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Nearly 300 kickoffs were returned in the preseason, a 70.5% return rate that was the highest since 2014. Last year’s return rate was 54.8%.

NFL general managers, executives and scouts identify six surprise teams that could make the 2024 playoffs.

The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner from Southern California was selected as one of eight captains in a vote by his teammates, the Bears announced on Monday.

Tony Voda couldn’t hold on to Shohei Ohtani’s historic 40-40 home-run ball, but he’ll always cherish the support Dodgers fans gave him afterward.

San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the city’s Union Square during an attempted robbery. He is stable, according to authorities, and a 17-year-old suspect has been taken into custody.

Since dropping his opening set at Flushing Meadows, Sinner has won nine in a row, dropping a total of just 18 games. Players advancing in the women’s bracket included No. 1 Iga Swiatek, Jasmine Paolini, Jessica Pegula and Karolina Muchova.

What made No. 1 Georgia’s 34-3 demolition of the 14th-ranked Tigers on Saturday in Atlanta notable was just how unsurprising it was.

Here’s the outlook for 2024, from the No. 1 squad overall to the bottom-feeding 32nd.

“We were mortified,” said Andrew Davis, Lucy May’s owner. “It was chaotic. … We were worried we were going to be escorted out of the ballpark that night.”

Gaudreau, 31, and brother, Matthew, 29, are Carneys Point, New Jersey, natives and were in the area for their sister Katie’s wedding scheduled for Friday in Philadelphia, at which they were to be groomsmen.

Week 1 is full of interesting matchups, including an Eagles-Packers game in Brazil.

Conference realignment has made the Southeastern Conference and Big Ten even tougher. Balancing how a team plays with who it plays will be trickier than ever for the CFP selection committee.

The Seminoles suffered the first loss of the college football season, but they have plenty of reasons to stay optimistic heading into the first full weekend.

Coach Mike Tomlin announced that Wilson will start in Week 1 ahead of Justin Fields, as both quarterbacks begin their first season with the team.

Against the backdrop of a setting sun, thousands of athletes paraded down the famed Champs-Elysées avenue to Place de la Concorde in central Paris.

Bronny James has many options when it comes to addressing his father and new Lakers teammate, LeBron James. “Dad” isn’t one of them.

It’s the first time the Mariners have won consecutive series since mid-June.

Some 4,400 athletes with disabilities, permanent injuries or impairments will compete for 549 medals across 22 sports over 11 days.

Osaka did not make a single unforced error in the first set and finished with only five, 16 fewer than her opponent, No. 10 seed Jelena Ostapenko.

Three rookie quarterbacks drafted in the first round are set to start on opening day with Chicago’s Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels of Washington and Bo Nix for Denver.

The U.S. Tennis Association is flipping the script on pickleball by promoting its own short-court version of tennis called “red ball tennis.”

To reclaim her love of being in the water, the former Yale swimmer went to her family’s backyard pool. By fighting back fear, Truwit reclaimed control.

Plus, the weekly scoreboard and a look at the action in the week ahead.