Cooper Connolly made history on Sunday with a stunning spell of 6-0-22-5, the best bowling figures ever by an Australian spinner in men’s ODIs. The 21-year-old left-arm spinner ripped through South Africa in the third ODI at Mackay’s Great Barrier Reef Arena, setting up Australia’s thumping 276-run win as the Proteas crumbled for 155 in…
Austrian military analyst Tom Cooper has dismissed the recent thaw in US-Pakistan relations following Operation Sindoor as “silly,” suggesting Islamabad is playing to US President Donald Trump’s ego to cast him as a peacemaker. Speaking to ANI, Cooper said Pakistan’s outreach — including a high-profile visit by Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir to Washington —…
SAN ANTONIO — From their seats seven rows behind Duke’s bench, Ralph and Kelly Flagg had the perfect vantage point of the moment everything turned to dust. With eight seconds left in Saturday’s national semifinal against No. 1 Houston, their son Cooper rose up for the turnaround jumper that legacies are made of. Sink it,…
SAN ANTONIO — J’Wan Roberts extended his hands. Settle down, he begged. Yes, this was impossible. Yes, this whole swirling, bizarre night was on the verge of alchemy. Yes, this was about to be the night that Houston pulled off a comeback so stunning, so jarring, that it will take everyone — specifically those souls…
March Madness is underway, which means it’s time to update The Athletic’s 2025 NBA Mock Draft. Scouts and executives have traveled all over the United States to see conference tournaments, one of the best ways to get eyes on a significant number of prospects in one place. Particularly, the SEC tournament was littered with NBA…
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — It may have taken 31 games, but we finally found something that can slow down Cooper Flagg: A healthy whistle. And a deserved one, at that. Because for the first time this season, against rival North Carolina on Saturday, Flagg was called for three first-half personal fouls — the latter two…
Not every NFL team is blessed with cap space this offseason. The New England Patriots, for example, have little worry and plenty incentive to spend at an estimated $119 million in cap space, according to Over The Cap. Other teams, such as the New Orleans Saints, with a $51 million hole to climb out of,…
DURHAM, N.C. — It’s 45 minutes after a January blowout at Cameron Indoor Stadium when Cooper Flagg comes walking into the gameday hospitality area for Duke basketball players’ families. No one makes much of a fuss. There’s a game of Pop-A-Shot over here and a pingpong table over there. Tables are filled by moms and…
Cooper Connolly received his Baggy Green cap as he made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Galle during the second match of the two-Test series. Connolly, a spin-bowling allrounder who has yet to capture a wicket in four first-class games, received the Baggy Green Cap 471 from fellow Western Australian and former Test allrounder…
Throughout the season, Duke freshman forward Cooper Flagg has been considered the 2025 NBA Draft’s likely No. 1 pick. Beginning the season at 17 years old after reclassifying into the 2024 recruiting class, Flagg is among college basketball’s youngest players, and his season started with some growing pains. He averaged 15.2 points while shooting 44…