(NEW YORK) — For the second straight season, head coach Lisa Bluder has led the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.Bluder spoke to “Good Morning America” following her team’s 94-87 win over LSU in the Elite Eight — a rematch of last year’s championship game when the Hawkeyes…… read more »
Burak Akbulut/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prosecutors are seeking a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for Spain’s former soccer chief, Luis Rubiales, who may stand trial over a nonconsensual kiss at the Women’s World Cup last year, the Madrid prosecutor’s office confirmed to ABC News.Rubiales kissed Spanish soccer player Jennifer Hermoso on the lips without her consent during…… read more »
Jeffrey Grigsby / EyeEm / Getty Images(NEW YORK) – The grass may be greener if it’s made of synthetic turf, but some communities are raising concerns about “forever chemicals” that may be found in many of the faux fields.”Think about the wisdom of putting down acres of plastic in the year 2024… and then allowing…… read more »
PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, city leaders have launched an investigation after members of the Utah women’s basketball team say they were subjected to racial slurs from two men who also taunted them using their trucks as players were stepping out for a meal.According to a police report obtained by…… read more »
Courtesy of Levy(NEW YORK) — As baseball fans get ready to return to their favorite ballparks on opening day, culinary teams have been cooking up delicious new recipes during the offseason to bring to the plate for the 2024 MLB season.Sure, fans will always sing about peanuts and Cracker Jacks during the seventh inning stretch,…… read more »
Harry How/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Shohei Ohtani, Major League Baseball’s highest-paid player, broke his silence Monday afternoon about a gambling scandal that prompted his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, to fire his interpreter last week.In a prepared statement, through an interpreter, Ohtani said, “I am very saddened and shocked that someone who I trusted has…… read more »
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Major League Baseball said Friday it has begun formally investigating the scandal involving Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.”Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhari from the news media,” MLB said in a statement Friday. “Earlier today,…… read more »
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLINTERLEAGUEAtlanta 5, NY Yankees 2Tampa Bay 6, Philadelphia 5Houston 9, St. Louis 1Washington 9, Minnesota 8NY Mets 10, Detroit 5Toronto 3, Pittsburgh 2Seattle 7, Cincinnati 6AMERICAN LEAGUECleveland 8, Kansas City 5Chi White Sox 3, Kansas City 3Boston 3, Baltimore 2NATIONAL LEAGUESan Diego 15,…… read more »
Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Shohei Ohtani is used to being under the microscope due to his unparalleled success on the baseball field, but the slugger is now embroiled in a scandal involving his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.It was revealed on Wednesday that Mizuhara had been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers — the team…… read more »
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLINTERLEAGUEAtlanta 10, Toronto 9Oakland 3, Chi Cubs 1Cincinnati 3, Chi White Sox 1Texas 8, Cincinnati 1San Francisco 5, LA Angels 2Baltimore 13, Philadelphia 4NY Yankees 12, Pittsburgh 0AMERICAN LEAGUEDetroit 12, Minnesota 3LA Angels 8, Kansas City 8NATIONAL LEAGUELA Dodgers 5, San Diego 2NY…… read more »
