It’s time for the VMAs, aka the MTV Video Music Awards, and you know what that means: pop stars doing the crazy! From Kanye West invading the stage to Miley Cyrus twerking, this show is always entertaining. Tonight there’s some big names up for VMAs: Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift lead the field with 10 nominations apiece, Billie …
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After golf’s four majors, the most prestigious event in the PGA tour is the PGA Tour Championship, which concludes the FedEx Cup Playoffs and the PGA season. Only the top 30 players qualify for the Tour Championship, which this year features an entirely new point system to ensure that whoever wins the Tour Championship will also be crowned the FedEx …
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They return home champions with a ticker-tape parade through New York City’s Canyon of Heroes. The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) won its fourth World Cup title after beating the Netherlands 2-0 behind goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle. It was a thrilling display of soccer dominance, from their opening 13-0 romp over Thailand to their wins in the …
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We have reached the midway point of the 2019 MLB regular season. As is their time-honored tradition, Major League Baseball’s biggest star players will take a break from the daily grind of the 162-game marathon for a few days to participate in the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby. This year, the All-Star festivities will take place in Cleveland. The …
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Throughout the 2019 Women’s World Cup the United States Women’s National Team has been the heavy favorite to repeat as champs. After dominant performances in the early rounds, the team faced stiffer challenges in elimination matches, squeaking by Spain in its first match of the knockout stage, topping host nation France in a historic quarterfinal match and earning a gritty 2-1 victory against England in …
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The 119th US Open golf tournament is underway at the iconic Pebble Beach course along the California coast. After the first two rounds Thursday and Friday, plenty of big names are still in it. And yes, that includes Tiger Woods, who won earlier this year at The Masters in incredible fashion, but a mediocre performance in the first two rounds of the …
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The Toronto Raptors lead the Golden State Warriors three games to two, but let the possible series-clinching Game 5 slip away at home, blowing a six-point lead with less than 4 minutes to go. The NBA Finals shift back to Oakland for the last game ever at Oracle Arena (the team will open next season in their new digs across the bay in …
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Tonight Lord Stanley’s Cup, the most famous trophy in professional sports, will be awarded after the first Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 since 2011. The recipient will be either the hated Boston Bruins or the St. Louis Blues (aka Not The Bruins). Founded in 1969, the Blues are the oldest NHL franchise to have never won the Stanley Cup championship, having appeared in …
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It’s an all-English final match for the championship of the UEFA Champions League. The annual football tournament started with 79 top-division clubs from all over Europe, and now it’s down to two. Liverpool and Tottenham meet in the final on June 1, a match expected to rival the Super Bowl as the most-watched television broadcast in the world. Both teams …
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After trading away Marcell Ozuna, J.T. Realmuto, Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich, the Miami Marlins are destined to lose 100 games this year and finish dead last again in the NL East. The only reason to watch the Marlins play baseball this year (and next year, too) is to watch the prospects they have acquired get called up to the …
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