National & World Sports

guvendemir/iStock(ELIZABETHON, Tenn.) -- NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s plane bounced at least twice before "coming down hard" on the right main landing gear resulting in Thursday's fiery crash, officials said Friday. Earnhardt, his wife and […]

skynesher/iStock(NEW YORK) --  A former West Point offensive tackle has been granted an exception by the Army in order to sign a three-year deal to play football for the Philadelphia Eagles, according to ESPN. Brett Toth, an Army second […]

Scott Clarke / ESPN Images(NEW YORK) -- Twenty-year-old Naomi Osaka faced her childhood hero Serena Williams in the 2018 U.S. Open Women’s Final and won, becoming the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam title in a match that many thought […]

iStock (NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Thursday's sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUESeattle 7, Detroit 2  Cleveland 19, NY Yankees 5Minnesota 13, Texas 6    LA Angels 8, Chi White Sox 7Oakland 7, Houston […]

ChiccoDodiFC/iStock(LOS ANGELES) -- An undocumented immigration activist was freed from an ICE detention center in Southern California nearly three months after he was first detained, thanks to the help of some NFL players and multiple […]

Matt_Brown/iStock(NEW YORK) -- DeMarcus Cousins may have suffered a knee injury just a month after signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN reports.Sources tell ESPN the 29-year-old center bumped knees with another player while working out in Las […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Two stars of the U.S. women's soccer team say the ball is in the court of the U.S. Soccer Federation after the reigning World Cup champions walked out of mediation talks being held Wednesday in their fight for equal […]

iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Wednesday's sports events:MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLINTERLEAGUEMilwaukee 6, Minnesota 5San Diego 7, Tampa Bay 2Oakland 9, San Francisco 5LA Angels 7, Pittsburgh 4St. Louis 6, Kansas City 0AMERICAN LEAGUETexas […]

Gearstd/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Rap artist Jay-Z is teaming up with the NFL for a new partnership focusing on music and social justice, following the controversy the league faced over its handling of players kneeling to protest police brutality.Jay-Z […]

Scott Clarke / ESPN Images(CLEVELAND) -- Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale made history Tuesday night, becoming the fastest pitcher in Major League Baseball history to strike out 2,000 batters.The 30-year-old accomplished the feat in the third […]