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Phil Mickelson skips PGA championship after he made controversial comments

5:11am May 19, 2022

Golf's PGA Championship gets underway Thursday in Tula, Okla., but defending champ Phil Mickelson won't be there after he made inflammatory comments about a new Saudi-backed golf tour.

The U.S. women's soccer team will now be paid as much as the men's team

5:04pm May 18, 2022

by Tom Goldman

After years of litigation and tumult, U.S. men and women soccer players have struck an agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation that would pay the players equally.

Players on the U.S Women's National Team celebrate their victory in the penalty shootout over the Netherlands in the Women's Quarter Final match of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will be paid equally under a new deal

10:42am May 18, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

The new collective bargaining agreements will run through 2028 and will also include the "equalization" of World Cup prize money, the organization announced.

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The U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will now be paid equally

10:41am May 18, 2022

by Tom Goldman

The U.S. Soccer Federation said it has agreed with its men's and women's national teams to pay them the same amounts for all games and competitions and split prize money from World Cup appearances.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has quietly signed into law a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls' or women's sports in public schools and colleges.

South Carolina becomes the latest state to enact a transgender sports ban

1:28pm May 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

South Carolina's governor signed into law a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls' or women's sports in public schools and colleges.

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FIFA and EA Sports end videogame partnership

8:45am May 15, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

FIFA, the world's governing body for soccer, and Electronic Arts have announced an end to their partnership that's created best selling videogames.

This photo taken from video provided by WISN 12 News shows police responding to the scene of a shooting at Water Street and Juneau Avenue in Milwaukee Friday night. At least 20 people were injured in two shootings.

At least 21 people were injured in 3 shootings after a Bucks game in Milwaukee

2:41pm May 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Officials enacted a curfew for young people and added extra patrols. The shootings took place near an area where thousands had been watching the Bucks play in the NBA's Eastern Conference semifinals.

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Saturday sports: Brittney Griner hearing; NBA and NHL playoffs; Rich Strike rests

9:58am May 14, 2022

by Tom Goldman

WNBA star Brittney Griner remains imprisoned in Russia; the latest news in the NBA and NHL playoffs; and a surprise decision to rest the Kentucky Derby winner from the Preakness Stakes.

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WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom in Khimki just outside Moscow, on Friday.

WNBA star Brittney Griner's detention in Russia is extended by a month

1:39pm May 13, 2022

by Charles Maynes

The lawyer for the 31-year-old athlete said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month. Griner faces a trial on drug possession charges in mid-June.

Sonny Leon and Rich Strike won the 148th Kentucky Derby last weekend. Instead of racing at the Preakness Stakes, the second stop of the Triple Crown series, the horse will get some much needed rest before the third race at the Belmont Stakes in New York.

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Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike won't race at Preakness Stakes

7:11pm May 12, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Rick Dawson, owner of Rich Strike and RED TR-Racing, said the horse will skip the next stop of the Triple Crown and get some rest before the third race in the series, the Belmont Stakes, in New York.