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After Cops Are Called, It's Splitsville for Tyreek Hill

Columnist suggests an 'intervention' after Miami Dolphins star's wife described anger issues

(Newser) - Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill was served with divorce papers on Tuesday after police responded to a reported assault at his home, per the Miami Herald . Hill's mother-in-law called police on Monday after a dispute involving Hill, his wife Lakeeta Vaccaro Hill, and their 5-month-old daughter. Alesia Vaccaro told...

MLB Star: 'I Pulled the Trigger' in Suicide Attempt

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran opens up on mental health struggles in Netflix docuseries

(Newser) - Behind the scenes, life in the MLB isn't always as fun as it looks, particularly when playing for the much-watched Boston Red Sox, as All-Star Jarren Duran makes clear in Episode 4 of Netflix's new eight-part docuseries The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox , out Tuesday. The...

High School Runner Faces Battery Charge After Race

Alaila Everett says she didn't intentionally strike a rival with her baton

(Newser) - A high school relay runner in Virginia has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after viral video emerged of her striking a rival with a baton during a race, reports NBC News . Lynchburg Commonwealth Attorney Bethany Harrison says the charges were filed this week. The teen, however, says the...

Trump to Ban Trans Athletes From Women's Sports

President set to sign EO Wednesday barring trans females from competing in women's, girls sports

(Newser) - President Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women's or girls' sporting events. The order, which Trump is expected to sign at an afternoon ceremony, marks another aggressive shift by the president's second...

Simone Biles Is SI's Sportsperson of the Year

Magazine honors gold-medal-winning Olympian after mental health struggles, big comeback

(Newser) - "She has altered the face of gymnastics, sparked sweeping change across sports—and this year capped it all with an astonishing personal comeback." This is Sports Illustrated's description of its Sportsperson of the Year for 2025: Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles. The 27-year-old athlete—who People notes...

Another Athlete Disqualified From 'Dirtiest' Olympic Race
Another Athlete Disqualified
From 'Dirtiest' Olympic Race
in case you missed it
Nov 23, 2024 12:00 PM CST

Another Athlete Disqualified From 'Dirtiest' Olympic Race

5 of the 12 finishers in the London women's 1500m race have been booted for doping

(Newser) - It's considered "one of the dirtiest [running races] in history," and it just got a little more so: The Guardian reports that a fifth finisher, out of a dozen total, in the 2012 London Olympics' 1500m final has been wiped from the record books. An analysis of...

Lindsey Vonn Shakes Off Retirement at 40

Olympic champ rejoins US ski team to 'share my knowledge'

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the US Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age 40—and six years after her last Olympics, per the AP . Vonn is a three-time Olympic medalist, including a downhill gold and super-G bronze at the 2010 Vancouver...

MLS Star Holden Trent Dies at 25
MLS Goalie Dies at 25
Oct 29, 2024 9:17 AM CDT

MLS Goalie Dies at 25

Philadelphia Union's Holden Trent was 25

(Newser) - A Knot listing for Major League Soccer goalie Holden Trent and his fiancee, Brianna Losito, shows a wedding date of Dec. 20, 2025, with a celebration planned in Charleston, South Carolina. Now, however, instead of planning a wedding, Losito is mourning her fiance after the Philadelphia Union goalie died suddenly...

2 Athletes Die on First Day of World Triathlon Series

One was from Mexico and the other was from the UK

(Newser) - Two athletes didn't survive the first day of the World Triathlon Championship Series in southern Spain. "It is with deep sadness that we can inform that two participants (one from Mexico; one from Great Britain) have died at the World Triathlon Torremolinos-Andalucía AG Sprint Distance World Championships,...

Teen Cyclist Dies After Crash at World Championships

Switzerland's Muriel Furrer, 18, suffered a serious head injury

(Newser) - A teen cyclist has died following a crash at the world road race championships in Switzerland, which took place amid heavy rain Thursday. Muriel Furrer, 18, of Switzerland suffered a serious head injury in a crash during the junior women's race Thursday as "torrential rain" fell on much...

Paralympics' 17-Year-Old 'Shooting Star' Hits Bull's-Eye

India's Sheetal Devi is only female armless archer in Paris competition

(Newser) - The Paris Paralympics are underway , and India can already claim a new "shooting star": 17-year-old Sheetal Devi, reported by the AP to be the youngest athlete in the women's para archery event. Devi has a condition called phocomelia , which causes the upper or lower limbs to be shortened...

'Most Spectacular Paralympic Games Ever' Kick Off in Paris
'Cutthroat' Competition
Returns to Paris
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 28, 2024 6:52 AM CDT

'Cutthroat' Competition Returns to Paris

At 11-day Paralympics, 4K-plus athletes with disabilities will vie for medals in nearly 2 dozen sports

(Newser) - On the tail of the Summer Olympics , Paris welcomes another major athletic competition on Wednesday: the Paralympics, where 4,000-plus athletes with different levels of physical, visual, and intellectual impairments will vie for medals in nearly two dozen sports, per the AP . More than 2 million tickets have been sold,...

Olympians Find Steamy Side Hustle on OnlyFans

Rower Robbie Manson says OnlyFans income is double what he receives as an athlete

(Newser) - New Zealand rower Robbie Manson has some advice for Olympic athletes looking to bolster their income: Join OnlyFans. "I am making more from OnlyFans than I am from rowing at this stage," Manson, 34, told Reuters on Wednesday, the eve of the Olympic men's double sculls final,...

Judge: Long Island Leader Had No Authority for Trans Ban

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's EO that barred female trans athletes was struck down

(Newser) - A New York judge on Friday struck down a Long Island county's order banning female transgender athletes after a local women's Roller Derby league challenged it. Judge Francis Ricigliano ruled that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman didn't have the authority to issue his February executive order, which...

US' Next Iconic One-Name Athlete May Be ... Coco
Coco Gauff
May Be the
'Fearless' Leader
We Need
OPINION
Apr 27, 2024 5:30 AM CDT

Coco Gauff May Be the 'Fearless' Leader We Need

'Time' profile of 20-year-old tennis star dives into her athleticism, 'unique connection' with fans

(Newser) - Coco Gauff has been ascending the ladder of women's tennis, and a new profile of her speculates we may only be seeing the beginning of what she's capable of. In his piece on the 20-year-old elite athlete for Time , Sean Gregory dives deep into that athleticism, inspired by...

Dodgers' Ohtani Makes a Surprise Announcement

Turns out the 29-year-old star is now hitched to a Japanese woman

(Newser) - Baseball star Shohei Ohtani has stunningly revealed he's married. Ohtani wrote on Thursday on Instagram , in Japanese: "The season is approaching, but I would like to announce to everyone that I have gotten married." He said his new wife was a "Japanese woman," without identifying...

Ex-Olympian Hears His Fate on Abusing Child Athletes

Conrad Mainwaring gets 10-plus years in prison for abusing 9 boys—a fraction of his alleged victims

(Newser) - A former Olympian hurdler turned track coach has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for sexually abusing nine boys, though the district attorney said the sentence was only "partial justice because we know the defendant had victims far beyond those named in today's case."...

Bo Jackson 'Hits Back Hard,' Wins $21M Settlement

Ex-MLB, NFL player wins verdict in extortion, stalking case against his niece and nephew

(Newser) - Former professional baseball and football player Vincent "Bo" Jackson has won a $21 million verdict in his civil case against his niece and nephew for trying to extort him. The Feb. 2 decision included a permanent protective order barring Thomas Lee Anderson and his sister, Erica Anderson Ross, from...

Height That Helped His NBA Career Now Threatens His Life

Ex-Pacer Scot Pollard, who was also on 'Survivor,' awaits heart transplant from a patient his size

(Newser) - At 6-foot-11, Scot Pollard's size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics. Now it may be killing him. Pollard needs a heart transplant, an already dire predicament that's made more difficult by the fact so...

Governor Vetoes Trans Ban: It's 'About Protecting Human Life'

GOP's Mike DeWine of Ohio bucks own party, nixes ban on gender-affirming care, sports play

(Newser) - Republican Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors and transgender athletes' participation in girls and women's sports, in a break from members of his party who championed the legislation. GOP lawmakers hold enough seats to override DeWine's veto, but if...

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