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River Hill boys soccer coach Matt Shagogue had his players come in early ahead of Thursday’s Class 3A state championship game against No. 8 seed Mt. Hebron. Shagogue showed a video from Hawks alumni sending the team well wishes, including messages from several players on the program’s last state title team in 2014. Ten years […]

November 11 – The former president of Turkey’s Ankaragücü Faruk Koca was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for attacking referee Halil Umut Meler late last year. Koca (pictured) became embroiled in one of the biggest scandals in Turkish football’s history when, after the end of the match between Ankaragucu and Rizespor, he stormed […]

Jordan Pennick was not much of a scorer as a freshman for the Navy men’s basketball team. The Archbishop Spalding product averaged just 3.6 points in a reserve role, making just 30% of his field goal attempts. Pennick played with a lot more confidence on the offensive end as a sophomore and already has two […]

November 6 – The offices of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) in Paris and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners were raided yesterday by French fraud investigators following allegations of embezzlement of public funds, active and passive bribery of a public official and illegal taking of interest. The home of LFP president Vincent Labrune […]

With a senior-laden group leading the way, Maryvale Prep girls soccer firmly believed a special season could be had. It turned out a freshman, Clara McCormick, made sure it happened in Saturday’s Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference title game against determined Severn. Midway through the second half, McCormick turned a clear attempt into […]

October 31 – Houston’s NRG Stadium, one of the most regular stops on the Concacaf Gold Cup circuit, will host the 2025 Gold Cup final next July 7. The home of the NFL’s Houston Texans, the NRG Stadium has a 71,995 capacity. It has hosted Gold Cup games in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021 […]

Maryvale Prep rode a balanced hitting attack and strong defense and serving to a four-set victory over St. Paul’s on Sunday to win their fourth straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship. The No. 9 Lions, seeded second, dropped the first set but rolled to a 22-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-21 victory over the […]

Entering Thursday’s volleyball match at C. Milton Wright, Bel Air had lost exactly one set all year. After the match, you can make that four sets. In a match that had a little bit of everything, the host Mustangs dominated at the net and came up big when it counted to beat Bel Air, 25-17, […]

October 22 – More than 100 internationals in the women’s game are calling on FIFA to reconsider allowing Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco to be a sponsor. In an open letter to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, the 106 players describe Aramco’s involvement as a “middle finger to women’s soccer” in terms of human rights. In […]

CLEVELAND — Shortly after David Fry crushed a walk-off homer for the Guardians in Game 3 of the ALCS, one Yankee after another insisted the team had nothing to worry about. “There’s no doubt we can overcome this and bounce back,” said Clay Holmes, who surrendered the game-ending blast on Thursday. “It’s a resilient group […]