Former Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry is the co-founder of Avenue Capital Group. (Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit) Unrivaled, the new 3×3 professional women’s basketball league set to launch in the US in January, has received new investment from the Avenue Sports Fund. The firm joins the league’s investor group that already includes several former…
PHILADELPHIA — Mekhi Becton faced an uncertain future when he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles back in May. The former first-round pick heard all the negative criticisms of him. Disappointment. Bust. Waste of a draft pick. Becton wasn’t sure if he would bounce back, or even if he could. The 25-year old Becton took a…
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – DECEMBER 27: Head coach Luke Fickell of the Wisconsin Badgers gestures during the … [+] second half of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Chase Field on December 27, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Badgers beat the Cowboys 24-17. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) Getty Images Heading into…
BEING FRANK Congratulations to Frank Lampard, who has defied the odds to be named the new manager of Coventry City. In an age when people are losing their collective minds over the quality of English managers and the supposed opportunities they are failing to be presented with in the wake of Thomas Tuchel’s appointment of…
WEST FARGO — The city of West Fargo has become a somewhat unlikely hot bed for some of North Dakota’s top hockey prospects. Five former West Fargo players, including one women’s prospect, have all committed to NCAA Division I programs since June. The city has also yielded several junior hockey and Division III women’s players….
“The ability for kids to adapt and have fun … we just mess it up a lot of time.” The words are from Jeff Francoeur, a former standout major league outfielder. He is now a youth sports podcaster and a father to school-aged kids who play organized sports. “Kids don’t play pickup games in the…
Before the trophies, before they were famous, and before photos of these iconic athletes were taken over and over again came their high school yearbooks, where they posed for pictures alongside their classmates. These pictures came before the paparazzi followed them around and before photographers were assigned to snap their every movement on the court…
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A whopping 70 million votes have been cast in the Beyond Developments Globe Soccer Dubai Awards with 10 days of polling still to go, equalling last year’s record figure already. The competition will take place alongside the 19th Dubai International Sports Conference, at Atlantis, The Palm in partnership and support with Dubai Sports Council, on…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Samantha Lewis has been following the Matildas since well before they were cool and has dug deep into her notebooks to pull out a close look at their history of clashes with Brazil. The blue touch paper was lit on the…
