The question remains: Is the WNBA entering a new era in which a group of young guards are destined to break that drought?
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Bridget Carleton and the Portland Fire rolled past the Seattle Storm, handing Seattle its 11th straight consecutive loss.
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Frederick Richard capped a stellar final day at the U.S. Championships with a strong performance across the board to capture his first national all-around title.
Arsenal sign Brazilian midfielder for big money, but how will he fit in their team?
Dutch rider Demi Vollering was overcome with emotion after a Stage 8 win which saw her take the overall lead of the Women’s Tour de France heading into Sunday’s final stage.
Mitchell’s 16th straight 20-plus-point game broke the WNBA single-season record.
Best of the Hall of Fame Game
Mike Tomlin is welcomed by Maria Taylor, Devin McCourty and Jason Garrett ahead of the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game.
Mike Tomlin, Jason Garrett, Devin McCourty and Maria Taylor discuss the players they would enshrine into the Hall of Fame if they had a “Golden Ticket.”
Chris Johnson delivers a special message before Mike Tomlin, Jason Garrett, Devin McCourty and Maria Taylor participate in the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” in honor of “CJ2K.”
Larry Fitzgerald sits down with Maria Taylor and Mike Tomlin to discuss his Hall of Fame career and his emotions surrounding his late father.
Mike Tomlin, Jason Garrett, Devin McCourty and Maria Taylor discuss the inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, celebrating the careers of Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Adam Vinatieri and Roger Craig.
Drew Brees chats with Jason Garrett about his relationship with Sean Payton and the ability to bounce back from his shoulder injury.
Luke Kuechly talks to Devin McCourty about his journey to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and his high school roots playing in Ohio.
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Myles Garrett missed some time at Rams training camp due to lower body soreness, but he’s been back on the field in recent days and it sounds like he’s in fine form.
Veteran receiver Mike Evans missed nine games last year due to injury.
The 49ers’ coach is making progress in his recovery from a car accident.
Brees made a special mention of his former teammate during his Hall of Fame induction speech.
NBA
Both heroin and cocaine were found in his system according to the coroner’s report.
Harden had been arrested in Houston in June when police found a gun in his car.
Walker has played seven NBA seasons, but last season played for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Daktronics, which made the Halo Board inside the Intuit Dome, allegedly had an endorsement deal with Leonard, too.
MLB
Alcantara broke the record in the third, working his 1,226th inning and passing Ricky Nolasco, who pitched 1,225 2/3 innings for the Marlins from 2006-13.
Jesús Sánchez hit a leadoff comebacker, estimated at 104.8-mph off the bat, that ricocheted off Nola’s left leg.
The 42-year-old Scherzer, making his ninth start of the season, has 3,516 career strikeouts.
New York improved to 2-8 in extra-inning games, halting an eight-game winning streak overall for the NL East leaders.
Premier League
Here’s the full preseason schedule for all 20 Premier League teams as they prepare for the 2026-27 campaign.
Plenty of teams have started to release their new kits for the 2026-27 season, and here we rank them.
All of the details you need on the fixtures for the 2026-27 Premier League season.
The Gunners are still without a number of World Cup stars and Mikel Arteta’s men have beaten MK Dons and Girona while losing to Real Betis.
Motor Sports
Blaney comes into the race third in the series point standings. He is 120 points behind series leader Denny Hamlin with four races left.
Byron, who will start 19th in Sunday’s 350-lap race, comes in ranked 12th in the season standings with 568 points.
Mayla Herrick entered the race one point behind Jordan Jarvis.
Landon Gibson became the third rider to win a 250 Pro Sport moto in three races.
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Eric Samulski and James Schiano discuss their favorite fantasy baseball waiver wire adds for the weekend.
Logan Henderson, Trevor Rogers and Paul Skenes are among the projected two-start pitchers for the upcoming week.
After becoming the highest-paid running back in NFL history, Jahmyr Gibbs remains Kyle Dvorchak’s RB1 in fantasy football for 2026, with the Lions star boasting an “out of this world” ceiling.
Kyle Dvorchak discusses Jaylen Waddle’s fantasy upside as the new piece in Sean Payton’s offense as he deals with a ‘strain’ that will keep him out of practice for the next several days.
Kyle Dvorchak details Carson Beck’s impressive debut performance in the Arizona Cardinals preseason opener at the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and when he could start in the regular season.
The Rotoworld rankings crew doesn’t agree on everything, but none of them can stop betting on Bucky Irving to bounce back in 2026.
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Vaughn Dalzell breaks down the MLB’s MVP and Cy Young rankings on August 8, 2026. The race between Dylan Cease and Cam Schlittler is heating up, plus Shohei Ohtani vs Pete Crow-Armstrong.
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Golf
Hossler has never won on the PGA Tour and needs nothing short of victory at Sedgefield Country Club to be among the top 70 in the FedEx Cup.
Check out some of Brooks Koepka’s best moments during Round 2 of the 2026 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The PGA Tour confirmed the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the leadoff postseason event since 2022, would not be part of the top-tier Championship Series in 2028.
The event is going from a popular small-market event in western New York to offering a $5 million purse that ranks among the richest outside the majors.
The final regular-season event determines the top 70 who advance to the postseason and are assured a full card for 2027.
Ryan Gerard opened the year with consecutive runner-up finishes. He earned his way into the U.S. Open and Open Championship, lost in a playoff at the Memorial and goes into the Wyndham Championship at No. 16 in the FedEx Cup as he looks toward making the Tour Championship.
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Wide receiver Chris Olave’s contract was a topic of conversation at Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis’s press conference on Tuesday.
Jalen Carter agreed to a new deal with the Eagles this week that will make him the highest-paid defensive tackle in the league and that development is of interest to plenty of people outside of Philadelphia.
“Elite arm talent, playmaking ability, escape-ability. He has his legs that he can hurt a defense with. There’s just so many layers to who he is as a player,” Johnson said of Williams.
Strahan defends not mentioning the link between ALS and football.
Plaxico Burress’s NFL career was put on hold during the 2008 season, when he accidentally shot himself and then went to prison for 20 months for carrying a gun illegally.
