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Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller was charged Wednesday with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after video emerged that appeared to show him among those storming the building last week. Citing screenshots from

Houston Rockets James Harden is heading to Brooklyn, joining old teammate Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The Nets agreed to acquire Harden from the Houston Rockets on Wednesday in a move he has sought for weeks.  Harden

The NHL says 27 players returned positive COVID-19 tests during training camps as the league prepares to open its season. In a release Tuesday, the NHL said that it conducted approximately 12,000 tests administered to more than

The chief of Tokyo’s Olympic organizing committee said Tuesday it would be “absolutely impossible” to postpone the Summer Games again due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who serves as president on the

The NBA said in a news release that they have postponed Monday’s Dallas-New Orleans game and Tuesday’s Chicago-Boston game “ in accordance with the league’s Health and Safety Protocols.” The Mavericks and Celtics do not have eight

On Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles fired head coach Doug Pederson, just three seasons after he coached the team to a Super Bowl title. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement released by the team, “Coach Pederson

Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Tennessee Titans 20-13 in a wild-card win on Sunday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. It was Jackson’s first win in the NFL playoffs; he was 0-2 in the postseason entering Sunday’s game. The 24-year-old

Donovan Mitchell scored 13 of his 28 points in the first quarter, helping the Utah Jazz hold on for a 96-86 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. Utah scored the game’s first nine points and never

Former all-star MLB pitcher Tommy John remains in the hospital after contracting COVID-19. The 77-year-old was hospitalized on Dec. 13 and had been receiving oxygen, though has since improved. John said the biggest symptom he has experienced

The New York Mets are finalizing a trade to acquire Cleveland shortstop Francisco Lindor and starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco, in exchange for young shortstops Andres Giménez and Ahmed Rosario as well as pitching prospect Josh Wolf and minor