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The U.S. women’s national soccer team has not yet won the World Cup this year. However, that rather significant factor did not prevent one of the team’s star players from saying what she would not celebrate at the White House if they did.

Rap superstar Drake has made his presence felt during the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Complete with taunts to opposing players and shoulder massages for his team’s coach.

May 23 (UPI) — Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers couldn’t compete with teammate and offensive lineman David Bakhtiari in a beer-chugging competition during Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

A Russian weightlifter suffered a gruesome broken leg while attempting to squat a 550-pound barbell, Sunday.

The University of St. Thomas has been removed from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) because it has won too many games.

The head of international soccer’s governing body, FIFA, says that players who feel they are being racially abused by fans should send a message by stepping “out of the field.”

He was drawing the interest of multiple college programs and his future looked promising, but a dispute over the result of a video game tragically robbed a Florida high school football player of what could have been.

President Trump has a long history of helping to promote and showcase boxing and other combat sports events. And, true to form, the president has plans to recognize top performers in another fighting sports

Mayor Pete Buttigieg defended the NFL National Anthem kneeling protests on Thursday as a First Amendment right, citing his military service as a defense.

Actor John Cusack lashed out at supporters of President Trump after a photo showed him sitting in his seat during a military salute at a Chicago Cubs game.

The NFL just took another giant step towards becoming a no-contact offseason league this week by asking teams to stop utilizing high-impact training camp drills.

The winners of a recent squash tournament in Spain, have filed a discrimination grievance after being handed vibrators as a prize.

Former ESPN host Jay Crawford is speaking out about the cable sports network’s descent into politics over sports, by noting how surprised he is that it took network owner Disney so long to correct the problem.

A recent L.A. Times story in which the president of ESPN admitted that the network had become too political, set-off a Twitter debate between two former high-profile ESPN personalities.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver recently said that TV ratings for Midwest and East Coast games have slumped since LeBron James headed west.

May 21 (UPI) — Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick joined Golden State Warriors players in celebrating their Western Conference finals sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro published a video on his Twitter account Monday of himself playing a “friendly” softball exhibition match between his senior cabinet members and soldiers loyal to his regime.

A top Major League Baseball Prospect who was drafted 8th overall by the Atlanta Braves in 2018, has opted instead to sign with a Japanese baseball team.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Administrators at Ohio State University should release the names of all coaches, trainers and personnel who knew of but failed to act on complaints about a now-dead team doctor who sexually abused male students for nearly two decades, said attorneys for some of the victims.

The trial for ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. is underway, and prosecutors are alleging that Winslow “took what he wanted,” including raping three women, one a homeless woman, and another a hitchhiker.

“[For]@Alyssa_Milano to claim that giving MORE children of color the right to be born will negatively affect ‘women of color’ reveals IGNORANCE, RACISM or some combination of both,” Watson tweeted.

It’s been more than 40 years since a Buffalo Bills player has worn the number 32. The last player to wear that number was kind of famous. His name was O.J. Simpson.

ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro conceded defeat Monday by finally admitting, “Without question our data tells us our fans do not want us to cover politics.”

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya will race the 3,000 meters at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic on June 30, a distance she can contest without reducing her testosterone levels.

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was handcuffed after a scuffle with a security guard at EDC music festival in Las Vegas, according to reports.

Fans were angered by CBS’ coverage of the PGA Championships this weekend, when the cameras cut away from the tournament winner’s toughest shot of the day to show an interview.

Few sports topics have gotten more media attention in recent years than concussions in football and all the various potentially deadly conditions that could result from them.