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Jim Otto, ‘Mr. Raider' and Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 86
Jim Otto, the Hall of Fame center known as “Mr. Raider” for his durability through a litany of injuries, has died, the team confirmed Sunday night. He was 86. The cause of death was not imm...
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Olympian Noah Lyles supports youth athletes at local track meet
Sprinter Noah Lyles of Alexandria stopped by a local track meet Sunday to support youth athletes. The Tokyo bronze medalist’s family foundation was a sponsor of the Union Athletics Invitation...
Ranking the four potential 2024 NBA Finals matchups
Four teams are four wins away from a chance at glory. The top-seeded Boston Celtics were the first team to reach the conference finals after eliminating the No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers in five g...
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Scottie Scheffler caps ‘hectic' weekend with strong finish at PGA Championship
The sentence seemed unthinkable at the beginning of the PGA Championship . Or any other time for that matter. And yet there Scottie Scheffler was late Sunday afternoon, talking matter-of-factly...
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Simone Biles says husband Jonathan Owens' attendance at her 2024 season debut was ‘a huge thing for him'
Simone Biles came out on top at her first gymnastics meet of the season, and her husband was there to see it all. The Chicago Bears safety was seen proudly cheering on his Olympics gold me...
Xander Schauffele wins PGA Championship with record performance for his first major
Xander Schauffele cashed in at just the right time Sunday by making a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the PGA Championship for his first major with the lowest score in major champion...
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Scott McLaughlin wins Indy 500 pole; Kyle Larson qualifies 5th
NASCAR star Kyle Larson looked like an Indianapolis 500 veteran Sunday, reaching the final round of pole qualifying and putting his No. 17 Arrow McLaren on the second row for his debut in “T...
Pacers defeat Knicks in Game 7 to advance to Eastern Conference Finals
Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points and the Indiana Pacers rode one of the most sensational first halves in Game 7 history to a 130-109 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday, advancing to th...
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Man City wins record fourth-straight Premier League title after 3-1 win over West Ham
Manchester City won a record fourth-straight Premier League title on Sunday by beating West Ham 3-1 in the final game of the season. City is the first team to be crowned champion of English so...
Max Verstappen holds off Lando Norris in Imola to win Emilia Romagna GP
Max Verstappen held off a challenge from McLaren’s Lando Norris to win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday and extend his Formula One championship lead. Verstappen started on pole positi...
Scottie Scheffler, from the course to jail and back: What to know about his PGA Championship arrest
Two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday after Louisville police say he dragged an officer while trying to get around the scene of a fatal accident ahead of the second ro...
Mavericks pull off 4th quarter comeback to knock out No. 1-seeded Thunder
P.J. Washington Jr. made two free throws before an intentional miss with 2.5 seconds left, lifting the Dallas Mavericks to a 117-116 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night and i...
Simone Biles shines in return while Gabby Douglas scratches after a shaky start at the U.S. Classic
Simone Biles certainly looks ready for Paris with more than two months to go before the Olympic games begin. The gymnastics superstar began her bid for a third Olympic team looking as dominan...
F1 drivers pay homage to Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger ahead of Imola GP
F1 drivers and teams gathered ahead of the 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix , also known as Imola’s GP to pay their respect to motorsport legends Ayrton Senna and fellow driver Roland Ratzenberg...
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Matthew Stafford's wife Kelly weighs in on Harrison Butker controversy
Originally appeared on E! Online Kelly Stafford, the wife of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, has joined the chat about Harrison Butker ‘s controversial commencement speech. ...
Seize the Grey wins 149th Preakness Stakes in a muddy and thrilling race
Seize the Grey seized the day at the 149th Preakness Stakes. Before the race, all eyes were on Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and the race track itself, as some rain before the event forced...
Mike Sullivan named U.S. men's hockey coach for 2026 Milan Olympics
Mike Sullivan was selected U.S. coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics on Saturday, an expected move that puts the two-time Stanley Cup champion in charge of the country’s bid for its first gold...
MLB hired Nelson Cruz to be special adviser for baseball operations
Former outfielder Nelson Cruz was hired by Major League Baseball on Friday as a special adviser for baseball operations. The seven-time All-Star, who turns 44 on July 1, will focus mainly on La...
Media giants lean on sports as Hollywood strikes still loom over content slates
Media giants wooed advertisers with star-studded Upfront presentations this year after the end of the Hollywood strikes — but the hangover from the work pause last year showed in content slate...
Stars knock out Avs in double OT, headed to Western Conference Finals
Matt Duchene took off down the ice, slid on his knees and pumped his right glove. That’s what the video will show anyway. Because his big moment was pretty much a big blur. He just knows what...
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How to watch Pacers-Knicks and Wolves-Nuggets Game 7 showdowns
Who’s ready for a double dose of the two greatest words in sports ? That’s right, two Game 7s in the second round of the 2024 NBA playoffs are scheduled for Sunday. The win-or-go-home sho...
Nuns at Benedictine College respond to Harrison Butker's controversial speech
A group of nuns associated with Benedictine College is weighing in on Harrison Butker’s controversial graduation speech . The sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, who describe their group as a ...
The golfers who made — and missed — the PGA Championship cut
The 2024 PGA Championship began with 156 golfe r s in contention for the Wanamaker Trophy. But the field will be much smaller than that for the final two rounds at Valhalla Golf Club . More t...
Kenyan runner Kwemoi banned 6 years for blood doping and stripped of Olympics, world champs results
Kenyan 10,000-meter runner Rodgers Kwemoi was banned for six years on Friday for suspected blood doping 18 times and disqualified from Olympics and world championships races. Track and fiel...
Brazil picked by FIFA to get soccer's 2027 Women's World Cup, a first for South America
Brazil will host the 2027 Women’s World Cup after a vote of FIFA’s full membership chose the South American bid over a joint proposal from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. The FIFA Congre...
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Messi napkin that sealed Barcelona move sells for $965,000 at auction
The famous napkin that linked a young Lionel Messi to Barcelona sold for 762,400 pounds ($965,000) on Friday, British auction house Bonhams said. An agreement in principle to sign the-then 13-y...
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Shohei Ohtani Day to be annual event in Los Angeles for duration of his Dodgers career
It’s Shohei Ohtani Day in Los Angeles. The Japanese two-way superstar was honored at Los Angeles City Hall on Friday and presented with a city council resolution that declared May 17 as Shohe...
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How Scottie Scheffler fared during second round of PGA Championship following arrest
Masters champion and world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler scored a 5-under 66 at the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday after being arrested on his way to the tournament earlier in t...
Who is Harrison Butker and why is he at the center of controversy? An explanation
In a single 20-minute speech , Harrison Butker went from being known largely as the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, to the man behind a controversial graduation address that has drawn both cr...
Ronaldo, Rahm and Messi top Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes for 2024
The world’s biggest athletes are earning more than ever before. Forbes released its annual ranking of the highest-paid athletes in the world on Thursday. Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo led th...
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EA Sports reveals thrilling trailer for new ‘College Football 25' video game
Welcome to the jungle, college football fans . EA Sports released its official reveal trailer for “College Football 25,” the company’s first NCAA football video game in more than a decade...
Preakness up next for jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. after winning Kentucky Derby with Mystik Dan
Brian Hernandez Jr. spent the leadup to the Kentucky Derby watching replays of winning rides by fellow jockeys to see what it would take to get the job done with Mystik Dan, particularly those o...
Scottie Scheffler arrested outside PGA Championship and charged with assaulting police officer before making tee time
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested by Louisville, Kentucky, police Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship , with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was taken to...
Dodgers' first Shohei Ohtani bobblehead giveaway creates ‘a stir' and snarls stadium traffic
The first Shohei Ohtani bobblehead giveaway of the season snarled traffic outside Dodger Stadium on Thursday and created long lines of eager fans. Cars snaked the roadways around Chavez Ravi...
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FIFA to seek legal advice on a Palestinian proposal to suspend Israel from international soccer
Facing a Palestinian proposal to suspend Israel from international soccer because of the conflict with Hamas, FIFA bought time Friday by agreeing to seek legal advice before holding an extraordi...
Xander Schauffele gets another major scoring record, sets pace at PGA Championship
Xander Schauffele is playing some of his best golf without a trophy to show for it. He at least put his name in the PGA Championship record book Thursday with a 9-under 62, and gave himself anot...
Every WNBA team to begin using charter flights by May 21
Every WNBA team will start using charter flights to travel to games by May 21. The league made the announcement Thursday, following through on plans to commit $50 million over the next two ye...
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How Caitlin Clark fared in home debut as Liberty crush Fever
Caitlin Clark ‘s home debut is in the books. But, like her WNBA debut on Tuesday against the Connecticut Sun , it ended with a loss. Clark and the Indiana Fever on Thursday fell at home to...
Scottie Scheffler eagles his first hole since becoming a dad
Scottie Scheffler became a dad roughly a week before the start of the 2024 PGA Championship . But that major life event doesn’t seem to have thrown his game off at all. The world’s No. 1...
Messi, Argentina will play 2 warm-up matches in US ahead of Copa America
Defending champion Argentina will prepare for the upcoming Copa America tournament by playing warm-up matches against Ecuador and Guatemala next month in the United States. Lionel Messi and hi...
Here are the highest-paid MLS players in 2024 season
With the 2024 Major League Soccer season a few months in, it’s now known how much players are making this year. Unsurprisingly, Inter Miami star Lionel Messi leads the way by a comfortable ...
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This Preakness Stakes horse is named after an iconic Will Ferrell character
What is this? A center for…horses? Eight thoroughbreds will take center stage at the 2024 Preakness Stakes on Saturday, and a quick glance at the field for the second leg of the Triple Cro...
Nashville SC fires coach Gary Smith after 3-4-5 start in seventh season
Nashville SC has fired Gary Smith, the only head coach in franchise history. The club announced the decision Thursday, describing the move only as Smith’s “departure,” along with assista...
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2024 NASCAR All-Star Race: How to watch, schedule, preview for North Wilkesboro
NASCAR is sticking to its roots. The Cup Series will head to historic North Wilkesboro Speedway for the All-Star Race this weekend, marking the second straight year the exhibition will be held...
The NBA is picking its TV partners — and a deal hinges on Warner Bros. Discovery's next move
Warner Bros. Discovery and the NBA continue to have discussions about reaching a new broadcast deal. Warner Bros. Discovery has matching rights if the NBA signs a deal with NBCUniversal for a pa...
2024 Premier League Championship Sunday: How to watch on NBC and Peacock
It all comes down to Championship Sunday. The moniker will live up to its billing this year as Manchester City and Arsenal’s battle for the 2023-24 Premier League title comes down to the fin...
EA Sports' ‘College Football 25' covers revealed ahead of much-anticipated look at new video game
EA Sports is one step closer to kicking off its new “College Football 25” video game. The company revealed two covers for the highly anticipated college football game, which will be releas...
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Raccoon invades field and dodges trash can-wielding officials at soccer game
American sports may have seen its most epic battle of the year: a single raccoon vs. a team of men trying to capture it with trash cans. The stripy tailed interloper stopped play for almost two...
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5 takeaways from NFL schedule release: Primetime matchups, bye weeks and more
The NFL never sleeps. During what should be one of the quietest moments on the calendar, the league advantageously recaptured the headlines by releasing its full 2024 schedule. All of the ma...
When do the NBA conference finals start? What we know about the East and West Finals so far
The Boston Celtics are heading back to the Eastern Conference Finals. Top-seeded Boston eliminated the No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2024 NBA playoffs on Wednesday. The...