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The Lynx guard is having a breakout season and is set to return to the Olympics as part of Team Canada. Minnesota Lynx sixth-year guard Bridget Carlton is in the midst of a breakout season, averaging a career-high nine points. “It's a really tough league to find your way in and it all depends on how healthy you are. I was fortunate to find a home in Minnesota,” said Carlton, a 2019 second-round draft pick. She will soon be heading to Paris to compete in her second Olympic Games and play as part of Team Canada. “It's incredible. I'm happy…
America-Costa Rica Express:July 16th Washington DCAmerica 0 Costa Rica 0.Attachments: 18,972. It was a historic night for the U.S. Women's National Team. But not for the right reasons. For the first time in history, the U.S. failed to beat Costa Rica. The two CONCACAF teams played out a goalless draw in the nation's capital on an unbearably hot night. The friendly served as the official farewell for the U.S., which leaves for France on Thursday to begin the 2024 Paris Olympic tournament on July 25. coach Emma Hayes Costa Rica made just two changes to the starting lineup that beat…
Dustin Poirier has named seven fighters as possible opponents for his next bout. The 35-year-old former UFC interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier, is hoping to fight again, and the list of potential opponents is quite long. “The Diamond” (30-9 MMA) faced Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA) in a losing effort at UFC 302 in June. Poirier is 3-3 in his last six fights inside the Octagon. Dustin Poirier recently appeared on the “Anik & Florian Podcast” where he discussed retirement rumors and his possible next fight inside the Octagon. “”After the Islam fight, when I got home, I thought, 'This might…
Jake Paul has been attacking Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal after their recent boxing matches. The Professional Fighters League (PFL) offered Nate Diaz a whopping $15 million to fight Jake Paul under MMA rules, but Diaz turned it down. Instead, the California native opted to compete in a boxing match against Jorge Masvidal. The two last faced off in the Octagon at UFC 244 in November 2019, with Masvidal (35-17-1 MMA) defeating Diaz (21-13-1 MMA) by TKO to take home the victory and his first BMF title. It was a different story in the boxing ring, where the 39-year-old Diaz…
What's going on?The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.1 percent to 22,995.39, its fifth consecutive day of gains and fourth consecutive day of hitting a record high.What does this mean?The Canadian market is seeing impressive gains, led by technology and materials stocks. Shopify surged 8.5% after being upgraded by BofA Global Research, helping lift the overall technology sector by 3.1%. The materials sector also rose 2%, helped by higher gold prices and a 4.8% gain from Barrick Gold, which announced an increase in its gold production. inflationExpectations are growing that the Bank of Canada will cut interest rates after it fell…
Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum has wanted to be an NBA star since he was in the fourth grade growing up in St. Louis, but he also had a detailed life plan in place, foreseeing a trade to the Los Angeles Lakers by the time he was 30. Tatum was a little off with some of his choices, but as a fourth-year student, he can be forgiven for not being able to see 10 or 20 years into the future. While the trade to the Lakers never happened, Tatum is certainly happy with the five-year, $315 million extension he just…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. women's soccer team's final friendly before the Paris Olympics was a heated affair, filled with sweltering heat and plenty of scoring chances.No goals were scored in a 0-0 draw with Costa Rica on Tuesday night, marking just the second time the U.S. has failed to win its final game before a major tournament and the first time since 2015. But the game showed the Americans can handle the high temperatures that may await them later this month.”The last two games have been awesome,” defender Casey Kruger said of the team's back-to-back exhibition games before their transatlantic…
People are like, “Wow,” but as a Florida Panthers fan, I love this. Only a handful of players are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, but for an NHL player, it's the highest honor after winning the Stanley Cup. The next best thing is having a piece of your outfit inducted. (RELATED: Islanders bring back controversial Fisherman logo, but it will go to Bridgeport's AHL team)And that's exactly what's happening to Florida Panthers superstar Matthew Tkachuk, and the 26-year-old might be a little queasy when he sees one of the mouthguards he used in his Stanley Cup campaign now…
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Featherweight fighters Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are evenly matched. This week's episode Ultimate Fighter 32 In the final quarterfinal bout of the 145-pound tournament, Team Grasso's Myron Santos (13-1) won a hard-fought split decision over Team Brett's Edwin Cooper Jr. (6-1). Both coaches had two featherweight fighters in the semifinals, making this a very close contest. Team Grasso's latest victory was by no means easy. Santos and Cooper fought hard for two frames before heading into a third round “Sudden Victory.” Cooper, a born and bred wrestler, effectively neutralized Santos' striking in the first round with five tenacious minutes…