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The sides announced the deal in a joint statement Friday.

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is ending a lawsuit against sportscaster Pat McAfee after McAfee publicly apologized Thursday for his previous on-air statements that Favre had been "stealing from poor people in Mississippi” in a welfare misspending case.

The Hall of Fame basketball coach who led the University of Louisville Cardinals to two NCAA National Championships has died.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will use the $10 million given to online fundraising campaigns by well-wishers after his on-field collapse to fund his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation.

A female powerlifter from Nebraska recently traveled to England to compete against the best of the best in the inaugural Sheffield Powerlifting Championships.

A six-time All-Star and three-time 20-game winner, Blue helped pitch the Swingin’ A’s, as Charley Finley’s colorful, mustachioed team was known, to consecutive World Series titles from 1972-74

LeBron James has been an active, supportive parent for his sons’ basketball dreams, even amid the demands of a pro career now in its 20th season.

A crowd of about 150,000 is expected to jam Churchill Downs to wager and watch the Derby.

The Super Bowl MVP and Whitehouse native will be calling riders up for the start of the derby on Saturday.

The U.S. Open, the season’s final Grand Slam tournament, begins in New York in August.

Authorities believe the athlete was struck by a stray bullet fired about 400 yards away.

Rivers’ death brought condolences from U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, Savannah Mayor Van Johnson, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, and others.

Shannon is a member of the Cardinals Hall of Fame and a two-time World Series champion.

The Carolina Panthers selected the slender and dynamic Alabama quarterback with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft Thursday night, seven weeks after making a blockbuster trade with Chicago to move up to get their choice of potential franchise players.

A horse that was set to race in the Kentucky Derby on May 6 has been euthanized after it suffered an injury during its workout early Thursday morning.

Police obtained an arrest warrant for the former UFC star, who would be booked with second-degree battery if taken into custody.

The league has a fine structure in place, but that has become laughable and like a badge of honor to have to pay.

The House action comes as at least 20 other states have imposed similar limits on trans athletes at the K-12 or collegiate level.

NASCAR Cup Series driver Cody Ware was arrested Monday in North Carolina and is now facing assault charges, officials said.

The 26-year-old Owen was the reigning track champion at Lawrenceburg Speedway with two feature wins and the title in 2022, USAC said.

The 15-time major champion also withdrew before the final round of last year's PGA Championship with what his agent, Mark Steinberg, described as pain and discomfort in his right foot.

Two towering pine trees fell near patrons as storms rolled through Augusta National on Friday, and another tree fell elsewhere on the property, though nobody was injured as the second round of the Masters ground to a halt.

The case was filed Tuesday — the day after the NCAA Tournament concluded — in the Northern District of California, where several other landmark cases involving college sports have been heard.

The Huskies became the fifth team since the bracket expanded in 1985 to win all six NCAA Tournament games by double-digits on the way to a championship.

LSU’s first national title in women’s basketball was the first on network television since UConn’s win over Tennessee in 1995. That game averaged 7.4 million on CBS.

An email from the university about Knight’s health was sent to former Indiana basketball players on Friday asking for prayers and saying the former coach hoped to return home soon.

A new publicly traded company will be formed that houses the UFC and WWE brands.

LSU built a 59-42 lead over Iowa in the first half of the NCAA Championship game on Sunday.

Head Coach Kim Mulkey and LSU beat Iowa in the national championship game for the first basketball title in school history.

The Aztecs (32-6) themselves certainly aren't trying to deliver change to the game or the culture when they face UConn (30-8) in the title game Monday.