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Two high school students were kicked off their football team for holding an NFL-style protest during the national anthem. Larry McCullough, 18, and his cousin Cedric Ingram, 16, were told to return their uniforms by coach Ronnie Ray Mitchem after their protest. The Victory & Praise Christian Academy football team is not associated with any […] -
The Pittsburgh Steelers opted to stand for the national anthem on Sunday, Oct. 1, in a Baltimore against the Ravens. Last week, the Steelers stoked controversy by staying in the stadium tunnel as the anthem played. The lone player to stand outside the tunnel, hand over heart, was offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva. Ravens players also […] -
LIMA—Paris was awarded the 2024 summer Olympics and Los Angeles was handed the 2028 edition on Wednesday, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) broke with decades of tradition to vote on a unique double allocation. Paris, which has hosted two previous Olympics, will stage the event 100 years after its last Games in 1924 while […] -
China has dissolved its national boxing team amidst complaints about rigged boxing matches in the recent premier National Games, announced the State General Administration of Sport on Sept. 7. The State General Administration of Sport is China’s top sports governing body. The boxing competition that took place in Tianjin between Aug. 3 and 13 ended in […] -
The New York Times has been criticized by President Donald Trump for getting stories wrong, and now the newspaper of record strayed into completely different territory over the weekend by publishing an outright lie about the boxing match between Connor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. The newspaper sent a Tweet saying that “McGregor’s face was completely bloodied” […] -
BERLIN—Germany’s interior minister called for tough measures to crack down on soccer fans who commit violent acts, including stadium bans, after fireworks and fires disrupted a match in the Baltic city of Rostock on Monday. Thomas de Maiziere, who also serves as sports minister, told the daily Bild that overall violence levels were rising in […] -
LONDON—Usain Bolt, running the penultimate race of his career, led Jamaica safely through their semi-final in the 4×100 meters relay at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday while United States ran the fastest time of the year. Bolt, who announced on Monday that he would also run in the heats, will race for the last […]
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A bodybuilder died on Aug. 5 after attempting a backflip at a competition in South Africa. Twenty-three-year-old Sifiso Lungelo Thabethe landed on his head, breaking his neck, as he attempted the stunt in front of judges and the audience at a contest. Coming out in tight black briefs and socks to match, Thabethe attempted to […] -
Martins Rubenis is a retired Olympic medalist from Latvia. Born in 1978, Rubenis started learning luge when he was 9 years old. Beginning in the 1990s, he started competing and won many international competitions, including first place in World Youth Championship in 1998; two silver medals in 2003; and the individual bronze medal at the […] -
Champion swimmer Michael Phelps’s highly anticipated race against a great white shark wasn’t as great as imagined. The great white wasn’t a real shark, and Phelps lost anyway. The Discovery Channel program “Phelps vs. Shark” seemingly held a 100-meter race between the top human athlete and the great underwater hunter. The network said in a […] -
Former world number one Novak Djokovic is in doubt for the U.S. Open due to his elbow injury, Serbian media reported, citing the country’s Davis Cup team doctor. Djokovic retired hurt during the quarter-finals at Wimbledon and said he was considering taking a break from playing to recover from the long-standing injury to his right […] -
LONDON—Garbine Muguruza clinched a maiden Wimbledon title on Saturday with a stunning 7-5 6-0 demolition of Venus Williams, whose dreams of a fairytale victory at the age of 37 were blown apart in a devastating second set. After some tense early exchanges, the Spaniard cut loose, winning nine straight games to claim a second grand slam […] -
Venus Williams will hope to reclaim her Wimbledon crown after a nine-year wait on Saturday against Garbine Muguruza, in a final that has the makings of a classic battle of the big hitters. Venus, aged 37 and undergoing a barely credible tennis renaissance, last stepped out onto Centre Court to contest a singles final in […] -
The first of four trimarans racing the Queen Mary 2 across the Atlantic has finished the course. The trimaran Macif crossed the ocean from Saint-Nazaire, France, to New York City in 8 days, 31 minutes and 20 seconds. The boat averaged 18.61 knots over a 3,582-mile route. The Queen Mary covered a more direct 3,100-miles […] -
Tennis player Venus Williams is facing a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died in an accident involving the star. The family of Jerome Barson, 78, is suing Williams over the accident, according to ESPN. He died two weeks after the crash, after suffering head injuries. Michael Steinger, the attorney, told “Good […] -
Fabrice Gropaiz wasn’t content with just the around-the-world rollerblading record. The 48-year-old Frenchman figured, why not celebrate turning 49 by repeating the trip on a skateboard? Fabrice Gropaiz rollerbladed around the world at age 28. He put a tent in a backpack and set out on a rainy morning on a 17,000-mile trip that took […] -
Japan’s youngest professional shogi player, 14-year old Sota Fujii, has set a record in his first matches as a professional player by winning 29 consecutive matches. Sujii set his record Monday, June 26, after a match against 19-year-old Yasuhiro Masuda that went on for 11 hours, including breaks to eat and go the bathroom. Shogi […] -
The son of a former Major League Baseball player Keith Lockhart is on life support after getting hit in the head with a baseball. Jason Lockhart, son of Keith Lockhart—who played for the San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, and Kansas City Royals between 1994 and 2003—is currently in intensive care after he was hit in […] -
We thought that 2016 would be the last Olympics for 28-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps, but now he’s announced he will be training for 2032. “Not me, I’m training Boomer [Phelps’ son] and all the babies around the world to be the best swimmers that they can be,” Phelps said in a commercial for Huggies […] -
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová is back in the game just six months after sustaining a major injury to her hand. She was stabbed during an armed robbery at her home in the Czech Republic last December, and her left hand has been giving her trouble ever since. The hand hasn’t fully recovered, and Kvitová […] -
International fast-food giant McDonald’s announced Friday, June 16, that it is pulling out of a 44-year sponsorship contract with the International Olympics Committee (IOC) 3 years early. “As part of our global growth plan, we are reconsidering all aspects of our business and have made this decision in cooperation with the IOC to focus on […] -
SINGAPORE—The Singapore Sevens again produced a surprise winner: last year it was Kenya that stunned Fiji in the final, this year Canada won their first Sevens Championship (in 140 attempts since 1999!) beating their North American rivals, the USA 26-19 in an exciting final to round-off a tournament full of shock results. To reach the […] -
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The world’s most famous sled dog race started Monday with 71 mushers setting off from the heart of Alaska and embarking on a nearly 1,000-mile trek across the wilderness. The grandson of a co-founder of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was the first competitor on the trail. Ryan Redington, 33, of Wasilla led […] -
RIO DE JANEIRO—Rio de Janeiro pulled off last year’s Olympics, keeping crime at bay and fending off dire forecasts of corruption, environmental degradation, and cost overruns. Six months after South America’s first games, the floodgates have burst. Rio organizers still owe creditors about $40 million. Four of the new arenas in the main Olympic Park […] -
HOUSTON—Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the rest of the New England Patriots have long been reluctant to rank their victories. They’ve refused to label any given season, or title, sweeter than another. It’s time to put that to rest. This Super Bowl was lost. New England trailed by 25 points and Brady had a case […] -
HOUSTON—He may not have the precision of Joe Montana, the arm of Terry Bradshaw, the grit of John Elway or the mind of Peyton Manning. What Tom Brady does have are the numbers. And, win or lose in the Super Bowl on Sunday, he has built as strong a case as anyone that he is […] -
The New England Patriots are in the Super Bowl for the ninth time in the last 31 years, chasing their fifth championship next weekend in Houston. No coach or player in the current NFL could have a more palpable been-here-before feeling than Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. All four of their Super Bowl victories have […]
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