Category: Other US

Brady, Clijsters Latest Big-Name Athletes to Invest in Pickleball

Seven-times Super Bowl winner Tom Brady and former tennis world number one Kim Clijsters have become owners of a Major League Pickleball (MLP) expansion team, joining NBA’s LeBron James and Draymond Green as investors in the rapidly growing sport. Brady and Clijsters are part of a group led by Knighthead Capital Management. The MLP will…


Female Volleyball Players in Vermont Banned From Own Locker Room After Transgender Complaint

A number of girls playing for a high school volleyball team in Vermont have been barred from using their own locker room after filing a complaint to school officials about a transgender teammate, according to a report. Blake Allen, who, along with some of her fellow teammates, now has to get changed in a single-stall…


Body of Missing Famed US Extreme Skier Recovered in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal—The body of a famed U.S. extreme skier who went missing this week after falling from the world’s eighth-highest mountain was recovered Wednesday and transported to Nepal’s capital. Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner, Jim Morrison, on Monday when she fell off the…


Aces Win First WNBA Title With Game 4 Triumph Over Sun

Riquna Williams scored 17 points off the bench, including eight in just over a minute late in the game, and the Las Vegas Aces outlasted the Connecticut Sun 78–71 on September 18,  to win the WNBA championship in Uncasville, Conn. The Aces won the best-of-five series in four games over the determined Sun and had…


Sun Rally in 4th, Beat Sky 72–63 to Advance to WNBA Finals

CHICAGO—The made no secret about wanting revenge against Chicago in the teams’ WNBA Playoffs semifinal series, especially after the Sky sent them packing from the semifinals in 2021 while on the way to the title. “We come up here every year and Chicago kicks our (butt),” Sun forward DeWanna Bonner said of the Sky, who…


Brigham Young University: No Evidence Racial Slurs Were Said at Volleyball Game

No evidence has been uncovered to support claims that racial slurs were said at a recent volleyball game, Brigham Young University (BYU) said on Sept. 9. The school in Utah reviewed every available video and audio recording, and contacted more than 50 people who attended the Aug. 26 women’s game, which pitted Brigham Young against Duke…


Cancer Claims 4-Time Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Lance Mackey, one of mushing’s most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug issues, has died. The four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winner died Wednesday from cancer, his father and kennel announced on Facebook. He was 52. Officials with the world’s most famous sled dog race said Iditarod Nation…


Olympic Champ Moore Aims to Make It 6 of the Best in WSL Finals

LOS ANGELES—Winning the first Olympic gold medal in surfing might have been a high watermark for some, but for Carissa Moore it has done little to dampen her competitive hunger as she aims for a sixth World Surf League title in California this week. The affable Hawaiian hall-of-famer is never slow to smile or laugh,…


Sun Rout Sky 104–80, Force Game 5 in Semifinals Series

UNCASVILLE, Conn.—DeWanna Bonner and Courtney Williams each scored 19 points to help the Connecticut Sun rout the Chicago Sky 104–80 on Tuesday night and force a decisive Game 5 in their WNBA semifinal series. Alyssa Thomas added 17 points for Connecticut, which will travel to the second-seeded Sky for the winner-take-all game on Thursday night….


Sun Beat Wings 73–58 to Reach WNBA Semifinals

ARLINGTON, Texas —DeWanna Bonner scored 21 points, Alyssa Thomas had 13 points and eight rebounds, and the No. 3 seed Connecticut Sun eased past the short-handed Dallas Wings 73–58 on Wednesday night to advance to the semifinals. Connecticut earned its first winner-take-all victory since Sept. 29, 2004, and got past the opening round of the…