By Issy Ronald, CNN Getting drafted is a special moment for any player, but there was added significance for Joey Porter Jr. as he was picked by the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that selected his father 24 years ago. The Steelers drafted Porter Jr. as the top second-round pick and No.32 overall after the Penn
Continue Reading By Aimee Lewis, CNN The World Chess Championship has reached a thrilling finale, with the title set to be decided Sunday by tiebreaks. World No.2 Ian Nepomniachtchi and China’s Ding Liren were 6½-6½ going into Game 14 of the best-of-14 game series. A point for either player in the final classic game Saturday would have
Continue Reading CNN By Matt Foster, CNN Most people’s idea of fun wouldn’t involve running for hours on end through brutal, undulating terrain — but ultra-marathon sensation Courtney Dauwalter is no ordinary person. While an ultra-marathon is technically defined as any race longer than 26.2 miles, Dauwalter’s exploits tend to take place at distances far greater than
Continue Reading By Matt Foster, CNN Most people’s idea of fun wouldn’t involve running for hours on end through brutal, undulating terrain — but ultra-marathon sensation Courtney Dauwalter is no ordinary person. While an ultra-marathon is technically defined as any race longer than 26.2 miles, Dauwalter’s exploits tend to take place at distances far greater than that,
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Just when it seemed as if the playoff series between the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins couldn’t contain any more drama, it delivered a pulsating Game 6, complete with a spectacular between-the-legs goal, four goals in seven minutes and a shock 7-5 victory for the Panthers. By the second period it
Continue Reading By Aimee Lewis, CNN Hollywood great Jack Nicholson watched the LA Lakers put on a dominant display against the Memphis Grizzlies Friday in Game 6 of the first-round series. Cameras captured the longtime Lakers fan embracing and chatting to LeBron James before the game in a moment widely shared on social media. According to ESPN,
Continue Reading By Thomas Schlachter, CNN Kirsten Neuschäfer has become the first woman to win the Golden Globe Race. Neuschäfer and 15 other competitors, who were all men, set off from Les Sables-d’Olonne, France on September 4, 2022, with the aim of making it around the world via the five Great Capes before returning to the coastal
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN We’ve seen it before. Those cutaways during the NFL Draft to hopefuls waiting for their names to be picked as other players are chosen ahead of them. Expressions range from confusion and disbelief to awkwardness and anger. Some eventually iconic names have had to run the NFL Draft greenroom gauntlet in
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN Simona Halep says she has been under huge stress as the two-time grand slam winner bids to clear her name and return to tennis following a positive drug test. Halep tested positive for Roxadustat, a banned substance listed on the 2022 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list, at last year’s US
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN Barcelona reached its third straight Women’s Champions League final with a 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Thursday, ensuring the Spanish club advanced 2-1 on aggregate. Caroline Graham Hansen — who scored the only goal in the first leg — once again struck midway through the second half to give the Spanish
Continue Reading By Aimee Lewis, CNN “It’s an underdog story,” says Gene Warman, an Ohio native sitting in a bar with his son in a city neither had heard of this time last year. “It’s a wonderful thing.” Warman and his 22-year-old son Andrew are on a four-day trip from the US to watch their new-found love,
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN It was a case of so close, yet so far for Shohei Ohtani on Thursday as the two-way star came within inches of making yet more MLB history in the Los Angeles Angels’ 8-7 win over the Oakland Athletics. The 28-year-old stepped out to the plate in the eighth inning having
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev and Thomas Schlachter, CNN On an evening dedicated to selecting the best new talent to play in the NFL, it turned out to be a player drafted in 2018 who made all the headlines on Draft Night. The NFL’s 2019 MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens agreed in principle to a
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Any Time, Any Place — just not in Atlanta on Thursday. Boston star Jayson Tatum apologized to Janet Jackson after the Celtics’ 128-120 Game 6 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Jackson had been scheduled to perform a concert at the Hawks’ State Farm Arena on Thursday, but — in a turn
Continue Reading By Matt Foster, CNN USA Boxing, the national governing body for the sport in the country, terminated its membership of the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) on Wednesday as a result of the organization’s failure to address issues which saw the IBA’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition suspended in 2019. USA Boxing, which had been
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The Firebirds fell short on Thursday night in Colorado against the Eagles in Game 2, losing 3-2 in game 2 of the 2nd round series. pic.twitter.com/Y7yujZ4Lll— x – Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) April 28, 2023 Ryker Evans and Luke Henman scored the goals for the Firebirds, but it was Mikhail Maltsev’s goal with four minutes
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Thursday was a busy day around the valley for local high school sports. In the Desert Empire League, finals were held for track and field, tennis and swimming. TRACK AND FIELD MVP Awards were earned by the following student-athletes. Boys: Hayden Hutchinson LQHS OVERALL Boys – Martin Torres-Sandoval LQHS
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Championships were decided on the diamond Thursday in local high school baseball and softball. BASEBALL Palm Desert defeated Shadow Hills 3-1 on Thursday night behind a brilliant pitching performance from Ty Cruz who tossed a no-hitter in a must-win game for the Aztecs. DEL Champs!! Ty Cruz throws a No Hitter vs. Shadow Hills!! pic.twitter.com/EUOVcohbZK—
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Jacob Lev, CNN The Carolina Panthers have selected University of Alabama quarterback and 2021 Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young with the first pick of the NFL Draft. “It’s surreal. It’s a dream come true,” Young told the ESPN broadcast. “As amazing of a moment this is, I’m going to try to
Continue Reading CNN, KPHO, KTVK By Ben Morse and Jill Martin, CNN Brittney Griner said during a news conference on Thursday that she’ll “never go overseas again” to play basketball, unless it’s for the Olympics after being detained in Russia. The two-time Olympic gold-medalist spent nearly 300 days in Russian custody following her detention in February 2022
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