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We announced the signing of Olivia Smith from Liverpool on Thursday, and you can now take a behind-the-scenes look at her first day as an Arsenal player. Our cameras followed the Canadian international forward everywhere she went, including checking out her new workplace at the Sobha Realty Training Centre for the first time to put pen to paper on her …

Alexa PhilippouJul 17, 2025, 01:16 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 star Caitlin Clark will not participate in this weekend’s WNBA All-Star events, she …

Former NFL linebacker Bryan Braman, who made a key-but-overlooked play in the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl victory in 2018, died Wednesday night following a brain cancer diagnosis made earlier this year, his agent said. The 38-year-old Braman died at a hospital in his native Spokane, Washington, agent Sean Stellato told NBC News. “I lost my football brother, my client and …

It was the first real mountain stage of this years Tour de France with a finish up the legendary Hautacam ascent where in past editions Bjarne Riis, Luc Leblanc, Miguel Indurain, Lance Armstrong, Jonas Vingegaard and other riders did high level performances. Tour de France stage 12 2025 profile The 181 kilometre stage was not particularly hard or challenging compared …

Marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a doping violation. Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a diuretic that is included on the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) banned list, was found in a sample of Chepngetich’s urine collected on March 14, five days after she finished second in the Lisbon Half Marathon with a …

A Dallas County judge sentenced Rashee Rice to five years probation and 30 days of jail time, the Dallas Morning News reports. Rice pleaded guilty to collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing serious bodily injury, both third-degree felonies, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. He also paid all of the victim’s out-of-pocket medical …

ATLANTA — Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz on Thursday unabashedly advocated for a playoff format that runs contrary to the one supported by many of his SEC peers, aligning himself with the Big Ten’s proposal of four automatic qualifiers for the Big Ten and SEC in a 16-team field in 2026. Drinkwitz, speaking to ESPN on the last day of SEC …

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Two days after the eye-opening deep riff on the meaning of life that world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler delivered in his pre-tournament press conference, he posted a 3-under-par 68 in the first round of the British Open Thursday at Portrush. When Scheffler finished his round, he was one shot off the lead thanks to birdies on …

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was reportedly sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years probation for his role in a multi-car crash in 2024. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Thursday that a Dallas County judge sentenced Rice to the jail time that can be served during the five years probation. Schefter also noted “now that the judge …

LAS VEGAS — Summer League is a lot of things: Part celebration of young NBA talent, part NBA convention, part networking event, part owners meetings, part party… And there’s basketball. A lot of basketball. It’s the first chance for many fans and media members to get a look at the top draft picks in person and see how their games …