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What at first appeared to be a harmless photo op with a young fan in a Dallas hotel lobby, suddenly turned into a violent confrontation.

Caitlin Clark has broken her silence and launched a barrage of criticism at her own league in her first comments since taking a fist to the throat during a violent act that went unpunished in a game against the Phoenix Mercury.

Pop superstar and gun control proponent Taylor Swift will enjoy the protection of over 120 police officers as she marries Travis Kelce in Madison Square Garden today, in a blowout wedding featuring some 1,000 friends and family, many of them Hollywood celebrities. 

Former South Korean national soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo, who resigned last week after a disappointing performance at the FIFA World Cup, reportedly fled the country to Los Angeles on Thursday just days after arriving to an angry mob demanding he return his salary.

The England football team delayed its departure for Mexico City ahead of Sunday’s World Cup last-16 clash over fears spies would do their worst at training sessions to help the host nation.

Matt Miller, NFL analyst for ESPN, is now under investigation by the Missouri Attorney General’s office for fantasy football schemes.

David Hearn, a former U.S. Olympic canoe racer, was indicted on Thursday for alleged vandalism to the Washington, D.C. Reflecting Pool. 

As delighted Americans flock to share clips of foreign World Cup fans enjoying their time in the United States, the Trump administration is set to welcome one viral standout in particular — a German soccer fan known as “Freddy” — to the White House.

The referee who issued the red card that knocked US soccer star Folarin Balogun out of Wednesday night’s Round of 32 game and Monday night’s Round of 16 matchup against Belgium has stirred up tremendous controversy.

U.S. Men’s National Team coach Mauricio Pochettino is defending Folarin Balogun after the player was issued a red card for a foul and suspended for one game for colliding with Bosnia defender Tarik Muharemovic during Wednesday’s game.

Soccer fans across the spectrum responded in collective outrage on Wednesday night after a controversial red card.

Malik Tilman made World Cup history on Wednesday night when he scored a stunning penalty goal against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It’s no secret that the Lakers were going to get a makeover after the departure of LeBron James, but ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith seems less than pleased with the makeover’s racial makeup.

Blaise Taylor, a former scout for the Tennessee Titans, has been convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend by giving her a lethal dose of cocaine.

ESPN has now completely deleted its story claiming that NFL player Mike Pennel is a suspect in a murder case in the Dominican Republic.

One would think that being held liable for the wrongful deaths of two people would be enough to get someone excluded from an NFL team’s Ring of Honor, and it is. But Rob Parker has an issue with the timing of it.

The brother of the Baltimore Ravens’ Calais Campbell has been arrested and charged with murdering their mother after her body was found.

Alyssa Thomas, forward for the Phoenix Mercury, has claimed that she received death threats following her foul on Caitlin Clark.

Brendan Sorsby and the NFL Players Association will not be suing the NFL after the league decided against holding a supplemental draft.

First lady Melania Trump praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that Title IX allows schools to maintain separate female and male sports teams based on biological sex instead of transgender identities, while noting that she supports the “LGBTQIA+ community.”

Former ESPN reporter Dianna Russini did not hesitate to use her connections to try to get out of a tough situation with a police officer.

Nebraska running back Mekhi Nelson was arrested in Key West, Florida, on Monday, after allegedly getting into an altercation with his pregnant girlfriend.

Ecuador is crying foul before their World Cup knockout stage match against Mexico has even begun.

A man at a World Cup match in Dallas, Texas, got help from more than one person when he thought his wallet was gone forever amid fan excitement.

LeBron James will not be back with the Los Angeles Lakers and plans to play a record-extending 24th NBA season elsewhere, a person with knowledge of those plans confirmed Tuesday.

World Cup soccer matches have sparked armed clashes between fans in Lebanon, with at least six injuries reported on Monday evening.

Eight players on the South Korean national soccer team and their former coach, Hong Myung-bo, attempted to sneak back into the country in the early morning hours of Tuesday after a disappointing loss at the FIFA World Cup last week but were met by dozens of angry fans holding up protest signs and demanding Hong return his salary.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined two other justices in a strong dissent to the court’s Tuesday decision that states can bar transgender athletes from girls’ sports and insisted that Title IX “cannot plausibly” mean that “sex” only refers to a student’s birth gender.

Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has called for Moroccan soccer rioters to be deported — alongside their family members — after unrest broke out in the Hague following the North African nation’s victory over the Netherlands.

The Supreme Court handed a victory down to conservatives and purveyors of common sense, ruling Tuesday that states can ban biological boys who believe they are girls from competing in women’s sports in publicly-funded schools.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday totally rejected the claim the U.S. government must force young girls to accept boys into their sports team.

Chris Johnson, former star running back for the Tennessee Titans, has revealed he was diagnosed with ALS last year.

Never say never. That was Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy’s philosophical reaction Monday when queried if he would mount a run challenging New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani positing, “can I win here?” as he weighed his chances against the incumbent socialist in the Big Apple.

A screaming Japan fan became an internet sensation on Monday when Brazil eliminated his country from the World Cup.