The first Women’s Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg insists she didn’t consider twerk comments from DJ Martin Solveig offensive as she was just happy to celebrate such an historical achievement. Ada Hegerberg will look every inch the Ballon d’Or winner the next time she steps out onto the pitch after being furnished with a sparkling
2:57 AM ET The Wimbledon Tennis Championships are another step closer to expanding their site after members of a nearby golf club agreed to sell its land to the All England Lawn Tennis Club for £65 million ($85 million). The acquisition is set to triple the size of Wimbledon’s grounds, adding 73 acres to the
2:56 AM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Dirk Nowitzki at last began his record-breaking 21st season with the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, coming off the bench in the first quarter of a 99-89 loss to the Phoenix Suns. No other NBA player has played that many seasons with the same team. “It is good
2:00 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Uncharacteristically, the San Antonio Spurs toiled for 14 days below .500 before walloping the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday to even their record. The Spurs then padded the ledger by besting the LA Clippers 125-87 on Thursday for their fourth consecutive win in arguably the most significant test of their
2:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Playing in his first game in more than a season and a half, safety Eric Berry led his team in tackles in the first half with six, and the Kansas City Chiefs took a 14-7 lead into halftime. Berry didn’t play in the second half, however, and the
1:45 AM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — T.J. Warren scored a season-high 30 points and the Phoenix Suns snapped a 10-game losing streak by beating the Dallas Mavericks 99-89 on Thursday night. The Dallas loss came in the season debut of Dirk Nowitzki, who hadn’t played yet while recovering from ankle surgery. When he entered
1:30 AM ET HOUSTON — James Harden‘s first bucket of the game gave his Houston Rockets teammates a feeling that this would be a spectacular performance for the reigning MVP. After a couple of jab steps, Harden blew by Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, sliced down the lane and threw down a vicious, lefty
Shaka Hislop’s take on Ousmane Dembele is that his reliance on and preference for his childhood friends is part of the culture growing up in a disadvantaged neighborhood. The FC crew feel recent statements by Barcelona players about Ousmane Dembele are an effort to help him regain focus and form at the club. BERLIN —
2:08 AM ET HOUSTON — The Los Angeles Lakers found themselves so frustrated by the officiating in the second half of Thursday’s 126-111 loss to the Houston Rockets that several players, LeBron James and Lonzo Ball among them, purposely held their hands behind their backs on a series of defensive possessions to make a point
Club Leon replace their current lion mascot with a real-life baby lion named Sambu. True to their name, Mexican side Club Leon have appointed a fearsome new mascot: an actual, real-life lion. Three cubs were recently born at Leon Zoo, one of which — Sambu — was named after Leon’s new signing, midfielder Rubens Sambueza.