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By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — Week 2 is one of the most fascinating weeks of the entire NFL season. This is when fans find out if they completely overreacted to what happened in Week 1 – or if that reaction was actually justified. So, what was real and what was just a one-week mirage?

By Dana O’Neil, Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The two football players at the center of the debate over former professional players returning to the college game remain in limbo after the NFL notified teams they are ineligible to play this season. In a memo sent to top front-office staff and head coaches around the

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Female athletes have reacted with anger and incredulity to a “hypersexualized” advertising campaign featuring a nude or minimally clad Sydney Sweeney posing with sports equipment. The campaign, for US sports-prediction market Novig, is “very damaging” for female athletes and young girls looking to get into sport, Australian surfer Felicity

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Oxford, Mississippi (CNN) — The Library Sports Bar is everything a college bar should be. Old, battered stools stand alongside a weathered wood bar. Stickers celebrating bygone 21st birthdays cover the walls outside the bathrooms. The barroom gives way to the Boom Boom room (for bands), which leads to the patio,

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Men’s top seed Alexander Zverev won a thrilling four-set, three-hour and 33 minute showdown with No. 8 seed Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 to win his first career US Open title on Sunday. It is the second career grand slam win for the 29-year-old from Germany, with

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The start of the new NFL season always brings a few things that take getting used to. Perhaps one of the most head-turning sights will be walking the sidelines of MetLife Stadium during the final game on Sunday. John Harbaugh will be making his regular-season debut with the New

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Women’s No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina will have a lot to celebrate come Monday after defeating top seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in the US Open women’s singles final at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday. Rybakina not only won her first career title at Flushing Meadows, but will

By Jacob Lev, Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Sunday’s clash for the US Open men’s singles title is now set as American Ben Shelton will face top-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany. Ben Shelton prevails over Frances Tiafoe in an all-American duel A historic all-American men’s semifinal between No. 8 seed Ben Shelton and No. 11

By Eryn Mathewson, CNN (CNN) — The word “historic” has been thrown around a few times at this year’s US Open. But when Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe step onto Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday, they’ll make a kind of history American men’s tennis hasn’t seen in more than half a century. For the first

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — Arch Manning was talking about his golf game, replying to a throwaway question at Texas’ SEC football media day about how he blows off steam in the offseason. The Longhorns quarterback said he’d been hitting the links regularly on the weekends, tagging along most recently with a buddy who

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Just when Coco Gauff thought she was back in control of her semifinal bout with Elena Rybakina, she wasn’t. In front of a fired-up, sold-out crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the second of two US Open women’s semifinals saw the No. 2 seed Rybakina defeat the No. 4 seed

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — On a night where the Seahawks were honored for their Super Bowl LX victory, the celebrations felt short lived as starting quarterback Sam Darnold left the game with an injury in the team’s 13-10 win over the New England Patriots at Lumen Field on Wednesday night in Seattle. As

CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After Ben Shelton’s time-zone-spanning quarterfinal against Carlos Alcaraz finished at 3:33 a.m. in New York Wednesday morning, the annual conversation of match scheduling at the US Open has kicked back up again. Despite how bizarre it was to see the two players still battling it out in the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After Ben Shelton’s time-zone-spanning quarterfinal against Carlos Alcaraz finished at 3:33 a.m. in New York Wednesday morning, the annual conversation of match scheduling at the US Open has kicked back up again. Despite how bizarre it was to see the two players still battling it out in the early

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Rams are loaded, Patrick Mahomes has a new knee, the Super Bowl champs are somehow underdogs and Buffalo Bills fans are once again convincing themselves this is the year! It’s all happening in the NFL. Here are five things to know about Week 1 of the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — US tennis star Ben Shelton eventually got the better of Carlos Alcaraz in the latest-ever finish in US Open history, ending the Spaniard’s title defense and progressing to an all-American semifinal. The titanic quarterfinal lasted four hours and 28 minutes, eventually ending at 3:33 a.m. local time in New

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The Mid-American Conference announced it had submitted formal appeals on Tuesday to recognize Western Michigan University as the winners of Saturday’s game against Michigan, which was won on a controversial last-second play. It didn’t take the NCAA long to shoot down that idea. The NCAA, citing its official football

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of year again when the soccer world turns its attention to the Ballon d’Or awards — accolades given to the man and woman deemed to be the best player in the world. The nominees for both categories were released on Tuesday, starting what will be an

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The Southeastern Conference will meet on Thursday to determine whether to expel Louisiana State University out of the high-profile conference as the fight over the Tigers’ potential use of former professional football players escalates. In a federal court filing, the conference said it will meet to “decide whether to

By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of student athletes are returning to their college teams this fall. Earning a spot on collegiate rosters, or athletic scholarships, takes years of work from young athletes — and thousands of dollars from their parents in fees, travel and other costs. But the odds are

By Hannah Keyser, CNN New Brunswick, New Jersey (CNN) — It’s the last Sunday in August and at a steakhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, men who are old enough to have grandchildren are wearing football jerseys and accusing each other of cheating at a game before 10:30 in the morning. They’ll start drinking before

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The NBA issued stern penalties against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday following an independent investigation that revealed a “pattern of misconduct” and severe salary cap circumvention violations. The investigation found that the Clippers improperly funneled off-court endorsement opportunities to star forward Kawhi Leonard through corporate partners – including

By Fred He, CNN (CNN) — “C’mon Bo, C’mon Bo, C’mon Bo.” Inside the training facility at the University of Louisville, strength coach Eli Foy stands on a weighted sled, adding more resistance. Zhang Boyuan, a 19-year-old player from northeast China, gives it everything he has, pushing the sled toward the end of the court

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Like almost every boy, Freddie Woodward was exposed to porn at an early age. At first, it was nothing more than a glance at adult magazines or material shared between friends. Then, as he got older, he stepped into the seemingly endless world of online videos, which offered a

By Kyle Feldscher, Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Argentine superstar Lionel Messi announced Monday that he is retiring from his country’s national team. “After the time that has passed since the final, and after giving it a lot of thought, I want to let everyone know that I am retiring from the National Team,” Messi

By Emile Nuh, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Watch CNN Original Series “Decades in Sports” on the CNN app. Across six episodes, the series explores the defining moments, athletes and cultural shifts that shaped sports over the past six decades, from the television revolution and Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s to the impact of

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — Maura Horton read the latest stories, the ones detailing the startling research that as many as one in four NFL players could end up with CTE, and she knew what would happen next. People would talk about chronic traumatic encephalopathy that day and for a few days after. They’d

CNN By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — The first time he cried after a big win, Roger Federer says he didn’t understand what was happening. It was 2001 at Wimbledon, and he’d just dethroned the great Pete Sampras on his Centre Court debut. “I go to my knees, (then) I shake hands with Pete and

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — The first time he cried after a big win, Roger Federer says he didn’t understand what was happening. It was 2001 at Wimbledon, and he’d just dethroned the great Pete Sampras on his Centre Court debut. “I go to my knees, (then) I shake hands with Pete and he’s

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — On the 18th hole, Cameron Young’s sloping, sliding, quick eagle putt from about 42 feet hit the back of the cup, an exclamation point on an 8-under round that sent him from last to first. He pulled the ball out of the hole, shook hands with his caddie,

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Wyndham Clark just wants to be loved. The reigning US Open champion, who is sitting in third place in the FedEx Cup standings heading into this week, is enjoying his best year as a professional. Last week’s victory at the BMW Championship outside St. Louis was his third

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Professional athletes are often held up as something above and beyond the mere mortals who pay hefty ticket prices to be in the stands. But every now and then there comes a reminder that even the best in the world at what they do can be waylaid by

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — European soccer governing body UEFA is poised to no longer boycott upcoming FIFA tournaments, according to the Associated Press, as the sport’s ongoing saga takes another turn. UEFA has been embroiled in a public feud with world governing body FIFA since a proposed plan – dubbed the FIFA Forward

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Given the future of LIV Golf is murky at best – especially after the announcement of company layoffs on Wednesday – there are likely some players on the embattled start-up tour who are wondering whether their future lies back in the stability of the PGA Tour. The problem

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The normally buttoned-up world of golf is dealing with its latest collision between traditional sensibilities and new age internet culture – and this time it’s putting into question how and whether those two worlds merge. The golf-focused media company Good Good and equipment maker Callaway are both under

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible to play in the WNBA, sources around the league told CNN on Monday. Both men announced last month that they now identify as women and said they planned to enter the 2027 WNBA draft amid a national

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — The principal owner of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers was arrested on Sunday and accused of “engaging in prostitution” in Ohio, according to court documents obtained by CNN. Jed York, who’s been with the team for nearly 20 years, became the chief executive officer in 2010. According to the

By Ben Church, Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — In recent weeks, it might have felt inevitable that Gianni Infantino would be forced to resign as FIFA president. The walls were closing in on him, and the rising tide of criticism following his failed attempt to rush through his controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal seemed

By Emile Nuh, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Watch CNN Original Series “Decades in Sports” on the CNN app. Across six episodes, the series explores the defining moments, athletes and cultural shifts that shaped sports over the past six decades, from the television revolution and Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, right up to the