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Formula One drivers came together to take a knee in a show of solidarity against racism ahead of Sunday’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, NBC News reports. All 20 drivers wore “End Racism” shirts and gathered at the front of the track ahead of the race in Spielberg, Austria, as 14 of the drivers took the knee — a move often&#8...

Cleveland manager Terry Francona won’t sidestep the hot-button topic any longer. He believes the Indians need to change their contentious nickname.

Former Major League Baseball player Tyson Brummett was among four people killed Friday morning in a small plane crash in Utah.

The nearly quarter-million dollars in winning wagers reportedly placed at MGM Resorts last Sunday might be the largest sportsbook loss in Las Vegas history on bets made after an event has started. Seven longtime Las Vegas bookmakers can’t recall a larger loss, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. But each oddsmaker has taken hits on past post...

FC Dallas’ Thursday match against the Vancouver Whitecaps has been postponed after members of the traveling party tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced Saturday.

The Cleveland Indians are reviewing their contentious nickname

Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer

Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward was going to address his entire team before the start of MLB’s unprecedented summer training camp, just like he did when spring training opened about 4 1/2 months ago. It was on a Zoom call instead of in person this time.

The Washington Redskins say they will “undergo a thorough review of the team’s name” as pressure builds to change the name the owner has defended for years. Moments after the team’s announcement, Pepsi joined calls for a new name. The previous day, FedEx, which sponsors the team’s stadium, said the same. Team owner Dan Snyder said in a ...

Texas junior linebacker DeMarvion Overshown said Thursday he will sit out from all team activities until the school starts meeting demands for campus changes sought by dozens of Longhorns athletes.

Texas A&M’s football program was placed on probation and coach Jimbo Fisher given a six-month show cause order by the NCAA on Thursday after the Aggies were found to have violated recruiting and other rules beginning in January 2018.

Training is the first step on the road to a baseball season and to the Rangers finally getting to put their new $1.2 billion home at Globe Life Field to use.

Texas junior linebacker DeMarvion Overshown said Thursday he’ll sit out until demands made in early June, including renaming campus buildings currently named after former Texas officials with ties to the Confederacy, are met