After a long wait, Sterling Sharpe finally entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. The legendary Packers receiver was forced to retire early in the mid-1990s due to a neck injury, but in his prime, he was one of the best wide receivers in the game, winning the wide receiver triple crown in 1992. Although he only played …
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Katie Ledecky tops Pallister, McIntosh in swim worlds epic; Gretchen Walsh adds gold
In what may have been the best championship race of her career, Katie Ledecky won an 800m freestyle that lived up to the hype, becoming the first swimmer to capture a seventh world title in one event. Ledecky swam 8:05.62 to beat Australian Lani Pallister (8:05.98) and Canadian Summer McIntosh (8:07.29) in a showdown among the three fastest women in …
Read More »World Aquatics Championships 2025: Summer McIntosh wins third gold; Leon Marchand falls short of own world record – Yahoo Sports
World Aquatics Championships 2025: Summer McIntosh wins third gold; Leon Marchand falls short of own world record Yahoo Sports ‘I was so close’: Summer McIntosh wins 3rd gold medal, just misses world record in 200m butterfly CBC Summer McIntosh wins third gold of swimming worlds; Léon Marchand wins 200 IM The New York Times Katie Ledecky looks toward ‘exciting’ head to head with …
Read More »Two-time biathlon gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier killed in mountaineering accident
German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, who captured two gold medals at the 2018 Olympics, died in mountaineering accident in remote range of Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. The 31-year-old Dahlmeier was going up Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range at about noon local time Monday when she was struck by falling rocks, according to statements by her team and Alpine …
Read More »World Aquatics Championships 2025: Leon Marchand breaks Ryan Lochte’s record; Luca Urlando wins gold in butterfly
It’s not a surprise that France’s Léon Marchand is one of the best swimmers in the world. Marchand won four gold medals at the 2024 Olympics, destroying the competition and announcing himself as a dominant force in the sport. He took that a step further Wednesday. Marchand set a new standard in the 200m individual medley Wednesday, not only beating …
Read More »Uber-Responsive Co-Op Action Game GODBREAKERS Looks Like PS5 Gold
If you’ve been hunting for a high quality co-op game to play on your PS5, and you’ve seen practically everything you want to see in Helldivers 2, then GODBREAKERS may just fit your needs. Published by Thunderful Games – which itself was just acquired by Atari – and developer debutant To the Sky, this melee focused four-player affair looks like …
Read More »Gold Does Something Unexpected When Superheated Past Its Melting Point : ScienceAlert
Gold remains perfectly solid when briefly heated beyond previously hypothesized limits, a new study reports, which may mean a complete reevaluation of how matter behaves under extreme conditions. The international team of scientists behind the study used intense, super-short laser blasts to push thin fragments of gold past a limit known as the entropy catastrophe; the point at which a …
Read More »Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort ad agency turned Astronomer’s viral moment into marketing gold
Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort production company was involved with the latest Astronomer video featuring Gwyneth Paltrow. The ad is being hailed as a master class in crisis PR. It comes days after the former CEO and former head of HR were seen embracing at a Coldplay concert. Astronomer might have gotten the last laugh following the viral moment that caught …
Read More »Gold falls to near 3-week low as US-EU deal boosts risk appetite ahead of Fed meeting – Reuters
Gold falls to near 3-week low as US-EU deal boosts risk appetite ahead of Fed meeting Reuters Gold falls 1% as US-EU deal boosts risk appetite ahead of Fed meeting Reuters Gold Holds Decline as US-EU Trade Deal Eases Some Haven Demand Bloomberg Wall Street bets on gold consolidation or correction, Main Street remains bullish as Fed rate decision and major data loom KITCO …
Read More »World Aquatics Championships 2025: Gretchen Walsh wins gold in 100m butterfly, Summer McIntosh wins again
It’s been a tough go for Team USA at the World Aquatics Championships, but the team won’t leave the event without a gold medal. Gretchen Walsh secured the squad’s first gold Monday, winning the 100m butterfly and setting a championship-record time in the process. Walsh won the event in 54.73 seconds, a championship-record time. It’s the second-best 100m butterfly time …
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