Donna Kelce is the latest family member to make her mark on the world of entertainment, cameoing in two upcoming Hallmark Christmas movies that, naturally, are football-themed. True to form, she won’t be playing favorites between her sons, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and recently retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce. “Holiday Touchdown:…
Tom Brady may be the best quarterback ever, but he isn’t universally admired. The NFL great got serenaded on Monday with an obscene jeer as he attended a British soccer match between Birmingham City, of which he owns a 3.3% stake, and the Wrexham squad, owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Click here…
“Best moment of Tom Brady’s young broadcasting career just happened.”
Stephen A. Smith is standing behind his ESPN “First Take” co-host, NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, who sparked a media frenzy this week after he said he inadvertently livestreamed audio of himself engaging in a sex act. Smith addressed the incident on his YouTube show on Friday, declaring that Sharpe told the truth when…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said Wednesday he will not endorse either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, even as the former president continued to call Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, a supporter of his campaign. “I don’t want my place and my platform to be used to endorse a candidate or do…
Rob Gronkowski said Tom Brady performed like a rookie in his Fox NFL broadcasting premiere last week and has a lot to improve on. (Watch the video below.) While many would agree with the tight end great, one couldn’t blame Gronk if he had gone totally easy on his friend and former teammate after they…
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark declared that the “biggest thing to do” is to register to vote after she “liked” Taylor Swift’s social media post endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week. Swift, who has over 284 million followers, seemingly caused a spike in visits to the federal government’s voter information page after a…
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left Thursday night against Buffalo because of a concussion after colliding with Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin and hitting the back of his head against the turf. Tagovailoa, who has a history of dealing with head injuries, remained down for about two minutes before getting…
Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe quickly resorted to the playbook of blaming hackers for a sex act being transmitted live on his Instagram Wednesday. But he confessed later in the day that he accidentally activated Instagram Live while he was engaging in intimate “activity.” The clip is basically audio because the camera is…
LOS ANGELES — The NFL averaged 21.0 million viewers per game during the league’s opening week, making it the most-watched Week 1 on record. The league and Nielsen said Wednesday morning that the per-game average on TV and digital platforms was a 12% increase over last year. Nielsen began electronic measurement of viewing in 1988.…
PARIS — French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday. Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack “Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris” during the July 26-Aug. 11 Olympic competition.…
Seth Meyers on Monday looked at the pattern that’s now played out on multiple occasions in which Donald Trump says something offensive and then Republicans go on TV to beg him to focus on policy. But there’s “no way” those Republicans “actually believe” what they’re saying, said the “Late Night” comedian. That’s because they know…
Aaron Rodgers’ expression after a play went awry Monday night had fans calling out his “struggle face” on social media. The New York Jets quarterback, playing for the first time since he tore his Achilles tendon in his debut with the team a year ago, was rusty in a 32-19 loss to the San Francisco…
Tom Brady, who won seven Super Bowls as a quarterback, notched a super clunky moment early in his debut Sunday as an NFL analyst for Fox. (Watch the video below.) In the first half of the Dallas Cowboys-Cleveland Browns game, play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt introduced rules expert Mike Pereira. Brady reached out for a fist…
U.S. soccer icon Alex Morgan walked off the field for the final time on Sunday, tearfully embracing other players and ceremoniously pulling off her cleats to exit as the crowd cheered. (Watch the video below.) Morgan won World Cups with the U.S. women’s team in 2015 and 2019, as well as an Olympic gold medal…
Tyreek Hill, a wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins, was detained by police on Sunday on his way to Hard Rock Stadium to play the Jacksonville Jaguars. Rosenhaus said Hill still plans to play in Sunday’s season opener. “This morning, WR Tyreek Hill was pulled over for a traffic incident about one block from the…
France’s Dimitri Pavadé represented his home country in a big way after coming out as gay just days following his fourth-place finish in men’s long jump at the Paralympics in Paris. Pavadé, who won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games, returned to the men’s long jump T64 classification final on Wednesday, where he…
PARIS (AP) — One month after Tara Davis-Woodhall’s Olympic title in the long jump, her husband Hunter Woodhall, a double amputee, won his own Paralympic gold medal Friday at the Stade de France. Davis-Woodhall’s rush into the stands for a celebratory hug from her husband became a viral moment during the Olympics, and the roles…
Matt Stutzman, who is better known as the “Armless Archer,” is certainly, uh, creative. The Team USA Paralympian won gold in the Para Archery men’s individual compound open event and set a new Paralympic record (for the elimination rounds) of 149 points at the Paris Paralympic Games on Monday. Stutzman celebrates his victory in the…
Richardson, who did win gold in the 4×100 relay at the Summer Games, had hoped for an individual storybook triumph at the Olympics because she missed out on Tokyo in 2021 over a positive marijuana test. But she settled for silver against Alfred. In her first 100-meter race since the Paris Games, Richardson found plenty…
Ali Truwit “swam for her life, and now she swam onto the podium,” an NBC announcer said just seconds after the women’s 400-meter free S10 final. And honestly, we couldn’t have said it any better. Truwit, who lost her leg during a shark attack last year, won silver in her debut at the 2024 Paris…
Paris (AP) — Like many other athletes, Justin Phongsavanh has a take on the chocolate muffins at the Paralympic Village. “It doesn’t get much better than that,” said Phongsavanh, a U.S. Paralympian and bronze medalist in the seated javelin throw. However, Phongsavanh and other Paralympians can’t live on muffins alone. They and their dietary teams…
PARIS (AP) — After an early workout session at Team USA’s high-performance center at the Paralympics, Noelle Lambert spots Jarryd Wallace by the side of the track. Loaded down with bags and a full-leg prosthetic, she stops to tell him that she’s switching blades. The new, softer one she trained with earlier in the day…
Talk about turning a loss into a win. Italian Paralympic sprinter Alessandro Ossola got engaged to his partner, Arianna Mandaradoni, at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. The sweet moment occurred after Ossola was eliminated in the men’s 100-meter T63 race at the Stade de France on Sunday. Ossola, 36, came in fifth place, but won over…
Australian runner Jaryd Clifford said he’s “shattered” he was disqualified from the Paralympics men’s T13 5000-meter final for vision-impaired athletes after crossing the finish line in third place over the weekend. “I’m absolutely devastated that we made such a critical mistake out there today,” Clifford wrote on Instagram. “Remaining tethered is a fundamental rule in…
PARIS (AP) — A soft voice from the loudspeaker reminds the restless crowd: “Shhh. Shhh.” Suddenly, spectators fall silent and even the slightest noise echoes through the Eiffel Tower Stadium. Fans pack the stadium, but at times, it is hard to tell. This type of ambiance is unthinkable in most sports venues, but especially in…
PARIS (AP) — Paralympic triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday have been postponed because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall, organizers said. The 11 para triathlon events are now scheduled for Monday, if upcoming water testing allows, the Paris 2024 organizing committee and World Triathlon said in a…
PARIS (AP) — The United States women’s goalball team failed to qualify for the Paralympics for the first time since 1984. But two-time Paralympic medalist Eliana Mason is still in Paris. This time, Mason is sitting in the stands supporting her fiancé, Calahan Young, the captain of the United States’ men’s team. “She’s putting on…
PARIS (AP) — The United States’ men’s goalball team recorded its first victory of the 2024 Paralympics with a tight 5-4 victory over France on Saturday. An arena full of fans supported the French team loudly with flags and chants, but the Americans held off a comeback late in the second half. Three-time U.S. Paralympian…
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — For Ukrainian volleyball player and infantry officer Dmytro Melnyk, coming to Paris to compete at the Paralympic Games has come at a cost. He had to leave behind his platoon of 35 soldiers on the front lines of the war against Russia. Unable to call them for news because “they’re in…
Spanish para triathlete Lionel Morales Gonzalez asked his girlfriend Jes to marry him at the Paris Paralympics in a video shared Thursday. (Watch it below.) As a crowd gathered at the Paralympic Village, he kneeled, opened the ring box and got a yes, prompting global congratulations when the Games shared his moment on social media.…
PARIS (AP) — Zakia Khudadadi made history on Thursday at the Paris Paralympics by becoming the first athlete from the Refugee Paralympic Team to win a medal. Khudadadi won bronze in the women’s 47kg Taekwondo category after defeating Turkey’s Ekinci Nurcihan. When the final buzzer sounded at the Grand Palais in central Paris, Khudadadi erupted…
During Wednesday’s opening ceremony, French organizers wanted everyone who was watching to be well aware that the Phryges — the smiling, red revolutionary hats that some feel resemble a part of the female anatomy — were back for the Paralympic games by having a car decorated with oodles of them drive up during the opening…
American swimmer Christie Raleigh Crossley started her Paralympics career with a bang on Thursday, breaking a world record in a heat. “Welcome to the show!” the broadcaster said as the Paris Games began the first full day of competition after the opening ceremony. The Associated Press previously reported that Raleigh Crossley experienced partial paralysis from…
LeBron James bounced around some ideas for how his son, Bronny James, can address him while the two are working in their official capacity as Los Angeles Lakers teammates — and calling him “Dad” isn’t one of them. In a snippet posted on Tuesday for the forthcoming episode of his show “The Shop,” the NBA…
Some athletes will have one less worry as the Paralympics officially begin Wednesday in Paris: their body art. The Paralympics has dropped its ban on Olympics rings tattoos, ending an era in which Paralympians had to cover up their ink or perhaps face disqualification, The New York Times reported Friday. “Athletes with such tattoos do…
An X account that judges officiating has deemed a home plate umpire’s call Monday the worst on record. (Watch the video below.) Many who watched the clip agreed the call was horrendous, but some viewers figured umpire Scott Barry was merely trying to speed up a lopsided game. The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Rowdy Tellez, normally a…
If you’re still feeling the buzz from the Paris Olympics this summer, we have fantastic news for you: The Paralympic Games Paris will be held from 28 August to 8 September 2024, with over 11 days of competition. That’s right, 11 more days of watching world athletes compete in a range of sporting competitions back…
Olympian Simone Biles is making sure she has Jordan Chiles’ back as her USA Gymnastics teammate fights to get her bronze medal back. Biles, who has seven gold medals, said she’s been doing everything she can to support Chiles while she deals with the fallout from being stripped of her third-place win at the Paris…
David Fitzgerald / Sportsfile via Getty Images Though she did not name the club, Simone previously posted videos of the afterparty — featuring sparklers and confetti — which left her feeling wonderfully “unwell” the next day. If the location of the champers incident was at the same place, then one table alone can reportedly run…
U.S. women’s soccer player Lynn Williams says she now owns “the world’s most expensive coaster.” In a TikTok video posted on Thursday, the Olympian shared that her gold medal fell off its ribbon while she was celebrating Team USA’s fifth gold after defeating Brazil in the Paris Olympics earlier this month. Williams explained that the…
DALLAS (AP) — Nearly a century after Babe Ruth called his shot during the 1932 World Series, the jersey worn by the New York Yankees slugger when he hit the home run to center field could sell at auction for as much as $30 million. Heritage Auctions is offering up the jersey Saturday night in…
Former UFC champ Ronda Rousey has apologized for advancing a Sandy Hook conspiracy theory on social media over a decade ago, saying she “should have been canceled” for it. Rousey, who became the female face of UFC for defending her bantamweight title six times, issued a long mea culpa around 2 a.m. Eastern time Friday…
Baseball manager Rafael Valenzuela let the umpire know his calls were rubbish on Wednesday, carrying a trash can to home plate in protest. (Watch the video below.) Valenzuela, the manager of the minor league Bowling Green (Ky.) Hot Rods in the South Atlantic League, had already been ejected for arguing with umpire David Saball. The…
The casting was announced on Thursday’s episode of ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Nedoroscik is the first celebrity contestant named for the season, which premieres Sept. 17 on ABC and Disney+. He’s also the first male gymnast to compete, “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts said. “I want to bring some of that gymnastics, maybe a…
REIMS, France (AP) — Athletes on the Refugee Paralympic Team are looking to send a message of hope as they strive for the podium at the 2024 Paralympic Games that begin in Paris next week. Eight Paralympians and one runner guide who fled conflict and persecution in their homelands are hoping to earn medals in…
Now, Shanon has spoken with the Daily Mail again this week. “Whenever she’s ready, she’s ready. And I’m here,” Shanon said of Simone. “I want her to be able to come to me and say, ‘OK, let’s have a sit-down. There’s some things I wanna know.’” “I wanna let her know that I love her,…
The launch of Venu Sports will be delayed after a federal judge granted FuboTV’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the planned sports streaming venture by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery. United States District Judge Margaret M. Garnett in the Southern District of New York said in her 69-page ruling that Fubo was likely…
American gymnast Jordan Chiles is calling the loss of her bronze Olympic medal an “unjust” blow and “one of the most challenging moments of my career” after the International Olympic Committee said her third-place accolade in the women’s floor event belongs to a Romanian gymnast instead. “I have no words. This decision feels unjust and…
Rachael “Raygun” Gunn thinks the “hate” she’s receiving is spinning out of control. The Australian breaker went incredibly viral last weekend thanks to her bonkers routine at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which included several moves she says she invented herself — including a liberal use of Tyrannosaurus rex arms and a few kangaroo hops. B-girl…
The clothing company got slammed Sunday for the auto racing aesthetic of its closing ceremony outfits for the U.S. team at the Paris Olympics. Commenters on social media joked that the uniforms looked like something out of NASCAR or Will Ferrell’s “Talladega Nights,” while others quipped that they were hideous valet parking outfits. The two…
USA Gymnastics officials say an arbitration panel won’t reconsider a decision asking gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze medal she was awarded in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics. USA Gymnastics says it will continue efforts to let Chiles keep the medal. “USA Gymnastics was notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport…
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Rodgers says in a soon-to-be published book that he should have handled discussing his COVID-19 immunization status differently. The New York Jets quarterback was still with the Green Bay Packers in 2021 when he told reporters he was “immunized” against the virus — and then tested positive for COVID-19 three…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Desperate to win for the first time in nearly two years — and with the race suddenly slipping away — Austin Dillon sent two cars into the wall in rapid succession. The result was a season-changing victory, an avalanche of controversy and at least two veteran drivers who were absolutely furious.…
A guy eating noodles next to the orchestra as it played during the Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony Sunday is making us hungry ― and he’s sparking an appetite for comments on social media. We don’t know if he’s a musician, or a producer of some sort, or just a guy chowing down as the music…
Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment after a rain of criticism and false claims about her sex during the Paris Olympics, her lawyer said Sunday. Khelif, who will be Algeria’s flag bearer in the closing ceremony, won gold Friday in the women’s welterweight division, becoming a…
The U.S. men’s basketball team defeated host country France on Saturday for its fifth straight Olympic gold medal, 98-87. But the French didn’t make it easy. The Americans built a 14-point lead in the third quarter, but France fought back to cut the deficit to 3 late in the game. Steph Curry, who had eight…
SAINT-DENIS, France — America’s Masai Russell won a photo finish Saturday in the women’s 100-meter hurdles where the biggest cheer came for Cyrena Samba-Mayela, whose silver medal marks the first of any color for France at the Olympic track meet. In a close-as-can-be race down the straightaway, Russell finished in 12.33 seconds, but had to…
PARIS (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics, emerging a champion from a tumultuous run at the Games where she endured intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood. Khelif beat Yang Liu of China 5:0 in…
The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter relay survived another shaky handoff to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday, powered by a devastating anchor leg by Sha’Carri Richardson. A delayed handoff between Twanisha Terry and Gabby Thomas threatened to squash the Americans’ championship hopes ― but Richardson made up the deficit, and then some.…
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is doubling down on the controversial commencement speech he delivered in May, in which he expressed sexist and bigoted views to graduates at Benedictine College. Butker told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he was moved to speak at the Catholic liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas, because he…
A BBC sportscaster corrected her colleague after he misgendered U.S. shot putter Raven Saunders at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Saunders, a silver medalist at the 2021 Tokyo Games who uses they/them pronouns, appeared onscreen fully masked with green and purple hair and sunglasses. “The colorful character Raven Saunders is back,” the BBC’s Steve Backley…
Quincy Hall’s grimace down the home stretch of the Olympic 400-meter final on Wednesday seemed like the expression of a beaten man. But by the time he reached the finish line at Stade de France, he was the Olympic champion. It took one of the great comebacks to get there, as Hall surged from a…
AIN MESBAH, Algeria (AP) — Relatives and neighbors erupted in cheers on Tuesday when Algeria’s Imane Khelif advanced to the Olympic final in women’s boxing, winning a clear unanimous decision over Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand. In Ain Mesbah, the rural cinder block-built town where the boxer was raised, legions of supporters convened on her uncle’s…
“Yikes @peninsulaparis I’ve been denied access to rooftop to eat in a empty restaurant of nicer places but never with my kids,” she wrote on Monday with frowning emojis. “Always a first.” But on the same day, the Peninsula Paris dished out a reason for its stance. “Dear Mrs. Williams, Please accept our deepest apologies…
Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record Monday night at the Olympics, clearing 6.25 meters (20 feet, 6 inches) to cap his second straight gold-medal performance on the sport’s biggest stage. Duplantis cleared the mark on his third and final try. It marked the ninth time the Louisiana-born 24-year-old, who competes for his…
Rahm, who won the Masters in 2023, shot a 39 on the last nine holes to finish out of medal contention. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. shot a sizzling 29 on the same holes to win gold. Tommy Fleetwood of Britain took silver and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan took bronze. Analyst Brandel…
Noah Lyles’ speed matched his swagger in the Paris Olympics’ 100-meter dash on Sunday. The American sprint star jumped up and down and egged on the crowd before the race, then sped by the field to win the gold medal. “America, I told you!” he screamed into the camera. It took a photo finish to…
Suni Lee was the final gymnast to perform on the uneven bars final Sunday at the Paris Olympics ― and she deftly added to her medal haul in the City of Light. With a routine that drew loud applause and smiles from the athlete, Lee took bronze behind the gold of Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour and…
Biles said that it was her last time performing the vault, the Yurchenko double pike, but “never say never,” she told media outlets. “The next Olympics is at home, so you just never know,” Biles told reporters. “But I am getting really old.” At 27, Biles is already the oldest Olympic women’s gymnastics champ since…
Stephen Nedoroscik, the breakout star gymnast that became known as “pommel horse guy” after an iconic performance in the men’s team final, is taking home another medal from the Paris Olympics. He won a bronze medal on Saturday in the men’s gymnastics individual pommel horse final. Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan took gold and Nariman Kurbanov of…
The two boxed on Thursday but exchanged only a few punches before Carini abandoned the bout in pain. She then dropped to her knees and cried, missing a prompt to shake hands with Khelif. Others cried for Carini as well, including lots of right-wingers who looked at Khelif and incorrectly decided she must be a…
VILLEPINTE, France — The Hungarian Boxing Association says it is sending letters of protest to both the IOC and Hungary’s Olympic committee over Anna Luca Hamori’s quarterfinal matchup with Imane Khelif of Algeria in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics. Hamori still will accept her fight on Saturday against Khelif, according to MTI, Hungary’s state…
Simone Biles isn’t going to let her critics make her feel baaaa-d. On Thursday, the Team USA gymnast made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning her second all-around gold medal. The win makes Biles the third woman, after Larisa Latynina in 1956 and 1960, and Věra Čáslavská in 1964 and 1968, to win…
VILLEPINTE, France — Imane Khelif of Algeria won her opening Olympic boxing bout Thursday when opponent Angela Carini of Italy quit after just 46 seconds. Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing an unspecified gender eligibility test, and her presence at the Paris Olympics has become a divisive issue. Algeria’s Imane Khelif,…
“Me, the anti-colonizer,” musician Olamide Asanpaola begins the caption on her TikTok video, “when black women started dominating US Gymnastics.” In a post under the video, she writes: “The Olympics is the only time being patriotic is socially acceptable.” A string of alternating eagle and American-flag emojis follow. Tens of millions of people have been…
Jackson raced to bronze in the event at the Tokyo Olympics and won gold in the 4×100 relay, while American track star Richardson was left home after testing positive for marijuana use. Jackson’s 100-meter best is also 10.65, but she’s focusing on the longer sprint in Paris. “Yes I’m only running the 200-meter here,” the…
U.S. Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher told “CBS Mornings” that she wears lipstick while playing rugby to “stick it to the man.” “It doesn’t take away from your athletic ability if you wear makeup,” she said during Monday’s episode of “CBS Mornings.” “If you want to put on a full face of makeup to go…
Time was on Torri Huske’s side this time. Very little time. The American swimmer won the 100-meter butterfly at the Paris Olympics on Sunday by four-hundredths of a second over U.S. teammate Gretchen Walsh, video showed. Huske had spent the previous three years re-living another split-second moment ― finishing off the podium in the Tokyo…
Panamanian gymnast Hillary Heron on Sunday became the first gymnast other than Simone Biles to pull off one of the superstar athlete’s eponymous moves at the Olympics. Heron, 20, started her floor routine during Sunday’s qualifiers with a double back layout with a half twist, a stunt known as the Biles I. After completing it,…
The 26-year-old sister-in-law of U.S. water polo captain Maggie Steffens died Tuesday, just days before the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday. Lulu Conner, who died due to “a medical emergency,” traveled to Paris to watch Steffens compete for her fourth gold medal, according to The Associated Press. “I mean, it’s a nightmare,…
A seemingly regular guy in a speedo dived into the pool at the Paris Olympics swim competition Sunday and retrieved a competitor’s swim cap. He did it like he owned the place, and the crowd loved it. (Watch the video below.) He now has a name, “Bob the Cap Catcher,” courtesy of NBC’s broadcast crew.…
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Caeleb Dressel touched the wall and shouted in triumph. He threw his fists to the air and high-fived U.S. fans during a victory lap. Then, finally, he found his family and gave his wife and baby boy celebratory hugs and kisses. Dressel only knows the top of an Olympic podium in…
PARIS — Olympic Games organizers said they “deeply apologize” for introducing South Korea’s athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris. As the South Korean athletes waved their nation’s flag on a boat floating down the Seine River on Friday evening, they were announced in both French and English as the Democratic People’s…
The Paris Olympics opening ceremony has it all, and people are… processing. The ceremony, billed as one of the most ambitious ever, featured a parade of boats along the Seine, with a series of fun and quirky shows along the banks as well as some prerecorded segments. It replaced the typical format of a parade…
Team USA’s female Olympic gymnasts appear ready to rock Paris 2024. Simone Biles and her teammates were filmed practicing at the Bercy Arena on Thursday and they gave a sneak peek at just some of the stunning and exquisite moves that may end up in their competitive routines. The Paris 2024 opening ceremony takes place…
SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — The Olympic men’s soccer tournament got off to a violent and chaotic start Wednesday with Morocco’s shocking 2-1 win against two-time gold medalist Argentina. The result tells only part of the story after a dramatic end to the match in Saint-Etienne, which had to be suspended for nearly two hours when…
PARIS (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin of Britain has withdrawn from the Paris Games after a video emerged that showed her “engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare,” according to the sport’s governing body. Dujardin said in a statement Tuesday that the video from four years ago “shows me…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The first lawsuits have been filed in connection with last weekend’s melees that broke out when fans without tickets forced their way into the Copa America soccer tournament final at Hard Rock Stadium, with one person citing serious injuries and some ticket holders saying they were denied entry. Miami-Dade County…
PHOENIX (AP) — Allisha Gray turned WNBA All-Star weekend’s opening night into her own show. The Atlanta Dream guard had a historic evening, becoming the first player to win both the 3-point and skills competition in the same year Friday. “It’s very cool. Now I’m glad I accepted the call when they asked me to…
Shoko Miyata, 19-year-old captain of the Japan women’s artistic gymnastics team, withdrew Thursday from the 2024 Paris Olympics — for violating her own team’s smoking and alcohol ban. The teen athlete was set to compete at her first Olympics a mere week from Saturday. The Japanese Gymnastics Association explained Friday at a somber news conference…
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Fourteen-year-old Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan became the youngest player in Major League Soccer history on Wednesday night — and probably the youngest to play in any of the biggest professional sports leagues in the world. Sullivan was 14 years, 293 days old when he entered Philadelphia’s home game as a…
Jaylen Brown is the MVP at shutting out speculation. On Tuesday, the Boston Celtics champion and 2024 NBA Finals MVP shared some thoughts on X, formerly Twitter, about LeBron James’ eldest son, Bronny James, who was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers last month — the same team the elder James plays for. Eagle-eyed basketball…
Jones died overnight in his sleep at his suburban Houston home, local news station KPRC-TV reported. A cause of death has not yet been revealed. The New Orleans native played for the Ravens for three seasons, from 2012 to 2014. He was instrumental in the Ravens’ Super Bowl 47 win against the San Francisco 49ers…
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Argentina won its second straight Copa America championship, overcoming Lionel Messi’s second-half leg injury to beat Colombia 1-0 Sunday night on Lautaro Martínez’s 112th-minute goal. Messi appeared to sustain a non-contact injury while running and falling in the 64th minute and covered his face with his hands as he sat…
The start of the sold-out Copa America final was delayed more than an hour after Argentina and Colombia fans piled past gates, breaching security at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday. Videos circulating social media show a chaotic scene as crowds of soccer fans broke through the stadium’s southwest gate, with police and security apprehending…
PHOENIX (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes will start the All-Star Game for the National League on Tuesday night, becoming the fifth rookie pitcher given the honor. Arizona manager Torey Lovullo, who will lead the NL team, made the announcement Friday on the SiriusXM MLB Network Radio. “It’s such a well-deserved honor for him,” Lovullo said.…
LONDON (AP) — Barbora Krejcikova kept insisting that nobody — not her friends, not her family, not even herself — would believe she won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title. Her first major championship, as an unseeded player at the French Open three years ago, certainly was a surprise. This one, which came via…
Patrick and Brittany Mahomes’ family is expanding The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback announced in a joint Instagram post on Friday that he is expecting baby No. 3 with his wife, a former professional soccer player. The post featured a behind-the-scenes video of their family’s photoshoot, which included their two children: daughter Sterling, 3, and 1-year-old…
Prince Harry delivered a moving speech while accepting the 2024 Pat Tillman Award for Service at the ESPYs on Thursday night. The Duke of Sussex accepted the award given to recipients with “a strong connection to sports who has served others in a way that echoes the legacy of the former NFL player and U.S.…
Serena Williams threw some shade at Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker in a bit onstage at the 2024 ESPYs on Thursday night. The retired tennis legend, who hosted the award ceremony, appeared onstage at one point alongside her sister, tennis icon Venus Williams and “Abbott Elementary” creator Quinta Brunson. The trio were discussing the…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR fined Bubba Wallace $50,000 on Wednesday for retaliatory contact against race winner Alex Bowman on the cooldown lap of the Chicago Street Race. Wallace door-slammed Bowman’s car and sent it into the wall. Bowman said after the race he had spun Wallace during Sunday’s event and the retaliation was warranted.…
Violence marred a highly anticipated soccer showdown on Wednesday as fans and players alike brawled at the end of the Copa America semifinals match between Colombia and Uruguay in Charlotte, North Carolina. But the chaos spilled over into the stands, where Uruguay players got into it with fans of the Colombian team. Footage showed drinks…
WNBA star rookie Angel Reese had a hilarious reaction after the Chicago Sky’s Zoom press conference was briefly derailed because of a strange exchange that turned out to be from “The Big Bang Theory.” It happened while Reese, Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon and fellow player Marina Mabrey were discussing Sunday’s 84-71 loss to the Seattle…
Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé’s apparent attempt to quote Kendrick Lamar wasn’t exactly a slam dunk. In a video shared online Monday, Ranadivé is seen talking to NBA veteran DeMar DeRozan — who recently joined the Kings in a reported sign-and-trade deal — about DeRozan being a sought-after free agent before he then references Lamar’s…
SYDNEY (AP) — Afghan sprinter Kimia Yousofi is preparing to compete at her third Olympics after being selected for the Paris Games from her training base in Australia. Yousofi, Afghanistan’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the Olympics in Tokyo, has been living in Australia since 2022. The Australian Olympic Committee on Tuesday congratulated…
Olympic medal-winning gymnast MyKayla Skinner Harmer is drawing criticism for a since-deleted YouTube video in which she said the U.S. Center for SafeSport is making it difficult for coaches to do their job. Skinner, who won silver on vault at the Tokyo Olympics, said coaches “can’t get on athletes” out of fear of being reported…
PARIS (AP) — Ukraine’s best high jumper captured a world record on Sunday to go with her world championship, and now she has a good reason to think she might bring home an Olympic gold medal to her war-torn country. Yaroslava Mahuchikh erased a mark that had stood for 37 years at a Diamond League…
Khyree Jackson, a cornerback rookie drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in April, was killed in a car crash early Saturday morning alongside former college football players Isaiah Hazel and Anthony Lytton in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, state police confirmed in a statement. Jackson, 24, and Hazel, 23, were pronounced dead shortly after first responders arrived at…
Caitlin Clark continues to prove her worth — and just broke two records in one game. The 22-year-old Indiana Fever guard aided the team’s fourth-quarter comeback Saturday against the New York Liberty by becoming the first rookie in WNBA history to net a “triple-double” — and with just 22 games played, she’s now the fastest…
Houston Astros rookie Joey Loperfido’s quick thinking led to a wild, bare-handed catch at the outfield wall Friday. Loperfido, who was playing right field as Houston faced the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis, leaped in the air in a bid to catch a fly ball hit by Willi Castro in the bottom of the eighth inning.…
On Wednesday, the former Olympian posted a short video to her Instagram Stories in which she claimed her recent comments about Team USA had been “misinterpreted.” “A lot of the stuff that I was talking about wasn’t always necessarily about the current team, because I love and support all the girls that made it, and…
Tony Hawk explained why he isn’t eyeing a permanent return to professional competition as the Olympics are set to include skateboarding yet again at the games in Paris this summer. “I don’t think you want to see me competing when I’m 60,” the skateboarding icon recently told People magazine on whether he’d take part in…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — They all had a reason to come back. Every single one of them. Simone Biles to move past those wrenching two weeks in Japan three years ago, when the gymnastics superstar prioritized her mental health and safety over glory, a decision that inspired some and maddened others. Suni Lee to prove —…
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — For the better part of two years, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone all but disappeared from the 400-meter hurdles course. Turns out, she wasn’t hiding or looking for something else to do. Just getting better at what she does best. The 24-year-old Olympic champion lowered the world record for the fifth time Sunday, closing…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — England star Jude Bellingham is being investigated by UEFA over a potentially offensive gesture made during the European Championship win against Slovakia. UEFA said Monday it appointed a disciplinary inspector to look at “a potential violation of the basic rules of decent conduct.” Bellingham seemed to make a gesture with his…
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is set to receive an ESPY Award for his work creating the Invictus Games, but the mother of the man who inspired the award isn’t happy one bit. ESPN announced last week that Harry, the younger son of England’s King Charles III, would be honored with the 2024 Pat Tillman…
Simone Biles is officially headed to Paris after a dazzling finale at the Olympic trials. The four-time Olympic gold medalist wowed the crowd and received a standing ovation for her floor routine on Sunday, which earned her a score of 14.725. She soared 12 feet in the air on her first tumbling pass — her…
NEW YORK (AP) — Move over, Baha Men, and step aside, Timmy Trumpet. Here comes Candelita — aka, New York Mets infielder Jose Iglesias. The tradition of musicians appearing at Mets games and performing songs associated with the team took a unique turn on Friday night when Iglesias sang his song “OMG” following a 7-2…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died. He was 86. The San Francisco Giants and his family announced the death Friday night and a moment of silence was held as…
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale said on social media he has been diagnosed with cancer for a fourth time. Vitale announced Friday that a biopsy of a lymph node in his neck showed cancer. He is scheduled to have surgery Tuesday. “With all the (prayers) I have received &…
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Track officials denied an appeal by 800-meter Olympic champion Athing Mu, who got tangled in a pack of runners and fell at the U.S. trials, denying her a chance to defend her title. Mu’s coach, Bobby Kersee, said Mu got clipped by another runner on the backstretch of the first lap,…
It was the dream that LeBron James first floated a few years ago, the notion of playing in the NBA alongside one of his sons. And it’s a step closer to reality now. Bronny James — the oldest son of the NBA’s all-time scoring leader and four-time champion — was drafted Thursday by the Los…
Alex Morgan, who won two World Cups and an Olympic gold medal as an iconic member of the U.S. women’s soccer team dynasty, was left off the Paris Olympics roster announced Wednesday. “It was a tough decision, of course, especially considering Alex’s history and record with this team,” coach Emma Hayes said, per The Washington…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Olympic athletes have lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris, two former gold medalists told a House subcommittee on Tuesday night. The testimony by Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt followed revelations this spring that 23 Chinese swimmers…
New Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick reportedly denied a claim that he called a woman who worked with the Duke basketball team the N-word. “It never happened,” a spokesperson from Redick’s camp told TMZ Sports on Tuesday. Halleemah Nash, a Duke alum whose LinkedIn account says she paired the university’s players with a…
Travis Kelce recently addressed a viral video that appeared to show his sister-in-law Kylie Kelce engaged in an argument with someone in an outdoor parking lot. During an appearance on Monday’s episode of the podcast “Bussin’ with the Boys,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end responded to a question about the clip, saying that his…
Athing Mu will be unable to defend her Olympic title in the 800 meters after falling in the U.S. Olympic Trials final on Monday. She tripped as she maneuvered in from the stagger about 200 meters into the race, video showed, leaving her out of the top three spots allotted for passage to Paris. Her…
EUGENE, Ore. — It was a classic case of going from the outhouse to the penthouse. Less than an hour before her semifinal at the U.S. Olympic track trials, 400-meter runner Kendall Ellis was trapped in a porta-potty, banging on the door, screaming for someone to let her out. Thankfully, somebody did. She won that…
Michael Phelps got pretty fired up watching an Australian swimmer’s criticism of her American rivals from last year. In a clip posted Friday by NBC Olympics, the Olympic swimming legend was asked to react to a video of Australia’s Cate Campbell ripping into U.S. swimmers at the 2023 World Championships in Japan. Campbell, a four-time…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After a long layoff and all the doubts about whether he’d reclaim his place as one of the world’s greatest swimmers, Caeleb Dressel is beginning to look like himself again. Dressel earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, powering to a relatively easy victory in the men’s 50-meter freestyle at…
MLB great Reggie Jackson opened up about racism he experienced during his early baseball career in powerful remarks Thursday on live TV. Jackson, who played for the Kansas City Athletics and the Oakland Athletics in the 1960s and ’70s, described multiple instances in which people referred to him using the N-word decades ago. “I walked…
British Olympic cyclist Katie Archibald literally got a bad break ― all for simply walking around at home. Archibald, 30, announced on Instagram Thursday that she broke her leg tripping over a step in her garden. She also dislocated her ankle and tore ligaments “off the bone.” “What the heck,” she wrote. Indeed. Archibald suddenly…
It was an eventful day for Lilly King. The Olympic swimmer’s boyfriend, James Wells, proposed on Thursday, minutes after she qualified in Indianapolis to compete in the 200-meter breaststroke events at the Paris Olympics. Wells told her it had been “so awesome” to watch her grow, both in and out of the pool, over the…
Travis Kelce says he doesn’t “give a shit” about a typo on the Kansas City Chiefs’ new Super Bowl ring. The tight end, who received his third ring after defeating the San Francisco 49ers at this year’s Super Bowl, hilariously reacted to the error on Wednesday’s episode of his “New Heights” podcast. “One major little…
In one of the more heartbreaking moments in Netflix’s docuseries “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,” Victoria Kalina, a four-year veteran of the squad, says that cheering for the Dallas Cowboys is her dream. But it’s also “the thing that hurts me.” Kalina was opening up about her yearslong battle with disordered eating alongside anxiety and…
The year’s most anticipated sporting event continues to spawn triumph and tragedy. French swimmer Rafael Fente-Damers successfully qualified for the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, but while punching the pool waters in joyous celebration at the French Championships in Chartres, the 17-year-old athlete reportedly dislocated his shoulder. Fente-Damers had just secured his spot on the team…
An 18-year-old kitefoiler who dreamed of representing Tonga in the Olympics has died in a diving accident. Jackson James Rice, a U.S.-born son of British parents who grew up in the island nation, died Saturday from a suspected shallow water blackout, his father, Darren, told the Matangi Tonga newspaper. Rice was free-diving from a boat…
Willie Mays, a Hall of Fame baseball player known to fans as the “Say Hey Kid,” died Tuesday at age 93. “My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones,” his son, Michael Mays, said in a statement released by the San Francisco Giants. “I want to thank you all from the bottom of…
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics again stand alone among NBA champions. Jayson Tatum had 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Celtics topped the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 on Monday night to win the franchise’s 18th championship, breaking a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers for the most in league history. Boston earned…
It was a perfect 10 at the bottom of the ninth. Baseball spectators in Cincinnati witnessed an extraordinary scene Tuesday when a Reds fan was shocked with a Taser by a police officer when storming Great American Ball Park ― but not before landing a backflip. The game of cat-and-mouse appeared to provide light relief…
STARKENBERG, Germany (AP) — Move over, Paul the octopus. There’s a new big-hitter in the world of soccer soothsayers. And this one is going for a win for Germany to open the European Championship. Bubi, an African elephant who lives in a reserve in Thuringia in central Germany, was tasked Thursday with predicting the victor…
After organizers for Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest said Joey Chestnut wouldn’t compete this year because of a deal with a rival brand, Netflix swiftly announced a new hot dog-eating competition that will feature Chestnut and his “fiercest rival. Chestnut, a 16-time hot dog-eating champion, will face off with his frequent Nathan’s…
The 22-time Grand Slam champion said Thursday he wants to just remain on clay, rather than switching over to grass for the All England Club and then needing to go back to clay. “We believe that the best for my body is not to change surface,” Nadal said in a statement. The Summer Games will…
Travis Kelce already has a dream job drawn up in his playbook for his post-NFL career. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end revealed in Wednesday’s episode of his podcast, “New Heights,” that he hopes to become a sportscaster after he retires from the league. Kelce shared his career aspirations after his brother, Jason Kelce, the…
BOSTON (AP) — Jrue Holiday led the scoring. Derrick White added a chase-down block. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown pitched in, too — with their passing and defense. The Mavericks can stop worrying about who Boston’s best player is. Everyone is contributing to the Celtics’ quest for an unprecedented 18th NBA championship. Holiday had 26…
All-time sprint king Usain Bolt won’t be running at all for a while. He went down playing defense and was carried off on a stretcher. But he clapped all the way to reassure fans. Bolt posted a photo of himself in a boot with crutches in the locker room after the match. “Ruptured Achilles but…
WNBA star Caitlin Clark on Sunday shared her reaction to being left off the women’s national team set to compete in the Olympic Games in Paris later this summer. Clark, 22, told reporters that USA Basketball called to inform her of their decision, and she offered the team her best wishes in the competition. “I…
Caitlin Clark has weighed in on the media frenzy that erupted after she was fouled in a game last week by fellow WNBA player Chennedy Carter. On Friday, Clark, an Indiana Fever rookie, was asked whether she thinks Carter, who plays for the Chicago Sky, owes her a public apology for the foul. “Basketball’s competitive,…
A football coach in South Carolina had to fact-check a golf journalist Thursday after she mistook him for NCAA football icon Vince Young during a live interview at the BMW Charity Pro-Am. “Six seasons in the NFL, arguably one of the best NCAA quarterbacks of all time at Texas, picked up golf about four years…
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic withdrew from the French Open with an injured right knee on Tuesday, ending his title defense and meaning he will relinquish the No. 1 ranking. The tournament announced the news, saying Djokovic has a torn medial meniscus in his right knee. The extent of the injury was found during an…
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball permanently banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano on Tuesday for betting on baseball and suspended four other players for one year after finding the players placed unrelated bets with a legal sportsbook. Marcano appears to be the first active major leaguer banned under the sport’s gambling provision…
Simone Biles won a record ninth all-around title at the U.S. gymnastics championships on Sunday, and her family’s reactions were pure gold. The four-time Olympic gold medalist competed in Fort Worth, Texas, over the weekend ahead of the Paris Olympics, finishing with an all-around score of 119.750. No other gymnast in U.S. history has won…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Luka Doncic had a 20-point first quarter on his way to 36 points for his high this postseason, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-103 on Thursday night to breeze through the Western Conference finals in five games. Kyrie Irving also scored 36 points for the Mavericks, who built a…
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers let Donald Trump walk on by as the former president made his way to his seat at UFC 302 in a clip from the event on Saturday. Trump walked out of a tunnel with UFC President and CEO Dana White before he greeted fans as Kid Rock’s “American Bad…
Kansas City Chiefs player Isaiah Buggs turned himself in to police Thursday on charges of animal cruelty. Buggs, whose team won the Super Bowl earlier this year, was soon released on a $600 bond. Alabama authorities have accused the defensive lineman of second-degree cruelty to dogs after a gray-and-white pit bull and a black rottweiler…
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bisons catcher Payton Henry was hospitalized Friday night after he was struck by a batter’s backswing and carted off the field on a stretcher. Henry was hit in the back of the head by the swing from Syracuse Mets third baseman Pablo Reyes in the seventh inning. He immediately went…
DALLAS (AP) — Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks tossed the question back at the reporter when the rookie center was asked if he knew why so many fans shouted “Stars” during the national anthem at his home games. “You tell me why,” Lively said, prompting the explanation that supporters of Dallas’ NBA team…
Drew Gordon, a former NBA forward and older brother of Denver Nuggets’ star Aaron Gordon, has died in a car accident in Portland, Oregon, his agent Calvin Andrews confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. He was 33. He is survived by his wife, Angela, as well as his two sons, Zane and Brody. Drew Gordon played…
New York Mets reliever Jorge Lopez on Wednesday appeared to call the team “the worst” in Major League Baseball, though he later claimed that he’d been misunderstood. Lopez will be cut by the Mets after his profanity-laced candor and an ugly performance in a 10-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He allowed a two-run…
Travis Kelce didn’t exactly win over fans at an NBA game in the Western Conference finals on Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end was booed by basketball fans when he was featured on the jumbotron seated courtside at the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas Mavericks game at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The three-time…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager hit his eighth homer in as many games Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Seager lined a two-run homer just beyond the right-field wall in the fifth inning. The World Series MVP also went deep in the same inning on Tuesday night in the first game of…
The Washington Commanders said Monday they were made aware of a lawsuit filed in civil court last week against kicker Brandon McManus, and the Jacksonville Jaguars acknowledged they are also being sued. A Commanders spokesperson said the team is looking into the situation and has spoken with McManus’ agent and the NFL office, adding, “We…
Jason Kelce is setting things straight when it comes to how he views the roles he and his wife, Kylie Kelce, play in their household. On Monday, the retired Philadelphia Eagles center responded to a critic on social media, who called him out for not publicly supporting Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker after Butker…
Hernández, 62, reached a settlement to walk away after 33 seasons, a source told ESPN. The sports network noted his “penchant for bad calls.” As word of his retirement spread, others were not as charitable. MLB Metrics, an X account, called him “probably the worst umpire of all time.” It shared a replay of the…
“Our sweet baby boy decided to make an early arrival!! He’s doing great and we are finally settling in at home as a family of 6! So grateful!” the four-time NBA champ wrote in a joint Instagram post with his wife, a cookbook author. The baby was born May 11 and his name, Caius Chai,…
Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. There were no immediate details on the circumstances of his death, only shock and grief from the PGA Tour and his management team. “I am at a loss for words,”…
After over a week of silence, Kansas City Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker publicly defended the controversial commencement speech he gave earlier this month at Benedictine College. During the “Courage Under Fire Gala” hosted by the Regina Caeli Academy on Friday, the Catholic football player doubled down on remarks he made in his speech at the…
Brittany Mahomes says she’s living her “best life” after recovering from an injury. The former professional soccer player told E! News in an article published on Friday that she’s since returned to her normal physical activities after fracturing her back due to pelvic floor issues. “I’m doing great. I’m living my best life. My back…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Luka Doncic hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with Rudy Gobert guarding him at the top of the key with 3 seconds left, posting his fifth triple-double of the playoffs to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 109-108 victory and a 2-0 lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference finals on Friday…
Travis Kelce has weighed in on a controversial speech by his Kansas City Chiefs teammate Harrison Butker, who dismissively referenced Kelce’s girlfriend, megastar singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, and expressed bigoted views in remarks at Benedictine College earlier this month. During Friday’s episode of his podcast, “New Heights,” the Chiefs tight end said that he believes Butker…
The NFL’s leader in touchdown passes last season claimed he’d surrender his fortune just to take the field. “I don’t play for money,” he said after a team workout. “Never have. Never cared for it, to be honest with you. Would give it up just to play this game.” Prescott was addressing his unresolved contract…
The NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims, a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester. The deal still must…
Clark, the first overall pick of the WNBA 2024 draft, made her regular-season game debut on the Indiana Fever on May 14.
The quarterback called Butker as a “good person,” though Mahomes said he didn’t “agree with” all of his teammate’s conservative views.
Austin Maddox, 33, is charged with four felony counts, including traveling to meet after using a computer to solicit a child. He is being held in jail on a $300,000 bond.
The Olympic gymnastics great sounded off after a competition in Connecticut.
Anthony Edwards overcame a slow start and the Timberwolves roared back from a 20-point second-half deficit to eliminate the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets.
Stefanie Hillhouse’s sarcasm-laced takedown of the Chiefs kicker, her former “co-worker,” went viral.
A napkin signed by the soccer superstar at age 13 became an agreement in principle to sign with Barcelona, starting his professional career.
Tavia Hunt quoted the Bible while defending Butker’s speech at a commencement, where he called diversity initiatives a “tyranny” and urged women to stay home.
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Clark’s arrival to the WNBA has already been a big boost for the league.
The Kansas City Chiefs kicker got no love from the league after his polarizing remarks.
Harrison Butker zeroed in on women during a graduation speech — and riled up fans of the popular singer.
The Caitlin Clark era in the WNBA has officially begun, although it got off to a slow start.
The 29-year-old middleweight reportedly was knocked down by a punch to the temple.
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Nina Hughes and Cherneka Johnson fought for the WBA women’s bantamweight title.
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Paul O’Neill, now a broadcaster for the Yankees, said his part on the hit sitcom back in the day was “kinda cool.”
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The victors skewered a previous social media stunt by the Parisian soccer squad.
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The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback gushed about his spouse during a recent podcast appearance.
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said the social media user who streamed the game deserves “three bucks” per viewer.
Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a photo finish, edging out Forever Young and Sierra Leone for the upset victory.