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Pelicans Willie Green

Basketball

Pelicans officially hire Suns assistant Willie Green as new head coach

NEW ORLEANS (UPI) -- The New Orleans Pelicans have officially hired Phoenix Suns assistant Willie Green as their next head coach. The timing of the Pelicans' announcement was delayed due to the Suns' run to the NBA Finals, which concluded earlier this week. "After an extensive and collaborative search, Willie stood out among an impressive group of candidates as the best person to lead our team moving forward," Pelicans owner Gayle Benson said in a statement. "We are very happy […]

todayJuly 23, 2021

NWA Wrestling EmPowerrr NWA 73

AEW News

Wrestling Rundown: July 21, 2021

The following is top wrestling news for July 21, 2021: WWE NXT draws 709,000 viewers in Tuesday's show This week's episode of WWE NXT may not be anything special, but overnight viewership figures state otherwise. According to Brandon Thurston at Wrestlenomics, the July 20 episode of NXT drew 709,000 viewers. This is an increase of 4,000 viewers in comparison to the 705,000 tuning in last week. In the important 18-49 key demographic, the show received a 0.2 rating, up from […]

todayJuly 21, 2021

Alyssa Naeher U.S. Women's National Team Tokyo Olympics

Olympics News

Sweden blanks U.S. women in soccer opener at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO (UPI) -- The United States Women's National Team experienced a very rare feeling Wednesday, ending up on the wrong end of a shutout to Sweden in their first game of the Tokyo Olympics and snapping a 44-game unbeaten streak. Sweden striker Stina Blackstenius scored twice in the 3-0 triumph at Tokyo Stadium. Fellow forward Lina Hurtig iced the group stage game with another goal in the 72nd minute. Sweden, the No. 5 team in the FIFA Women's World Ranking, […]

todayJuly 21, 2021

NWA Wrestling EmPowerrr NWA 73

NWA News

Wrestling returns to The Chase; tickets now on sale

ST. LOUIS -- After 37 years, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is returning wrestling to the legendary Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis. There will be four star-studded events from August 28 through August 31, 2021. Fans who can’t make it to St. Louis can order the events as a bundle or individually now at FITE. NWA to hold FanFest and two wrestling pay-per-views NWA will be holding a FanFest on August 28 and 29, which will coincide with […]

todayJuly 21, 2021

Giannis Milwaukee Bucks

Basketball

Giannis leads Bucks past Suns in Game 6

MILWAUKEE (UPI) -- Behind a 50-point performance by superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night to capture their first championship in half a century. Antetokounmpo becomes the seventh player in league history to score 50 or more points in a Finals game. He also had 14 rebounds and five blocks in the victory. The Bucks, who went down 2-0 in the series before winning four straight, joined […]

todayJuly 20, 2021

Okafor

Football News

Chiefs, DE Okafor agree to 1-year deal

KANSAS CITY (UPI) -- The Kansas City Chiefs are re-signing veteran defensive end Alex Okafor to a short-term contract. League sources told ESPN, NFL Media, and the Kansas City Star on Tuesday that Okafor agreed to a one-year deal with the Chiefs. The team has yet to confirm the agreement. The Chiefs reached an agreement with Okafor just days before players begin to report for training camp. Chiefs players start reporting to camp Friday at Missouri Western State University in […]

todayJuly 20, 2021

Jake Woodford St. Louis Cardinals

MLB News

Woodford, Carlson lead Cardinals over Cubs

ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- Jake Woodford allowed six hits and one run over 5 2/3 innings and Dylan Carlson drove in four runs to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs in the first matchup of a four-game series at Busch Stadium. The Cubs committed four errors in the 8-3 loss Monday in St. Louis. Carlson and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt homered for the Cardinals. "It was really satisfying to come through for the guys and tack on […]

todayJuly 20, 2021

Macon Speedway

East Central Illinois Region

Macon Speedway races ready to win but didn’t

MACON -- For the drivers of the six racing divisions at Macon Speedway Saturday night, many of those who led laps in the feature looked like locks for the victory lane. And then something happened to where that didn't happen. Either a broken racecar or a late-race pass kept traditional and known winners away from the checkered flag. Braden Johnson certainly looked unstoppable in the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Model class as the first half of the race was […]

todayJuly 18, 2021

Rey Fenix

AEW News

Rey Fenix set to return to AEW

All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star Rey Fenix is set to make his in-ring return to action soon. This may be of opportune timing, as AEW has restarted touring for the first time in 16 months. In the latest edition of his Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer stated that Fenix is ready to return to the ring. Fenix has been sidelined by a groin injury, causing him to miss action, including the Double or Nothing PPV in May. The injury may […]

todayJuly 18, 2021

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