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Brooke Sutton/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said it’s a “miracle” rookie Ricky Pearsall is recovering days after the team said the player was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery. “He’s the toughest person I know, just going through a situation like that,” Shanahan told reporters on […]
San Marino, FIFA’s lowest-ranked men’s team, snapped a 20-year losing streak on Thursday, defeating Liechtenstein 1-0 in the UEFA Nations League for their first win in two decades — and the team’s first-ever victory in a competitive match. Nicko Sensoli scored the game’s lone goal in the 53rd minute, giving San Marino the edge in […]
Getty Images After a disappointing UEFA 2024 Euro, Italy are back and will debut their Nations League campaign in Paris against France to start a new cycle under coach Luciano Spalletti. Didier Deschamps’s team was eliminated in the semifinals against Spain while the Azzurri were knocked out in a disastrous defeat against Switzerland in the […]
Athletes, regardless of sport and trophy haul, spend their careers in the pursuit of leaving no stone unturned. They define themselves by their unrelenting desire to improve every aspect of their game, believing even the most marginal of changes can make a noticeable difference. Few have delivered on that promise the way Alex Morgan has, […]
Brad Smith/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF (NEW YORK) — Alex Morgan, one of the greatest U.S. soccer stars of all time, officially announced her retirement from professional soccer on Thursday. “I’m gonna get to the point quickly: I’m retiring,” Morgan said in a video posted to Instagram. “And I have so much clarity about this […]
Americans Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe have been friends since they were teenagers, but they will put that friendship aside when they meet in the 2024 US Open semifinals on Friday. Fritz advanced to the first Grand Slam semifinal of his career with a 3-1 win over Alexander Zverev, while Tiafoe beat Grigor Dimitrov in […]
The biggest breakthrough yet has arrived: No. 6 Jessica Pegula is into the first Grand Slam semifinal of her career via a shocking 6-2, 6-4 domination of world No. 1 Iga Swiatek. Pegula had never previously been past the quarterfinals in any slam in her career and hadn’t made it past the second round in […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUELA Dodgers 1, LA Angels 10 Detroit Tigers 5, San Diego Padres 6 Cincinnati Reds 12, Houston Astros 5NY Mets 8, Boston Red Sox 3Philadelphia Phillies 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2 AMERICAN LEAGUESeattle Mariners 16, Oakland Athletics 3 Chicago White Sox 8, Baltimore […]
Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will meet at the US Open semifinals in an all-American battle on Friday. No matter the result, one of them will become the first American man to reach a Grand Slam final since Andy Roddick at Wimbledon in 2009. This will mark the first time two American men face each […]
Memphis basketball is undergoing a significant staff makeover just two months before coach Penny Hardaway’s seventh season begins, as the program announced Wednesday that four staff members will not return for the 2024-25 season. The purge comes during a period of significant change at multiple levels of the program. The headline departure was Rick Stansbury, […]
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