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Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wrote to the commissioner of the NBA on Thursday, demanding answers over the organization’s relationship to a basketball training camp in the Xinjiang region in China -- and accusing the organization of having misled lawmakers.

An unopened case of 1986-87 Fleer Basketball cards sold for more than $1.78 million on Thursday night in an auction conducted by Collect Auctions.

The winning owner and canine will earn a $500,000 prize as well as a $250,000 donation to the animal charity of their choice.

Favre, 50, will serve as brand ambassador for the New Jersey-based company.

NFL legends Tom Brady and Michael Strahan, once rivals, have been working together on a sports media venture called Religion of Sports that last month got $10 million in backing from Elysian Park, LinkinFirm and existing investors Courtside Ventures and media mogul Shari Redstone’s Advancit Capital.

Not only has Pelicans superstar Zion Williamson taken the league by storm during his first year in the NBA, but his rookie trading cards have been a driving force in the recent surge in the trading card market as well.

Dallas Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory claims he’s “doing everything” that’s been asked of him since he was indefinitely suspended in February 2019 but his attempts at reinstatement have been sidelined by the league. 

The Masters Tournament will likely be held without fans, the Augusta, Ga., mayor said Wednesday.

The NFL could stand to lose a whopping $7 billion should fans be barred from attending games of any kind during the regular season this year, according to data from an event ticket search engine.

Dubbed the “NBA Foundation,” the initiative will support training and career opportunities high school and college-aged Black men and women.

The Indiana Pacers and PointsBet have teamed up on a new multiyear partnership.

UConn Huskies football players will remain on scholarship throughout the upcoming school year and have access to team facilities.

Dartmouth eliminated full-contact practices. Injuries plummeted. Success skyrocketed.

Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams acknowledged Tuesday that it wasn’t the “best-quality decision” to go to a popular strip club in Atlanta after leaving the NBA bubble to attend a funeral last month but he wants fans to understand that was “truly grieving” at the time. 

The employees who made the requests to company management were members of a task force commissioned to help find answers to the clothing giant's internal diversity problems.