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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Thanksgiving never, ever disappoints. The holiday typically entails good food, good company and most importantly, good NFL action. And let’s just say, it delivered and more. Here is a recap of the three games from Thursday. Burrow returns in Bengals win Isn’t football better when Joe Burrow is healthy

By Ben Church, Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian Youth and Sports Minister Matviy Bidnyi told CNN Sports that it’s “too early” to speak about Russian and Belarusian athletes competing under their nations’ flags at next year’s Winter Olympics, with peace talks to end the war in Ukraine still ongoing. As it stands, those with

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — Family, food and football: That’s what Thanksgiving is all about. The NFL has hosted games on the annual November holiday since the 1920s, and the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are the two traditional teams involved in the afternoon games every year. It all started back in 1934 –

By Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Emma Mazzenga is no ordinary 92-year-old. The Italian is an elite sprinter who has broken multiple world records in track and field. Mazzenga, who was born in 1933, made global headlines in 2024 when she broke the 200-meter world indoor record in the over-90s age group, finishing the race

By Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love gets in a groove around the holidays. In fact, you might say the numbers he puts up go into overdrive. Fans noticed his stats the last two years during Toyotathons – the Japanese automaker’s annual holiday sales push that runs from mid-November through

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Christian McCaffrey enjoyed a big night after helping the San Francisco 49ers to a 20-9 victory over his former team, the Carolina Panthers, on Monday Night Football. The running back joined the Niners back in 2022, but this was his first time facing the team that drafted him back

By Hannah Ryan, CNN (CNN) — Someone dressed as Marge Simpson, complete with a gigantic blue wig and a lime green dress, belts out “Hot to Go!” by pop icon Chappell Roan to a rapt audience gathered inside a marquee in the middle of a field in the north of England. There are several people

By Mark Morales, CNN New York (CNN) — Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty Monday to charges stemming from a scheme to help lure unsuspecting gamblers to a mob-run poker game they didn’t know was fixed. The Hall of Famer, wearing a gray suit, appeared with his attorney in federal court

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It was yet another fascinating Sunday in the NFL, one which saw stunning comebacks and new faces come to the fore. With the playoffs slowly approaching, there is little time to waste as teams jostle for a place in the postseason. With so much at stake, here are three

By Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored an outrageous bicycle kick Sunday in Al Nassr’s 4-1 win over Al Khaleej in the Saudi Pro League. In the final minute of stoppage time, Ronaldo rose up to meet a Nawaf Boushal cross from the right wing with the resulting audacious shot catching

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Being a professional athlete, especially in the NFL, creates a unique brotherhood. On the field, players compete tooth-and-nail against one another, often delivering some of the most violent and brutal hits that can be imagined. Off the field, they often regularly rely on one another for guidance as they

By Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player stabbed two teammates Saturday morning hours before the team’s game against the University of South Florida, the university said in a statement. The two wounded players were in stable condition, interim head coach Alex Mortensen said at the postgame news

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — College athletes will still be prohibited from betting on any sport in which the NCAA sponsors a championship after an eleventh-hour push to rescind a proposed rule change reached the necessary two-thirds threshold. Facing a 5 p.m. ET Friday deadline and needing 241 schools to submit paperwork preventing college

By Patrick Sung, Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Thursday night’s NFL game between the Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills was a rough and tumble affair, featuring injuries aplenty – including to one of the officials. Referee Adrian Hill had to be carted off the field following a non-contact injury in the third quarter of the