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By Ben Morse, CNN Aaron Judge smashing the ball into the stands has become a regular sight for baseball fans. And on the opening day of the new season, he treated fans to another explosive display. Fresh off setting the American League’s home run record with 62 last season, the 30-year-old blasted a 93-mph pitch

By Jacob Lev, CNN University of Alabama men’s basketball star Brandon Miller has declared for the 2023 NBA Draft, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 20-year-old freshman forward Miller is considered one of the top prospects in this year’s draft class. Miller averaged 18.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in 37 games played. Miller

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN Colorado Rockies closer Daniel Bard will start the season on the 15-day injury list (IL), citing anxiety issues, the team announced on Thursday. “It’s a hard thing to admit, but I’ve been through stuff before and I got enough going on outside of this game to realize what’s important,”

By George Ramsay, CNN One of Michael Schumacher’s championship-winning Ferrari cars from the 2000 season is expected to fetch up to $9.5 million at auction in Hong Kong next month, according to Sotheby’s. The Ferrari F1-2000 was driven by Schumacher during his victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix, as well as when he earned pole

By Ben Church, CNN With multiple women coming forward about their disturbing experiences in the chess world, including accusations of sexual misconduct by a grandmaster, the historic game is having its own #MeToo moment. Popular online chess streamer Anna Cramling says she’s also had uncomfortable experiences during her career in the game. The 20-year-old, who

By Hannah Brewitt and Andy Scholes, CNN Baseball is back with a fresh set of rules. On Opening Day, Major League Baseball will introduce a slew of brand-new regulations in the hopes of speeding up the pace of play, encouraging more game action, and making the sport more compelling to fans. Pitch Timer For the

CNN By Hannah Brewitt and Andy Scholes, CNN Baseball is back with a fresh set of rules. On Opening Day, Major League Baseball will introduce a slew of brand-new regulations in the hopes of speeding up the pace of play, encouraging more game action, and making the sport more compelling to fans. Pitch Timer For

By Glen Levy and Patrick Snell, CNN Wayne Rooney’s life changed forever on October 19, 2002. Everton was drawing 1-1 against Premier League champion Arsenal, then on a mightily impressive 30-game unbeaten run in England’s top division. As the game ticked into the 90th minute, the teenage forward, who had been brought on as a

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” was topping the Billboard Hot 100, Owen Wilson had just made his debut as Lightning McQueen in “Cars” and Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray was counting down the days to his sixth birthday. May 2006 was a long time ago and for all those involved with the

By Helen Regan and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has stripped Indonesia of its right to host the Under-20 Men’s World Cup later this year after an Indonesian official objected to the participation of Israel. “FIFA has decided, due to the current circumstances, to remove Indonesia as the host of the FIFA

CNN By Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to

CNN By Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Footballer James McClean has disclosed he has been diagnosed with autism, saying he is sharing his “journey” in part for his daughter, who is also autistic. “As you all know, my daughter Willow-Ivy is autistic,” the 33-year-old Republic of Ireland international wrote on his Instagram page on Tuesday. “The last 4

By Ben Morse, CNN The No. 0 is a famous one in the NBA. Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum all wear jerseys emblazoned with a number which appears to give them a certain level of inevitability. But NFL players have never had the opportunity to choose the number — that is until this