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By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Add the Buffalo Bills as yet another NFL team now in search of a head coach. The Bills fired Sean McDermott after nine seasons at the helm. The move comes after the Bills lost in overtime to the Denver Broncos in the divisional round on Saturday. With McDermott’s dismissal,

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final – a game to decide the best soccer team on the continent – ended in utter chaos on Sunday as fans caused a huge commotion and players walked off the pitch in protest on an evening which showed the best and very

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Miami (CNN) — Back in 2023, Jase Richardson sought a more rigorous athletic and academic high school program for his senior year. His younger brother, Jaxon, was attending a Team USA Under 16 training camp out, competing alongside Cameron and Cayden Boozer. They suggested their spot: Christopher Columbus High School. Together,

CNN By Dana O’Neil, CNN Miami (CNN) — Back in 2023, Jase Richardson sought a more rigorous athletic and academic high school program for his senior year. His younger brother, Jaxon, was attending a Team USA Under 16 training camp out, competing alongside Cameron and Cayden Boozer. They suggested their spot: Christopher Columbus High School.

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — Nick Saban wanted to change his job description. After three years coaching linebackers, he was eager to take over the secondary, where he’d played in college. He was not, however, so sure he wanted to change jobs. It was 1978, and he’d spent the past season at Syracuse University.

By Hannah Keyser, CNN (CNN) — Bo Nix, the Denver Broncos quarterback who beat Josh Allen and the Bills to advance to the AFC Championship, will miss the remainder of the postseason with a broken ankle. Just over an hour after the game ended, head coach Sean Payton announced that Nix had broken a bone

By Jill Martin, Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The first big move of the NFL head coach hiring cycle has been made by the New York Giants. The Giants have hired Super Bowl-winning head coach John Harbaugh for their vacancy. They were one of nine NFL teams with an opening at head coach. “I want

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Miami Gardens, Florida (CNN) — Mario Campos grew up deep in the hills of Cuba, a guajiro as the poor farmers there were called. Despite his rural roots, Campos wound his way to a job with the national police. He kept his position for 26 years, until Fidel Castro came to

By Hannah Keyser, CNN (CNN) — This postseason has already set an NFL playoff record with 12 fourth-quarter lead changes — and that’s before we even get to the divisional round this weekend. The relative parity in the league paved the way for tightly contested matchups in the wild card round. But ultimately six teams

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Some might say that it’s too early to predict the future of a nine-year-old sporting sensation, and often they would be right to. So much can happen during a young athlete’s development: Bodies change, the risk of burnout increases and simply desire in the sport can simply wane. Yet,

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — There’s not much you can do when you’re watching your clothes spin round and around, waiting for the laundry to wash and dry. But when Lily Zhang was seven years old, she spent that laundry time learning about another kind of spin, and with it she launched a career

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The Mike Tomlin era has come to an end in Pittsburgh. After 19 seasons as head coach of the Steelers, Tomlin made the decision to step down. “After much thought and reflection, I have decided to step down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers,” Tomlin said in a

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — The governing body for the winter sport of skeleton, the International Bobsled Skeleton Federation (IBSF), has dismissed complaints that the Canadian women’s team and its coach Joe Cecchini engaged in competition manipulation at the North American Cup race in Lake Placid last weekend. American slider Katie Uhlaender won the

By Ben Church, Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Hockey will once again be a flagship sport at next month’s Winter Olympics, not least because of the reintroduction of NHL players which will see some of the world’s best stars compete for a medal. But while anticipation grows for the first puck drop of the Games,

By Aleks Klosok, Amanda Davies, CNN Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — When Portugal begins its World Cup campaign in Houston on June 17, two names will be at the forefront of Seleção midfielder Vitinha’s mind: Diogo Jota and André Silva. Memories of their sudden, tragic passing a mere six months ago remain raw for

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The Houston Texans defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-6 in the final game of the wild card round of the playoffs on Monday in what might be the end of the Aaron Rodgers era in the NFL. The Texans entered the game as the favorite, even though they were the

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — After a slew of electrifying performances at the national championships, 16 figure skaters will represent the US at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics – including the men’s, women’s and ice dance world champions. But the country’s best pairs team won’t be allowed to go due to citizenship issues. Here’s what

By Aleks Klosok, Amanda Davies, CNN Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Winners in 2018, runners-up in 2022 – will 2026 be France’s year to once again rule the roost on soccer’s biggest stage? With a new year, comes a new set of goals and for the world’s newly crowned best men’s soccer player, Ousmane

Story by Reuters (CNN) — Non-league Macclesfield Town produced one of the FA Cup’s most startling soccer upsets on Saturday beating titleholders Crystal Palace 2–1 in a third‑round thriller. Captain Paul Dawson and Isaac Buckley-Ricketts struck in each half as the home side – coached by Wayne Rooney’s younger brother John – stunned Premier League

By Hannah Keyser, CNN (CNN) — The three-day football extravaganza known as “Super Wild Card Weekend” kicks off on Saturday as the NFL playoffs officially get underway and the road to the Bay Area begins. Here are the games we’ll be watching: 4:30 p.m. ET, Saturday: Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers on Fox 8