Scottie Scheffler entered the 2026 Genesis Invitational with the longest active streak of cuts made on the PGA Tour. He hadn’t missed the weekend at an event since August 2022. He cut it close on Friday at Riviera Country Club, though. Scheffler ended Feb. 20 with a second-round 68, moving to even par for the tournament and sitting tied for ...
Another day of competition is in the books at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. Athletes from more than 90 countries are battling in 116 events over 16 days, and USA TODAY is keeping a tally of every nation finishing on the podium. Here’s a look at the latest medal standings after all the action wrapped up on Friday, Feb. ...
Alysa Liu won the gold medal in women’s figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Her platinum-striped hairstyle was originally done by St. Louis hairstylist Kelsey Miller. Liu had her hair touched up at a salon in Milan before her gold-medal performance. The 20-year-old skater’s hairstylist watched her win on a phone while at work in St. Louis. ...
U.S. free skier Hunter Hess’ Winter Olympics came to an end on Friday, Feb. 20 with the men’s freeski halfpipe at the Livigno Snow Park. But before Hess competed in the medal round of the event, he flashed an ‘L’ over his forehead at the end of his qualification run that was directed to President Donald Trump, who called Hess ...
Hanging over much of NASCAR’s offseason was a nine-day trial that ended with the sanctioning body of stock car racing settling with Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and another team, Front Row Motorsports. Now, the sport is seemingly headed back to court. Joe Gibbs Racing filed a lawsuit in the Western District of North Carolina on Thursday against the team’s former ...
The former Tennessee quarterback is ineligible to play college football after a Knoxville (Tennessee) judge denied a preliminary injunction on Friday, Feb. 20. The judge’s decision is a major win for the NCAA and closes the door for Aguilar’s return to the Vols for the 2026 season. Aguilar, 24, can still declare for the 2026 NFL Draft and is expected ...
A leading domestic energy advocacy group praised EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement that his agency would undo recent additions to the federal ‘mercury and air-toxics standards’ (MATS) for coal-fired power plants. Zeldin said removing the restrictions allows the already ‘robust’ MATS standards to remain in effect, ensuring both public health and the health of America’s coal industry amid a push ...
All you see on the ice during the second men’s hockey semifinal at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan are red, white and blue jerseys everywhere. One thing both the United States and Slovakia men’s hockey teams have in common are their nations’ colors. From the colors to the design, the jerseys are eerily similar. They are some pretty ...
Coach Curt Cignetti brought a national championship to Indiana football, and he’s being paid handsomely for it. The second-year Hoosiers coach received a new contract on Friday, Feb. 20, according to the IndyStar, part of the USA TODAY Network. It’s his third contract revision at Indiana, and will pay him an average of $13.2 million per season, among the highest ...
MILAN — It’s Friday, Feb. 20 at the 2026 Winter Olympics and we’re underway with another day of competition at the Milano Cortina Games. If Friday’s action can match the excitement we saw Thursday – with the USA women’s hockey team and Alysa Liu both winning gold – we will be lucky Olympic viewers. Among the action to keep an ...