Franz Beckenbauer, a World Cup winner as a player and a coach who became the defining figure in German soccer for more than half a century, died on Sunday. He was 78. He died at his home, his family confirmed in a statement. The statement did not specify where he lived or state the cause…

You want to know what kind of a man Derrel McKinley “Bud” Harrelson was? Let’s go back almost exactly 50 years, to the night of Jan. 27, 1974. This was the annual dinner put on by the New York baseball writers, at the old Americana Hotel on 52nd Street and Sixth Avenue, a black-tie affair to…

CNN  —  Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer was disqualified from the Lyon Open on Wednesday after smashing his racket against the base of the umpire’s chair. The incident occurred after Ymer had pleaded with umpire Rogerio Santos to check a ball mark on the clay during his round of 16 match against France’s Arthur Fils….

The Memphis Grizzlies announced Monday night that star guard Ja Morant will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. Morant’s fifth NBA season will thus consist of just nine games. He began it on a 25-game suspension handed to him by the league after he flashed a gun on a social media…

The Texas Rangers on Wednesday did not end Major League Baseball’s longest World Series drought. That belongs to the Cleveland Guardians, who have not won the World Series since 1948. But the Rangers still ended decades of misery by winning the first World Series title in franchise history, which began in 1961 when the team…

Carlos Alcaraz to CNN: ‘I’m playing unbelievable tennis’ 2022 Madrid Open champion Carlos Alcaraz talks to Don Riddell about winning the Masters 1000 event and having “a lot of nerves” during his winning run.