Venus Williams lost 6-4, 6-3 to Tatjana Maria in the first round at the Hobart International on Tuesday, less than a week before her appearance at the Australian Open. The 45-year-old Williams received a wild-card entry for the first Grand Slam event of the year. Williams also lost her first-round match at Auckland, New Zealand last week.

Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers found themselves in a familiar spot. Monday night's wild-card playoff game against Houston was close through three quarters, but Sheldon Rankins’ 33-yard fumble return for a touchdown allowed the Texans and their top-ranked defense to break it open and beat the Steelers 30-6. “Certainly a disappointing end to our …

ULM lands arguably the fastest quarterback in the country.

Here's a look back at an illustrious playoff career, by the numbers, in what might have been Aaron Rodgers' last playoff game.

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The last time the Steelers' won a playoff game was one of the stranger moments in NFL history. Here's what happened.

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After the Pittsburgh Steelers fell to the Houston Texans in the NFL wild-card round, Aaron Rodgers stood up for his former and current coaches.

Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points and James Harden had 32 to move into ninth place on the NBA's career scoring list, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Charlotte Hornets 117-109 on Monday night for their fourth win in five games. Jordan Miller added 14 points and Ivica Zubac had nine points and 11 rebounds for the Clippers. LaMelo Ball had 25 points and …

It's fixture release day for K League 1, which means it's time to start planning away trips and really getting ready for the new season. But there are some differences compared to last year.The 2026 H...

Colorado coach Deion Sanders just lost a big one to the transfer portal, a loss so big that it instantly upended the transfer market.

Aaron Rodgers has talked repeatedly all season about how much he loves Mike Tomlin. Not surprisingly, he was quick to defend the legendary Pittsburgh Steelers head coach following Monday night’s embarrassing 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans. He also defended his former head coach Matt LaFleur, who’s been heavily criticized after the Green Bay Packers …

Manchester United are set to announce Michael Carrick as caretaker manager until the end of the season after the shock decision to sack Ruben Amorim last week.Under-18s coach Darren Fletcher took char...

Juventus are eyeing Manchester City ace Bernardo Silva, plotting a move for the diminutive Portuguese starlet this summer (h/t Gianluca DiMarzio).The Bianconeri are understood to be monitoring the Man...

Rodgers first season in Pittsburgh ended in disappointment.

Luka Doncic scored 42 points but could not prevent the Los Angeles Lakers stumbling to a third straight defeat with a 124-112 loss against the lowly Sacramento Kings on Monday.The Utah Jazz scored an upset 123-112 defeat of the Cleveland Cavaliers on the back of 32 points from Keyonte George and 28 points from Lauri Markkanen. rcw/pst

Since Aaron Rodgers entered the NFL, he's had many tough playoff losses, both blowouts and close games.

“For months, I’ve been ever more impressed with the way Roefs has gone about his business”, writes Phil West

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