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There was a stretch earlier this year when Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner could not lift anything heavier than 10 pounds. He could not pick up his own kids for a while. Before he could think about fighting through guards again, he had to get through the basic parts of normal life. That is the real starting point for his 2026 comeback. Last season, a herniated disc in his neck pressed against a nerve and stripped strength and feeling from his left side. Buckner tried to rest. He has said he also tried stem cell therapy at a clinic…

Team Wales is not heading to Glasgow 2026 with a quiet, developmental squad. It is bringing Olympic champions, para stars, Birmingham 2022 medal winners, and a wave of new names into a games that will test how deep Welsh sport really runs. The 114-athlete group will compete across 10 sports from 23 July to 2 August. It includes 22 para athletes, 66 female athletes, and 48 male athletes. At the top end, the squad carries serious weight: three reigning Olympic champions, one Paralympic champion, five world champions, and 14 returning Birmingham 2022 medalists. Emma Finucane, Matt Richards, and Kieran Bird…

Kyle Pitts is finally cashing in, and the Atlanta Falcons are officially out of excuses. By locking down their tight end with a 3-year, $54 million extension, Atlanta has cemented one of the most important pieces of its offensive core through 2028. The deal includes $36 million fully guaranteed and replaces the $15.045 million franchise tag Pitts signed earlier this spring. That matters. This was not a holdout resolution or a panic move before training camp. Pitts had already signed the tender and reported for workouts. The Falcons still chose to move early, ripping up a 1-year arrangement for a…

Duncan Scott usually deals in chlorine and lane ropes, but on June 23 he was outside the Hydro, slipping into a netball bib as Glasgow marked one month until the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Scott, Scotland’s 12-medal Commonwealth Games great and its most decorated Olympic athlete, joined Scotland’s national netball team, the Thistles, and young local players for a public countdown event beside the arena that will host both the Opening Ceremony and netball. Local teenagers ran through chest-pass drills, took turns shooting, and posed beneath the rounded silver shell of the Hydro, the dome-like venue that sits near the banks…

Say goodbye to the old concrete bowl, but do not bury the identity that made it famous. The wind, the snow, the tailgates, and the roar are making the trip across the street. On Tuesday, the Buffalo Bills officially cut the ribbon on the new $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium, opening a 60,108-seat home built for the next era in Orchard Park. Fans will see the first public football event at the Return of the Blue and Red practice on Aug. 8. The first regular-season game arrives Sept. 17 against the Detroit Lions. Between now and then, fans will inspect everything.…

Ten minutes. A 12-second shot clock. One hoop. No room to breathe. That is the game waiting for Scotland at the SEC Centre, where 3×3 basketball will not feel like a small event tucked inside a busy Commonwealth Games schedule. Team Scotland’s squad announcement arrived with the right image: athletes in blue, the Saltire behind them, running and wheelchair players framed together. The picture looked clean. The pressure behind it will be anything but calm. Scotland has locked in 4 3×3 squads for Glasgow 2026, and each one carries a different path toward the same question. Can a host nation…

When Victoria pulled the plug on the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the 94-year-old sporting tradition was left on life support. Glasgow has stepped in with a £160 million rescue plan, and the official promo reel tells the story in a few sharp numbers: 74 nations, 11 days, 10 sports, 6 Para Sports, 4 venues, 1 city. The clip looks polished. The medal box shines. The phrase “sport is just the beginning” gives it warmth. Yet behind the branding sits a brutal sports-business test. Glasgow is not just hosting another edition. It is trying to prove that the Commonwealth Games can stop…

When Athletics Australia announced its Glasgow 2026 squad, it should have been a clean celebration of depth. Instead, Josh Azzopardi turned it into one of the sharpest selection controversies of Australia’s Commonwealth Games build up. The 26-year-old sprinter took to Instagram after missing the individual 100m team and said he felt “absolutely robbed to have not been given a 100m selection.” That line instantly changed the mood around the announcement. Azzopardi was not left out completely. He was named in the 4x100m relay squad. That is what makes the situation so awkward. Australia still wants his speed in Glasgow but…

Jeremiyah Love is saying all the right things, yet words will not protect him from the loudest draft debate in recent Cardinals memory. Arizona did not merely add a Notre Dame running back at No. 3 overall. It made a statement about what it wants to become after a 3-14 season. The league announcement triggered the exact split Arizona should have expected. Draft optimists pictured a rare weapon who could give Mike LaFleur a real identity on offense. Skeptics groaned at a crowded running back room, an unsettled quarterback picture and a front office spending premium capital on a position…

Joe Thomas knows what it feels like to be the bright spot on a bleak Cleveland Sunday. That is why his reaction to the Myles Garrett trade hits harder than a normal former player take. When the Browns sent Garrett to Los Angeles, fans did not just lose a pass rusher. They lost the player who kept giving them proof that greatness still lived in Cleveland, even when the standings said otherwise. Thomas understood that bond because he once carried a similar burden. He played elite football inside years that often gave Browns fans very little joy. Now he is…