Russia was banned Thursday from using its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years.
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A former professional baseball player sought in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend in a Phoenix suburb was found dead Saturday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Grand Canyon, police said.
Self-made Las Vegas businessman Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, praised his friend, Donald Trump, on the final night of the Republican National Convention.
Major League Soccer players boycotted five games Wednesday night in a collective statement against racial injustice.
Two baseball games scheduled for Monday night were postponed after more than a dozen Miami Marlins players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.
A new name must still be selected for one of the oldest and most storied teams in the National Football League, and it was unclear how soon that will happen.
Nevada Rep. Dina Titus on Tuesday joined the growing chorus of those urging a name change for the Washington Redskins football team.
A former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher and three others died in a plane crash in rural Utah.
She was on hand when Jonathan Irons, 40, walked out of the Jefferson City Correctional Center.
The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in thick fog, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, reported he was climbing when he actually was descending, federal investigators said in documents released Wednesday.
The move was announced before Wednesday night’s race at Martinsville Speedway.
A 5-year-old boy and a woman drowned in the backyard pool of former L.A. Dodgers player Carl Crawford’s Houston home, according to reports.
The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament outside Los Angeles did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all sustained immediately fatal injuries when their helicopter slammed into a hillside, according to autopsies released Friday.
JACKSON, Miss. — Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is repaying $1.1 million in welfare money that he received for multiple speeches where he did not show up, the Mississippi state auditor said Wednesday.
The International Olympic Committee said the Tokyo Games “must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020, but not later than summer 2021.”