Venus Williams’ return to the US Open stage for the first time since 2023 wasn’t exactly how she pictured it, falling to No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova in her first-round matchup. And given all that she has overcome to return to the game of tennis after a lengthy track record of health-related issues, she was understandably quite emotional about what …
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Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Texas coach Steve Sarkisian is glad his team is opening the season with a road trip to Ohio State. He believes the matchup between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Coaches Poll is “great for college football,” describing it as an “epic matchup.” Sarkisian knows his team is in …
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Ohio State’s team is taking shape for its season-opener against top-ranked Texas. Ryan Day named Julian Sayin the Buckeyes’ starting quarterback, as many reading this will have already heard, but rotations are getting solidified at other positions, too. Ohio State showed a willingness to break a football convention by rotating on its offensive line during the College Football Playoff and …
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New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is setting the tone early this season. During Tuesday’s press conference, Vrabel fielded a handful questions from the media, as is the norm. The moment the presser took an edgier turn was when the Boston Globe’s Ben Volin asked what Vrabel thought of the players returning to their first training camp practice after the …
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Ryan Day taking the podium at Big Ten Media Days signifies the start of the true run-up to the Ohio State football season. Every year, it starts the unyielding somersault toward the first game, with preseason camp on the horizon. With that somersault comes hype for the sophomore season of Jeremiah Smith, and Day added to it on Tuesday by …
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