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The first time George Foreman allowed the world to see him happy, he created an uproar. He was stunned. It was the final day of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, and after he destroyed Soviet Union boxer Ionas Chepulis in a gold medal heavyweight fight billed the “Cold War clash,” he circled the ring holding a small U.S. flag.

Over the course of two years, South Carolina women’s basketball fans grew accustomed to unmitigated dominance. A national title in 2022 begot a nearly perfect record the following season, when Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks lost just once, in the Final Four, to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes. They atoned for that blip in 2024, beating Clark and Iowa in the national title game to complete an undefeated season and cement themselves as a dynasty.

Right as his inaugural TGL season concluded and he started to ramp up for Masters prep, Tiger Woods announced he ruptured his left Achilles tendon this week.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – That wasn’t rain that delayed the Daytona 500 on Sunday, it was Bill France’s tears.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – William Byron became the first back-to-back Daytona 500 winner in five years after sneaking by a huge crash on the final lap of the race.

Three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano is already focused on what could come next.

Most fans of the U.S. women’s national soccer team swiftly forgot the 105 minutes that preceded the extra time winner that sent the Americans to the Paris Olympic semifinals this past summer. But the author of that instantly immortalized moment sure hasn’t. “I was playing horrible,” Trinity Rodman recalled. “I was turning over things that I would never turn over. My dribbles were so bad. My shots were horrible.”

In a display far more spectacle than spectacular, Jake Paul easily trounced 58-year-old Mike Tyson via unanimous decision (80-72, 79-73, 79-73) on Friday night in a bout that paired two celebrities known far more for their personalities than their current athletic abilities.

On the surface, it will be a fight between young and old when 27-year-old Jake Paul climbs in the ring against 58-year-old Mike Tyson on Friday. But for a few ex-fighters with local ties, it's more like unserious vs. serious.

You may have heard on account of the avalanche of hype and Netflix ads that boxing icon Mike Tyson is extracting himself from mothballs to enter the ring against YouTube-invented self promoter Jake Paul on Friday night in a sanctioned heavyweight fight in Arlington, Texas. Which raises the question: Who is sanctioning fights out there?

The conclusion of the New York Liberty’s trophy presentation deserved a slogan, something punchy for the viewers to remember and iconic enough to replay until the start of the next WNBA season. So ESPN’s Holly Rowe provided one. “This is what women’s sports can be,” Rowe told a jubilant and jam-packed crowd inside Barclays Center, following the Liberty’s 67-62 overtime win over the Minnesota Lynx.