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Justin Buzzard, a 47-year-old California pastor, joined San Jose City College as a defensive end decades after an injury ended his playing career. He says the comeback is about finishing something he started. Teammates less than half his age have embraced him.

A study suggests that pushing a stroller alters running mechanics in ways that may lower the risk of overuse injuries. The changes include shorter strides and reduced impact loading. Researchers say more work is needed before recommending it as training.

Tommy John, the major league pitcher whose 1974 elbow reconstruction gave its name to the surgery that has saved thousands of throwing careers, died at 83. He returned from the operation to win 164 more games. He pitched 26 seasons in the majors.

Emma Kessler, 22, was anxious about her first half marathon when her boyfriend pulled running shoes from the trunk and joined her at the start. He had trained in secret for two months. The pair finished all 13 miles together.

Accusations of sign stealing flared again at the Little League World Series, with coaches confronting one another on the field. Officials are reviewing video and weighing whether to change the rules on relaying signs.

Charlotte is bringing in veteran guard Dennis Schroder from Cleveland, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The trade gives a young Hornets roster a steadying hand at the point.

Major League Baseball's Field of Dreams game opened with 26 Hall of Fame players walking through the Iowa cornfield, and then Kyle Schwarber stole the show by launching two home runs back into the corn.

The Seattle Seahawks signed cornerback Terrion Arnold after the Detroit Lions released the former first-round pick in the wake of felony robbery and kidnapping charges.

One of California's most famous surfers has four legs and a tail. Rippin' Rosie, a 5-year-old golden Labrador retriever with nearly 340,000 Instagram followers, led the field at the World Dog Surfing Championship.

After a league-wide meeting, the WNBA said there are 'no immediate eligibility matters' affecting the league and denounced what it called bad-faith efforts in the debate over trans-identified males competing in women's sports. The statement follows weeks of pressure that began when Sophie Cunningham voiced support for keeping men out of women's sports.

Former professional boxer Prichard Colon has died at 33, nearly eleven years after head trauma in the ring ended his career. His father announced the death in a Facebook post.

Former Philadelphia Eagles running back and Super Bowl champion Wendell Smallwood could be released early from an eight-year federal sentence after a New Jersey judge moved to let him spend what may be the final days of his 8-year-old daughter's life with her.

Four Canadian hockey players remain suspended despite being acquitted of sexual assault. A fifth has been reinstated, though an appeals board found the whole group broke Hockey Canada's code of conduct.

The Lakers changed hands in a sale valuing the franchise at $12.5 billion, the largest price ever paid for a sports team. The buyer is Josh Kushner, brother of Jared Kushner, whose investment firm led the purchase. The figure resets the ceiling for what a marquee professional club is worth.

Formula E signed a U.S. broadcast deal that puts races on Disney+ and ESPN+, ending a period of scattered coverage. The series is betting that a single streaming home builds an American following. Attendance abroad has been climbing.

Brooks Koepka finished 94th in the FedExCup standings and missed the St. Jude Championship cutoff, ending his first season back on the PGA Tour without a playoff appearance. He called the year pathetic.

Aces coach Becky Hammon sat three starters, including four-time MVP A'ja Wilson, for a nationally televised game against the Liberty during a back-to-back. The move read to many as a protest of the league's scheduling.

The Buffalo Bills' new $2.2 billion Highmark Stadium has a problem fans are discovering in person: expensive seats with sightlines blocked by glass panes, platforms and railings.

Teddy Bridgewater retired in the middle of training camp, and Lions head coach Dan Campbell said this time it feels final. Detroit signed Josh Dobbs to fill the roster spot.

Demi Vollering, who first won the race in 2023, took the Tour de France Femmes again, finishing the final stage more than a minute ahead of Spain's Paula Blasi Cairol and 2024 champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney.

Charles Barkley delivered an unsparing review of America’s fastest-growing sport, warning that a generation of weekend players is wrecking its knees and Achilles tendons. Injury data suggests he is not entirely wrong.

Jorge Messi, the father and longtime agent of soccer great Lionel Messi, has died at 68 after an illness. He guided his son’s career from Rosario to Barcelona and remained his closest business advisor.

The first women’s professional baseball league since the 1950s took the field, drawing players who spent their careers being told to switch to softball. Organizers are betting a durable pro pathway now exists.

Former NBA player Royce White said he is declaring for the next WNBA draft, days after Enes Kanter’s announcement, extending a standoff that has consumed the league. Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark have already been drawn in, and the WNBA has yet to say whether its eligibility rules permit any of it — leaving a sport to litigate a question its bylaws never anticipated.

Trump urged the Senate to pass the Protect College Sports Act, warning that women’s and Olympic programs will disappear without it. But advocates for women’s sports say the White House-backed bill could override stronger state laws barring trans-identified males from female competition, and one senator has introduced an amendment to close the gap.

Cleveland's WNBA expansion team unveiled a name, logo and two shades of blue drawn from Lake Erie, deliberately walking away from the Cavaliers' wine and gold. The franchise says it wants its own identity, not a borrowed one.

CEO Scott O'Neil says a lead investor has been secured to keep LIV Golf running beyond 2026, with players set to become majority equity holders. The structure is meant to answer the question of what the league is when Saudi patience runs out.

One program is running a sweepstakes in which a single fan gets to help script the plays for the first offensive drive of the home opener. Coaches everywhere are quietly grateful it isn't their team.

Aryna Sabalenka, the top-ranked women's singles player in the world, publicly endorsed the WTA's new requirement that players undergo a gender test before competing, calling it essential to keeping the tour fair. Speaking at the Canadian Open, she framed the policy as protecting the category rather than targeting anyone. The comments spread quickly online and landed in the middle of a wider argument about eligibility rules across women's sports.

A former NBA star recounted nearly dying from a blood clot during his playing career while urging Victor Wembanyama to take his own diagnosis seriously and resist the pressure to rush back. Deep vein thrombosis has cut short or interrupted several basketball careers, and treatment requires blood thinners that make contact play dangerous.

Houston Texans safety Jalen Pitre was named the NFL's first Guardian Cap athlete, a role tied to the padded helmet covers the league has pushed into practices to reduce head impacts. Pitre framed the designation as part of the "evolution of the game," a phrase that carries weight for a position built on collisions.

The Dodgers landed Tarik Skubal, Adley Rutschman made a surprising move to the Boston Red Sox, and deals involving Freddy Peralta and Kevin Gausman rounded out a deadline that rearranged the contenders. Skubal, facing criticism for joining Los Angeles, answered his critics bluntly.

UFC flyweight Allan Nascimento died after an apparent heart attack in his sleep, the promotion announced. The 34-year-old Brazilian was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene after emergency crews performed CPR.

New England Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson said during training camp that he is “so weak” on his own that apart from Jesus he can do nothing. The remark came as NFL camps opened and Henderson prepared for his role in the Patriots’ backfield.

Mauricio Pochettino, who took over the U.S. men’s national team in 2024 and led it to a record three wins at this year’s World Cup before a round of 16 exit, will remain in charge through 2030. The extension keeps continuity for a program that spent years cycling through coaches.

Israeli MLS striker Dor Turgeman scored after alleged "Death to Israel" chants were directed at him during a match in Montreal. The club said it is reviewing the reports with league officials. Turgeman said he chose to respond on the field.

Levi Wyatt, a former college football standout, has died at 23. His former program announced the death and described him as a leader in the locker room. A cause has not been released.

WWE star Brie Bella is in significant pain after being injured at SummerSlam, according to her sister. The extent of the injury has not been announced. Her return timetable is unclear.

Daylong rain and thunderstorms forced organizers to postpone both singles finals at the DC Open. Play was suspended repeatedly before the decision was made. Tournament officials rescheduled the matches for the following day.

WNBA star Caitlin Clark addressed the controversy over transgender athletes in women’s sports after weeks of escalating debate inside the league. One coach protested a teammate’s stance by wearing a pro-trans shirt, while other coaches declined to take a position. The dispute has divided players, coaches and fans.

A new report finds diagnosed gambling disorders up 61% since legalization, with the damage running well past the bets themselves into bankruptcy, debt delinquency and suicide. The industry's growth has outpaced every mechanism built to contain it.

A Cruz-Rosen rewrite of the most consequential boxing legislation in a generation would bind fighters to longer contracts than the House bill does. The gap sets up a fight in Congress before anything reaches a boxer's deal.

The Jacksonville Jaguars' 'God is good' post drew 1.9 million views, dwarfing the engagement on the team's June Pride month message. The gap became its own story.

Franco Baresi, the defender who anchored AC Milan and Italy across two decades and became a template for the modern sweeper, has died at 66. The club announced his death.

England's top division will no longer permit betting companies as shirt or stadium sponsors, ending an arrangement that had come to fund much of the league's mid-table. Clubs have a transition window to replace the revenue.

UEFA and its national associations say they will not take part in FIFA competitions if Gianni Infantino's proposal to sell stakes in the organization's commercial business goes ahead — a threat that would gut the World Cup. A White House FIFA adviser has already resigned in protest, while FIFA insists 'nobody is selling football.'

Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton was fined and barred from the team's next five home games after allegedly cursing at two teenage fans of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham who were wearing shirts supporting female-only sports. Cunningham publicly criticized the co-owner over the incident.

Another promising run at his hometown tournament ended for Frances Tiafoe in the opening round late Monday. 'I just felt off,' he said afterward.

Zinedine Zidane, the former Real Madrid manager and 1998 World Cup winner as a player, has been confirmed as France's head coach. The appointment ends years of speculation about when he would take the job.

The son of the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive coordinator was arrested after allegedly shooting his mother multiple times inside the family home. She was hospitalized, and the team has not commented on the case.