There is no change at No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll this week, though there is some shuffling in the top five. Auburn retains the top spot, but it is not unanimous this time. The Tigers were picked first on 28 of 30 ballots submitted, with the remaining two first-place nods going to Duke following ...
MESA, Ariz. — Mookie Betts lowered his eyes and paused momentarily while searching for the right arrangement of words, wanting to make sure his point was clear in the Los Angeles Dodgers visiting clubhouse. “This is not like a vengeance tour,’ Betts told USA TODAY Sports. “It’s about proving a lot of people wrong. But more than anything, it’s about ...
Is time running out on the ‘Tush Push’ play in the NFL? According to Troy Vincent Sr., the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, one anonymous team has submitted a proposal to ban the play that the Philadelphia Eagles have made infamous. NFL Network’s Judy Battista reported on Vincent’s comments on Monday. For the last few years, the Eagles’ ...
NFL draft season has officially arrived once again with the start of the scouting combine this week in Indianapolis. With the draft itself now exactly two months away, teams have already put in plenty of legwork into evaluating the upcoming class of prospects. But the testing, on-field work, interviews and medical evaluations will put a process that largely goes on ...
2023 NBA MVP Joel Embiid is known for being injury-prone, and that hasn’t changed in 2025. The Philadelphia 76ers’ star big man is dealing with a knee injury that caused some problems for him during the team’s Thursday night contest against the Boston Cetlics. Embiid checked in for 27 minutes during that game, but did not perform up to his ...
While many eagle-eyed players have welcomed their new ability to challenge balls and strikes calls in spring training games this year, the Cincinnati Reds aren’t joining in the fun. Manager Terry Francona told reporters last Friday that he doesn’t want his major leaguers initiating the challenges because they won’t have that option during the 2025 regular season. MLB has implemented ...
Another New York Yankees tradition is falling by the wayside this baseball season. After last week relaxing the team’s longstanding policy on facial hair, the Yankees will not be playing Frank Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’ over the stadium loudspeakers after a loss. The change took effect Sunday after a 4-0 spring training defeat to the Detroit Tigers, when Sinatra’s ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — At some point, Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper John Pulskamp will reflect on playing against Inter Miami star Lionel Messi. But that moment must wait until after both clubs meet again Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, in the second leg of their Concacaf Champions Cup first-round series at Chase Stadium. Inter Miami leads the series 1-0 on ...
Juan Soto needed just one spring training at-bat to fulfill New York Mets’ fans wildest dreams, hitting a home run in his second exhibition swing after signing a $765 million contract. Yet the spring training injury bug has already hit another, arguably more important area: The starting rotation, where the Mets will be down two arms by opening day. Left-hander ...
Billionaire Elon Musk, who’s slashing wasteful government spending with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said federal workers who fail to respond to his productivity email may be given another chance, but warned if they fail to respond a second time, they’ll be terminated. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent an email titled, ‘What did you do last week?’ ...