The U.S. Tennis Association said Tuesday it will allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete at the U.S. Open this year.
Why it matters: The decision makes USTA an outlier among sports federations, including the International Tennis Federation, who have banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions in the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier this year.
A Russian court extended American basketball star Brittney Griner's detention for a second time on Tuesday, meaning she will remain in custody until at least July 2, according to Russian state media.
Why it matters: Griner has been in pre-trial detention since she was detained at a Moscow-area airport in February after authorities claimed that they found vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her luggage.
Driving the news: Williams has not played since last year's Wimbledon tournament, where she injured her right leg during the first round, per the New York Times.
The Isle of Man TT, the deadliest race on Earth, returned this weekend after two consecutive COVID cancellations. Sadly, so did the fatalities.
Driving the news: Five competitors died at this year's event, the second-most ever behind 1970 (six). Among them were Roger and Bradley Stockton, a father-son duo from England. Bradley was just 21.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are four wins away from hoisting their third straight Stanley Cup, a feat that hasn't been accomplished since Ronald Reagan was in the White House.
The big picture: Three-peats aren't just rare in the NHL. Only eight franchises have gone back-to-back-to-back in the history of the four major North American sports leagues, and it hasn't happened in 20 years.
Louis Jacques Wilguens, a delegate from Haiti to the Special Olympics in Florida, was reported missing the Osceola County Sheriff's Office reported on Sunday.
Driving the news: Wilguens is the latest person missing from the Haitian delegation, after six members of the delegation were reported missing last week.
