Sports

By Issy Ronald and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Newly acquired Anthony Davis got off to a dominant start with the Dallas Mavericks, recording 26 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks. But his promising debut was cut short by a minor injury in the team’s 116-105 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Belinda Bencic claimed perhaps the most memorable victory of her tennis career on Saturday, unrelated to anything that happened on the court. Instead, it was the support from the stands that made her win at the Abu Dhabi Open so special to Bencic, cheered on by her husband and

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Irish boxer John Cooney has died at the age of 28 from brain injuries sustained in a fight, his promoter announced on Saturday. “It is with complete devastation that we have to announce that after a week of battling for his life John Cooney has sadly passed away,” promoter

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — If you scrunch your eyes up just as an offensive line sets for a play, the outlines of the players look like chess pieces being moved around the board by some invisible hand. Some run in the straight lines followed by a rook, some follow the diagonals of a

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — The brass bands in New Orleans are playing. The barbecue in Kansas City is smoking. The Yuengling in Philadelphia is flowing. It’s finally time for Super Bowl LIX. With kickoff slated for 6:30 p.m. Sunday on FOX, the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — “He’s back, baby” was shown on the videoboard of Littlejohn Coliseum ahead of famed ESPN analyst Dick Vitale’s return to the broadcast. It’s been almost two years since the 85-year-old called a college basketball game and it was quite the journey leading from his last game to Saturday night’s

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — Trailing by one point with 12 minutes to go in the AFC Championship game, the Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for a historic three straight Super Bowl championships was being put to a stern test. One play changed the direction of the game and exemplified the culture that

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Former NBA player Nate Robinson underwent a successful kidney transplant on Friday, and now plans to watch the Super Bowl in hospital with his donor. After dealing with renal failure for several years, Robinson, a three-time slam dunk champion who spent 11 years in the NBA, had the transplant

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — On Sunday, DeAndre Hopkins can finally put on the mink. When the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver was just five months old, his father died in a car crash, leaving him and his three siblings to be raised by his mother. From that tragedy, Hopkins built himself

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A French cycling race was thrown into chaos on Friday when several teams quit after cars and trucks appeared on the course, endangering the cyclists. Soudal Quick-Step, one of cycling’s biggest teams, branded the scenes at the Étoile de Bessèges “unacceptable” and was among those who quit the race

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods will compete in his first PGA Tour event for seven months next week at the Genesis Invitational in San Diego. Woods, who will host the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, was announced as part of the field in a statement from organizers on Friday, with the tournament

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Retirement is a daunting prospect for every professional athlete. It’s even more panic-inducing if you’ve devoted 20-plus years of your life to little else but perfecting your craft, ruthlessly pursuing titles and accolades. That seemed to be the case for Kobe Bryant in the final years of his trophy-laden

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Almost exactly 14 months ago, the tension was beginning to show around the Philadelphia Eagles. The team’s senior advisor to the general manager and chief security officer Dom DiSandro – colloquially known as “Big Dom” – had just gotten into a confrontation with an opposing player and the team