Author: Shekari Philemon

Nikola Jokic made clear Monday that he intends to spend the rest of his career with the Denver Nuggets but said he will not be signing a contract extension this offseason, delaying his commitment to pursue a significantly larger deal that would become available next summer and represent the most lucrative contract in NBA history. Jokic made the comments to reporters following a FIBA World Cup qualifying game, speaking in Serbian and expressing a desire to remain in Denver for the remainder of his playing career. The Nuggets were aware he planned to address the situation publicly and understand his…

Alex De Minaur left Wimbledon on Monday after another painful fourth-round exit, losing to ninth-seeded Flavio Cobolli 7-5, 7-6, 6-3 in a match he led in both the second and third sets, extending a pattern of missed Grand Slam opportunities that has the Australian fifth seed beginning to question whether his breakthrough will ever arrive. De Minaur held a 5-2 lead in the second set and held breaks of serve twice in the third before the Italian found a way through each time, closing out the match on No. 1 Court with a serve that De Minaur could barely return.…

Terrion Arnold, the former Detroit Lions cornerback who was released after being arrested on felony charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, cleared waivers on Monday and became a free agent, opening the door for any NFL team to sign him despite the serious legal case still pending in Florida. Arnold, 23, is expected to visit teams that have expressed interest in adding him, a development that reflects the ongoing demand for cornerback talent even around players carrying significant legal uncertainty. He was released from custody last week after posting the $1 million bond that had been set by a Florida…

George Russell crossed the line second at the British Grand Prix and left Silverstone with his championship deficit to teammate Kimi Antonelli reduced from 68 points after Monaco to 25 points after Sunday, but the 28-year-old made clear he views the result as the product of good fortune rather than the kind of performance that can realistically challenge for the title. Russell had struggled throughout the Silverstone weekend, lacking the pace to match Antonelli during the sprint format and suffering a puncture in Sunday’s race that had him running sixth and well out of contention before circumstances changed the picture…

Novak Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer’s all-time men’s record for match victories at Wimbledon on Sunday, reaching the quarterfinals with his 106th career win at the All England Club after a grinding three-hour-and-26-minute battle against a qualifier that required him to change his tactical approach and manage some very public emotional outbursts along the way. The seven-time Wimbledon champion was characteristically dismissive of the record itself, noting that he had not even been aware of it until after the match and describing it as essentially irrelevant to what he is actually trying to accomplish at the tournament. The record he is…

Naomi Osaka delivered one of the most significant upsets of her career on Sunday, defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 7-6 at Wimbledon to reach the quarterfinals of a grass-court major for the first time, ending a match that snapped multiple historic streaks and rewrote the narrative of an increasingly remarkable season for the four-time major champion. The victory was Osaka’s first over a top-10 player at any event played on a surface other than hard courts, entering the match at 0-13 in such matchups. It was also her first win over a world number one since 2019, before the extended…

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams sent an autographed jersey to Pope Leo XIV on July 4, presenting the gift to the first American-born pope in the history of the Catholic Church through the US Ambassador to the Holy See as part of an exchange that carried personal significance for both the player and the pontiff. Williams, who gifted the jersey through his charitable foundation, inscribed his number 18 with a Latin phrase meaning for the greater glory of God, a motto associated with the Society of Jesus and a direct reference to his alma mater, Gonzaga College High School in…

Kawhi Leonard has hired new representation ahead of contract extension talks with the Toronto Raptors, bringing in a new agent to oversee negotiations as he prepares to begin what he envisions as the final chapter of his career with the franchise he led to its only NBA championship in 2019. Leonard’s new agent, who has worked closely with him over the past year as his business attorney, will meet with Raptors officials in Toronto in the coming days to discuss a potential extension. Leonard has one year and $50.3 million remaining on his current contract and is eligible to sign…

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the sole practice session ahead of sprint qualifying at the British Grand Prix on Friday, leading championship leader Kimi Antonelli by 0.213 seconds and raising genuine hopes that he can claim a record-extending 10th victory at Silverstone following his maiden Ferrari win in Barcelona last month. Hamilton’s advantage was particularly pronounced in the final sector of the Silverstone circuit, an area where his knowledge of the track across nearly two decades of racing has consistently produced the kind of precision that separates his Silverstone performances from the field. He is six points behind…

Wimbledon has long been one of tennis’ more predictable major tournaments, its champion most years drawn from a short list of dominant names with the credentials to handle the surface, the conditions, and the pressure of the All England Club. Two rounds into 2026, that predictability has largely evaporated, replaced by a draw in which every major contender carries a visible question mark into the second week. The early departures have already been notable. A men’s seed in the top five and a women’s seed inside the top ten are already gone, contributing to a sense of disruption that has…