Lucas Peltier/USA Today Network/Reuters Brittney Griner enters the stage during the player introductions before the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. CNN — Phoenix Mercury superstar Brittney Griner marked a successful return to the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday, her first since being released from a Russian penal colony last December. Nine-time WNBA All-Star Griner finished with 18 points, including her team’s first six points and two dunks, in Team Stewart’s vengeful 143-127 victory over Team Wilson in the 2023 All-Star Game in Las Vegas . “It meant everything to me,” Griner told a packed…
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German international Mario Götze is unlikely to move to Major League Socceror MLS, in the January transfer window. Picture recently reported that the midfielder is considering finishing his illustrious career in the United States. However, Götze still has unfinished business with Eintracht Frankfurt. Götze signed a four-year contract with the Bundesliga in 2022. This means that his current contract does not expire until 2026. Although he has been linked several times with a move to MLS, Götze remains an important piece of the German elite puzzle. 31-year-old midfielder helps German club advance in Europe The creative midfielder has started 11…
Tiger is back and he’s in the Bahamas.The Hero World Challenge begins Thursday in Albany, Bahamas, as Tiger Woods returns to action for the first time since April. The 20-man field includes Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.How to watch:Thursday-Friday: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET (Fubo TV – free trial)Saturday: noon-2:30 p.m. (Fubo TV – free trial)2:30 p.m.-5 p.m. (Fubo TV – free trial)Sunday: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Fubo TV – free trial)1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (Fubo TV – free trial)More from the AP:WORLD HEROES CHALLENGELocation: Nassau, Bahamas.Course: Albany GC. Yardage: 7,449. By: 72.Prize money: $4.5…
Jose Moyetones is a senior forward and leading returning scorer (10) for a Windermere High boys soccer team that finished last season with a 13-2-2 record and a district championship and reached the semis -FHSAA Class 7A state championship regional finals. As the 2023-24 season begins, Moyetones and Windermere have continued their impressive run under new coach Lou Romao – former coach of Olympia High. In the Wolverines’ four straight wins to start the season, Moyetones scored seven goals and assisted on nine others. This is already triple his total of three assists last season and more than half of…
The WNBA is competing for viewers during one of the busiest times on the sports calendar and the league is holding strong with no plans to turn back the clock.Through two games in the WNBA Finals, the series between the Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty is the most watched in 20 years.The finale opened on an NFL Sunday and the Aces win 99-82 over Liberty was the most-watched opener since ESPN began broadcasting the series in 1998. Game 2 Wednesday night – a 104-76 Las Vegas victory – was played while the MLB playoffs were in full…
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday he would meet with Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan next week, while emphatically asserting that other investors would join us to “help take the PGA Tour to another level and help us.” take part in other sports and be even more competitive. Monahan spoke at the New York Times DealBook Summit, covering a number of topics from the tumultuous past year, including the ongoing threat of losing players to LIV Golf; the surprise framework agreement of the tour with the PIF in negotiations unknown to the players, and the leave…
Skims recently launched a men’s line last Thursday featuring Nick Bosa and Neymar Jr. NBA SKIMS, the lingerie company co-founded by Kim Kardashian, has become the first underwear partner of the NBA, WNBA and USA Basketball in a multi-year deal that also gives the NBA a stake in Kar…
Vice President Kamala Harris, Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Elon Musk and other business and political leaders spoke on everything from artificial intelligence to economic tensions between the United States and China and to the Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7 during the annual DealBook summit in New York on Wednesday.The event, hosted by New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, has been taking place since 2011.Here are the points to remember:Elon Musk, the owner of He apologized for the post, but accused the companies of “blackmail” and said the public would blame them if the platform died from lost…
Despite the fact that Lionel Messi has been forced off the field several times in recent months and it is unclear whether or not he will make it to the 2026 World Cup with ArgentinaTHE Albiceleste, who recently recorded a massive victory against Brazil, we are hopeful that THE 8 times Ballon d’Or I could actually play its part in the flagship event.On this same subject, the Argentinian coach Lionel Scaloni assured that he considers Messi capable of extending his career and arrive at the 2026 tournament in great shape and fitness. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni recently hinted that he…
As the new basketball season begins, fans of the sport often claim that new basketballs look more or less orange – while others wonder why they are orange in the first place. It turns out there’s actually a good reason behind the color choice, introduced in the late 1950s. Basketballs in American professional sports have been mostly orange in color since the late 1950s.Credit: Getty And the reason is visibility. The basketballs were initially brown, prompting complaints from Butler University. basketball coach Tony Hinkle that players and fans couldn’t see them well. In 1957, Hinkle partnered with the Spalding Company…