Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Among the panoply of stats created by Statcast and similar tracking tools in recent years are a whole class of stats sometimes called the “expected stats.” These types of numbers elicit decidedly mixed feelings among fans – especially when they suggest their favorite team’s best player is overachieving – but they…
Josh Sargent did not play in the U.S. men’s national team’s pre-Copa America friendlies, but he has been named to Gregg Berhalter’s roster for the upcoming tournament. Sargent was part of the 26-player roster submitted to CONMEBOL by June 15. He missed the friendlies against Colombia and Brazil due to a foot injury sustained during…
Rafael Nadal will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, hoping to win a medal as he’s set to play in both singles and doubles. This year’s upcoming Olympics will be special in many ways. Not only will we get to see Olympic tennis on clay, which is fairly rare, but we’re also going to see…
We’re back today with NBA playoff basketball featuring the Celtics and Mavericks in the NBA Playoff Finals. With the help of advanced simulations and machine learning, our Basketball Forever bot has run thousands of simulations on every game to expertly pinpoint our best playoff player bets for tonight’s slate. 1. DERRICK WHITE OVER 4.5 TOTAL…
(Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images) The Kansas City Chiefs finally have another set of Super Bowl rings. Last night, the team received their jewelry from their victory over the San Francisco 49ers in February’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas. During the celebration, veteran wide receiver Mecole Hardman, who was recently re-signed by the Chiefs this…
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office is reviewing the impact of former president Donald Trump’s criminal conviction on liquor licenses at three Trump Golf locations in the state, a spokesperson confirmed with USA TODAY Wednesday. Three golf courses in New Jersey with active liquor licenses are subject to the probe, including the Trump National Golf…
The United States Men’s National Team rebounded from a humiliating 5-1 loss to Colombia last week by coming out against Brazil looking like they were actually interested in playing some soccer on Wednesday. The USMNT played strong defensively, built well with the ball on occasion, and made enough of their opportunities to walk away with…
A list of every WTA player that finished a season as the WTA’s top-ranked player No.1 since the rankings began in 1975 (listed by total number of weeks at No.1 overall). List last compiled on June 13, 2024 1975, Chris Evert1976, Chris Evert (2)1977, Chris Evert (3)1978, Martina Navratilova1979, Martina Navratilova (2)1980, Chris Evert (4)1981,…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about this season’s giant cluster of wild card contenders, the potential for an inactive trade deadline, the role the White Sox will play, whether the compression of the standings is good or bad for baseball, and expanded-playoffs incentives. Then (33:46) they talk to NPR producer Alana Schreiber, creator and…
(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The New York Jets have come under fire by the media recently after quarterback Aaron Rodgers decided not to show up to mandatory minicamp because of another important commitment. Rodgers’ teammates have immediately come to his defense. All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner recently posted this on X: “Are y’all really…
