Former Australia skipper Hooper dropped from sevens squad
MELBOURNE : Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has been omitted from Australia's rugby sevens squad for next week's world series final in Madrid in a setback to his Olympic bid.
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Lowe -- The Boston Celtics Derrick White and the "small" trades that turn good teams into NBA champions - ESPN
EARLY IN DERRICK WHITE'S second season — but really his first, given he spent his rookie year in the G League — the San Antonio Spurs threw him into the fire as a starter.
Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton leaves Game 2 due to left hamstring - ESPN
BOSTON — Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton left in the third quarter of Thursday night's 126-110 loss against the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals and did not return because of a sore left hamstring.
Sources -- DE Crosby gets $7.2M raise from Raiders in reworked contract - ESPN
HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders are giving three-time Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby a $6 million raise for the upcoming season without adding any years to his current contract, league sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Thursday.
Fortuna Duesseldorf Down Bochum To Put One Foot In Bundesliga
Fortuna Duesseldorf are one game away from returning to the Bundesliga for the first time in four years after a 3-0 win at Bochum in the relegation play-off first leg on Thursday. Duesseldorf host Bochum in the second leg on Monday and would be just the fourth second-flight side to win the two-legged playoff since it was re-introduced in 2008-09. The relegation playoff features the team which finished third from bottom in the top division against the third-placed second-division team.
Manipur's ethnic violence splinters teams and sporting dreams
BENGALURU : Ethnic clashes in India's Manipur state saw its most successful women's club fail to field a team in the Indian Women's League in 2023-24, with its coach fleeing his burning home and a number of players in self-imposed exile interstate.
College Baseball Coaches Nearly Come To Blows At Home Plate After Chippy Week
Forget March Madness. That's dumb. (Not really, but stay with me here).
NBA Television Negotiations Are About To Get Messy -- And Complicated
Here's where the NBA rights negotiations stand, per several sources who requested anonymity: