FREE to attend! Experience firsthand the action of the world’s second largest sport! World Cup comes to America in 2024.
WHAT: As cricket popularity grows in the U.S., experience the action firsthand as America’s first and only nationwide T20 championship returns for its second season starting June 25! The most extensive competition in American cricket history, the Toyota Minor League Cricket Championship presented by Sunoco will feature more than 200 matches over 10 weekends of […]
By Dana Hunsinger Benbow, USA Today INDIANAPOLIS — When Sam Smith died in his modest home on the east side of Indianapolis, he died a man who not long before had swallowed his pride and made a phone call to ask for gas money. He died a man who had to make a call to […]
Brittney Griner Olivia Munn at the 2012 ESPY Awards Press Room, Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 07-11-12. (Shutterstock) By Jennifer Hansler and Wayne Sterling, CNN The State Department has now classified WNBA star Brittney Griner as wrongfully detained in Russia and her case is being handled by the office of the US Special Presidential Envoy […]
Former tennis star, Boris Becker was in attendance – Tottenham Hotspur v Bayern Munich, UEFA Champions League – Group B, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, UK – 1st October 2019 (Shutterstock) By Olympics NBC Sports LONDON — Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Friday for illicitly transferring large amounts of money […]
Orchard Park New York – August 28 2021: The Bills Stadium with New Name of Highmark Stadium and ADPRO Sports Training Center. (Shutterstock) “We play “The Star-Spangled Banner” before every game. You want us to pay taxes too?”—Bill Veeck, former owner of the Chicago White Sox After the $1.6 billion MetLife Stadium rose up without […]
By Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News As the Russian military invasion of Ukraine enters its second month and diplomatic relations between the US and Russia are at their most strained point in decades, seven-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner is being held as a political prisoner by Russian authorities. As famed sports analyst and journalist Dave […]
By Trevor M. Millett The journey of every Olympian to that athletic world stage is never an easy one. There is training. Training. Forever training. Competition after competition after competition. At times exhausted, nerves slightly frayed, but there is never any let-up. There must be consistency of form and performance. Attitude and mindset must be […]
By Will Leitch, NY Mag The second-best player in every sport is a superstar at a level that 99.999 percent of professional athletes — who are already the elite of the elite of the elite — will never come close to achieving. Joel Embiid finished second in NBA MVP voting last year; in baseball (a […]
Brittney Griner, center for Phoenix Mercury at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, AZ USA May 23,2017 (Shutterstock) By Emma Specter, Vogue Last week, news broke that star WNBA player Brittney Griner was being detained by the Russian government on drug charges. This is a worrying state of affairs given Russia’s current invasion of Ukraine, […]
Brittney Griner center for Phoenix Mercury at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix Arizona USA August 12,2017. (Shutterstock) By Zach Koons, SI A video has emerged of Brittney Griner going through security at a Moscow airport, where she was reportedly arrested last month after Russian officials found vape cartridges containing hashish oil during a search […]
