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SEATTLE — The Seattle Sounders added more hardware to their trophy case Sunday, winning the 2025 Leagues Cup with a 3-0 victory over Inter Miami. The Sounders, who have won two MLS Cups, four U.S. Open championships and the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, held off Miami for a dominant win in front of a sold-out crowd of 69,314. The Sounders …

The rich are getting richer, as Liverpool have reportedly agreed a Premier League record transfer fee for Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak. It’s not Newcastle’s $202 million asking price but it’s not far away, either — Sky Sports says Liverpool are paying a fixed fee of nearly $170 million for the playmaking Swede. Sky says Isak will have a medical …

Did you have a bit of déjà vu Thursday night? Nebraska football, the program that’s continually found new and interesting ways to lose over the last decade, was again up against it. After dominating much of their contest vs. Cincinnati, the Cornhuskers were trying to keep the Bearcats (a) out of the endzone and/or (b) out of field goal range. …

Northwestern football didn’t carry lofty expectations into 2025, but even with that in mind, Saturday’s showing was hard to stomach. Tulane cruised to a 23-3 win that felt far more lopsided than the score, piling up 421 total yards to NU’s 237 and gashing the defense for 269 on the ground. The one silver lining came in the secondary, where …

A.J. Brown missed significant practice time in training camp with a hamstring injury, but the Eagles receiver insists he’ll be in the lineup come Thursday in the season opener against the Cowboys. “Hell, yeah,” Brown said emphatically, via Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Brown, who previously has had soft-tissue injuries, left practice early with an injury Aug. 1. The …

After a drama-filled Saturday, college football’s opening weekend kept right on rolling with more intrigue on Sunday. No. 13 South Carolina and Virginia Tech got things started in another SEC vs. ACC clash. Gamecocks QB LaNorris Sellers showed flashes of brilliance in a 24-11 win over the Hokies, but it was vintage Beamer Ball that put South Carolina over the …

The Chiefs and cornerback Trent McDuffie have not reached agreement on a contract extension and are not expected to before the start of the season, Nate Taylor of ESPN reports. The Chiefs have negotiated with McDuffie’s representation over the past six weeks, per Taylor, without coming to terms. McDuffie said Sunday that he expects to play this season on his …

Photo By Kate Luffman/Tennessee Athletics Tennessee football opened up its 2025 season in strong fashion Saturday afternoon, knocking off Syracuse 45-26 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The Vols jumped out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter and Syracuse never truly threatened as they coasted to a season opening victory. Each week, we’ll share how the Vols graded out …

Saturday marked the end of an era for ESPN’s College GameDay as Lee Corso donned the headgear for the final time. The longtime analyst went off in style. Corso’s final show averaged 3.5 million viewers across ESPN and ESPNU, ESPN announced Sunday. That made it the most-watched episode of College GameDay in the program’s storied history. SUBSCRIBE to the On3 …

Taylor Townsend’s run at the US Open is now over. Townsend, after a heated run-in and a huge upset to reach the fourth round in New York, fell to Czechia’s Barbora Krejčíková on Sunday afternoon. Krejčíková rallied back after a brutal opening set to grab a 1-6, 7-6 (15-13), 6-3 win over Townsend and reach the quarterfinals. Townsend was attempting …