Sports Connection

Last season, the NBA brought back the traditional East versus West format.

Big Game Friday’s game of the week features Anna against Colleyville Heritage. The Panthers haven’t lost a game since September. NBC 5’s Pat Doney talked to head coach Jerry Edwards about the mentality that makes this year’s team so special.

At Nimo’s Training Gym in Grand Prairie, people have been following the hype of the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight happening Friday night.

The Oscar winner took to Instagram and thanked the Knicks forward for the “bucket-list moment.”

Mike Tyson is set for his first sanctioned fight since 2005 as the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion takes on much younger YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Texas. But what exactly do Tyson, 58, and Paul, 27, stand to make from the match, and what have they said leading up to it?

From vicious knockouts to biting ears, here is a look back at Mike Tyson’s biggest moments in the ring ahead of his bout against Jake Paul.

Rafael Nadal is getting set to retire from professional tennis after one last event on Spain’s team at the Davis Cup finals that start Tuesday.

John Collins scored the last of his 28 points on a tiebreaking dunk with 6.4 seconds left to give the Utah Jazz their first home victory of the season, 115-113 over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night.

A New Hampshire woman will spend more than two years in prison, partly because she wanted to see Tom Brady and the Buccaneers play the Patriots.

Florida coach Todd Golden says Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 freshman who owns a spot in the Guinness record book, is planning to redshirt this season.

A former Phoenix Suns employee is suing the team, alleging racial discrimination and unlawful retaliation that led to her termination.

A lawsuit has been filed against the Mountain West Conference, the California State University system, San Jose State’s women’s volleyball coach and two administrators surrounding the ongoing controversy that one of the Spartans players was reported to be transgender.

The Savannah Bananas, who are known for their dancing and antics on the baseball diamond, have ballooned in popularity in recent years. So much so, they have sold out MLB stadiums such as Fenway Park and plan to go to 18 MLB stadiums in 2025.