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The first day in a new school or job is never easy, especially trying to navigate those awkward meet and greets as you get to know potential new friends. It’s even trickier when you’re an Olympic gold medal medalist. For snowboarder Chloe Kim, it made starting life at Princeton a very different challenge from the

A day after Kylian Mbappe lit up the Champions League with an impressive hat trick against Barcelona, Erling Braut Haaland netted a wonderful brace as the game’s new stars continue to take center stage. The 20-year-old was in devastating form as Borussia Dortmund came from behind to take control of its Champions League round of

Rafael Nadal will have to wait to win his 21st grand slam and etch his name into the history books after a stunning comeback from Stefanos Tsitsipas dumped him out of the Australian Open. Having raced into a two-set lead, the Spaniard faced a resurgent Tsitsipas who won three straight sets — the only three

Alfe Ingve Berntsen remembers the first time he laid eyes on this scrawny kid with an appetite for goals. It was 2005 and Berntsen was coaching the youth teams at Norwegian club Bryne FK when a five-year-old Erling Haaland first walked through the door. “We saw immediately he was something special,” Berntsen recalls. These days,

Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson was found dead Monday in a hotel room in Brandon, Florida, officials said. The 38-year-old had been staying at the Homewood Suites in Brandon, about 12 miles outside Tampa, since January 11, according to a news release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s Office officials said they spoke

Rafael Nadal remains on course to earn his record-breaking 21st grand slam at the Australian Open with a comfortable victory over Fabio Fognini on Monday. The No. 2 seed didn’t drop a set in his 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over the Italian No. 16 seed to advance to the quarterfinals of the first grand slam

Novak Djokovic became just the second man in history to reach 300 grand slam wins with victory over Milos Raonic in the fourth round of the Australian Open. The Serb dispelled any fears that he might still be suffering with the abdominal injury that bothered him during his win over Taylor Fritz, dispatching the big-hitting

Novak Djokovic became just the second man in history to reach 300 grand slams wins with victory over Milos Raonic in the fourth round of the Australian Open. The Serb dispelled any fears that he might still be suffering with the abdominal injury that bothered him during his win over Taylor Fritz, dispatching the big-hitting

Ahead of Sunday’s Daytona 500 — the biggest event on NASCAR’s schedule — it’s hard for Darrell “Bubba” Wallace not to get a little excited about what’s to come. “The Daytona 500 is the biggest race of our year, and we have to start out with a bang,” Wallace recently told CNN Sport’s Coy Wire.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori will step down after sexist remarks he made about women were leaked to Japanese media last week, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Thursday, citing sources. Mori said at an Olympics board of trustees meeting last week that “board meetings with lots of women take longer” because “women are competitive

The Dallas Mavericks will resume playing the National Anthem prior to home games having previously not played it in 11 regular season games at American Airlines Center. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban directed the team to stop playing the anthem before the season, according to multiple reports, and a team spokesperson on Wednesday initially said there

It was soon after his grandmother passed away that Nick Kyrgios felt his passion for tennis begin to wane. Julianah Foster was not only his biggest supporter, but also his greatest source of motivation and Kyrgios openly admits he lost his way in the years following her death. It’s clear that the Aussie star, regularly

It’s a blockbuster like no other — Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have completed their takeover of Wrexham AFC, a Welsh football club currently playing in England’s fifth tier. McElhenney, the creator of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and Reynolds, star of “Deadpool,” have taken 100% control from the Wrexham Supporters Trust (WST)

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to fuel uncertainty and anxiety, how it impacts our mental well-being is hard to ignore — something athletes, bereft of competitions and regular training routines, perhaps know better than most. For Colleen Quigley, a 3000-meter steeplechase runner from the United States, there’s some relief that she “discovered mental health” a

After a full year of being pulled down by the pandemic, global oil prices are roaring back. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Impeachment The

As with so many events around the world, the coronavirus pandemic made the 10th annual NFL Honors different than previous years. Normally, the event on the eve of the Super Bowl — a two-hour prime-time awards special in which the league and the Associated Press name their annual award winners and the Pro Football Hall

The NFL made it through the regular season and the playoffs without a single canceled game despite the coronavirus pandemic. Now, there’s just one game left, and it pits an all-time great against a young superstar who’s on the path to becoming one himself. Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, features

In one of the more extraordinary scenes in this NBA season, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant was forced out of Friday’s game twice due to the league’s health and safety protocols. The two-time champion, who is usually a starting player for the Nets, was removed from the starting lineup to face the Toronto Raptors after