Breanna Stewart scores 32 against old team in Liberty win over Storm
SEATTLE — Breanna Stewart scored 32 points, Sabrina Ionescu added 25 and the New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm 98-85 on Friday night. Leonie Fiebic added 12 points for the Liberty (27-7), which bounced back after ending a three-game West Coast trip with a loss to the last-place Los Angeles Sparks. Jonquel Jones, who […]
Daniel Evans scores US Open upset of No. 23 Karen Khachanov in five-plus hour match
Daniel Evans made U.S. Open history on Tuesday, doing so in unexpected fashion despite having never won a Grand Slam title this year and having fallen to 184th in the world rankings at age 34. But in her first match in Flushing, the veteran Briton did more than just defeat No. 23 Karen Khachanov. He […]
Caitlin Clark scores 29 points in unreal performance in Fever win
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark started strong, finishing with 29 points and 10 assists, while Kelsey Mitchell added 28 points and the Indiana Fever fended off a ferocious second-half rally from the Phoenix Mercury to pull off a crucial 98-89 win on Friday night. In their first game since the Olympic hiatus, Mitchell made six 3-pointers […]
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s girlfriend scores new job with bigger lobbying firm
She upgraded. State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s girlfriend has landed a new job at Albany’s largest lobbying firm after being fired from her previous job with a small labor union. Rebecca LaMotte lost her job with the Greater New York LECET in June in what the group called a reorganization, months after her influential boyfriend […]
NYC teachers blast new math curriculum amid leaked reports of failing test scores
New York City algebra teachers are dreading the coming school year because nearly all of them will have to use a commercial math curriculum that has been panned as a “total failure.” Last year, teachers at 265 schools piloted an “illustrative math” curriculum that Chancellor David Banks hopes will help improve the city’s struggling math […]
Alison Gibson scores 0.0 after board collision in Olympics nightmare
U.S. diver Alison Gibson had a nightmare start in the women’s 3-meter springboard qualifying on Wednesday, hitting her foot on the board on her first dive and finishing with a 0.0 point. Immediately after taking off, Gibson did a somersault in the air with his legs straight before landing on his board. Once she hit […]
Ex-Villanova student sued for allegedly posting scores of racy and naked photos of prof
A former Villanova University student already convicted of sharing nude photos of women online has allegedly victimized another woman — a university professor who fears it will be impossible to remove all of the photos from the internet. Tyler John Jones, a 32-year-old father, secretly siphoned racy and nude photos from the cellphone of a […]
Olympics men’s basketball scores, schedule, and standings for 2024 Paris Games
The 2024 Paris Olympics will be home to the most talent-rich international basketball tournament in history, and the star power won’t just be limited to Team USA. Long gone are the days when the 1992 Dream Team competed for the gold medal with just five NBA players. Basketball is now a truly international sport, and […]
Gina Carano scores victory against Disney after ‘Mandalorian’ firing
Gina Carano’s lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiary Lucasfilm has once again come to fruition. A Los Angeles federal court denied Disney’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Carano. Banned from Disney+’s Star Wars-related streaming series The Mandalorian Three years ago, he likened the political situation in the United States to […]
Lobbying World: NCAA scores new government relations director
of NCAA We have a new Director of Government Relations. Kevin McColoughMcColough is the former director of federal relations at Northeastern University and also served as deputy chief of staff for federal affairs to former Massachusetts Governor and current NCAA president Charlie Baker (R-Massachusetts). FGS Global Tapped Josh Zuker As chief of antitrust and competition, […]