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There are no fans at Levi’s Stadium this season, but when the 49ers score a touchdown, you’ll hear 70,000 of them cheering on TV. The NFL’s fake crowd noise system features the sounds of each home team’s actual fans, recorded at games over the past 3-4 years.

After significant delays due to COVID-19, ABC’s “Shark Tank” returns for its twelfth season. Mark Cuban joined LX News to talk about the challenges of filming the show during quarantine and shares why other sharks called him “Mother Theresa.”

If you want to see the best bring their best, legends go head to head and the biggest stars on the biggest stage, see you Sunday night.

Iga Swiatek has beaten Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 in the French Open final to become the first Polish tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles championship

It’s been a rather charmed first three weeks for the National Football League as the NFL, operating under stringent safety and testing protocols, has been able to operate largely unencumbered by the COVID-19 pandemic....
That appeared to change overnight Tuesday with the announcement that several members of the Tennessee Titans had tested positive for COVID-19, forcing both that club and the...

The Tennessee Titans and the Minnesota Vikings have suspended in-person activities after the NFL said three Titans players and five personnel tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first COVID-19 outbreak of the NFL just after its Week 3. Eric Mitchell, the president of LifeFlip Media, joined LX News to explain what we should expect for the rest of the...

Local school districts in Maryland can choose to start the interscholastic fall athletic season within weeks, the governor announced Thursday.  High schools can start practices on Oct. 7 for a competition season that starts Oct. 27, Gov. Larry Hogan and State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Salmon said as state health officials track progress in fighting the coronavirus.  The governor…

Washington fans – 2020 might get ugly but future could be bright originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington If the key to life is managing expectations, the 2020 season could be a serious exercise for Washington Football fans.  Ask any expert — or certainly ask the experts in Las Vegas — and Washington is expected to be bad, as the team…

A Fox Sports commentator is under fire from his own network after criticizing Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott for talking publicly about a recent bout with depression.

Former tennis champ Caroline Wozniacki joined LX News and chatted about the U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic’s controversial disqualification and her friendship with Serena Williams.

Journalists Jemele Hill and Cari Champion made their careers in sports reporting, but haven’t been afraid to speak out on a range of controversial subjects. Their new show, “Cari & Jemele Stick to Sports” on Vice TV, will tackle sports, race, culture, politics and gender.

Surfing became the first major U.S.-based pro sport to require equal pay for women in 2019 – setting a standard that other sports have yet to follow. Sophie Goldschmidt, the former CEO of the World Surf League, helps explain how the sport got to this point and how they plan to make it sustainable for generations to come.

Tom Seaver, considered to be the greatest Mets player of all time and one of the best pitchers in the history of the game who led the Amazins’ to the improbable 1969 World Series title, died Wednesday. He was 75.

News4’s Leon Harris talked to NBC Sports Washington’s Tony Massenburg on boycotts sweeping the NBA and WNBA.

The NFL had 77 positive COVID-19 tests from 11 teams re-examined by a New Jersey lab after false positives, and all those tests came back negative

“When you have a friend, or you’re involved with someone who’s speaking like that to others…If you feel it’s wrong and don’t say anything. Then you’re perpetuating the problem.”

Ephraim Salaam lived his his dream playing in the NFL from 1998 to 2010. Over the course of those 12 years, playing for five NFL franchises like Atlanta, Denver, Jacksonville, Houston and Detroit, you couldn’t blame Salaam if one game tended to merge into the next. But there is one particular Sunday that’s seared into his memory.

The Washington Football Team has hired Jason Wright as the team’s new president, bringing in a new business leader as it overhauls its name and branding. Wright will be the first-ever Black team president and the youngest. In an extended interview, News4’s Pat Collins spoke to Wright about his accomplishment.

Anthony Tall of the Aspires Sports Group breaks down down how sports across the board are still struggling dealing COVID-19.

Parents may be worried about letting their kids play sports during a pandemic, but doctors say it can be done safely — if the right protocols are in place. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports.