Four years ago, the American gymnast Skye Blakely was thrust into the spotlight when the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to 2021 suddenly made her age eligible. “It was kind of interesting to know that 2020 was like the big year, but it got moved,” Blakely told Olympics.com in June 2020. “Then I…
Mexico’s election season came to a bloody end when a gunman shot dead an aspiring mayor during a rally Wednesday, days before the country elected its first female president. His assassination brings to at least 23 the number of candidates assassinated during what was a particularly violent electoral process in this Latin American country, according…
“Political language is designed to (…) give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” -George Orwell In Mexico, a stagnant political discourse clings to a vanished state of affairs. Government buildings still have external names, for example National Human Rights Commission, Energy Regulatory Commission, Attorney General’s Office or Ministry of Education. These banners have formed…
Will Logan Stankoven light the lamp when the Dallas Stars take on the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup semi-finals on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET? In the article below, we detail the stats and trends you need to know before betting on a player’s props. Watch over 1,000 out-of-market NHL games,…
Jake Trotter, ESPN editorJune 1, 2024, 10:00 p.m. ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 to cover college football. Before that, he worked for The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. OKLAHOMA CITY — Maya Brady was on the…
EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist in the first period to get Edmonton going, Stuart Skinner stopped 34 shots for his hometown team and the Oilers capped an improbable run to the final of the Stanley Cup by beating the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Sunday night. Zach Hyman also scored…
Appearances were deceiving. Valdez hit two homers and drove in three runs as the Sox earned a 6-3 victory before a crowd of 33,806 at Fenway Park. The makeshift lineup finished with 10 hits, four of which went for extra bases. “We put pressure on them, ran around and it was fun today. It was…
Share The 2024 NCAA DI Women’s College Softball World Series is here. The eight-team field includes (1) Texas, (2) Oklahoma, (4) Florida, (5) Oklahoma State, (6) UCLA, (8) Stanford, (10) ) Duke and (16) Alabama. The initial bracket of the championship was announced on Sunday, May 12 during a selection show. The 2023 Women’s College…
Sports Mole previews Sunday’s Serie B playoff final between Venezia and Cremonese, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Concluding their fight for a place in the Italian elite, Venice And Cremona meet on Sunday at the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo, for the second leg of the Serie B playoff final. Having finished higher in…
DEL MAR, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Did you see a shark fin off the coast of Del Mar Sunday morning? If so, you probably weren’t imagining it. According to the city of Del Mar, a 46-year-old man was bitten by a shark shortly before 9 a.m., about 100 yards offshore from the beach safety center…