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2025 NBA draft: Clippers select Penn State center Yanic Konan Niederhauser
Some three hours before the Clippers used the 30th and final pick in the first round of the NBA draft to select Penn State’s Yanic Konan Niederhauser, the two top choices went as predicted and then the rest of the order was all over the place Wednesday. In Konan Niederhauser, the Clippers got a 7-foot…
Aaron Rodgers says he’ll play one more season, then vanish completely
Looks like we won’t have Aaron Rodgers to kick around much longer. The four-time league MVP said Tuesday on “The Pat McAfee Show” that he’s “pretty sure” the upcoming NFL season — his first as quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers and 21st overall — will be his last. And after that, Rodgers said, he won’t…
College World Series: 1 reason why each team could win the whole thing
It’s anybody’s guess who will become the 2025 Division I NCAA baseball champion, as none of the eight teams that have qualified for the College World Series made it this far a year ago. That’s the first time an entrant from the previous series hasn’t made a return trip since the tourney expanded in 1999….
Dan Keeler: From Notre Dame High to Navy commander
For all the push-ups completed, for all the running drills endured and for all the yelling received during his days playing high school football at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High in the 1990s, Dan Keeler is getting the last laugh later this month when he takes command of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln…
Angel City’s Christen Press focusing on Alyssa Thompson’s development
It doesn’t seem that long ago that Christen Press was helping the national team to consecutive World Cup titles. She was unstoppable then, a key cog in the greatest women’s soccer team in history. Yet she played her 155th and final match for the U.S. in the Tokyo Olympics. It doesn’t seem that long ago…
Yankees eager to avenge World Series meltdown against Dodgers
For Dodgers fans, the must-have souvenir from last year’s World Series was not a cap or T-shirt commemorating the team’s championship. It was one of the stickers that popped up all over town, reproducing the Fox Sports score box that showed the New York Yankees leading, 5-0, with two out in the fifth inning. For…
Rams’ potential trade for Jalen Ramsey creates suspense at OTAs
As the Rams went through organized-team activities on Wednesday, the players on the field were not the most compelling storyline. The distinction belongs to a certain NFL star player who potentially could be on the roster by training camp. Miami Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI, remains in play…
The Thunder and Pacers have one big thing in common on brink of 2025 NBA Finals
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are on the brink of an unlikely matchup in the 2025 NBA Finals. The Thunder and Pacers each hold a 3-1 lead in their respective conference finals series, and while 13 teams in league history have overcome such a deficit to advance in the NBA Playoffs, it doesn’t…