A Belgian cyclist says she was denied a management job with a men’s cycling team after she appeared in Playboy. Tara Gins, 30, posed for the magazine last year and also posed for a nude calendar.
Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski made a personal phone call to a student reporter for the Duke Chronicle to apologize for an edgy exchange between the two at a press conference after the Blue Devils loss to Louisville on Saturday.
Police arrested singer Trey Songz on Sunday during the Kansas City Chiefs game for brawling with an officer and putting him in a headlock, a TMZ video appears to show.
NBC Sports Network will cease operations in 2021 and transfer their sports rights to USA Network, according to an internal company memo.
Exactly two years from the day he made the Oklahoma State (OSU) basketball team, Dee Mitchell received a surprise visit from head coach Mike Boynton, who interrupted his shift at Walmart to inform Mitchell that he will receive a scholarship for the rest of his time on the team. Mitchell, a junior, made the team as a walk-on in January 2019.
“I know this much, The Eyes of Texas is our school song. We’re going to sing that song, we’re going to sing that proudly,” Sarkisian told reporters at his introductory press conference on Tuesday.
The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team received backlash from officials across the state who say the team’s decision to kneel during the playing of the National Anthem was offensive to the U.S. military and veterans.
In a video posted to his Facebook page Sunday, Sheriff John Root, along with Jamie Mosley, who runs the Laurel County Correctional Center, burned their University of Kentucky shirts in protest.
In what may be a first in college basketball, both Boston University teams wore masks when they took on Holy Cross Monday.
Boxing champ Devin Haney drew the line Thursday on UFC star Amanda Nunes fighting YouTuber Jake Paul saying, “I don’t think he should fight a girl. I think he’s still a man. He gotta fight a man.”
On Monday, the Knights found out they will battle the West Virginia Mountaineers in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on December 31.
Vanessa Bryant, the widow of NBA star Kobe Bryant, is speaking out against a lawsuit her mother has filed against the family. Her mother, Sofia Laine, believes that she is owed backpay from years of serving as a nanny and personal assistant for the Bryant family.
“I’m not sure we’ll play in the playoffs,” Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. “Why would we play if you can’t have families at the game?”
The Vancouver Canucks hockey team is the latest sports organization to receive criticism that their team name or logo negatively impacts the Native American community.
Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller had a short but historic college career with the Commodores football team. The senior played in a total of two games, and in that time became the first female to play in a Power 5 game and the first female to score in a Power 5 game.
Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue issed a joint statement Monday, stating that they are opposed to the Atlanta Braves changing their name. The statement comes on the same day Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan told the Associated Press (AP) his team’s name “is no longer acceptable in our world.”
Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan told the Associated Press (AP) on Monday that his team’s name “is no longer acceptable in our world.”
The Ohio High School Athletic Association released an update to their Coronavirus regulations December 1, with predictable rules such as the wearing of masks while in community areas and during team travel, and temperature testing before competition. However, it also included some seemingly contradictory rules such as the elimination of athlete handshakes pre- and post-match. Officials are also no longer allowed to indicate the winner of the match by raising the wrestler’s hand.
A youth football coach from Georgia was charged with child abuse on Friday after a video went viral showing him allegedly hitting one of his players during a playoff game in Florida. The American Youth Football (AYF) league called the coach’s actions a “complete breach” of its code of conduct and slapped him with a lifetime ban from its activities.
Maven staffers were upset at the company’s continued affiliation with Defense Maven, a website also known as Blue Lives Matter, and called the website “embarrassing,” “a disgrace,” and “horrible.”
Brazilian boxer Viviane Obenauf, 34, was arrested after her husband was found dead in their Switzerland apartment following a “sustained violent assault.”
Lakers star LeBron James, WNBA’s Breanna Stewart, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tennis champ Naomi Osaka, and former Chiefs lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif were named 2020 Sportspersons of the Year by Sports Illustrated (SI) for being “champions on the field, and champions for others off it.”
Despite Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller’s stirring halftime speech and 30-yard kick Saturday, several of her fellow football players may opt out of their game against Georgia this weekend.
With rumors of a publicity stunt by Vanderbilt University starring soccer player-turned-football kicker Sarah Fuller still swirling, the SEC named Fuller Special Teams Player of the Week.
Vanderbilt senior kicker Sarah Fuller made history on Saturday, becoming the first woman to play on the field in a Power 5 college football game.
Sources inside the NFL reportedly told ESPN that the league fined the New Orleans Saints $500,000 and a seventh-round draft pick after locker room videos surfaced of the team celebrating their 38-3 victory over Tampa Bay without wearing masks.
The Vanderbilt Commodores football team made history in the second quarter against the Missouri Tigers on Saturday when kicker Sarah Fuller became the first woman football player to play on the field in a Power 5 college football game.
Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller will suit up on Saturday against Missouri, in a move that could make her the first woman to play in a Power 5 football game.
Former Penn State defensive back Isaiah Humphries said head coach James Franklin told him not to contact police after a fight with a teammate in 2018. The altercation with star linebacker Micah Parsons reportedly involved “punching, choking, and a knife being pulled,” ESPN reported.
Eight people claimed to be at AT&T Stadium in Arlington before contracting the Chinese coronavirus in October and November, WFAA reported. Tarrant County, where the stadium is located, reported 2,112 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, setting a single-day record. Texas now has over 1 million cases.
Police arrested former Miami Dolphin’s safety Reshad Jones at a Davie, Florida, gas station where he was allegedly carrying a fully-loaded handgun Wednesday.
Wichita State University announced Tuesday that basketball coach Gregg Marshall will receive $7.75 million to resign following several reports of verbal and physical abuse, ESPN reported.
Louisiana State University (LSU) allegedly ignored repeated allegations of sexual assault made against several of its football players over the past four years, USA Today reported.
