It took a few days, but Oregon has officially clinched a spot in the Big Ten championship game, effectively securing a College Football Playoff bid. The Big Ten confirmed on Tuesday — three days after the Ducks’ 16-13 win over Wisconsin — that Oregon would indeed make the conference title game in all 10 possible outcomes, based on the conference’s ...
The Los Angeles Sparks have a new head coach. The Sparks named Utah women’s basketball coach Lynne Roberts as their next head coach, succeeding Curt Miller, who mutually parted ways with the franchise in September after leading Los Angeles to a 25–55 record in two seasons. “I am honored to be named the next head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks,” ...
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders is one of college football’s most popular head coaches. Because of that, plus the impressive season that the 18th-ranked Buffaloes are currently having, Sanders’ name has been linked to several head coaching jobs in the NFL — specifically, with one of his former teams: the Dallas Cowboys. During his news conference on Tuesday, Sanders was ...
Philadelphia 76ers All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey called out teammate Joel Embiid for his tardiness in a team meeting after the 76ers lost to the Miami Heat Monday, a person with knowledge of the meeting told USA TODAY Sports. The person requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about what was said. The person said Maxey and Embiid ...
The fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul was a one-of-a-kind spectacle. Viewership reflects that. Netflix revealed on Tuesday that Friday’s live boxing event between Tyson and Paul drew in 108 million viewers globally, making it the ‘most-streamed sporting event ever.’ Netflix’s live broadcast from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas peaked at 65 million concurrent households in the U.S and ...
The places at the top of the College Football Playoff rankings, as expected, did not change in this week’s release by the committee Tuesday. No. 1 Oregon maintained its position and was followed by Ohio State for the third consecutive week. Texas held firm at No. 3 with Penn State and Indiana coming next, giving the Big Ten four of ...
Lionel Messi had his head down, dribbling down the left side, like he knew he had a teammate wide open to his right. Messi sent a pass into the middle of the penalty area, and Lautaro Martinez elevated his left leg to strike the assist home in the 55th minute of Argentina’s 1-0 win over Peru on Tuesday night at ...
The incoming Trump administration has reinvoked chatter about the possibility of the United States purchasing Greenland, an idea floated during the president-elect’s first term in office. In his first term, Trump tweeted an image of coastal Greenland with an edited, glossy Trump tower building superimposed on the landscape. It was captioned, ‘I promise not to do this to Greenland!’ In ...
Vice President-elect JD Vance will be making the rounds on Capitol Hill this week, arranging meetings between key GOP senators and Trump cabinet picks Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth, a source told Fox News Digital. ‘President Trump’s incoming administration is moving at an accelerated schedule in order to make good on getting key nominees confirmed in order to start delivering ...
NFL power rankings entering Week 12 of the 2024 season (previous rank in parentheses): 1. Detroit Lions (2): With K.C. finally falling from the ranks of the unbeaten – flimsy as the champs’ ‘perfection’ was – there’s no more denying Motown is currently the epicenter of the NFL universe. The Lions’ +159 point differential is more than 50 clear of ...