The NCAA’s decision to allow student-athletes to be paid for their fame and celebrity is allowing earn them to show off their creative and artistic sides and earn some money while they’re at it.
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Defense leads Kings to Summer League title over Celtics
Louis King finished with 21 points to help the Sacramento Kings cruise to a 100-67 victory over the Boston Celtics in the NBA Summer League championship game
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Naomi Osaka says she’ll donate Cincinnati prize money to Haiti
Tennis star Naomi Osaka tweeted her decision on Saturday to donate her prize money from this week’s U.S. Open tune-up tournament in Ohio for relief efforts in Haiti following a deadly earthquake
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Celtics’ Payton Pritchard is one of NBA Summer League’s standouts
Guard takes advantage of the opportunity in Las Vegas to show he deserves significant minutes for Boston this season.
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Commentary: Athletes shunning COVID-19 vaccine are putting their teams’ seasons at risk
Tim Dahlberg writes that avoiding COVID-19 vaccine might harm athletes’ health and the health of others as well as their individual and team success.
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#NoMoreSideHustles: NWSL players push back in fight for more pay and labor rights
Players are tired of working other jobs to support their dream of playing pro soccer — the most a player can make is $52,000, and many about half of that. They’re seeking better pay and the right to be free agents.
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Red Sox beat Blue Jays 2-1 in 8 to earn doubleheader split
Jonathan Araúz singled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat Toronto 2-1 Saturday night to split a doubleheader with the Blue Jays
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Steelers beat Cowboys in first NFL preseason game since 2019
Pittsburgh bounces back from first-half struggles with a strong second half to notch 16-3 win over Dallas.
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Rays hit 3 HRs, beat the Red Sox 7-3 to tighten AL East race
Yandy Díaz, Mike Zunino and Randy Arozarena homered and the Tampa Bay Rays moved within one-half game of AL East-leading Boston with a 7-3 win over the Red Sox in the opener of a three-game series
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MLB notebook: Yankees acquire Anthony Rizzo from Cubs
New York adds another left-handed bat on the same day they finalize deal for Joey Gallo, who, manager Aaron Boone says, makes the Yanks “a lot better.”