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By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the Chicago White Sox used to stink. After three disastrous years in which they’d lost at least 100 games every season, the South Siders had to freshen things up; but they couldn’t have imagined that some new toilet seats would

CNN By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — As soon as my son pressed play, the video made me wince. A few years ago, he’d discretely recorded me from the backseat as I was driving, talking to my other son in the passenger seat. We were returning from one of their junior tennis matches and I

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — As soon as my son pressed play, the video made me wince. A few years ago, he’d discretely recorded me from the backseat as I was driving, talking to my other son in the passenger seat. We were returning from one of their junior tennis matches and I was

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Former NFL star Tony Romo will not be returning to CBS Sports after his arrest for drunk driving earlier this summer, the network said in a statement. CBS Sports and Romo “mutually agreed to part ways,” according to the statement, after nine years of the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback

By Hannah Keyser, CNN New York City (CNN) — As the New York Yankees’ young ace Cam Schlittler mowed down Boston Red Sox batters in a way that felt not only effective but deliciously vindictive, chants of “M-V-P!” rained down from the Bronx crowd. There was a tinge of hometown bias to the honorific, but

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — Three weeks into the NFL season, we’re already seeing some familiar storylines, some huge surprises and plenty of history being made. The Houston Texans are 0-3 – again – while the Las Vegas Raiders are sitting at a surprising 3-0. Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence are renewing a rivalry

CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It’s one of the most extraordinary and monumental moments in the history of the Premier League – a story that has threatened and continues to endanger the very integrity of soccer in England. Manchester City, one of the most successful teams in the world in recent years, has

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It’s one of the most extraordinary and monumental moments in the history of the Premier League – a story that has threatened and continues to endanger the very integrity of soccer in England. Manchester City, one of the most successful teams in the world in recent years, has been

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — The Premier League has found Manchester City guilty of all of the charges related to serious breaches of the league’s financial rules. Sanctions related to the allegations have not been disclosed, though potential punishments against the club could include a points deduction, an unlimited fine, or even expulsion from

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Americans often say they need to see a superstar to fall in love with a sport, and for years, soccer has come up just short in the US. We had the likes of Clint Dempsey in the past, a clinical Premier League player but not quite the level of

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Camden, New Jersey (CNN) — A little after noon on a dreary Monday morning, kids wearing school uniforms spilled onto the playground in downtown Camden. It was recess at LEAP Academy, and the kids milled about the macadam or waited their turn on the swings, contentedly unaware that, just a few

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad. Bodhana Sivanandan from northwest London represented England at the tournament in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which ended on Sunday. In an interview released on YouTube on Sunday, she

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Naples, Italy (CNN) — When Louisa Nordstrom was growing up, the posters hanging in her bedroom didn’t portray pop stars or movie actors; instead, legendary British skipper Ben Ainslie was smiling from the wall, together with a dedicated autograph. Twenty years later, it is Nordstrom – now an accomplished sailor who’s

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Benjamin Satterley, an English wrestling star known by his ring name Pac, has died at 40, according to All Elite Wrestling. “A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Satterley began his wrestling career in 2004 and went on to perform for wrestling organizations all over the world, captivating fans

By Thomas Schlachter, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Manchester City has been found guilty of all but one of the many charges it faced in regards to breaching Premier League financial rules, according to multiple reports and first reported by David Ornstein at The Athletic. According to reports, City has been found

By Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN (CNN) — Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our biweekly newsletter on all things global soccer – men’s and women’s. To subscribe, click here. Hello everyone, Spanish Editor Patrick here. Ben is enjoying a well-earned mini-vacation on the Emerald Isle, hence I am taking

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — It’s the third week of the NFL season and some issues are becoming blatantly apparent as teams start to figure out their identities. In some places, injuries are piling up and threatening to derail teams before the season gets out of its first month. In others, there are clear

By Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN (CNN) — Major League Soccer (MLS) team Columbus Crew fired Federico Higuaín, the head coach of its reserve team, following an incident in a game that a referees’ association deemed “physical abuse and sexism” toward a female referee. Higuaín – who was appointed head coach of the franchise’s reserves squad,

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The second week of the NFL season proved to be a brutal one for three young quarterbacks who were expected to take major leaps this season. Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears, Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders and Jaxson Dart of the New York Giants were all knocked

By Ben Church, Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé says there is no “frustration” over not yet winning a Ballon d’Or – an annual award given to the world’s best player – but tells CNN Sports that this “could be a good year for me.” Mbappé did not win any

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Oxford, Mississippi (CNN) — They crafted a poster that turned him into a corndog, a deadbeat on a stick if you will. They printed T-shirts and made buttons that called him a “heaux,” hoe, or ho, depending on the preferred spelling. They cussed him for leaving but then insisted they were

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