Author: Mikesportz
Men’s 400-hurdle champion Rai Benjamin (Bronxville, New York/USATF New York) won the 24th USATF Athlete of the Week award for 2024 after clocking the sixth-fastest time ever by an American. This year, Benjamin had received recognition for the second time for his accomplishments. Benjamin defeated 2022 world champion Alison dos Santos of Brazil and defending Olympic and world champion Karsten Warholm of Norway at the Monaco Diamond League competition, clocking a time of 46.67 to win. The 26-year-old Benjamin now has nine of the top ten positions and the sixth-best timings ever for an American. Benjamin, who is unbeaten in…
The last time Jamaica placed first in the men’s 400-meter hurdles race at the Olympics was 20 years ago, but Roshawn Clarke’s coach, Okeile Stewart, is quietly optimistic that his young pupil may end that streak in Paris this year. The last Jamaican to win an Olympic medal in the sport was Danny McFarlane, who took home a silver medal from the 2004 Athens Games. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, Winthrop Graham became the first-ever medallist for the nation in the men’s 400-meter hurdles competition, taking home the silver medal. At the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary,…
Media Day with the Lady Vols basketball team means a chance to ask players several get-to-know-you questions and at least one about hoops. This 2023-24 series will continue with Kaiya Wynn. Wynn, a 6-0 guard from Nashville, has carved out a bigger role for the Lady Vols in her third season in Knoxville. Wynn, who played her final season of high school basketball in Texas after a family move, grew up in Tennessee and always wanted to be a Lady Vol. The junior guard is majoring in kinesiology, intends to become a doctor and is the consummate teammate.
 Cardoso’s fighting spirit stemmed from her upbringing in Brazil, where she dealt with bullying because of her size and needed to stand up for herself. A docuseries chronicling the 2023-24 college basketball season offered a behind-the-scenes look at the ex-South Carolina star’s personal life. The ESPN production “Full Court Press” follows Cardoso’s sensational conclusion to her NCAA tenure, which culminated in a national championship. It features enlightening interviews with her mother, Janete Soares, and sister, Jessica Cardoso Silva. “For me, it was really hard at the beginning [of my life] because they used to make fun of me, they used…
As Lynch explained to NBC Sports Bay Area last season when the 49ers had more than $41 million in cap space, there are few drawbacks to creating a big cap cushion. After all, unused dollars from one season roll over to the next year. “Really, we always look at the cap for three years out,” Lynch said early last season. “Obviously, we have all that room this year. But really it’s to create room for future years because we roll everything over. It helps us in future years because it creates some room we’re going to need.” The 49ers certainly…
If you’re not watching the WNBA, you might’ve missed Caitlin Clark making history on Wednesday night. The rookie sensation didn’t just break the record for most assists in a single game; she obliterated it, serving up 19 assists like it was a buffet. But wait, there’s more. She also casually dropped 24 points and snagged 6 rebounds, just to remind us why she’s the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year. Picture this: a sold-out arena in Arlington, every fan on the edge of their seat, and Clark, with the ball, pulling off a behind-the-back assist that had everyone questioning if…
Josh Dobbs has had an eventful NFL season thus far, having started the campaign with the Arizona Cardinals before being traded to the Minnesota Vikings at the end of October. The 28-year-old former University of Tennessee standout has drawn plenty of attention as of late, as he has taken over for injured Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. So, we’ve gathered everything there is to know about Josh’s dating life! Josh was last publicly linked to Jocelyn Lara. While her online presence is limited, Jocelyn has a career in sports marketing. Although not much is known about Josh and Jocelyn’s relationship, the…
Pete Rose (born April 14, 1941, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.) is a professional baseball player who in 1985 exceeded Ty Cobb’s record for career hits (4,189). During his career, Rose was noted for his all-around ability and enthusiasm. He was named Player of the Decade (1970–79) by The Sporting News. At the end of his career, he became better known for the accusations of gambling that led Major League Baseball to ban him from the sport in 1989.
Whenever Twins righthander Pablo Lopez stepped onto the mound this postseason or Marlins second baseman Luis Arraez stepped to the plate, broadcasters immediately seem compelled to note they were swapped for each other last offseason in “one of those trades that helped both teams.” Arraez was great. Lopez was great. Everyone benefitted. This was that rare trade that both teams would do again even with the benefit of hindsight. I’ve heard this enough in recent weeks that it seems as likely to be heard during a Lopez start as the disclaimer that “any broadcast, retransmission or account of this game,…
Tony Vitello’s dad explains how he has seen his son grow during Tennessee baseball’s season Greg Vitello is proud of his son for the way he kept finding ways to get this team to play better baseball and for making the College World Series. Author: Karthik Venkataraman Published: 7:40 PM EDT June 18, 2023 Updated: 7:40 PM EDT June 18, 2023 OMAHA, Neb. — Tennessee baseball will play in a win-or-go-home game against Stanford in the College World Series on Monday. Regardless of what happens on the field from here on out for the Vols, the coaching job Tony Vitello…