Michael Silver

The Moonpay X Games League (XGL) era launched earlier this summer in Northern California, with a new team-based format, record-breaking performances and athletes collecting the first points toward an inaugural championship. A month later, with one tour stop in Chiba, Japan, sandwiched in between, the novel action sports experiment arrived at Caesars Superdome in NOLA, with everything still to be decided.

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The 2026 edition of the U.S. Open of Surfing may go down as the best of all-time, which spans back to 1959. Stop No. 2 of the 2026-27 World Surf League (WSL) Challenger Series provided everything the Pacific Ocean could throw at the world’s top contenders and elite long boarders.

Though Aaron Rodgers’ first year in Pittsburgh ended in an especially sickening manner, he's now enjoying a meaningful summer of renewal.

The 42-year-old QB had been felled by flu-like symptoms in the hours leading up to the game, making the experience even more miserable.

Greenlaw accepts full responsibility for the failed union with the Broncos, but his reunion with the 49ers has him smiling again.

The Bills and their quarterback have undergone a reset this offseason, but the psychic load on Josh Allen isn't any lighter.

John Harbaugh fully expects to make the Giants better from the jump. He isn't the only one who believes that.

Fernando Mendoza just got thrown into his profession’s most challenging cauldron, but he's still flippin' smiling.

The UFC arrived in the city of Brotherly Love with two championship bouts, each with upsets on the minds of international contenders looking to buck the trends. Islam Makhachev was not having any of that. The UFC's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, defeated Ian Machado Garry by unanimous decision, 49-46, 49-46 and 48-47. He extended his winning streak to 17 straight victories and moved past Anderson Silva for the longest such streak in UFC history.