Gabriela Dabrowski, a three-time Grand Slam doubles champion, an Olympics mixed doubles medalist and the WTA Tour Finals women’s doubles champion has revealed that she played through a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment throughout the 2024 tennis season.

“How can something so small cause such a big problem? This is the question I asked myself when I was diagnosed with breast cancer back in mid-April,” Dabrowski, 32, wrote on Instagram.

Dabrowski found a lump in her left breast in spring 2023, but a doctor told her not to be concerned a few months later, she said. In spring 2024, a WTA doctor advised her to undergo a mammogram, before a biopsy confirmed the cancer diagnosis. She underwent two surgeries and a series of recovery treatments all while continuing to play tennis, and took a “slight delay in further treatment” to compete at Wimbledon and the Olympics. She reached the women’s doubles final at Wimbledon with partner Erin Routliffe, where they lost to Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend, before she won the bronze medal in mixed doubles for Canada with Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Dabrowski ended the season by winning the WTA Tour Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with Routliffe, taking home over £800,000 between them. During the tournament, Dabrowski hit pink tennis balls — designed to raise awareness for breast cancer — into the crowd, having not yet made her diagnosis public.

“Over time, I began to recognize I was a part of something much bigger than myself,” she said of deciding to share her diagnosis.

“Currently I’m in a place where I have a better grasp of my treatment, side effects and how to manage them. Please know I am fully aware of how lucky I am as well, because many do not get the luxury of being able to tell their story at all.”

Dabrowski, the current world No. 3 in doubles, won her first Grand Slam title in 2017. In winning the French Open mixed doubles title with Rohan Bopanna, she became the first Canadian woman to win a Grand Slam title. She then won the 2018 Australian Open mixed doubles with Mate Pavic, before she and Routliffe won their first Grand Slam title at the 2023 U.S. Open. She has 17 career doubles titles.

Dabrowski added that the experience had changed her approach to tennis. “If you saw me smiling more on court in the past 6 months, it was genuine. That wasn’t always the case.

“While I have been actively working on improving my attitude for many years through therapy and other guidance, my cancer diagnosis was the catalyst for more sustained change. When the threat of losing everything I’d worked for my entire life became a real possibility, only then did I begin to authentically appreciate what I had.

“Loving parents and friends, amazing coaches, a doubles partner who stuck by me, a real team, access to health care experts, and to play a game for a living.”

(Top photo: Artur Widak / NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill weighed in on the postponement of the Sugar Bowl game after a deadly attack in New Orleans on Wednesday.

Murrill told NBC News that she believes the game should be postponed to Friday. The game has been pushed back just one day to Thursday afternoon so far. 

“Not my decision, but I would like to see it delayed at least another day. If they asked my opinion, I would tell them that,” Murrill said. “I think that it was wise to delay it at least a day. This is an active crime scene, and they just finished removing some of the bodies, and they still haven’t removed all of them. I still think we need to wait an extra day.”

Murrill added that she believes the community is “safe,” regardless. The number of victims killed in the Bourbon Street attack has risen to 15, Fox News has learned.

The game is currently set to be played less than 24 hours later than its initial start time, despite the attack. The Allstate Sugar Bowl organization announced that the game will start at 3 p.m. local time (4 p.m. ET) on Thursday. The game was initially set to kick off on 8:45 p.m. ET on Wednesday night, and earlier reports indicated the game would be postponed 24 hours. 

The Superdome is located just a mile away from the site of Wednesday morning’s deadly attack. Georgia and Notre Dame arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and were reportedly staying in hotels just blocks away from the crime scene. According to reports, both schools implemented a “shelter in place” order for their teams. 

According to a statement from the FBI, a man driving a Ford pickup truck drove into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street at around 3:15 a.m. local time. The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, exchanged gunfire with local law enforcement before being pronounced dead at the scene. 

The FBI is currently working to determine “the subject’s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations,” after an ISIS flag was found in the truck. Weapons and a potential IED were located inside the suspect’s vehicle, and other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter. 

New Orleans FBI’s Alethea Duncan noted during a press conference on Wednesday that the FBI does not believe that Din Jabbar was “solely responsible” for the act. 

NOTRE DAME CALLS ON FANS TO ‘JOIN US IN PRAYER’ FOLLOWING APPARENT TERROR ATTACK AHEAD OF SUGAR BOWL

The decision to postpone the game just one day after the attack prompted mixed responses from fans and pundits on social media. 

Conservative commentator John Ziegler also expressed disagreement with the postponement in a post on X.

“This is wrong. Postponing the Sugar Bowl one day will not do anything to bring back those who lost their lives, or make the game any safer. In fact, [it] gives the terrorists exactly what they wanted. We have become SO soft as a society in nearly every way,” Ziegler wrote. 

“The ‘you can never be too safe’ people seem to pretend that there are no residential costs for postponing an event of the magnitude of the Sugar Bowl. Tens of thousands of people have traveled to New Orleans with no hotel for tomorrow night, or flight reservations for Friday.”

Meanwhile, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy disagreed with those who have criticized postponing the game, insinuating that those people are “idiots.” 

“Ok so it is postponed. And the people saying moving it 24 hours lets the terrorist win are idiots. It’s [one] day. Secure the area. Do what ya gotta do. Delaying a game 24 hours isn’t letting them win,” Portnoy wrote on X.

Police and EMS vehicles respond to a mass casualty incident reported on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025. (WVUE)

Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley released a statement sending thoughts and prayers to all the victims of the attack, while thanking those who have accommodated the new start time. 

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families as we work through this,” said Jeff Hundley, the chief executive officer of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. “We have full faith and confidence in the governor and the mayor and all the federal, state, and local first-responders that they’ve applied to this horrific event. Any time we have an event like the Sugar Bowl, public safety is paramount, and all parties involved agree that could only be achieved with a postponement. Now we will move ahead to take care of the details to make the Sugar Bowl the first-class, fun, and safe event that it has been for over 90 years.”
 
“On behalf of the College Football Playoff, we are devastated by this morning’s attack, and our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of those affected by this tragedy,” said Rich Clark, the executive director of the College Football Playoff. “We are grateful to the leadership of the Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, the State of Louisiana and federal authorities as we work together to ensure we can provide a safe environment for everyone. We are also appreciative of ESPN’s flexibility in moving the game to tomorrow afternoon.”

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

One was clutch. The other was acrobatic.

Both of Derius Davis’ touchdown catches have been electrifying.

The second-year receiver has sparked the Chargers’ offense at just the right time with the first two touchdown catches of his career. Heading into their regular-season finale against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, the Chargers (10-6) have clinched a playoff berth behind two consecutive wins with 74 combined points in the victories.

Davis has 60 of his 107 yards receiving in the last two weeks. His total from the last two games almost exceeded his output from his rookie season, when he finished with 66 yards and made the majority of his impact on special teams as the NFL’s leading punt returner.

Davis averaged 16 yards per punt return last year with one returned for a touchdown. This season he’s helped flip the field on kick returns, averaging 27.6 yards compared to 22 last year.

“He’s one of those guys that just has a knack at being a spark, being a tone setter,” coach Jim Harbaugh said.

“There’s times it just comes like a bolt. A bolt of lightning.”

Davis’ twisting touchdown catch in the fourth quarter against the Denver Broncos in Week 16 helped the Chargers grab control of their playoff hopes in a pivotal divisional game. The Chargers took the lead on Davis’ touchdown, surging back from an 11-point, first-half deficit.

Fellow receiver Quentin Johnston recognized the importance of Davis’ play against the Broncos, but was more impressed by his former Texas Christian teammate’s diving catch in the first quarter against the New England Patriots on Saturday.

Davis reached a full stretch in the air to reel in a 23-yard touchdown catch. He lunged, grabbed the ball by his fingertips, then tucked it away as he’ fell to the ground.

“Just perfect technique,” Johnston said.

Davis didn’t even realize he had left his feet for the play until he watched a replay. He even had to crack a smile.

“Touchdowns are hard to come by in this league,” Davis said. “So you, for sure, gotta pat yourself on the back.”

Davis waited patiently for the breakthrough moment. He was a first-team All-American punt returner at TCU and won the 2022 Jet Award, which honors the nation’s top returner.

After training camp, Harbaugh predicted that the fourth-round pick would have a larger role on offense this season, but Davis didn’t catch any passes for the first four games. He made brief cameos out of the backfield with three rushes for 17 yards, getting opportunities on screen passes or jet sweeps.

But with leading receiver Ladd McConkey and tight end Will Dissly nursing injuries in recent weeks, Davis’ role has grown.

“Whether it’s handing him the ball or throwing to him, we just got to find a good way to get him the ball,” quarterback Justin Herbert said. “Because, as we’ve seen, whether it’s punt returns or whether it’s catching it, and whether it’s out of the backfield, he makes people miss.”

Gilman designated for return to action

The Chargers opened the 21-day practice window for safety Alohi Gilman, who has missed the last five games while on injured reserve.

The 27-year-old’s return is especially key for the secondary as fellow safety Elijah Molden went on IR Wednesday because of a broken fibula he suffered Saturday against the Patriots.

Gilman has 47 tackles and one interception.

Etc.

Kicker Cameron Dicker was named the AFC special teams player of the week Tuesday, earning the honor after hitting four field goals and four extra points against the Patriots. His 16 points were the most for any kicker in Week 17. He has set a career best and a single-season franchise record with 35 field goals. … McConkey (toe) and fellow receiver Joshua Palmer (heel) did not practice Wednesday, along with running back Gus Edwards (ankle) and defensive lineman Poona Ford (elbow).