Sports

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The second week of the NFL season proved to be a brutal one for three young quarterbacks who were expected to take major leaps this season. Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears, Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders and Jaxson Dart of the New York Giants were all knocked

By Ben Church, Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé says there is no “frustration” over not yet winning a Ballon d’Or – an annual award given to the world’s best player – but tells CNN Sports that this “could be a good year for me.” Mbappé did not win any

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Oxford, Mississippi (CNN) — They crafted a poster that turned him into a corndog, a deadbeat on a stick if you will. They printed T-shirts and made buttons that called him a “heaux,” hoe, or ho, depending on the preferred spelling. They cussed him for leaving but then insisted they were

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — Week 2 is one of the most fascinating weeks of the entire NFL season. This is when fans find out if they completely overreacted to what happened in Week 1 – or if that reaction was actually justified. So, what was real and what was just a one-week mirage?

By Dana O’Neil, Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The two football players at the center of the debate over former professional players returning to the college game remain in limbo after the NFL notified teams they are ineligible to play this season. In a memo sent to top front-office staff and head coaches around the

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Female athletes have reacted with anger and incredulity to a “hypersexualized” advertising campaign featuring a nude or minimally clad Sydney Sweeney posing with sports equipment. The campaign, for US sports-prediction market Novig, is “very damaging” for female athletes and young girls looking to get into sport, Australian surfer Felicity

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Oxford, Mississippi (CNN) — The Library Sports Bar is everything a college bar should be. Old, battered stools stand alongside a weathered wood bar. Stickers celebrating bygone 21st birthdays cover the walls outside the bathrooms. The barroom gives way to the Boom Boom room (for bands), which leads to the patio,