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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — On a night where the Seahawks were honored for their Super Bowl LX victory, the celebrations felt short lived as starting quarterback Sam Darnold left the game with an injury in the team’s 13-10 win over the New England Patriots at Lumen Field on Wednesday night in Seattle. As

CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After Ben Shelton’s time-zone-spanning quarterfinal against Carlos Alcaraz finished at 3:33 a.m. in New York Wednesday morning, the annual conversation of match scheduling at the US Open has kicked back up again. Despite how bizarre it was to see the two players still battling it out in the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After Ben Shelton’s time-zone-spanning quarterfinal against Carlos Alcaraz finished at 3:33 a.m. in New York Wednesday morning, the annual conversation of match scheduling at the US Open has kicked back up again. Despite how bizarre it was to see the two players still battling it out in the early

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Rams are loaded, Patrick Mahomes has a new knee, the Super Bowl champs are somehow underdogs and Buffalo Bills fans are once again convincing themselves this is the year! It’s all happening in the NFL. Here are five things to know about Week 1 of the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — US tennis star Ben Shelton eventually got the better of Carlos Alcaraz in the latest-ever finish in US Open history, ending the Spaniard’s title defense and progressing to an all-American semifinal. The titanic quarterfinal lasted four hours and 28 minutes, eventually ending at 3:33 a.m. local time in New

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The Mid-American Conference announced it had submitted formal appeals on Tuesday to recognize Western Michigan University as the winners of Saturday’s game against Michigan, which was won on a controversial last-second play. It didn’t take the NCAA long to shoot down that idea. The NCAA, citing its official football

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of year again when the soccer world turns its attention to the Ballon d’Or awards — accolades given to the man and woman deemed to be the best player in the world. The nominees for both categories were released on Tuesday, starting what will be an

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The Southeastern Conference will meet on Thursday to determine whether to expel Louisiana State University out of the high-profile conference as the fight over the Tigers’ potential use of former professional football players escalates. In a federal court filing, the conference said it will meet to “decide whether to

By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of student athletes are returning to their college teams this fall. Earning a spot on collegiate rosters, or athletic scholarships, takes years of work from young athletes — and thousands of dollars from their parents in fees, travel and other costs. But the odds are

By Hannah Keyser, CNN New Brunswick, New Jersey (CNN) — It’s the last Sunday in August and at a steakhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, men who are old enough to have grandchildren are wearing football jerseys and accusing each other of cheating at a game before 10:30 in the morning. They’ll start drinking before