LAS VEGAS — Ahead of WrestleMania 41, Paul Heyman was asked by USA TODAY Sports who needed to win the triple threat match between Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Seth Rollins in the main event of night one. The WWE Hall of Famer said he could go in front of the Supreme Court and spend hours advocating why each star ...
Nintendo on Friday announced that retail preorder for its Nintendo Switch 2 gaming system will begin on April 24 starting at $449.99. Preorders for the hotly anticipated console were initially slated for April 9, but Nintendo delayed the date to assess the impact of the far-reaching, aggressive “reciprocal” tariffs that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month. Most electronics companies, including Nintendo, ...
LOS ANGELES — Short of denying the Minnesota Timberwolves entry to Crypto.com Arena Tuesday night, how can the Los Angeles Lakers rebound from a Game 1 playoff beatdown? The sixth-seeded Timberwolves throttled the third-seeded Lakers, 117-95, Saturday in the opening game of the best-of-7 first-round playoff series. Group prayer couldn’t hurt before Game 2 on Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena. After ...
NEW YORK — Karl-Anthony Towns was lost, in that good way. He had just clasped his fourth rebound in a four-and-a-half minute stretch and, with both hands on the ball, swung his elbows to ensure no prying hands would knock the ball loose. He nodded and jawed at the player he had just outworked for the board. He pushed the ...
BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado football coach Deion Sanders delivered a series of remarks Saturday that criticized and questioned why the university waited so long to put up a statue in honor of late Colorado coach Bill McCartney. The school announced Saturday that it was erecting a bronze statue of McCartney to be unveiled before a home football game this year. ...
Not all 50-win seasons in the NBA are equal. Optics shape perception. The Los Angeles Clippers were an underappreciated and undervalued 50-32 win squad – a fantastic starting five of James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac, and coached by the tremendous Ty Lue. The 50-32 Denver Nuggets dealt with chaos – friction between the coach ...
Defending RBC Heritage champion Scottie Scheffler lurks four strokes off the lead as the final round begins Sunday at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Scheffler sits at 11 under par after shooting a 3-under 68 on Saturday. Si Woo Kim overtook second-round leader Justin Thomas to lead Thomas and Andrew Novak by one entering the ...
LAS VEGAS — The first night WWE’s grand spectacle ended in stunning fashion. WrestleMania 41 kicked off Saturday night as WWE brought the two-day event to Las Vegas. With plenty of drama and tension among the biggest stars in wrestling, it’s set up to be a weekend perfect for Sin City. Night one of WrestleMania featured seven matches, highlighted by ...
Titles changed hands. Bitter rivals faced off. Backs were stabbed. Even with one more night to go, there is much to parse from the biggest wrestling event of the year. Here are the five top takeaways from WrestleMania on Saturday: Paul Heyman always pays his debts Seth Rollins refrained from delivering a stomp to Paul Heyman only to inform the ...
The Oklahoma Sooners women’s gymnastics team did it again. The Sooners surged to win the NCAA gymnastics championship Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas, outlasting U.S. Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles and UCLA to continue what has now become a decade of dominance within the sport. Led by senior Jordan Bowers, who won the individual all-around title Thursday, No. 2 Oklahoma ...