Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic on Thursday and received a two-year suspended prison sentence. Franco, now 24, was arrested last year after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old when he was 21 years old. He also faced…
The new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, addressed the topic of transgender athletes competing in women’s sports at her first official news conference since taking over on Thursday, and said that there is “overwhelming support” by IOC members to protect the female category. “We understand that there’ll be differences depending on…
The NFL is suspending former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker for the first 10 weeks of the 2026 season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, according to ESPN. Tucker is currently in the middle of an off-the-field controversy after 16 massage therapists from eight different Baltimore spa and wellness centers accused him of inappropriate…
The Philadelphia 76ers’ 2024-25 campaign was disappointing. Star center Joel Embiid’s season was plagued by injuries, and the team finished with a 24-58 record, the third-worst mark in the Eastern Conference. The Sixers held the third overall selection in the 2025 NBA Draft. Cooper Flagg was the first prospect to come off the draft board,…
Former NBA All-Star Dwight Howard said his dog, Sunday, died last week after being hit by a car. “I’m devastated because you were the dog that never left my side, the dog that stuck to my hip at all times, and the one time you wander off without me being there someone takes you away…
Garett Bolles job is to protect those important to him. On the field, he does it with second-year quarterback Bo Nix – off the field, he aims to return the favor to military veterans. “Seeing military veterans, what they go through on a regular basis, they go to war for us so we can live…
Eastern Michigan football recruit Elijah Berman was killed in a motorcycle crash involving a semitruck Tuesday evening, according to officials. He was just 17. Berman, a member of the college football team’s 2026 recruiting class, was riding a 2006 Suzuki DL1000 in Franklin, Ohio, when he was struck by a semitruck at around 5:12 p.m.,…
Athletics’ rookie shortstop Jacob Wilson has taken the big leagues by storm. Wilson, 23, has a .347 batting average and nine home runs in 76 games this season. The shortstop’s batting average is second in MLB behind New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge (.361) and has the second lowest strikeout-rate in baseball at 6.8%. The…
The sports community has rallied around Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte after a fan brought him to tears with derogatory comments about his late mother during the team’s 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field on Tuesday. The fan who made the cruel comments toward Marte was ejected from the game and…
This may just be the summer of Kade Anderson. The left-handed pitcher was the ace of the LSU baseball team that just won its second College World Series in three years – that 2023 team was manned by MLB phenom and Cy Young Award candidate Paul Skenes. Well, Anderson may just be following right in…