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A judge has rejected a request to block a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member from playing in a conference tournament on grounds that she’s transgender.

Max Verstappen became a four-time world champion in Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024, while George Russell and Lewis Hamilton earned a 1-2 finish for Mercedes.

Netflix said 108 million global viewers tuned in for the fight between Tyson and Paul, a major test for the streamer in the live sports realm.

A lawsuit has been filed against the Mountain West Conference, the California State University system, San Jose State’s women’s volleyball coach and two administrators surrounding the ongoing controversy that one of the Spartans players was reported to be transgender.

The Savannah Bananas, who are known for their dancing and antics on the baseball diamond, have ballooned in popularity in recent years. So much so, they have sold out MLB stadiums such as Fenway Park and plan to go to 18 MLB stadiums in 2025.

Adidas has signed high school basketball phenom Kaleena Smith.

Premier Lacrosse will debut a new women’s league in 2025, three years before the sport returns to the Olympics for the first time since 1948.

With the U.S. sports betting industry experiencing unprecedented growth, here’s how women within the space are breaking barriers and creating a community.

Jordan Chiles is opening up about how it’s been a “very difficult” time for her since being stripped of her Olympic bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Games.

Former Portland Trail Blazers broadcaster Brian Wheeler, the radio voice of the team from 1998-2019, has died. He was 62.

Rachael Gunn, better known as Raygun, said backlash to her performances at the Paris Olympics has made it “really difficult” for her to continue her breaking career.

Shohei Ohtani had successful surgery on the shoulder he injured in the slide that scared Dodgers fans during the World Series.

Travelers who stay at the hotel inside the Es Con Field Hokkaido stadium can watch baseball games from their rooms or while soaking in natural hot springs.

San Antonio Spurs assistant Mitch Johnson is expected to serve as interim head coach for the near future.

New York’s title drought is over with the Liberty winning a title and the Yankees four wins away from adding another. So, where does 2024 rank among the area’s best sports years?

The Head of the Charles, the world’s largest three-day regatta, will row this weekend in Boston. Among the 11,000 competitors, 99 of them will be taking part in a first-of-its-kind race and eight of them are rowers who train in Westport. Bree Healey loves mornings on the Saugatuck River. “It’s very serene out there, it’s very quiet,” said Healey....

The Head of the Charles, the world’s largest three-day regatta, will row this weekend in Boston. Eight women from Connecticut who are breast cancer survivors will be taking part. 

Tennis legend Rafael Nadal announced his retirement Thursday at age 38.

The former New York Giants star partnered with the NFL Alumni’s Tackle Obesity program this year to drive change around obesity rates within the Hispanic community.

Courtney Williams scored 17 points and Alanna Smith had 15 points to help the Lynx offset an off night for star Napheesa Collier, who is also a former UConn star, and beat the Connecticut Sun 77-70 to even the best-of-five WNBA semifinal series at one game apiece on Tuesday. Collier, who scored 80 points in the two-game sweep of Phoenix…