Sports

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