CLEVELAND — It was the story former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and former Senator George Michell made famous. The story was cited repeatedly in Mitchell’s 2007 report on baseball’s performance-enhancing drug use, Selig has spoken of it frequently – most recently in his new book For The Good Of The Game – and many refer to as one of the first published reports on […]

The Clippers did what they could last season to make an impression in a market long dominated by the Lakers, their roommates at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Unlike the Lakers, who were a grease fire in LeBron James’s first season with the team, the Clippers produced a winning campaign. They played aggressive defense. They treated rebounds like performance […]

Geraint Thomas has gained time on his Tour de France rivals by finishing second on stage two’s team time trial. Thomas finished second behind Jumbo-Visma, in a result which saw stage one winner Mike Teunissen extend his race lead. Teunissen’s team-mate Steven Kruijswijk is now the best placed of the general classification hopefuls, 20 seconds clear of Ineos’ co-leaders, as […]

AMANDA NUNES cemented her place as the greatest women's fighter in UFC history after defeating ex-champion Holly Holm with a stunning KO. Despite early pressure from former world champion boxer Holm, Nunes landed a perfectly disguised head kick that had her opponent scrambling on the deck. Nunes landed a carbon copy of the same high kick that Holm famously caught […]

JON JONES retained his UFC light-heavyweight title after overcoming a dangerous and resilient one-legged Thiago Santos. The pound for pound king was taken to the wire and needed a big push in the championship rounds, just like he did against Alexander Gustafsson in 2013. After a nervy start, Jones was able to land his creative kicks while an injury to […]

It started in rain and ended with a car bursting into flame on pit lane. Sunday's 200km Supercars race in Townsville certainly didn't lack drama. Holden's Shane Van Gisbergen outlasted the conditions and his rivals to win the race ahead of Ford's Fabian Coulthard with pole-sitter Cameron Waters in third. Shane Van Gisbergen came out on top after a dramatic […]

LAS VEGAS — Zion Williamson’s NBA Summer League was brief. The New Orleans Pelicans have ruled Williamson out for the rest of Las Vegas Summer League after he sustained a bruised left knee in his debut Friday. “Zion will move forward from this incident without issue,” Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said in a statement. “However, in an abundance […]

WIMBLEDON, England — On edge in the first two rounds at Wimbledon, Serena Williams got her groove back on Saturday in Round 3, beating Julia Görges, 6-3, 6-4. Williams’s timing was excellent, both from the baseline and in broader terms. Saturday’s duel was a rematch of last year’s Wimbledon semifinal, also won by Williams in straight sets. With her potent […]

After finishing fourth in last year’s FIBA Women’s World Cup, many thought the Belgian Cats would stand a good chance at going to the final at 2019’s FIBA Women’s EuroBasket. The loss to France in the quarterfinals in Serbia was a blow to the team, but a win to secure a place in the Olympic pre-qualification tournament has managed to […]

Mark Cavendish’s omission from the Tour de France is creating a rift within his Dimension Data team.  Team principal Doug Ryder insisted on Saturday at the start of the Tour’s opening stage he made the right decision by leaving the 34-year-old sprinter at home, a move that left head of performance Rolf Aldag puzzled.  Cavendish, who has 30 stage wins […]