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By Jack Bantock, CNN Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has penned an open letter calling for follow-up action to what he described as a “near-tragic incident” involving a collapsed railing at the Washington Football Team’s FedEx Field on Sunday. Hurts was entering the tunnel leading to the locker room following a 20-16 Eagles victory —

By Jill Martin, CNN Glass-ceiling breaker Becky Hammon has interviewed for multiple NBA head coaching positions. She’s ready for the opportunity to be a head coach, but she hasn’t received an offer there. Hammon — who was hired as the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history — now has that top job, and

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians says he cares about wide receiver Antonio Brown and hopes the best for him. “I wish him well,” Arians said at his weekly press conference on Monday remotely. “I hope if he needs help, get some … It’s very hard because I do care

By Ben Morse, CNN The Green Bay Packers clinched the No. 1 seed in the National Football Conference (NFC) with an emphatic 37-10 victory over division rivals the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns, wide receiver Davante Adams hauled in 11 catches for 136 yards and

By Ben Church, CNN Jaylen Brown scored a career-high 50 points to fire the Boston Celtics to a 116-111 overtime victory against the Orlando Magic on Sunday. The 25-year-old scored 21 points in the fourth quarter alone and totaled 11 rebounds and four assists in an impressive performance. The Celtics had been 14 points down

By George Ramsay, CNN Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey made NBA history on Sunday as he became the youngest player ever to record a triple-double. Aged 19 years old and 84 days, Giddey took the record from Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball, ending Sunday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks with 17 points, 14 assists

By Amir Vera and Jacob Lev, CNN Jalen Hurts had been dodging Washington Football Team defenders all day Sunday, but the final obstacle for the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback came after the game when a railing in the stands collapsed. Following the Eagles’ 20-16 win over Washington, video shows Hurts about to enter the tunnel to

By Amir Vera and Homero De la Fuente, CNN The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 28-24 victory over the New York Jets wasn’t without drama Sunday. Bucs receiver Antonio Brown seems to have retired mid-game, as he was seen on the sideline taking off his jersey and walking away from the team. Video from CBS showed that

By John Sinnott, CNN Chelsea and Liverpool shared a pulsating 2-2 draw on Sunday to leave both teams struggling to keep pace with defending champion Manchester City in the Premier League title race. All four goals came in a frenetic first half, with Sadio Mane capitalizing on Trevoh Chalobah’s error and Mo Salah extending Liverpool’s

By Wayne Sterling, CNN NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Brandon Brown announced on Thursday a sponsorship deal with cryptocurrency meme coin LGBcoin — a reference to the controversial “Let’s Go Brandon” phrase. Now, NASCAR is reviewing the deal. According to Max Marcucci, a spokesperson for Brown’s team, NASCAR gave the team written approval on the sponsorship

By John Sinnott, CNN The records just keep on coming on for Steph Curry. The superstar guard made a three-pointer for the 158th consecutive game to break his own NBA record as the Golden State Warriors beat the Utah Jazz 123-116 in Salt Lake City on Saturday. Curry set his original record of shooting a

By John Sinnott, CNN Two NHL teams have combined to give ice hockey fan Nadia Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school as a thank you for advising Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian “Red” Hamilton to get a mole behind his neck checked out. Popovici was sitting behind Hamilton as she watched the Canucks

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Dan Reeves, the former National Football League head coach and Dallas Cowboys running back, has died, according to NFL.com. He was 77. Reeves died early Saturday at his home in Atlanta “due to complications from a long illness,” according to a family statement to NFL Network’s Mike Garafalo. Reeves died “peacefully