CNN Site Map for Section Sports (Galleries) for December - 2016
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- 2016-12-30Snowboarder Taylor Gold has been competing since he was nine. Gold was one of four Americans challenging in the halfpipe at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
- 2016-12-29British surfer Andrew Cotton hopes to ride the biggest wave in history, ideally in previously untouched waters.
- 2016-12-28Bradley Wiggins was the first Briton to win the Tour de France, triumphing in 2012.
- 2016-12-28UK-based flat jockey Tom Marquand, pictured here at Newbury, says he spends much of his time on the road traveling between races.
- 2016-12-28Sumo wrestlers stretch during a training camp on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in July. Photographer Taylor Weidman shadowed young wrestlers before the World Sumo Championships, where they hoped to make a name for themselves and find a future wi
- 2016-12-27Pita Taufatofua became an Internet sensation when he carried the Tongan flag at the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
- 2016-12-27Pittsburgh wide receiver Antonio Brown reaches the ball across the goal line to score the winning touchdown in the final seconds of an NFL game against Baltimore in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Christmas day. Pittsburgh, which won 31-27, earned the AFC No
- 2016-12-26Thomas Coville holds a burning flare onboard his "Sodebo Ultim'" multihull as he arrives in the port of Brest, western France, on December 26, 2016, after beating the record in solo nonstop, round-the-world sailing.
- 2016-12-26Perpetual Loyal sails up the Derwent River in the early hours of Wednesday to clinch a record-breaking victory in the 2016 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race.
- 2016-12-21The annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race pits crews from all over the world against each other in a notorious and challenging 628 nautical mile dash from Australia's east coast to the island of Tasmania.
- 2016-12-20Mascot designer Tom Sapp has designed hundreds of mascots, including WuShock, who is described by Wichita State's website as a "muscular bundle of wheat." Click through the gallery for more of Sapp's creations.
- 2016-12-20Joel Embiid, a center for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, dives into the crowd to keep a ball in play against Brooklyn on Sunday, December 18.
- 2016-12-13Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson poses with the Heisman Trophy after winning the award in New York on Saturday, December 10. Jackson, a sophomore who scored 51 touchdowns this year and amassed 4,928 yards of total offense, is the youngest player ever
- 2016-12-13At the second annual National Day Camel Marathon, 100 participants raced to the finish line.
- 2016-12-12Between 40 and 60 couples are expected to tie the knot at the ice hotel this season.
- 2016-12-12In 2012 members of the Miami Heat -- led by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh -- posed in hoodies in solidarity with slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
- 2016-12-08The Hong Kong skyline provided a stunning backdrop for the International Jockeys' Championship at the Happy Valley racecourse.
- 2016-12-08Launched in 2013 at a reported cost of $500 million, Azzam heads Boat International's Top 101 list at 180 meters (590 feet) in length.
- 2016-12-08Doak Walker, a halfback for Southern Methodist University, with his Heisman Trophy during a dinner at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York on December 7, 1948. The trophy was established in 1935 and is awarded annually to an "outstanding college fo
- 2016-12-07In 2011, American boxer Daniel Jacobs was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of bone cancer, and was partially paralyzed. Told he would never walk again, Jacobs defied the odds by becoming WBA world middleweight champion in 2014.
- 2016-12-06Green Bay's Aaron Ripkowski, in the No. 22 jersey, scores a touchdown in the fourth quarter against Houston in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday, December 4. Green Bay won 21-13.
- 2016-12-02The life of a professional skier is far from easy. Lindsey Vonn, whose 2016-17 season has been interrupted after she suffered a broken arm in training, crashes at the women's super giant slalom in Val d'Isere, France. But injuries and crashes ar
- 2016-12-02South African swimmer Chad Le Clos glances at US swimmer Michael Phelps during the Olympic final of the 200-meter butterfly on Tuesday, August 9. Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, won the race for his 20th career gold medal. He avenged one
- 2016-12-02Osea Kolinisau (above) captained Fiji to a second successive world series title and then a historic gold medal at the Olympic Games. English coach Ben Ryan has departed after reviving the Pacific Island nation's fortunes, and will be replaced in Janu
- 2016-12-02An image taken by drone shows Foresight Natural Energy, Conrad Colman's yacht in the Vendee Globe, carving through the South Atlantic in the direction of South Africa.
- 2016-12-01Playmaker Charlotte Caslick will again be a key player as Australia's women seek to defend their Sevens World Series title in 2016-17.