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Editor’s note: Follow all the action between Colorado and North Dakota State with USA TODAY Sports’ live coverage. BOULDER, Colo. – Shortly before Thursday’s season-opening game between Colorado and North Dakota State, famed professional wrestler…

Czech Karolina Muchova delivered a flawless display of serve-and-volley tennis to knock twice champion Naomi Osaka out of the U.S. Open with a 6-3 7-6(5) second-round victory on Thursday. Muchova enjoyed the best season of her career…

If crystal balls really did predict the future, then there’d be no debate about how the college football season plays out. The outcomes would be foreseeable and the debates would be muted. Thankfully, that’s not…

CLERMONT, Fla. — In a stroke rehab center, past the security desk, down a wide hallway, inside a private room, Chet Lemon sits next to his bed strapped into a wheelchair. He wears a yellow…

PARIS — Following a glittering lights and sound show, day one of the swimming finals commenced at Paris La Defense Arena featuring a lively audience that showed up in sizable numbers.  Against this backdrop, three…

As the Colorado Buffaloes gear up for their season opener, coach Deion Sanders once again finds himself at the center of a media storm.  This time, Sanders clashed with ESPN pundit Paul Finebaum when he…

Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry agreed to a one-year, $62.58 million extension that will keep him with the Warriors through 2026-27. Curry, 36, will make $177.9 million over the next three seasons, and the…

PARIS — In a rematch of their two previous encounters this summer in which the United States emerged victorious by scores of 61-57 and 70-65, Team USA once again edged out Spain, 66-56, in a…

Netflix on Thursday announced rules for the hot dog eating showdown between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi. None of them will improve the relationship between the competitive eating rivals who will go head-to-head for the…

Among the special rules for the Joey Chestnut-Takeru Kobayashi hot dog eating contest Monday is no dunking hot dog buns in water. But it’s another rule that has prompted concern from Chestnut. Neither he nor…