Most people's idea of fun wouldn't involve running for hours on end through brutal, undulating terrain -- but ultra-marathon sensation Courtney Dauwalter is no ordinary person.While an ultra-marathon is technically defined as any race longer than 26.2 miles, Dauwalter's exploits…
Just when it seemed as if the playoff series between the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins couldn't contain any more drama, it delivered a pulsating Game 6, complete with a spectacular between-the-legs goal, four goals in seven minutes and a…
Hollywood great Jack Nicholson watched the LA Lakers put on a dominant display against the Memphis Grizzlies Friday in Game 6 of the first-round series.Cameras captured the longtime Lakers fan embracing and chatting to LeBron James before the game in…
Kirsten Neuschäfer has become the first woman to win the Golden Globe Race.Neuschäfer and 15 other competitors, who were all men, set off from Les Sables-d'Olonne, France on September 4, 2022, with the aim of making it around the world…
We've seen it before. Those cutaways during the NFL Draft to hopefuls waiting for their names to be picked as other players are chosen ahead of them.Expressions range from confusion and disbelief to awkwardness and anger.Some eventually iconic names have…
Barcelona reached its third straight Women's Champions League final with a 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Thursday, ensuring the Spanish club advanced 2-1 on aggregate.Caroline Graham Hansen -- who scored the only goal in the first leg -- once again…
Simona Halep says she has been under huge stress as the two-time grand slam winner bids to clear her name and return to tennis following a positive drug test.Halep tested positive for Roxadustat, a banned substance listed on the 2022…
"It's an underdog story," says Gene Warman, an Ohio native sitting in a bar with his son in a city neither had heard of this time last year. "It's a wonderful thing."Warman and his 22-year-old son Andrew are on a…
It was a case of so close, yet so far for Shohei Ohtani on Thursday as the two-way star came within inches of making yet more MLB history in the Los Angeles Angels' 8-7 win over the Oakland Athletics.The 28-year-old…
On an evening dedicated to selecting the best new talent to play in the NFL, it turned out to be a player drafted in 2018 who made all the headlines on Draft Night.The NFL's 2019 MVP Lamar Jackson and the…
Any Time, Any Place -- just not in Atlanta on Thursday.Boston star Jayson Tatum apologized to Janet Jackson after the Celtics' 128-120 Game 6 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.Jackson had been scheduled to perform a concert at the Hawks' State…
USA Boxing, the national governing body for the sport in the country, terminated its membership of the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) on Wednesday as a result of the organization's failure to address issues which saw the IBA's International Olympic…
The Carolina Panthers have selected University of Alabama quarterback and 2021 Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young with the first pick of the NFL Draft."It's surreal. It's a dream come true," Young told the ESPN broadcast. "As amazing of a moment…
Brittney Griner said during a news conference on Thursday that she'll "never go overseas again" to play basketball, unless it's for the Olympics after being detained in Russia.The two-time Olympic gold-medalist spent nearly 300 days in Russian custody following her…
Should you ever need a reminder of how good Pelé was at football, just look up his name in a Portuguese dictionary.The Brazilian football legend, who passed away in December, has been added to the Portuguese edition of the Michaelis…
Four years ago, on a warm Spanish summer's evening in Madrid, Tottenham Hostpur was just 90 minutes away from reaching the pinnacle of European football.Win or lose against Liverpool in the 2019 Champions League final, Spurs could be excited about…
The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Lakers 116-99 to hang on to their NBA playoff dreams and force Game 6. When the Lakers took a 3-1 series lead, it looked like it was game over for this young Grizzlies…
Ukrainian soccer player Taras Stepanenko still remembers the intense fear he felt as he heard the sound of gunfire and explosions during the initial days of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.The 33-year-old was hiding in a basement in Kyiv…
Ime Udoka addressed the "poor decision" that led to his departure from the Boston Celtics as he was announced as the Houston Rockets' new head coach Wednesday.In September, Boston suspended Udoka for the entire 2022/23 season for violating team policies,…
Four-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl XLV champion Aaron Rodgers was introduced Wednesday as the New York Jets' newest signal-caller."This is a surreal day for me after spending 18 years in the same city," the Jets quarterback told reporters. "I'm…
