Sports

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers is expected to participate in the New York Jets’ offseason training activities (OTAs) later this month without “any restrictions,” his franchise’s coach Robert Saleh said on Friday, per the NFL website. The four-time MVP ruptured his left Achilles tendon just four snaps into his Jets

By Homero De la Fuente and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Mystik Dan has won the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby in a dramatic photo finish at Churchill Downs on Saturday in Louisville. Mystik Dan edged out Sierra Leone and Forever Young in a rare three-horse photo finish to capture the first leg of

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Umberto Motto had always dreamed of playing for Torino FC. He had dreamed of pulling on the team’s maroon shirt in front of thousands of adoring fans. And he had dreamed of hearing his name announced as he made his way onto the pitch at the Stadio Filadelfia. A

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will not face charges after being accused by a woman of sexual assault for an alleged 2017 incident, a Dallas police spokesperson told CNN on Friday. “An investigation was conducted, and the case is closed,” the police statement reads. “Detectives determined there was insufficient evidence an

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Ticket sales for the Chicago Sky have jumped. Celebrities are wearing Indiana Fever jerseys. Google searches for the league are higher than ever. Everyone is talking about the WNBA. And the hype is real. Spearheaded by the star power of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and other top college players,

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — US steeplechase athlete Emma Coburn said that her “dream” of competing at this year’s Paris Olympics is over after she broke her ankle while competing in Shanghai last month. Coburn, a bronze medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics, landed heavily during a water jump in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods will tee up at the US Open for the 23rd time after accepting a special exemption to play the 124th edition of the major on Thursday. The 48-year-old did not meet the criteria to automatically make the 156-player field set to compete at Pinehurst Resort and Country

By Homero De la Fuente and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The excitement to watch Caitlin Clark play in the WNBA has been palpable. And tonight, that moment finally came. The 22-year-old, who was selected earlier this month as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever, scored a

By Radina Gigova and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian athletes have been urged by the country’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) to avoid contact with Russians and Belarusians during the 2024 Olympics in Paris so that possible “provocative actions” can be prevented. The recommendations include refraining from “direct contact with representatives of the aggressor countries, which could

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Jalen Brunson scored 41 points to help his New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 118-115 in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series on Thursday and clinch a 4-2 best-of-seven victory. Brunson had 14 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter while also adding 12 assists in

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — In August 2019, Saul Malek realized he’d hit rock bottom. His girlfriend had broken up with him, friendships had gone south, and he had money problems. “I noticed all my memories were really gambling related,” Malek explains to CNN Sport. “If I went out with my girlfriend and some

By Amy Woodyatt and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Boxer Ryan Garcia says he has never taken steroids after ESPN reported he twice tested positive for the performance enhancing drug ostarine – the day before and day of his victory over Devin Haney last month. “Big lies, I beat his ass,” Garcia said in an

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — After the Philadelphia 76ers’ Wells Fargo Center was overrun with New York Knicks fans last week, the team’s ownership has taken action to guarantee it doesn’t happen again. Sixers managing partners Josh Harris and David Blitzer, along with limited partner David Adelman and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin, have purchased