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One of the top young pitchers in baseball has been rewarded for his work with a new deal. Right-handed pitcher Aaron Nola has agreed to a four year, $45 million dollar contract extension with the Philadelphia Phillies. The deal includes a club option for a fifth year. The specifics of Nola’s deal include a $2 million signing bonus, and salaries of...

The Champions League round of 16 couldn’t have started out much better for Tottenham Hotspur after they dominated Borussia Dortmund in a 3-0 victory on Wednesday night. Spurs controlled their German opposition throughout the first leg of their draw on Wednesday night at Wembley Stadium, taking a commanding 3-0 lead in the draw with their win. The first half was actually...

Russell Westbrook, one of the most dynamic and special players in basketball, made history on Monday night after recording a triple-double in his tenth consecutive game. Westbrook notched 21 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists in the Thunder’s 120-111 win against the Portland Trail Blazers. This was the first time any player in the history of the league had strung...

Kyler Murray, the dual-sport star that won the Heisman Trophy with Oklahoma as college football’s top player this season, signed a contract to play professional baseball last year. The team that signed him, however, learned today that he will not honor that contract after deciding to focus his professional sports career on football. Murray, who was taken by the MLB’s Oakland...

LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the two leading vote-getters for the NBA All Star Game, made their roster picks for the mid-season classic on Sunday, February 17th. After a rule change prior to the 2017-18 season, the top vote-getters from the two conferences now select their teams in a sort of “fantasy draft,” as opposed to what was once a...

One of the strangest stories in the NBA’s recent history took another turn on Thursday. Markelle Fultz, the #1 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, has been traded from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Orlando Magic. Fultz, selected out of the University of Washington, was meant to be one of the 76ers’ top pieces of their franchise after he was...

It’s been a long time since LeBron James has been on a team as fragile as the 2018-19 Los Angeles Lakers, and it showed in a blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. The final score of 136-94 represents the loss by the largest margin of James’s 15-year career. A team with LeBron on it, even in his...

James Harden simply cannot stop scoring, and he was at it again in Houston's 118-110 win in Phoenix on Monday night. For the 27th consecutive game, Harden scored at least 30 points, the third-longest streak in the history of the NBA. On Monday, Harden easily broke that total, scoring 44 points in the Rockets' win over the Phoenix Suns. This ended...

One of Spain's domestic trophy competitions got a lot more interesting after Real Madrid and FC Barcelona were drawn to play each other in the competition's semifinal. The most intense rivalry in soccer, known as El Clásico, will come to the Copa del Rey in its semifinals. The winner of the draw will face the winner of the Valencia-Real Betis...

Although Super Bowl LIII was a defensive battle that ended with a 13-3 Patriots win over the Los Angeles Rams, the winner of the MVP award for the game was none other than wide receiver Julian Edelman. Edelman lifted the trophy after catching 10 passes for 141 yards. He didn't score a touchdown, but on a rough night for star...