Jack Wilshere confirms he will not return to Arsenal next season

Jack Wilshere has decided to leave Arsenal, ending a 17-year stint at his boyhood club after being told he wouldn't be a prominent part of Unai Emery's rebuilding process. Wilshere confirmed in an Instagram post on Tuesday that he will not sign a new contract and that he was left with … Continue reading →

Hawks strongly interested in Luka Doncic with 3rd overall pick, sources say

Slovenian teen star Luka Doncic has elevated to the forefront of the Atlanta Hawks' internal discussions on the third overall pick in Thursday's NBA draft, league sources told ESPN. Doncic's elevation within the Hawks organization reflects a leaguewide belief that Deandre Ayton and … Continue reading →

Right-handed reliever Kelvin Herrera traded to Nationals from Royals

The Washington Nationals have acquired right-handed reliever Kelvin Herrera from the Kansas City Royals for three prospects. The Royals are acquiring outfielder Blake Perkins, third baseman Kelvin Gutierrez and right-handed pitcher Yohanse Morel for Herrera, one of the most … Continue reading →

Jay-Z named president of Puma Basketball

As part of its aggressive commitment to relaunch its basketball sneaker category for the first time in 20 years, Puma on Monday announced that rapper and business mogul Jay-Z has been named president of Puma Basketball. In advance of this week's NBA draft, Puma has already signed … Continue reading →

World Cup off to surreal start with Putin, warnings of ‘sex with foreigners’ and Russia’s big win

MOSCOW -- The opening to the World Cup here on Thursday was, like so much about this tournament, a sequence of remarkably odd juxtapositions. There was Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, giving a rousing speech to the sellout crowd at Luzhniki Stadium in which he described his … Continue reading →