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By Associated Press Atlanta (AP) — Atlanta Falcons rookie star James Pearce Jr. was arrested near Miami on Saturday night after fleeing officers and then crashing his car following what police said was a domestic dispute with WNBA player Rickea Jackson. Pearce, the first-round pick who led the Falcons in sacks and was third in

By Dana O’Neil, Ben Church, CNN Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (CNN) — Lindsey Vonn is in “stable condition” after undergoing two operations to treat a serious fracture in her left leg following her crash in the downhill final on Sunday, which brought her Olympic dream to an end. According to source who spoke to Reuters, the

By Hannah Keyser, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — When Austin Sheepo first told his girlfriend that he plays on his high school flag football team, she was a little confused. “Isn’t that a girls’ sport?” she asked. They attend different high schools, and at her school, “they have a real football team and a girls’

By Hannah Keyser, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — They call it “American football” because, well, “football is football,” says Ian Potter. And by “football” he means “soccer,” a fact that is underscored by the raucous cheering that periodically punctuates the Mad Dog in the Fog, a Nottingham Forest bar located in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (CNN) — The message Kendall Coyne Schofield posted on her social media was not terribly difficult to decipher. A framed blackboard propped in front of Schofield’s two dogs, Penny and Blue, spelled out the message: “Baby Schofield Coming Summer 2023.” The dogs wore matching big sister bandanas in

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — FanDuel CEO Amy Howe told CNN Sports on Friday her company is working closely with the NFL to ensure that enormous events like the Super Bowl, one of the games that draws the most action annually, are insulated from problematic gambling. Howe told CNN Sports’ Andy Scholes

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Penn State hockey forward Gavin McKenna will not face a felony aggravated assault charge after it was dropped by the Centre County District Attorney’s Office on Friday. On Wednesday, 18-year-old McKenna was charged with four counts by the State College Police Department after an altercation on January 31, according

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — It’s one of the most memorable plays in Super Bowl history. It remains one of the most baffling decisions in the history of professional football. And its ramifications are still being felt 11 years later as the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots face off in Super

By Hannah Keyser, CNN San Jose, California (CNN) — Jarran Reed, the Seattle Seahawks veteran defensive tackle, was asked something about his favorite part of Super Bowl week. But just then, a battle was breaking out on a podium just a few yards away. Derick Hall had climbed up onto the dais where Ernest Jones

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (CNN) — Lindsey Vonn line danced, some sort of Electric Slide meets the Cotton Eyed Joe. She screamed, sending some hoots and hollers in the direction of teammate Jacqueline Wiles. She stretched. She waited. Most importantly, Vonn skied – down the 2,000-foot drop at the Tofane Alpine Skiing

By Aleks Klosok, Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Winter Olympics flag bearer Vladyslav Heraskevych says that his teammates could stage protests at the Milan Cortina Games over the decision to allow neutral athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in Italy. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has cleared 13 Russian and 7 Belarusian athletes

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — For Laila Edwards, this year’s Winter Olympics is about far more than sport, and that’s something she’s getting comfortable with. The 22-year-old may only be at the start of her career, but is already considered a trailblazer, becoming the first Black woman to feature in the US hockey team

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — Sam Darnold seemed destined to be a star. With the home state kid under center, the University of Southern California surged back into the prominent national profile to which Trojan fans were accustomed. He won one of the most thrilling Rose Bowls of the 2010s and then