Sports

By Aimee Lewis, CNN “It’s an underdog story,” says Gene Warman, an Ohio native sitting in a bar with his son in a city neither had heard of this time last year. “It’s a wonderful thing.” Warman and his 22-year-old son Andrew are on a four-day trip from the US to watch their new-found love,

By Ben Church, CNN It was a case of so close, yet so far for Shohei Ohtani on Thursday as the two-way star came within inches of making yet more MLB history in the Los Angeles Angels’ 8-7 win over the Oakland Athletics. The 28-year-old stepped out to the plate in the eighth inning having

By Jacob Lev and Thomas Schlachter, CNN On an evening dedicated to selecting the best new talent to play in the NFL, it turned out to be a player drafted in 2018 who made all the headlines on Draft Night. The NFL’s 2019 MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens agreed in principle to a

By Ben Morse and Jill Martin, CNN Brittney Griner said during a news conference on Thursday that she’ll “never go overseas again” to play basketball, unless it’s for the Olympics after being detained in Russia. The two-time Olympic gold-medalist spent nearly 300 days in Russian custody following her detention in February 2022 and was sentenced

By Matias Grez, CNN Four years ago, on a warm Spanish summer’s evening in Madrid, Tottenham Hostpur was just 90 minutes away from reaching the pinnacle of European football. Win or lose against Liverpool in the 2019 Champions League final, Spurs could be excited about the future of their club. In the Premier League, then

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Lakers 116-99 to hang on to their NBA playoff dreams and force Game 6. When the Lakers took a 3-1 series lead, it looked like it was game over for this young Grizzlies team. Head coach Taylor Jenkins had questioned the maturity levels of

By Ben Church, CNN Ukrainian soccer player Taras Stepanenko still remembers the intense fear he felt as he heard the sound of gunfire and explosions during the initial days of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. The 33-year-old was hiding in a basement in Kyiv with his family as Russian troops approached the city. “You’re

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Ime Udoka addressed the “poor decision” that led to his departure from the Boston Celtics as he was announced as the Houston Rockets’ new head coach Wednesday. In September, Boston suspended Udoka for the entire 2022/23 season for violating team policies, following an investigation into his conduct by an independent law

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Four-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl XLV champion Aaron Rodgers was introduced Wednesday as the New York Jets‘ newest signal-caller. “This is a surreal day for me after spending 18 years in the same city,” the Jets quarterback told reporters. “I’m here because I believe in this team. I believe in

By Ben Morse, CNN Like spring, the NFL Draft signals a season of hope and joy renewed. This season’s edition is no different, with the teams at the top of the order hoping their selections will breathe fresh life into their organization. The Carolina Panthers showed their ambition by trading up to acquire the first