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Villanova University is the favorite to win the 2024 CAA football race July 24, 2024, 9:00 AM Rob Washburn RICHMOND, Va. (July 24, 2024) – After posting a 10-3 record last season, winning the CAA Football Championship and reaching the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs, Villanova University has been voted atop the 2024 CAA football standings as voted for by the league's head coaches. The Wildcats received nine first-place votes and 217 points in the preseason poll. Richmond received one first-place vote and was picked second with 189 points, while the University at Albany received three…
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJuly 24, 2024 9:01 AMIndiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembard has agreed to a three-year, $59 million contract extension through the 2027-28 season, Todd Ramasar and Ja'afar Choufani of Life Sports Agency told ESPN on Wednesday morning.Nembard, one of the breakout players of the 2024 Eastern Conference playoffs, agreed to the maximum amount he was allowed on a three-year contract. Sources said the Pacers will decline his $2.20 team option for the 2025-26 season to allow Nembard's new contract to start next year. Nembard became eligible to sign the contract on Monday.Editor's PickNembard has been a key contributor to…
The Nashville Predators began playing in the NHL in the 1998-99 season. They added quite a bit of talent in their debut campaign. They acquired forward Cliff Ronning from the Phoenix Coyotes and also got significant offensive contributions from other players such as Greg Johnson, Sergei Krivokrasov, Andrew Brunette, and Scott Walker. One of the biggest leaders to join the team in their first season was winger Tom Fitzgerald.Before becoming an executive who currently serves as the general manager of the New Jersey Devils, Fitzgerald was a journeyman forward who played for the New York Islanders, Florida Panthers and Colorado…
Canadian players walk onto the pitch at Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Saint-Etienne, France. Canada is scheduled to play New Zealand on Thursday, July 25. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)PARIS — Canadian soccer staff were caught flying a drone over a New Zealand training session earlier this week, as the two teams prepared to face off on the opening day of the 2024 Olympic women's soccer competition.The Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed in a statement Wednesday that “an unofficial member of the Canada Soccer support team was detained by French authorities” following the incident.The COC…
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJuly 24, 2024 8:28 AMIt's been a great summer for the Boston Celtics.Last month, the Celtics passed the Los Angeles Lakers for their NBA-record 18th championship. On July 1, the Celtics agreed to a five-year, $314 million contract extension with Jayson Tatum, the richest contract in NBA history, and a four-year, $126 million extension with Derrick White. On Sunday, they agreed to a four-year, $45 million extension with development success story Sam Hauser.Boston returns all eight rotation players from last season's championship team, seven of whom are under contract for at least the next two seasons and six…
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Wall Street analysts and tech investors They warn that the huge amounts of money being poured into artificial intelligence by big technology companies, stock market investors and venture capital firms could lead to a financial bubble.Analysts on Google's quarterly conference call on Tuesday peppered CEO Sundar Pichai with questions about when the company's $12 billion quarterly AI investments will start to pay off. Also, in recent weeks, Wall Street's biggest investment banks, including Goldman Sachs and Barclays, and venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, have released reports expressing concern about the sustainability of the…
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check out the end of the column, where I explain the ways to get it/them to me as well as the details you should provide when sending. The earlier you send a question the more likely it is to be included in the mailbag, and the…
Sixteen national teams will compete in the men's football competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The competition kicks off on Wednesday, July 24, and the rosters of all participating countries have already been announced. According to the regulations, national teams Maximum of 3 players aged 23 or over The remaining members must be players born on or after January 1, 2001. Alexandre Lacazette, Julián Alvarez and the well-known Achraf Hakimi will represent their countries. Below is a list of all players aged 23 and over who have been called up for Paris 2024. Interestingly, there is one country that…
Justin Figueroa (9-0, 7 KOs) will be looking to make it 10 straight wins when he steps into the ring at the Tropicana on Friday.The Atlantic City native has been boxing professionally for three years. Before he hung up the gloves, the junior middleweight was a standout football player at Holy Spirit High School and once dreamed of playing college football.Figueroa spoke candidly about his dreams and the reality of being at that stage in life. “My grades were bad,” he says, “my GPA wasn't good enough. I wasn't focused in high school. I was a little misguided when I…
PARIS — Tennis star Coco Gauff will carry the American flag on behalf of the U.S. Olympic team at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night. At 20 years old, Gauff will be the youngest flag bearer in U.S. Olympic history.Gauff, the reigning U.S. Open singles champion, will join LeBron James as the two flag bearers leading the U.S. delegation in its first-ever boat parade down the Seine River, an honor both Gauff and James received in a vote by their fellow U.S. Olympians.”I never dreamed I'd have the honor of representing Team USA and carrying the American flag…