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Americans spend 54 hours per year online shopping
Americans are so focused on saving money that four in 10 are more likely to bring up a recent spend in conversation if they scored a good deal on it — so they can brag about their find. That’s according to a new survey of 2,000 general population Americans,...
Which states have the highest and lowest risk of pet illnesses?
A pet falling ill or not seeming like their usual self can lead to a lot of worry and emotional strain. It can also be challenging for pet parents to know what warrants a vet visit—and how soon they should take their furry friend in for medical care. Being...
Brittney Griner honored to be wearing a USA Basketball jersey
PHOENIX -- There were times Brittney Griner thought she would never wear a USA Basketball jersey again. The two-time Olympic gold medalist was sitting in a Russian prison in 2022, sentenced to nine years in jail for drug possession and smuggling. Playing for her country again was a far-fetched idea at that point. Ten months later, she was free after a high-profile prisoner exchange.
After a terrible World Cup, is USWNT ready for the Olympics?
At each opportunity to repeat the old company line that the standard for the U.S. women's national team is gold medal or bust, new head coach Emma Hayes has instead paused and offered a more calculated, nuanced answer. Hayes has not said that the goal is anything short of a...
2024 NBA summer league roundtable: Surprises and best fits
NBA summer league in Las Vegas is coming to a close, and newly drafted prospects and young veterans are wrapping up their efforts to make lasting impressions. Rookies Stephon Castle (No. 4, San Antonio Spurs), Dalton Knecht (No. 17, Los Angeles Lakers) and Reed Sheppard (No. 3, Houston Rockets) had strong starts to their professional careers. Sheppard made the biggest splash in Las Vegas, averaging 20 points on 49% from 2 and 38.5% from 3 in his first three games.
Top 10 professional MMA men fighters of the 21st century
Practically all of the other sports whose athletes fill the ESPN 100 have long histories, much of which had to be set aside because this survey narrows its focus to just the 21st century's greatest performers. For mixed martial arts, though, the past 25 years encompass nearly the entirety of the sport's existence.
LeBron James to bear Team USA flag at Paris Olympics ceremony
LONDON -- LeBron James has been voted by his fellow Olympians to be the Team USA flag-bearer at the opening ceremony on the River Seine on Friday in Paris. James is the first men's basketball player to carry the flag for Team USA. Women's basketball players Sue Bird (2020) and Dawn Staley (2004) previously served in the honorary role. Paris is James' fourth Olympics. He won golds in 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London and a bronze in 2004 in Athens.
30 U.S. Olympians to watch in Paris: Simone Biles and more
On Friday, an unprecedented opening ceremony along the Seine will kick off the Paris Olympics. The Games will showcase around 10,500 athletes, including many stars you'll remember -- and some you'll want to know. Here are 30 U.S. Olympians to watch this year:. Simone Biles, gymnastics. Biles, 27, has won...
College sports, realignment and the origin of the grant of rights
The most-discussed document in college sports is stored away in an office in Charlotte, North Carolina, far from the prying eyes of the public or, as it turns out, the school administrators who actually signed it. The ACC's grant of rights, which is now under dispute in three different jurisdictions,...
Ranking the top 25 MLB players of the 21st century
In 2001, Barry Bonds had arguably the greatest offensive season in MLB history: He hit .328 and broke the single-season record with 73 home runs. Or maybe his greatest season was 2002, when he hit .370/.582/.799. Or maybe it was 2004, when he hit .362/.609/.812, drawing 232 walks. He was so good pitchers decided they didn't even want to try to get him out: They intentionally walked him 120 times that year.
Mourners transport the bodies of members of the Qadih family to a burial ground in Khuzaa in the southern Gaza Strip, following an overnight Israeli strike that hit their house in Bani Suheila on Sunday
Netanyahu heads for Washington as Israel orders new Gaza evacuations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington on Monday to deliver a key speech, as the military ordered fresh evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis before sending in troops.
2024 Hall of Fame Game, ceremony: How to watch, inductees and more
The Chicago Bears and Houston Texans will face off in the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 1, and it will be televised on ESPN, ABC and ESPN Deportes. The game kicks off Enshrinement Week in Canton, Ohio, where seven players will...
How 538,967 'owners' -- and one president -- run the Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- There is nobody more powerful in the Green Bay Packers' organization than the team president. Yet when Bob Harlan held that post for 19 years and oversaw the franchise's return to glory in the 1990s, he never masqueraded as Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft or any other wealthy NFL owner.
2024 NFL offseason recap: Signings, coach moves, new rules
Most of the NFL's 32 training camps will commence Tuesday, as a roughly 6½-month journey -- culminating with Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 9 -- kicks into gear. The days, weeks and months since the Kansas City Chiefs broke the hearts of the San Francisco 49ers in 25-22 overtime fashion in Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas have been mighty eventful. If the league exited your radar at the moment Travis Kelce was heard "singing" atop the Super Bowl champions' podium, here's everything you might have missed:
Nike unveils its last Premier League ball for 2024-25 season
The Premier League and Nike have rolled out their official match ball for the 2024-25 campaign in the shape of the latest incarnation of the Nike Flight, the design which has been used for the past four years. Rather than the large golden X's and vintage text used last season,...
Bellingham, Mbappé model Real Madrid's 2024-25 away jersey
With Kylian Mbappé joining Jude Bellingham and women's team star Carla Camacho on modeling duty for the occasion, Real Madrid have unfurled their new away kit for the 2024-25 season, while also casually flexing their new-look, extravagantly furnished squad. Resplendent in golden orange, the jersey also features an angular,...
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