It helped that Josh Heird had a head start. The Louisville athletic director, like many of his peers in college athletics, keeps coaching candidate shortlists at the ready. You never know when you’ll have to…
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NFL players age nearly a decade faster than the general population and suffer from arthritis and high blood pressure as early as their 20s, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School. The study, published Thursday,…
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The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association are giving each other more time to decide if they want to opt out of the league’s current Collective Bargaining Agreement, a person with knowledge of the…
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A quarterback-only Heisman Trophy ceremony will still have something for everyone. Start with one of the most successful walk-on players in Bowl Subdivision history, Georgia senior Stetson Bennett, a somewhat surprising invitee to the ceremony…
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When Brittney Griner returns home after 294 days of being imprisoned in Russia, she will face the potentially difficult task of reintegrating into her normal life, a process that experts say can be unpredictable and…
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Brazil needed something special to get past a determined Croatian side in the World Cup quarterfinal, and it seemed they got it through a special extra-time goal from Neymar. But, incredibly, it wasn’t enough. Neymar…
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On Friday, Brittney Griner arrived in the United States. It was the first time in almost 10 months the Phoenix Mercury star could say that. The two-time Olympic gold medalist landed early Friday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland…
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STILLWATER, Okla. — Three years ago, Madi Madory confidently approached a man many college football stars respectfully fear. Madory had just unceremoniously fired her bocce partner for the next day’s Special Olympics competition. Instead, she hoped…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Draft Class of 2020 alums Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert are preparing to face each other for the second time — and with more at stake for their respective teams. Both…
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SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres are absolutely blowing everyone’s minds. They play in the 27th-smallest market in baseball. They are trapped by the Pacific Ocean to the West, the desert to the East,…