Stanley “Whitey” Von Nieda, who had been the oldest living former NBA player and spent time with the Baltimore Bullets in 1950, has died at the age of 101.

The Detroit Lions rallied for a 21-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs to ruin the Super Bowl champions’ celebration on the NFL’s opening night.

Coco Gauff reached her first U.S. Open final by defeating Karolina Muchova 6-4, 7-5 on Thursday in a match interrupted for 50 minutes by environmental activists.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow became the highest-paid player in the NFL on Thursday, agreeing to a five-year, $275 million contract extension.

Deion Sanders had Colorado ready for prime time after all of the hype and attention in the nine months since Coach Prime was hired.

Things were not going well for Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open on Friday night.

The Atlantic Coast Conference voted Friday to add Stanford, California and SMU to the league next year, providing a landing spot for two more schools from the disintegrating Pac-12 and creating a fourth super conference in major college sports.

What many projected as a runaway FIBA World Cup victory early Friday morning turned into a nail-biter for an undersized Team USA squad facing a physical Montenegro national basketball team to open the second round.

The University of Nebraska on Wednesday laid claim to the world record for largest attendance at a women’s sporting event with 92,003 filling Memorial Stadium for the Cornhuskers’ volleyball match against Omaha.

A year ago at Flushing Meadows, Tiafoe’s career changed and his life did, too.

Paolo Banchero led the way for Team USA with a game-high 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field off the bench as the Americans opened World Cup play with a blowout win over New Zealand.

Stephen Strasburg was the MVP of the 2019 World Series, which the Washington Nationals won in seven games over the Houston Astros.

The Los Angeles Lakers plan to honor the late Kobe Bryant with a statue outside their home arena, further recognizing the five-time NBA champion as one of the franchise’s all-time greats.

Nobody beats Sweden on the rebound from a Women’s World Cup semifinal loss. Not even the tournament hosts.

England moved on to its first Women’s World Cup championship game with a 3-1 victory over co-host Australia on Wednesday, ending the Matildas captivating run through the tournament.

Deshaun Watson looked less rusty in his first action this preseason and Sam Howell threw a touchdown pass as the Commanders beat the Browns, 17-15, on Friday night in an exhibition delayed more than an hour at the start by a storm.

Dealing a crushing combination to the Pac-12 on Friday, the Big Ten announced Oregon and Washington would be joining next August, and the Big 12 completed its raid of the beleaguered conference by adding Arizona, Arizona State and Utah.

The Big Ten has joined the Big 12 in pushing the Pac-12 to the brink, with Oregon and Washington being courted by the former and Arizona pointed toward the latter.

Two-time champion Germany failed to reach the knockout stage for the first time ever at the Women’s World Cup after being held to a 1-1 draw by South Korea in a tense group finale.

Aaron Judge is back.

Frances Tiafoe, a 25-year-old from Maryland who recently moved into the top 10 in the tennis rankings, has launched a charitable fund in conjunction with the USTA Foundation.

It didn’t take long for Shohei Ohtani to reward the Angels — at least in the short-term — for apparently deciding not to trade him.

Messi scored twice and had an assist in his first start for Miami, bringing his total to three goals in two games.

Lionel Messi made an unforgettable debut for Inter Miami, scoring on a free kick from about 25 yards in the 94th minute for a 2-1 win against Mexican club Cruz Azul on Friday in the Leagues Cup.

Sophia Smith scored twice for the United States in the opening half, and the two-time defending champions kicked off the Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 victory over tournament first-timers Vietnam on Saturday.

Pat Fitzgerald, fired after a hazing scandal tarnished the program he helped build, ends his Northwestern career as the winningest football coach in school history.