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As the semi-pro hockey team prepares for its inaugural season, it will take some time for the Summit City Distillers to figure out their style of play.Are they fast, physically strong, defensively minded?And as the Distillers look to take their players to a higher level, how do they balance development with winning in Fort Wayne's increasingly competitive hockey market?But the Distillers have hired a coach who has pledged to step up to the plate. Scott Robbins, 61, a former pro hockey player with years of experience coaching youth hockey, said he's a “Phil Mickelson-type, all-out type of guy” and that…
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) takes place in merry old England, specifically at the Co-op Live in Manchester. UFC 304 Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Events tonight (Saturday, July 27, 2024) live on ESPN+ PPV, UK fans will have plenty to cheer about in the main and co-main events (which may make up for the 4am local time start time). Leon Edwards As the headliner for the welterweight title defense Belal Muhammad (By the way, there is no romantic relationship between these two.) Tom Aspinall (For which he has undergone extraordinary training) to defend his interim heavyweight belt. Curtis BlaydesBoth are…
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France — As the Summer Olympics approached, the French basketball giant felt the two sides of his burgeoning fame: He felt insecure, and despite his best efforts to stay out of the spotlight, he was ubiquitous in Paris.Victor Wenbanyama appeared on the cover of the national sports newspaper L'Equipe, holding a basketball to his forehead and closing his eyes in thought. A video board several stories high at the Centre Pompidou's modern art museum showed the San Antonio Spurs center jumping for a dunk. Tourists standing on the observation deck of the Montparnasse Tower, about two miles away, could…
The Michigan State football team received some good news on Saturday.The Spartans bolstered their secondary with the commitment of three-star 2025 cornerback LaRue Zamorano, who announced his decision via X on Saturday.Zamorano, who attends Centennial High School in Corona, California, is the No. 486 player in the nation and the No. 42 cornerback in the country, according to the 247Sports composite rankings.Must read:He may be boring, but “steady” Jonathan Smith is exactly what Michigan State football needs.Zamorano named seven schools at the top of his list on May 14: Oregon, Penn State, Arizona, Washington, Kansas, Southern California and Michigan State.…
Adi NehruPARIS (Reuters) – The roaring of the French crowd cheering fervently for local hero Estelle Mossely couldn't dampen the spirits of fiery American Jajaira Gonzalez, who said she had a great time after winning her first match at the Paris Olympics against a Rio Olympic gold medallist.Gonzalez received little support from the packed North Paris Arena, but the lightweight was unfazed, winning 4-0 against his French opponent.”As soon as I heard the crowd booing, I got really fired up,” Gonzalez said.”I was really motivated. I was hungrier. I was like, 'OK, I'm going to show everyone.' Everybody hates me…
MARSEILLE, France — It's not a fun time for the U.S. men's soccer team, with a disastrous Copa America defeat forcing a coaching change and new soul searching, and the Olympic team losing their opening game by three goals.Less than 24 hours after the Paris Olympic cauldron was lit on Saturday, the group of young players tasked with restoring faith in men's soccer in the country found themselves forced to book seats on an early flight home. With less than two years until the World Cup, U.S. Soccer could not afford any more international gaffes or renewed questions about the…
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky showed off a room containing a real Olympic torch on “The Craman Countdown.” Ceremonies for the 2024 Olympic Games opened in Paris on Friday night, giving spectators a taste of French culture and blasphemous art, but they have outraged Christians around the world and led at least one sponsor to pull out. Mississippi-based communications and technology company CSpire posted on X that it was pulling all of its advertising from the Olympics after the Olympic ceremonies mocked a painting created to depict a biblical moment crucial to the Christian faith.”We are shocked that The Last Supper…
The New York Knicks are coming off an exciting season and made a major addition to their roster with the acquisition of Mikal Bridges. Trade with the Brooklyn Nets (earlier this month).There is growing hope that the Knicks could be a team from the Eastern Conference that advances to the NBA Finals in 2025. However, NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal isn't impressed with the Knicks.He recently spoke about the team The Big Podcast. O'Neal: “New York is a place that runs on hype. They control the hype. They can get other teams pumped… They're nowhere near winning a championship. They're going…
Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the best basketball players in the world, but many may not know that he has three brothers who all play professional basketball.Antetokounmpo, a two-time NBA MVP with the Milwaukee Bucks who won the 2021 NBA Finals, led his native Greece to the 2024 Paris Olympics by defeating Croatia in the qualifying tournament final on July 7. He did so alongside his brother, Kostas Antetokounmpo, who plays in the EuroLeague.Must read:Giannis Antetokounmpo carries Greek flag at Olympic opening ceremonyGiannis' older brother, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, is a teammate on the Bucks, but Thanasis spends most of his time…
Over the past decade, Jerry Stackhouse has become one of the most accomplished assistant coaches in the NBA and NCAA. Following a five-year stint at Vanderbilt University, Stackhouse has finally returned to the NBA as an assistant coach with the team he is most excited about: the Golden State Warriors.Jerry Stackhouse spoke with Anthony Slater of The Athletic about what joining the Golden State Warriors means to him.”Golden State would have been at the top of my list,” Stackhouse said. “I would have called and said I'd like to come to training camp and practice.”For Stackhouse, the opportunity to join…