Sports

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes meeting your heroes actually does work in your favor despite what people say. Los Angeles Lakers’ G-League guard Quincy Olivari is finalizing a shoe deal with Stephen Curry’s Under Armour Curry Brand, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Olivari has previously described the four-time NBA champion as his “hero.”

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — A popular member of the Texas Longhorns’ contingent won’t be able to attend the Southeastern Conference championship game on Saturday in Atlanta. That would be Bevo, the famed real-life Texas longhorn. The reason: There’s just not enough room. The current mascot Bevo, known as Bevo XV, weighs 1,700 pounds,

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — NFL legend Randy Moss is set to take some time away from his punditry work on ESPN, the network announced on Friday, due to an unknown health issue. In a statement on X, ESPN said the former wide receiver would step away from his role on “Sunday NFL Countdown”

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Inter Miami will play Egypt’s Al Ahly in the first match of next year’s revamped Club World Cup, after the draw was made on Thursday. The competition, which has been expanded to include 32 teams from around the world, will be held across 12 different venues in the US.

By Simone McCarthy, Fred He and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The National Basketball Association (NBA) is taking a first step back into the huge Chinese market with two preseason games set to take place in Macao next October, five years after the league was effectively blocked from China. The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Australian teenage sprinting sensation Gout Gout recorded the fourth-fastest under-18 100m time in history on Friday, clocking in at 10.04 seconds at the All-Schools Athletics Championships in Queensland. The run, which came in the heats but was wind-assisted and therefore does not count in official records, was also the

By Jack Bantock and Bijan Hosseini, CNN Doha, Qatar (CNN) — With Formula One cars rocketing around Lusail International Circuit at average speeds comfortably north of 130 miles per hour (210 kilometers per hour), the Qatar Grand Prix was all over in little more than 90 minutes. Yet even while the checkered flag waves and

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Georgian professional tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili has been acquitted of domestic violence charges against his ex-wife, the Tbilisi City Court said in a statement. Basilashvili was charged with violence against Neli Dorokashvili in May 2020 but, following the conclusion of a trial two years later, the court announced in

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — LeBron James making a buzzer-beater to win the game. Patrick Mahomes scanning the field with seconds remaining. Lionel Messi standing over a free kick in stoppage time. Most team sports allow their biggest stars to take over in the most important moments – the ones when you just have

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Heading into the 2024 Formula One season, many fans feared it would be more of the same. Max Verstappen was fresh off a comfortable 2022 and then a historically dominant 2023 campaign, entering 2024 as a three-time world champion with Red Bull appearing untouchable. And when it was announced

By Jacob Lev and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Jake Bates is quickly cementing himself as a Detroit sports legend. The Lions kicker played hero yet again after nailing a 35-yard field goal as the clock expired to help secure a 34-31 victory over their division rivals, the Green Bay Packers, on Thursday Night Football.

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick interviewed with the University of North Carolina for its head football coaching job, according to multiple reports. The six-time Super Bowl winner hasn’t coached since he and the Patriots parted ways after 24 seasons earlier this year, bringing an end to

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Basketball sensation Caitlin Clark has featured on the list of the highest-paid female athletes for the first time while Coco Gauff tops the standings for the second year in a row, according to Sportico’s 2024 rankings. The US tennis sensation had a successful year both on and off the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The Mid-American Conference (MAC) commissioner wants the NCAA to crack down on what he calls “abysmal behavior” at college sports events, which he said has shown a “lack of respect for norms and traditions.” The letter, sent on Thursday from Jon A. Steinbrecher to NCAA president Charlie Baker and

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Georgian professional tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili has been acquitted of domestic violence charges against his ex-wife, the Tbilisi City Court said in a statement. Basilashvili was charged with violence against Neli Dorokashvili in May 2020 but, following the conclusion of a trial two years later, the court announced in

By Jamie Barton and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — US Soccer CEO JT Batson says that he’s open to job-sharing in top coaching roles, a proposal floated by US Women’s National Team (USWNT) head coach Emma Hayes last week. Speaking ahead of the USWNT’s 0-0 draw with England at Wembley Stadium, Hayes mentioned the arrangement,

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — British dressage star Charlotte Dujardin has been fined and suspended for a year after a video emerged of her repeatedly whipping a horse during training. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, withdrew from the Paris Games shortly before the opening ceremony, describing the video from four years ago as

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — No. 1 Kansas was upset 76-63 by unranked Creighton on Wednesday night, the Bluejays’ second win over top-ranked opposition in less than a year. Pop Isaacs led the scoring for Creighton with a game-high 27 points, while seven-foot-one Ryan Kalkbrenner contributed 17 points and 10 rebounds on his return

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Top-tier sumo wrestling will make a rare appearance in London for the first time in three decades – and for the second time ever outside of Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history. Some 40 members of Japan’s elite makuuchi rikishi wrestlers from the country’s top level division will compete