UFC star Conor McGregor hasn’t fought since July of 2021, but he may have his eyes set on a marquee event next year. After President Donald Trump announced Thursday that a UFC fight would take place on White House grounds next year, McGregor reacted to the news with a seeming eagerness to participate, on social…
Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham faced criticism for comments about the WNBA choosing Cleveland and Detroit as two of its next markets for expansion. The league announced that those two cities and Philadelphia will be getting WNBA teams by the end of 2030 in an announcement earlier this week, prompting Cunningham to question whether players…
Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. was arrested by ICE on Thursday for deportation. The arrest came just days after Chávez’s loss to YouTuber Jake Paul in Anaheim, California, on the last weekend of June. Chávez was arrested for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application. He was being processed for expedited…
Joey Chestnut was not the only big name back in Coney Island for the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) made their presence known outside the Coney Island staple on Friday before Chestnut took the stage. Members of the organization distributed vegan hot dogs to people along the…
The GOAT of eating is back. Joey Chestnut returned to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday after being ineligible last year, and he was back like he never left. Chestnut downed 70.5 hot dogs and buns for his 17th title in his last 18 events (he lost to Matt Stonie in 2015). CLICK…
The New York Yankees are in free-fall, and the Toronto Blue Jays broadcast team is loving it. Toronto jumped New York in the standings this week after sweeping the Yanks in their four-game series in Canada. In the midst of the series, Yankees play-by-play announcer Michael Kay made the claim that the Blue Jays were…
Ben Shelton was serving for the match at the Wimbledon Championships on Thursday, but he had to wait until the next day to do so. That’s because his second-round bout against Rinky Hijikata was suspended due to darkness. Shelton was leading, 6-2, 7-5, 5-4, when the match was called, and he clearly was not happy…
The Kansas City Royals need all they can get if they want to return to the postseason – thankfully, they have Bobby Witt Jr. Witt Jr. is not putting up the same numbers he did last season that got him a second-place finish in the AL MVP vote (behind only Aaron Judge), but his athleticism…
Joey Chestnut’s return to Coney Island on the Fourth of July may come with somewhat of a wrinkle. Chestnut was ineligible to compete in last year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest following a dispute stemming from his signing with Impossible Foods. However, with weeks to spare, the sides all worked out a deal to get…
The Boston Red Sox are in Washington, D.C., for a three-game holiday weekend series against the Nationals, and they opted to be VIP tourists during their off day. The Sox didn’t have a game on Thursday, so several players took a trip to the White House to visit President Donald Trump. Trevor Story, Justin Wilson,…