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Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller became the first woman to participate in a Power 5 conference football game when she kicked off to start the second half against Missouri

The Baltimore Ravens’ bout with a COVID-19 outbreak has forced the NFL to postpone the team’s trip to Pittsburgh for a second time.

Thanksgiving is usually starts with a busy morning of all the best high school football rivalry games in the state. In 2020, football field are quiet. So NBC Connecticut took a look back at what some would say is the greatest high school football rivalry in the country and even those who might not want to say that, can at…

The Tokyo Olympics are getting a kickstart

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple media outlets.

Soccer superstar Diego Maradona has been buried in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people

Pele says “the world has lost a legend” with Diego Maradona dying at the age of 60

Dallas Cowboys strength and conditioning head coach Markus Paul died Wednesday surrounded by family members after being rushed from the team’s Frisco practice facility and hospitalized Tuesday morning.

The Thanksgiving night game between the Ravens and Steelers has been switched to Sunday because of coronavirus issues with Baltimore.

Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60.

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena has been arrested in Mexico’s Yucatan state for a situation involving an apparent custody dispute, two weeks after he won the Babe Ruth award for the Most Valuable Player in the postseason.

Wichita State landed in South Dakota on Monday afternoon, masked up and looking forward to playing in the Crossover Classic.

An all-Black officiating crew worked an NFL game for the first time in league history when the Los Angeles Rams faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.

Reggie Bush wants his Heisman Trophy back, and he’s not afraid to talk about it.

The Phillies superstar’s family grew by one this weekend.

He’s too young to drive legally, but at 15, Jesse Love is already a champion behind the wheel. With three wins and top 10 finishes in10 of his 11 races this season, the Menlo Park teenager raced his way into the NASCAR history books.

Turns out Tiger Woods has one tournament left this year

The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Georgia freshman guard Anthony Edwards with the No. 1 pick in the delayed NBA draft

The commissioner’s office said Canó, who was previously penalized 80 games for a positive test in 2018 while playing with Seattle, tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol.

The NFL is placing all teams in intensive protocol starting Saturday to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 as the number of cases rises around the country

The NFL will have an all-Black officiating crew for the first time in league history when the Rams play the Buccaneers on Monday night

Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are the leading candidates returning to baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot in a year without any favorites among the new names.

The NCAA says it plans to hold the entire 2021 men’s college basketball tournament in one location to mitigate the risks of the coronavirus

Dustin Johnson has won the Masters for the first time, shooting a 68 in the final round to finish at 20-under par and win the pandemic-delayed tournament by five strokes.

Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, 93, has been hospitalized in Orange County, the team reported Suday.

The Ivy League became the first Division I conference to cancel all winter sports, including men’s and women’s basketball.

The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the three-time Grammy winner will perform on Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

The Cheshire girls swim team won’t get to compete for a state championship this year because of COVID-19 restrictions, but they are the winners of their SCC division, which is the closest any team will get to a title in 2020. The Rams are one of the most decorated swim teams in the state, but most days they’re cheering...

Tokyo Olympics organizers say they’re encouraged by a weekend gymnastics meet that featured 22 Russian, Chinese and American athletes entering Japan and competing in a one-day event with a few thousand fans attending.

University of Notre Dame students are now subject to mandatory coronavirus testing with stricter penalties if they leave town before getting their test results after thousands of fans stormed the football field and threw parties to celebrate a double-overtime upset over Clemson.

Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018

The Washington Nationals are making their pitch to President-elect Joe Biden.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health initially reported that five members of the Dodgers organization tested positive, but by Saturday the number had grown to nine.

Jim Calhoun is set to begin his third season as head coach of the men’s basketball team at the University of St. Joseph. It will mark the Hall of Famer’s 43rd season as an NCAA head coach and it will be unlike any he’s coached in the past. “I never thought that this kind of thing would happen certainly,”...

Steve Emt has quite the life story and he used some of his down time during the pandemic to share his experiences with the world in an effort to inspire others. “People always tell me ‘you need to write a book, you need to write a book.’ Well I’ve got time on my hands so I guess I’ll start...

The NBA’s player representatives have voted to support the notion of starting this coming season on Dec. 22, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks about how and when to get teams back on the floor for a planned 72-game season.

The NBA wants to be back in December. The NHL is aiming at games resuming in January. Baseball’s spring training may begin in February, like normal.

A movement is underway in horse racing to clean up the sport by enacting uniform safety standards that everyone in the industry would have to abide by.

Raeann Reid is a stand out player on the Windsor girls soccer team but she’s making an even bigger impact in her community. “Racial inequality has been going on for years and years and years,” said Reid. The senior was inspired by this year’s social justice movement to take action. She worked to create a club at Windsor High...

For a minute, it looked like the same old Bills and the same old Patriots. Buffalo on the verge of blowing a winnable game against a New England team that even if it hadn’t played its best, was about to walk out of Bills Stadium victorious for the umpteenth time under Bill Belichick. And then, a role reversal. Trailing...

Dodgers outfielder A.J. Pollock wasn’t sure he would get the chance to play baseball at all this season, let alone become a World Series champion. “We’re going to look back on this year because it was crazy, it was amazing, it was all of the above,” said Pollock, who graduated from RHAM High School in 2006. Fulfilling a lifelong...

The NFL is recommending that players on the sidelines who are not participating in a game or about to go on the field wear protective masks

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence has tested positive for COVID-19, putting into doubt whether the face of college football will be available to play the top-ranked Tigers’ biggest game of the season.

Justin Turner violated coronavirus protocols when he celebrated on the field with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates and he refused instructions from security to leave the field, behavior that Major League Baseball said risked the safety of others

Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner was pulled from the World Series-clinching game Tuesday after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Mookie Betts came to the Dodgers to make a World Series difference. With a mad dash to home plate, he put Los Angeles over the top.

Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw beat the Tampa Bay Rays for the second time in six days, escaping a fourth-inning jam with a quick reaction throw to cut down a runner trying for a rare steal of home plate, and Los Angeles held on for a 4-2  win and a 3-2 World Series lead

The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten even in the World Series after a wild game-ending play for an 8-7 win in Game 4 over the Los Angeles Dodgers

Glastonbury defeated Manchester 8-0 on Saturday behind two goals from senior Sam Forrest. Her second goal was the 46th of her career, which set the school record. “When I was coming down for the goal, I saw that the goalie was coming out,” said Forrest. “I knew I had to get around her and put the ball in the back…

Unbeaten lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov retired from mixed martial arts after stopping Justin Gaethje with a triangle choke early in the second round at UFC 254 on Saturday night.

Los Angeles ace Walker Buehler set down the Tampa Bay Rays with dominance and ease that brought flashbacks of Orel Hershiser during the Dodgers’ last title run

A person with knowledge of the situation says the NBA’s board of governors is considering a December start to the 2020-21 season, with Dec. 22 being the initial target for opening night and the season being trimmed to somewhere around 70 or 72 games.