Tokyo hit another six-month high in new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, one day before the Olympics begin, as worries grow of a worsening of infections during the Games.
The Brooklyn Nets have opened as the favorites to win the 2021-22 NBA championship, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers and the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks.
Team GB’s Frazer Clarke has been in the boxing development squad since 2010 and after being overlooked for the Rio 2016 Olympics in favour of Joe Joyce, Clarke finally has his chance to aim for an Olympic medal before turning professional.
After a report that Texas and Oklahoma have reached out to the SEC about joining the conference, Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork said he will be “diligent in our approach to protect” his school.
The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired opening ceremony director Kentaro Kobayashi on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.
As crowds celebrated the Bucks’ first NBA championship in 50 years Tuesday night, two shootings in downtown Milwaukee left three people wounded, police said.
Disgruntled Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers turned down a two-year extension this offseason that would have made him the highest-paid QB in football, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Among those scheduled to reveal players selected by the Kraken in the expansion draft are Storm guard Sue Bird, Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner and former running back Marshawn Lynch, and former Seattle SuperSonics stars Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp.