On Thursday, Dec. 18, the women’s professional indoor volleyball league announced it’s expanding to the Bay Area with the LOVB San Francisco franchise, bringing the total number of teams in the league to nine by 2027. LOVB San Francisco has a women-led ownership group that features several Olympians, including three-time Olympic volleyball medalist Kelsey Robinson Cook. Cook was the first ...

Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, who announced on Wednesday that he will be departing from his role in January, later replied to FBI Director Kash Patel, who gave him a glowing review. ‘Dan is the best partner I could’ve asked for in helping restore this FBI. He brought critical reforms to make the organization more efficient, led the successful Summer ...

Diego Pavia reacted to his second-place Heisman Trophy finish as only he would. After Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza won the award, things quickly got turnt. ‘F all the voters,’ Pavia, Vanderbilt’s quarterback, wrote on social media. Hey, he’s talking about us! We’re the voters. On this edition of ‘SEC Football Unfiltered,’ a podcast from the USA TODAY Network, hosts Blake Toppmeyer ...

The Los Angeles Rams improved to 11-3 following their impressive 41-34 comeback win over the Detroit Lions in Week 15. They finished the game without Davante Adams, who re-aggravated a hamstring injury in the fourth quarter. The Rams travel to Seattle on a short week to battle the Seahawks (11-3) on ‘Thursday Night Football.’ The question remains whether the star ...

AI-assisted summary Shilo Sanders is in a legal dispute with a bankruptcy trustee over approximately $250,000 in alleged unauthorized fund transfers. The core issue is whether Sanders’ NIL earnings belong to him or to the bankruptcy estate for his creditors. Sanders filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in October 2023 to discharge over $11 million in debt from a 2022 civil ...

The NCAA volleyball Final Four tips off Thursday, Dec. 18, with two semifinal matches beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. No. 3 seed Texas A&M will face No. 1 seed Pitt, which is making its fifth consecutive Final Four appearance, in the first match (6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). No. 3 seed Wisconsin, which ...

The college bowl season continues Thursday night with a stand-alone contest in the Lone Star State one day before the start of the College Football Playoff. It’s up against the pros, and it doesn’t exactly feature a marquee matchup. But the participants from neighboring states had to work to achieve eligibility, so it might be worth a look, even if ...

No. 1 seed Kentucky women’s volleyball will face off against No. 3 seed Wisconsin at the 2025 NCAA volleyball national semifinals on Thursday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The matchup includes some heavy-hitters on both sides, with two AVCA Player of the Year finalists, half a dozen 2025 All-Americans and even the AVCA Freshman of the Year getting ready ...

Texas A&M women’s volleyball upset No. 1 overall seed Nebraska in a thrilling five-set match to advance to the 2025 NCAA volleyball national semifinals for the first time in program history. Another volleyball powerhouse now stands in the Aggies’ way. Pitt is set to make its fifth straight Final Four appearance after dropping one set throughout the postseason. Reigning AVCA ...

The Los Angeles Rams are going to be trying especially hard to lock up the NFC’s No. 1 seed in the final weeks of the season, if for no other reason than to avoid more road games – and the travel issues that have plagued them. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Rams’ scheduled flight to Seattle ahead of a ...