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Aliyah Boston said no to ESPN. The South Carolina women’s basketball star who won a national championship and was named unanimous National Player of the Year and Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 2022 has declined an invitation from the network to appear at the ESPY Awards, its annual summer showcase ceremony awarding top athletes, teams and moments from the sports year. Boston turned down the invitation that arrived after she was initially not included among the nominated athletes invited… Source link

After the S&P 500 posted its worst first-half performance since 1970, many investors are wondering whether the downtrend would continue for the remainder of the year. But according to CNBC’s Jim Cramer, we could be at a turnaround. “I said to [David Faber] that July 13th will be the bottom. I said that in February,” he reminds viewers. Cramer also uses analysis from market technician Larry Williams to show that the market could be ready for a rebound in the not-so-distant future. “The… Source link

Ondrej Palat scored the winner in the third period to extend the Stanley Cup Final to a Game 6 in Tampa. (Getty Images) It seems all the Tampa Bay Lightning need is a pulse. With the Stanley Cup in the building and the preparations for a championship celebration arranged, the Lightning spoiled the party on Friday night at Ball Arena, scoring late to defeat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in Game 5. It was Ondrej Palat who prolonged the Stanley Cup Final, scoring on an expert dissection of the… Source link

One thing is certain: Jiri Prochazka earned his status as UFC champion. The 29-year-old light heavyweight submitted Glover Teixeira with 28 seconds left in the fifth round of their thrilling championship bout Saturday at UFC 275. Prochazka (29-3-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) sunk in a rear-naked choke on Teixeira (33-8 MMA, 16-6 UFC) to get what seemed like an improbable tap. Prochazka remained unbeaten in the UFC and crowned himself light heavyweight champion after just three fights with the promotion. The… Source link

No. 1 seed NC State is in its first Elite Eight since 1998, thanks to a defensive stand in the final 20 seconds that turned into its first lead since the second quarter. Raina Perez stole the ball in the backcourt and laid it in with ease to go up by one on No. 5 seed Notre Dame in the Bridgeport region. She sealed the 66-63 win with free throws in the final second after a 3-point attempt by Notre Dame failed to fall. “She turned her back, the ball was still stuck on her hip, so I went for it,… Source link

During his State of Union address Tuesday night, President Joe Biden touted his plans for the economy, as well as his plans to combat fraud and identity theft rife in pandemic relief programs like the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The COVID pandemic relief programs disbursed more than $800 billion over two years by the government to help small businesses stay afloat. The loans, which helped owners use that money to pay for payroll and other eligible expenses, also led to widespread… Source link

CLEVELAND — He bathed in the applause, yelled to the heavens, earning the biggest cheers among all the current players in the All-Star Game. Later, when LeBron James stood among so many of the NBA’s greatest players in its 75 years, only a few could relate to being the face of the game. One by one, they all played a part in molding the game into what it is: the texture, the depth and even its warts. But being an ambassador is something different. Carrying the torch of what the NBA is… Source link

YANQING, China — Nodar Kumaritashvili was four curves away from Georgian Olympic history when, on that chilling day in 2010, he lost control. One moment, he was furthering a family legacy, whizzing down a luge track, completing one last training run before the Games. The next, he flew off his sled, over an icy wall, and into a metal pole. He would’ve been the first Georgian luger to compete at the Olympics. Instead, he died. Now, 12 years later, his cousin is. Saba Kumaritashvili thought… Source link

The Los Angeles Rams beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30-27, in Sunday’s divisional playoff game at Raymond James Stadium, sending Tom Brady home for the remainder of the playoffs and Matthew Stafford into his first conference championship game. And what a thriller it ended up. After Brady and the Buccaneers had tied the score with less than a minute left, erasing a one-time 24-point Rams lead, Matthew Stafford hit Cooper Kupp on 44- and 20-yard passes in the waning seconds to set up the… Source link

The streak is over.  The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Las Vegas Raiders 26-19 in Saturday’s AFC wild-card matchup, earning their first postseason victory since 1991 and ending an eight-game playoff losing streak that dated back more than three decades. The game came down to the final moments, partially thanks to a questionable roughing-the-passer call against the Bengals on the Raiders’ Derek Carr and keeping alive a game replete with shaky whistles. But Carr took advantage, converting… Source link