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Police in Cleveland have identified a suspect in the Nov. 22 incident at FirstEnergy Stadium where the Browns’ field was torn up by a vehicle before their Week 12 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Anthony Robert Westley O’Neal, 21, was named a suspect more than a week after a …

An Illinois eighth grader says he just dropped to the ground in “disbelief” after sinking a near full-court buzzer beater to win his team a basketball game this week.  Cooper Thorson of Milton Pope Elementary is the star of a viral video showing the impressive shot he made Tuesday against …

Gaylord Perry, a Hall of Fame pitcher who won two Cy Young Awards over the course of his 22-year career, died Thursday at his home in South Carolina. He was 84. Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said Perry died in Gaffney at around 5 a.m. local time of natural causes. …

Golden State Warriors General Manager Bob Myers wants athletes to restrain from using the phrase “Mamba Mentality.” During an appearance on the “All The Smoke” podcast with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Myers said he thinks it is disrespectful to the late Kobe Bryant because he was one of a …

It was originally expected that the College Football Playoff’s expansion to 12 teams wouldn’t occur until 2026, but it’s becoming very likely it will happen even sooner. According to multiple reports, the Rose Bowl has amended its current contract, paving the way for a 12-team playoff beginning the 2024 season. …

A 27-year-old Iranian man was reportedly killed by security forces in northern Iran after honking his car horn in celebration of the country’s elimination from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar following its 1-0 loss to the United States.  Mehran Samak was in Bandar Anzali, northwest of Iran’s capital, Tehran, …

The New York Jets have called East Rutherford, New Jersey their home since 1984 after spending their first 24 seasons in New York — and a New York state senator thinks it’s time for them to come home. The Jets played at the Polo Grounds from their inception in 1960 …

The Buffalo Bills have officially ruled out veteran linebacker Von Miller for Thursday night’s game against the New England Patriots as he deals with “lateral meniscus damage” suffered during their Thanksgiving Day victory over the Detroit Lions. The Bills’ updated injury report on Wednesday officially ruled Miller out with a …

Hugh Freeze is the new head coach of Auburn football and the storylines are plentiful.  Freeze returns to the SEC after resigning as head coach of Ole Miss prior to the start of the 2017 season after a “pattern of personal misconduct” was discovered, including that Freeze had placed calls …

Manny Pacquiao has had a legendary boxing career, and he may have gotten more help than he would have asked for in 2000 when he fought Nedal Hussein. Pacquiao won the fight via technical knockout after Hussein was declared unfit to keep going in the 10th round of the bout. …