Heat's Bam Adebayo gives blunt feelings on LeBron James signing with 76ers instead of Miami originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Miami Heat were one of the few teams that went all in on their pursuit of LeBron James this offseason. Miami made a strong push to convince James to join the organization, but it was a slow process as he took nearly a month to make a decision that would have a lasting impact on the final years of his career.The Heat believed they were firmly in the race for James. Miami president Pat Riley even addressed the teams pursuit of the superstar forward.To be transparent about it, we've had discussions over a week ago, maybe a week before that about it. But right now, I think we're like everybody else. Just waiting to see what he does," Riley told the media.Miami was hoping for a reunion with James, who won two championships with the organization during his first stint with the franchise in the 2010s. This time, the Heat envisioned a new Big Three featuring Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bam Adebayo, and James. However, James ultimately decided to finish his career with the Philadelphia 76ers.LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers for his final run at another NBA championship, he announced Friday, ESPNs Dave McMenamin wrote. James, 41, is signing a two-year, $8 million contract with a player option, Klutch Sports Group CEO Rich Paul told ESPN's Shams Charania.Miami felt like it was close to landing James, and the organization had reason to believe it was in serious contention. Adebayo was recently asked about James choosing Philadelphia over Miami and gave an honest response.Im cool with Bron. I consider Bron like a brother honestly. Weve been Olympic teammates but even before that weve always had down to earth conversations. Im happy for him. You want whats best for somebody. Thats really how you go from there, Adebayo said.Of course, Adebayo gave the respectful response expected from a player in that situation, but there is likely still a part of him that would have enjoyed the opportunity to team up with James. Instead, James will now be competing against Miami as an Eastern Conference opponent.James returning to South Beach would have been a major move, but he ultimately wanted a new challenge to close out his legendary career. Adebayo and James appear to have no hard feelings toward one another, as this was simply a business decision.More NBA news:Cavaliers linked to Mavericks' $64M versatile PF with Finals experience, Jonathan Kuminga Plan BWarriors predicted to sign $15M former first-rounder after waived by 76ers for LeBron JamesWarriors predicted to trade Steph Curry for $451M veteran package in blockbuster dealHeat, Celtics reportedly in bidding war for $342M elite shooter, 3-time All-Star, 14-year veteran

Photo by Luiza Moraes - FIFA/FIFA via Getty ImagesFIFA President Gianni Infantino is in a precarious position before the 2027 FIFA Elections, as member nations have started withdrawing support.Infantinos bold move to privatise the World Cup by selling a 20% stake in the tournaments logistics was widely condemned as a move to sell the sport and weaken its integrity.After the continental confederations rallied to stop Infantinos FFE plan before he could formally introduce it, specific member states are now targeting new leadership at the helm.Wales Football Association officially withdraw support from Gianni InfantinoAfter UEFAs leading role in stopping the FFE plan and open condemnation of Infantino, the Welsh FA has released a statement to Sky News, attacking Infantino and withdrawing support from his 2027 FIFA Presidency re-election plans.The recent failures in good governance, processes, leadership, values, stakeholder management, communications, and sound judgement have led us to a position where Mr Infantino has lost the confidence of the FAW to remain at the helm of world football. Failing to put the best interests of football first is a failure we cannot accept.Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty ImagesWith UEFA considering raising a vote of no confidence against Infantino, there is a chance he could be removed from power before the election.However, instead of risking losing that vote with Infantinos voter base in Africa and Asia, the member associations are targeting the election to ensure he cant run football for four more years or be removed from power sooner.More European nations could release individual statements to trigger a chain response from other supportive nations in CONCACAF and AFC, who also publicly condemned Infantinos FFE plan, but they havent gone as far as to say they will no longer support Infantino as FIFA President.Read more:The GOAT MLS fans all say the same thing after Lionel Messis first game since the World CupGianni Infantino was eyeing a $30 million salary in scrapped FIFA World Cup privatisation planWhy UEFAs preferred candidate for FIFA President to replace Gianni Infantino wont run

New York Mets pitcher Freddy PeraltaMired in last place in the NL East, the New York Mets continued their sell-off ahead of Monday's MLB trade deadline, trading Freddy Peralta to the Tampa Bay Rays for three prospects on Sunday after trading A.J. Minter to the Minnesota Twins earlier in the week.Peralta, 30, has been a major disappointment this year, going 5-9 with a 4.99 ERA that would be the second-worst of his career. His 1.48 WHIP would be a career-worst.He's allowed two earned runs or fewer in three of his last four starts, however, so the Rays are hoping the two-time All-Star is on the upswing and can return to form. He's set to be a free agent this winter, so he's a rental for Tampa Bay.Looking for the perfect gift for a baseball player in your life? Check out our brand new baseball lifestyle brand!The Rays tapped into their deep farm system to acquire Peralta, sending outfielder Aidan Smith (their No. 15 prospect), right-hander Gary Gill Hill (No. 26) and infielder milien Pitre (No. 27) to the Mets.Tampa Bay already owns the best record in the American League, largely thanks to its incredible pitching. If Peralta bounces back for them and builds off his recent turnaround, he could play a vital role in helping them win the AL East.More MLB: Dodgers Reportedly Land Tarik Skubal From Tigers In Blockbuster Trade

The president, Aleksander Ceferin, speaks first. Thats the way in a crisis. Then the natural order: the treasurer and vice president, Sandor Csanyi; English Football Association CEO Mark Bullingham. Male European football executives lined up on the Zoom screen, queueing up to save our world.But then this emergency meeting of UEFA, European footballs governing body, convened in response to FIFA president Gianni Infantinos plan to sell off stakes in its major competitions, takes a twist. Laura McAllister, another vice president and one of two women on the governing bodys 21-member executive committee, takes the microphone. She demands real action: a full boycott of FIFA competitions.Maybe this means little to you the fact that on an emergency call of 150 individuals actively wrestling with what they consider to be an existential threat to footballs future, it is a woman who issues the call to arms. Maybe this seems perfectly normal. Maybe McAllisters demand for a full-fledged boycott of footballs 122-year-old global governing body was always likely to accrue support at such a moment.And maybe some think the fact that it is NorwegianFootball Federation (NFF) president Lise Klaveness the only other woman, along with McAllister, sitting on UEFAs executive committee who lays out the pathway to higher governance standards if a leadership change at FIFA is required is also a coincidence. A quirk.But lets be honest, that kind of thinking is ridiculous.There is an irony in two women leading the resistance to the great World Cup sell-off, given how football has historically and systemically kept females at arms length on the pitch, on the touchlines, in the boardrooms, in its executive.Yet according to multiple sources, kept anonymous to protect relationships, familiar with Thursdays emergency meeting, no one besides Ceferin was more vocal about the need for seismic action than McAllister and Klaveness.That matters.Of the lessons to be gleaned from FIFAs proposals and the subsequent standoff with federations, one that will not seize headlines is the ever-increasing importance of having women in decision-making positions, women specifically with backgrounds in football.McAllister and Klaveness are not merely powerful executives in their own right. They are respected former internationals (with Wales and Norway) who know the sport intimately. That playing pedigree has helped as they have garneredrespect and authority in football governance and leadership during their time at UEFA, particularly around the principles and ethics that are supposed to underpin the game.McAllister and Klaveness represented their countries at times when their nations hardly represented them. McAllister was one of three women to lobby the Welsh FA to formally recognise the womens national team in 1992.Klaveness playing career spanned 14 years, earning her 73 caps and a trip to the Euro 2005 final. McAllister pursued academia and governance after her playing career, while Klaveness studied law, pursuits that were driven by both passion and necessity, as football beyond playing was not an available path.Eventually, however, both found their way back to the sport.By March 2022, Klaveness was elected as NFF president, becoming the first woman to lead it in its 120-year history. McAllister was the first Welsh person to win a seat on UEFAs executive committee in 2023, taking the one female-designated space of the 21-member body. Two years later, McAllister had managed to expand UEFAs number of female-designated seats on its executive committee to two. Klaveness took it.All of which reads easily, a kind of Wikipedia timeline of achievements conveniently lacking the challenges that accompanied being not only women existing in a male-dominated world but attempting to reshape and reconfigure it from the inside. According to multiple sources, many within UEFA and FIFA initially found Klaveness confrontational style challenging, which might help explain why, when she ran for a non-female designated seat on UEFAs executive committee in 2023, she lost.Klaveness has publicly challenged the moral issues presented by World Cup hosts Qatar (2022), the United States (2026, alongside Mexico and Canada) and Saudi Arabia (2034). She called for an investigation into Israel whom Norway were drawn against in World Cup qualification stating that the NFF could not remain indifferent to the civilian casualties in Gaza during the recent conflict there. In April 2026, she also called for the abolition of the FIFA Peace Prize that Infantino had awarded to President Donald Trump.McAllister, too, has not shied away from voicing the uncomfortable out loud, whether that is standing up for LGBTQ+ rights in Qatar, fighting for more women representatives throughout UEFA, or calling out corrosive ethics within the game.Those appeals have inevitably attracted enemies. But over the past two years, as football has grappled with endless moral quandaries, McAllister and Klaveness have come to be recognised as ethical compasses. In the aftermath of UEFAs announced boycott, it was notable that Klaveness and McAllister were the main figures speaking to media, openly criticising FIFA for economic blackmail.In one sense, McAllister and Klaveness had everything and simultaneously absolutely nothing to lose. The luxury of never having been invited into the old boys club is that you are not compelled to act according to its unspoken statutes, its silent agreements, its quiet politics.So at a moment when football sat gripped in the vice of one mans greed, when many inside UEFA and FIFA did not know who was privy to the masterplan, who else to trust but those who have always walked a conspicuous line?What this means for the future of women in football governance remains to be seen. When The Athletic floated the idea that one of Klaveness or McAllister might be put forward for a higher leadership position, the response, from a source close to both women, was candid: Football isnt ready for that. But many within UEFA and FIFA hope this latest episode demonstrates once more the critical value of having competent women in decision-making positions within footballs most powerful corridors.Theres an irony that, six months ago, Infantino asked McAllister during a dinner at UEFAs congress in Brussels what she might say on the stage he would take to the following day if she had the chance. The dearth of women in significant positions in football, she said, seemed a decent place to start.Right? Infantino told his (overwhelmingly male) audience the following day. Of course, we need more women in important positions in football.It was a remarkable show of nerve from footballs most powerful man, bewailing the very system he has overseen.Of the 37 places on FIFAs council the organisations main decision-making body eight are held by women. Six of those are courtesy of a statutory requirement mandating a minimum of one female representative from each of the six continental confederations, reforms announced at FIFAs congress in February 2016 in a bid to increase the number of women in top football positions. FIFA did not elect a woman to its council until 2013, when Burundis Lydia Nsekera broke 109 years of fossilised order.While 83 per cent of football associations now have at least one woman on their executive committee, an increase from 64 per cent in 2019, only 10 of FIFAs 211 member associations are led by female presidents.Of UEFAs 21-member executive committee, only two spaces are designated for women. No non-woman designated spot has been occupied by a woman.McAllister and Klaveness will be among the first to say that meaningful change is a slow burn, an act of patience and grit. But sometimes it is also a matter of bravely sticking your head above the parapet. Out of necessity. Out of duty. Out of the familiar knowledge shared with many women in football who have come before them that this is the right thing to do, not the easy thing to do.This article originally appeared in The Athletic.Premier League, International Football, Sports Business, Women's Soccer, FIFA Men's World Cup, FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup2026 The Athletic Media Company

Indiana Fever vs. Minnesota Lynx - 2026 WNBA regular season Imagn ImagesDuring the Minnesota-Indiana matchup on Sunday, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wore a shirt that expressed support for transgender athletes. On the ESPN broadcast, play-by-play commentator Ryan Ruocco acknowledged the message and context of Reeves shirt.We see Cheryl Reeve wearing a shirt today in support of trans kids. Trans kids belong [is] on the shirt. This is in the aftermath of Sophie Cunninghams recent comments.For the past several days, the WNBA community has been buzzing about Cunninghams remarks about protecting the rights of female athletes in sports where they shouldnt have to go against biological men.After Ruocco called attention to Reeves shirt, which expresses a view different from Cunninghams perspective, color analyst Rebecca Lobo came in with a suggestion.I would encourage anyone to go and listen to Cheryl Reeves comment. Incredibly thoughtful, easy to find online.Just a day prior, Reeve had told reporters that she questioned the idea of transgender athletes being the biggest problem in womens sports. She also emphasized that she comes from a space of inclusion.The remarks made by Ruocco and Lobo, however, did not sit well with some netizens, who blasted the commentary team as well as the league itself.This was despicable. They showed that before game confrontation and you could tell Sophie was being talked down to and wasnt taking it, one netizen tweeted.Amid the social discourse, there was basketball to be played at the Target Center on Sunday. The Lynx ended up halting the Fevers five-game winning streak with a 108-100 win.Olivia Miles had another spectacular outing with 28 points, four rebounds, and six assists, while Courtney Williams added 27 points on 12-for-20 shooting. Meanwhile, Cunningham was held to just three points on a single attempt from beyond the arc.It Was Nice to Be in Person: Cheryl Reeve Talks About Face-to-Face Conversation With Sophie Cunningham Before Fever-Lynx GameEven before the game tipped off, Cheryl Reeve and Sophie Cunningham were seen having a conversation. Reeve later addressed this conversation in her post-game media session.According to Reeve, having a face-to-face chat with Cunningham was significant, even as their views on certain matters differ.I think its great. I think both of us understand that we have platforms and we both talked about more than anything wanting to educate. Theres some things we have in common and maybe some things you differ on, just like any issues. I think its how you handle things, and so it was nice to be in person for sure.Although Reeve and Cunningham appeared to have a respectful conversation, the intensity of the online discourse is a different story.READ MORE:Violence Has No Place at Sporting Events: Fans React as Sophie Cunningham Fan Gets Assaulted by Protester for Trans RightsJason Whitlock Claims Manufactured Sophie Cunningham-Trans Controversy Was Part of Ratings PushCollege Sports Network has you covered with the latest news, analysis, insights, and trending stories in college football, mens college basketball, womens college basketball, and college baseball!

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