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The Paris 2024 Olympic Games kicked off with an opening ceremony like no other, with athletes from over 200 countries boarding boats and sailing down the River Seine. The city of Paris itself provided a spectacular backdrop as each nation's athletes paraded around, with iconic landmarks featured throughout the show.Now, on the East Coast, NBC will rebroadcast the Opening Ceremony in primetime. USA TODAY Sports will bring you live updates, highlights and more during the primetime rebroadcast of the Opening Ceremony. Tune in. Team USA floats down the SeineThe US team of approximately 600 athletes will embark on a journey…
The Buffalo Sabres will enter the 2024-2025 season without bumper forward Jeff Skinner and will have a new power play structure under new guidance from head coach Lindy Ruff and assistant Seth Apart. The shakeup will be welcomed as the Sabres finished 29th overall in power play percentage last season. Buffalo hopes that the new approach, combined with new personnel, will help them climb back into the top 10 after finishing in 2022-2023. Buffalo's top three on the power-play unit from last season — Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tucci — are sure to continue in their roles. Thompson…
NEGAUNEE, Mich. (WJMN) – The Yoopers United Hockey Team will be holding a variety of fundraising events prior to their game against the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Team this September. Their goal is to raise as much money as possible for the Marquette County United Way. This weekend, they're teaming up with UP Brewing Company to host the “Rail Street Block Party and Beer Pong Tournament.” The event will take place on Rail Street in downtown Negaunee from noon to 8pm and will feature live music, local vendors, delicious food, prizes and of course a beer pong tournament on Rail…
July 26, 2024 9:19pm ETMerab Dvalishvili famously stole Sean O'Malley's jacket after his teammate Aljamain Sterling defended his bantamweight title against Henry Cejudo at UFC 288. O'Malley was there to greet “Sugar” Sterling, who was next in line to compete for the belt. A few months later, O'Malley dethroned Sterling to become the new bantamweight champion.Now Dvalishvili has a chance to take O'Malley's belt.At UFC 306 at the Sphere in Las Vegas, O'Malley will defend her title against Dvalishvili in the main event, while in the co-main event, UFC flyweight champion Alexa Grasso, who is a coach on this season's…
The Minnesota Timberwolves have one of the brightest futures in the entire NBA, with a young and exciting core of players led by Anthony Edwards, who was considered the best shooting guard in the league last season. The Timberwolves were very aggressive in this year's draft, trading up to the 8th pick without giving up any key players.Let’s take a closer look at each selection and the draft overview.Brad Penner – USA TODAY SportsThe Timberwolves traded up in the top 10 to acquire Kentucky native Rob Dillingham. The 6'2″ point guard is arguably the best pure shot creator and shot…
Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad last fought three years ago, but given how both fighters have fared since then and their track records, it's hard to even consider that match-up ahead of a rematch. The two will face off again this weekend at UFC 304, as Edwards looks to defend his welterweight title for the third time in the main event. One metric that can be used in their first matchup is to see which player has improved the most since that point. Those who predict a win for “Rocky” will point out that the difference is that Edwards has…
TNT announced plans to take legal action against the NBA after the NBA announced a new 11-year media rights deal. Behind the scenes of the NBA Analyst Charles Barkley appears to be on the other side of this battle.Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns TNT, released a statement on Friday alleging that the league violated its media rights agreement with TNT by rejecting TNT's offer and instead signing with Amazon Prime Video. Warner has since filed a breach of contract lawsuit and appears headed for a tense legal battle with the league. Barkley, who issued a statement early Friday morning criticizing…
Andreas Hale, ESPNJuly 26, 2024 8:51 PM ETUFC 306, taking place at The Sphere in Las Vegas on September 14, will be headlined by two title fights, as Sean O'Malley defends his bantamweight title against top contender Merab Dvalishvili and Alexa Grasso fights Valentina Shevchenko for the women's flyweight championship in a trilogy fight.UFC president Dana White announced the 10-fight card, renamed “Noche UFC,” on Friday night as the promotion's most ambitious event in its history.White said the event at The Sphere will be a “one-off” and the most expensive one UFC has ever organized. UFC has also tied Riyadh…
Towson, Maryland, July 26, 2024 – The International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers (IAM) Coalition of Retail Union Employees (IAM CORE) has reached a tentative agreement with Apple that improves work-life balance, raises wages and ensures job security. Workers at Apple's Towson, Maryland, store, the first in the country to form a union, are scheduled to vote on the tentative agreement on August 6. “From the beginning, the mission of the IAM CORE has been to make Apple better for our employees, customers and communities.” The IAM CORE Negotiating Committee stated:”By reaching a tentative agreement with Apple, we've given our…
Traditionally, July is the calm before the storm for Utah State football, and of course, most years Mountain West Conference media days take place in July, but outside of that multi-day event in Las Vegas, the Aggies are typically working alone preparing for fall camp before the college football season.This July was anything but normal.First, on July 2, Utah State announced its intention to fire former head coach Blake Anderson for cause, and fired director of player development Austin Albrecht and associate athletic director Jerry Bovey, with associate athletic director Amy Crosby later being added to the firing list.Defensive coordinator…