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For an hour at Hampden, Lawrence Shankland was a peripheral figure, a support act for George Hirst – Scotland’s number nine – and diminished because of it.Shankland ran everywhere apart from where he is most effective. He dropped deep and ran wide, he sacrificed himself so that Hirst could be the one leading the line. He was in the margins of a nervy farewell to Hampden before the team heads for the United States on Sunday.That would change, of course, And thank goodness. Shankland pushed on, took up more dangerous positions and, surprise, surprise, scored and then scored again. Two…
Rutgers football has landed the second offensive line commit of their May 29th official visit weekend as 2027 OL Aaron Southard from Virginia has decided to commit to the Scarlet Knights, according to an announcement he made on social media.The 6-foot-5, 300-pound Southard plays offensive tackle for the Saint James Academy in Madison, Virginia.According to his HUDL profile, Southard has a 5.8 40-yard dash time. On top of that, it also says he benches 315 pounds, squats 465 pounds, and can deadlift 535 pounds.Southard held offers from East Carolina, Marshall, UConn, and USF. Michigan State was making a push to…
Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs started the Western Conference finals with a win in Oklahoma City, then ended the series the same way.The champions are dethroned. Wembanyama and the Spurs are headed to the NBA Finals to face Eastern Conference champions the New York Knicks.Towering French superstar Wembanyama scored 22 points and teammate Julian Champagnie got 18 of his 20 off 3-pointers as the Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 on Sunday (NZ time)— bucking heavy odds to win a Game 7 on the road.”This feeling, I can’t explain it,” 22-year-old Wembanyama said. “It’s so powerful.”Stephon Castle…
Shedeur Sanders was a lightning rod during his NFL rookie season with the Cleveland Browns, leading to an unprecedented windfall through jersey sales, trading cards and other licensing agreements thanks to a diehard personal fanbase. Sanders banked a record-breaking $17.7 million last season in group licensing income, according to the NFL Players Association annual report. The number shattered Tom Brady’s previous single-season high of $9.5 million during his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per Front Office Sports.This licensing payout is 170% more than his father, Deion Sanders, will make during the 2026 season as Colorado’s coach, and pales in comparison to Sanders’ four-year…
(Harry Aaron / Most Valuable Promotions) Amanda Serrano demands respect for all she has done for women’s boxing, a seven-division champion who’s now tied with legend Christy Martin for the most knockouts in the sport’s history. When featherweight title challenger Cheyenne Hanson of Germany chose to blow a bubble gum bubble at Serrano during the face-off, Serrano viewed it as a disrespectful act. Saturday night at the sold-out El Paso Civic Center in Texas, Serrano 49-4-1 (32 KOs) made Hanson pay, stopping Hanson by TKO 2 minutes, 25 seconds into the second round. A Serrano cornerman got tattooed with a…
It means one of Potapova, Kalinskaya, Parry or Poland’s Maja Chwalinska are guaranteed to reach the semi-finals at Roland Garros – with none of them ever having previously made the quarter-finals in Paris.After losing her opening service game, Gauff saved two more break points at 4-2 down before fighting back to win the next four games to clinch the first set against Potapova.The momentum swung at the start of the second set with Potapova’s deep groundstrokes causing problems for the defending champion as she opened up a double break.At 5-2 down, Gauff saved two set points before clawing her way…
Vanderbilt football’s 2027 recruiting class just got one player bigger.Saturday night, Vanderbilt picked up 2027 three-star wide receiver Davion Crumitie out of Tallahassee, Florida. The 5-foot-10, 150-pound wideout is ranked as the No. 39 player from the state of Florida and the No. 31 overall recruit of all athlete position players in the class.Crumitie chose Vanderbilt over Virginia Tech, Auburn, Kansas State, Syracuse and others. Crumitie visited Vanderbilt Friday and was recruited by Vanderbilt wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Alex Bailey.During his junior season, Crumitie caught 52 passes for 776 yards and two touchdowns for Rickards High School.…
On Facebook, Mitchell Robinson announced that he is feeling “better” now from his injured pinky finger ahead of the Knicks’ NBA Finals series. Mitchell Robinson is looking forward to playing the NBA Finals with the New York Knicks. On Facebook, the veteran big man dropped a cryptic post, suggesting that he is all good and ready to play amid his reported broken pinky finger injury. In a separate post, he also thanked the New York fans for their support and well-wishes, as he continues to recover ahead of the championship series opener on Wednesday. It was revealed that Robinson suffered…
Teasley’s hiring as general manager comes considerably later in the NFL calendar than usual.The Vikings fired Adofo-Mensah, their GM from 2022-25, on Jan. 30. They then tabbed executive vice president of football operations Rob Brzezinski to lead the team’s operations through the 2026 draft, after which Minnesota would begin its search for a new full-time GM.Brzezinksi delivered a nine-member draft class, which had a strong defensive tilt and was highlighted by defensive tackle Caleb Banks (Round 1, No. 18 overall), linebacker Jake Golday (Round 2, No. 51) and DT Domonique Orange (Round 3, No. 82). He also cut costs, trading…
Lorena Wiebes was disqualified from the women’s Giro d’Italia for a bike weight violation, just hours after winning the opening stage.The Dutchwoman, riding for Team SD Worx-Protime, had sealed the first maglia rosa – the leader’s pink jersey – of this year’s race by pipping Italian Elisa Balsamo and Irish rider Lara Gillespie to the finish line in Ravenna.But in a statement on Saturday night, race organisers said 27-year-old Wiebes, who won the Giro points classification in 2025, had been kicked out of the race for “use of a bicycle not in compliance with the regulations, specifically failing to meet…