Sean Gregory

N early half of the NFL's teams—15 out of 32—started Black quarterbacks on opening week of the 2024 season, breaking the prior record of 14 Black

P erhaps Dikembe Mutombo's finger-wagging went a bit too far? The beloved NBA big-man— who died on Monday, of brain cancer, at 58—started his

LeBron James broke the NBA's all-time scoring record back in February of 2023, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the all-time list: James now has 40,747 points and counting.

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Jannik Sinner Credit - Julian Finney—Getty Images I n 2024, Italian tennis phenom Jannik Sinner won his first two majors and ascended to world No. 1.

M innesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards makes his first appearance in Starting 5, the new docuseries following the exploits of NBA players

A passage from the Rudyard Kipling poem “If” is written on the wall of the players' entrance to Wimbledon's Centre Court. “If you can meet with

B efore his first game as a TV color commentator for CBS in 1979, the late John Madden —universally regarded as the best NFL analyst of all time—was

T he WNBA's dream season earned a dream WNBA Finals— a compelling five-game thriller, the championship going down to a decisive Sunday night contest

The key to the 2024 World Series might lie in Shohei Ohtani's smile. Ohtani continues to push the limits of what a baseball player can accomplish.