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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is taking over college football’s winningest program and all the scrutiny that comes with it.

It’s August, which means it’s time for Colin Kaepernick – the NFL’s original anthem protester who hasn’t played a snap in eight years – to tell everyone he’s ready to lead a team to a championship, and this year is no different.

Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who explained his anthem protests by saying he would not “…stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” says he would “love” to represent the United States at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Cleveland Browns’ Mike Hall, Jr., was arrested on Tuesday and charged with domestic violence and threatening a woman with a gun.

Matt Birk, a retired All-Pro NFL center, Super Bowl champion, and former Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Minnesota, says that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “can’t lead, can’t execute, but can give a stump speech.”

The father-in-law of viral Australian Olympic breakdancing sensation Racehl Gunn, aka “Raygun,” is blasting judges for giving her a zero score at the Paris Games.

Will Levis put out a strong mayo vibe over two years ago when it was discovered that he adds mayonnaise to his coffee. Now, the mayonnaise industry has figured out how to capitalize on this mayo-loving rising NFL star.

The internet laughed after Australian breakdancer Rachel Gunn, aka Raygun, took the stage at the Olympics, but not everyone laughed.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Los Angeles Sparks All-Star Dearica Hamby sued the WNBA and her former team in federal court Monday regarding her treatment from the Las Vegas Aces while pregnant.

A young woman with Down syndrome is inspiring people to do what they love and work hard to achieve their dreams.

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran has now been handed a two-game suspension for hurling a homophobic slur at a fan on Sunday.

Jake Paul is pledging to make a jab at trying out for the U.S. Olympic Boxing team for 2028 after stating that Team USA was “robbed” in Paris

WNBA star Brittney Griner spent years boycotting the playing of the national anthem and insisting she could never stand at attention

In a soon-to-be-published unauthorized biography, Rodgers told author Ian O’Connor that, while his claim to immunization was the “crux of his appeal,” he would handle the situation differently today.

On Sunday, Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran shouted an anti-gay slur to a fan who was heckling him during Boston’s loss to the Houston Astros.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has been taking heat on social media for a stern reaction he had to a young fan in Paris.

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Setting out to prove that topping Paris isn’t mission impossible, Los Angeles rolled out a skydiving Tom Cruise, Grammy winner Billie Eilish and other stars on Sunday as it took over Olympic hosting duties from the French capital, which closed out its 2024 Games just as they started — with joy and panache.

Former Olympic boxer and Olympic boxing trainer Rafa Lozano says that Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif was considered too dangerous for women to train with during a recent boxing retreat in Spain.

Australia’s Olympic chief, Anna Meares, is striking back at critics of the country’s female Olympic breakdancer and blaming “sexism” for the attacks on her much-criticized performance.

Lin Yu-ting, a Taiwanese fighter and one of two Olympic boxers alleged to have male chromosomes, defeated Julia Szeremeta of Poland on Sunday to capture the women’s featherweight gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games.

French police evacuated the area around the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark before the Olympic closing ceremony.

Afghan b-Girl Manizha Talash, a member of the refugee Olympic team at the Paris Games, was disqualified after displaying the words “Free Afghan Women” on her cape during her breaking routine in the competition’s pre-qualifiers on Friday.

Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races in the Seine River at the Paris Olympics.

The Summer Olympic Games scheduled for Los Angeles in 2028 will be car-free with spectators expected to leave their private vehicles behind and only use public transport to access events, Democrat mayor Karen Bass has decreed.

US gymnast Jordan Chiles has lost her bronze medal in the Paris Olympics women’s floor exercise after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Saturday that the judging panel improperly granted an inquiry that moved her up from fifth.

A pair of Alabama high school football coaches have stepped down from their jobs after videos of team staffers behaving inappropriately with players began circulating online.

The 2024 Summer Olympics have been inundated with advertisements from tech giants touting their latest AI tools, but their tone-deaf approach has left viewers unimpressed and concerned.

Imane Khelif, the Algerian Olympic fighter alleged to have male chromosomes, defeated China’s Yang Liu on Friday by unanimous decision to clinch the gold medal in the women’s welterweight division.

International Olympics President Thomas Bach told reporters on Friday that there is “no scientific way” to tell a man from a woman.

U.S. Olympian Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominated the 400-meter hurdles Thursday, and afterward she gave all the credit to God.

Alysha Newman, a Canadian pole vaulter and social media content creator, twerked after her bronze medal-winning performance earlier this week.

Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, one of golf’s best and most animated players, died on Thursday at the age of 88.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued a scathing statement condemning America’s top sports substance testing authority on Wednesday, blasting it as “ironic and hypocritical” for demanding more testing after Chinese athletes were found to have ingested banned substances prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Kevin Durant earned the praise of USA basketball fans when he celebrated America as a complicated place where “great things” happen.

Noah Lyles, the U.S.100-meter champion proclaimed by many to be the fastest man in the world, won bronze in the men’s 200-meter race on Wednesday while stricken with COVID, according to reports.

A female resident of Beijing was arrested for allegedly making “defamatory claims” about a Chinese Olympic athlete and her coach.