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A high school senior from Bangor, Maine, has decided that when the time comes, he will donate his brain to science. Fionn Parker-Cummings is the youngest person to donate his brain to the University of Pittsburgh National Sports Brain Bank. Researchers will check in with him every year for the rest of his life. Parker-Cummings said he hopes the contribution…

Finn Parker Cummings is donating his brain to researchers aiming to protect fellow athletes.

Backup quarterback Grayson James hit Jerand Bradley with an 8-yard scoring pass late, and Boston College rallied with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter for a 21-20 victory over Western Kentucky on Saturday. BC’s starting quarterback Thomas Castellanos was sidelined with an undisclosed injury. James, a junior transfer from Florida International, completed 19-of-32 passes for 168 yards with an inception…

New research shows Latinos will account for $1 of every incremental $3 spent on U.S. sports by 2050.

The expectations are low this year for the New England Patriots, but they started the season off with a victory in Cincinnati.

A Los Angeles-area high school student who was recently injured during a football game has died, the high school’s principal said in a letter to the community last week.

With football season kicking off, many fans will be buying tickets to catch their favorite teams in action. But before you hit “Purchase,” be warned: Scammers want to cash in on your excitement. You don’t want to lose money to a scammer and miss a game you were looking forward to. The Better Business Bureau received over 100 reports to…

The Better Business Bureau received over 100 reports to its scam tracker about sporting event ticket scams last year, and there were likely many others that went unreported. Here’s how you can make sure what your buying is the real deal.

A 12-year-old boy in Arizona received hundreds of text messages with well wishes after 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in an attempted robbery on Aug. 31.

Deatrich Wise Jr. of the New England Patriots, who is 6’5 and 280 pounds, eats 5,000 calories a day on a 100% vegan diet.

Dartmouth College will honor the memory of its winningest football coach by adding his name to its athletic complex next fall. Buddy Teevens, known nationally for his efforts to make football safer, died in September of injuries he had sustained in a bicycle accident six months earlier. The Ivy League school announced Wednesday that it will host a community celebration…

Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork and maybe win a college scholarship. But growing research shows it can also cause injuries that damage developing brains.

Flag football’s inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles only enhances the profile of a sport that’s growing rapidly on the women’s side.

There are 16 NFL games slated for the holiday weekend. Here’s when they will air and how you can watch them.

Let’s take a closer look at everything that happened this past Saturday in the NFL with five winners and losers.

Saturday games have begun for the NFL. Here are some of the results from Week 15 of football Saturday.

The Turkish Football Federation has suspended all league games in the country after a club president punched the referee in the face at the end of a top-flight match.

The annual Army-Navy football game will be held at Gillette Stadium for the first time.

With the merger of XFL and USFL approved by regulators, the combined season will launch on March 30, 2024.