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With concern rising over LIV Golf’s representation at the majors, one of the tour’s most prominent players has turned down an invitation to next week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla.The rival Saudi-backed golf tour will be represented by 16 players in Louisville, Kentucky, but noticeably missing from the PGA of America’s…
Former Major League Baseball player Monte Harrison will be showcasing a different set of talents next season when he laces up for the Arkansas football team. Harrison, who made his last appearance in the majors with the Los Angeles Angels in 2022, intends to return to the NCAA, where he will…
A California man has been stripped of his first-place finish at a marathon over the weekend after accepting water from his father during the race. Esteban Prado, 24, finished the Orange County Marathon in 2:24:54, but was later disqualified for violating race rules when it was revealed that his father rode…
If this whole football thing goes awry, Shedeur Sanders apparently has a backup plan in music.The quarterback for the University of Colorado, and top NFL Draft prospect, released his first rap song, “Perfect Timing,” on Tuesday.Sanders raps about his jewelry, saying that his neck “stay shinin’.” He also references a…
Ric Flair was involved in a verbal altercation at a Gainesville bar last week, and video of it has gone viral.Flair was at Piesanos Stone Fired Pizza last week when he was “Disrespected More Than I Ever Have In My Entire Life,” per his post on X, formerly Twitter.The video…
Caitlin Clark appeared to block Antonio Brown on social media, for pretty good reason.After she became the NCAA’s all-time scorer, Brown was among those to send congratulations to the Hawkeyes sharpshooter, but it came in a strange way.”Congrats to Caitlin Clark on becoming all-time leading scorer,” he wrote in a…
The New York Rangers were on the power play with less than a minute to go in a tied playoff game, then suddenly, ESPN went black.After a brief pause, hockey was back on the television, but it was not the Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes.Instead, with the power play still ongoing,…
Stick to basketball, Zach Edey.The Purdue big man was invited to throw out the first pitch at Tuesday’s Chicago Cubs game, and, well, it was not great.Give him credit. The 7 feet, 4 inch star, rocking his No. 15 on the back of the royal blue pinstripes of the Northsiders,…
For the first time in league history, the WNBA will have full-time chartered flights for its teams throughout the season.Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a meeting with sports editors that the league will launch a charter program “as soon as we can get planes in places.” She said it is projected…
When it comes to the United States national soccer teams, the emphasis has been on the men as they head into a crucial summer between Copa América and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Meanwhile, it’s expected the women’s national team will have an easier time in Paris as one of…