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By David Close, CNN (CNN) — The WNBA announced a new expansion franchise in the Bay Area on Thursday. The yet-to-be-named team will be headquartered in Oakland, California, and play games at Chase Center in San Francisco starting in 2025. The Bay Area franchise will be owned and operated by the NBA’s Golden State Warriors

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — A world-class golf course, a racquet center, a private yacht club, and much more – all yours to enjoy, so long as you have a spare million dollars lying around. The Shell Bay Club in Hallandale Beach, South Florida, opened on Tuesday — a private leisure and residential development

By Jacob Lev and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia 76ers star and reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid announced that he has committed to playing for USA Basketball at next year’s Paris Olympics. Embiid, who was born in Cameroon and holds American and French citizenship, previously told reporters that it would be a “tough choice”

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The US government wants 52 million airbags recalled over concerns that they could potentially explode in a crash. However, the companies that put them in cars argue a broad recall would be “simply unprecedented” considering just seven “isolated incidents” have occurred. Here’s what else you need to know

By Andrew McNicol, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — When hip-hop-obsessed American soldiers showed their Korean counterparts how to land headspins and windmills at US military bases in the 1980s, they probably didn’t anticipate breakdancing’s eventual explosion in the country. Upon reaching Korea’s shores, it was Korean-American hip-hop promoter John Jay Chon who, having handed out

By Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The jersey Tom Brady wore in the last game of his 23-season career is heading to auction in Las Vegas next month, where it could fetch as much as $2.5 million. If snagged at that price, it would be the most valuable football jersey sold at an auction. Brady’s

By Jacob Lev and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Dick Butkus, the hard-hitting Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker who starred for his hometown Chicago Bears before his outgoing personality earned him popularity in television and film acting, has died at the age of 80, the team announced Thursday. Butkus died “peacefully in his

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles says winning her 20th world championship gold medal feels “just as good as the first one” as the American continues to impress on her comeback to the sport. On Wednesday, Biles played a key role in a historic victory for the US in the women’s team final

CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles says winning her 20th world championship gold medal feels “just as good as the first one” as the American continues to impress on her comeback to the sport. On Wednesday, Biles played a key role in a historic victory for the US in the women’s team

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Former England cricket captain Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff has spoken publicly for the first time since being hospitalized after an accident during filming of the popular motoring show “Top Gear.” In a video shared by the England Cricket team on social media Wednesday, Flintoff was seen awarding an England cap

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Inter Miami suffered a chastening Major League Soccer defeat by Chicago Fire on Wednesday – losing 4-1 – with talisman Lionel Messi missing through injury yet again. The loss is a major dent to Miami’s playoff aspirations, with the team now needing to win all three of its remaining

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Australian tennis player Marc Polmans has said that he apologized to a chair umpire after hitting a ball in his face during a qualifying match at the Shanghai Masters. Polmans was leading Italy’s Stefano Napolitano 7-6 6-6 and had a match point in the tie break when he accidentally

By David Close and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — As fans’ interest in the apparent romance between Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and superstar musician Taylor Swift shows few signs of abating, Kelce and his brother Jason agree that the NFL is “overdoing it a little bit” on social media. Kelce and Swift

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Lexi Thompson will make history when she tees off at the Shriners Children’s Open next week, becoming just the seventh woman ever to compete in a PGA Tour event. An 11-time winner on the LPGA Tour, the American received an unrestricted sponsor exemption to make the 132-player field competing

By Jacob Lev and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The Minnesota Twins won their first playoff series in 21 years, sweeping the Toronto Blue Jays to advance to a first American League Division Series since 2002. The Twins won 2-0 at a sellout Target Field on Wednesday behind Sonny Gray’s gem start; he went five