Jeffrey Grigsby / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After overcoming obstacles and facing a 14-0 deficit early in the game, the California School for the Deaf in Riverside’s football team secured their second consecutive win in the Southern Section CIF state championship. “This is surreal. It was shocking…Generally speaking, it’s […]
MEGAN JELINGER/AFP via Getty Images (AKRON, Ohio) — LeBron James was back in Cleveland Saturday night as James’ Los Angeles Lakers defeated his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Still, the Cavaliers paid tribute to the Los Angeles Lakers forward who in February set the record for most career points in […]
ABC News Joshua Dobbs’ debut as the Minnesota Vikings quarterback was anything but ordinary. On Nov. 5, he took the field just days after being traded to the team because the first two quarterbacks were injured. He hadn’t yet learned the names of his fellow players, the Vikings playbook or […]
Dan Istitene/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has many titles: Seven-time world champion. Entrepreneur. Activist. Philanthropist. Sir. Hamilton holds the record for most wins in Formula One (103), most pole positions (104) and most podium finishes (107). Some say he’s the best driver to compete in […]
francisblack/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A British professional hockey player was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of manslaughter in the on-ice death of former NHL player Adam Johnson, according to South Yorkshire police. Johnson was killed on Oct. 28 in a game between two British professional teams, the Nottingham Panthers and […]
Mike Mulholland/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia 76ers basketball player Kelly Oubre Jr. was injured when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver Saturday night while walking near his home, according to police and team officials. The 27-year-old Oubre was hospitalized with undisclosed injuries, according to the 76ers. Oubre, who joined the […]
Dylan Buell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Major League Baseball announced on Monday that a new committee of researchers and experts is working to evaluate the statistics of Negro Leagues players. The move comes three years after MLB said it was “officially elevating the Negro Leagues to ‘Major League’ status.” The […]
Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images (PHOENIX) — The Texas Rangers won their first World Series title in the franchise’s 63-season history. The Rangers closed out the season with a 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5 on Wednesday. The Rangers joined the American League as the expansion […]
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bob Knight, the often controversial but always successful head coach who won three national titles at the helm of Indiana University, has died, according to a statement by his family posted on his website Wednesday evening. He was 83. Knight’s family said […]
SasinT Gallery/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — FIFA announced Monday that it is banning Luis Rubiales, the former Spanish soccer federation president, from national and international soccer activities for three years, after the organization found he violated an article of FIFA’s disciplinary code. The development comes two months after Rubiales’ behavior […]
