Fifteen-year-old American Coco Gauff pulled off a big upset at the Australian Open by eliminating defending champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets in the third round

Hollywood Police say he is being charged with counts of battery and burglary

The NCAA will now permit elite athletes to be paid for training expenses by the U.S. Olympic Committee and other national governing bodies.

The Division I Council adopted the legislation Wednesday at the NCAA convention and it is effective immediately.

Thursday’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” was preempted due to continuing coverage of the impeachment of President Donald Trump. The Ellen show makes clips available of each segment — which are embedded below. To see more clips from the show — check out EllenTube. Starting Friday, Ellen and Kelly will air on COZ...

The synthetic field to be used by the new tenants at Arlington’s Globe Life Park is installed and got its first use Thursday. Students with the Arlington Independent School District were treated to a clinic by the North Texas Soccer Club and were running through drills with the team when NBC 5 stopped by Thursday morning. The former home of&#...

Zion Williamson’s sublime 17-point surge in a span of barely more than three minutes could become part of New Orleans sports lore even if the final score of his first meaningful NBA game won’t

Free agent right-hander Juan Nicasio has signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers and will go to spring training as a non-roster invitee. Nicasio has played for six big league teams in his nine major league seasons, and was on an opening day roster each of the past eight years. The 33-year-old reliever made 47 appearances for Philadelp...

Michelle Carter won a gold medal for shot put in the 2016 Rio Olympics. She’s training for the Olympic trials later this year, with an eye on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but has had trouble getting to practice some days. Carter said an Amazon delivery driver hit her garage door six weeks ago and jammed it shut. She said she…

The NFL has announced it plans to air a public service announcement featuring the family of Botham Jean during next month’s Super Bowl. The video highlights racial injustices and societal shortfalls that the family of Jean, who was murdered by former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, said they believed need to be addressed in America. “I th...

Philadelphia police are investigating allegations that Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty punched a 13-year-old boy at a season ticket holder event

Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell will miss the rest of the season with a torn right Achilles tendon, a blow to a team contending for a playoff spot for the first time in four years. The club confirmed Wednesday the diagnosis it had feared after Powell was injured in the first quarter of a 110-107 loss to the Los Angeles…

Philadelphia police are investigating whether the Flyers costumed mascot, Gritty, assaulted a 13-year-old boy in November, a police spokesman said.

A basketball game between the University of Kansas and Kansas State University ended in a bench-clearing brawl Tuesday night, NBC News reported.