Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was voted the NFL’s Most Valuable Player on Thursday pipping Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson for the award.Allen, who led the Bills to the AFC Championship game where they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, collected 383 points and 27 first place votes while Jackson tallied 362 points and 23 …
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If there is one question that will define Sunday’s Super Bowl it is this – can the Kansas City Chiefs stop the Philadelphia Eagles’ explosive running-back Saquon Barkley?Signed from the New York Giants ahead of this season, Barkley has transformed the Eagles offense with his incredible power, speed and technique.Barkley ran for 2,005 yards and …
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Former US Open champion Wyndham Clark fired seven birdies in a seven-under par 64 to take a one-shot lead on Thursday in the first round of the US PGA Tour Phoenix Open.Clark said patience was key at TPC Scottsdale, where he delivered his bogey-free round on a sunny afternoon to put himself in a good …
First-time All-Star Victor Wembanyama, Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo will be NBA All-Star tournament teammates after being selected for the same roster by Charles Barkley in Thursday’s All-Star Draft.In a revamped format for the February 16 All-Star event in San Francisco, four elite teams will meet in a tournament format.Former NBA players Shaquille O’Neal, Barkley …
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The former interpreter to Shohei Ohtani, who admitted stealing almost $17 million from the Japanese baseball star to pay off illegal gambling debts, was sentenced to 57 months in prison on Thursday.Ippei Mizuhara was also ordered to pay restitution of more than $18.1 million in his sentencing in federal court in Santa Ana, California.Mizuhara pleaded …
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Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen and American Jennifer Kupcho each fired a six-under par 65 to share the lead after Thursday’s first round of the LPGA Founders Cup.Kupcho birdied three of the last six holes while Madsen birdied two of her last three at Bradenton Country Club in Florida.”I was very pleased with the round,” Madsen …
The governing body for US collegiate sports changed its policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, allowing only those assigned female at birth to compete in women’s sports.The move by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) move came one day after President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at banning transgender athletes from girls and women’s …
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Rapper Kendrick Lamar, one of the big success stories of the Grammys last week, said Thursday his fans should expect “storytelling” at the Super Bowl halftime show this weekend.Lamar will headline the halftime show at Sunday’s showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, and has announced SZA will join him as a …
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US PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Adam Scott have implored President Donald Trump to help complete a Saudi Arabian investment deal and reunite golf’s top players in one series.A PGA Tour statement on Thursday attributed to Monahan and player directors Scott and Tiger Woods confirmed Australian Scott and Monahan went to the White House …
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Jalen Hurts has held a press conference every day this week in the build-up to the Super Bowl and the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has somehow managed to keep his name out of the headlines.That probably isn’t an accident.Hurts is in New Orleans with only one thing on his mind — beating the Kansas City Chiefs …
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