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Ragan Smith leads Oklahoma gymnastics to fifth national championship

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Oklahoma gymnastics captured the program’s fifth NCAA championship in eight years on Saturday, finishing ahead of Florida, Utah and Auburn with a score of 198.2.

Ragan smith clinched the title for the Sooners, scoring a 9.962 on beam during the final rotation to pull .112 points ahead of the Florida Gators.

Trinity Thomas did all she could for Florida, scoring a perfect 10 on floor to force Smith to pull out the best beam score of the day with the championship on the line.

The Sooners struggled early on in Saturday’s meet, with a season-low floor showing placing Oklahoma at the bottom of the leaderboard. A season-high vault performance and stellar rotation on bars, however, put the Sooners right back in the mix heading into the final rotation.

Oklahoma kept their composure on the balance beam to claim the NCAA title in dramatic fashion, capping off a historic season.

NWSL Expansion Team Bay FC Parts Ways with Head Coach Albertin Montoya

Bay FC head coach Albertin Montoya looks on before a 2025 NWSL match.
Head coach Albertin Montoya will depart Bay FC at the end of the 2025 NWSL season. (Lachlan Cunningham/NWSL via Getty Images)

Bay FC is shifting gears as the NWSL's 12th-place team's postseason hopes slip away, with the 2024 expansion side announcing a plan to part ways with inaugural head coach Albertin Montoya at the end of the 2025 season.

"I have so much love for these players, staff, and fans," Montoya said in Monday's club release. "We've built a culture and a style of play that I believe will compete for championships for years to come."

Brought on in 2023, Montoya led Bay FC to 11 victories in 2024, setting a league record for wins by an expansion team in its debut season.

Under Montoya, Bay FC also became just the second expansion club to qualify for the NWSL Playoffs in their inaugural campaign, but the team has fallen down the table this year amid accusations of fostering a toxic work environment.

The team also recently lost a high-profile player in Nigerian star Asisat Oshoala, who signed with Saudi Premier League side Al Hilal last week.

Bay Collective CEO Kay Cossington and club sporting director Matt Potter stated that they will work together to hire a replacement for Montoya prior to the 2026 NWSL season.

"Bay FC's startup phase is ending and we're moving to our next phase of growth," Bay FC chair Alan Waxman added in the team's statement.

WNBA MVP Race Comes Down to A’ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier, and Alyssa Thomas

Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson drives to the basket past Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier during a 2025 WNBA game.
Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson and Minnesota Lynx standout Napheesa Collier lead the 2025 WNBA MVP race. (David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images)

The best and brightest of the 2025 WNBA season have just one week left to pad their resumes ahead of the league's end-of-year awards — and the MVP race is tighter than ever.

Unanimous 2024 MVP A'ja Wilson has emerged as the season's hottest hand post-All-Star break, with the No. 3 Las Vegas Aces powerhouse facing competition from No. 1 Minnesota Lynx standout Napheesa Collier and No. 4 Phoenix Mercury star Alyssa Thomas.

Posting a near-50-40-90 efficiency through the first half of 2025, Collier appeared to be the consensus WNBA MVP frontrunner, but Wilson gained speed in the race after the Lynx leader suffered an early-August ankle injury.

With Collier on the bench, Wilson outpaced the Lynx star to top the WNBA in both points (23.8) and blocks per game (2.2) while sitting second in average rebounds (10.1).

Wilson also owns this season's head-to-head advantage, scoring 31 points to Collier's 12 in Las Vegas' 97-87 victory over Minnesota last week.

Thomas is also making history this year, leading the WNBA in assists per game (9.2) while extending her league-record career triple-double tally to 18 by posting a single-season record of seven on the season so far.

"She's going to rebound, she's going to dish, she's going to score, she's going to defend. I think that's the definition of MVP," Phoenix veteran DeWanna Bonner said about Thomas this week.

How to watch the 2025 WNBA MVP frontrunners on Tuesday

Wilson, Collier, and Thomas will all put a stamp on their seasons this week, hitting Tuesday's court before wrapping up the 2025 WNBA regular-season on Thursday.

Collier and the No. 1 Lynx will contend with the No. 7 Indiana Fever at 7:30 PM ET on Tuesday, with live coverage airing on ESPN.

Both Wilson's No. 3 Aces and Thomas's No. 4 Mercury will be in action at 10 PM ET, as Las Vegas takes on the No. 12 Chicago Sky on WNBA League Pass while Phoenix faces the No. 9 LA Sparks, airing live on NBA TV.

Unrivaled 3×3 Increases Valuation to $340 Million After Series B Funding Round

Mist star Breanna Stewart lays up a shot during a 2025 Unrivaled game.
A new investment round values co-founder Breanna Stewart's Unrivaled 3x3 Basketball league at $340 million. (Rich Storry/Getty Images)

Business is booming for Unrivaled 3×3 Basketball, with Monday's Series B investment round valuing the upstart offseason league at $340 million — a 10-fold increase over its initial May 2024 valuation.

Founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier in 2023, Unrivaled's most recent investors include Serena Ventures, Warner Bros. Discovery, and soccer legend Alex Morgan's Trybe Ventures, as well as buy-ins from NBA players Trae Young, Franz Wagner, and Moritz Wagner plus sports executive Sam Rapoport.

With $35 million raised well ahead of tip-off, the competition's 2025 inaugural season reportedly came close to breaking even via TV and sponsorship deals — even while paying the highest average salaries in women's team sports.

"Because we outperformed our revenue expectations in season one by almost doubling it, it allows us to move a bit quicker," Unrivaled president Alex Bazzell told ESPN following the league's valuation increase on Monday.

Unrivaled is planning to use some of the new funding to expand its Miami venue, building out a new practice court alongside 150 additional spectator seats.

As the league prepares for its second season, the 3×3 venture anticipates turning a profit in 2026, all while increasing pay and equity for participating players.

"[Players] are largely majority shareholders," Bazzell said. "They are going to reap the benefits of these growing valuations."

Aryna Sabalenka Wins US Open Final, Becomes 1st Repeat Champion in 11 Years

World No. 1 tennis player Aryna Sabalenka poses with her 2025 US Open trophy.
World No. 1 tennis star Aryna Sabalenka won her first 2025 Grand Slam with her US Open championship win on Saturday. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Aryna Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam of the 2025 WTA season on Saturday, with the world No. 1 defeating then-No. 9 Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6(3) to claim the US Open trophy — the final Slam of the year.

"To bring the fight and be able to handle my emotions the way I did in this final, it means a lot," Sabalenka said following the match. "I'm super proud right now of myself."

After successfully defending her 2024 US Open title — and claiming tennis's top 2025 paycheck in the process — Sabalenka is now the tournament's first repeat champion since 2014, when Serena Williams claimed a third straight trophy at the New York Slam.

The 27-year-old narrowly avoided a Slam-less year, going without a trophy despite reaching both the Australian Open and French Open finals as well as the Wimbledon semifinals.

"I think because of the finals earlier this season, this one felt different," Sabalenka said. "All of those lessons are making me tougher, tougher, and tougher."

As for Anisimova, the US rising star added a new career-high WTA ranking alongside her second straight Grand Slam final appearance on her 2025 resume, rising to world No. 4 in Monday's update.

Also earning a noticeable bump on Monday was Japanese star Naomi Osaka, who clocked in at No. 14 after a stellar Grand Slam comeback run to the 2025 US Open semifinals.

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