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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Several Los Angeles Chargers players and staff got stuck in a hotel elevator on Friday and had to be rescued by the Dallas fire department, the team announced later that day. When Dallas Fire-Rescue arrived on the scene, they helped everyone escape from the “inoperable elevator … through its

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — WNBA star Angel Reese made more history on Friday after another impressive performance for the Chicago Sky. Despite the Sky losing to the Connecticut Sun 82-80 on the road, Reese joined Tina Charles as the only rookies in WNBA history to record multiple 20+ rebound games. After scoring 13

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — Welcome to the 2024 college football season, where everyone makes the playoffs! Well, not everyone, but, for the first time, 12 schools will be playing in college’s postseason and this is how it will work. Get ready for a new look college football. New conference layout The realignment dust

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Boston Red Sox player Danny Jansen will make Major League Baseball history Monday by playing for two teams in one game, a team spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The Red Sox take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park Monday to complete a suspended game between the two teams

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Men’s tennis world No. 1 Jannik Sinner spent much of Friday’s US Open media availability answering questions about avoiding a suspension despite twice testing positive for a prohibited substance in March. On Tuesday, the International Tennis Integrity Agency revealed the Italian star bore “no fault or negligence” despite testing

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Chicago Bears safety Douglas Coleman III was taken off the field on a stretcher Thursday night during the team’s final preseason game against the Chiefs in Kansas City. Coleman was injured early in the third quarter after attempting to tackle Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Cornell Powell. He fell

By Rory Fleming, CNN (CNN) — “Darkness” is the first word that comes to Zakia Khudadadi’s mind when she thinks back to the events which unfolded in her native Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. It is a date etched in the annals of the nation’s history, the day that saw the Taliban recapture the capital

By Jacob Lev and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz joined a select group in his team’s 11-7 road win over the Toronto Blue Jays, becoming only the fifth MLB player to achieve the rare 60/20 feat. In stealing his 60th base of the season at Rogers Centre on

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton named rookie Bo Nix as the team’s starting quarterback for the upcoming season on Wednesday. “We’ve kind of gone through our process. In the very beginning of it all, just speaking with [General Manager] George [Paton] and [Owner & CEO] Greg [Penner] and

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — 2023 Wimbledon champion Markéta Vondroušová will miss the upcoming US Open after undergoing shoulder surgery, she announced on social media. The 25-year-old’s defense of her Wimbledon title ended in a huge first-round upset to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in July and Vondroušová wrote she has been “struggling with shoulder pain

By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — The final of the 2030 FIFA World Cup is five years and 11 months away, and the design for the stadium which hopes to host the match has finally been revealed. The Grand Stade Hassan II soccer stadium in Morocco – one of three countries co-hosting the tournament alongside

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Golf’s first superstar, Bobby Jones, once described the sport as “the closest game to the game we call life.” Decades later, golf is being compared to broccoli. The analogy is being made by the co-founder of Whim Golf, a luxury apparel brand and design studio encouraging those with no interest