(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
WOMANS NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Connecticut 82, Atlanta 71
Minnesota 73, Los Angeles 70
Phoenix 80, Chicago 62
Las Vegas 79, Seattle 63
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Arizona 7, Atlanta 5
Milwaukee 4, Philadelphia 0
Cincinnati 5, San Francisco 1
Toronto 4, San Diego 0
Chicago White Sox 6, New York Mets 2
Detroit 3, Kansas City 0
Seattle 5, Minnesota 0
Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 3
St. Louis 7, Chicago Cubs 2
Houston 3, Oakland 1
(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Women’s National Soccer team will take on Vietnam in the first round of the Group Stage at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, but before they step onto the pitch the team will sport a luxe new look ahead of the World Cup.
Earlier this month Nike announced an exclusive collaboration with Martine Rose to create custom-tailored suits for the USWNT, which have yet to make a public appearance on the players.
The collection includes “a player’s suit jacket, trouser, trench and shirt; accessories, including stockings, gloves and sunglasses; and the latest iteration of the Nike x Martine Rose Shox Mule MR 4,” Nike stated in its press release.
While fashion and sports have long gone hand-in-hand for A-list athletes, fans are eagerly awaiting seeing their favorite U.S. soccer stars — from powerhouse forwards like Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Sophia Smith to Rose Lavelle, Alana Cook and the rest of the squad — in the specialty threads.
British-Jamaican menswear designer and founder, Martine Rose, shared the first glimpses of the suiting collection on Instagram earlier this week.
Rose shared select images of fittings with Rapinoe, Smith and Naomi Girma in the custom looks.
Rose also announced in the post that the Nike and Martine Rose collection will be available to shop online July 25.
(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Women’s National Team is getting ready to defend its title at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, which kicks off Thursday.
Ahead of their opener on Friday, here are five facts about the powerhouse team that’s looking to bring home a record third straight trophy:
1. This will be Megan Rapinoe’s last World Cup.
This month, Megan Rapinoe announced she would be retiring after the 2023 Women’s World Cup and once the NWSL season wraps up in October.
The veteran, who has played in 17 World Cup matches and is an Olympic gold and bronze medalist, will be capping off a record-breaking career, most recently as a forward for the OL Reign.
“It is with a deep sense of peace & gratitude that I have decided this will be my final season playing this beautiful game,” the 38-year-old tweeted on July 8. “I never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape & change my life forever, but by the look on this little girl’s face, she knew all along.”
2. The 2023 national team has grown more diverse.
U.S. Soccer has made a conscious push to diversify the women’s national team and this year, the team includes more players of color and more players from different backgrounds than past teams.
They include defender Naomi Girma of the National Women’s Soccer League’s San Diego Wave FC, who is the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants.
3. There are three moms on the national team.
Co-captain Alex Morgan leads the 23-member team but is also part of the trio of pro athlete moms at the peak of their game. Morgan, a forward, is joined by defender Crystal Dunn and midfielder Julie Ertz.
Morgan, now 34, has a daughter named Charlie, while Dunn, 31, has a son named Marcel. Ertz, 31, is the newest mom on the team, having welcomed a son named Madden last August.
4. Dennis Rodman’s daughter is on the team.
Trinity Rodman, the youngest of NBA champion Dennis Rodman’s children, is a forward on the national team. Over the years, Trinity Rodman, now 21, has made a name for herself as a valuable player and when she’s not playing for the national team, she’s a forward for the Washington Spirit.
Rodman told ESPN’s Futbol Americas that she expects the U.S. national team will be “ruthless” and repeat their championship-winning playbook.
“We’re never going to give up and we’re going to get the title,” Rodman said, adding, “This team is something special. We want it more than ever, so I expect a gold medal.”
5. The youngest American player is only 18.
Alyssa Thompson, a midfielder for Angel City FC in Los Angeles, is joining veteran teammates Morgan and Rapinoe as one of the six forwards for the national team. Thompson, whose 19th birthday won’t be until November, made history in January as the youngest player to ever be drafted into the NWSL and was the first to be drafted right out of high school, according to her official Angel City biography.
Thompson told Yahoo Sports earlier this month that she had dreamed about making the World Cup team since she was a young girl.
“I’ve been wanting to be on the World Cup team since I was little,” the 18-year-old said. “I didn’t think it would happen so soon. But since it did, I was very happy. And my sister was there and my whole family was there. And my mom and dad were crying. They were so happy.”
When and how to watch the Women’s World Cup
The FIFA Women’s World Cup begins on July 20, with New Zealand taking on Norway in Auckland and Australia competing against Ireland in Sydney. The tournament will run until Aug. 20.
The U.S. team will face off against Vietnam in their first match on July 21, which will be held in Eden Park in Auckland. The game begins 9 p.m. ET.
Fans can watch World Cup matches on Fox, FS1 and on FuboTV.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Pittsburgh 7, Cleveland 5
Baltimore 8, L.A. Dodgers 5
Texas 5, Tampa Bay 1
St. Louis 6, Miami 4
Houston 4, Colorado 1
Oakland 6, Boston Red Sox 5
Milwaukee 5, Philadelphia 3
L.A. Angels 7, New York Yankees 3
San Diego 2, Toronto 0
Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 2
New York Mets 5, Chicago White Sox 1
Arizona 5, Atlanta 3
Chicago Cubs 8, Washington 3
Detroit 3, Kansas City 2
Minnesota 6, Seattle 3
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Cleveland 10, Pittsburgh 1
San Diego 9, Toronto 1
LA Dodgers 10, Baltimore 3
NY Mets 11, Chi White Sox 10
Colorado 4, Houston 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 11, Detroit 10
Texas 5, Tampa Bay 3
LA Angels 5, NY Yankees 1
Oakland 3, Boston 0
Minnesota 10, Seattle 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 4, Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 4, Milwaukee 3
Arizona 16, Atlanta 13
St. Louis 5, Miami 2
San Francisco 11, Cincinnati 10
Chi Cubs 17, Washington 3
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 82, Minnesota 73
Phoenix 72, Connecticut 66
(NEW YORK) — As millions of people around the world tune in for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup this week, second gentleman Doug Emhoff will be in New Zealand representing the United States.
Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, departed Monday for New Zealand, where he will lead the U.S. delegation at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Women’s World Cup later this week.
Emhoff will also attend the U.S. Women’s National Team’s first World Cup game on Friday against Vietnam.
At this year’s World Cup, the USWNT will be attempting to win their third consecutive title.
“I’m going to be rooting so hard,” Emhoff said Monday on ” Good Morning America,” adding of the team’s chances of a third title, “I really believe they’re going to bring it home.”
Emhoff, a father of two, described attending the World Cup on behalf of the U.S. as a full-circle moment from when he used to coach and referee his own kids’ games. Emhoff also played soccer himself as a child.
“I was a soccer dad … [a coach] with my kids and then I became a referee wearing that yellow outfit with the whistle and those short shorts and the big socks,” Emhoff said, with a laugh. “To go from that on those fields, watching all these kids play and the parents rooting them on, to now be representing our country on this presidential delegation and seeing all these athletes now representing their countries, I’m just so honored and proud to be here.”
While in New Zealand, Emhoff will not just be focusing on soccer but also bigger world issues that the sport has found itself at the center of.
He is scheduled to deliver remarks to young women and girls as part of a panel discussion on gender equity and women in sports.
Last year, the USWNT scored a landmark equal pay win with a new agreement that sees them receiving the same pay, including appearance fees and game bonuses, and the same working conditions as the U.S. Men’s National Team.
The two teams will also pool their World Cup prize money, which is unequally distributed by FIFA, the international governing body, and share the money equally, becoming the first soccer federation in the world to do so, according to a collective bargaining agreement announced by U.S. soccer and the unions for both the men’s and women’s teams.
Emhoff will also join former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a roundtable of faith, community and other leaders on combatting hate and promoting tolerance.
The second gentleman said he sees sports, specifically the World Cup, as an entity that can bring people together.
“As we all know, we all have way more in common than what divides us. There is so much hate out there and people are just fed up with it,” Emhoff said. “As the first second gentleman, one of the big things I’ve been working on is pushing against this epidemic of hate and finding ways to bring people together.”
He continued, “Honestly, sports is one of those things. Sports unifies us and that’s one of the reasons why I’m so excited to be on this trip to support our women’s team. It’s going to bring our entire country together.”
(NEW YORK) — Gabby Douglas is returning to competitive gymnastics, with an eye for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Douglas, 27, announced on Instagram Thursday that she is returning to the sport she “absolutely love[s] doing.”
“I know i have a huge task ahead of me and i am beyond grateful and excited to get back out on the floor,” she wrote, in part, adding, “there’s so much to be said but for now….💪 😎let’s do this.”
Douglas ended her post with the hashtag 2024.
She previously competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games, making history as the first U.S. gymnast to win the all-around and team titles at the same Olympic Games and the first African American to take home individual Olympic all-around gymnastics gold, according to her official Olympics bio.
Douglas did not compete in U.S. trials for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, which took place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In an Instagram post last August, Douglas wrote that she was taking time to focus on her mental health.
On Thursday, she wrote that she spent her time off journaling, reflecting and soul-searching and “found myself back where it all began.”
“For many years, i’ve had an ache in my heart but i didn’t want to keep carrying anger, pain, sadness, or regret and through my tears and hurt, i’ve found peace,” she wrote. “I wanted to find the joy again for the sport that i absolutely love doing.”
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for both men’s and women’s gymnastics are scheduled to take place next June in Minneapolis.
Douglas’ return to competition means that the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic individual all-around champions will all be competing to make the 2024 U.S. women’s gymnastics Olympic team. In addition to Douglas, both Simone Biles, the 2016 champion, and Suni Lee, the 2020 champion, are expected to compete in Minneapolis.
The 2024 Olympics are scheduled to begin in Paris next July.
(LOS ANGELES) — The biggest names in professional sports slowed their pace for an evening to walk the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles for the 2023 ESPY Awards, which celebrated an impressive year of athletic achievements with a dash of Hollywood glamour.
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James took home the award for best record-breaking performance after he broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record of 38,387 points during a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Feb. 7, 2023.
“Nobody works harder, nobody cares more and nobody does more for the game of basketball than Lebron James,” his wife Savannah James said Wednesday night.
LeBron James took the opportunity during his big onstage moment to announce that he’s not going anywhere and will return for his 21st NBA season.
“The real question for me is, can I play without cheating this game? The day I can’t give the game everything on the floor is the day I’ll be done. Lucky for you guys, that day is not today,” James said as the theater erupted with applause.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes paid a visit to the GMA set after his team won the award for best team.
“We grew up playing sports. I don’t know if we ever grew up thinking we’re going to be one of the best team and being the best team of the world,” Mahomes, who also won the award for best athlete, men’s sports, and the award for best NFL player, said after the win.
The Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award went to Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday and his wife Lauren Holiday — a former soccer midfielder, two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Cup winner — for the millions of dollars in charitable support the couple has given to minority-owned businesses.
“Jrue and I are not good with awards or attention on us. [Neither] of us — that’s not our favorite thing,” she said with a laugh, speaking with GMA Wednesday night. “Really, it’s about the people that we’re helping.”
After two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time World Cup champion alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin won best athlete, women’s sports, she told GMA backstage she was “sweating,” adding that she’s rather be flying down an icy hill.
Following in GMA co-anchor Robin Roberts’ footsteps, former members of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team accepted this year’s Arthur Ashe Award for Courage for their years-long fight for equal pay.
“Our fight is not over. When you play for the U.S. Women’s National Team, you are handed a torch,” team member Christen Press said onstage Wednesday night. “Now, we are looking to build a world where we create thousands of torches.”
Backstage, former team member Julie Foudy told GMA, “We want every girl out there, every boy out there to understand that both of you have an equal chance of being able to do whatever you want to dream. Now these young girls can go, ‘Oh, I can do that, and I can see that. And I can, most importantly, be that.'”
The night hit an emotional apex when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin presented the Pat Tillman Award for Service to the athletic trainers who saved his life after the 24-year-old went into cardiac arrest on the field following a tackle during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals in January.
“Damar, first and foremost, thank you for staying alive brother,” Nathan Breske, the Bills’ head athletic trainer, said as he accepted the award.
Continue below for a full list of winners from this year’s ESPYS.
2023 ESPY Award Winners
Best WNBA Player: A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Best UFC Fighter: Jon Jones
Best Comeback Athlete: Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets
Best Athlete, Men’s Sports: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Best Athlete, Women’s Sports: Mikaela Shiffrin, Skiing
Best Championship Performance: Lionel Messi, Argentina — World Cup Final
Best Boxer: Claressa Shields
Best Breakthrough Athlete: Angel Reese, LSU Tigers Women’s Basketball
Best Play: Justin Jefferson with the catch of the century
Best Record-Breaking Performance: LeBron James surpasses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for NBA career scoring record
Best College Athlete, Men’s Sports: Caleb Williams, USC Football
Best College Athlete, Women’s Sports: Caitlin Clark, Iowa Women’s Basketball
Best Athlete with a Disability: Zach Miller, Snowboarding
Best NFL Player: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Best MLB Player: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
Best NHL Player: Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Best NBA Player: Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
Best Driver: Max Verstappen, F1
Best Soccer Player: Lionel Messi, Argentina/PSG
Best Golfer: Scottie Scheffler
Best Tennis Player: Novak Djokovic
Arthur Ashe Award for Courage: U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team
Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: Liam Hendriks, Chicago White Sox
Pat Tillman Award for Service: Buffalo Bills training staff
Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award: Jrue and Lauren Holiday
Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award: Jordan Adeyemi, Ashley Badis, Rishan Patel
(NEW YORK) — Former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed in prison after a comment he allegedly made while watching the women’s Wimbledon tennis tournament with other inmates, according to sources familiar with the case.
Nassar, who was convicted of sexually assaulting U.S. gymnastics team members, allegedly said to other inmates on Sunday, “I wish there were girls playing,” according to sources.
That comment, according to sources, led a fellow inmate to go to Nassar’s cell later in the day and stab him at least six times with a manufactured weapon, according to sources.
Several inmates then ran into Nassar’s cell and took the suspect off of the former doctor, sources said.
Two sources familiar with the situation told ABC News on Monday that Nassar was listed in stable condition.
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an inmate was assaulted on Sunday at the United States Penitentiary Coleman II, a high security federal facility in Florida, and said no one else was injured.
The suspect has not been charged formally by investigators.
Nassar was arrested in 2016 and convicted of state and federal charges for sexually assaulting members of the U.S. gymnastics team. His sentences total hundreds of years.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Connecticut 84, Chicago 72
New York 95, Indiana 87 (OT)
Dallas 107, Minnesota 67
Atlanta 85, Seattle 75
Las Vegas 97, Los Angeles 78
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New England 2, Atlanta 1
Cincinnati 2, New York 1
Chicago 3, CF Montreal 0
Minnesota 3, Houston 0
Real Salt Lake 2, Sporting Kansas City 2 (Tie)
Philadelphia 2, Nashville 0
San Jose 2, Seattle 0
Vancouver 2, Austin FC 1
Los Angeles FC 3, Saint Louis City SC 0
