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There are no fans at Levi’s Stadium this season, but when the 49ers score a touchdown, you’ll hear 70,000 of them cheering on TV. The NFL’s fake crowd noise system features the sounds of each home team’s actual fans, recorded at games over the past 3-4 years.

After significant delays due to COVID-19, ABC’s “Shark Tank” returns for its twelfth season. Mark Cuban joined LX News to talk about the challenges of filming the show during quarantine and shares why other sharks called him “Mother Theresa.”

If you want to see the best bring their best, legends go head to head and the biggest stars on the biggest stage, see you Sunday night.

Iga Swiatek has beaten Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 in the French Open final to become the first Polish tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles championship

Texas Motor Speedway announced its 25th season schedule for 2021. The remake of the traditional TMS schedule includes moving the fall NASCAR playoffs doubleheader one week earlier in October and Racing’s Fastest Doubleheader NTT INDYCAR SERIES weekend in early May. “If everything is bigger in Texas, 2021 will be the biggest year ever for NASCAR in the Lone Star State…

It’s been a rather charmed first three weeks for the National Football League as the NFL, operating under stringent safety and testing protocols, has been able to operate largely unencumbered by the COVID-19 pandemic....
That appeared to change overnight Tuesday with the announcement that several members of the Tennessee Titans had tested positive for COVID-19, forcing both that club and the...

The Tennessee Titans and the Minnesota Vikings have suspended in-person activities after the NFL said three Titans players and five personnel tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first COVID-19 outbreak of the NFL just after its Week 3. Eric Mitchell, the president of LifeFlip Media, joined LX News to explain what we should expect for the rest of the...

The Dallas Stars have to fix some things in a hurry, or this Stanley Cup Final could be over quickly. After consecutive games with three-goal periods, Tampa Bay has all of the momentum and a 2-1 series lead. This most unusual Stanley Cup is now headed into the first back-to-back games in a final since 2009 and for only the…

Cowboys and Stars fans were featured during NBC 5 First at Four on Sept. 21, 2020.

On Monday the Dallas Independent School District is expected to complete the third and final stage of its phased-in process of bringing athletic and extracurricular activities back on campus for the fall competition season.

In this week’s NBC 5 Community Conversation, Pat Doney speaks with TCU professor Dr. Frederick Gooding, Jr. and U.T. Arlington professor Dr. Frederick Engram, Jr. about the impact of kneeling during the national anthem, if athletes have a responsibility to use their platform to address social issues and if a sports team’s owner should be allowed to decide whether...

NBC 5 viewers shared photos, videos and images of how they celebrated the Dallas Stars win.

A Fox Sports commentator is under fire from his own network after criticizing Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott for talking publicly about a recent bout with depression.

Former tennis champ Caroline Wozniacki joined LX News and chatted about the U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic’s controversial disqualification and her friendship with Serena Williams.

The Cowboys are preparing to open up their 2020 season against the Los Angeles Rams on NBC Sunday Night Football. And after the game, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will be featured in an interview on NBC 5 in which he opens up about a very difficult year for him and his family.

This Sunday, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will be featured in an interview on NBC 5 in which he opens up about a very difficult year for him and his family.

Forbes estimates the Dallas Cowboys are the NFL’s most valuable franchise at $5.7 billion, the 14th consecutive year they’ve held that distinction

NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs shares the Dallas Cowboys defensive player he is most excited to see during the 2020 season.

Journalists Jemele Hill and Cari Champion made their careers in sports reporting, but haven’t been afraid to speak out on a range of controversial subjects. Their new show, “Cari & Jemele Stick to Sports” on Vice TV, will tackle sports, race, culture, politics and gender.

Surfing became the first major U.S.-based pro sport to require equal pay for women in 2019 – setting a standard that other sports have yet to follow. Sophie Goldschmidt, the former CEO of the World Surf League, helps explain how the sport got to this point and how they plan to make it sustainable for generations to come.