The Vancouver Canucks announced on Tuesday that forward Dakota Joshua will miss the start of training camp as he recovers from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. Joshua, 28, revealed that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer over the summer and opted to share his experience to encourage other men to be proactive about their…
Stoke City have parted ways with manager Steven Schumacher just five games into the new season. The club announced that former captain and legend Ryan Shawcross will take over on a caretaker basis, alongside Alex Morris, while the search for a permanent successor begins. The decision to remove Schumacher was made public by Stoke’s Sporting…
Scottie Scheffler won a fairly drama-less Tour Championship on Sunday, capping his seven-win 2024 season in which he banked giant gobs of money. Now, everyone gets a week off as there is no PGA Tour event Sept. 5-8. There will be eight FedEx Fall events over an 11-week period starting Sept. 12-15 in Napa, California,…
5 Manchester United’s imminent signing of Bayern Munich defender Matthijs de Ligt could spell the end of Harry Maguire’s Old Trafford tenure. De Ligt currently appears to be United’s number one defensive target as Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS aim to bolster Erik ten Hag’s backline options ahead of the upcoming 2024/25 season. United reached…
Jannik Sinner never expected to become a tennis player, starting the sport as a hobby, but now sees it as a fortunate career choice. Initially focused on skiing during his childhood in Italy, Sinner switched to tennis after discovering it as a hobby, ultimately choosing it over skiing, a decision that led him to the…
(Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) We don’t have to go back too far to identify the last truly great Atlanta Braves collection of offensive talent. In 2023, they tied the 2019 Minnesota Twins for the single-season home run record, with 307 long balls. They had Ronald Acuna Jr. with 41 dingers, Matt Olson with 54,…
(Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images) The Los Angeles Dodgers paid a lot of money to secure the services of Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. They locked him down on a 12-year, $325 million pact to be their co-ace of the future alongside Shohei Ohtani. He didn’t get off to a great start, though, surrendering five runs…
According to the league’s communications department, Anthony Edwards has exceeded 100 million views on the NBA’s social and digital platforms since the beginning of the playoffs. LeBron James holds the top spot with 130 million views. During the regular season, Edwards ranked as the seventh most-viewed player on the league’s digital platforms. Furthermore, Edwards has…
Carlos Alcaraz could have broken a record at the Madrid Open by winning this match, but Andrey Rublev proved just a bit too good. This was a hugely surprising result because Alcaraz has played well in Madrid. Rublev has been all over the place in recent weeks, so nobody saw him really beating the Spaniard…
Photo: LA Clippers/Twitter There’s growing uncertainty about the availability of Los Angeles Clippers small forward Kawhi Leonard for the beginning of the first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. Leonard has been sidelined since early April due to inflammation in his right knee, which he has previously had surgery on. While Leonard has been participating in…
