After failing to reach a new licencing agreement, Electronic Arts will discontinue producing its immensely successful FIFA video game under its present brand, signalling the end of one of soccer’s most successful and lucrative partnerships. Instead, EA Sports FC will be available starting in 2023, once the company completes the final game in collaboration with…
Diego Maradona’s shirt from the 1986 World Cup, when he scored the controversial “Hand of God” goal against England, was sold for 7.1 million pounds ($9.3 million), the highest price ever paid at auction for sports memorabilia. Sotheby’s auctioned the garment in an online auction that ended on Wednesday. The buyer was not identified. On…
After the Houston Astros defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-0 at Minute Maid Park in Texas on Tuesday night, Dusty Baker became the first Black manager in Major League Baseball history to win 2,000 games. Baker is the 12th manager to win 2,000 games in his career. Ten of the previous 11 players to achieve the…
The NFL has hired ten new on-field officials, including the league’s first Asian American and a former player. From the Big 12 Conference, Lo van Pham joins the NFL. He was born in Vietnam and moved to the United States when he was seven years old, following a brief stop in the Philippines. Mike Morton…
Marina Alex won the Palos Verdes Championship for the second time on Sunday, breaking a tie with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 16th and parring the next two holes to beat Jin Young Ko by one stroke. Alex ended with a 5-under 66 to finish at 10-under 274 at the rough and windy Palos…
Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean, who was one of the finest players in college football last season, was taken by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 83rd overall choice in the 2022 NFL draught. Teams were concerned about Dean’s health issues, particularly a pectoral muscle ailment, according to multiple sources Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler. Teams do not…
According to report, the Indianapolis Colts are handing cornerback Stephon Gilmore a two-year, $23 million contract with $14 million guaranteed. After signing safety Rodney McLeod on Thursday, Gilmore becomes the Colts’ second experienced addition to the secondary this week. After trading starter Rock Ya-Sin to the Las Vegas Raiders for pass-rusher Yannick Ngakoue and not…
Derek Carr, the quarterback of the Las Vegas Raiders, inked a multiyear contract deal on Wednesday. Carr agreed to a three-year, $121.5 million extension with the Raiders that includes a no-trade clause and goes through the 2025 season, according to a source who spoke to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Carr also stated on Wednesday that he…
The Buffalo Bills announced Monday that they have secured a 30-year lease agreement with the state of New York and Erie County for a new $1.4 billion stadium in Orchard Park. “We took another step today to solidify our collective goal of constructing a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park,” the team…
According to Texans General Manager Nick Caserio, the Houston Texans have agreed to trade quarterback Deshaun Watson to the Cleveland Browns. On Friday, Watson shared a modified photo of himself in a Browns uniform on Instagram with the comment, “Cleveland, LETSSSS GOOOO!! #DawgPound Ready To Work!” Watson was not charged with harassment or sexual misconduct…