Motez Bishara

The former Yankees slugger is a case study on public redemption.

In an era marked by divided opinions in the US, a crop of NFL players is quietly trying to bridge the cultural divide with messages of inclusion and charitable work.

A year ago, the 21-year-old former Australian Rugby League player tried on a football helmet and pads for the very first time. By April, he was drafted as an offensive lineman by the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

Viewers can't get enough of the grit and drama surrounding the brutal sport, and production companies led by Amazon and Netflix are taking notice.

With World Mental Health Day landing a few days before the NBA season launched in October, a reminder was served that the league's policy concerning mental illness is evolving.

Reporting from an NFL locker room is one of the strangest things a journalist can experience. It also should come with a list of do's and dont's.

For most of the 1,000 or so participants of Gay Bowl -- who include several college football players and even some ex-pros -- the long weekend represents a celebration of football, the sport they love, which in many ways shaped their lives.

He may wear size-19 sneakers, but Kevin Love still has some big shoes to fill.

Since the very first college game played between Princeton and Rutgers University nearly 150 years ago, tailgating has gone hand-in- hand with American football as a celebration of fandom unmatched by other sports.

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a medical doctor and Kansas City Chiefs linchpin.

Eighty-seven-year-old John Chance-Reed is the oldest registered member of the British Slot Car Racing Association, a collection of enthusiasts in a sport that enjoyed its heyday in the 1960s and now skews heavily towards men at or near retirement age.

Largely thanks to Nathan Chapman's Pro Kick Australia school, founded on the lessons he learned as an NFL hopeful, the country is cranking out punters to major US college programs and infiltrating the pros.

Josh Lambo began his athletic career as a goalkeeping prodigy for the US Under-17 national team, even garnering interest from English Premier League club Everton. After an injury forced him out of soccer, he turned his knack for pressure situations into a thriving NFL career.

Ten years ago, Behan and Jamie Gifford plotted to set sail around the world with their three young children. Nearly 50 countries and 58,000 miles later, they're on a short break to drop their son at college ... before starting all over again.

Here's one way to get paid in American college athletics: Go professional in another sport.

If the NFL thinks its new rule designed to quell player protests will end its national anthem controversy, it may want to think again.

With steady superyacht orders leading up to the busy summer season, the few marine cybercrime specialists who operate from Monaco to Miami are increasingly in demand.

All sorts of questions have emerged ahead of the World Cup launch Thursday. Here's a look at some of the most intriguing ones.

Superstar Egyptian Mohamed Salah will be joined by Liverpool teammates Sadio Mane and Emre Can, along with Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema and Achraf Hakimi, as Muslims facing the decision whether to refrain completely from eating and drinking on the day of the Champions League final.

The WWE's major push into Saudi Arabia is a prime example of the complicated clash between long-held Saudi values and the desire among many younger citizens -- who suddenly include women -- to embrace more elements of Western culture.