Maybe Nuggets first-round pick Julian Strawther knew something the rest of us didn’t. If nothing else, maybe his agent did. Moments after the Nuggets selected the 6-foot-7 sniper out of Gonzaga last Thursday night at No. 29, Strawther was sporting a Denver Nuggets championship hat. Strawther, speaking at his introductory press conference on Monday afternoon at Ball Arena, was diplomatic […]

A female shot putter has been branded the "ultimate team player" after stepping in to replace her injured colleague in the 100m hurdles. Having already competed in the shot put and hammer throw events at the European championships in Poland on Saturday, Belgium's Jolien Boumkwo well and truly stepped out of her comfort zone for the sake of her nation. […]

Victor Wembanyama is pictured in a San Antonio Spurs uniform for the first time after 7-foot-4 superstar was drafted No 1 in the 2023 NBA Draft Victor Wembanyama was drafted No 1 overall by the Spurs in the 2023 Draft He’s in San Antonio where he met fans, held press conference and pulled on strip DailyMail.com provides all the latest international […]

SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama has had a long week. After arriving in the United States on Monday, Wembanyama rode the subways in New York City for the first time and threw out the first pitch at a Yankees game during a jam-packed start to his week. But after hearing his name called by NBA commissioner Adam Silver during Thursday’s […]

England shoulder a heavy burden approaching the 2023 Rugby World Cup, but Jason Robinson is no stranger to a pressure-cooker environment. On the 20th anniversary of the Red Rose's only triumph in the tournament, expectations are somewhat low for Steve Borthwick's side. Eddie Jones' unceremonious exit as head coach followed by an underwhelming Six Nations under his successor paints a […]

Cam Whitmore was projected by many to be a lottery pick, but he fell to the Houston Rockets at No. 20 in the NBA draft Thursday night. ESPN’s final mock draft had Whitmore going No. 8 overall to the Washington Wizards. The versatile 6-foot-7 wing averaged 12.5 points and 5.3 rebounds last season as a freshman at Villanova. Whitmore said […]

The Denver Nuggets have a type. Under Nuggets GM Calvin Booth, that much is obvious. The Nuggets drafted Gonzaga wing Julian Strawther with the No. 29 pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, underscoring Denver’s commitment to positional size. The pick was the result of a recent trade with Indiana and the transaction wasn’t finalized as of Thursday night. Strawther, a 6-foot-7 […]

Dwyane Wade tells Victor Wembanyama and fellow Draft prospects to ‘learn everything about finances’ after earning $170MILLION from his own NBA career Dwyane Wade, 41, has an estimated $170m fortune after his NBA career  He told the upcoming rookies to learn how to manage money for years to come  DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news  Dwyane Wade has told […]

Wimbledon will employ artificial intelligence to commentate on tennis this summer, it has been announced. The All England Club has teamed up with IBM to use ChatGPT models to deliver commentary on its app for matches that would normally be silent. To create commentary, IBM will combine all the data from Wimbledon’s matches with it’s own AI language model, which […]

NEW YORK — The hype surrounding basketball phenom Victor Wembanyama surpasses that for anyone who has entered the NBA since LeBron James did so a generation ago. But if there was any concern about the expectations for the 7-foot-5 Frenchman’s career getting to him, he quickly dismissed the notion at his pre-draft news conference Wednesday morning. “No,” Wembanyama said matter-of-factly […]