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Jackson has 3 of the 4 fastest times on record in the women’s 200 Jamaican star runner Shericka Jackson was leading in a women’s 200-meter race in Hungrary on Tuesday when she suddenly pulled up in apparent pain. The event was being used as a tuneup for the upcoming Olympics. The 2024 Summer Games begin later this month in Paris. Jackson’s apparent injury marks the latest setback for the Jamaican team, as the women’s 100-meter and 200-meter Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah had already withdrawn from the Games because of an injury. Details on the injury Jackson may have suffered remain unclear. BEARS’ JONATHAN…
Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics and the white-hot spotlight that comes with it. The gymnastics superstar earned a third trip to her sport’s biggest stage by cruising to victory at the U.S. Olympic trials on Sunday night, posting a two-day all-around total of 117.225 to clinch the lone automatic spot on the five-woman team. Three years removed from the Tokyo Olympics — where she pulled out of multiple finals to prioritize her safety and mental health — Biles heads back to the games looking perhaps as good as ever. “Trusting the process and (my coaches), I knew I’d be back,” Biles…
Prince Harry was already dealing with negative criticism when he received major blow Prince Harry stirred a controversy after he was nominated for the Pat Tillman Award for Service, prompting huge backlash and a petition with over 77,000 signatures. Ignoring the backlash, the Duke of Sussex accepted his award with grace and made an ‘immaculate’ speech at the prestigious ceremony. However, right after the ceremony, the Duke received a scathing warning from a royal expert. Speaking with The Sun, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams claimed that the Pat Tillman award may have been the last accolade Harry received. He added that people would…
2023 Pan American Games all-around champion Kayla DiCello has withdrawn from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, USA Gymnastics announced Friday (28 June) after she was carried off the podium by medical personnel following her vault in the opening moments of competition. “Kayla Dicello is unable to continue competition tonight after sustaining an injury on vault. Her condition is being evaluated by the medical team,” the federation said. The 20-year-old was heavily taped during Wednesday’s (26 June) official practice and was seen wearing a brace on her right lower leg in a video posted to Olympic all-around champion Suni Lee’s TikTok. DiCello was a…
In Dirk, we see what’s possible in life. We learn that, if you work hard, you can change your story. DALLAS — An earlier version of this story ran on April 10, 2019, as Dirk Nowitzki was gearing up to play the final game of his superb NBA career. You can read that original essay here. A full 21 NBA seasons. More than 1,500 games. And more than 31,000 points scored across that stretch. It’s all led up to this, the weekend when Dirk Nowitzki will become forever enshrined in basketball lore and be inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame. I’ve…
A jury is scheduled in less than two weeks to hear Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ lawsuit that a woman alleging he is her biological father and her mother breached a contract they entered more than 20 years ago. Jury selection is set to begin July 19 with the trial to follow July 22 in the U.S. district court in Texarkana. District Judge Robert W. Schroeder III is presiding. “It’s a case where the judge has given it very, very thorough and careful attention and we’re looking forward to trying the case not as much for the money, although there’s significant money involved, but rather to…
The musical legend released the trailer for her new documentary about her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome. Here’s what you need to know about her condition. “My Heart Will Go On” hitmaker Celine Dion is currently battling Stiff Person Syndrome. Last spring, the 55-year-old singer canceled her Courage world tour due to complications from her illness. The songstress shared in May 2023 that it was a “tremendous disappointment” and said that refunds would be available to fans. “It’s not fair to you to keep postponing the shows, and even though it breaks my heart, it’s best that we cancel everything now until I’m really…
Nearly two years after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, an international sports tribunal in Switzerland issued a final ruling on Monday that Russian figure skating phenom Kamila Valieva “committed an anti-doping rule violation.” The Court for Arbitration of Sport (CAS) ruled that Valieva will be suspended from international competition through December 2025. “Trimetazidine was found to be present in the sample collected from Ms Valieva on 25 December 2021 during the Russian National Championships in St Petersburg,” CAS said in a statement. The outcome also “disqualifies” all competitions where Valieva medaled beginning in December 2021, including the 2022 Winter Games. The move…
Biles is the most decorated competitor in history but has accumulated much of her wealth away from the mat. With more than three dozen Olympic and world championship medals combined, Simone Biles is the most accomplished gymnast ever. And, not surprisingly, the sport’s most profitable athlete. Biles will have one of the brightest spotlights at the upcoming Summer Olympics, kicking off July 26 in Paris. Making her third Olympic appearance, the 27-year-old is striving for her second all-around gold medal after an unexpected case of the “twisties” knocked her out of contention at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Games. The Texas native has…
Jackson has 3 of the 4 fastest times on record in the women’s 200 Jamaican star runner Shericka Jackson was leading in a women’s 200-meter race in Hungrary on Tuesday when she suddenly pulled up in apparent pain. The event was being used as a tuneup for the upcoming Olympics. The 2024 Summer Games begin later this month in Paris. Jackson’s apparent injury marks the latest setback for the Jamaican team, as the women’s 100-meter and 200-meter Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah had already withdrawn from the Games because of an injury. Details on the injury Jackson may have suffered remain unclear. BEARS’ JONATHAN…