Category Archives: Sports

Extreme sports: Mont du Lac to host Ice Cross World Championship

January 23, 2020

Mont du Lac Resort in Superior will host the All Terrain Skate Cross Federation 500 on Saturday as part of the Red Bull Ice Cross World Championship series. The event is free to spectators who can vi...

Rugby: Five things we learned from rugby union’s European Cup po...

January 23, 2020

Toulouse’s French hooker Peato Mauvaka runs with the ball during the European Rugby Champions Cup rugby union match between Stade Toulousain and Gloucester Rugby at the Ernest Wallon Stadium in...

The longest winning streaks in college basketball history

January 22, 2020

Bill Russell (center) helped San Francisco win 60 straight games — the second-longest streak in Division 1 history. In 2015, Kentucky’s bid for its first perfect season since 1954 was thw...

10 Bold Sports Predictions for the 2020s

December 20, 2019

Could these guys finally win the big one? Photo: Don Wright/AP/Shutterstock   On December 31, 2009, we had no idea who Mike Trout was; Giannis Antetokounmpo was a 15-year-old kid hawking watches...

On the rise: Predicting which athletes will become sports’ bigge...

December 20, 2019

Serena. LeBron. Messi. Brady.  Only one name is required — last, first, a nickname — to know who is being discussed. That’s what happens when an athlete not only rise...

Sports Moments 2019: From Triple-Doubles to Teammates Colliding

December 20, 2019

Some of the best athletes walked away from their games, while others staged comebacks and improbable victories. Our sportswriters had a front-row seat to some of the best events of the year. We asked...

Class of 2019: ‘Footy head’ leaves no stone unturned in pu...

November 25, 2019

Cody Weightman is rated one of the best small forwards in this year’s draft. All pictures: AFL Photos   AHEAD of the NAB AFL Draft Combine, Cody Weightman obtained a vertical jumping test ...

ESPN and REnextop Announce Inaugural X Games Chongli 2020 Winter Event...

November 25, 2019

RIDER: Liu Jiayu, X Games snowboarder and 2018 Winter Olympic medalist | PHOTO: Gabriel Christus/ESPN Images Following the successful launch of the inaugural X Games Shanghai event this past June, ES...

ESPN Top 100 NBA Ranking Places Lou Williams, Pat Beverley, and Montre...

October 2, 2019

Just a couple weeks after Sports Illustrated released their top 100 NBA rankings, ESPN is doing the same – with very similar placements for the Clippers thus far. Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports ...

TOP DOG Best FIFA Football Awards 2019: Jurgen Klopp wins best coach g...

October 2, 2019

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been named men’s coach of the year at the Best FIFA awards in Milan. Klopp led his side to a sixth European title in 2018/19 and guided them to a second-place fi...

Giants release second baseman Scooter Gennett in flurry of roster move...

August 30, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO – A flurry of roster moves Tuesday made two dreams come true and led to a somewhat surprising cut.  Infielder Mauricio Dubon and right-hander Tyler Rogers were called up to t...

Today’s stars to honor past heroes in annual NASCAR Throwback Weekend...

August 30, 2019

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In a one-of-a-kind NASCAR tradition, the venerable Darlington Raceway’s NASCAR Throwback Weekend allows the sport’s best of today to honor the greats of yester...

EXCLUSIVE: Carli Lloyd Is ‘Seriously Considering’ Her Offer To Kick In...

August 29, 2019

You have to move quickly when reporting about the historic possibility of a woman playing in a National Football League game, because, well, things are escalating quickly. It all began as a bit of fu...

103-year-old skydiver leaps to Guinness World Record

August 29, 2019

Aug. 16 (UPI) — A Seattle woman celebrated 103 years of life by setting a new Guinness World Record for being the oldest female tandem skydiver. Kathryn “Kitty” Hodges was strapped ...

Snowboard star Max Parrot cleared for liftoff after cancer scare

August 22, 2019

Olympic silver medallist training to compete in an X Games big air event next month Olympic snowboarder Max Parrot, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, has been declared cancer free. (Paul Chias...