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Taylor Swift will perform at Centennial Olympic Park during the men’s Final Four weekend. The 10-time Grammy Award-winning singer will headline the Capital One JamFest on April 5, the finale of the three-day March Madness Music Festival. The Final Four is set for nearby Mercedes-Benz Stadium on April 4 and 6. In August, Swift released […]

Kareem Hunt can play again after serving his eight-game NFL suspension. The Cleveland Browns running back, who fell from one of the NFL’s rising young stars to a violent offender, will play this week against the Buffalo Bills. Hunt has been practicing for two weeks. He was officially reinstated to the roster this week and

Virginia picked up right where it left off in April — showcasing its Pack-Line defense in impressive fashion. Mamadi Diakite scored 12 points, Jay Huff added 11 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 11 Virginia shut down Syracuse 48-34 on Wednesday night. Syracuse’s shooting numbers told the story: 13 of 55 (23.6 from the floor,

Naoya Inoue won a unanimous decision over Nonito Donaire on Thursday in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight final. Inoue, the IBF world bantamweight champion from Japan, sent Donaire to the canvas in the 11th round at Saitama Super Arena with a body blow to the abdomen. Donaire got back up to finish the round

Derek Carr has silenced the questions of his long-term viability as the starting quarterback for the Raiders by looking once again like the quarterback who was one of the top young passers in the league back in 2016. Jimmy Garoppolo is proving why the San Francisco 49ers invested so heavily in him after only a

Russia hardened its line Thursday on a doping issue which could threaten the country’s participation at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. The Russians, who handed over a vast archive of data from the Moscow anti-doping laboratory to the World Anti-Doping Agency in January, denied that any of it was manipulated. Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov said Russian

Kawhi Leonard isn’t healthy three weeks into the season, according to the NBA, which says that as a result the Los Angeles Clippers can rest their new superstar. He was on the bench against the visiting Milwaukee Bucks for a national TV game Wednesday night, the first half of a back-to-back for the Clippers. They

The ball that Mario Balotelli angrily kicked high into the stands out of frustration because of racist chants is still traveling. Figuratively speaking, at least. In a Serie A season that has been marred by discriminatory slurs from the outset, Balotelli’s outburst has prompted more debate, more outrage and more indignation over the problem of

Lamar Jackson is going to juke his way into the record books if he keeps running like this. The second-year quarterback has 637 yards rushing through eight games and is on pace to break Michael Vick’s single-season record of 1,039 yards set in 2006. No other quarterback has run for 1,000 yards in a season.

Telling ordinary South Africans that the victory and the trophy was for them, Springboks captain Siya Kolisi and his team have started a five-day tour where they will carry the Rugby World Cup across the country. On a sunny morning, Kolisi stood Thursday at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the seat of South Africa’s government,