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Abner Haynes, a former AFL star and standout halfback for the Kansas City Chiefs, has passed away at the age of 86.  A member of the Chiefs Ring of Honor, Haynes was the first player to earn AFC Player of the Year honors, doing so in 1960. Haynes was also tabbed as the league’s Rookie of […]

For the first time since 2008, the United States men will be taking part in the soccer tournament at the Olympics after qualifying via the Concacaf U-20 championship in 2022. The United States won that tournament and two players from that roster will also represent the United States in Paris — Paxten Aaronson and Jack McGlynn. […]

College basketball’s recruiting hierarchy is more jumbled than ever. Among the programs that finished in the top five of the 247Sports Team Rankings for the Class of 2024 were Rutgers and Missouri, neither of which have been historically known for elite recruiting prowess.  In an era when transfer talent has become the focus of roster […]

The Cubs and Dodgers will kick off the season with an international series Jul 18, 2024 at 1:47 pm ET • 2 min read Getty Images On Thursday, the final day of the 2024 MLB All-Star break, Major League Baseball revealed the 2025 regular-season schedule. Each team’s individual schedule is available on their official sites, […]

Getty Images Plenty of players followed legendary quarterback Tom Brady when he decided to sign with the Buccaneers in 2020. Rob Gronkowski came out of retirement to win a Super Bowl with his New England Patriots teammate, while the Bucs also scored on notable names such as Leonard Fournette and Antonio Brown. Another player who […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are trading Russell Westbrook to the Utah Jazz, CBS Sports’ Bill Reiter confirms. Utah is expected to agree on a contract buyout with Westbrook and then the veteran guard is expected to sign with the Denver Nuggets, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This is an expanded deal that was initially reported on July 1 […]

Getty Images With the major international tournaments complete for the summer, aside from the Olympics, the transfer window is beginning to heat up. One byproduct of tournaments like Copa America and the Euros are that they can provide players who wouldn’t be scouted as much in their domestic leagues with a chance to be noticed […]

MVP Jake Paul and Mike Perry duke it out in a boxing match that was a pleasant surprise following the postponement of Paul vs. Mike Tyson. Paul vs. Perry headlines a card featuring multiple boxing champions at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Saturday. Paul (9-1) looks to add another former UFC fighter to […]

As we get primed for the second half, most of our focus will be devoted to the upcoming trade deadline and the various and sundry postseason races. The flipside of that latter consideration is the crop of teams who have already slipped from contention or may be in danger of doing so in the weeks […]

Pat Williams, who was a co-founder of the Orlando Magic, died Wednesday from complications from viral pneumonia, the team announced. Williams was 84. “Pat Williams simply brought magic to Orlando,” Orlando Magic chairman Dan DeVos and CEO Alex Martins said in a joint statement. “His accomplishments will always be remembered. Armed with his ever-present optimism […]