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By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — A basketball card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold for $12.932 million on Saturday, making it the most expensive ever sports card, according to the auction house which handled its sale. The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman, which was sold in Dallas, Texas through Heritage Auctions,

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — At just 16, American tennis player Julieta Pareja is set to compete at her first senior grand slam tournament. The teenager, who recently became the world No. 1 girls player, was handed a wild card for this year’s US Open main draw, in recognition of her breakthrough season which

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Even before he emerged from the bullpen Friday, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bubba Chandler was considered the top pitching prospect in baseball. And the hard-throwing 22-year-old confirmed those credentials in his major league debut, becoming the first pitcher to throw four scoreless innings and record a save in his debut

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Tennis icon Roger Federer has become the seventh billionaire athlete in history, according to estimates published by Forbes on Friday. The Swiss star, who retired from the sport in 2022, is now believed to have a net worth of $1.1 billion, boosted by his minority stake in Swiss shoe

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After winning seven grand slam singles titles, spending 11 weeks as the world No. 1 and forming part of arguably the most dominant tennis dynasty in history – there is very little left for Venus Williams to achieve in the sport. And yet the 45-year-old is once again preparing

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Every superhero has an origin story and Scottie Scheffler’s narrative arc can be traced back to November 15, 2020 – a series of events that barely anybody noticed at the time. That was the day Scheffler and Tiger Woods played together in the Masters tournament: the first and only

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Quenton Marselles Brown, the father of Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown, has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man multiple times in Las Vegas. The incident took place on Wednesday in a parking lot after Brown allegedly dinged the car of the victim, according

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Northwestern University and Pat Fitzgerald announced Thursday they’ve agreed to a settlement that ends a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the former head football coach after he was fired following allegations of widespread hazing in his program. Northwestern’s statement acknowledges that Fitzgerald did not know about the hazing in

By Matias Grez, Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — The roar of a partisan home crowd can often be enough to lift tennis players out of precarious positions and help carry them to victory. Though perhaps not quite as vociferous as the French Open crowd, fans at the US Open have earned the grand slam a

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — This wasn’t just a victory for Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori. It also felt like a victory for all doubles tennis players. Up against some of the game’s biggest singles stars, Errani and Vavassori successfully defended their US Open mixed doubles title, defeating Iga Świątek and Casper Ruud 6-3,

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Tennis superstar Coco Gauff has parted ways with her coach just days before this year’s US Open, according to reports, including ESPN, on Wednesday. The two-time grand slam singles winner has not publicly announced the decision, but reports suggest coach Matthew Daly will no longer be part of her

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Jim Walmsley is the first to admit that he hates to sit still, hates having downtime. It’s one of the reasons he’s ended up with a job that involves running up to 140 miles a week – mostly up hills and almost always on trails. “I’m a very over-active

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The New York Yankees crushed a franchise record-tying nine home runs in a dominant 13-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. The players had to wait for almost two hours as rain and lightning delayed the game, before Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton hit consecutive

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The much-talked-about pairing of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz fell to an early exit in the US Open’s mixed doubles competition on Tuesday, losing their first-round match and failing to win a set. Raducanu and Alcaraz, who have both lifted the US Open singles title on this court, lost

By Associated Press Mexico City (AP) — Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported to Mexico, where he’s wanted for alleged cartel ties, following his arrest in the U.S. for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application. Chávez was handed over by authorities and admitted to a prison outside of the

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — A former Miami Heat security officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting and transferring millions of dollars’ worth of team memorabilia, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Marcos Tomas Perez, 62, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty at a hearing Tuesday, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern

CNN By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The much-talked-about pairing of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz fell to an early exit in the US Open’s mixed doubles competition on Tuesday, losing their first-round match and failing to win a set. Raducanu and Alcaraz, who have both lifted the US Open singles title on this court,

By Amy Woodyatt, Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — American golfer Ben Griffin got the shakes at the BMW Championship – though it wasn’t necessarily because of nerves, but rather due to swallowing a “large rock” of creatine. World No. 17 Griffin said that he “started getting super shaky” and “felt like I had tremors” on

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in anticlimactic circumstances as rival Jannik Sinner retired due to illness just 23 minutes into the match. Alcaraz raced into a 5-0 lead in the first set of Monday’s final, the 14th matchup between the world’s two best players, when an out-of-sorts