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By Steve Almasy, CNN New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge broke Roger Maris’ single-season American League home run record, hitting his 62nd blast of the year in a game Tuesday against the Texas Rangers. Judge connected for the record home run off Rangers starting pitcher Jesus Tinoco in the first inning of the second game

By Matt Foster, CNN The University of Texas at Austin women’s basketball program is “mourning the loss of Longhorn legend” Tiffany Jackson, the school said on Monday in a statement on their website. Jackson was 37 years old and passed away after a battle with breast cancer according to the school. Jody Conradt, who coached

By Dakin Andone and Zoe Sottile, CNN One of the winners at an Ohio fishing tournament this past weekend hopes two alleged cheaters face the maximum penalty as a result of the cheating scandal that’s rocked the competitive fishing world. “I just hope they get them for everything they can for what they’ve done,” said

By Ben Morse, CNN With a lot of starting NFL players not playing in the preseason, the first few weeks of a new season sometimes are more mistake ridden and have more miscues than we’d tend expect. But, by Week 4, those kinks are beginning to be ironed out and we’re starting to see the

By Ben Church, CNN A protester met the full-force of NFL linebacker Bobby Wagner on Monday night as the San Francisco 49ers hosted the Los Angeles Rams. At the end of the first half, a man ran onto the field at the Levi’s Stadium carrying a pink flare, temporarily halting play. While he initially evaded

By George Ramsay, CNN In the hours before he coils himself into the starting blocks — a time when many sprinters would be fraught with nerves and tension — Letsile Tebogo finds solace in the soundtracks of home. “Most of the time, I just listen to music — traditional songs from here in Botswana because

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Kanoa Greene was born into a surfing family — but for a long while, she didn’t think she belonged in the ocean. “I’m Hawaiian, and surfing has been part of my family from the beginning. My uncle is a well known surfer in Hawaii, and so I was immersed in that

By Ben Church, CNN Lewis Hamilton‘s team Mercedes has been fined $24,500 (€25,000) after the seven-time world champion was unable to take out his nose stud at the Singapore Grand Prix. Drivers have long been prohibited from wearing jewelry for safety reasons and, while the rule is not new, the FIA — the sport’s governing

By Zoe Sottile, CNN There’s something fishy going on in the competitive fishing world. The would-be winners of almost $29,000 at an Ohio fishing tournament were disqualified on Friday, after it was discovered their fish were stuffed with lead weights and fish fillets. Jason Fischer, director of the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament, told CNN

By Issy Ronald, CNN Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won the Singapore Grand Prix amid treacherous conditions, but he remains under investigation for a potential safety car violation with race stewards due to rule on any penalty. Torrential rain delayed the start of the race by an hour and, on the slippery track, the safety car