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The Paris 2024 Games featured the first medal competitions on the first day of competition, with NBC broadcasting all of the biggest highlights and moments in primetime. Some can't miss moments: Katie Ledecky, the legendary American swimmer and the most decorated Olympian in women's swimming history, won bronze in the 400-meter freestyle, earning her 11th Olympic medal. Ledecky competed against the best swimmers in the world, including gold medalist Ariarne Titmuss of Australia.Earlier today, Caleb Dressel anchored the U.S. men's 4x100m freestyle relay and led his team to victory and another gold medal, becoming an eighth-time Olympic gold medalist.Here's a…
ST. CLOUD – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance blasted Vice President Kamala Harris in their first joint speech in Minnesota on Saturday, calling the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a failure and mocking her on everything from being a San Francisco prosecutor to the way she laughs. Trump said voters would reject Harris' “crazy liberal extremism” with a “landslide victory.” Trump and Vance have repeatedly called Harris a “border czar” and blamed her for the migrant crisis at the southern US border. Trump said Harris would “repeal Social Security and Medicare” and exacerbate inflation if…
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — Downtown Boxing Club member and professional boxer Quincy “Chico” Lavaris has been popularizing boxing in Panama City. “When I started boxing, it's completely different now,” Lavaris said. “I'm fighting at a level that most people only dream of. When I started, I was the worst fighter in the gym, but I worked hard and became the best fighter in the gym.” Lavaris' boxing career began at the age of 16, when he was a gritty teenager with a passion for combat sports. Chico became a professional boxer in 2016. He has fought 16 bouts at…
July 27, 2024 at 11:45 PM ETClaressa Shields became a four-division world champion after defeating Vanessa Joanis by second-round TKO in the WBC heavyweight title fight Saturday night in Detroit.Shields (15-0, 3 KOs), 29, is one of only three boxers in boxing history to have been undefeated champions in two weight classes (the others being Usyk and Terence Crawford). She currently reigns at middleweight and previously reigned at junior middleweight. Shields is also a former unified super middleweight champion and a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2012 and 2016).Joanice (7-2, 2 KOs), 29, challenged Alejandra Jimenez for the WBC heavyweight title…
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heads to Manchester, England, for a new show at the newly constructed Co-op Live. UFC 304 Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Events tonight (Saturday, July 27, 2024) live UFC 304 will be broadcast in the UK on ESPN+ PPV Leon Edwards In the main event, who will defend the welterweight title? Belal MuhammadIn 2021 he fought to a “no contest” (due to a poke in the eye). In the main event there was another Brit, Tom Aspinall They will have the unusual task of defending the interim title. Curtis Blaydes If he beats Aspinall (due to a…
Molly McCann suffered the first defeat of a local fighter when she lost a one-sided decision to Bruna Brasil at UFC 304. McCann fought through a tough first round and fought to the end, once again displaying his trademark toughness. The Brazilian hurt his opponent with body kicks in the first round and then had some great success with his striking, but that looked like it might be the beginning of the end. McCann did his best to turn the tide in the closing stages, but it wasn't enough to get on the scorecards in this qualifying bout. MMA fans…
The Canadian Olympic Committee on Thursday fired Bev Priestman as coach of the Paris Olympics women's national soccer team amid shocking allegations that she used drone surveillance to spy on opposing teams.Before Priestman was suspended from the tournament by the Canada Soccer Association, two of his staff members — assistant Jasmine Mander and analyst Joseph Lombardi — were also ordered to return home. The move comes as a major blow after Canadian website TSN reported that the Canadian men's and women's teams had been using drones to spy on opponents for years.Cash medallist Canada beat New Zealand 2-1 in their…
Simone Biles and the U.S. women's gymnastics team will be the center of attention in qualifying at the Bercy Arena on Sunday. Biles is seeking her fifth Olympic gold medal and seventh all-around gold medal. She won two medals in Tokyo despite withdrawing from the all-around to focus on her mental health. Competition will begin at 9:30 a.m. CEST (3:30 a.m. ET) in Subdivision 1. Biles and company will compete in Subdivision 2, which will begin at 11:40 a.m. in Paris. They will start on the balance beam. Biles will anchor three of the four events for the U.S. on…
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT >> A rocket attack on a soccer field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people, including children, Israeli officials said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing heavy punishment for the Iranian-backed Lebanese group. Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Israel and Israeli-annexed territory since the start of the Gaza conflict. The attack marked a sharp escalation of tensions in hostilities being fought in parallel to the Gaza war and raised fears of an all-out clash between the heavily armed rival forces. The rocket hit a football field in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the…
Evan Rawal of Colorado Hockey Now offered up some suggestions for things the Colorado Avalanche can do before next season begins in October: Naturally, Rawal argues that the Avalanche would do well if they added more players to their bottom six forward core. Currently, Colorado's revenue is projected to consist of mid-level NHL options, including Joel Kiviranta, Chris Wagner and Parker KellyThe Avalanche will need to improve this aspect of their team's composition if they want to compete for a championship in the 2024-25 NHL season. The team may have three strong forward lines, but that won't be enough to…