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LSU softball coach Beth Torina couldn’t help but smile. A pair of trading cards were tucked into the back pocket of a 10U softball player on her daughter’s team. The cards featured LSU softball Danieca Coffey (third base) and Ali Newland…

The NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks $750,000 ‘for conduct detrimental to the league in an elimination game against the Chicago Bulls on April 7,’ the league said in a news release on Friday. The league…

The Houston Texans will host its first kids paratriathlon Saturday and Sunday as part of the 10th anniversary of its usual triathlon festivities. The new addition to the event, presented by the Texas Children’s Hospital, is to…

The annual Time 100 list, which honors the most influential people of the year, featured six prominent athletes whose contributions far exceed their star status on the playing surfaces. On Thursday, Time magazine published its list for…

‘After 16 months of suspended tennis competition in China and sustained efforts at achieving our original requests, the situation has shown no sign of changing,’ the WTA said. ‘We have concluded we will never fully…

The NFL and NFL Players Association have approved the use of a helmet specifically for quarterbacks to use to reduce concussions for the 2023 NFL season, they announced Wednesday. The Vicis Zero2 Matrix QB helmet…

The USFL returns this weekend and will feature a new voice in the broadcast booth. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Colt McCoy will join the NBC team as a color analyst. McCoy, who enters his 14th NFL…

Chase Elliott expects challenges as he returns to NASCAR Cup Series competition this weekend at Martinsville Speedway but said he wouldn’t get back behind the wheel if he didn’t feel ready. The 2020 NASCAR Cup…

A fuller picture of Angel Reese has come into view. Of course there’s the unapologetic trash talker, the self-proclaimed ‘Bayou Barbie” and the All-American basketball player who gained national attention with her inimitable style –mocking Iowa’s Caitlin Clark…

Jonathan Toews is set for his final game with the Chicago Blackhawks. He will suit up in the regular-season finale against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. Toews, who has spent 15 seasons with the…