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Byline: Kent Babb Von Miller is among the NFL's best pass rushers, and in addition to eight Pro Bowl appearances, he was the MVP of Super Bowl 50, when his [...]

Byline: Kent Babb In March, 39-year-old tight end Benjamin Watson announced his retirement after 15 NFL seasons, four teams (including two stints with New Orleans and New England) and one [...]

Byline: Kent Babb Every day, he goes online and checks his messages again and again, and every day is the same: no response. George Weinhouse, a 67-year-old retired anesthesiologist, answered [...]

Byline: Kent Babb Maybe a decade ago, Ron'Dell Carter approached a crossroads, and his father taught him a lesson he wouldn't forget. Then a sixth-grader, the young man had brought [...]

Byline: Kent Babb Sam Merrill used to walk away from the clay houses, another promise to him broken, and usually his imagination would attempt to comfort him in the same [...]

Byline: Kent Babb The games ended, teams disbanded, and fans tried to make sense of a March without Americans' favorite weekday sports distraction. The novel coronavirus outbreak and widespread social [...]

Byline: Kent Babb The United States women won gold in team pursuit at the World Track Cycling Championships in Berlin on Thursday, the team's first major race, and victory, since [...]

Byline: Kent Babb ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. -- The door swings open, the scent of smoked meat wafting into the rain-soaked parking lot behind him, and in walks the former football [...]

Byline: Kent Babb Kobe Bryant, a five-time -National Basketball Association champion and global sports icon who retired in 2016 before adding an Academy Award to his considerable trophy case two [...]

Byline: Kent Babb OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Earl Thomas has been thinking about it, often late at night, as the game approaches. In his mind, he's stepping onto a field [...]

Byline: Kent Babb MINNEAPOLIS -- On the day he'd bury his daughter, Mark Catlin stepped out of a chapel and into the fresh air. 'Nice day for a walk,' he [...]

Byline: Kent Babb ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- They guide him down the hall and through a doorway, angling his wheelchair away from the calendar. Once the room is quiet, the [...]

Byline: Kent Babb;Catherine Moore;Virginia Singarayar;Reuben Fischer-Baum;Thomas Simonetti The game ended a while ago, but Cameron Indoor Stadium is still packed and rocking. Duke fans and students are here to say [...]

Byline: Kent Babb The former NFL linebacker had come back for homecoming, and as a student's father sold Hillcrest High T-shirts and the homecoming court assembled, an old friend approached [...]

Byline: Kent Babb Weeks ago they decided they couldn't just go to this game, sit where they would be sitting and say nothing. The United States was divided, and now [...]

Byline: Kent Babb OAKLAND, Calif. -- Virdell Larkins steps outside the Oakland Technical High School weight room and into the sun. He has to take a call. It's a Wednesday [...]

Byline: Kent Babb;Cindy Boren Early Sunday afternoon, the most polarizing symbol in South Carolina -- a Confederate flag -- appeared in one of the most visible places near Bon Secours [...]

Byline: Kent BabbATLANTA -- He danced his way onto the platform Monday night, more of a full-body convulsion than anything, and that's the way Rob Gronkowski began his Super Bowl [...]

Byline: Kent BabbHe used to make this walk most afternoons, the skinny kid with so much height and so many hopes, on his way toward a McDonald's in Prince George's [...]

Byline: Kent BabbThe last time Kevin Durant was here, the walls were uneven and insulation was hanging free. There really wasn't even a ceiling: just wires and empty space, the [...]

Byline: Kent BabbKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- They stepped out of the cold and into the warmth and uncertainty of a private airport in Philadelphia. Failure was not an option.In early [...]

Byline: Kent BabbHOUSTON -- Just a few weeks ago, Tyrann Mathieu woke up in his big bed, in his big house, in the middle of his big contract with the [...]

Byline: Kent BabbCHANNELVIEW, Tex. -- She never did say much when she came here, figuring the women and men she prayed with and ate alongside and cried to were, like [...]

Byline: Kent BabbNEW YORK -- They're both here and willing, almost always here and willing. Only, at this moment, they're separated by the length of a basketball court in the [...]

Byline: Kent Babb;Brianna Schroer The former NFL linebacker had come back for homecoming, and as a student's father sold Hillcrest High T-shirts and the homecoming court assembled, an old friend [...]

Byline: Kent Babb Drew Brees was in a New Orleans Saints meeting room the other day, reviewing practice film with his fellow quarterbacks when -- there it is, he did [...]

Byline: Kent Babb LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- He's barely noticed after slipping through the doors: a quiet presence surrounded by noise, a figure so easy to ignore -- on a [...]

Byline: Kent Babb PHILADELPHIA -- About midway through the national anthem before the Philadelphia Eagles' final preseason game, the locker room opens and out walks the team's strong safety: eyes [...]

Byline: Kent Babb PHILADELPHIA -- About midway through the national anthem before the Philadelphia Eagles' final preseason game, the locker room opens and out walks the team's strong safety: eyes [...]

Byline: Kent Babb Not long after the Los Angeles Rams traded for Marcus Peters, a talented but unpredictable cornerback, second-year Coach Sean McVay invited Peters to the team facility for [...]

Byline: Kent Babb Not long after the Los Angeles Rams traded for Marcus Peters, a talented but unpredictable cornerback, second-year Coach Sean McVay invited Peters to the team facility for [...]

Byline: Kent Babb;Jahi Chikwendiu;Madalyne Bird;Dudley Brooks Tall clouds gather in the distance, and Brice Brown turns right to point his truck toward the worst of it. 'Summertime in New Orleans,' [...]

Byline: Kent Babb METAIRIE, La. -- The path had led him to some unexpected places, and on this stormy Monday it had brought Alvin Kamara to the New Orleans Saints' [...]

Byline: Kent Babb;Mindaugas Kavaliauskas;Brianna Schroer There's a door cracked open in this haven of serenity, an Eastern European spa hotel where robed guests walk carpeted hallways and employees speak in [...]

Byline: Kent Babb HOUSTON -- After just another jaw-dropping performance, James Harden was sitting shirtless at his locker stall, checking his texts. It was the middle of April, and he [...]

Byline: Kent Babb Editor's note: Shaquem Griffin was selected by the Seahawks with the No. 141 pick in the NFL draft on April 28 and will join his brother, Shaquill, [...]

Byline: Kent Babb ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- She put the knife away, climbed into bed with her 4-year-old son and massaged his left hand until her own fingers felt numb. [...]

Byline: Kent Babb The coach ended practice and asked the players to gather for a few moments of introspection. Quin Snyder's voice was soft that day, a rarity knowing his [...]

Byline: Kent Babb The coach ended practice and asked the players to gather for a few moments of introspection. Quin Snyder's voice was soft that day, a rarity knowing his [...]

Byline: Kent Babb After a mostly sleepless night, Dave Odom's mind was still racing. How had this happened? How had his son and his program pulled this off? Odom, the [...]

Byline: Kent Babb ST. LOUIS -- Bruce Pearl had just completed his role in a 40-minute shoot-around at the Southeastern Conference tournament -- smiles, shouts, a little squeal -- and [...]

Byline: Kent Babb ST. LOUIS -- Bruce Pearl had just completed his role in a 40-minute shoot-around at the Southeastern Conference tournament -- smiles, shouts, a little squeal -- and [...]

Byline: Kent Babb ST. LOUIS -- Collin Sexton and Alabama didn't so much engineer an upset or a second-half dismantling of Auburn as much as they made a series of [...]

Byline: Kent Babb ST. LOUIS -- When the horn sounded and Missouri walked off the Scottrade Center floor, the countdown began for the NCAA tournament selection committee to untangle one [...]

Byline: Kent Babb CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Most everyone had taken shelter by now, but Tony Bennett was walking in the rain. In his mind, some things are worse than a downpour. [...]

Byline: Kent Babb ORLANDO -- Late last month, a mother and her two daughters spent a weekend together, dinner on Saturday and story exchange Sunday, and like every time they [...]

Byline: Kent Babb A few weeks before Bill Belichick's first game as a head coach in the summer of 1991, the boss wanted to see him. Art Modell, the owner [...]

Byline: Kent Babb People back home saw glimpses of it years ago, but the truth is Jalen Ramsey began his public transition from humble kid to world-class trash talker by [...]

Byline: Kent Babb MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Trae Young's dad was standing near the Oklahoma tunnel the other night, going through his version of their game-day routine. Rayford Young's headphones were [...]

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