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Los Angeles Rams’ Van Jefferson welcomes son after Super Bowl win
Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Rams’ wide receiver Van Jefferson has a lot to celebrate after he and his wife, Samaria Jefferson, welcomed their second child — a son — following Jefferson’s [Read More…]
Wife of Rams’ Van Jefferson goes into labor during Super Bowl LVI
Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images (INGLEWOOD, Calif.) — The wife of the Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Van Jefferson left SoFi on a stretcher Sunday after going into labor during the Super Bowl LVI, a team spokesperson [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 213/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Boston 105, Atlanta 95 Minnesota 129, Indiana 120 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo 5, Montreal 3 Ottawa 4, Washington 1 Pittsburgh [Read More…]
Americans Kallie Humphries, Elana Meyers Taylor win gold, silver in first Olympics monobob competition
Yao Jianfeng/Xinhua via Getty Images (BEIJING) — American bobsled athletes Kallie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor took gold and silver respectively in the first monobob competition in Olympics history. Meyers Taylor’s silver was especially impressive [Read More…]
The Rams Big Gamble Pays Off
Getty Images/FotografieLink (LOS ANGELES) — It began with a chance encounter at a resort in Cabo. Two men who were both at a proverbial fork in the road in their respective careers. Matthew Stafford. The [Read More…]
Friends who have attended every Super Bowl plan last trip
Getty Images/Dan Thornberg/EyeEm (LOS ANGELES) — Fifty-five years ago three men attended the first Super Bowl. Every year since, they’ve had a seat at the biggest football game of the year, and in more recent years, [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 2/11/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Philadelphia 100 Oklahoma City 87 Final Charlotte 141 Detroit 119 Final Cleveland [Read More…]
Deaf football players, who rose to stardom in California, get front-row seat to Super Bowl
Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The California School for the Deaf in Riverside’s football team brought pride and triumph to the state last year, and now the high school [Read More…]
Authorities seize nearly $100 million in counterfeit goods ahead of Super Bowl
Luke Barr/ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Homeland Security Investigations has seized nearly $100 million in fake goods, including counterfeit Super Bowl merchandise, ahead of Sunday’s big game, a top HSI official told reporters on Thursday. [Read More…]
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva fights positive test ahead of women’s individual event
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images (BEIJING) — Russian star figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance during December’s Russian Figure Skating Championships, the International Testing Agency confirmed Friday, as rumors of her positive tests [Read More…]
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium in third straight event
Alex Pantling/Getty Images (BEIJING) — Mikaela Shiffrin came up empty-handed in her third competition after shockingly wiping out in her first two races, both of which she was expected to contend for the gold. Shiffrin [Read More…]
Shaun White misses podium in final Olympics as Japan’s Ayumu Hirano puts down historic run
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images (BEIJING) — Legendary snowboarder Shaun White came up short in his bid to win his fourth overall and second straight gold medal in the halfpipe. He settled for fourth place in what [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 2/10/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Memphis 132, Detroit 107 Miami 112, New Orleans 97 Washington 113, Brooklyn 112 Toronto 139, Houston 120 Dallas 112, LA [Read More…]
ATF bomb-sniffing dogs on patrol at the Super Bowl
Luke Barr/ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Not all the Super Bowl action on Sunday will be on the field at Sofi Stadium — it might be outside in the search for bombs and suspicious packages. [Read More…]
Naomi Osaka shares the mental health tip that gives her ‘clarity’
Matthew Stockman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When tennis star Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open in May 2021 to protect her mental health, the move shook the tennis world and put mental health in [Read More…]
American figure skater Nathan Chen wins gold medal in Beijing
Annice Lyn/Getty Images (BEIJING) — Nathan Chen has his Olympic gold medal. The 22-year-old took the win in the men’s singles event, rebounding from his disappointing 2018 Pyeongchang performance for a triumphant comeback. The reigning [Read More…]
Chloe Kim cruises to second straight Olympic gold in Beijing
Patrick Smith/Getty Images (BEIJING) — American snowboarding queen Chloe Kim was crowned with gold for the second straight Olympics. The 21-year-old took first place in women’s halfpipe, followed by Spain’s Queralt Castellet, who claimed silver, [Read More…]
Simone Biles tweets support to Mikaela Shiffrin after she exits second Olympics event
Tom Pennington/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles, who suffered her own setbacks at last summer’s Tokyo Olympics, is showing support for U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin, who on Tuesday suffered her second [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 2/9/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Cleveland 105, San Antonio 92 Chicago 121, Charlotte 109 Toronto 117, Oklahoma City 98 Portland 107, LA Lakers 105 Utah [Read More…]
Authorities ramp up Super Bowl security by air and sea ahead of Sunday’s game
iStock/fstop123 (LOS ANGELES) — As the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams prepare to take the field for the Super Bowl on Sunday, law enforcement officials tell ABC News they’re preparing to secure the big [Read More…]