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Ralph Lauren cuts ties with golfer Justin Thomas for using anti-gay slur

January 15, 2021 6:24 pm CNN Newsource

The Ralph Lauren Corporation is cutting ties with golfer Justin Thomas over his use of a homophobic slur. Thomas apologized for the incident, which…

Justin Thomas apologizes for using ‘inexcusable’ anti-gay slur

January 15, 2021 6:15 pm CNN Newsource

World No. 3 golfer Justin Thomas has apologized for using a homophobic slur that was caught by television microphones at a PGA Tour tournament in…

James Naismith: Basketball inventor is celebrated with Google Doodle

January 15, 2021 3:45 pm CNN Newsource

James Naismith, the Canadian-American who invented the game of basketball, was celebrated with a Google Doodle on Friday. Naismith, who invented the…

Two-time golf major winner Angel Cabrera arrested in Brazil

January 15, 2021 10:28 am CNN Newsource

Federal Police in Brazil have arrested golfer Angel Cabrera on an Interpol red notice for alleged crimes committed in Argentina. In a statement by…

Dakar Rally rider Pierre Cherpin dies after sustaining injuries in crash

January 15, 2021 2:13 am CNN Newsource

Dakar Rally rider Pierre Cherpin has passed away from injuries sustained in a crash on January 10, race organizers announced on Friday. Cherpin, 52,…

Mathurin, Brown lead Arizona rout of Oregon State 98-64

January 15, 2021 12:02 am The Associated Press

Freshman Bennedict Mathurin scored 31 points, sophomore Jordan Brown added 25, both career bests, and Arizona scored the first 15 points of the game…

Sabonis has 23 points, 15 boards as Pacers down Blazers 111-87

January 14, 2021 11:47 pm KTVZ News Partners

Domantas Sabonis had 23 points and 15 rebounds Thursday night to lead the Indiana Pacers past the Portland Trail Blazers 111-87.…

No. 11 Arizona women snap 10-game skid vs. No. 10 Oregon, 57-41

January 14, 2021 11:24 pm The Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Aari McDonald scored 16 points and Trinity Baptiste had 14 points and six rebounds Thursday night to help No. 11 Arizona to a…

Big Ol’ Fish: Looks like fish for dinner

January 14, 2021 7:33 pm KTVZ

These really big ol’ fish highlight a fun week of outdoor recreation in…

Out & About: Many beautiful pictures this week

January 14, 2021 7:23 pm Lee Anderson

This buck is our particular…

US tennis player Tennys Sandgren boards plane to Australian Open despite testing positive for Covid-19

January 14, 2021 8:44 am CNN Newsource

Tennis player Tennys Sandgren has boarded a plane to the Australian Open in Melbourne despite saying he tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. The…

Russian woman who swam under Siberia’s ice may have broken the world record

January 14, 2021 7:31 am CNN Newsource

Wearing nothing but a bathing suit, a swimming cap and an underwater mask, the 40-year-old woman plunged into a carved-out section of a frozen…

Houston Rockets trade James Harden to Brooklyn Nets in blockbuster four-team deal, per reports

January 14, 2021 3:33 am CNN Newsource

The Houston Rockets are moving on from franchise superstar James Harden. They are trading the 31-year-old to the Brooklyn Nets as part of a four-team…

Lillard has 40, Blazers tie team record for 3s to beat Kings

January 13, 2021 11:46 pm The Associated Press

Damian Lillard scored eight of his season-high 40 points in the final four minutes Wednesday night, and the Portland Trail Blazers tied a franchise…

C.O. high school football not looking promising; players, coaches hold out hope

January 13, 2021 6:34 pm KTVZ

Many coaches and players across the state are holding out hope for a high school football season, but one person close to the sport says things do…

Chapecoense earns promotion back to Brazil’s top division

January 13, 2021 9:38 am CNN Newsource

Brazilian football club Chapecoense, which lost almost its entire first-team squad in a plane crash in 2016, has earned promotion back to Serie A.…

2021 Masters to allow return of limited number of fans

January 13, 2021 5:21 am CNN Newsource

The 2021 Masters will allow a limited number of spectators in attendance, Fred Ridley — chairman of Augusta National Golf Club —…

Manchester United moves top, but ‘no hugs’ in future as Premier League grapples with Covid-19 spike

January 13, 2021 4:46 am CNN Newsource

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his team will do its best to keep within the new Covid-19 guidelines as the Premier League looks…

Megan Rapinoe condemns US Capitol rioters as ‘White supremacy mob’

January 13, 2021 4:14 am CNN Newsource

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe has denounced last week’s riots in the US Capitol as “a huge stain on the country.” Rapinoe, who has…

‘Extraordinary’ corporate revolt over campaign donations shakes political world

January 12, 2021 10:13 am CNN Newsource

Some of the country’s largest firms are scrambling to distance themselves from last week’s insurrection at the US Capitol by freezing or…