NBA notebook: Blazers’ McCollum inks $100 million extension
Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum agreed to a three-year contract extension Tuesday, the team announced.
MLB notebook: Indians’ Bauer reportedly fined for tantrum
Cleveland Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer reportedly has been fined by Major League Baseball for a tantrum that took place from the mound at Kansas City on Sunday. The amount of the fine has not been disclosed.
Cold and gold as U.S and Chile take beach volleyball titles
Surf, sand, sun and fun are beach volleyball hallmarks but it was cold and gold at Pan Am Games on Tuesday as the United States and Chile claimed titles on a chilly, dreary afternoon on the Costa Verde.
WBC provisionally suspends Whyte as mandatory heavyweight challenger
The World Boxing Council (WBC) said on Tuesday it had provisionally suspended Dillian Whyte as the mandatory challenger for Deontay Wilder’s world heavyweight title because the Briton had failed a dope test.
Americans Stephens, Gauff crash out in Washington
Top seed and former champion Sloane Stephens crashed out of the Citi Open in Washington as she suffered a stunning 6-2 7-5 first-round loss to Swede Rebecca Peterson on Tuesday while teenager Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff also fell in straight sets.
Top seed Stephens suffers shock loss to Peterson in Washington
Top seed and former champion Sloane Stephens crashed out of the Citi Open in Washington as she suffered a stunning 6-2 7-5 first-round loss to Swede Rebecca Peterson on Tuesday.
U.S. men’s team supports women’s squad in equal-pay fight
The U.S. men’s team on Tuesday accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of refusing to pay national team players a fair share of generated revenue as they gave their support to the women’s squad in their equal-pay lawsuit.
Ellis to step down as head coach of U.S. women’s team
Jill Ellis, who became the first female coach in history to win back-to-back World Cups, will step down as boss of the U.S. women’s national team in early October, she said on Tuesday.
Semenya out of World Championships after Swiss court reverses reprieve
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will not defend her 800-metres title at the World Championships in September after the Swiss Federal Tribunal reversed a ruling that temporarily lifted the IAAF’s testosterone regulations imposed on her, a spokesman for the athlete said on Tuesday.
2019 Fantasy Football sleepers
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