Marissa Payne

Arnold Schwarzenegger meets fan Ben Russell prior to the start of the Arnold Family Walk as part of the 2017 Arnold Classic on March 19, 2017, in Melbourne, Australia.

Arnold Schwarzenegger schools internet troll for mocking Special Olympics

June 5, 2018 at 4:01 p.m.

Arnold Schwarzenegger turned an offensive comment about the Special Olympics that someone left on his Facebook page into a "teachable moment" this week. The comment came in response to a...

Transgender high school wrestler to compete against boys thanks to new USA Wrestling policy

June 5, 2018 at 4:05 p.m.

Transgender high school wrestler Mack Beggs is used to winning on the mat, but now, off the mat, the undefeated athlete who recently won the Texas state girls title may...

Missing Clemson athletic department official found dead near home

June 6, 2018 at 2:05 a.m.

Bert Henderson, Clemson's associate athletic director of planned giving, has been found dead near his property in rural South Carolina. Clemson confirmed the news on Tuesday via Twitter. Henderson was...

American pro wrestler Sam Polinsky, aka Sam Adonis, holds an American flag emblazoned with a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump as he arrives at Arena Mexico in Mexico City on Feb. 12, 2017. A self-described pro-wrestling purist who grew up in Pittsburgh and came to Mexico last year, Polinsky says taking on the persona of a Trump supporter was a chance to play the ultimate villain.

American who channels Donald Trump becomes Mexico’s biggest wrestling villain

August 22, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

Pro wrestler Sam Adonis is limping to a coffee shop in Mexico City when he answers the phone. He has just finished training for his next gig in the capital...

East Hartford, CT - 12/30/16 - Randy Edsall is formally announced as the new UConn football head coach at a press conference at Rentschler Field Friday. Here, Edsall speaks with Milton Porter, of Hebron, a graduate of the class of 1950. Photo by BRAD HORRIGAN | bhorrigan@courant.com

Randy Edsall pulls commit’s UConn football scholarship 2 weeks before signing day

June 6, 2018 at 12:07 p.m.

Ryan Dickens has dreamed about playing college football since he was in the eighth grade, according to this mother Patti. So when the 6-foot-2, 210-pound linebacker verbally committed to the...

Washington University men’s soccer team suspended over comments toward women

June 8, 2018 at 8:52 p.m.

Washington University in St. Louis has suspended its men's soccer team indefinitely while it investigates allegations that the 2015 team kept an online document of "degrading and sexually explicit comments"...

FIFA President Joseph Blatter hands over the World Cup trophy to the Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (C) and his wife Sheikh Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned (2R) after the official announcement that Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup on Dec. 2, 2010.

Alcohol banned from stadiums, streets at 2022 World Cup in Qatar

June 9, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.

Beer and sports may go hand-in-hand in some parts of the world, but not Qatar, where FIFA plans to stage the 2022 World Cup. Officials in the conservative Middle Eastern...

Wisconsin student-athletes demand action after racist incident at football game

June 9, 2018 at 8:55 a.m.

A week after a man attended a Wisconsin football game in a mask depicting President Barack Obama in a noose, dozens of the university's student-athletes took to Twitter to demand...

NCAA technicality will keep decorated Army veteran from playing college basketball

June 9, 2018 at 6:13 p.m.

Isaiah Brock had big plans for 2016. After spending four years in the Army, the 22-year-old Baltimore native was invited to enroll at Oakland University and play on the Michigan...

Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown carries the ball during warm ups before playing against the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on Sept. 25, 2016, in Philadelphia.

Steelers’ Antonio Brown to honor Arnold Palmer with customized cleats

May 11, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

Arnold Palmer's reach extends far and wide. On Sunday, it will reach an NFL player's feet when Steelers star Antonio Brown dons a pair of unique cleats against the Kansas...

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