• Sportico

    NBA Free Agency Boom Nears $3 Billion as Basketball Salaries Lead All Pros

    The annual start to NBA free agency is dizzying. Signings, trades and contract extensions come rapid-fire, as hoops fans are glued to their phones to see what nugget of news Woj and Shams will drop next on Twitter. Many of those deals were finalized yesterday, as July 6 is the first day teams can officially […]

  • The News Courier, Athens, Ala.

    Player of the year profiles: Manuel Felipe, boys soccer player of the year

    Jul. 6—Manuel Felipe is The News Courier's 2021-2022 boys soccer player of the year after a career that saw his team win multiple county and area titles, while also individually making a state North/South All-Star game. The multi-All County member played forward for The Rattlers every season since 8th grade, becoming a staple of the program. Head coach Matt Smith said that opposing teams "will ...

  • The Canadian Press

    South American women's soccer improving but some way to go

    BUENOS AIRES (AP) — The Women's Copa America soccer tournament starts Friday in Colombia at a time when the sport is clearly evolving in South America but at significantly different speeds and opportunities for players. Ten teams are split into two groups with two countries advancing from each group to the knockout stage. The final is on July 30 at Stadium Alfonso Lopez in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga. Defending champion Brazil has developed its women’s soccer organization on its own. Elsew

  • Poughkeepsie Journal

    Wappingers' Tyler Adams joins Leeds, signs deal worth nearly $24M

    It’s the latest step in the 23-year-old’s career, in which the Wappingers Falls native is a mainstay for the U.S. National Team.