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By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The Pro Bowl is moving to Super Bowl week. The NFL announced Wednesday the 2026 Pro Bowl Games will be held during Super Bowl LX week in the Bay Area. The main event will still be a flag football game, pitting the NFC against the AFC, and that now

By Frank Nunns OConnell, CNN (CNN) — Giants quarterback Russell Wilson called his former head coach Sean Payton “classless” following comments he made after the Denver Broncos’ 33-32 victory over New York on Sunday. “Classless… but not surprised… Didn’t realize you’re still bounty hunting 15+ years later through the media,” Wilson wrote on X followed

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — For the Seattle Mariners, the wait goes on. One game away from reaching a first World Series in franchise history, Seattle fell heartbreakingly short in Monday’s 4-3 defeat against the Toronto Blue Jays. The gut-wrenching loss ensures that the Mariners’ unwanted record as the only team in Major League

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has said that WNBA players will get “a big increase” in pay from the league’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Speaking on NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday before the start of the new NBA season, Silver was asked whether players in the WNBA should be

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The NBA is back for another intriguing season and it began in emphatic fashion on Tuesday night. On an evening which began with the celebration of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s title victory – with players receiving their championship rings and a banner being raised to the rafters of Paycom

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Outside of arguably the wildest ending to a regular season game in recent NFL history, Week 7 had plenty of other talking points. Whether it be the Philadelphia Eagles finally getting their offense back on track or the never-ending struggles of the New York Jets, the unusually parity-filled season

By Amy Woodyatt, Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Maccabi Tel Aviv has said it will not accept any prospective ticket allocation from Aston Villa following a ban on the Israeli soccer club’s fans from attending a Europa League game in Birmingham next month due to security concerns. The ban was put into place by local

By Jamie Barton, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — In a small Swedish fishing village, there is a tiny soccer stadium tucked away beside a campsite and the shores of the Baltic Sea. It is the type of place where the land is so flat that the horizon sits just above the trees and the sky

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — For the final time this NFL season, there was a double-header on Monday Night Football. Week 7’s two Monday games saw the Detroit Lions comfortably handle the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Seahawks outlast the Houston Texans to provide a small salve to Seattle sports fans. There were plenty

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The Toronto Blue Jays are headed to their first World Series since 1993 after a dramatic 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. Things were looking bleak for the Blue Jays until designated hitter George Springer delivered a huge three-run home

By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — The NBA is being hit by an international storm, attracting athletes from all corners of the world. At the start of the 2024-25 season, the league announced that a record-tying 125 international players were on opening night rosters. Those 125 players came from 43 countries, including Australia, Germany,

By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his sixth home run of the 2025 postseason as the Toronto Blue Jays dominated the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Sunday to force Game 7 in the American League Championship Series (ALCS). The only major league team without a pennant, Seattle will play a Game

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Tel Aviv soccer derby between Hapoel and Maccabi was canceled on Sunday after what police described as “public disorder and violent riots.” The Israeli Premier League match was due to be played at Bloomfield Stadium, which is shared by the two Tel Aviv rivals, but videos on social

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The theme of the NFL season so far has been the uncertainty of results, with late comebacks or collapses happening more and more. And Week 7 was no different, with teams overturning seemingly insurmountable leads to somehow rescue results from the most unlikely of situations. Through the first seven

By Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — The San Jose Sharks have apologized after an apparent offensive message seeming to praise Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was displayed on the arena’s scoreboard during the team’s Hispanic heritage celebration on Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Video shared with CNN showed the scoreboard displaying: “SJ SHARKS FANS

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Ange Postecoglou was fired by Nottingham Forest on Saturday following his team’s 3-0 defeat to Chelsea, just 39 days after he was appointed manager at the City Ground. The former Tottenham and Celtic boss failed to win a single game during his short tenure in Nottingham, drawing two and

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — It is no exaggeration to say the most important swing of the bat by a Mariner in 30 years happened on Friday night. Eugenio Suárez approached the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score tied at two each. Moments later, he hit just the second

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — It’s once again Sho-time in the World Series. The Los Angeles Dodgers will have a chance to defend their World Series title in this year’s Fall Classic after a Game 4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, clinching a four-game sweep in the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers were

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — In a rare interview, Lia Thomas described what life was like as arguably the most prominent transgender swimmer in the world. Thomas has been the subject of global scrutiny after winning a host of NCAA women’s races, triggering an outcry from those who thought she – as a transgender

By Ben Church, Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon sees no reason why a woman can’t lead an NBA team in her lifetime but told CNN Sports that it would take a “whole lot” to pull her away from her current role. Her comments come after Dawn Staley, the