Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaquil Barrett’s 2-year-old daughter has drowned in a swimming pool at the Pro Bowl player’s Tampa Bay residence. The incident occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Sunday morning when officer’s arrived at the NFL player’s home after […]
David Eulitt/Getty Images (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — The first round of the NFL Draft is in the books and Alabama quarterback Bryce Young was selected first from the 2023 class. The 21-year-old former Heisman Trophy winner joined Good Morning America Friday morning after a night of celebration at the draft […]
WPVI-TV (NEW YORK) — Little League season is underway and one New Jersey town is introducing an ingenious new rule to crack down on misbehavior after parents were caught on camera berating and yelling at referees and umpires at youth games. Referees and umpires are often volunteers and there’s been […]
Carmen Mandato/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens are married. On Saturday, the Olympic gold medalist tied the knot with Owens, a safety with the NFL’s Houston Texans, in a courthouse ceremony, according to a tweet posted by Biles that included photos. The champion gymnast also changed […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans passed first-of-its-kind federal legislation on Thursday to ban transgender athletes from competing on school sports teams with women and girls — a political messaging priority for the GOP despite the bill having no chance of passing the Senate and facing a presidential veto […]
Rudi Von Briel/Getty Images (LONDON) — A record-setting ultra-marathon runner has been disqualified from her most recent race following allegations that she cheated by using a car for part of it. Scottish ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski placed third in the GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool race that took place on […]
Heidi Gutman/ABC (NEW YORK) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been fully cleared for football activities after collapsing and needing lifesaving CPR during a Monday Night Football game in early January. “He is fully cleared. He’s here,” general manager Brandon Beane told reporters in a pre-draft press conference Tuesday. […]
Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (WACO, Texas) — Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan, a Texas native, was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday. “I’m not foolish enough to believe that without having the football career that I had, that I would have the life that I have […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — NFL tight end Foster Moreau announced three weeks ago that he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer of the lymph nodes. The former Las Vegas Raiders player-turned-free agent was shopping for a new team and getting physical exams to assess his health […]
David Madison/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One anonymous bidder has taken being a sneakerhead to a record level. A pair of Michael Jordan’s game-worn shoes from Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals were sold for $2.238 million on Tuesday, the priciest pair of sneakers ever purchased. The sneakers were […]
