Free-agent shortstop saga ends with Carlos Correa returning to Minnesota Twins | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  The free-agent saga surrounding shortstop Carlos Correa has finally come to an end. The coveted World Series winner signed a six-year guaranteed contract to return to the Minnesota Twins, the MLB team announced Wednesday. The deal is reportedly worth $200 million, according to the salary tracking website Spotrac. Minnesota is the third […]

Lovie Smith said the NFL had ‘a problem’ about Black coaches. A year later he was fired and the league is being criticized yet again about its lack of diversity | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  When Lovie Smith was hired by the Houston Texans in February 2022 as the team’s new head coach, he said the NFL had “a problem” with hiring Black coaches and diversity. “I realize the amount of Black head coaches there are in the National Football League,” Smith told reporters just under a […]

Hope for ‘new’ NWSL after former coaches banned after misconduct investigation | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  “A new NWSL begins today.” That’s how the president of the union representing soccer players expressed optimism about the future of the sport after the National Women’s Soccer League banned a number of former coaches following years of alleged systemic abuse. On Monday, NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman announced the league had permanently […]

Josh Allen describes kickoff return touchdown in first play since Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest as ‘spiritual’ | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  Josh Allen could barely hold back his emotions as he described Nyheim Hines’ kick return touchdown in the Buffalo Bills’ first play since teammate Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest. With Hamlin watching from his hospital bed and after some powerful pre-game tributes, Hines took the opening kickoff from the New England […]