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Because I can. Simone Biles may be all of 4-foot-8, but she will not shrink herself nor her abilities or achievements.  Not for the International Gymnastics Federation, not for USA Gymnastics, and certainly not for the antiquated idea that women are supposed to be quiet, demure, resistant to shining a light on their own greatness.

Fifty years old and up to his knees in South Carolina rough behind the 17th green, Phil Mickelson had a three-stroke lead and an improbable sixth major championship in his grasp. All he needed to do was hit it safe and clean — something Mickelson has, at times, done both as well, and as poorly,

Perhaps the Los Angeles Clippers should burn sage all across the Staples Center, in their locker room, and extend it to homes and even cars. Because for all the positive vibes, roster depth and apparent health coming into the postseason, the franchise that can never get it right needs a cleanse after it finds itself

LeBron James wanted the inventor of the NBA’s play-in tournament fired, but all the event did was put the Los Angeles Lakers back in the playoffs while delivering a back-and-forth thriller. The Lakers topped the Golden State Warriors 103-100 on Wednesday in the fourth game of the play-in tournament, ensuring a turbulent and injury-riddled season

The Eastern Conference’s third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks and sixth-seeded Miami Heat meet in the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs. It is a rematch of a second-round series the Heat won last year, 4-1. How they got here Milwaukee Buks The Bucks paid handsomely to acquire one-time All-Star Jrue Holiday in an offseason splash that

Jayson Tatum saved an otherwise ugly start to the NBA’s play-in tournament experiment. The 23-year-old Boston Celtics forward staked his claim to superstardom in Tuesday’s nightcap, scoring 50 points in a 118-100 win to send the Washington Wizards to an elimination game against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday. Tatum made fellow All-Stars Bradley Beal and

Table of Contents The Battle Of Human Chess Players Against Chess Computers becomingachessmaster.com Humans are Great at Chess, But that doesn’t Mean that Computers are not great. Chess is a very famous game all over the world. The first chess program of any type to run on the actual electronic computer was a great invention

CLINTON, S.C. – The windowless bunker that doubles as the Presbyterian College football staff meeting room appears decorated from the Shawshank Collection. The gray concrete walls lack any color or adornment, other than a depth chart that lacks names. Kevin Kelley, the most colorful new coach in all of college football, struggles with the setting.

The Western Conference’s fourth-seeded Los Angeles Clippers and fifth-seeded Dallas Mavericks meet in the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs. It is a rematch of a first-round series the Clips won last year, 4-2. More Yahoo Sports NBA first-round playoff previews: How they got here Los Angeles Clippers The Clippers wanted to be here.

One of the worst teams in the American League has two players attracting a huge portion of the betting handle for the AL’s Most Valuable Player award. According to figures released by BetMGM on Monday morning, Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels have combined for 78.8% of the money bet on

Charles Oliveira won the lightweight championship on Saturday in one of the wildest, most unlikely turnarounds in a title fight in the promotion’s history on Saturday in the main event of UFC 262 at the Toyota Center in Houston. Oliveira was dropped by a left hook with just under two minutes left in the first

Each week during the 2020-21 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into three of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. [Last week: Messy All-NBA selections, Sixth Man Jordan Clarkson and a Cade Cunningham coin flip] The Brooklyn Nets

Visiting teams arrive at Gillette Stadium up a thin-ribbon of a back road called Putnam Parkway, a private, secret entrance far from the traffic and tailgating out on Route 1. To get there team buses weave through classic New England roads and the quaint neighborhoods of Foxborough. Then it hits them. Emerging suddenly from the

A few months ago on an obscure February weekend in Pebble Beach, Akshay Bhatia made a statement. The 19-year-old professional golfer from California hit 18-of-18 greens on the hallowed course, a feat that has been accomplished only six other times, including once by Jack Nicklaus. Bhatia didn’t win the tournament as he finished T30 and

Our hair is a thing for pretty much all Black people.  But you can’t — and perhaps more precisely, won’t — let just anyone touch your hair. Not with clippers. Which is why there are a lot of Black men giving an understanding nod toward Toronto Maple Leafs wing Wayne Simmonds after Simmonds shared with

Breanna Stewart (Julio Aguilar / Getty Images) A lot has gone down in the WNBA since the unprecedented bubble season ended in October. Rosters have turned over, stars have switched teams, injuries have taken their toll and draft picks are ready to make their mark. It all amounts to what could be one of the