Frey/TPN/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two protesters have been arrested after play at the U.S. Open was interrupted on Thursday night when they began shouting and one glued his feet to the ground during a match at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. Sayak Mukhopadhyay, 50, of White Plains, was […]
Elsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Serena Williams played the final match of her historic career at last year’s U.S. Open, countless headlines heralded the legacy that she, as a Black woman, left on the sport of tennis. One year later, at the 2023 U.S. Open, the rise of America’s […]
Dylan Buell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some of the world’s most contentious land battles may take place at a baseball field’s home plate. Now Major League Baseball is turning to cameras and computers in an effort to settle some of those fights over balls and strikes. MLB is testing a new […]
Robert Prange/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fiona Crawley, the top-ranked college tennis player in the nation, forfeited $81,000 in earnings after making it to the first round of the U.S. Open, due to an NCAA rule barring college athletes from claiming prize money above a certain threshold. Crawely, a 21-year-old senior, […]
Denis Doyle/Getty Images (LONDON) — Jorge Vilda, the coach of the Spanish women’s national soccer team, was fired Tuesday by the Royal Federation of Spanish Football (RFEF) following promises of structural changes amidst the ongoing controversy in the wake of RFEF President Luis Rubiales’ kiss of women’s team player Jenni […]
Al Bello/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A spectator was ejected from a tennis match at the U.S. Open in New York City early Tuesday after German player Alexander Zverev accused the man of quoting a phrase from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. The stunning moment unfolded in Arthur Ashe Stadium just […]
R9_RoNaLdO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American tennis star Coco Gauff is moving on to the quarterfinals at this year’s U.S. Open and making history in the process. On Sunday, Gauff defeated former world No. 1 tennis player Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the fourth round. In doing so, she […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When fans come home from seeing the Savannah Bananas play, founder Jesse Cole hopes they take away one thing: “That was the most fun I’ve ever had at a baseball game.” People around the world have gone bananas for the exhibition baseball team playing and […]
Al Bello/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Autopsy results on former American swimming champion Jamie Cail reveal her sudden death this year at her residence in the U.S. Virgin Islands was caused by an accidental drug overdose, authorities said. Toxicology results from the autopsy found that the 42-year-old Cail, who […]
Noemi Llamas/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — A second week into the backlash that followed the non-consensual kiss between Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales and player Jenni Hermoso, the world of Spanish soccer is still shaken and seeking accountability. Protests and reactions to the kiss continue, with […]
