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By Jack Bantock and Coy Wire, CNN At just 10 years old, Nathan Chen predicted in a national TV interview that he would make the 2018 US Winter Olympic figure skating team. So began a relentless pursuit of victories an a laser focus that culminated in the realization of his own forecast in PyeongChang. Yet

By Jacob Lev, CNN A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA’s new transgender athlete participation policies. The letter was written by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN From the sound of skis swooshing against the snow, to bullet-like bobsleds speeding down icy tracks, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics promise fierce and dynamic competition between some of the world’s top athletes. Nearly 3,000 competitors from 91 delegations will participate at this year’s Games in 109 medal events. There

By Ben Morse, CNN The NBA revealed on Thursday a newly designed Kobe Bryant Trophy which is awarded to the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the NBA All-Star Game. Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, in January 2020. The trophy was renamed in the basketball

By George Ramsay, Nina Avramova and Dan Moriarty, CNN Competing in a discipline with synergy at its heart, figure skating pair Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc have found a winning formula on the way to qualifying for the Winter Olympics. “Dad jokes and puns, mostly,” is what LeDec quips as being key to the duo’s

By Christina Maxouris, CNN In a lawsuit that rocked America’s most popular sport this week, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores accused the NFL and three of its teams of racial discrimination — allegations they strongly deny. Flores, who is Black, alleges in the class-action suit that the New York Giants interviewed him for

By Gabe Cohen, CNN Former employees and cheerleaders from the NFL’s Washington Commanders on Capitol Hill Thursday detailed their accusations of owner Dan Snyder, including asking staff to compile lewd video clips of cheerleaders without their knowledge or consent as well as a new claim of unwanted sexual touching. At the House Oversight Committee roundtable,

By CNN Sport staff The Winter Olympics in Beijing get underway on February 4 with close to 3,000 athletes from 91 nations competing across 109 medal events. The Games — like last year’s Summer Olympics in Tokyo — will be held under strict Covid-19 countermeasures and feature seven different sports. There will also be new

By Faith Karimi, CNN On February 4, 2019, the Miami Dolphins introduced Brian Flores as the team’s 13th head coach at a press conference full of smiles and heady talk about the team’s future. It was the day after Flores had won his third Super Bowl as a longtime assistant coach with the New England

By Jacob Lev, CNN The Cleveland Browns on Wednesday denied claims made by former head coach Hue Jackson that he was rewarded monetarily for losing games in order to get a higher pick in the NFL Draft. “The recent comments by Hue Jackson and his representatives relating to his tenure as our head coach are