home’ environment is helping the team ahead of their Euro 2025 opening fixture against France, says captain Leah Williamson. Speaking in Zurich the day before their first match of the tournament, where they are…
Surprising teams are set to battle as Fluminense and Al-Hilal square off in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinals on Friday. Fluminense pulled off a major upset to end the Round of 16, knocking Inter Milan out of the competition with a 2-0 decision. Al-Hilal also clinched a shocking victory as star striker Marcos…
The latest edition of the Subway Series gets underway on Friday, July 4 when the New York Mets host the New York Yankees at Citi Field. These teams met for a series in May, with the Yankees winning two of three games. The Yankees will be looking to snap a four-game losing streak after getting…
Islam Youssef delivered some fireworks on the Fourth of July at 2025 PFL MENA 2 with one of the most vicious knockouts of the year so far. Facing Benyamin Ghahraman (5-1) in a 138-pound catchweight bout on Friday at The Green Halls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Youssef (6-2) went airborne and landed a vicious right…
Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by the Metropolitan Police Service. The police said the offenses, which they say happened between 2021 and 2022, relate to two counts of rape of one woman, three counts of rape of a second woman, and…
The Friday, July 4 MLB schedule is loaded with 15 games and several rivalry series getting underway. All 30 MLB teams scheduled to play on the national holiday. One of the most notable MLB matchups today is Dodgers vs. Astros at 9:10 p.m. ET in an inter-league matchup between two of the top World Series…
Philippe Coutinho underwhelmed during his time at Aston Villa. Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images Aston Villa have confirmed that Philippe Coutinho has joined Brazilian side Vasco de Gama on a permanent basis. Coutinho spent last season on loan at the Brazilian outfit, where he made 31 appearances and scored five goals. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The…
SIX HUNDRED AND sixty-two days have passed since Novak Djokovic last won a major title. That day, in September 2023, was a history-clinching performance at the US Open, in which he defeated Daniil Medvedev to tie Margaret Court’s long-standing record for the most Grand Slam singles titles of all time with 24. It seemed all…
LeBron James becoming available has, typically, been a seismic NBA event. Teams famously spent the several years leading up to his 2010 free agency clearing cap space. Pretty much all league business halted for the first 11 days of July in 2014 as teams schlepped across the country first to Cleveland and then, later, to…
