By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the decision says the Tennessee Titans have told three-time Pro Bowl punter Brett Kern that he will be released. Kern had been the Titans’ longest-tenured player. He was picked up off waivers during the 2009 season. The
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick and his partner Nessa Diab announced Sunday the birth of their first child. “Colin and I welcomed our amazing baby to the world a few weeks ago and we are over the moon with our growing family,” Diab wrote on Instagram along with a photo of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press American goalkeeper Zack Steffen missed Middlesbrough’s 2-1 win over Swansea because of a knee injury but could return for Tuesday night’s match at Watford. Steffen went on loan to the second-tier team by Manchester City in hopes of getting regular playing time ahead of the World Cup. The 27-year-old Steffen started
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is getting set for the season opener Thursday at Faurot Field against Louisiana Tech and head coach Eli Drinwitz says what happened last year has been forgotten. “What we did last year wasn’t clearly good enough so it’s an opportunity for us to define who we want to
Continue Reading By Patrick Snell and Issy Ronald, CNN In the months since the establishment of the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, men’s golf has divided itself into two rival camps — those who form a part of LIV Golf and those still party to the PGA Tour. “What it’s done to the world of men’s
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Major League Baseball Players Association is attempting to unionize minor leaguers, reversing decades of opposition. The players’ association says it is circulating union authorization cards among players with minor league contracts to form a separate bargaining unit from the big leaguers. While the average
Continue Reading NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Heavy-spending Nottingham Forest still isn’t done in this transfer window. The promoted club announced the signing of Brazil left back Renan Lodi from Atlético Madrid on a season-long loan. That takes the number of players signed since sealing a return to the Premier League to a staggering 18. The 24-year-old Lodi
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Premier League clubs have never spent more in a summer transfer window and they aren’t done yet. England’s top-flight clubs have until Thursday to finalize their squads for this season after a record summer outlay of more than 1.5 billion pounds ($1.75 billion) according to analysis from Deloitte. There
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are investigating allegations that World Cup winner Paul Pogba was targeted by extortion attempts by his brother and childhood friends. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Monday it opened an investigation earlier this month into attempted organized extortion. Public broadcaster France-Info reported that Pogba told police that a group of childhood
Continue Reading By Al Goodman and Ben Morse, CNN FC Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was robbed in his home near Barcelona early Monday, the Catalan government Interior Department press office told CNN. “We can confirm that the player was robbed by some assailants with weapons, threatening the occupants,” the press office said. A Barça club official told
Continue Reading By Patrick Snell and Issy Ronald, CNN In the months since the establishment of the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, men’s golf has divided itself into two rival camps — those who form a part of LIV Golf and those still party to the PGA Tour. “What it’s done to the world of men’s
Continue Reading NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Heavy-spending Nottingham Forest still isn’t done in this transfer window. The promoted club announced the signing of Brazil left back Renan Lodi from Atlético Madrid on a season-long loan. That takes the number of players signed since sealing a return to the Premier League to a staggering 18. The 24-year-old Lodi
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN He was nicknamed Lewangoalski by former teammate Thomas Müller — and now Barcelona fans see why. New signing Robert Lewandowski continued his fast start to the season as he scored twice in Barça’s impressive 4-0 win against Real Valladolid at the Camp Nou. It was the second time in as many
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A group of masked men have broken into the house of Barcelona forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and attacked and robbed him. Barcelona has confirmed the incident and says the player and his wife are doing well. Authorities told the Spanish daily El País that Aubameyang was hit and forced to open a
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Karim Benzema scored two late goals as Real Madrid beat against Espanyol on Sunday to maintain its perfect start to the La Liga season. The game looked to be heading towards a draw after Vinícius Jr.’s opener was canceled out by Joselu in the first-half, but Benzema was on hand to
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers admitted to misleading the media about his Covid-19 vaccination status last season during an appearance on the ‘Joe Rogan Podcast’ on Saturday. In August last year, Rodgers said he was “immunized” against the virus. A few months later, he missed an NFL game due to
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Homero De la Fuente, CNN A player on the Duke University women’s volleyball team says Brigham Young University officials in Utah did not act quick enough to stop the racist harassment she and other Black players were subject to during a Friday game. Rachel Richardson, a sophomore outside hitter for Duke,
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Homero De la Fuente, CNN A player on the Duke University women’s volleyball team says Brigham Young University officials in Utah did not act quick enough to stop the racist harassment she and other Black players were subject to during a Friday game. Rachel Richardson, a sophomore outside hitter for Duke,
Continue Reading By Homero De la Fuente, Nouran Salahieh and Stella Chan, CNN NFL rookie punter Matt Araiza has been released from the Buffalo Bills days after he and two other football players were accused in a lawsuit of gang-raping a then-17-year-old girl during an off-campus party at San Diego State University last year. “This afternoon, we
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer So far, the impact of baseball’s expanded postseason is marginal. Even under the new playoff system, the number of teams within striking distance isn’t significantly different than usual. Perhaps that’s because adding a third wild card in each league hasn’t really lowered the bar for making the postseason. There
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