Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has been cleared to return to competition. He will drive the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Hendrick Motorsports in this weekend’s Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway.
The WNBA is no stranger to issues of social justice.
Matt Ryan, the quarterback of the hometown Atlanta Falcons was trending on Twitter Monday night.
My introduction to the British Open championship came about from reading historical accounts of Bobby Jones and his remarkable Grand Slam year of 1930 when he won the four major championships of his day — the U.S. Open and Amateur and the British Open and Amateur.
The new Atlanta Braves 2020 baseball schedule, reduced to 60 games by the COVID-19 pandemic, was released Monday night.
Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis, concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic, has elected not to play in the shortened 2020 MLB season, manager Brian Snitker announced Monday.
Following the huge success of "The Last Dance" and renewed discussions about systemic racism in America, Disney is partnering with one of the most notable voices in the country: Colin Kaepernick.
In tests conducted of 137 WNBA players between June 28-July 5, seven players have tested positive for the coronavirus, the league announced Monday.
The Atlanta Falcons have added two scouting coordinators to the organization’s scouting staff – Rushell Harvey and Kjahna O.
In an action-filled afternoon of NASCAR Cup Series racing in Sunday’s Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 Powered by Big Machine Records, Kevin Harvick held off the field in a overtime sprint to the finish line to earn his fourth victory of the season, and his second consecutive and third overall…
Freddie Freeman is among the four Atlanta Braves players who have tested positive for COVID-19, manager Brian Snitker announced Saturday.
In the days and months leading up to Saturday’s inaugural Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course, Indiana’s own, Chase Briscoe left no doubt how important a victory would be to him.
Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tyson Brummett was among four people killed when a small plane crashed in Utah on Friday, authorities said.
As the MLB season gears up for a late start this month, one thing will be missing: its annual All-Star Game.
The father and trainer of UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, Abdulmanap, has died, the fighter's management team confirmed on Friday in a statement sent to CNN.
The Washington Redskins could get a new name.
NASCAR and Bristol Motor Speedway today announced the format for the NASCAR All-Star Race, including the introduction of a ‘choose rule’ that will allow drivers to choose which lane they line up in for restarts.Â
The cricket world is in mourning after West Indies cricket legend Everton Weekes died at the age of 95.
Former Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone, 89, and wife Fabiana Flosi, 44, have announced the birth of their son.
On a karting track in southeast England, an eight-year-old Lewis Hamilton has the measure of his rivals. He is flying around the course. He is quicker than the other boys and, though these are supposed to be carefree years, is racing with the intensity of someone who is eager to make an impression.
Six FC Dallas players have tested positive for Covid-19 since arriving in Florida ahead of the upcoming "MLS is Back Tournament," the league says.
When Major League Baseball finally comes back into our lives this month, it will look a lot different than the hallowed summer pastiche we're used to. Gone will be the roaring crowds, the call of the hot dog seller, and the grunting of thirty or so grown men hocking loogies and slapping each…
A campaign has been launched to build a statue for an English footballer who was supposedly denied the chance to play for his country because he was Black.
He hasn't played in MLB in nearly two decades. One team is paying him $1.2 million a year until 2035
He hasn't picked up a professional baseball glove in 19 years but he's still picking up a paycheck -- and a hefty one at that.
MLB's Ian Desmond, in a powerful post about racism and social injustice, opts out of the 2020 season
Major League Baseball player Ian Desmond is opting out of the truncated 2020 season. Coronavirus concerns factored into his decision, but so did the national reckoning with racism -- something Desmond says needs to happen within the league, too.
The fallout from Novak Djokovic's Adria Tour continues, with tennis great Boris Becker and current star Nick Kyrgios embroiled in a verbal tit-for-tat.
Several players have decided to opt out of the rescheduled Major League Baseball season due to health concerns amid coronavirus outbreak.
The New England Patriots have been punished by the National Football League for illegally videotaping the sideline during the game, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to CNN.
Free agent quarterback Cam Newton has agreed to a one-year deal with the New England Patriots, according to league sources ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter.
The New England Patriots and free agent quarterback Cam Newton have reportedly reached agreement on an incentive-laden, one-year contract.
Dustin Johnson outlasted the lightning and the field on Sunday to hold on for a one-stroke victory at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., picking up his 21st career win on the PGA Tour and joining some elite company in the process.
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to reportedly test positive for COVID-19 and who drew the ire of numerous people when the league initially suspended the season, says he is still not fully recovered more than three months after his original diagnosis.
Chase Briscoe recovered from a pit road speeding penalty and a spin with 21 laps left to pick up his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the season in Sunday's Pocono Green 225.
Former Washington Redskins coach Joe Bugel has died at 80, the team has announced.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre said the Green Bay Packers should employ rookie quarterback Jordan Love in much the same manner that the New Orleans Saints utilize Taysom Hill.
Kevin Harvick had won races at all but three current NASCAR Cup Series tracks as of Saturday morning. That number was cut to two on Saturday afternoon.
Brendon Todd will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship after firing a 9-under-par 61 on Saturday in Cromwell, Conn.
The PGA Tour said Saturday that players, caddies and others will not be allowed on the golf course at the start of a tournament without a negative COVID-19 test.
Even as the NBA was unveiling its schedule for the conclusion of the regular season, commissioner Adam Silver admitted Friday that the league's "bubble" in central Florida can't be made totally safe from the coronavirus pandemic.
A week after his 50th birthday, Phil Mickelson proved Friday that he isn't ready to leave the PGA Tour for the Champions circuit.
The National Congress of American Indians called on Washington Redskins players to take the lead in forcing the team to change its controversial name.
When Richard Petty Motorsports signed 24-year-old Bubba Wallace in 2017 to be the first Black driver to race in the Cup Series since 2006, no one could have known the significance of their decision. Today, Wallace’s name is widely known for his work for social change in NASCAR.
The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association on Friday finalized terms of the deal that will allow the league to restart the season next month at the Disney World campus near Orlando, Fla.
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross pledged $13 million over the next four years to combating systemic racism through his nonprofit RISE foundation.
The 104th Indianapolis 500 will run on Aug. 23 with fan attendance reduced to 50 percent capacity.
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was named in a lawsuit after his three dogs allegedly attacked a pool cleaner in March.
Denny McCarthy withdrew from the Travelers Championship on Friday after becoming the third PGA Tour player to test positive for COVID-19.
Sixteen of the 302 NBA players who were examined Tuesday tested positive for the coronavirus, the NBA and NBPA said in a joint statement Friday.
As the NASCAR Cup Series heads for an unprecedented weekend at Pocono Raceway, Joe Gibbs Racing drivers have a significant streak on the line.
First-year Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule says he is considering taking a knee during the national anthem alongside his players who do so in support of the growing movement against racial injustice.
Canadian Mackenzie Hughes blistered a round of 10-under-par 60 on Thursday, and he tops a star-studded leaderboard after the first round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.