Geno Auriemma and UConn are in a familiar place, atop the Big East preseason poll. The Huskies were a unanimous choice by the coaches Tuesday to win the conference again. The Huskies are coming off a 12th national championship led by preseason player of the year Sarah Strong.
Arsenal 4-0 Atlético Madrid: Champions League – as it happened
Arsenal scored four times in 14 minutes to turn a previously tight game into a rout
2 min: Arsenal start the evening as they presumably intend to go on, stroking the ball around patiently. Koke gets fed up and clips Zubimendi on the shin, and probably should go into the book, but it’s early and you know how referees roll. A couple of statements of intent there, perhaps.
Arsenal get the ball rolling. Noise bounces around the Emirates.
Continue reading...Defensive Back Jacob Whitehead Will be Honored as a 2026 Navy All-American
Defensive back Jacob Whitehead (Bellflower, California/ St.
Texas A&M Commit Madden Williams Will be Honored as a 2026 Navy All-American
Wide receiver Madden Williams (Bellflower, California/ St.
Punter Lucas Tenbrock Will be Honored as a 2026 Navy All-American
Punter Lucas Tenbrock (St.
Louis Rees-Zammit recalled to Wales squad after NFL misadventure
Tandy names winger in squad after 21-month absence
Rhys Carré also included after he requalifies for selection
Louis Rees-Zammit is in line for an international rugby comeback for Wales next month 21 months after abandoning the sport to try his luck in American football. Rees-Zammit, now 24, is among 39 players named in the first squad to be picked by the new national head coach, Steve Tandy.
The British and Irish Lions winger, who won the most recent of his 32 caps at the 2023 World Cup, made the switch to American football in January 2024 but ended up not featuring in a competitive NFL game. He returned to union in August when he joined the English Prem side Bristol.
Continue reading...Jack Nicklaus wins $50m verdict in defamation case over LIV Golf allegations
Jury rules Nicklaus defamed by former company
False claims tied him to $750m LIV Golf offer
85-year-old legend awarded $50m in damages
Jack Nicklaus, the 18-time major champion, has won a $50m verdict in a defamation case against his former company, bringing an end to one of golf’s most bitter business feuds.
A jury in Palm Beach County, Florida, found that Nicklaus Companies – the firm he founded and later sold – defamed him by spreading false claims that he had considered a $750m offer to become a public face of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf League and that he was no longer mentally fit to manage his business affairs. The six-person jury ruled that the company’s actions damaged the 85-year-old’s reputation and exposed him to “ridicule, hatred, mistrust, distrust or contempt”.
Continue reading...Martin Offiah and Adam Hills: ‘England should not treat Australia as if they are gods’
The England legend and Australian TV presenter agree that hosts should be bold and harness home advantage at Wembley on Saturday in the Ashes opener
At first glance Martin Offiah and Adam Hills make for an odd couple. The east Londoner who has scored more tries in professional rugby than any other Englishman, dressed in all black smart casuals, and the comedian turned TV presenter from Sydney, wearing an old Australia jersey and rather scanty playing shorts, have been riding around the capital on an Ashes-branded red London bus. They were recreating Offiah’s 1994 Ashes promotion, Hills playing the part of Cliff Richard.
But Hills and Offiah have things in common. Both in their 50s, they live in London, watch as much rugby league as they can, are famous in Australia and the UK, and are both world champions. Yes, you read that right. Hills became world para tennis champion earlier this year and Offiah lifted the World Club title with Widnes and Wigan. His 501 senior tries is bettered only by Billy Boston and Brian Bevan, but he didn’t win the World Cup or the Ashes, something that leaves him with that nagging headache.
Continue reading...St. John’s, Rick Pitino edge UConn, Dan Hurley in Big East men’s basketball preseason poll
St. John's and coach Rick Pitino finished atop the Big East men's basketball preseason poll, edging out UConn and coach Dan Hurley
St. John’s tops Big East preseason poll for 1st time since 1991
St. John's is No. 1 in the Big East Conference preseason poll for the first time in three decades. The Red Storm received seven of the first-place votes from the conference's coaches Tuesday. UConn garnered the other four.
Indiana’s Curt Cignetti praises UCLA as ‘undefeated’ in wake of midseason surge
Indiana coach Curt Cignetti is impressed by what UCLA has accomplished over the last three games after letting go of head coach DeShaun Foster.
The Breakdown | Caluori conundrum adds to Borthwick’s England selection headaches
Head coach faces delicate balancing act before opening November Test as Saracens’s new whiz-kid enters mix
The lobby of the Pennyhill Park hotel on a Monday evening provides a neat snapshot of English rugby’s fast-changing world. First to amble into view is Noah Caluori, Saracens’s new whiz-kid who has just announced himself with five tries on his first Prem start. He nods a polite greeting and looks every inch a sporting thoroughbred that any national coach would covet.
A couple of minutes later a more familiar face appears. It feels faintly bizarre to be bumping into Joe Marler when, on your television, he is sitting in a Scottish castle with Claudia Winkleman but, hey presto, that’s the magic of showbiz right there. One minute you’re propping for England, the next you’re attempting to out-think Stephen Fry.
Continue reading...College football bowl projections feature new look for playoff with Oklahoma, BYU
Things change quickly in college football. And the results in Week 8 have brought adjustments to the playoff picture in this week's bowl projections.
Florida is looking for next Steve Spurrier. What does the Head Ball Coach think?
Steve Spurrier on Lane Kiffin: "I firmly think he is a very good coach."
‘My Netflix title would be white collar to world champion’: Fabio Wardley on his boxing journey | Donald McRae
Former Ipswich academy footballer fights Joseph Parker hoping victory will earn him a world title shot at Oleksandr Usyk, who he once went to Ukraine to spar with
“Joseph Parker was a world heavyweight champion in 2016 when I was still having white collar fights,” Fabio Wardley says of the contrasting career paths he and his opponent have taken before their crucial bout at the O2 in London on Saturday. “So it’s been a wild, wild journey for us to reach this point. And if I get through this fight I’ll get a chance to meet Oleksandr Usyk. Fighting Usyk for the world title would be a funny story, remembering how I went to Ukraine to spar him seven years ago. It would feel like I’ve come full circle.”
We’re sitting in the back room of a gym in Wardley’s home town of Ipswich and the amiable and intelligent 30-year-old, who is unbeaten after 20 professional contests, allows himself to get a little excited before confronting the serious threat of Parker. He nods when I suggest that it sounds like an outlandish boxing movie or overheated drama series.
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