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By Jon Passantino and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — ESPN has fired football analyst Robert Griffin III and host Samantha Ponder, a person familiar with the situation told CNN on Thursday. Both moves were business decisions, the source said. The 34-year-old Griffin, a Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback, joined ESPN in 2021. He was regularly featured

By Homero De La Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The University of Notre Dame is suspending its men’s swimming program for at least one academic year following an investigation that uncovered violations of the NCAA’s gambling rules, the school announced Thursday. Notre Dame said it launched an external probe after receiving reports of possible misconduct within the program. “The external

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has condemned an anonymous online petition concerning Rachael Gunn – the viral breaker known as Raygun – saying it contains falsehoods about how she was selected to compete at the Paris Games. Gunn, a 36-year-old university lecturer from Sydney, failed to register a point

CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has condemned an anonymous online petition concerning Rachael Gunn – the viral breaker known as Raygun – saying it contains falsehoods about how she was selected to compete at the Paris Games. Gunn, a 36-year-old university lecturer from Sydney, failed to register a

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is standing by its ruling that Romania’s Ana Bărbosu is the rightful third place finisher in floor exercise at the Paris Olympics. The decision led the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to request that American gymnast Jordan Chiles return the bronze medal she

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — The next head coach of the US men’s national soccer team will be Mauricio Pochettino, according to reports. Pochettino has agreed to terms with the team and will soon be announced as head coach, according to multiple reports, including The Athletic’s David Ornstein. CNN has reached out to the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Naomi Osaka says that she is still adjusting to playing tennis following the birth of her daughter last year. Osaka, a four-time grand slam champion, returned to competitive tennis at the start of this year after a maternity leave. Currently ranked No. 90 in the world, the Japanese star

By Amy Woodyatt and Roseanne Roobeek, CNN (CNN) — Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who was convicted of raping a 12 year old girl, spoke out for the first time since controversy over his admittance into the Olympic Games. Van de Velde, who is now 30 but was 19 at the time

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Colin Kaepernick might have an option to get back into the NFL, but not as a player this time. In an interview with USA TODAY, Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh said he was keen for Kaepernick to join the team in a coaching capacity one day. “If

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — It took Kylian Mbappé just 68 minutes to open his account for Real Madrid as the French superstar helped Los Blancos to a 2-0 win over Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup final. Widely regarded as a glorified preseason friendly, the Super Cup is contested between the winners of

By Glen Levy and Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — The word “journey” gets bandied about frequently in professional sports. An athlete’s narrative arc demands that the hard yards get put in so the eventual rise to stardom can be balanced against those early years paved with challenges. It’s a tale as old as time, especially

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews avoided injury after being involved in a car accident on the way to the team’s practice facility on Wednesday, the team announced. Andrews was evaluated by team medical staff and did not “sustain any apparent injuries,” the team added. “I appreciate everyone’s thoughts and

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — New York Yankees star outfielder Aaron Judge is no stranger to making Major League Baseball history, and on Wednesday he did it again. The 32-year-old slugger hit his 300th career home run in the team’s 10-2 win over the White Sox in Chicago, reaching the milestone in fewer games

By Esha Mitra and Lex Harvey, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — The competition was tight until the very last shot. India’s Abhinav Bindra was level with his closest rival going into the final round of the men’s 10-meter air rifle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Then, with a near-perfect shot, Bindra won India’s

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Two years after Italian volleyball player Paola Egonu stepped down from the national volleyball team after racial abuse on social media became too distracting, she has become the target of racism once again. Egonu, 25, who is of Nigerian heritage, was born in Padua and has Italian