Jeff Halstead/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (KANSAS CITY) — Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes has bought a stake in MLS club Sporting Kansas City. “I am grateful for the opportunity to join Sporting Kansas City’s ownership team and strengthen my connection to the fans and the city I love,” […]
Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has signed a new 5-year, $47.5 million contract, the team announced Tuesday. “Alex is the face of our franchise and is committed to this organization and this city,” said general manager Brian MacLellan in a statement. “Alex embodies […]
Matthias Hangst/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Team USA athletes, specifically women athletes, are already making history at the Tokyo Olympics. From fencing to taekwondo, swimming and more, the Summer Games in Tokyo have been a chance for American women to prove their athletic prowess. Lydia Jacoby Lydia Jacoby, 17, won […]
Maja Hitij/Getty Images (TOKYO) — Yusra Mardini escaped the Syrian civil war in August 2015. She went from Syria to Lebanon and then to Turkey, and from there, she got on a broken boat — meant for just a few people but holding around 20 — heading to Greece. When […]
petesphotography/iStock (TOKYO) — Olympic athletes are set to see some reprieve from extreme weather conditions, as Tropical Storm Nepartak is now forecast to miss Japan’s capital city. The storm is expected to make landfall in northern Japan on Wednesday morning local time. It was located approximately 134 nautical miles east-northeast […]
CEDAR CITY (AP) — Flash floods have caused extensive damage in Cedar City and led the mayor to declare a state of emergency. Fox13 news reports residents of the basement apartments of University West Apartments lost everything they own, after the flood waters reached several feet high. Cheryl Beeston said […]
Wally Skalij /Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (TOKYO) — Simone Biles’ shocking withdrawal from the team competition at the Tokyo Olympics Tuesday put a spotlight on mental health and the extreme stress elite athletes like Biles are under. The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won silver in the team competition […]
ftwitty/iStock (ATLANTA) — The 22-year-old man who killed eight people during a shooting rampage in March targeting Atlanta-area spas pleaded guilty Tuesday to four of the murders and accepted a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Robert Aaron Long entered his plea in Cherokee County Superior […]
John Korduner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (DALLAS) — The Presidents of the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma have sent a letter to SEC commissioner Greg Sankey requesting an invitation to join the conference, according to a joint statement. “The University of Texas at Austin and The University […]
Michelle Franzen and Tara Gimbel / ABC News (NEW YORK) — In Watertown, Connecticut, you can hear the squeak of a swing’s chain as it glides back and forth, along with the laughter of children at play. They are sounds that harken back to the simpler and sweeter moments of […]
