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Games and the stories around them, taken from the box score and the official record rather than from social media.
Simone Biles, gymnastics’ most decorated Olympian, is on the roster for the Pacers Foundation Charity Softball Classic at Victory Field in Indianapolis on Monday
Allen Iverson’s signature basketball shoe is coming back as a fully 3D-printed reinterpretation of the original.
Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty left Sunday’s training camp practice after diving for a low pass from quarterback Kirk Cousins during a team drill
Quévin Castro, a 25-year-old Portuguese-English footballer who spent two years on West Bromwich Albion’s books, died on Saturday, August 22, 2026, after collapsing
Bryce Harper is in the news for several overlapping reasons in late August 2026: news reports say the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is reviewing a 2024 paid
The Chicago White Sox erased a four-run deficit and beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Friday, August 21, 2026, at Rate Field, capped by a two-run, walk-off home run
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 in 10 innings at Dodger Stadium on August 21, 2026.
Jannik Sinner, the world No. 1, has withdrawn from the 2026 US Open. He pulled out of the tournament on Aug.
Aliyah Boston is having the best scoring season of her four-year WNBA career, averaging a career-high mark near 17 points a game for the Indiana Fever.
The “civil papers” a Boulder County deputy tried to hand Deion Sanders at a Colorado practice on Aug. 11, 2026, are not a lawsuit against him.
Kyle Kirkwood won IndyCar’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race ever run on the streets of Washington, D.C., leading 128 of 147 laps
Max Verstappen has signed a contract extension that keeps him at Red Bull Racing through the end of the 2030 Formula 1 season.
The Minnesota Lynx beat the Golden State Valkyries 77-66 on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, at Chase Center in San Francisco, in a matchup between the Western
Jon Rahm has clinched his third consecutive LIV Golf individual season championship, and this week the tour is closing out that season a week early
The Indiana Fever beat the Atlanta Dream 95-91 in overtime on Sunday, August 16, 2026, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, in a nationally televised ESPN game
The Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 13-7 at Oracle Park on August 16, 2026, closing out a three-game series with a comeback that turned a one-run
Tommy John, the left-handed pitcher who spent 26 seasons in the major leagues and whose torn elbow ligament led to the operation now known simply
Arsenal beat Manchester City 3-0 in the FA Community Shield on Sunday, August 16, 2026, at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, opening the English football
Islam Makhachev beat Ian Machado Garry by unanimous decision at UFC 330 on Saturday, August 15, 2026, retaining the UFC welterweight championship and stretching
The Buffalo Bills beat the Carolina Panthers 29-14 in a preseason game on Saturday, Aug.