Clare Brennan
Oct 18, 2021
Megan Eugenio, aka “Overtime Megan” is joining forces with Overtime, a multidimensional sports lifestyle brand, to drop her first-ever apparel collection.
The line, which dropped Oct.17, is visually inspired by the butterfly and includes t-shirts, sweatpants, sweatshirts, butterfly necklaces, and stickers.
A junior at Sacred Heart University studying sports marketing and media, Eugenio boasts 2.4 million followers across Instagram and TikTok. She uses her platform to create daily sports-related content, whether that’s taking viewers behind-the-scenes of the biggest events in sports or interviewing NBA star Kevin Durant.
The 22-year-old also teamed up with Overtime for the 2020 election, producing a series encouraging her followers to get out and vote.
Items from the Megan’s Very Own collection are available on Overtime’s shop page.
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Emma Hruby
Jun 4, 2024
TheCommissioner's Cupreturns to the WNBAfor a fourth season this month, and it arrives with aslightly new look.
The 2023 champion New York Liberty got their repeat quest off to a comfortable start on Sunday with a 104-68 win over Indiana. Joining them are Connecticut, Phoenix and Minnesota who have all gotten off to winning starts, while Indiana is 1-1 in Cup play.
This year’s Cup schedule is slightly condensed, with games taking place from June 1st to the 13th. The final will then be played on June 25th, with the team with the best overall record in Cup play acting as hosts.
While some things about the tournament remain the same — like all games also counting toward the regular season win-loss record — there have beensome changes. Previously, teams played 10 qualifying games, but the new format now has teams playing just five throughout the Cup. And during qualifying games, each team plays against in-conference opponents once.
The WNBA alsounveiled a new ballspecifically designed for the tournament, described in a statement as "a step forward in making our in-season tournament a distinct and recognizable WNBA tentpole."
Similar to past tournaments, Cup teams will play for a $500,000 prize pool, which amounts to around $45,000 per player. The championship game MVP will also receive a bonus.
Each team will also sponsor a nonprofit organization invested in social justice work, with money set to be donated at the conclusion of the Cup. This new charity component is intended to "highlight civic engagement efforts, with an emphasis on the impact of voting on reproductive health matters within communities of color and the LGBTQ+ community."
While the Liberty are looking to capture back-to-back Cups, achieving a repeat is no easy feat. Last year, the 2022 Commissioner's Cup-winning Aces lost in the championship while Seattle, who won the inaugural Cup in 2021, haven’t been back to the championship since.
Commissioner's Cup schedule
Saturday, June 1st
- Indiana Fever 71, Chicago Sky 70
Sunday, June 2nd
- Connecticut Sun 69, Atlanta Dream 50
- Phoenix Mercury 87, Los Angeles Sparks 68
- New York Liberty 104, Indiana Fever 68
- Minnesota Lynx 87, Dallas Wings 76
Tuesday, June 4th
- Washington Mystics at Connecticut Sun — 7 PM ET on League Pass
- New York Liberty at Chicago Sky —7 PM ET on NBA TV
- Phoenix Mercury at Seattle Storm — 10 PM ET on CBS Sports Network
Wednesday, June 5th
- Las Vegas Aces at Dallas Wings — 8 PM ET on NBA TV
- Minnesota Lynx at Los Angeles Sparks — 10 PM ET on League Pass
Thursday, June 6th
- Chicago Sky at Washington Mystics — 7 PM ET on Amazon Prime
- New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream — 7:30 PM ET on League Pass
Friday, June 7th
- Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics — 7:30 PM ET on ION
- Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces — 10 PM ET on ION
- Dallas Wings at Los Angeles Sparks — 10 PM ET on ION
- Minnesota Lynx at Phoenix Mercury — 10 PM ET on- ION
Saturday, June 8th
- New York Liberty at Connecticut Sun — 1 PM ET on ABC
- Atlanta Dream at Chicago Sky — 5 PM ET on NBA TV
Sunday, June 9th
- Washington Mystics at New York Liberty — 3 PM ET on League Pass
- Phoenix Mercury at Dallas Wings — 4 PM ET on League Pass
- Seattle Storm at Minnesota Lynx — 7 PM ET on League Pass
- Las Vegas Aces at Los Angeles Sparks — 9 PM ET on League Pass
Monday, June 10th
- Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun — 7 PM ET on NBA TV
Tuesday, June 11th
- Washington Mystics at Atlanta Dream — 7:30 PM ET on League Pass
- Minnesota Lynx at Las Vegas Aces — 10 PM ET on NBA TV
- Los Angeles Sparks at Seattle Storm — 10 PM ET on League Pass
Wednesday, June 12th
- Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky — 7 PM ET on League Pass
Thursday, June 13th
- Atlanta Dream at Indiana Fever — 7 PM ET on ESPN 3
- Seattle Storm at Dallas Wings — 7 PM ET on ESPN
- Las Vegas Aces at Phoenix Mercury — 10 PM ET on Amazon Prime
Emma Hruby
Jun 4, 2024
The French Open semifinals will feature a familiar battle, with Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek set to square off on Thursday.
Gauff mounted a comeback win against Ons Jabeur in this morning's quarterfinal match, winning 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, while Swiatek easily took care of Marketa Vondrousova 6-0, 6-2.
"She was playing really well the whole match. She was hitting a lot of winners on me, which is something I'm not used to against anybody," Gauff said after the match. "So today I was just trying to just be aggressive toward the end.
"[Ons Jabeur] is a tough opponent and she's well loved on tour," she added. "I could tell by the crowd today — I know you guys wanted her to win. Honestly, whenever she's not playing [me], I cheer for her, too.”
It's Gauff's third semi in three consecutive majors, with Gauff and Swiatek the only two active players under 26 with more than two Grand Slam semifinals under their belts.
Gauff and Swiatek have met at the French Open before, having most recently faced each other in the tournament's 2022 final. But Swiatek has took 10 out of 11 matches against Gauff — including a 6-4, 6-3 win in the semifinals of the Italian Open last month.
"Coco is not easy. She really likes playing on clay, especially here," Swiatek told ESPN after today's quarterfinals. "I'll just focus on myself and I'll prepare tactically and we'll see."
For her part, Swiatek is lookingfor herfourth French Open titleand fifth Grand Slam overall.
Some have started calling the 23-year-old the "Queen of Clay" — a moniker she hasn't been quick to embrace.
"I think it is too early for me… Comparing me to [Rafael Nadal], I don't think I am at that level yet. I still have many things to prove," Swiatek said late last month.
Emma Hruby
Jun 3, 2024
LPGA tour standouts Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson missed the cut at the US Women’s Open this past weekend as World No. 6 golfer Yuka Saso picked up her second title at the major.
After posting a first-round 80 — which included a 10 on a par-3 — Korda followed it up with a 70 on the second day. The back-to-back disappointments ended the chances for the World No. 1, who had been an overwhelming favorite going into the tournament.
"I knew it was going to be a tough day," Korda told reporters afterwards. "Try to give it my all, you know that’s what I try to do with every round. I had nothing to lose, and that was my mentality — just kind of go for it."
World No. 1 Nelly Korda missed the cut at the US Women’s Open Friday, on a day when Lexi Thompson made her final appearance in the competition after also failing to make it to the weekend.https://t.co/U2lCuas7Bk
— CNN Sports (@cnnsport) June 1, 2024
Joining Korda in missing the cut was longtime US front-runner Lexi Thompson. Thompson was competing in her 18th consecutive US Women’s Open, announcing beforehand that this would be her final season competing professionally.
"Minus the golf, it was amazing," Thompson said of her recent US Women's Open performance. "It wasn’t the golf that I wanted to play, obviously… to see all the fans out there, just to hear their chants, made me smile, every single shot even though I kept on bogeying."
"It’s meant the world to me," she added. "I’m so blessed and grateful for the family that I have… Going into the week I knew it was going to be a big week. To have my family and friends and the amount of fans that were out there this week, that’s what we want."
Fellow American Rose Zhang, ranked No. 6 in the world, was another big name on the cut list.
For Saso, however, the week was a banner one. At just 22 years old, the Philippine-born Japan national is a two-time major champion, winning both titles at the US Women’s Open. She’s the youngest two-time champion in the event's history.
"I definitely had a little doubt if I can win again," she told reporters following the victory. "It just makes it special because after a long wait — I wasn't expecting to win the US Women's Open. Every time, last time, too, I wasn't expecting it, and this time, too, I wasn't expecting it."
Emma Hruby
Jun 3, 2024
Simone Biles took home a ninth All-Around title at the US Championships this weekend, extending her own record and setting the scene for a possibly dominant Olympics run.
Biles also won all four individual apparatus events she competed in: Floor, Beam, Vault, and Uneven Bars. Following the meet, Biles said she "couldn’t be more proud."
"I couldn’t be more proud of how I’m doing this time in the year and just gaining that confidence over and over, getting myself back in front of a crowd and just doing what I do in practice," Biles told the NBC broadcast on Sunday.
A 37-time world and Olympic medalist, Biles automatically qualified for the Olympic trials with her win. A third-straight Summer Games is now firmly within sight for Biles, who suffered from a mental block at the Tokyo Olympics that pulled her from the All-Around competition.
Biles took two years off from gymnastics after the Tokyo Games, emphasizing her ability to have fun as an essential component of her success.
"It took a lot mentally and physically to just trust my gymnastics again and most importantly trust myself," Biles said at a news conference after Sunday's competition. "I think that was the hardest part after Tokyo is I didn't trust myself to do gymnastics.
"Everyone says I look like I’m having fun, so that’s good because I feel like most of the time if I’m not stressing or having anxiety, I do feel like I’m having fun."
The reigning World Champion, the 27-year-old is once again looking like a front-runner to win the All-Around gold medal.
"Now, having gone to two Olympics, each one gets a little bit more stressful because I know exactly what to expect," she said. "I know exactly what I expect from myself."
Even amidst her dominance, Biles took the time to encourage her fellow competitors. Following a fall by Suni Lee, Biles offered up words of support to her former Olympic teammate, saying she knew exactly what Lee was going through.
"I dealt with that in Tokyo," Biles said Sunday. "I just knew that she needed some encouragement and somebody to trust her gymnastics for her and to believe in her, so that’s exactly what I did."
"I don’t think I could have done it without her," Lee said about Biles after the meet. "She’s been one of my biggest inspirations for a long time. I know that we’re kind of teammates and competitors, but she’s somebody that I look up to."
