Jimmy Butler connects over coffee with Bucks fan
Milwaukee local and coffee roaster Ryan Hoban made an unexpected connection with NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler over coffee this week.
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The Oakland A's are on the verge of moving to Las Vegas
Team officials said they had signed an agreement to buy a 49-acre site near the Strip for a new stadium. The team's departure would leave Oakland with no major pro sports teams.
The NFL suspends 5 players for violating gambling policy
Three players were suspended indefinitely for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season, while two others received six-game suspensions for betting on non-NFL games at a league facility.
Crump says Kaepernick to pay for autopsy for inmate who died in 'appalling conditions'
The former NFL quarterback is assisting the family of Lashawn Thompson, a Georgia jail inmate who died last year while covered in insects, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said.
A former pro wrestler is charged in Mississippi with welfare fraud
Companies run by former professional wrestler Ted "Teddy" DiBiase Jr. received "sham contracts" in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money, according to a new federal indictment.
Damar Hamlin wants to raise awareness for this rare cardiac condition
Commotio cordis is the leading cause of death in youth athletes across all sports. He wants to change that.
Lebron James' son Bronny faces a pivotal decision in his basketball career
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with The Athletic's Tobias Bass about where Lebron James' son will play basketball after high school. Bronny James may go to college or to play in the NBA development league.
As schools face calls to drop Native American mascots, some could lose state money
New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding.
2 Texas cheerleaders were shot after 1 tried to get in the wrong car after practice
The shooting happened just after midnight in the grocery store parking lot the cheerleaders use when carpooling to practice. One of them, described as an all-star cheer icon, was critically injured.
NHL commissioner disputes link between hockey and CTE brain disease
The Commissioner of the National Hockey League tackles the league's efforts to increase diversity, hockey's culture of fighting and potential links between the game and the brain disease CTE.