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Adidas and Twitter have announced ‘Friday Night Stripes’ – the first-ever live streaming series of high school football games on Twitter. Friday Night Stripes will feature nationally ranked teams from across the country, including teams from California, Nevada, Indiana, Georgia and Florida. The 8-game series will start on September 7 and continue throughout the regular [...]

Minnesota Lynx guard and WNBA legend Lindsay Whalen who is about to finish her 15th season has announced she will retire at the end of the current season. “I would like to announce that after 15 seasons in the WNBA I am going to retire after the 2018 season,” Whalen said Friday. “I would like [...]

A baseball signed by the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame class of 1939 sold on Saturday night for $623,369. The ball, signed by the first class inducted in a Cooperstown ceremony, was signed by 11 of the 12 men who were deemed the sport’s first group of greats, including Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Cy Young [...]

Kawhi Leonard has spoken, sort of, for the first time since joining the Toronto Raptors. In a statement that, surprisingly, spanned more than six syllables, the two-time Defensive Player of the Year thanked the San Antonio Spurs and their fans for the seven mostly wonderful years they spent together: As a housekeeping note, this reads [...]

On Wednesday, the NCAA announced major changes to eligibility requirements for college basketball players who wish to declare for the NBA draft. From now on, and subject to approval by the NBA and NBPA, student-athletes who enter the draft and aren’t selected will now be able to return to school as long as they notify [...]

Chelsea have signed Athletic Bilbao’s goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to a world record £71 million to replace Thibaut Courtois. With Courtois trying to force a move to Real Madrid, Chelsea took drastic action and agreed to pay Kepa’s buy-out clause ahead of Thursday’s Premier League transfer deadline. This agreement has smashed the world-record fee of £66.8million [...]

NASCAR CEO and chairman Brian France was arrested Sunday night and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and criminal possession of a controlled substance. France, one of the most powerful people in professional sports, was pulled over in Sag Harbor, NY while driving a 2017 Lexus. Cops say he blew through a stop sign at [...]

Dwight Howard believes the Washington Wizards are poised for an unspecified deep playoff run and primed to shock an unknown number of people in a totally ambiguous way. Allow the center to explain himself, per NBC Sports Washington’s Chase Hughes: Howard believes Washington is a good opportunity for him to not only return to the [...]

The Minnesota Vikings have signed Stefon Diggs to a five-year contract extension Tuesday. The extended deal will keep Diggs with the Vikings for the next six seasons and through the 2023 campaign. According to the NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo the deal won’t be for the top of the market WR-money but will be relatively close. [...]

If not for John Wall, Dwight Howard would probably be a member of the Golden State Warriors. Speaking with reporters, the newest member of the Washington Wizards detailed that he was leaning toward joining the reigning champs when the All-Star point guard reached out to him on, of all places, Instagram. From NBC Sports Washington’s [...]