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Wizards rookie Will Riley is a creative artist on and off the basketball court
WASHINGTON — Will Riley has always sought artistic outlets.As a child, without taking a lesson, Riley taught himself to play the piano. He learned how to juggle. Around the seventh grade, he started cutting friends’ hair, even setting up a makeshift barbershop in his mom’s basement. He customized his own clothing, occasionally turning pairs of jeans into art pieces.Advertisement
Aaron Ramsey: Former Wales and Arsenal midfielder announces retirement
Aaron Ramsey has announced his retirement from professional football.The 35-year-old has called time on a career that began in 2007 and saw him make 551 appearances for Arsenal, Cardiff City, and Juventus in addition to winning 86 caps for Wales. Ramsey has been without a club since he left Mexican side Pumas UNAM last summer. “This has not been an easy decision to make,” he said in a statement posted to social media. Advertisement
Two-time MVP and Golden Boot winner Temwa Chawinga’s aura charges KC Current
If the National Women’s Soccer League had an award for aura, Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga would be a frontrunner. Why not add another trophy to the two MVP and Golden Boot awards she has collected in consecutive years since joining the league?The 27-year-old Malawi international returned to the Current’s CPKC Stadium on Saturday afternoon for the first time since sustaining a hip adductor injury last October. Chawinga’s close-cropped fade is a revolving array of color, and for...
Why the Panthers locked in on Tetairoa McMillan a year ago: 'Not gonna overthink this'
The Carolina Panthers were targeting a defensive player with the eighth pick in the NFL Draft last year. At least that what’s most observers thought.It was a reasonable supposition for a team that owned the league’s worst defense in 2024, when the Panthers became the fourth team in history to allow 3,000 rushing yards and set a dubious record by giving up the most points in a 17-game season.Advertisement
Bara and beyond: how London went mad for British regional food
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First Bill Belichick, now Michael Malone: Why UNC again made unexpected hire from pro ranks
Another North Carolina coaching search took an unexpected turn away from the college ranks and into the big leagues. And just like the first, it ended with a championship coach leading one of the Tar Heels’ signature programs.Sixteen months after UNC stunned the sports world by hiring six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick to lead its football team, the school sprung another surprise Monday by tapping former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone to lead the crown jewel of Chapel Hill: North C...
College softball power rankings: There’s a new No. 1 after Texas falls at Alabama
A lot was going on this weekend, but college softball stops for no one. While some of you may have been watching basketball or having special holiday dinners, there were some potential clues to be found on the diamond foreshadowing what we may see in the postseason, and several teams — and players — sure did eat.Advertisement
Drone racing to drone strikes: have war and sport become indistinguishable?
The Trump administration’s pushing of the war in Iran reflects a sporting culture driven by clipped-up content, shameless tribalism and a lust for escalation Among the more surprising continuities of 2026 has been the visual kinship between the Winter Olympics and the US’s illegal and unprovoked war in Iran. High-speed camera drones were a highlight of TV coverage of the recent Games in Milano Cortina, bringing viewers within kissing distance of the action as Olympic athletes hurtled down the sl...
Will Robert Thomas' play convince the Blues to keep him? Top 5 pick or playoffs? Mailbag
ST. LOUIS — First, it was Jimmy Snuggerud being named the NHL’s third star of the week and then the rookie of the month for March. Now, it’s Robert Thomas following up with another third-star-of-the-week honor.The St. Louis Blues are earning some respect for sticking around in the Western Conference wild-card race, however long it lasts.Advertisement
Ben Danford's season of evolution could lift him to the Maple Leafs this fall
BRANTFORD — Ben Danford might quickly do the math in his head, but doesn’t care about the final tally.Danford barely missed time over his last two full seasons, going to the OHL’s J. Ross Robertson Cup finals two years in a row. That’s 167 games from 2023 to 2025, plus another 14 games for Canada and now 47 games this season, with more on the horizon.All the Toronto Maple Leafs defence prospect cares about is playing, and winning, more games.Advertisement
David Carle on whispers of Denver's demise, its latest Frozen Four run and his NHL future
David Carle stood in the lobby of the Stifel Theatre in St. Louis at this time last year and took stock.He also took aim.The University of Denver head coach — who has won two national titles in the past four years — had heard whispers about his program’s impending decline. The Pioneers are the NCAA’s standard-bearers, with a record 10 national titles, and have gone to six Frozen Fours in the past 10 years, but with Hobey Baker finalist Zeev Buium and other top players leaving, the chatter was ou...
Why Dave Roberts wound up with the baseball from World Series Game 7
TORONTO — Before the wild celebration to punctuate last year’s World Series, Freddie Freeman found himself waiting in the visiting manager’s office at Rogers Centre. Though the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bacchanal was set to begin, Freeman first needed to bestow something important upon its rightful owner.Advertisement
How La Masia is powering Barcelona's Champions League push
Barcelona face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals this week having made history in the round of 16. Their 7-2 second-leg win at home to Newcastle was the biggest by a Spanish side against an English opponent in 60 years.
Did quadruple ambition set bar too high for Arsenal?
Did quadruple ambition set bar too high for Arsenal?To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedDid quadruple ambition set bar too high for Arsenal?Close00Monday Night Club's Rory Smith shares why targeting the quadruple was too ambitious for Arsenal and analyses how they can bounce back from back-to-back defeats.Listen to the full episode: MNC: Arsenal's slump and can Slot turn Liverpool around?READ: Arteta calls for perspective as Arse...
Derby's Agyemang to miss World Cup with Achilles injury
Derby's Agyemang to miss World Cup with Achilles injuryImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Patrick Agyemang has scored 10 goals for Derby County this seasonByAndrew AloiaBBC Sport, East MidlandsPublished10 minutes agoPatrick Agyemang has been ruled out of playing in a home World Cup for the United States after suffering a "serious" Achilles tendon injury in Derby County's win against Stoke City on Monday.The striker immediately clutched his left ankle when he landed awkw...
Skydiver dies in horror Easter Monday jump after 'parachute failed to open'
Skydiver dies in horror Easter Monday jump after 'parachute failed to open'One eyewitness who was scheduled to jump next described seeing 'what looked like a person falling' as a parachute failed to open during a skydive at at Headcorn Aerodrome, in Ashford, KentNewsBenedict Tetzlaff-Deas News Reporter11:46, 07 Apr 2026Updated 11:53, 07 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesThe incident unfolded at Headcorn Aerodrome, in Ashford, Kent(Image: Submitted/Cover Images)A skydiver has tragically di...
Grand National runners, favourites and odds for 2026: Key horses to note
Trainer Willie Mullins still has 10 horses on the current entry list, including 2024 winner I Am Maximus and reigning champion Nick Rockett
Everton mailbag: Send your questions to Patrick Boyland now
Send in your questions for Everton writer Patrick Boyland's mailbag now
Former Arsenal and Wales star Aaron Ramsey announces retirement in emotional statement
Former Arsenal and Wales star Aaron Ramsey announces retirement in emotional statementThe 35-year-old has finally called time on an incredible footballing career, having not played competitively since SeptemberCommentsSportBen James and Aaron Morris Senior Sports Reporter11:43, 07 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesAaron Ramsey has retired from football(Image: Michael Steele, Getty Images)Arsenal football icon Aaron Ramsey has announced his retirement from the sport. The midfielder concludes a distinguished c...
Paul Scholes names eight players Man Utd players should sell in brutal takedown
Paul Scholes names eight players Man Utd players should sell in brutal takedownPaul Scholes has named eight Manchester United players he feels the club should sell this summer as they look to challenge for the Premier League and Champions LeagueCommentsSportMatty Hewitt Senior Sport Central Audience Writer 11:42, 07 Apr 2026Updated 11:43, 07 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesPaul Scholes has named several players Manchester United should look to move on(Image: YouTube/The Good, the Bad and the Football Podca...