Category: Sports

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer Bayou Barbie is WNBA bound. LSU star Angel Reese, who is known for her eyelash extensions, painted fingernails and ferocious play in the paint, formally declared for the WNBA draft on Wednesday. Her announcement comes two days after the Tigers’ season ended with a loss to Caitlin Clark and Iowa in […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his first home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers, a solo drive in the seventh inning in a 5-4 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night that finished a three-game sweep. Playing his ninth game for his new team, Ohtani pulled a 93.2 mph sinker from left-hander […]

By CHRIS SHERIDAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James would only hint at how long he expects to keep playing NBA basketball. “Not very long, I’m not going to play another 21 years, that’s for damn sure,” James said after he had one of the best shooting nights of his illustrious career, going […]

By MARC BERMAN Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Danielle Collins had the perfect send-off at her final Miami Open, beating Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to capture the title in her home state before an adoring crowd that included Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova. The 30-year-old Collins announced at the Australian Open […]

Palau sent two (2) athletes to compete in the Africa Oceania Olympic Games Qualifier in Alexandria, Egypt. They were Uilau Tarkong and Cristian Etpison Nicolescu.  Among the Oceania countries that competed against the African countries were Australia, Guam, FSM, Nauru, New Zealand and Palau. In this event only the top two (2) athletes who win […]