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Tony Clark attends Game 1 of the 2023 World Series.

Tony Clark resigns as MLB players union leader after inappropriate relationship with sister-in-law discovered, source says

By Hannah Keyser, CNN (CNN) — Tony Clark resigned abruptly this week as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association after allegations of personal misconduct came to light. After an outside firm was retained in response to federal investigations, Clark was discovered to have had an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate who

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Sarah Warren will take to the Olympic ice on Sunday. The list of injuries the speed skater overcame to get there is stunning

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (CNN) — She thought about watching “Miracle,” thinking the story of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team would be the exact sort of motivation she needed. But then Sarah Warren thought about it a little more. “Miracle,” she realized, had some low points. It was January 5 of

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Vladyslav Heraskevych shows his helmet following his disqualification for wearing it in tribute to athletes who have died amid Russia's attack on Ukraine at Cortina Sliding Centre on February 12.

Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has appeal dismissed over Olympics disqualification

By Dana O’Neil, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitrator has denied Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal and the Ukrainian skeleton rider will not be reinstated to compete in the Olympics wearing what he has deemed his “memory helmet.’’ Heraskevych was kicked out of the Milan Cortina Games

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Vladyslav Heraskevych shows his helmet following his disqualification for wearing it in tribute to athletes who have died amid Russia's attack on Ukraine at Cortina Sliding Centre on February 12.

Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has appeal dismissed over Olympics disqualification

CNN By Dana O’Neil, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitrator has denied Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal and the Ukrainian skeleton rider will not be reinstated to compete in the Olympics wearing what he has deemed his “memory helmet.’’ Heraskevych was kicked out of the Milan Cortina

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Olympic alpine skiing competitions are held atop high mountain elevations

Colder, higher, faster: The Winter Olympics’ most extreme moments in three charts

By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Competitions at the Winter Olympics are defined by extremes: extreme air, extreme speed and extreme temperatures. On sliding tracks, athletes in luge, bobsled and skeleton break highway speed limits. In the halfpipe and big air competitions, snowboarders hit huge jumps, completing dizzying numbers of spins while airborne. They

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