Bridget Fonda looked better than ever as she stepped out in Los Angeles for a shopping day on Tuesday, amid her incredible weight loss transformation.
It is estimated that the reclusive star has lost 100 lbs in recent years, and she has been seen out and about more frequently despite stepping back from the spotlight in the early '00s.
Bridget stepped out in Los Angeles on Tuesday (@ GC Images)
The 62-year-old was pictured looking laid back as she sported a white shirt, a blue ******* on-up shirt over the top with the sleeves rolled up, and black tracksuit pants amid her outing.
She paired the look with a crocheted black handbag and gray sneakers, and she wore her gray tresses pulled back into a relaxed ponytail.

#bridget #angeles #shirt

Women's basketball's biggest names are headed back to Miami for Season 3 of Unrivaled.
The 3x3 league co-founded by former UConn women's basketball greats Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier continues to thrive as the premier offseason domestic league for WNBA stars.
For the second straight year, Unrivaled will feature eight clubs when its third season tips off in January 2027 (official schedule not released yet). The league announced 46 of its 48 roster spots this weekend, with the final two players to be named later. Next season's roster features six former Huskies and five former Connecticut Sun stars.
Paige Bueckers, Olivia Miles and Gabby Williams highlight the 2027 roster as Bueckers returns for her second season in Unrivaled, while Miles and Williams will make their debut. Both Miles and Williams signed multi-year contracts with the league.
Also making their Unrivaled debuts this season are Bueckers' Dallas Wings teammate Jessica Shepard, Golden State Valkyries star Kayla Thornton, New York Liberty star Marine Johannes, Portland Fire star Bridget Carleton, and current Seattle Storm/former LSU star Flau'jae Johnson.

#former #miles

The Boston Red Sox have been without star outfielder Roman Anthony for most of the season, but he could return at any moment.
He has played in seven rehab games between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester. He played the entire game on Thursday night, going 2-for-4 with a single and a double. He has gotten 23 at-bats on the rehab ******* ignment, but he may not be exactly where he wants to be just yet.
"I'm getting more and more at bats, I'm getting to where I want to be at the plate," Anthony told Bridgette Proulx after Thursday's WooSox game. "Am I quite there yet? Probably not. I'm getting close to where I want to be. Like I said, I'll be ready when the time is right."
There is talk of Anthony potentially being called up to join the team in the Bronx for the four-game series against the New York Yankees. However, if he feels like he needs more at-bats, they might let him get those down in Triple-A.
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#anthony #getting #like #rehab

About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget María Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense. Later, in the emergency room, she kept repeating, "What's going on?" She'd lost touch with reality.
The family eventually learned that Chesterton had postpartum psychosis, a severe mental health disorder thrust into the spotlight by the case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts woman on trial for strangling her three children. A key question is whether postpartum psychosis drove Clancy to do it.
Researchers estimate that the condition — a mental health emergency that is less common than postpartum depression — afflicts 1 to 2 out of 1,000 women after delivery. Although most who develop postpartum psychosis don't harm their children, mothers with severe cases may try to harm themselves or their kids.
If not for medication and strong family support, Chesterton said her own situation "could have gone sideways."
Chesterton bristles at online comments about the Clancy case suggesting postpartum psychosis is not a real disorder. She feels driven to raise awareness by sharing her story publicly; a poem she wrote about the experience will be published in a journal in the fall. She wants to dispel misconceptions about the widely misunderstood condition — and let families know there is hope.

#Health

Here's a recap of the UHSAA sanctioned high school cross country meets this past weekend across Utah
Brighton picked up a pair of team victories Saturday morning at the Husky Run, hosted by Hillcrest at Valley Regional Park in Taylorsville. The Bengals won the boys race with 49 points and the girls race with 53, topping a field that included teams from across classifications.
Ogden senior Avery Barton was the girls individual winner, pulling away to finish in 17:43.92 — more than 36 seconds clear of Brighton junior Bridget Smit (18:20.00). Rich senior Lyda Taylor ran third in 19:14.76 but did not have a full team scoring. Brighton placed four runners in the top 16 to hold off Ogden (67), while Woods Cross (87), Union (89) and Copper Hills (90) were bunched tightly for third through fifth.
Brighton junior Whittaker Bettis led the boys race from start to finish in 15:53.43. West Jordan sophomore Elliot Johns (16:09.42) and Morgan senior Caleb Lewis (16:13.38) rounded out the top three. West Jordan placed second as a team at 59 behind a solid group that included Andoni Garcia (4th) and Samuel Ferre (14th), with Ogden third at 70. Brighton's five scorers all finished in the top 20.
Girls Team Scores

#race #Third #west #cross

Not Australia, England, India or Pakistan. Spain have become the team with the longest winning streak in international cricket, breaking the record previously held by Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh's Australia.

Spain are currently playing in the Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifiers in Southern Finland and have won all their matches in the tournament so far. Their latest victory came against Bulgaria on August 18, when they chased down a target of 60 in just 29 deliveries, winning by nine wickets.

Spain moved past Australia's record when they beat Finland in their opening match on August 14. That victory was their 21st in a row in international cricket, taking them one win beyond Australia's previous record of 20.

They have since extended the streak to 24 consecutive victories after beating the Isle of Man, Luxembourg and Bulgaria.

Spain's 24-match winning run has included T20I series against the Isle of Man and Jersey, as well as two series against Croatia. The two Croatia series were separated by the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier in 2024, where Spain finished second after one of their matches was abandoned.
Australia's previous record of 20 consecutive international wins came across Tests and ODIs under Waugh and Ponting.

The run began on January 11, 2003, when Australia beat England in Hobart. It continued until the third Test against the West Indies in Bridgetown in May 2003.

Australia's winning run finally ended when the Waugh-led side lost the fourth Test against the West Indies.

During that period, Australia went unbeaten in the 2003 ODI World Cup after winning all their matches in a tri-series involving England and Sri Lanka. They then switched to Test cricket and won three matches against the West Indies.

Ponting captained Australia in the ODI tri-series and the World Cup, while Waugh led the team in Tests.

Australia played 17 ODIs and three Tests during their 20-match winning streak.

Spain have now gone past that mark, extending their international winning run to 24 matches.

#australia #england #record #ponting

Rihanna has taken her children around the world, from luxury destinations to some of entertainment's biggest events. However, one of her most meaningful family trips happened on the streets where her own story began.
The superstar recently returned to Barbados with her three children, RZA Athelston Mayers, Riot Rose Mayers and Rocki Irish Mayers, giving them a glimpse of the island that shaped her long before she became one of the most famous women on the planet.
During the family getaway, Rihanna was seen taking her children on a bus tour around Barbados, embracing a slower, more local experience rather than a typical celebrity vacation. The family also stopped at a local coconut vendor, where Rihanna ordered fresh coconuts for her children while enjoying a simple island moment.
For fans, the scene was striking because it showed a side of Rihanna rarely seen publicly: not the global superstar performing for thousands, but a mother sharing her childhood with her children.
The most emotional part of the trip came when Rihanna returned to where it all began: Westbury New Road in Bridgetown.

#rihanna #superstar

PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi stepped foot on the basketball court at the Mortgage Matchup Center on Sunday, Aug. 16, like she's done so many times throughout her 20-year career in Phoenix.
But this time was different. The Phoenix Mercury's game against Portland Fire doubled as Taurasi's Ring of Honor induction, where her No. 3 jersey was officially retired and hung in the rafters alongside Cheryl Miller, Jennifer Gillom (22), Bridget Pettis (32), Penny Taylor (13) and Michele Timms (7).
"Driving to the game today, I didn't know whether I was going to suit up and play, if it was my funeral or a celebration," Taurasi joked during her induction speech. "It's all of those things and it's amazing. And I wouldn't have it any other way because that's how I live every single day of my life. With every single one of those emotions in this building."
Despite the Mercury's 88-85 loss to the Fire, there was a sense of celebration both before and after the game because of Taurasi, the greatest scorer in WNBA history.
What makes Diana Taurasi great? The stories behind the GOAT

#phoenix #diana #every

PHOENIX (AP) — Carla Leite scored 23 points and the Portland Fire rallied to beat Phoenix 88-85 on Sunday night, when the Mercury had halftime and postgame ceremonies celebrating franchise icon Diana Taurasi.
Leite had the final two baskets in a 6-0 run and the expansion Fire (15-20) moved in front 81-80 with 1:12 remaining. Portland's Emily Engstler and the Mercury's Kahleah Copper traded baskets before Katie Lou Samuelson hit the second of two foul shots with 20 seconds left to put the Fire up 84-82.
Bridget Carleton blocked a shot by Copper and grabbed the rebound with 12 seconds to go, then sank two free throws for a four-point lead after Copper fouled her. Alyssa Thomas buried a 3-pointer, but Carleton sank two free throws to preserve the win.
Leite shot 9 for 15 and added five ***** ists. Megan DiLeo had 15 points.
DeWanna Bonner scored 23 to lead Phoenix (13-23). Copper totaled 19 points and seven rebounds. Thomas finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds, falling one ***** ist shy of a triple-double.

#leite

PHOENIX — Many fans across the globe know Diana Taurasi as the WNBA's all-time leading scorer, with 10,646 points across her 20-year career in Phoenix. Or as a six-time Olympic gold medalist, the most in basketball history.
But the teammates and coaches she shared the court with throughout her career know Taurasi as so much more. She's the ultimate competitor, an elite trash-talker and fearless leader who pushed you (and your ****** ons).
"It could either ****** you off or it could either elevate you," Hall of Famer Swin Cash told USA TODAY Sports.
"The thing that separates the WNBA players and the greats is, what was the impact you had with your teammates, with the organization, with the community? As (Taurasi's) jersey goes into the rafters, think about all she created off the court for those that have opportunities, whether it's in Phoenix or whether it's back in her hometown in California. ... I don't think she ever had a big megaphone around that, but she did a lot."
USA TODAY Sports talked with Taurasi's teammates and coaches from every level of her career ahead of her jersey retirement on Sunday, Aug. 16, with her No. 3 joining Cheryl Miller, Jennifer Gillom (22), Bridget Pettis (32), Penny Taylor (13) and Michele Timms (7) in the Mercury's Ring of Honor. Here's the stories that they shared:

#taurasi #sports #know

Roughly a thousand spectators cheered as teens Kylie Ritchie of Connecticut and Bridget Kavan of Nebraska ran from platform to platform, swinging on monkey bars and a rope, heaving weights and clambering up a wall in an American Ninja Warrior-like competition.
Among the onlookers was President Donald Trump, who watched the semi-finals and finals of the Patriot Games on Aug. 11. He later presented the two winners — a boy and a girl — with two golden trophies and $125,000 in scholarship prize money each.
Joining Trump inside the sprawling Spire Academy athletic facility located just outside Geneva in Northeast Ohio's wine country were Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and ESPN personality Pat McAfee.
Speaking in a mid-event interview, Trump said the athletes were doing "fantastically well" and that he was looking forward to watching the finals.
"This has been as exciting as everything; I didn't know what to expect," Trump said of the Patriot Games.

#House #platform #ritchie

Rihanna got to share a full-circle moment with her children in her home country of Barbados recently.
The singer posted photos of her and her three kids with A$AP Rocky — RZA, 4, Riot Rose, 3, and Rocki Irish, 11 months — visiting a street named after her in her old neighborhood.
"One minute I feel like that kid from Westbury…the next minute I'm bringing my own kids back to 'Rihanna Drive,'" she wrote on X. "Trippy how life works! And the Glory STILL and WILL ALWAYS belong to the Almighty Creator!!!"
The street was officially named after Rihanna in 2017 and has since become a tourist attraction. The green and yellow house where Rihanna grew up is located there.
The Visit Barbados website says of the street, "This is the place where an icon was born; a backstreet located on the outskirts of Bridgetown. It's tucked away from the bustling traffic of the Mighty Gryner Highway and an earshot from the shoreline."

#barbados #riot #rose

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Caitlin Clark made history by landing a prominent place on the NBA 2K27 cover, but her appearance inside the video game did not receive the same glowing review from Indiana Fever teammate Aliyah Boston. During the latest episode of the "Post Moves" podcast, Boston and WNBA legend Candace Parker examined Clark's virtual likeness. Although Boston celebrated the significance of Clark becoming the first WNBA player to receive her own global NBA 2K premium cover, she could not ignore what she believed was a glaring problem.
Boston joked that the digital version of Clark looked more like Portland Fire forward Bridget Carleton.
"It's literally copy-paste Bridget Carleton," Boston said.
Parker saw another unexpected resemblance. She suggested the player model looked like a combination of Carleton and Fever coach Stephanie White, calling the result "actually ridiculous."

#caitlin #fever #WNBA

Abdullah Shafique grabbed his chance in Pakistan's playing XI for the second Test against the West Indies in Port of Spain, scoring an unbeaten 160 in the first innings to help his team take control of the match.

Shafique, who replaced Shan Masood in the side, came in at No. 3 and remained unbeaten after facing 323 ****** . His innings included 15 fours and three sixes.

His knock helped Pakistan take a first-innings lead of 43 runs and also earned him a place in the record books.

Shafique became only the fifth Pakistan batter to score 150 or more in a Test innings in the West Indies, and the first to do so in 49 years.

The last Pakistan batter to reach the 150-run mark in a Test innings in the Caribbean was Majid Khan, who scored 167 in the second innings of the Georgetown Test in March 1977.

Only five Pakistan batters have now scored 150 or more in a Test innings in the West Indies.

The record for the highest individual Test score by a Pakistan batter in the Caribbean still belongs to Hanif Mohammad, who made 337 in the second innings of the Bridgetown Test in January 1958.

The highest individual Test score ever recorded in the West Indies remains Brian Lara's unbeaten 400 against England in St John's in August 2004.

During the ongoing Test, Shafique also shared a 183-run partnership for the second wicket with captain Babar Azam.

Babar, who returned as Pakistan's Test captain for the series in the West Indies, scored 88 from 147 ****** , hitting 10 fours and one six before falling short of a century.

Despite missing out on three figures, Babar helped put Pakistan in a strong position as the visitors moved closer to a win in Port of Spain and looked set to avoid a Test series defeat in the West Indies.

#innings #shafique #second

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 **** ists for her fourth career triple-double, and the Indiana Fever won their their fifth straight with a 112-98 victory over the Portland Fire on Friday night.
Kelsey Mitchell also had 26 points for the Fever (19-10), who have won nine of their last 11 and had five straight games with 100 points.
Bridget Carleton had 26 points for the Fire (11-18), who have lost four straight.
The Fever pulled away in the third quarter, going up by 18 points to lead 90-72 heading into the fourth quarter. Makayla Timpson hit a layup that pushed the lead to 10 points to open the fourth.
Portland closed the gap, pulling to 98-88 on Carleton's 3-pointer with 4:08 left. She had a layup that made it 100-93 to get the Fire even closer. Clark hit free throws to make it 110-96 with just a minute to go and the Fire ran out of time.

#clark #layup

Sir Garfield Sobers was called the "greatest all-round cricketer the world has ever known" by former team-mate Sir Clive Lloyd at the legendary West Indies player's state funeral in Barbados.
Lloyd described all-rounder Sobers, who died aged 89 on 17 July, as "a man who lived in the hearts and minds of Caribbean people and who became a source of inspiration to millions throughout the world".
An entertaining left-handed batter and bowler of seam and spin, Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scoring 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets.
The funeral was staged at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, the principle ground in Barbados and home to a pavilion named after Sobers.
Lloyd and fellow West Indies legends Brian Lara and Desmond Haynes were among those who spoke at the state service of thanksgiving, which was also attended by Barbados president Jeffrey Bostic, prime minister Mia Mottley and Barbadian music superstar Rihanna.

#barbados #west #indies #World

Azzi Fudd made history during the WNBA 3-point contest on Friday. She became the first rookie in league history to win the competition, besting Bridget Carleton in the finals. The Dallas Wings guard was recently asked who her favorite 3-point shooters are.
Fudd named NBA stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. She also picked her former UConn teammate, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, and Seattle Storm guard Katie Lou Samuelson.
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The question may have caught Fudd off guard as she couldn't name more.However, she added that she still has other favorites.
Curry holds the ***** le of the NBA's all-time 3-point field goals made leader, while his ex-Golden State Warriors teammate ranks fourth. Meanwhile, Mosqueda-Lewis leads the list for the Huskies with 398, with Samuelson trailing her with 382.

#azzi #lewis #samuelson

Marriage isn't on the agenda for Ant Anstead and Renée Zellweger, at least not right now.
The Born Mechanic host, 47, shared an update on his five-year romance with the Oscar winner, 57, during an interview with The Telegraph. According to an article People published Tuesday, July 28, Anstead told The Telegraph that the couple isn't feeling any urgency to tie the knot. "I still believe in marriage, but right now we're really happy," he said, "We don't need the pressure of a label."
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The two have kept their romance largely out of the spotlight since they met in 2021 on the set of Anstead's discovery+ show, Celebrity IOU: Joyride. "Renée is a hands-on car girl. She used a grinder to cut metal, she was welding, she was on the spanners," Anstead said, per the report, noting she "never normally does [projects] outside film."
One of the first things that impressed Anstead about the Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy star was her confidence behind the wheel. "A lot of people in America don't drive stick [manual cars] but, on the first day of filming, we needed to relocate a car for a scene," he said, according to the article. "Ren jumps in, goes, 'I'll do it!', slams it into first, and off she goes. I'm like, 'Wow. This lady really knows her cars.'"

#according #article

All-Star weekend is always a busy couple of days for the WNBA, and this year's iteration was no exception.
On Friday, the Shooting Stars competition and 3-Point Contest occurred—and both lived up to the hype.
There were plenty of worthy shooters involved in the 3-Point Contest, but in the end, Dallas Wings rookie Azzi Fudd took home the trophy. She became the first rookie ever to win the competition. She had 24 points in the first round and then upped the ante, scoring 30 in the final.
Fudd's 30-point performance defeated the Portland Fire's Bridget Carleton, who had just 19 points in the final round after scoring 27 points in the first round.
The four other participants who were eliminated in the opening round included the Atlanta Dream's Rhyne Howard (20), Toronto Tempo's Marina Mabrey (18), Seattle Storm's Natisha Heideman (17) and Golden State Valkyries' Janelle Salaün (19).

#Competition #rookie #final

Bridget Boczar was back on familiar ground, and she took advantage.
Boczar, of Canton, won the 110th Michigan Women's Amateur Championship on Friday at Katke Cousins Golf Course on the campus of Oakland University, where Boczar played the first two years of her collegiate career. Boczar held off Macomb's Lauren Timpf, 2-up, in the championship match, sealing the ******* le with a 10-footer for birdie on the 18th hole.
"I was able to be confident and come out here and have some fun," said Boczar, 22. "It was just an awesome week."
Boczar, who finished her college career at Baylor University and will graduate in December, had two tight matches Friday, beating Elise Fennell of Central Michigan and Kentwood, 1-up, in Friday's morning semifinal match.
In the afternoon championship match, Boczar and Timpf traded momentum swings, with neither player holding more than a 1-up lead until the final hole. Timpf made birdies at Nos. 11 and 12 to go 1 up, before Boczar won the 13th hole with a pair and the 14th with a birdie to retake the lead. The two traded pars on the next three holes, before Boczar sealed the deal on the 18th.

#boczar #timpf #michigan #university

What time does the WNBA 3-Point Contest start? TV channel, schedule, live streams to watch Azzi Fudd and more originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Six of the WNBA's best shooters are heading to Chicago for Friday's 3-point contest during All-Star Weekend, and the field is stacked.
Wings rookie Azzi Fudd headlines the group, becoming just the fourth first-year player ever to get a shot at the ***** le. She'll be shooting for history, too, as no rookie has actually won it yet.
Rhyne Howard (Dream), Marina Mabrey (Tempo), Bridget Carleton (Fire), Natisha Hiedeman (Storm) and Janelle Salaun (Valkyries) will also compete. All of six rank among the league's top 11 in threes made per game this season.
Notably absent are reigning champ Sabrina Ionescu, along with Caitlin Clark and Kayla McBride, who all reportedly turned down invites, per ESPN's Alexa Philippou.

#azzi #preferred

Despite being an All-Star snub, Azzi Fudd will still head to Chicago this weekend to participate in the WNBA's 3-point contest. She'll be joined by the Portland Fire's Bridget Carleton, the Seattle Storm's Natisha Hiedeman, the Atlanta Dream's Rhyne Howard, the Toronto Tempo's Marina Mabrey and the Golden State Valkyries' Janelle Salaun.
As a rookie with the Dallas Wings, Fudd is only shooting 38.8 percent from deep, though she's tied for the 10th-most makes in the league with 50. She's also made at least three shots from behind the arc in four consecutive games, the second-longest streak by a rookie since 1998.
During her senior year at UConn, Fudd knocked down triples at a 44.7 percent clip and finished five threes away from the program's single-season record. Throughout her career, she owned a 42.2 3-point percentage, tied for sixth-best in team history.
The 2026 3-point contest will feature two rounds with five shooting locations around the arc. The first four racks will have five game ******* worth one point each along with one money ball worth two points. The final rack will only have money ******* . The two players with the highest scores in the opening round will advance to the final.
Fudd previously participated in a high school 3-point contest back in 2021, which she won despite wearing a walking boot. While she has proven herself to be more than just a shooter, that's still the hallmark of her game.

#fudd #only #percent

The WNBA's 3-point contest field is officially set.
The league announced the six contestants for the 3-point contest on Friday during All-Star weekend on Tuesday afternoon. Bridget Carleton, Azzi Fudd, Natisha Hiedeman, Rhyne Howard, Marina Mabrey and Janelle Salaün are set to compete in the event.
According to USA Today's Meghan L. Hall, Caitlin Clark, Kayla McBride and Sabrina Ionescu were all invited to participate but declined. Specifics there are not known.
Ionescu won the 3-point contest last season, and is one of only two multi-time winners in the event's history.
Mabrey and Howard will enter as the favorites in the 3-point contest after what's been a dominant shooting start to the season. Mabrey has averaged 3.3 made 3-pointers per game with the Toronto Tempo while draining 82 3-pointers as of Tuesday night, both of which lead the league. Howard has made 79 3-pointers this season while draining 3.2 per contest.

#contest #howard #made

Marina Mabrey and Rhyne Howard headline the WNBA All-Star 3-point contest that will be contested Friday night in Chicago.
Mabrey and Howard are 1-2 in 3-pointers made this season for Toronto and Atlanta respectively. Joining the pair are Dallas rookie Azzi Fudd, Seattle's Natisha Hiedeman, Portland's Bridget Carleton and Golden State's Janelle Salaun. Mabrey tied the WNBA record by hitting nine 3-pointers in a game twice this season, including in her 53-point effort that tied the league record for most points in a game.
Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu and Kayla McBride all declined invitations to participate according to a person familiar with the decision. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to the AP because they weren't authorized to speak publicly about it.
Last year Ionescu topped Allisha Gray to win the ******* le.
The new CBA will give the 3-point contest winner $20,000 and each participant $10,000.

#ionescu #tied

Since its 2021 inception, Florida A&M's Strike Tour has been a gateway for Rattler coaches and athletic administrators to engage with alumni across the country and region and raise money for the department.
The Strike Tour, which helps funnel FAMU graduates and donor dollars into the Rattler Athletic Fund, has made a significant difference on The Highest of Seven Hills. For example, the first one in summertime 2021 raised over $500,000 across 11 stops.
The Strike Tour returns in 2026, beginning with a stop at Broward College's Bailey Hall in Davie this Friday, July 10. Start time is at 6 p.m.
It'll feature new head football coach Quinn Fordham Gray Sr., head men's basketball coach Charlie Ward, and head women's basketball coach Bridgette Gordon. It's Gray's and Ward's first Strike Tour.
"The Strike Tour is more than a series of events. It's an opportunity to reconnect alumni, supporters, and friends of Florida A&M University around a common purpose: investing in the success of our student-athletes," said Retired Lt. Col. Ricardo "Rick" Kinsey, the president of the Rattler-in-Arms.

Former Florida baseball pitcher Logan Shore has been selected to the 2026 UF Athletic Hall of Fame class.
Shore starred on the mound for the Florida Gators from 2014-16, helping pitch UF to back-to-back College World Series trips in 2015 and 2016. He still ranks second all-time among Florida pitchers in wins (30) and seventh in strikeouts (248), while holding opponents a .231 average during his UF carer.
A ******* Rapids, Minnesota native, Shore earned SEC freshman of the year honors in 2014, when he went 7-4 with a 2.16 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 95 2/3 innings.
In 2016, Shore won SEC pitcher of the year and was a Golden Spikes Award finalist, going 12-1 with a 2.31 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 105 1/3 innings.
Shore will be honored at a banquet at the F Club on October 9, the night before Florida football's homecoming game against South Carolina. He will join a class that includes gymnast Bridget Sloan, softball player Kelsey Stewart, men's basketball players Vernon Maxwell and Andrew Moten and football player Vernon Hargreaves III.

Unrivaled has secured two top international players.
French guard Marine Johannès has signed a multiyear deal to join Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league announced Monday. The announcement comes just days after Unrivaled announced it had signed Canadian forward Bridget Carleton for the 2027 season.
It also comes less than two weeks after Project B, the global basketball league set to launch in December, announced the signing of Dallas Wings guard Azzi Fudd. Fudd had previously signed an NIL deal with Unrivaled.
Unrivaled and Project B appear to be the two biggest 2027 offseason destinations for WNBA players. Unrivaled has been positioned as a domestic option that offers six-figure salaries, while Project B aims to be an international league that tours across markets. The latter has also offered multi-million dollar salaries to some of its biggest stars.
Unrivaled only has a small handful of slots remaining for 2027, as it only has 48 roster spots and has filled over 90% of them. There is also a six-player developmental pool to help fill teams facing injuries.

Florida A&M women’s basketball is on the brink of a breakthrough.
At least that’s what newly-extended head coach Bridgette Gordon expects as she enters her fourth season at the helm this winter.
FAMU tasted success during the 2026 season, winning its first-ever Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament game by beating Bethune-Cookman in the first round of March’s tournament. Then the eight-seed Rattlers felt heartbreak a day later, being eliminated by top-ranked Alabama A&M in a closely contested 72-68 loss in Atlanta, ending with a 9-22 record.
But Gordon’s Rattlers may have gotten the biggest win of all.
They graduated four players, and did something unheard of in the current state of college athletics ― no NCAA Transfer Portal departures. That means FAMU will have key players from the 2025 season, headlined by its All-SWAC second-team point guard, Tahyjia Purifoy.

Tilak Varma's fighting half-century was one of the few positives for India in their dramatic one-run defeat to Ireland in the second T20I on Sunday, but the left-hander also found himself on an unwanted list after registering one of the slowest fifties by an Indian in T20 Internationals.

Walking in with India in deep trouble after a top-order collapse, Tilak reached his half-century in 45 deliveries during the chase of 155 at Stormont. The knock is now tied as the sixth-slowest T20I fifty by an Indian and stands as the slowest-ever half-century by an Indian batter against Ireland in the format.

Slowest T20I 50s for India (by ******* )
56 KL Rahul vs SA Trivandrum 2022
54 G Gambhir vs Aus Melbourne 2012
49 SK Yadav vs USA New York 2024
48 V Kohli vs SA Bridgetown 2024
45 V Kohli vs Pak Dubai 2021
45 T Varma vs Ire Belfast 2026 *

The circumstances, however, were far from ordinary. India were rocked in the opening over when software engineer-turned-cricketer Jai Moondra, who hails from Tonk in Rajasthan and still holds an Indian passport, dismissed Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma for first-ball ducks before removing captain Shreyas Iyer to leave the visitors reeling.

India slipped to 35 for 4 inside the Powerplay after Ishan Kishan was run out, leaving Tilak with the task of rebuilding the innings on a surface offering movement, uneven bounce and seam throughout the chase.

Unlike several of his teammates who struggled to adjust to the conditions, Tilak adopted a patient approach, absorbing pressure before stitching together a valuable partnership with Axar Patel. He eventually brought up his fifty by launching Matthew Hollard over deep mid-wicket for India's first six of the innings.

The milestone, however, proved short-lived. Attempting another attacking stroke off the very next ball, Tilak mistimed a lofted drive to extra cover and departed for 55 off 46 deliveries, ending India's best hope of completing the chase.

Harshit Rana's late cameo of 21 from just 10 ******* briefly revived India's hopes, but Ireland held their nerve to restrict India to 153 for 9, sealing a famous one-run victory and completing a historic 2-0 series sweep over the reigning T20 World Cup champions.

The defeat also ended India's run of 16 consecutive T20I series victories dating back to 2023, while Ireland celebrated their first-ever bilateral T20I series triumph over India.

There was a marathon of a game in the WNBA on Sunday, June 28.
The Washington Mystics beat the Portland Fire 124-123 in four overtimes.
You read that right FOUR OT.
Sonia Citron scored the winning layup for the Mystics with 21.4 seconds left at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C. to break the team's two-game losing streak and avoid a landmark fifth overtime. It would have been the first matchup in WNBA history to reach a fifth overtime period.
Portland's Bridget Carleton sent the game into the fourth overtime by scoring a jumper with 3.1 seconds left in the third extra period to tie the game at 116.