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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Last Sunday, Son Heung-min was in South Korea, wearing Tottenham’s kit for the last time and bidding a tearful goodbye to the club where he became an icon over the past decade. On Wednesday, he was in Los Angeles, being introduced as LAFC’s newest signing. And Saturday night, he was in a Chicago suburb, a world away …

Jen Pawol has made US sporting history by becoming the first female umpire to referee a Major League Baseball (MLB) game during the regular season. Pawol, 48, oversaw first base during Saturday’s game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. “I’m aware of the gravity. I’m aware of the magnitude,” she said, as quoted by MLB.com. Pawol looked overjoyed as …

Q. You talk about overcoming the adversity created by the weather, and how practice-time changes help prepare for the flow of a regular season, and how resting veterans is more about giving other guys an opportunity to practice and improve. I get all that. But what about this whole destination training camp thing is FUN for you?A. I love to …

Facebook Tweet Email Link New York AP  —  Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee, when she got the call she had awaited for a decade. She was going to make her major league debut this weekend, becoming the first female umpire in a century and a half of big league baseball. “I was overcome with emotion,” …

Over the past five years, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has gone from a struggling and underpaid league to a dominating force in U.S. sports. The journey wasn’t easy, with coaches and players facing discrimination, struggling ticket sales, and a battle for equal pay they’re still fighting. But the WNBA’s most recent issue is a baffling one that started …

Taulia Tagovailoa, the younger brother of Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, is persistent. With no opportunity in the NFL and with the CFL releasing him in May 2025, Taulia found an opportunity in something called the Indoor Football League. And he took it. Taulia Tagovailoa signed with the Massachusetts Pirates of the IFL in late June. He made his first start …

NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Pawol will work the bases in Saturday’s doubleheader at Truist Park and the plate on Sunday, MLB told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Pawol, a 48-year-old from New …

ESPN and the NFL are helping to rewrite the playbook for keeping sports-media sustainable. In an unorthodox maneuver, the league will take a minority stake in the giant Disney sports outlet, which will gain control over NFL Network and the NFL RedZone highlights service, in addition to three pro-football games that were being shown via the NFL’s own cable assets. …

PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Jorge Costa, who captained Porto to the 2004 Champions League title, died Tuesday of cardiac arrest, the club said. He was 53. Costa, a central defender who made 50 international appearances for Portugal, was Porto’s director of football at the time of his death. The club’s said in its announcement that Costa embodied Porto’s values: “dedication, …

Riot Games and parent company Tencent have come under fire after fans noticed they allegedly published a shocking AI-generated trailer for League of Legends: Wild Rift. Reddit user Winter_underdog was one of the first to share the footage, calling attention to what is said to be a two-minute trailer for the League of Legends spinoff’s third anniversary. Riot allegedly published …