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NBA Teams Consider Ditching the Term 'Owner' Because It's 'Racially Insensitive'
The conversations over whether to do away with the term " owner " center around the racial connotations in a league where the majority of the players are black, TMZ Sports reported Monday . "Very rarely do we take the time to rethink something and say, "Maybe that's not the way. Just because someone was taught that 100 years ago doesn't make that the right thing today", Green said". [Full Article...]
Manchester United in discussions to sign unsettled PSG star
The star midfielder will be out of contract with the PSG at the end of the month, leaving him open to a potential move to the Premier League. Meanwhile, the France worldwide has not featured for PSG since December and will now leave the club on a free transfer after turning down a new contract. [Full Article...]
England's Roy and Archer fined after Pakistan loss
Earlier, England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and opted to bowl against Pakistan. "There were discussions throughout the whole of the two innings". Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez said that they were also warned of the threat of a penalty if they continued throwing the ball in on more than one bounce. [Full Article...]
Sloane Stephens to face Johanna Konta in quarterfinals
Nineteen-year-old Marketa Vondrousova continued her breakout Slam destroying Anastasija Sevastova 6-2, 6-0 to advance to her first Slam quarterfinal. She said: "I think the level is quite similar". "I thought it was a good match", Stephens said. "So I'm just going to go in with a clean slate". With both players trading moon balls late in the tense third set, Martic ran down a drop shot and... [Full Article...]
Nebraska baseball blown out by UCONN, eliminated from NCAA Tournament
Then the Huskers lost to Oklahoma State in the winner's bracket. NU fell behind 3-0 early before scoring its lone run on an RBI single by Angelo Altavilla in the bottom of the 4th. NU went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the fifth. OSU put two runners on with one out before a flyout advanced the lead runner to third. The Huskers went down in order in the bottom of the ninth. [Full Article...]
French Open 2019: Highlights - Rafael Nadal breezes past Kei Nishikori - Roland-Garros
However, as has been the case so many times at the French Open , his foil awaits. "I wish I could finish in three sets", said Nishikori, whose lifetime combined record against Nadal, Djokovic and Federer now stands at just seven wins against 34 defeats. [Full Article...]
Serena Williams becomes 1st athlete listed in World's Richest Self-Made women
Williams who is in the hunt for her 24th Grand Slam ended her run at the French Open last week after suffering a surprise third-round loss to compatriot Sofia Kenin. Williams estimated that she still had two to three years left in tennis and would continue prioritizing the sport but admitted that she had laid the foundation for her investment firm. [Full Article...]
Slay 'ain't going' to Lions' mandatory minicamp
Slay posted a live video on Instagram on Monday that included a conversation with another man about whether he was in Detroit in order to attend camp this week. Slay now has two years left on the four-year extension he signed but he clearly is interested in getting another extension as soon as possible. Rookie contracts are mostly straight-forward, all four years and guaranteed with salaries locke... [Full Article...]