(WACO, Texas) — Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan, a Texas native, was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday.
“I’m not foolish enough to believe that without having the football career that I had, that I would have the life that I have now,” Strahan said in a speech accepting the honor in a ceremony in Waco. “Sports has been the most valuable thing outside of family that I’ve had, and I’m so grateful for the great sport of football.”
Strahan, who was born in Houston, played college football at Texas Southern University, where he holds the school record for quarterback sacks and was selected All-America first-team to the NFL Draft.
After graduating in 1993, Strahan went on to pursue a 15-year professional football career as a defensive end for the New York Giants, winning Super Bowl XLII in 2008.
In 2014, Strahan was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Strahan attended Sunday’s ceremony for the Texas Sports Hall of Fame with his mother, brothers, sister and friends.
The other 2023 inductees into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame include Robert Brazile, José Cruz, Scott Drew, Carlette Guidry-Falkquay, Priest Holmes, Adrian Peterson and Cynthia Potter.
(NEW YORK) — NFL tight end Foster Moreau announced three weeks ago that he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer of the lymph nodes.
The former Las Vegas Raiders player-turned-free agent was shopping for a new team and getting physical exams to assess his health and fitness when Dr. John Amoss, a team physician for the New Orleans Saints, saw a lump in Moreau’s neck.
“He sat me down and he goes, ‘You’ve heard of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, right?’ And I say, ‘Yeah.’ And he goes, ‘OK, well, from the tests that we see, that could be a strong possibility,'” the 25-year-old recalled to ABC News’ Good Morning America.
“I felt strong. I felt like I was running well. I mean, my offseason training was going just fine, and then he tells me something’s there that I could’ve never imagined and it rocks my world,” Moreau said.
He said for the first time in years, he cried in his mother’s arms.
“You know, it’s hard. It’s hard. And at a time where none of us could do anything other than be with loved ones and pray, she was instrumental,” Moreau said of his mother.
Before Amoss had taken a closer look at the lump in Moreau’s neck, the football player said he had noticed it before but didn’t think it could be cancer.
“I didn’t think it was anything. I thought I was coming down with a cold,” Moreau recalled.
Now, the 25-year-old encourages others to go see their doctors, even if they’re scared or don’t want to.
“I’d say to anyone who doesn’t want to get a checkup, afraid to see your doctor, afraid to take whatever test you’ve gotta take, it’s not gonna change the outcome, right? It’s better to know,” Moreau said.
Moreau said his doctors have given him a positive prognosis so far.
“It’s at stage 2, so it’s spread from the initial location. But it appears to be a slow spread and we should be able to get rid of all of it,” he said.
Moreau also feels it’s his responsibility to share his personal health journey publicly.
“This happens to everyone all the time in every walk of life every day. So for me to have the gall to think that I could get up here and be inspirational, I don’t think that I could do that. I think that there’s children in the children’s hospital that are far more inspirational. Truthfully, I’ve had some smart people in my corner who’ve told me, ‘Look, regardless, you’re gonna get up and you’re gonna inspire millions. And that’s just a part of what God’s put on your shoulders,'” he said.
He’s also tackling his upcoming cancer journey, which includes chemotherapy treatment, in the same way he approaches football.
“There’s no other way to look at it, right? So I’m preparing for my opponent, right? Hodgkin’s lymphoma, chemotherapy, I’m preparing for being on an IV, for six, seven, eight hours. Whatever it takes, right? Because I mean, there’s no other option. There’s no option,” Moreau said.
“You only have a finite amount of time on this Earth. For me, I’m gonna make it count. And right now, making it count is whuppin’ up on cancer’s butt,” he added.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 9, Boston 3
Baltimore 8, Oakland 7
Minnesota 11, NY Yankees 2
Detroit 3, Toronto 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 2
Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 0
Milwaukee 4, San Diego 3
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Vegas 3, Seattle 1
Columbus 3, Pittsburgh 2 (OT)
Toronto 3, NY Rangers 2
Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 0
Buffalo 4, Ottawa 3 (OT)
Carolina 6, Florida 4
Boston 5, Montreal 4
New Jersey 5, Washington 4 (OT)
Nashville 4, Minnesota 3 (OT)
Dallas 1, St. Louis 0
Colorado 4, Winnipeg 2
Philadelphia 5, Chicago 4 (OT)
Edmonton 5, San Jose 2
Vancouver 5, Arizona 4 (OT)
Los Angeles 5, Anaheim 3
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Houston 7, Pittsburgh 0
Seattle 5, Chi Cubs 2
LA Angels 3, Washington 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 3, Chi White Sox 1
NY Yankees 4, Cleveland 3
Tampa Bay 9, Boston 7
Oakland 8, Baltimore 4
Toronto 4, Detroit 3
Kansas City 10, Texas 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
LA Dodgers 10, San Francisco 5
NY Mets 5, San Diego 2
St. Louis 7, Colorado 4
Arizona 7, Milwaukee 3
Miami 3, Philadelphia 2
Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 4
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Chicago 109, Toronto 105
Oklahoma City 123, New Orleans 118
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Calgary 3, San Jose 1
NY Islanders 4, Montreal 2
Dallas 5, St. Louis 2
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
LA Angels 2, Washington 0
Pittsburgh 7, Houston 4
Chi Cubs 14, Seattle 9
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NY Yankees 11, Cleveland 2
Tampa Bay 7, Boston 2
Toronto 9, Detroit 3
Baltimore 12, Oakland 8
Minnesota 4, Chi White Sox 3
Texas 8, Kansas City 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 5, LA Dodgers 0
Miami 8, Philadelphia 4
San Diego 4, NY Mets 2
Atlanta 7, Cincinnati 6
St. Louis 9, Colorado 6
Milwaukee 7, Arizona 1
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
LA Lakers 108, Minnesota 102 (OT)
Atlanta 116, Miami 105
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Edmonton 2, Colorado 1 (OT)
Vegas 4, Seattle 1
Vancouver 3, Anaheim 2
Carolina 4, Detroit 1
New Jersey 6, Buffalo 2
Philadelphia 4, Columbus 3 (OT)
Boston 5, Washington 2
Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 3
Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 2
Winnipeg 3, Minnesota 1
(NEW YORK) — One anonymous bidder has taken being a sneakerhead to a record level.
A pair of Michael Jordan’s game-worn shoes from Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals were sold for $2.238 million on Tuesday, the priciest pair of sneakers ever purchased.
The sneakers were sold as part of a lot of sports memorabilia auctioned off Tuesday by Sotheby’s. The Jordan XIIIs were the centerpiece of a two-part auction that also included the shooting shirt Kobe Bryant wore before his 81-point game, Tom Brady’s full uniform from a game in the 2004 Patriots championship season and the jersey Pele wore in his 1975 debut with the New York Cosmos.
The black and red Jordan XIIIs were autographed in silver marker and given to a ball boy after Jordan scored 37 points in a 93-88 win over the Utah Jazz. The Bulls had lost Game 1, but three straight wins starting in Game 2 pushed Chicago to within one game of their third straight title — and Jordan’s sixth overall.
Nine days later, Jordan would play his final game with the Bulls. The pair of Jordan XIII “Breds” up for auction would be the last he would ever wear in a game, according to Sotheby’s.
The ball boy had found Jordan’s lost jacket earlier the previous day and asked for his shoes as thanks — an ask Jordan fulfilled after Game 2, Sotheby’s said. The shoes remain in “immaculate condition” and are the only authenticated complete pair of sneakers worn by Jordan in an NBA Finals game, according to Sotheby’s.
Sotheby’s estimated the Jordan XIIIs would sell for $2 million to $4 million.
The Air Jordans beat out the previous record of $1.8 million held by a pair of Kanye West’s Nike Air Yeezy 1s. The rapper wore the shoes, which were auctioned off by Sotheby’s in April 2021, during the 50th annual Grammy Awards in 2008.
A pair of Jordan’s Nike Air Ships worn during his rookie season in 1984 were auctioned off for $1.47 million in October 2021. They were the second-most expensive shoes of all-time and the most expensive game-worn shoes until the sale of the Jordan XIIIs.
(NEW YORK) — Aliyah Boston, star of the University of South Carolina’s women’s basketball team, says she was “really nervous” before being selected No. 1 in the WNBA draft Monday night in New York.
The senior, who the South Carolina Gamecocks note is their “most decorated player in program history,” was drafted by the Indiana Fever.
“I was really nervous just because it was something that I’d been working toward for quite a long time,” Boston said Tuesday on ABC News’ Good Morning America. “When I heard my name called, it was like a weight had been lifted off my shoulder.”
Boston, 21, is entering the WNBA having already won an NCAA title and Naismith national player of the year award.
She said her hope for the next step in her career is to “win a lot of games and just be successful.”
At South Carolina, Boston, a 6-foot-5 forward, led her team to the program’s second NCAA title in 2022 alongside celebrated coach Dawn Staley.
“She has been the cornerstone of our program for the past four years,” Staley said of Boston in early April after South Carolina’s Final Four loss to Iowa during March Madness. “She elevated us. She raised the standard of how to approach basketball. She’s never had a bad day. She’s never come into practice sulking. She’s always just the person that you saw so very, very consistent.”
Boston said she’s learned from Staley to adapt and not get too caught up in the highs or lows of her basketball career.
“She’s like a second mom to me,” she said of Staley. “I got to college when I was 17 years old and she just helped me grow up.”
Boston has also been open about how much her biological family has supported her in fulfilling her basketball dreams.
At age 12, she and her older sister moved from their native St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands to Worcester, Massachusetts, to live with their aunt so they could pursue more basketball opportunities. After graduating from high school in Massachusetts, Boston went directly to the University of South Carolina, where she stayed for four years.
“Being parents, it can be hard to just let your children go, but my parents were able to do that,” Boston said. “They just had faith and trusted God.”
When Boston was drafted Monday night, friends and family back home in St. Thomas as well as fans in South Carolina and Indiana were cheering her on.
“Everyone back home, they’ve been supporting me since we left the island, encouraging my sister and I to follow our dreams,” Boston said. “It’s just super exciting to see the strong family, the strong support system that I have behind me.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Washington 6, LA Angels 4
Houston 8, Pittsburgh 2
Chi Cubs 3, Seattle 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chi White Sox 4, Minnesota 3
Cleveland 3, NY Yankees 2
Tampa Bay 1, Boston 0
Baltimore 5, Oakland 1
Texas 11, Kansas City 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado 7, St. Louis 4
Arizona 3, Milwaukee 0
LA Dodgers 9, San Francisco 1
Philadelphia 15, Miami 3
NY Mets 5, San Diego 0
Final Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 4
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Minnesota 4, Chicago 2
Nashville 3, Calgary 2 (SO)
Seattle 4, Arizona 1
Los Angeles 3, Vancouver 0
Dallas 6, Detroit 1
Winnipeg 6, San Jose 2
Toronto 2, Florida 1 (OT)
Washington 5, NY Islanders 2
Ottawa 3, Carolina 2
Buffalo 3, NY Rangers 2 (SO)
(AUGUSTA, Ga.) — Jon Rahm has a new jacket to add to his wardrobe.
The 28-year-old Spanish golfer won his first Masters on Sunday. He shot three strokes under par in the final round of the tournament to clinch the coveted green jacket.
The win marked Rahm’s second major.
Watch highlights from his win and the rest of the Masters tournament below:
