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Donna Kelce, wearing her son Travis' No. 87 jersey, and Taylor Swift are seen during the Kansas City Chiefs' game with the Chicago Bears in Kansas City, Missouri. Sales of Kelce's jersey soared after Swift appeared at the game.

Taylor Swift's star power sends Travis Kelce's jersey sales soaring

11:12am September 27, 2023

by Bill Chappell

It takes 106 football players to sell out an NFL stadium — or one Taylor Swift. So when the pop superstar was linked to Travis Kelce, fans immediately took action.

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Hall of Fame Orioles third baseman, Brooks Robinson, dies at 86

7:27am September 27, 2023

Brooks Robinson spent his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles. Robinson's most memorable performance came as MVP of the 1970 World Series.

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European Union pressured to stop the flood of foreign investment in soccer clubs

6:54am September 27, 2023

by H.J. Mai

Money from oil-rich Gulf nations has distorted the balance of power among European soccer clubs. Now there's a push to regulate outside money coming into the sport.

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Former Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson speaks during a ceremony to unveil a statue of him in Baltimore on Sept. 29, 2012. Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died.

Brooks Robinson, Hall of Fame Orioles third baseman, dies at 86

6:47pm September 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died. He was 86.

Taylor Swift enters her football era and breaks the internet

4:28pm September 26, 2023

In a rare example of Taylor Swift's love life making headlines, fans are swooning over the superstar's potential new beau, footballer Travis Kelce.

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The end section of a balance beam is pictured. The 2022 incident was widely viewed on social media and condemned by many, including U.S. gymnast Simone Biles.

Irish gymnastics group apologizes after a Black girl was skipped at a medal ceremony

1:58pm September 26, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Gymnastics Ireland has apologized for the incident. But the girl's mother says the group hasn't done enough. Video shows an official giving medals to a line of girls except the only Black participant.

"Obviously, it's very disheartening to be accused of cheating," chess grandmaster Hans Niemann said. Asked about a bizarre idea that vibrating anal beads could signal players about the best moves, he replied, "That is not a serious theory."

Hans Niemann pooh-poohs a chess cheating theory that's based on vibrating beads

1:31pm September 26, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Chess prodigy Hans Niemann is competing in the World Junior Chess Championship — but he's also answering questions about an outlandish cheating theory.

Kamila Valieva, then 15, of the Russian Olympic Committee, competed at the 2022 Beijing Olympics despite testing positive for a banned substance. Her case goes before an international sports tribunal this week.

Kamila Valieva doping scandal that rocked the Beijing Olympics may finally be settled

5:10am September 26, 2023

by Brian Mann

The Court of Arbitration for Sport begins a hearing Tuesday into the doping scandal of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. U.S. skaters still haven't received team medals from the 2022 Winter Games.

The king of R&B? It depends who you ask.

Usher will soon have Super Bowl halftime validation. But can he top Rihanna?

5:46pm September 25, 2023

by Mallory Yu

In the immortalized-by-meme words of Usher: Watch this.

Megan Rapinoe, an icon bigger than soccer, takes a bow for the U.S. national team

5:38pm September 25, 2023

by Laurel Wamsley

Taking it all in one last time while wearing the U.S. Soccer crest, Rapinoe reflected on how she and her generation had changed the game during her 17 years on the team.