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What to know as the 2022 NFL season begins

4:38pm September 08, 2022

by Tom Goldman

The NFL season begins Thursday as the reigning champion Los Angeles Rams take on the Buffalo Bills. New rule changes, blockbuster trades, retirements and un-retirements mark the start of the season.

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Humans are no longer the line judges at the U.S. Open

4:38pm September 08, 2022

by Melissa Block

Electronic line judging has replaced humans at the U.S. Open. But the voices making calls are real people, recorded with varying levels of urgency to sell the call, depending on how close the shot is.

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A spectator and his barber are removed from the U.S. Open quarterfinals

5:59am September 08, 2022

A man at the tournament was getting a haircut Tuesday night in the stands during the middle of a match at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Security cut the trim short.

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Frances Tiafoe reacts after winning a tie breaker against Andrey Rublev, of Russia, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Wednesday in New York.

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Tiafoe is the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006

5:15pm September 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Frances Tiafoe topped Russia's Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 behind the backing of a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday.

High Point plans for new professional soccer team with upgrades to stadium

4:47pm September 07, 2022

by Paul Garber

Basketball icon Sue Bird plays her last game after two legendary decades in the WNBA

12:08pm September 07, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The Seattle Storm lost its semifinal game on Tuesday, bringing a bittersweet end to what the 41-year-old had said would be her final season. She retires as the winningest WNBA player of all time.

Orlando's Exploria Stadium is set to rock for the finals of the U.S. Open Cup between Orlando City SC and Sacramento Republic FC.

David vs. Goliath duel pits Sacramento and Orlando City in U.S. Open Cup soccer final

11:25am September 07, 2022

by Tom Goldman

Underdog Sacramento Republic FC, which plays in the lower-division USL, is trying to do what hasn't been done since 1999 — topple a Major League Soccer team in the U.S. Open Cup final.

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WNBA legend Sue Bird is heading for retirement

6:09am September 07, 2022

The Seattle Storm superstar played her last basketball game Tuesday. The Storm were eliminated from the playoffs by the Las Vegas Aces, ending what Sue Bird promised was her last season.

A minor league baseball game between the Tampa Tarpons and Dunedin Blue Jays in April. A "significant" majority of minor league players have sided with organizing efforts, the Major League Baseball Players Association said.

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More than half of minor league baseball players have voted to unionize

5:15pm September 06, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Most minor league players make less than the federal poverty line. The Major League Baseball Players Association has asked MLB to voluntarily recognize the unionizing efforts.

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The upsets and surprises of this year's U.S. Open

4:55pm September 06, 2022

by Tom Goldman

During the first week at the U.S. Open. Serena Williams made her exit, and the top two men's seeds were knocked out. An American is through to the quarterfinals, so will this end the U.S. drought?