Tess Amundsen (15), a 6-foot-1 forward, averaged 19 points per game for the Monarcas of Juana Díaz last season. All-Star import forward led Monarcas’ offense last season By THE STAR STAFF The Monarcas of Juana Díaz of the Women’s Superior National Basketball (BSNF by its initials in Spanish) league officially announced the return of import player Tess Amundsen, who joins Imani McGee on the roster in the upcoming season. Amundsen, a native of Fresno, California, was one of the

By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rican Basketball League (LBP by its initials in Spanish) will hold its inaugural LBP Draft Combine, an initiative bringing together more than 150 players from various regions of Puerto Rico for evaluation by franchise owners and coaching staffs. This event is part of a new model designed to strengthen the player selection process ahead of the upcoming season. The combine will take place Sept. 13-17 across the East, South, North, and West regions,

A man dances in the crowd during Coco Gauff’s match against Paula Badosa of Spain on Day Five of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. Social media stars are only a symptom of a larger issue that concerns many longtime fans: the massive growth of the U.S. Open. (Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times) By DAVID WALDSTEIN With much of the world’s ire currently focused on social media influencers at the U.S. Open, Naomi Osaka, the Japanese tennis

The fifth edition of the “Shaping Future Baseball Players” (“Formando Peloteros del Futuro”) sports clinic took place at the Ballajá sector park in Arecibo’s Sabana Hoyos neighborhood, where students from the Segunda Unidad Cayetano Coll y Toste school learned and strengthened fundamental skills. (Israel Morales) By THE STAR STAFF As part of municipal initiatives aimed at community and sports development, the fifth edition of the “Shaping Future Baseball Players” (“Formando P

Toa Baja Mayor Bernardo Márquez García, center Toa Baja seeks to host event in 2030 By THE STAR STAFF Carlos Guzmán, secretary general of the Puerto Rico Athletics Federation (FAPUR by its acronym in Spanish), announced late last week that six athletes from the island will compete Sept. 19-20 at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. While there, the athletes will also promote Toa Baja’s bid to host the championship in 2030. “We arrive in Denmark with a

Charlie Pasarell was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 1976. (Facebook via Golden Age Of Tennis Clubhouse) By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com For all the glory that tennis great Charlie Pasarell gained on the court, the Puerto Rican-born member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame best remembers the lessons taught to him by his family, fellow competitors and mentors off the court, and how he turned those lessons into opportunities to serve others. In fact, the title of h

Victor Wembanyama of France during the men’s basketball gold medal match between the U.S. and France during the Paris Summer Olympics at Bercy Arena, in Paris, Aug. 10, 2024. “[T]here is a stark difference between the Wembanyama of today and the one of 2024. Before the Olympics, he was an emerging face in French sports rather than a household name. That appears to be changing fast,” The Athletic’s Jared Weiss writes. (James Hill/The New York Times) By JARED WEISS / THE ATHLET

Ketel Marte’s walk-off homer, which gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a split of their home series with the Los Angeles Dodgers in early June, was one of the most dramatic moments of the Diamondbacks’ season, and perfectly encapsulated why team officials refuse to give up on him. (Instagram via dbacks) By KEN ROSENTHAL / THE ATHLETIC Ketel Marte turned toward the Arizona Diamondbacks’ dugout, flipped his bat and shook his head with the tiniest of smiles, as if to say, “Don’t mess

Lionel Messi (10) of Argentina runs with the ball as Álex Baena (15) of Spain runs after him during the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., July 19, 2026. Messi’s retirement from the national soccer team, though widely expected, sparked fears of a diminished squad, and heartbreak over the departure of a national icon. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times) By EMMA BUBOLA They had hoped he would stay forever. When Lionel Messi announced earlier th

Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams players contest a NFL Wildcard game, at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Jan. 10, 2026. At least one in four of all the people who have played in the NFL might expect to end up with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a study of hundreds of cases over a recent six-year period. Researchers say the actual prevalence may be much higher. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times) By JOHN BRANCH Since the degenerative brain disea