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For the first time in four years, Simone Biles is a world champion. The gymnast led Team USA to a team title at the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships on Wednesday in Antwerp, marking her first world title since she won five events at the 2019 meet in Stuttgart. It is Biles’ 20th gold medal and […]

The last image of LeBron James on the court with the Lakers for public consumption was him gritting his way through a foot injury, playing nearly all 48 minutes in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals despite being clearly limited. Sure, he could still bully his ways to his spots — his strength mostly […]

Two years after she was forced to withdraw from the Olympic team final and spent the remainder of the night on the sidelines, this time Simone Biles was there right until the end. Charged with closing out another gold medal before a raucous crowd on her floor routine, Biles refused to blink. She marched through […]

Subscribe to Zero Blitz Jason Fitz is joined by Yahoo Senior NFL Reporters Jori Epstein and Charles Robinson to pull back the curtain on all the latest news around the NFL. Christian Gonzalez is out for the season, leading the New England Patriots to trade for Los Angeles Chargers CB J.C. Jackson, prompting the hosts […]

Seventeen times. That’s how many times NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” cut away to shots of Taylor Swift watching rumored boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs play the New York Jets with a slew of famous friends in a luxury suite at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. That’s a lot. Too much for […]

Major champion Lexi Thompson will compete against men at the PGA Tour’s upcoming event in Las Vegas. The Shriners Children’s Open announced on Wednesday that Thompson received an unrestricted exemption into the tournament, which begins on 12 October at TPC Summerlin. She will compete with 131 men for the $8.4m purse. Thompson will become the […]

James Harden is now participating in the Philadelphia 76ers training camp. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) (Tim Nwachukwu via Getty Images) There may still be some hurt feelings, but 10-time All-Star James Harden joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the team’s second training camp practice at Colorado State University on Wednesday. After a public feud with […]

Aday Mara commands superlatives. Tallest player, biggest baby face, best passer … Best passer? It’s looking that way. If UCLA’s 7-foot-3 freshman isn’t the most skilled player moving the ball on this season’s team, he’s certainly in the conversation. That’s just part of the unique blend of talents the Spanish sensation has displayed in a […]

After getting back to the top of the podium in Japan, two-time defending F1 world drivers’ champion Max Verstappen holds a 177-point lead over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez with six of 23 rounds remaining. That staggering lead means Verstappen might not even have to wait until the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, Oct. 8, […]

After struggling to find his way with the Chargers, J.C. Jackson will get a fresh start in a familiar place. The veteran cornerback is headed back to New England after the Chargers and Patriots agreed Wednesday morning on a trade. The Chargers dealt Jackson and a 2025 seventh-round pick to the Patriots for a 2025 […]