Just as the experts would have predicted before the season began, the Mets and the Padres opened a series against each other to close the season’s first half as two of the hottest teams in baseball. A sweep in Arizona lifted the Mets to a fifth consecutive victory, equaling their season high. As the summer’s final three days before the […]

ARSENAL have suffered a huge transfer blow as the Spanish wonderkid they were targeting is now reportedly closing in on a move to Barcelona. Real Valladolid prospect Ivan Fresneda, 18, has been a long-term target for the Gunners. Arsenal’s scouts have highly recommended Fresneda, even though he is still a relative rookie who has made just 26 senior appearances for […]

A FOOTBALL agent has claimed Newcastle are one of only three clubs who can afford to sign Kylian Mbappe. The French superstar looks set to leave PSG as he enters the final year on his current contract, believed to be worth around £893,000 a week. Mbappe, 24, admitted he has no desire to extend his deal and the French champions […]

The singer Britney Spears and the N.B.A. rookie Victor Wembanyama gave accounts on Thursday of their encounter the previous night, after reports emerged that a member of the basketball player’s security detail hit her outside a Las Vegas restaurant. In a tweet, Spears said that on her way to dinner Wednesday night she “recognized an athlete” in her hotel lobby […]

Together they represent more than 70 years of Colorado athletics excellence, from the late 1930s to a Buffaloes alum so recent she still will be competing for a national championship this week. Yet they will forever have one prestigious honor in common. On Thursday, the University of Colorado announced its 2023 athletic Hall of Fame class, honoring nine new inductees […]

JADON SANCHO has reportedly suffered a major blow to his hopes of landing a return to Borussia Dortmund from Manchester United. The 23-year-old England international winger has largely underwhelmed since his arrival at Old Trafford from the Bundesliga giants in 2021 for £73million. He was hoping for a fresh start when Erik ten Hag took charge last summer. But he […]

GARY NEVILLE has admitted he made "huge mistakes" while planning his £400million development in Manchester. The Man Utd legend, 48, is set to appear as a guest star on the next series of Dragons' Den. But his foray into the world of business has been scrutinised following the BBC's announcement about him appearing on the TV show. And during an […]

Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams said that while she managed to rejoin the WNBA midseason this year despite prioritization restrictions, she does not […]

DAVID BECKHAM revealed wife Victoria "burst into tears" when he told her about one of his transfers. The couple met when Beckham was playing for Manchester United and in 2003 they moved to Spain when he joined Real Madrid. Beckham's career took his family to America with LA Galaxy and Italy with AC Milan after that. But in 2013, the […]

DELE ALLI once fought for a starting place in the centre of England's midfield with Ruben Loftus-Cheek… but at schoolboy level there was no contest, according to his former coach. When the Spurs star was playing youth football at MK Dons, he came up against the giant Chelsea prospect when the pair were just young teens. Alli, who hasn't played […]