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Former standout Cal wide receiver Kenny Lawler begins his seventh Canadian Football League season on Thursday, and he made headlines this past week when he signed a three-year, $1 million contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.It’s not NFL money, but it was big news because it is the largest contract for a receiver in CFL history — excluding the “personal services” deal Rocket Ismail signed with Toronto Argonauts in 1991.The 31-year-old Lawler is probably the best wide receiver in the CFL, having been named all-CFL twice and coming off one of his best seasons in 2025,…
Amanda Serrano equalled the record for the most knockouts in women’s boxing history with a second-round stoppage of Cheyenne Hanson in Texas to retain her WBA and WBO featherweight titles.The American dominated the encounter and, having pinned Germany’s Hanson, 28, in the corner, unloaded a flurry of unanswered punches that lead to the fight being waved off in El Paso, Texas.The 37-year-old, who now has 32 wins by knockout – tying with women’s boxing pioneer Christy Martin – was the first fighter to stop Hanson inside the distance.In the co-main event, former UFC star Holly Holm was again narrowly defeated…
Vin Mannix | Special to the Herald-TribuneMaddie Baehr didn’t get to do any of the fun things usually associated with Memorial Day weekend.No beach. No boating. No barbecues.“I was invited to a lot of graduation parties, too, but I had to decline,” said the recent Braden River High grad.And why’s that?Maddie’s reason floored folks.“I’m playing flag football for Ireland!”Indeed, instead of hanging out on Anna Maria Island, Maddie was in Ireland last weekend, seeing relatives in County Cork before accompanying Ireland’s Women’s National Flag Football Team to the Netherlands. There the elite two-sport athlete and her Irish teammates are playing…
Victor Wembanyama guides young Spurs to the NBA Finals The Spurs win a heavyweight battle in Game 7, taking down the No. 1 seeded Thunder to advance to the NBA Finals. • Download the NBA App OKLAHOMA CITY – Youth and playoff inexperience in a conference finals Game 7 on the road against the defending champions were not detriments for the San Antonio Spurs. Nope, not at all. It helps to have a unique 7-foot-4 forward-center by the name of Victor Wembanyama. It helps to have players such as Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, Keldon Johnson, Dylan Harper and Stephon Castle who shunned convention…
Jones’ next taste of boxing will come on 13 June when she takes on Argentine influencer Federikita on another Misfits bill that also includes Tommy Fury and strongman Eddie Hall.Jones – who took gold at the 2019 Taekwondo World Championships to add to her Olympic titles – has previously spoken of a desire to reach the top in her new sport.But she says she also wants to enjoy the new experiences rather than get burdened by the pressures that she found after success in her previous sporting life.”Since the day I won my first Olympics, I’ve had pressure on me…
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed grew up attending his father’s football camps while he was the head coach at Tennessee State. Saturday, he got a taste of being a camp headliner.“Today’s just a day of fun on a Saturday to come play football, a game that all of us love, and just to kind of cherish this moment,” Reed said.Reed hosted a youth football camp Saturday that drew more than 650 campers to Wellborn Middle School.Saturday marked the first camp Reed has hosted in the Brazos Valley, having previously held camps in his home state…
Chet Holmgren’s Game 7 line reads like a quiet game on paper, but it sat at the centre of Oklahoma City’s season-ending loss, where the deeper issue was how often the Thunder’s offence stalled when the ball found him.The San Antonio Spurs’ 111-103 win today closed out the Western Conference Finals and sent Oklahoma City home, with Holmgren finishing with just four points, four rebounds and no assists on 1-of-2 shooting across 36 minutes.Watch every game of the 2026 NBA Finals LIVE with ESPN on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just…
Smith arrives to a Jets squad that finished 3-14 in 2025, the franchise’s 10th consecutive losing season and 13th of the past 15. New York hasn’t experienced a postseason since going to back-to-back AFC Championship Games in the 2009 and 2010 seasons.That futility predates Smith’s first tenure with the team, when he started 30 games over four years for the Jets as a 2013 second-round pick. He couldn’t lift them then, but eventually revitalized his career after journeying from the New York Giants to the Los Angeles Chargers to the Seattle Seahawks, where he won Comeback Player of the Year…
Victor Wembanyama bagged 22 points as San Antonio Spurs defeated defending champions the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014, where they will face the New York Knicks.San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson had called on Wembanyama to score more than 20 points after a disappointing showing in game five.An inspired 28-point haul by the 22-year-old Frenchman on Friday helped level the best-of-seven series at 3-3 and save his “childhood dream” – which is now within touching distance.”Winning the Larry O’Brien [NBA championship trophy] is a childhood dream, and having a real shot…
French Ministry of Interior says 416 people detained nationwide, including 283 in Paris, after PSG’s win over Arsenal.Published On 31 May 202631 May 2026Police in France have detained more than 280 people in Paris after violent clashes erupted when thousands poured onto the streets after Paris Saint-Germain’s victory in the Champions League final.About 22,000 police were deployed across France for the game on Saturday, including 8,000 in Paris, after unrest marred PSG’s win in the competition last year. Paris tram lines were halted, several metro stations shut and bus traffic halted in places in a bid to minimise disturbances.Recommended Stories…