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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Oakmont, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Sam Burns came into Friday knowing that he could play at Oakmont. He also knew what the course could do to him, having finished with three bogeys and one double bogey during Thursday’s opening round. Burns chose not to dwell on how his round ended and instead

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark says that she always dreamed of playing in the WNBA – and dreamed of playing in front of big crowds – but the seismic transformation she has inspired in women’s basketball has still taken her by surprise. “Being on the magnitude it is,” she told CNN Sports

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown on a charge of attempted murder. CNN affiliate WSVN previously reported the news and has since provided a copy of the warrant to CNN. Authorities in Miami-Dade County are seeking to arrest Brown after

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — An Australian dressage rider has been provisionally suspended and will be investigated, according to Equestrian Australia (EA), after a video emerged on social media that appears to show him repeatedly whipping a horse. Heath Ryan, who represented Australia in dressage at the 2008 Olympics, can be seen in the

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Oakmont, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Scottie Scheffler has been bending courses to his will in 2025. The No. 1 golfer in the world looked unstoppable only two weeks ago at the Memorial Tournament that he won by four strokes at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio. But the course at Oakmont

By Rory Fleming, CNN (CNN) — As FIFA’s revamped expanded Club World Cup kicks off in the United States on Saturday, most fans’ eyes will be firmly fixed on the plethora of soccer superstars competing for up to $125 million, with the likes of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland all taking part with

By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — On a day that didn’t produce many smiles for the world’s best, Patrick Reed certainly got the crowds at Oakmont Country Club going with a rare albatross on the par-5 fourth hole during the opening round of the US Open. After a 332-yard drive to the left of the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Karsten Warholm crushed his own 300-meter hurdles world best time in front of a home crowd in Oslo, Norway on Wednesday, clocking 32.67 seconds. Warholm set the previous mark of 33.05 seconds in April, but bettered that time by almost half a second at the Oslo Diamond League in

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — And just like that, we have a series. The Edmonton Oilers completed a comeback for the ages to down the Florida Panthers 5-4 in overtime to knot the Stanley Cup Final up at 2-2. After erasing a three-goal deficit, the Oilers found themselves leading 4-3 in the closing seconds

By Kyle Feldscher and David Close, CNN Oakmont, Pennsylvania (CNN) — All week in the build-up to the US Open, the course at Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was touted as a beast – a track so difficult that the world’s best might look like weekend hacks trying to navigate it. As Thursday’s opening

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Former NCAA track star Eliud Kipsang, who earned several first-team All-America honors as a runner, has died aged 28, according to Alabama Athletics. Alabama Athletics released a statement Wednesday confirming that Kipsang had died on Tuesday evening. “We are heartbroken by the passing of Eliud Kipsang, one of the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — England soccer star Jude Bellingham has a “hunger” and “rage” that can come across as “a bit repulsive,” manager Thomas Tuchel said in a new interview with British outlet TalkSport. Bellingham, a key player for his national team and Real Madrid, has rarely been afraid to hide his emotions

By Vasco Cotovio, Amanda Davies, Matthew Brealey and Kostya Gak, CNN Gandia, Spain (CNN) — Perched on Spain’s eastern coast, the touristy town of Gandia may not look like an obvious home for one of Ukraine’s biggest stars, but it’s here that world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is basing himself ahead of his next fight.

By Rory Fleming, CNN (CNN) — Ask any golf fan about their sporting dream and you can almost guarantee that it’s teeing off on the first hole of Augusta National at the Masters. As he finalizes his preparations for this week’s US Open, that’s the dream self-described “golf fanatic” Justin Hastings realized back in April

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Despite having a mountain of expectation on his shoulders, it appears that Travis Hunter remains unfazed. Hunter was the No. 2 overall pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2025 NFL Draft after a Heisman Trophy-winning season with the Colorado Buffaloes. The 22-year-old is a unique prospect given his