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They ran the next legs, taking the baton from Jackie Robinson as black players claimed their place in the game.

Texas deputies said a doorbell camera recorded a former college football player’s confession to murdering his pregnant sister using a knife, according to several reports.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have fired coach Pat Shurmur after the once-proud franchise took a step back by winning four games in a season marked by a franchise record-tying nine-game losing streak.

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Bruce Allen was mocked five years ago when he proclaimed that his perennially last-place Washington Redskins were “winning off the field.” More eye rolls arrived recently when Allen defended the club’s “culture.”

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An angry post-game rant by Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella over clock management late in Sunday’s night’s overtime loss was “unprofessional along with unacceptable,” an NHL official said Monday.

The Cincinnati Bengals haven’t got much practice at victory celebrations this year. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that their celebrations on Sunday would involve unintended consequence and near injury.

Australian tennis great Margaret Court hit out at transgender athletes on Sunday and branded the teaching of LGBT rights as “of the devil.”

It is the NFL’s Week 17, the last game of regular season play. But stadiums still had empty seats all across the country.

Antonio Brown reportedly did not disappoint in his workout for the New Orleans Saints. And, it appears, just as the Saints have interest in Brown, the out-of-work NFL star has interest in New Orleans as well.

A former NFL player says a huge number of black voters are now ready to vote for Trump in 2020, and that will likely mean a Trump victory.

An ESPN announcer is facing backlash after referring to the tragic death of an LSU coach’s daughter-in-law as, a “distraction.”

Ohio State did themselves no favors by settling for field goals on three deep drives into Clemson territory, early in their College Football Playoff match-up on Saturday night.

ATLANTA (AP) — A small plane en route to a college football playoff game crashed into a post office parking lot in Louisiana shortly after takeoff Saturday, killing five people, including a well-known sports reporter who was the daughter-in-law of one of the team’s coaches.

Antonio Brown brought a camera crew and a full entourage to his weekend workout with the New Orleans Saints, according to a report.

The hat took the worst of it, but after Easter Michigan University quarterback Mike Glass III struck the bill of a referee’s hat, the referee went crashing to the ground.

The New England Patriots stepped up to offer one of their private jets to fly the Navy team to its bowl game on Thursday.

Former ESPN host and current writer for the Atlantic, Jemele Hill, reacted angrily in defense of Colin Kaepernick when news surfaced that exiled former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown was to get a workout with the New Orleans Saints.

They’re called “Simone Things,” a catchall phrase for the casual ease with which Simone Biles seems to soar through her sport and her life.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has confirmed that it will appeal its four-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data.

TV ratings for the National Basketball Association’s games were down during its Christmas Day broadcasts, a report noted.

It looked as if Antonio Brown would not play in the NFL again until next year, at the earliest. However, a new report suggests that timetable may change dramatically.

Former NFL star Antonio Brown is suing his girlfriend, claiming he served her with eviction papers, but she is refusing to leave their home.

Lindsey Vonn popped the question to hockey star P.K. Subban.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say California attorney Michael Avenatti was over $15 million in debt when he tried to extort up to $25 million from Nike, while Avenatti’s lawyers say the money he legally requested to conduct an internal probe of the sportswear giant was a bargain.

NBC Sports has taken action against hockey analyst Jeremy Roenick for repeatedly making “inappropriate comments” about his co-workers during a recent podcast.

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Richard J. Hill and his wife were arrested last Saturday outside Gillette Stadium for disorderly conduct.

TV ratings for the National Basketball Association are taking a tumble as we approach Christmas week, even as the sports media tries to explain it all away.

BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of Union Berlin fans gathered together on Monday to sing Christmas carols and celebrate a Bundesliga debut that has been exceeding expectations.

Nike released its Air Force 1 ’07 x Colin Kaepernick shoe on Monday, featuring a celebration of the first time Kaepernick began protesting during the national anthem. The shoe was an early Christmas gift to the sportswear giant and sold out in less than two hours.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, the NFL’s likely 2019 MVP, is crediting his belief in Jesus for keeping him humble with all his success and riches.

Things have taken a turn for the Carolina Panthers. In the latest instance of a franchise gone completely off the rails, Panthers defensive lineman Vernon Butler, slugged Colts tight end Jack Doyle, got himself ejected, and then flipped off the crowd on his way out.

The Green Bay Packers Foundation is drawing criticism after awarding a grant to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.

Dec. 21 (UPI) — U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe is to guest star on Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q Sunday.

As it turns out, the Cowboys couldn’t get a touchdown in Philly or Dallas on Sunday.