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With the MLB trade deadline coming up on mere hours away, here are some of the latest rumors driving the conversation.Getcha MLB rumors! Read all about it!We've got not so long before the MLB trade deadline hits at 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 1. With that in mind, after several deals, th...

The Chicago Bulls are stuck in NBA no man's land. Can Billy Donovan discover the path back to relevancy next season?The Chicago Bulls' season ended with a heartbreaking last-minute collapse against the No. 8 seed Miami Heatin the final Eastern Conference play-in game. The Bulls were a ...

Virgil van Dijk has been appointed as Liverpool captain following the departure of Jordan Henderson, the Premier League club have announced. The 32-year-old, who arrived at Anfield from Southampton in 2018 and has made 222 appearances, also performs the role internationally for the Netherlands. Trent Alexander-Arnold has been confirmed as vice-captain after James Milner left to join Brighton earlier in the summer. Henderson and Milner have departed as part of an overhaul of the team’s midfield as Jurgen Klopp looks to rebuild following last season’s disappointing fifth-place finish in the Premier League. It meant the club failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 2016. “It has been a very disappointing year last year,” Van Dijk told the club website. “It was actually not a bad run-in. Obviously in the end we didn’t achieve anything we hoped to achieve and that was very disappointing.” Of the players who were part of Klopp’s title-winning squad in 2020, Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino have also left, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been released following an injury-hit Reds career. In their place, Brighton’s World Cup-winning midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has been signed along with Hungary international Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Leipzig. “Obviously it has been quite an interesting summer with players obviously leaving and new players coming in, this little transition that is going on,” added Van Dijk. “We also have to be a bit patient but we want to be there and we want to show what we’re capable of because we have a fantastic group of players, staff, fans, stadium, we shouldn’t even discuss that.” Read More Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live

Could the Chiefs destroy the rest of the NFL with a Jonathan Taylor trade? Here's what a possible trade package to the Colts could look like.In case you've been living under a rock, the NFL running back situation is reaching critical mass and now at the heart of it is Indianapolis Colt...

The Braves haven't made a splash at the MLB trade deadline yet, but any of these three last-minute trades would confirm Atlanta as World Series favorites.It's MLB trade deadline eve and, with just about 24 hours until every franchise must put their pencils down and turn in their tests ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have received plenty of calls on closer David Bednar. What would it take to acquire him?The asking price for closer David Bednar is said to be enormous, and rightly so -- he made the NL All-Star team and still has at least three years left of team control on his contract. ...

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts gives himself a painful daily reminder about that Super Bowl loss -- the league had better watch out in 2023.Hey Siri, who's going to win the Super Bowl this year?In terms of pure unfiltered motivation, it might be the Philadelphia Eagles. The Super Bowl r...

Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have been criticised by climate activists after it was revealed that the club took 16 domestic flights last season. The Welsh club earned promotion back to the Football League after a 15-year absence but while they flew to and from eight away games, no other National League club took a single flight for a domestic fixture. Research by the BBC revealed that most of Wrexham’s flights – to face teams such as Gateshead, Bromley and Maidstone – were out of, or back to, Manchester Airport, with the shortest lasting just 29 minutes while the average flight time was only 43.5 minutes. Flying to and from domestic matches is common for Premier League clubs to aid player recovery amid packed fixtures schedules but the environmental impact of short-haul flight have made them increasingly controversial, with green activists speaking out against the practice. For example, the Manchester to Newcastle flight taken for a game against Gateshead was a journey that would have taken around three hours by coach or two and a half hours by train. In addition to the 16 flights with the squad on board, BBC research also found 16 further ‘positioning’ flights – where an often empty plane is flown into the airport it is collecting its passengers from, creating additional emissions. Wrexham had been approached for comment by BBC Sport. Since Reynolds and McElhenney’s high-profile purchase of Wrexham, there has been a huge wave of interest around the club and this summer they embarked on a pre-season tour of the United States – packing out stadiums in San Diego and Florida for matches against the likes of Premier League sides Chelsea and Manchester United. The Hollywood owners also flew the squad out for an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas to celebrate promotion. This all comes despite their mission statement on the club website that pledges a “commitment to a more ecologically-sustainable version of the club and stadium.” Environmental activists have criticised the club and owners for these practices, with Katie Cross, who runs the organisation Pledgeball that works with clubs to “engage fans and lower their footprints”, frustrated by their “surging environmental impact”. Cross said: “The club, with the full backing of their new owners, seem to be following the well carved out track of measuring success through global expansion and financial success. “Imagine the impact if Wrexham chose to prioritise environmental sustainability in their decision-making and used their huge profile to push it up the football agenda? It would be a game-changer and would cause heads to turn.” Meanwhile, Frank Huisingh runs campaign group Fossil Free Football and said: “Football has a clear interest in stopping the climate crisis from escalating further. It is therefore sad to see that so many young world-class players are asked to promote a very polluting activity like flying. “Wrexham AFC shouldn’t have followed their [Premier League clubs’] lead. They should do what is best for fans around the world and stop advertising air travel.” Reynolds and McElhenney have previously been criticised for flying by private jet to attend Wrexham matches and recently announced a new sponsorship deal with United Airlines. But the Secretary of State for Wales, David TC Davies, defended the owners. ”They’ve done a really really good job over the last few years and I’m certainly not going to knock Wrexham Football Club,” he said. “They’ve taken a lead in promoting football and promoting Wrexham, which they’ve done really well. “They are perfectly within their rights, perfectly within the laws. I’m sure they are aware of climate change but, at the end of the day, they’ve got to play football. That’s what they do and I think they’re doing a great job.” Read More 'Super' Paul Mullin is injured and 'Welcome to Wrexham' will have another drama to explore Why Wrexham? How Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney came to buy a club they’d never heard of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney to invest in F1 team Wrexham striker Paul Mullin to convalesce at co-owner Rob McElhenney’s home Extraordinary – Wrexham director says reception in US has exceeded expectations Wrexham fume at Man Utd goalkeeper after striker hospitalised with punctured lung

With 39 deals made on the first day alone, free agency waits for no one. Who among the unsigned NBA free agents can help a team compete for a championship?It may feel like the'free agency frenzy' and all the fun of early July has worn off, but that couldn't be farther from the tru...

In the second to last UKG NWSL Challenge Cup match week, the postseason picture has begun to unfold with OL Reign clinching the West Division.NWSL Challenge Cup West Division news: Balcer nets penalty at home against San Diego as OL Reign secure the first playoff berth, McCaskill scores two in ACF...

Thomas Frank believes Brentford are right to demand £40m for Arsenal & Bayern Munich target David Raya.

Al Hilal have seen two bids for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen rejected & could turn to Tottenham's Harry Kane.