Dallas Wings and Breeze BC guard Paige Bueckers is $50,000 richer. On Monday, following Breeze’s 83-64 win over Mist and a 37-point performance from Bueckers, the league announced that the second-year pro won its inagural $50,000 free throw challenge. Bueckers, who said she was ‘pretty aware’ that she was leading the competition the whole time, finished with a perfect 100% ...
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow hadn’t posted on the social media website X since April 2024, but he couldn’t sit back and watch the general public rag on NFL officials for their controversial calls in the divisional round. The NFL playoffs’ divisional round featured two controversial calls on contested catches – the first, in the Denver Broncos vs. Buffalo Bills ...
The Miami Dolphins are once again turning to the Green Bay Packers to bring a key figure in the organization’s new leadership aboard. The Dolphins are hiring Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley the team’s new head coach, according to multiple reports on Monday. The Dolphins had Hafley in for an interview on Monday and identified him as their candidate before his scheduled ...
Some pictures are worth a thousand words. Others are worth even more in emotion. Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos upended the Buffalo Bills in the AFC’s divisional round, but it came at a great cost: In the closing moments of Denver’s playoff win, the Broncos passer suffered a fractured bone in his ankle that will sideline him for the ...
The Buffalo Bills announced Jan. 19 they had fired Sean McDermott after nine seasons in charge of the team. Buffalo’s decision did not sit well with one of their veteran defensive players, Jordan Phillips. Phillips – a 33-year-old defensive tackle – posted to his Instagram story to express displeasure with the team’s decision. ‘This (expletive) here is so stupid,’ Phillips ...
Denmark on Monday ramped up its military presence in Greenland, deploying extra troops to the strategic Arctic territory amid escalating tensions with President Donald Trump. Local Danish broadcaster TV 2 said the Danish Armed Forces confirmed a new contingent of troops, described as ‘a substantial contribution,’ were arriving at Greenland’s main international airport Monday night. Maj. Gen. Søren Andersen, head ...
Indiana is playing Miami football in the CFP national championship game. Follow live updateshere. Indiana and Miami match up for the 2025-26 national championship on Monday, Jan. 19, with both teams taking unlikely routes to the title game. The Hoosiers went 3-9 in 2023 and have zero 5-star recruits on their roster, but it doesn’t mean they aren’t talented. They ...
STORRS, CT — The UConn women’s basketball team ended its three-game losing streak against Notre Dame in decisive fashion on Monday at Gampel Pavilion. The Huskies, which last victory vs. the Fighting Irish came on Dec. 5, 2021, dominated the Hannah Hidalgo & Co., 85-47, to improve to 19-0 this season. UConn has won 35 straight dating back to last ...
There is unanimity at the top of the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll for the first time this season. Arizona managed to avoid the upset bug for another week. Thus the still-undefeated Wildcats remain at No. 1 for a second consecutive poll, this time claiming all 31 first-place votes. Last week’s second-ranked team wasn’t as fortunate, as Iowa ...
The NBA announced its All-Star starters on Monday and to the surprise of no one, Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Dončić took center stage, winning the fan poll by almost 200,000 votes. The announcement came during the NBA on NBC pregame show ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder-Cleveland Cavaliers game to tip-off the league’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day broadcast ...