With pressure mounting on the NFL's Washington Redskins to change its team name due to its racist connotations, an NHL team also under scrutiny is standing behind its name. The Chicago Blackhawks contend its nickname actually honors a real life…
(CNN) -- Taquarius "TQ" Wair running back at Mesabi Range College was this year's ESPYS award winner for perseverance, Norman Seawright III reports.
Originally Published: 15 JUN 20 10:33 ET Updated: 15 JUN 20 13:47 ET By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) -- Days after NASCAR's only full-time black driver raced in a Black Lives Matter-themed car, a competitor drove with a symbol of…
(CNN) -- She was comfortable with her body, though others were not. Track and field star Marilyn Okoro, whose right arm displays a "Saved by Grace" tattoo, ran with pride for Great Britain. "I was told that I…
(CNN) -- British skateboarder Sky Brown says her "helmet and arm saved her life" after being involved in a horrific fall during training. The 11-year-old posted a video on her Instagram and YouTube channel with a clip of her spill…
(CNN) -- Don Shula, the longtime Miami Dolphins coach and architect of the only perfect season in NFL history, died at his South Florida home Monday morning, according to the team. "Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins…
(CNN) -- NFL star Tom Brady posted a throwback video with former New England Patriots player Rob Gronkowski after Gronkowski revealed he will be coming out of retirement to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with Brady.
(CNN) -- World champion gymnast Simone Biles, who trains in the Houston area, talked with ABC13 about how she's dealing with the delayed Olympics during the virus outbreak.
(CNN) -- Former Georgia State University guard Jada Lewis announced on Instagram over the weekend that she's transferring from Georgia State to Mercer to hoop for the Lady Bears in her last year of eligibility.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will postpone its next three events as the coronavirus outbreak continues to cripple the sports world. The postponements come days after Dana White, UFC president, said he would try to keep fights going without audiences. The…
(CNN) -- Serena Williams is taking precautions against contracting the Coronavirus. The tennis champ revealed on Instagram that she will be spending time with only her family, including husband Alexis Ohanian and 2-year-old daughter Olympia. "Spending the next 6 weeks…
(CNN) -- Mercer fell to Georgia Tech, 11-1, Wednesday at Sikes Field. It was the Bears' fourth straight loss to the Yellow Jackets.
(CNN) -- The Spanish league that Marta Corredera made her debut in more than a decade ago is almost unrecognizable to the one she plays in today. In the 12 years since she first appeared for Espanyol,…
ATLANTA, Ga. (CNN) -- March for college basketball fans means a month full of roaring crowds, dramatic upsets, buzzer beaters, blood, sweat and tears. But in the shadow of the novel coronavirus outbreak, there could be a new meaning to…
(CNN) -- More than two dozen people involved in the horse racing industry have been indicted for taking part in a scheme to give racehorses performance-enhancing drugs to help them win races around the world, federal prosecutors announced Monday. One…
GEORGIA (CNN) -- The Central Georgia Technical College Titans beat Andrew College, 84-80, in overtime Friday to punch their ticket to their third straight GCAA championship.
(CNN) -- American runner Molly Seidel surprised even herself over the weekend by coming in second at the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta -- her debut race at the marathon distance -- and punching her ticket to the 2020…
(CNN) -- Olympic organizers have insisted that preparations for Tokyo 2020 are going ahead "as planned" despite the novel coronavirus outbreak in Asia. The virus has so far claimed the lives of over 2,700 worldwide, with the majority…
GEORGIA (CNN) -- The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame held its annual jacket ceremony Friday for its 2020 inductees. The stage was filled with nothing but sports legends.
(CNN) -- Basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses "Black Patriots," his documentary airing on History that focuses on the black American heroes of the Revolutionary War.
(CNN) -- Ryan Newman, leading the final lap of NASCAR's Daytona 500, was involved in a fiery crash Monday that saw his car spin and go airborne, flipping several times. FOX television commentators said Newman was removed…
(CNN) -- Car breaks through Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl championship parade route, leads police in a chase that ends with a crash.
(CNN) -- San Francisco's "Captain America" has reached the Super Bowl™. And so have I. When I found out that I'd have the privilege of covering the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl…
