The 2025 WNBA draft has just received a huge shakeup. Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles was projected to be the No. 2 overall pick in USA TODAY Sports’ latest mock draft, following UConn’s Paige Bueckers, the consensus No. 1 overall pick, but Miles is reportedly holding off on turning pro. Miles will forgo the 2025 WNBA draft and instead enter ...
Days after making his first start for Boston, pitcher Garrett Crochet and the Red Sox agreed on a six-year, $170 million contract extension, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t yet been announced. Crochet’s new contract goes into effect in 2026, ...
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., spoke out against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on the Senate floor throughout the night after beginning his marathon speech at 7 p.m. Monday. The senator was still speaking on the floor at 6 a.m. Tuesday, 11 hours after he had begun. Booker received some support from other Senate Democrats, whom he allowed to speak ...
House Republicans are going all out this week to signal their support for the Trump administration amid multiple legal standoffs over White House policy. A bill to limit U.S. district court judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions sailed through the House Rules Committee – the last gatekeeper for bills before a chamber-wide vote – in a party-line vote Monday evening, ...
President Trump stirs up controversy, by design, on just about everything. And when the media, including me, cover this flood-the-zone approach, Trumpian allies rip the resulting stories and segments as reflecting an unhealthy negative obsession with the president. Memo to the pro-Trump zealots who go online and declare I hate the president, that’s objectively ridiculous. He was pleased with the ...
Profar, 32, signed a three-year, $42 million contract with the Braves after a career season with the San Diego Padres that resulted in his first All-Star appearance. He established career highs with 24 home runs and an .839 OPS, and the Braves signed him this winter to be their starting left fielder. MLB announced that Profar tested positive for chorionic ...
We’re still three weeks away from the 2025 NFL draft, but mock drafts across the internet expect former Miami (Fla.) quarterback Cam Ward will hear his name called first on April 24 at the Green Bay Packers’ Lambeau Field in Wisconsin. Unlike the 2024 draft class, Ward is not the consensus No. 1 pick, but it’s still a rare mock ...
No. 1 seed Auburn punched its ticket to the Final Four of the men’s NCAA Tournament, but it may have come at a cost. The Tigers defeated Michigan State 70-64 in the Elite Eight Sunday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, advancing to the Final Four for the first time since 2019. However, star player Johni Broome sustained dual injuries ...
PALM BEACH, Fla. – As usual, Mike Tomlin made the pack of media wait in anticipation a few minutes more for his arrival at the AFC coaches breakfast on Monday morning. When the Pittsburgh Steelers coach showed up at 7:51 for a session scheduled to start at 7:45, he wondered about the over/under as he settled into his seat at ...
Haslam spoke candidly to reporters at the NFL’s annual league meeting and took accountability for what has turned out to be a disastrous trade that landed them quarterback Deshaun Watson. “We took a big swing and miss with Deshaun. We thought we had the quarterback, we didn’t and we gave up a lot of draft picks to get him. So ...