Tickets to the highly anticipated North Carolina vs Duke NCAA mens basketball game were going for Super Bowl ticket prices, as fans of both interstate rivals dropped $3,000 each on tickets - the lowest price available to attend the game at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC on Wednesday.
Duron Harmon, the New England Patriots' hero safety, says he will refuse a White House invitation to celebrate winning Super Bowl LIII with his teammates.
Harmon's defensive plays late in the 4th quarter were key to sealing the Patriots' victory over the hapless Los Angeles Rams by a final score of 13-3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Sunday.
USA Powerlifting (USAPL) has banned all male-to-female (MTF) transgender individuals from competing against biological women. Pictured above is female Australian Weightlifter and CrossFit athlete Pip Malone.
Naomi Osaka is just one win away from a potential showdown against #16 ranked tennis superstar Serena Williams in the Australian Open women's finals championship. Naomi catapulted to fame when she beat Serena in the US Open women's finals last year.
A New Jersey referee is on the hot seat after he forced a high school wrestler to cut off his dreadlocks or forfeit his wrestling match. The teen, Andrew Johnson, chose to cut off his dreads, and he went on to win his match.
Nicole 'Hoopz' Alexander relied on her brute upper body strength to easily defeat her opponent Nat D in a much-hyped celebrity boxing match on Saturday.
Derrick Rose dropped a career-high 50 points during the Minnesota Timberwolves 128-125 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.
LeBron James was riding high on a wave of excitement after signing a four-year $154 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers in July. But the enthusiasm cooled significantly following the team's 3rd straight loss.
Usain Bolt made a spectacular impression as a trainee for Australia's Central Coast Mariners football team. Bolt scored 2 goals in his first start.
Japan's Naomi Osaka wowed tennis fans at the Tokyo Open -- her first tournament since defeating Serena Williams in the 2018 U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows, NY earlier this month.
Serena Williams was fined $17,000 for three code of conduct violations after she lashed out at the chair umpire during the 2018 U.S. Open women's championship on Saturday.
Naomi Osaka, left, made history by beating Serena Williams in the Women's Single finals at the 2018 U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, NY on Saturday.
Serena Williams advanced to her ninth U.S. Open final after dispatching Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 6-0 in the women's semifinals at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, NY on Thursday.
The surging Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association were just one win away from heading to the WNBA finals when they were routed 97-76 by the Washington Mystics in game 4 on Sunday. The Dream was hobbled by the return of 6-ft-5 small forward Elena Delle Donne from what appeared to be a season-ending injury in game 2.
Serena Williams coasted to a straight sets win over Germany's Carina Witthoeft on Wednesday to set up a 3rd round rematch with her sister Venus Williams at the 2018 U.S. Open in the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, NY on Friday, Aug. 31.
Serena Williams easily won her opening round tennis match at the U.S. Open in the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, NY on Monday. She wore a black tutu designed by Virgil Abloh x Nike and a pair of Off-White x Nike tennis shoes designed exclusively for her.
Serena Williams shrugged off a French Open ban on wearing catsuits similar to the ones she wore when she won three previous French Open titles. The tennis superstar was asked about the catsuit ban at a press conference ahead of the U.S. Open tennis tournament this week.
Male cheerleaders will high kick and twirl alongside female cheerleaders for the first time in NFL history this season. But don't expect a repeat of the Prancing Elites, a non-conforming dance troupe from Alabama who starred in a reality series on the Oxygen Network in 2015.
The National Football League froze a controversial rule banning players from kneeling while the National Anthem plays before games.
Dynasty maker LeBron James agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers hours after he became a free agent on July 1. The 33-year-old, 6 ft. 8 in. power forward agreed to a 4-year, $154 million contract with the Lakers on Sunday.
As expected, Houston Rockets star guard James Harden, center, was named the NBA's most valuable player for the 2017-18 season. Harden narrowly edged out Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James for his first ever MVP award.
Tennis superstar Serena Williams won her 1st grand slam tennis match since giving birth to her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian in September.
It wasn't the farewell most sports writers predicted as LeBron James put the Cleveland Cavaliers on his back and carried the depleted team to a 4th straight NBA Finals appearance against formidable foes, the Golden State Warriors.
NFL players are now required to stand and "show respect for the flag" per a new policy adopted by the NFL on Wednesday. The new policy was enacted after TV ratings and ticket sales plunged when multiple NFL players refused to stand during the National Anthem last season.
Rapper Drake got into it with Cleveland Cavaliers backup center Kendrick Perkins after his Toronto Raptors lost game 1 in the second round playoffs in overtime, 113-112, at Air Canada Centre in Toronto Tuesday night.
LeBron James rushed to the defense of Turner Sports reporter Allie LaForce after she was attacked on Twitter.com last night. LaForce seemed to blindside the Cavaliers star by asking him about the death of NBA coach Gregg Popovich's wife, following his 46-point performance against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.
LiAngelo Ball has declared himself for the 2018 NBA draft, according to Yahoo Sports. But sports analysts say he will almost certainly go undrafted.
LeBron James and Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue (circled) got into a heated verbal exchange on the bench during the Cavs loss to the Portland Trailblazers on Thursday. James, who is jokingly referred to as the real coach of the Cavaliers, was seen gesturing to Lue and yelling.
Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith received a one game-suspension after he reportedly threw a bowl of soup at assistant coach Damon Jones following Thursday's shootaround. The soup throwing incident happened prior to the Philadelphia 76ers vs Cavaliers game at the Quicken Loans Arena.
LaVar Ball continues to make enemies within the L.A. Lakers organization, even as he coaches his other sons' Lithuanian team across the pond. LaVar, who coaches his sons LiAngelo and LaMelo in Lithuania, reportedly told Lithuanian media that he will pull his son Lonzo Ball away from the Lakers (and presumably sign him to the Lithuanian team), if the Lakers don't acquire LiAngelo and LaMelo.