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Heavyweight champion George Foreman has died at the age of 76, his family announced Friday. Foreman died surrounded by loved ones, his family said. “Our hearts are broken,” the family wrote in an Instagram post. “With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr., who …

Former New England Patriots No. 1 overall pick Kenneth Sims died on Friday at the age of 65.  Sims had been battling illness and died in his sleep, per 247sports. Sims, who was the first pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, played eight years in the NFL, all with the …

No. 2-seeded Alabama held on to beat No. 15-seeded Robert Morris 90-81 in the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament Friday at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.  At one point, Alabama was up 12 points in the first half, but Robert Morris battled back to cut Alabama’s lead to 40-36 …

Maine Rep. Laurel Libby has been largely outspoken about the issue of transgender athletes competing against biological females, to the point where she was censured by the state House. That move was harshly criticized by the Boston Globe’s editorial board this week. In a story by its editorial board headlined …

After the Department of Defense had taken down, then re-posted, an online feature about Jackie Robinson’s military service, even including the letters “DEI” in a new link, Mina Kimes let her feelings on the matter known. Kimes made an appearance on ESPN’s “Around the Horn” on Wednesday, just hours after …

The Maine state legislature voted on its biannual budget Thursday night, but the session was delayed by a prolonged debate over transgender athlete inclusion and the censure of Republican Rep. Laurel Libby.  Libby, who was censured by Maine’s Democratic majority and Speaker Ryan Fecteau for a social media post identifying …

Although Kentucky head coach Mark Pope seemed to instantly regret his recent vow to help fund fan travel to the Wildcats’ first round game in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, he still made good on the promise. Kentucky is scheduled to play Troy in Milwaukee in the first …

McNeese’s upset over No. 5 Clemson was over early … until it wasn’t. The 12th-seeded Cowboys dominated Clemson for a large majority of the game on Thursday, leading by as many as 24 in the second half, but they only managed to squeak by with a 69-67 victory. Clemson could …

Charlotte Hornets guard Seth Curry knows more than most what expectation feels like.  For one, he wears the same team jersey his father, Dell Curry, wore for 10 of his 16 NBA seasons. Dell averaged 14 points in 701 career games in Charlotte.  And then there’s his older brother, perennial …

As Maine continues to be a focal point of the sports culture debate about transgender athletes in women’s sports, the state’s Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Scallon has now said his piece on the situation.  The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it …