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By David Close, Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — In his heyday within the global spotlight, no one in the sporting world multitasked better than Deion Sanders. A unicorn within the white lines, “Prime Time” dominated opponents and singlehandedly got fans out of their seats with his unmatched athletic ability in both MLB and NFL stadiums.

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been suspended for the first six weeks of the upcoming season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, the league announced on Wednesday. Rice will be able to play again on October 13, meaning he misses the Chiefs’ first six games

By Matias Grez, Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — No moment better captures the agony and ecstasy that sport provides than the contrasting emotions of two teams that have just contested a major final. As one group of players rushes wildly to celebrate with its fans, the other slumps to the floor with their heads buried

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Just when Manchester United fans thought it couldn’t get any worse, up steps fourth-division side Grimsby Town to plunge the once-great club even further in the mire. The League Two minnow – sitting three divisions below Manchester United – was well worthy of its League Cup win on Wednesday,

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — As Jack Draper stepped up to serve in the third set of his US Open first round match against Federico Agustín Gómez on Monday, the British star threw up on court. It was a moment that brought back unwanted memories of his US Open run last year, when the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Less than two months ago, the tennis world had descended onto Wimbledon’s pristine green courts, where the sound of tennis balls echoed around hushed courts. Spectators, on the whole, observed an almost librarian state of quiet, watching the players, dressed all in white, battle it out in one of

CNN, GETTY, SPECTRUM NEWS NY1, WVUE, WDSU, X, @PDNACHICAGO, OBTAINED BY CNN, X/@PDNAChicago By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Less than two months ago, the tennis world had descended onto Wimbledon’s pristine green courts, where the sound of tennis balls echoed around hushed courts. Spectators, on the whole, observed an almost librarian state of quiet,

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Ohio State denied Tuesday that it banned Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy from Ohio Stadium as a part of Fox Sports’ “Big Noon Kickoff” show on Saturday, as the prominent University of Michigan alumnus called the Buckeyes out for focusing more on him than the Texas Longhorns. The Buckeyes

By Matias Grez (CNN) — It certainly wasn’t the grand slam return Venus Williams will have dreamed of, but the 45-year-old said she is leaving the US Open feeling “very proud” of the level of tennis she found at times during her 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 first-round defeat to Karolína Muchová. A lively crowd on Arthur

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — He’s only played one match at this year’s US Open, but Carlos Alcaraz has already created a buzz. The Spanish second seed arrived on court for his first-round match against American Reilly Opelka sporting a new – and pretty severe – haircut. Clearly, the freshly-shorn Alcaraz hadn’t been drawing

By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — Well, that’s one way to silence a heckler. Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit a home run in the top of the ninth to cap off Sunday’s 8-2 win against the San Diego Padres, but it wasn’t the home run off Yuki Matsui that had everyone talking;

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — While a recent bout with Covid-19 didn’t give Petra Kvitova the proper preparation she probably would have liked, the two-time Wimbledon champion did successfully make her farewell to tennis the way she wanted – at the US Open. After her 6-1, 6-0 defeat to Frenchwoman Diane Parry, Kvitova told

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — If you ever saw Bob and Mike Bryan on the tennis court, you’ll remember that they were double trouble. “Opponents described us as like a two-headed monster,” said Mike in an interview with CNN Sports. Dominating men’s doubles for the best part of two decades, they were a dream

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — On an unremarkable clay tennis court in the Spanish city of Alicante, watched on by only a handful of spectators, two teenagers swipe the ball to one another with surprising vigor, belying their scrawny, adolescent frames. The ages of each player – one 17, the other just 15 –

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The family of Kansas State quarterback Avery Johnson has apologized for the physical fight Johnson’s father and brother were reported to have had following No. 17 Wildcats’ loss to No. 22 Iowa State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Ireland on Saturday. Video of the fight quickly

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Every superhero has an origin story and Scottie Scheffler’s narrative arc can be traced back to November 15, 2020 – a series of events that barely anybody noticed at the time. That was the day Scheffler and Tiger Woods played together in the Masters tournament: the first and only