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Latest: Sherman: Amid tragedy, one high school basketball team shows the power of sports

6Mar

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Latest: Sherman: Amid tragedy, one high school basketball team shows the power of sports

GRETNA, Neb. — This is not a story about high school basketball. It’s not about a treasured coach who died midway through a season. It’s not a story of redemption, sorrow or achievement.It’s about togetherness. This is a story about community and a team that has revealed, through its resilience and fight to honor a lost leader, what the best of sports looks like.Wednesday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., Gretna High School will play a first-round game in the Class A boys state tournament against Millard North.Brad Feeken coached the Dragons to win. He coached them with a passion known around Nebraska. His death at age 48 on Dec. 30, 2023, after a battle of more than two years with neuroendocrine cancer marked a new chapter for his players.Gretna starts five seniors and brings...

Latest: Chaotic weather makes MLS unique and the league should embrace it

6Mar

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Latest: Chaotic weather makes MLS unique and the league should embrace it

If former Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris had hoped to segue into a sunny semi-retirement after his move to Los Angeles, his debut for LAFC would have felt especially satisfying. The 36-year-old World Cup winner made a club-record seven saves in a victory over the Seattle Sounders beneath the California sun on the opening weekend of the 2024 MLS season.A week later, however, in his first away match since moving to the US, Lloris experienced a less comfortable time. With his goalkeeper’s gloves acting more as a barrier against frostbite than a shot-stopping aid, he was forced to pluck a fluorescent orange match ball from his net three times in the first half after a sudden snowstorm and near-freezing temperatures descended upon Real Salt Lake’s America First Field.Several players sported s...

Latest: Deciding the Best Free-Agent Signing in Each NFC Team’s History

6Mar

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Latest: Deciding the Best Free-Agent Signing in Each NFC Team’s History

Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end Reggie White was a trailblazer in free agency, becoming one of the first star players to join a new team on a lucrative contract. White received a four-year, $17 million contract to join the Green Bay Packers in 1993. Many top free agents will earn that in one season—or in one signing bonus—once the legal tampering period begins Monday to kick off the frenzy. White left the Eagles for the Packers in 1993 and went on to win a Super Bowl.John Beiver/Sports Illustrated NFL free agency has come a long way since White left the Philadelphia Eagles. But before we find out where this year’s free agents will land, let’s take a look at ea...

Latest: WATCH: North Alabama’s KJ Johnson is hero after first buzzer-beater of March Madness in ASUN Tournament upset

5Mar

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Latest: WATCH: North Alabama’s KJ Johnson is hero after first buzzer-beater of March Madness in ASUN Tournament upset

X/@ASUNSports No. 6 seed North Alabama stunned No. 3 seed Lipscomb 77-75 in the second round of the ASUN Tournament on Tuesday when KJ Johnson capped a heroic finishing stretch with a buzzer-beater against his former team. Johnson's make came after Lipscomb's Owen McCormack drilled a game-tying 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds left. Without a timeout, North Alabama had no choice but to get the ball out of the net and go. Johnson took a few dribbles at full speed and then elevated from near the 3-point line and released the ball with less than a second to spare. He crashed to the floor as time expired and the ball sank through the net. A quiet hush engulfed Allen Arena, but a frantic celeb...

Latest: Analysis: After years of quiet quitting, Chip Kelly admits he didn’t want to be at UCLA

5Mar

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Latest: Analysis: After years of quiet quitting, Chip Kelly admits he didn’t want to be at UCLA

In his first attempt to explain his self-imposed demotion, Chip Kelly said he’s never thought about quitting anything.That’s funny considering he was quiet quitting for most of his six seasons at UCLA.He put in a minimal effort in recruiting. Barely engaged boosters. Did next to nothing to enhance his team’s name, image and likeness efforts.Let that sink in. The highest-paid state employee in California did not want to do his job, so he left.Some have painted him as an offensive savant with a few quirks. Given what he said Tuesday in his first remarks in his new post, he’s an oddball who lacks honor.Kelly said the jarring move from Bruins head coach to Ohio State’s offensive coordinator was rooted in a return to pure coaching. Well, he stunk in that department as well. Take out the wins ov...

Latest: Touching a nerve: Chito Vera and Sean O’Malley relive their first fight

5Mar

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Latest: Touching a nerve: Chito Vera and Sean O’Malley relive their first fight

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMar 5, 2024, 08:02 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for "MMA Live" Covered MMA for Las Vegas SunUFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Marlon "Chito" Vera will meet for the second time on Saturday in the main event of UFC 299 in Miami.The pairing is a rematch of a contest that took place in August 2020 (Watch on ESPN+). At that time, O'Malley was a young, rising, undefeated prospect in the UFC. Vera was a 23-fight veteran who had never quite been able to break into title contention. Vera was coming off a controversial split decision loss, while O'Malley was red-hot, fresh off two viral knockouts.Vera won via TKO in the final minute of the opening round. That much, everyone agrees on; the result is officially on each of their records. What ex...

Latest: 4 Kirk Cousins suitors in NFL free agency, ranked by likelihood

5Mar

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Latest: 4 Kirk Cousins suitors in NFL free agency, ranked by likelihood

NFL free agency officially gets underway next week with the start of the league’s “legal tampering period.” But as we all know, discussions started in Indianapolis last week during the NFL Scouting Combine. Perhaps the biggest domino that will fall in the coming days? Kirk Cousins. The veteran quarterback is set to hit free agency, and while there is a path for him to remain a member of the Minnesota Vikings, there are going to be a number of suitors for his services. Let’s rank the four most likely destinations. 4. Minnesota Vikings Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Graphic design is our passion. There is a reason that Cousins is largely expected to be playing elsewhere n...

Latest: Paul Heyman to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame in first ceremony without Vince McMahon

5Mar

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Latest: Paul Heyman to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame in first ceremony without Vince McMahon

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. Please enter a valid email address. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided. Having trouble? Click here. Paul Heyman was announced as the first inductee of the WWE’s Hall of Fame class of 2024 on Monday as the "Wiseman" will finally be honored ahead of WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia.This year’s Hall of Fame class is one of the more intriguing ones in recent memory. It’s the first one that Paul "Triple H" Levesque, WWE’s chief content officer, will be...

Latest: This Woman Designed A Viral “Hoodie Abaya,” And Her Collection Has Already Sold Out 5 Times

4Mar

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Latest: This Woman Designed A Viral “Hoodie Abaya,” And Her Collection Has Already Sold Out 5 Times

After noticing a shocking number of legal disputes that involved challenging dress codes, Stanford legal scholar and professor of law Richard Thompson Ford, who teaches employment discrimination and civil rights law, began researching historical fashion laws. In 2021, he published his findings as a book called Dress Code: How the Laws of Fashion Made History. In it, Richard argues that people have historically used dress codes to enforce political control and social hierarchies. As a result, fashion has long served as a tool in social activism to challenge norms by introducing new political models and subtly asserting social status. For instance, in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, people resisted “sumptuary laws” that dictated clothing based social status. Perhaps more fami...

Latest: Max Verstappen’s father: Red Bull could be ‘torn apart’ if Horner stays

4Mar

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Latest: Max Verstappen’s father: Red Bull could be ‘torn apart’ if Horner stays

Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula One. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday.Fractures within Red Bull Racing appear to have grown after Max Verstappen’s father, Jos, warned the team was “in danger of being torn apart” if Christian Horner remained in charge amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the team principal.Horner remains in the spotlight after a turbulent few days in Bahrain to start the new Formula One season. Although Verstappen scored his eighth consecutive grand prix victory with a dominant display, beating teammate Sergio Pérez by over 20 seconds, his father spoke publicly about divisions within the team as the situation remains the biggest story in the sport.The situation became public in early February wh...