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The Automated Ball-Strike System plays on the scoreboard after a pitch call was challenged during the first inning of a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the San Diego Padres.

MLB is putting automated balls and strikes to the test in the All Star Game. Some pitchers aren’t exactly thrilled

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The hottest topic in Atlanta ahead of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game isn’t a player, a coach or a manager. It’s not even human. For the first time, the midsummer classic is going to be using automated technology to allow pitchers, catchers and batters to challenge balls

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Browns rookie RB Quinshon Judkins arrested on battery and domestic violence charge

By Associated Press Fort Lauderdale, Florida (AP) — Cleveland Browns rookie running back Quinshon Judkins was arrested Saturday night in Florida on a charge of battery and domestic violence. According Broward County arrest records, Judkins was jailed overnight and was awaiting his first court appearance. The charge is described in the arrest report as “touch

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From sleeping on a golf course to turning pro: How Issa Nlareb rediscovered his love of the game after illness

By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — Watching Issa Nlareb’s swing, you’d never know he didn’t take a golf lesson until five years after turning professional. For 13 years, observing others and reading two-time major champion Greg Norman’s book were the closest things the Cameroonian had to formal instruction. Nlareb was just 11 years old when

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Bill Ackman

‘Biggest joke I’ve ever watched in professional tennis’: Swift backlash after billionaire Bill Ackman’s pro debut

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire Bill Ackman and organizers of a tennis tournament have been strongly criticized by former grand slam champions and social media after the hedge fund manager made his professional tennis debut, a match he ended up losing. Ackman, who has a prominent social media presence on X, played with

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