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College athletes and recruits are now allowed to engage in “NIL activities” consistent with state law where their school is located.

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, every city hosting the Olympics since 1960 incurred cost overruns, sometimes by tens of billions of dollars.

Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, athletes from gymnasts to skateboarders to water polo players reflect on the role their family has played in their career.

NBA legend Dwyane Wade buys ownership stake in Utah Jazz

“It’s important that women are not only paid equal, but treated with equal respect.”

You know her as the incredibly popular Peloton instructor with fans worldwide, but Jess Sims is so much more. Hannah Donnelly sat down with the Peabody native for the series #onhermark.

You know her as the incredibly popular Peloton instructor with fans worldwide, but Jess Sims is so much more. Hannah Donnelly sat down with the Peabody native for the series #onhermark.

There will be six different art pieces for sale ranging from $2,500 to $15,000, and the drop will include a mystery auction item with no set price.

Colton Bradford chats with Olympic Star Adam Rippon about his new book “Beautiful on the Outside” and more at Seaport Snowport Winter Village.

The Women’s Ski World Cup races in Vermont have become a Thanksgiving weekend tradition.

Nike will investigate accusations of abuse by Mary Cain while she was part of Alberto Salazar’s training group. The runner says it reached the point where she started having suicidal thoughts and cutting herself. Cain joined the disbanded Nike Oregon Project run by Salazar in 2013, soon after competing in the 1,500-meter final at track and field’s world championships when...

The United States’ largest governing body for college athletics took the first step Tuesday toward allowing amateur athletes to cash in on their fame, voting unanimously to permit them to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.” The NCAA and its member schools now must figure out how to allow athletes to profit while still maintaining rules...

An ex-cheerleader who suffered multiple concussions while on the University of California, Berkeley’s cheerleading team, filed a lawsuit against the school, USA Federation for Sport Cheering, and her former coaches, for repeatedly endangering her health and safety, according to a complaint filed this week in Alameda County Superior Court.

A book written by Chanel Miller, the woman who was sexually assaulted by ex-Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner, was released to the public Tuesday.

A North Texas high school is mourning the sudden death of a 16-year-old football player who reportedly collapsed and died in his twin brother’s arms.

Britney Taylor, the woman accusing New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown of raping her last year, was expected to meet with National Football League investigators on Monday, a day after the star athlete made his debut with the Super Bowl champions. Taylor, Brown’s former trainer, last week filed a federal lawsuit against the new Patriots player, alleging he exposed...

Federal investigators are looking into the way the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and national governing bodies of Olympic sports handled sex-abuse allegations, people with knowledge of the investigations told The Associated Press on Friday. The probes, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, come in the aftermath of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse cases that led to massive turnover at...

On Monday evening, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles took to Twitter and addressed the headlines surrounding her older brother Tevin Biles-Thomas’ arrest for triple murder in Ohio. “Still having a hard time processing last week’s news,” she shared on social media. “My heart aches for everyone involved, especially for the victims and their families. There is nothing that I can say...

Two Americans used their medal-winning moments at the Pan American Games to draw attention to social issues back home that they feel are spiraling out of control. During their medals ceremonies at the multi-sport event in Lima, fencer Race Imboden took a knee and hammer thrower Gwen Berry raised her fist. Both athletes could represent the U.S. less than a...