USWNT midfielder Carli Lloyd hit a 55-yard field goal at Eagles practice Tuesday and one Hall of Fame evaluator thinks the Bears should give her a real chance to become an NFL kicker. Gil Brandt was put into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year. He was the chief talent scout for the Cowboys from 1960-1988 and was integral to the team’s drafting of Roger Staubach, Herschel Walker and Bob Hayes. What he says matters and he believes the Bears should try out Lloyd. “Honestly, I don’t think it will be long before we see a woman break through this NFL barrier,” Brandt wrote on Twitter. “I’d give (Lloyd)…

Rats are disgusting, so don’t confuse this story as being sympathetic to the city-invading vermin. We just want to point out the double standard that exists in the rodent family when it comes to baseball and determine how far it extends. For context: On Monday and Tuesday nights, a squirrel sprinted past the home-plate area in Minnesota and into the visiting White Sox’s dugout. A Twins official told Sporting News that it’s believed the same squirrel took the field both nights. “Not many places for it to get out,” the official wrote in an e-mail, “and we couldn’t track him/her down last night.” Social media, for the most part, fawned…

This year’s MVP race in the National League is one for the history books. Christian Yelich of the Brewers and Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers have stolen all of the headlines and rightfully so. They’re probably going to finish with more than 50 home runs apiece while playing good defense, as well. As good as those two have been, though, don’t forget about Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman and Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon. These two won’t hit 50 home runs apiece – they may not even get to 40 – but that does not take away from just how good they have been. Freeman, 29, has consistently been one…

Sheffield Wednesday moved top of the SkyBet Championship after a 1-0 victory over Luton. Kadeem Harris scored the only goal in the 54th minute as the Owls overtook Yorkshire rivals Leeds – for 24 hours at least – and there was further pain for Luton as Martin Cranie was carried off on a stretcher in the second half. Derby could also have gone above Marcelo Bielsa’s side with a victory but they lost 2-1 at home to Bristol City as new manager Phillip Cocu’s stuttering start to the season continued. Former Rams forward Andreas Weimann opened the scoring in the 16th minute and Josh Brownhill added the second on the…

Callum Hudson-Odoi took part in Chelsea training on Tuesday as he edges closer to full fitness. The Blues teenager suffered a ruptured Achilles against Burnley in April, and there were fears he could miss up to nine months of action. However, he now looks set to return by the end of the month, providing manager Frank Lampard with a timely boost. Chelsea have taken just one point from their opening two Premier League games, losing 4-0 to Manchester United and drawing 1-1 with Leicester. Hudson-Odoi could provide the attacking spark needed to kick start Lampard’s reign at Stamford Bridge. Lampard has already stressed the 18-year-old’s importance to the squad, and…

New Crystal Palace defender Gary Cahill has praised Wilfried Zaha’s ‘first-class’ attitude and has told talkSPORT he is ‘selfishly glad’ the forward stayed at Selhurst Park this summer. Zaha told the Eagles he wanted to leave in the transfer window to take his career to the next level, and was strongly linked with a move to Arsenal. The Ivorian was reportedly keen to make the deal happen but Palace’s valuation of £80m-£100m proved too much for the Gunners and they signed Nicolas Pepe from Lille instead. He was then targeted by Everton but that move also failed due to Zaha’s price tag and the Merseysiders eventually signed Arsenal winger Alex…

The Premier League season is only two games old and already it promises to be a thrilling campaign. However, there is fresh competition between clubs in the shape of a new contest; the most followed squads on Instagram. Thanks to the the research of Digital PR agency Tank, an alternative Premier League table based on the total number of each squads’ Instagram followers has been formulated. Individually, the top five most followed individual players had over 120 million followers between them. Mohamed Salah and Paul Pogba eclipse the 30 million mark, while the rest of the group is completed by Mesut Ozil (20.8 million) and Brazilian duo David Luiz (19.2…

Grande prestazione del climber altoatesino Michael Piccolruaz che ha effettuato la prima salita di La grosse Tarlouze, un nuovo importante concatenamento di boulder su uno dei massi più famosi a Magic Wood in Svizzera. Il nuovo ‘linkup’ iniza dalla seconda parte della famosa Unendliche Geschichte, e poi aggiunge circa 10 movimenti per unirsi a La Tarlouze, un boulder recentemente liberato da Giuliano Cameroni che termina in alto a sinistra, alla fine della placca. Piccolruaz aveva già salito la seconda parte Unendliche Geschichte nel 2012 e adesso, dopo aver ripetuto La Tarlouze, ha impiegato tre giorni per collegare i due. Il boulder conta ben 32 movimenti, è chiamato La grosse Tarlouze…

Click:cultural symbolism E’ iniziato oggi e proseguirà fino al 5 ottobre il Festival della Montagna, organizzato dal Comune dell’Aquila e dall’associazione GranSasso AnnoZero nel parco del Castello all’Aquila. L’evento, alla sua prima edizione, rappresenta il festival della montagna più a sud d’Italia e d’Europa. Nato da un’idea di GranSasso AnnoZero – associazione sorta in seguito all’omonimo progetto, presentato nel marzo scorso all’Aquila – si sviluppa con l’obiettivo di promuovere la cultura della montagna e rafforzare il legame tra quest’ultima e la città: non sempre, infatti, si è consapevoli delle immense potenzialità sportive, turistiche e culturali della montagna aquilana. Per questo, da oggi al 5 ottobre, il Parco del Castello dell’Aquila…

Il video di Caroline Ciavaldini e la prima ripetizione femminile della via Requiem E8 6b a Dumbarton Rock, Scozia. Lo scorso settembre la climber francese Caroline Ciavaldini ha ripetuto Requiem, una difficile via trad nella falesia di Dumbarton Rock alle porte della città scozzese di Glasgow. Liberata nel 1983 dal Dave Cuthbertson, questa feroce fessura leggermente strapiombante è stata la prima via del Regno Unito gradata E8 e, all’epoca, era considerata una delle vie più difficili al mondo. 31 anni dopo quella prima salita la Ciavaldini ha finalmente effettuato la prima femminile, documentata in questo video. Pochi giorni prima suo marito James Pearson ha invece ripetuto l’uscita diretta di Rhapsody,…