A women’s basketball player at the University of North Carolina Wilmington was arrested last week and faces four felony charges, according to court records obtained by USA TODAY Sports. Paige Smith, 20, was arrested at 10:55 p.m. on Feb. 10 at New Hanover High School in Wilmington and faces charges of felony possession of marijuana (between 1.5 ounces and 10 ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — Mac Forehand has a perfect name for a tennis player. Instead of a racquet, though, his instruments of athletic domination are skis. Coupled with a competitive fire, the 24-year-old emerged from the 2026 Winter Olympics as the rising star for the USA men’s free ski team. And with his first career Olympic medal. Forehand won silver in ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn says her injury from the crash in the Olympic downhill was “a lot more severe” than a broken leg. Skylar Grey’s “Coming Home” plays during the video. “My leg is still in pieces… but I’m finally HOME!” Vonn wrote. “My injury was a lot more severe than just a broken leg. I’m still wrapping ...
Tag. You’re it. Sorry. (Not sorry?) The window for NFL teams to apply a franchise or transition tag to one of their pending free agents opened Feb. 17 and won’t close until 4 p.m. ET on March 3. Moving forward, many of the league’s top potential targets will be hoping to duck the restrictive one-year Band-Aids – which, by definition, ...
The San Jose Sharks and left wing Jeff Skinner have agreed to contract termination after he passed through unconditional waivers. He will become an unrestricted free agent. Skinner became the odd man out in San Jose’s forward group. His last appearance as a Shark was on Jan. 11 against the Vegas Golden Knights and had been a healthy scratch ever since. ‘The ...
After a week where multiple nationally ranked teams lost, not much changed in the latest in the USA Today Sports women’s basketball coaches poll. With February winding down, positions are being solidified for seeding in the NCAA Women’s Tournament. As it has been since the preseason poll dropped on Oct. 23, UConn remains No. 1. The undefeated Huskies — who ...
The ‘Blade Angels’ are the three U.S. women’s singles figure skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The group consists of Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito. The name ‘Blade Angels’ was created by mashing up the movie titles ‘Blades of Glory’ and ‘Charlie’s Angels.’ All three skaters are considered strong contenders to win an individual medal at the Olympics. ...
With less than nine months before a politically bruising battle in the November midterm elections, the realities of a one-seat majority are bearing down on the House GOP. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. — and by extension, President Donald Trump — faced back-to-back losses on the House floor last week after a small group of GOP rebels joined Democrats in an ...
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., has confirmed he will ‘seriously consider’ a run for president in 2028, opening the door to a potential White House bid. Kelly’s comments to the BBC Feb. 16 came as he remains locked in a legal and political battle with the Trump administration. In an interview, the retired Navy captain and former astronaut made clear he ...
Senate Republicans say they’ve struggled to get out on the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections — and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., argues Democrats are to blame. ‘Their whole goal, and everything is to, you know, force us to stay around, force us to try and get members to take hard votes and just to tie people ...