Mikaela Shiffrin might have missed out on a medal that would have made her the most decorated alpine skier ever, but the US star was buoyant after what she dubbed her “miraculous” fifth place in the slalom on Saturday.Shiffrin had finished third fastest in the first leg to remain on course to surpass Christl Cranz, …
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San Antonio Spurs rookie Stephon Castle scored 12 points to lead Team C to a 25-14 come-from-behind victory over Team G-League in the Rising Stars final on Friday and into the All-Star Game proper.The Rising Stars competition kicked off All-Star weekend at Chase Center in San Francisco, home of the Golden State Warriors.In a rapid-fire …
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Hundreds of thousands of Philadelphia Eagles fans lined the streets on Friday to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl 59 victory over Kansas City with a parade that ended at the iconic “Rocky” statue.The NFL team’s march down Broad Street began at the team’s home stadium on the southside and continued to the Philadelphia Museum of …
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Austrian skiing legend Marcel Hirscher on Friday dubbed as “very unfair” the criticism levelled at Lindsey Vonn for coming out of retirement at the age of 40, calling the American a “role model”.Vonn had name-dropped Hirscher when asked about critics of her comeback before the action got under way at the World Ski championships in …
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Mikaela Shiffrin will target a fifth slalom gold and a record 16th world medal when she competes in the two-leg race in Saalbach on Saturday.But the American admits her presence in the Austrian resort for the World Ski Championships had been up for debate as she slowly makes her comeback from a crash that saw …
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The short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves halted Oklahoma City’s seven-game NBA winning streak, beating the Western Conference-leading Thunder 116-101 on Thursday on the eve of the All-Star break.The Thunder’s defeat — the first all season in which they trailed all the way — sends Oklahoma City into the break tied with Eastern Conference leaders Cleveland for best …
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Two teenage figure skaters who died in the Washington plane crash that killed 67 people were poignantly remembered this week at the Asian Winter Games in China’s Harbin.Nearly half of the passengers who perished on board the American Eagle flight on January 29 were members of the figure skating community.The dead included former Russian world …
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The lower division United Soccer League (USL) says it plans to create a top-flight rival to Major League Soccer by launching a new division in 2027-28.USL last year launched a first division women’s league, the USL Super League, which competes separately from the established National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and now intends to do the …
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan says reunification talks with Saudi backers of LIV Golf are progressing and he is comfortable, despite delays, that a good deal will be forthcoming.Speaking at Torrey Pines at the Genesis Invitational, Monahan said tour leaders and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) both remain excited to complete an investment deal.”I …
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