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The first national participation survey in three years for high school sports showed a decline of 4% across the country with football participation levels also declining, according to the National Federation of State High School Assns. The last participation survey was conducted in 2018-19. When the COVID-19 pandemic started, seasons …

A UCLA football program that was long a national force in high school recruiting, often edging rival USC for the best young players in Southern California, momentarily ceded those designations earlier this week. Just check the title it gave itself. Transfer U. The nickname surfaced Monday on the official UCLA …

When the U.S. national team gathers next week for its final two warm-ups ahead of this fall’s World Cup, four players who were expected to have key roles won’t be there. Missing from the 26-man roster coach Gregg Berhalter summoned Wednesday are defenders Antonee Robinson and Miles Robinson, goalkeeper Zack …

CNN  —  Little more than two weeks after she was knocked out of the US Open – a moment many thought would be the last act of her tennis career – Serena Williams has teased her potential return to the sport. Williams announced ahead of the US Open that she …

The celebration started before the first play, the first tackle, the first victory. As he prepared for UCLA’s season opener, Laiatu Latu looked at the coach who had stood with him this entire time. They had been through so much. So much doubt. So much heartache. So many doctors. Was …

Brady, now 45 years old, has had a tumultuous offseason, retiring in February only to later reverse that decision. In the midst of August’s training camp, Brady took an 11-day leave of absence to “deal with personal things,” according to his head coach Todd Bowles. Last week, Brady said: “As …

There was little doubt the Dodgers would make the playoffs this season. They were the betting favorites to win the World Series before the season and proved quickly they were the class of the National League West. But who will they play now that they’ve won the division for the …

So accustomed to being one of the dominant forces in world football in recent years, Liverpool has so far failed to click into gear this season and has looked a shadow of the side that reached last year’s final. After a disappointing start to the Premier League season, Liverpool’s misery …

With these latest two home runs, Judge edged closer to immortalizing his season in Yankees lore alongside Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs in 1927 and Roger Maris’ record 61 in 1961, which has also stood as the American League record for 61 years. Judge’s first homer of Tuesday night — …

CNN  —  Oleksandr Usyk has shared photos of himself at his family home in Ukraine – the first time the boxing world champion has explicitly posted from Vorzel, near Bucha, since the house was taken by Russian forces earlier this year. Usyk posted photos of himself in front of the …