HOLLY HILL — JW Johnson and her sister Jorja doubled in doubles, and Anna Leigh Waters made short work of her short week as a PPA Tour member. Daytona Beach Opens completed another stop at Pictona at Holly Hill.JW and Jorja won mixed doubles gold and both split win gold in men’s and women’s doubles.AdvertisementJorja won her gold medal in women’s doubles with the world’s best pickleball player, Anna Leigh Waterswho often wins gold in all three categories, but withdrew from the singles and mixed doubles last week.The duo of JW Johnson and Augustus Ge (right) won the closest match…
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The Boston Red Sox reportedly landed Willson ContrerasThe Red Sox decided to acquire Contreras in a deal with the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. In exchange, right-hander Hunter Dobbins is headed to the Cardinals along with minor league pitchers Yhoiker Fajardo and Blake Aita. The Red Sox will also receive $8 million from the Cardinals to cover part of Contreras’ remaining salary.AdvertisementDobbins, who the Red Sox selected in the 2021 MLB Draft, made his debut last spring. He went 4-1 in 11 starts on the mound and had a 4.13 ERA. The former Texas Tech…
The Texans’ offense didn’t do much after 30 minutes of play Sunday, but the home team still had a lead over the Raiders at halftime.Cornerback Derek Stingley returned a Geno Smith interception 31 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter and the Texans kicked two field goals to extend their lead to 13-7 before both teams headed to the locker room at halftime.AdvertisementSmith, who missed last Sunday’s game with back and right shoulder injuries, rebounded on pick-six to tie the game on a touchdown pass to tight end Brock Bowers, but the Raiders punted on their final two possessions…
The NHL has issued a sweeping ban against themed party gear on ice, prohibiting clubs from requiring players to wear rainbow sweaters or using multi-colored tape on sticks during Pride Night, for example, officials confirmed Tuesday.The move, first reported Monday by the LGBTQ news site Outdoor sportsfollows a 2022-23 season in which a handful of players – including Ivan Provorov, Philadelphia Flyers defenseman and then-San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer – refused to take part in their clubs’ Pride Night celebrations.Outsports called the NHL’s new directive “the most stifling anti-LGBTQ policy a professional sports league in North America has ever…
Aryna Sabalenka wins second consecutive WTA Player of the Year award appeared first on Clutch Points. Add ClutchPoints as Favorite source by clicking here.World No. 1 WTA Aryna Sabalenka has landed in elite company after enjoying a dominant tennis season in 2025. After receiving her second consecutive Player of the Year award on Monday, Sabalenka joined Serena Williams and Iga Swiatek, the only consecutive female winners in the last 25 years.AdvertisementThe Belarus native received nearly 80 percent of the votes from a panel of media members to take the top spot. This year, Sabalenka won the US Open and reached…
By Johnny Askounis/ [email protected] Spoiling an evening of Santi Aldama’s career, the Wizards of Washington recovered from a 20-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies130-122, in FedExForum Saturday. Coming off the bench of the team coached by Finnish Tuomas Iisalo and which lasted almost 36 minutes, the 24-year-old Spanish forward/center scored 15/23 field goals, including five beyond the arc, to set his career record at 37 points, in addition to achieving a double-double with ten rebounds to complement with two assists, a block and an interception. Starting for the visitors, Frenchman Alex Sarr had a double-double of 18 points, 11…
The biggest mystery of the MLB offseason is: Where will Japanese star Munetaka Murakami sign? THE The Chicago White Sox gave baseball an answer by signing Murakami to a two-year, $34 million contract.giving their fans an early Christmas present.You could call the move a shocker for the White Sox, who won the Murakami sweepstakes despite only being linked to the 25-year-old slugger the day before he signed. Murakami provides instant power in the middle of a White Sox lineup that finished 23rd in MLB in home runs. The third baseman hit 265 home runs for the NPB Yakult Swallows in…
Can basketball be a force that helps bring together a divided nation, a divided world?It’s the World Basketball Day dream. A day – designated by the United Nations to be commemorated every December 21 – where we celebrate the power of basketball to unite communities and connect people around the world.Advertisement“There are fewer and fewer spaces left where we humanize ourselves, where we spend time face to face, making eye contact, negotiating, sharing and creating space with each other — doing the kind of intimate, continuous, fluid communication that the space of a basketball court fosters,” said David Hollander, an…
The Bills will try to clinch a playoff spot without the help of wide receiver Keon Coleman on Sunday.Coleman is inactive for Buffalo’s game at Cleveland. Coleman was not on the injury report at all this week, but he will miss his third game of the season. Coleman was scratched for disciplinary reasons earlier this year, but Cameron Wolfe of NFL Media reports that Sunday’s opt-out is only a coach’s decision. Coleman was a 2024 second-round pick and he has 36 catches for 355 yards and four touchdowns this season.AdvertisementMecole Hardman, who was activated from injured reserve this week, is…