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CNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — All golfers have been there. The target for your shot is surrounded by a water hazard, adding some jeopardy to the occasion. In Sunday’s final round at the Players Championship, Alex Smalley endured a moment which took the nerve-wracking experience of playing with water to a whole new

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — In a market where a single trading card can command an eight-figure sum, never underestimate the lengths some fans will go to get their hands on sports memorabilia. Yet for golf nuts looking to score a certain piece of exclusive merchandise from the 2025 Players Championship, deep pockets won’t

By Ben Morse, Jake Tapper and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The Philadelphia Eagles have officially accepted an invitation to visit the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl LIX win, a team spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. The spokesperson added that the team is now “working on scheduling a date and logistics” surrounding

By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — Three-time Winter Olympian Belle Brockhoff was rushed to a Georgian hospital with a broken back after a serious crash at a Snowboard Cross World Cup race on Saturday. The Australian had placed third in qualifiers and was competing in her last race of the day in Gudauri, Georgia, when

By Ben Morse, Jacob Lev, Wayne Sterling and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of year again. A time for teams to embark on Cinderella runs and players to become college basketball legends. March Madness is almost here as the season comes to a crescendo with 68 teams vying to lift that storied

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry has accepted the role of assistant general manager for the basketball programs at alma mater Davidson College. Curry, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, played for the Wildcats for three seasons between 2006 and 2009, where he was twice named conference player

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Manchester United may be experiencing one of the most chastening seasons in its recent history, but the club is planning for a much brighter future. On Tuesday, the 13-time Premier League champion announced it will be pursuing a new 100,000-seat home which minority owner, billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, promised would

By Hanako Montgomery, Chris Lau, Minori Konishi and Fred He, CNN (CNN) — Standing at just five feet, eight inches tall, Yuki Kawamura is perhaps an unlikely basketball star. “It’s not like I can do any dunk shots,” says the NBA’s current shortest player, who is almost a foot below the average height in the

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — New York Yankees ace right-hander Gerrit Cole will undergo Tommy John surgery on his pitching elbow, the team announced Monday. The 2023 American League Cy Young winner is set to have surgery Tuesday and will likely miss the entire 2025 season. Earlier on Monday, Cole was seen by Dr.

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Bags are being packed and new faces are popping up all over the NFL map: The free agency madness has officially begun, with the New York Jets and Seattle Seahawks taking center stage. The NFL’s free agent negotiation period began on Monday and a flurry of reported moves came

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Jim Best admits that he’s not the best golfer, but he does spend most of his time on some of the world’s best golf courses. He says he struggles to keep his ball on the fairway, and yet he’s made his living from the game. He’s got tremendous feel

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The Norwegian Ski Federation has suspended three members of staff amid a cheating scandal that has rocked the organization. On Sunday, the federation said that the suits of two ski jumpers, Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, had been manipulated ahead of the men’s large hill event at the

By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — Dutch athlete Maureen Koster was hospitalized after being knocked unconscious and suffering a “mild concussion” during the 3,000m final at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on Sunday. Koster, a two-time Olympian, fell after being tripped by other runners around the 1,000m mark of the race. Replays showed

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — In a battle of this NBA season’s two leading MVP candidates, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got one up on Nikola Jokić with a huge 40-point performance to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a dominant 127-103 win over the Denver Nuggets. The Thunder took a narrow three-point lead into the fourth