Author: Shekari Philemon

The Seattle Seahawks brought free agent cornerback Terrion Arnold to their training facility on Sunday for a visit and workout, and head coach Mike Macdonald said Monday the team has interest in signing him, while acknowledging the serious legal situation surrounding the former Detroit Lions first-round pick. He was released by Detroit in late June, less than a week after he turned himself in to authorities on felony charges stemming from a February incident in Tampa, Florida. He faces four counts of kidnapping and four counts of armed robbery in connection with allegations that he orchestrated the kidnapping and beating…

Quinnen Williams has agreed to a three-year extension with the Dallas Cowboys worth $105.9 million, making him one of the highest-paid defensive tackles in the NFL and locking him in with the organization through the 2030 season. The deal includes $101 million guaranteed with $63.35 million guaranteed at signing and a signing bonus of $31.85 million. The $35.3 million average annual value is the second highest among defensive tackles in the league, behind the $38 million Philadelphia’s Jalen Carter earns on his extension. Williams, 28, was acquired by Dallas from the New York Jets at last year’s trade deadline for…

The owner of a Greek basketball club says he made a serious formal proposal to the Denver Nuggets this summer to buy Nikola Jokic out of his contract and bring the three-time NBA Most Valuable Player to Athens, and that he plans to try again when Jokic enters free agency next summer. Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, who owns Panathinaikos Basketball Club, said in a podcast interview that he submitted the proposal to both the Nuggets organization and Jokic himself and received a rejection from both. He described the Nuggets’ response as swift and dismissive. He said he plans to wait until next…

The most coveted basketball card of the year has surfaced. Cooper Flagg’s one-of-one rookie debut patch autograph card, the only copy in existence, was pulled from a box on a live stream at a Rhode Island card shop Monday night, immediately drawing speculation about what it might eventually sell for. Members of RhodyBreakers, a group that opens trading card boxes on live streams for clients as part of a retail operation called Baseball Cards of Rhode Island, were broadcasting when they pulled the item. Its discovery ended a search that began when the set was released last week. It was…

Tyler Herro is home. The Milwaukee-area native who grew up watching the Bucks and graduated from Whitnall High School in nearby Greenfield is now wearing the uniform of the team he grew up rooting for, and he said Saturday he is trying not to let the contract uncertainty that shadows this season distract from the opportunity in front of him. He came to Milwaukee in the trade that sent Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat, the organization where Herro had spent the first seven seasons of his career. He said at a youth basketball camp he was hosting that he…

The New Orleans Saints suffered another significant training camp setback on Saturday when offensive guard Dillon Radunz tore his ACL, ending his season before it began and leaving the team with a second major ACL loss during preseason workouts. Radunz limped off the field after one-on-one line drills near the start of Saturday’s practice and did not return. Coach Kellen Moore confirmed the torn ligament. Radunz signed with the Saints last year and had established himself as a key reserve, starting 10 games during the 2025 season. The setback compounds an already difficult camp for New Orleans. Defensive tackle Bryan…

Teddy Bridgewater has retired from the NFL again, stepping away from the Detroit Lions during training camp and being placed on the reserve/retired list ahead of Sunday’s practice, ending what would have been his third stint with the organization. The Lions moved quickly to replace him in the quarterback room, signing Joshua Dobbs to a one-year, $1.425 million contract with $475,000 fully guaranteed. Dobbs, 31, previously spent time on Detroit’s practice squad in 2022 and most recently served as Drake Maye’s backup with the New England Patriots last season. Bridgewater, 33, had been signed by Detroit in March as a…

Don Nelson, the Hall of Fame coach who helped pioneer a style of play that reshaped the modern NBA and who spent parts of five decades in professional basketball as both a player and a coach, died Sunday at the age of 86. Nelson’s family said in a statement that he died peacefully that morning, surrounded by family, having spent his final week with loved ones sharing memories and friendship. Nelson had retired to a farm in Maui, Hawaii, following the end of his coaching career. He finished with 1,335 regular-season coaching wins, a record when he retired that was…

Jannik Sinner will not play in the Cincinnati Open, withdrawing from the Masters 1000 event on Sunday due to a right knee problem that has kept the world No. 1 from competing since Wimbledon, where he won his fifth Grand Slam title. He said in a statement released by the tournament that the knee has been bothering him and that despite working closely with his medical team he is not ready to compete. He described himself as disappointed to miss Cincinnati and said his focus is now on preparing for the U.S. Open, which begins its main draw on Aug.…

Coco Gauff said Wednesday that she broadly understands the reasoning behind the WTA Tour’s new gene-testing policy but objects to what she described as the politicization of the discussion, which she said has generated animosity toward the transgender community in ways she does not support. Speaking to reporters in Toronto following an opening-round victory at the Canadian Open, the two-time Grand Slam champion offered what she called a nuanced position on a topic she acknowledged requires more careful handling than it typically receives. Gauff said she can see the argument for protecting fairness in women’s sports, while also taking issue…