Connecticut has replaced Houston as a No. 1 seed in the latest bracketology update. Michigan, Arizona, and Duke join UConn on the top line with a combined 35-6 record in Quad 1 games. Iowa State moved up to a top-rated No. 2 seed after key wins against Houston and Kansas. Connecticut is in and Houston is out on the No. ...

MILAN — The quarterfinal scenarios for the men’s hockey tournament will be set as the qualification round has four games on the slate at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Canada, USA, Slovakia and Finland await the winners of the Feb. 17 matches. Germany knocked off France, and will play Slovakia. Switzerland defeated host Italy, and will face Finland. The winner of ...

The bout is scheduled for May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, and will be broadcast exclusively by Netflix, the streaming site’s first-ever live MMA broadcast. It will be contested at the featherweight limit of 145 pounds, with five, 5-minute rounds using 4-ounce gloves. Rousey, 39, (12-2, 9 Submissions, 3 KOs) was at one time the face of ...

Tony Clark, who led the Major League Baseball Players’ Association through two collective bargaining agreements and was preparing for what is expected to be a highly contentious CBA battle in 2026-27, is resigning as executive director Feb. 17, according to a baseball official with direct knowledge of the situation. The official spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of ...

Former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki raised alarm recently about an international ‘web’ surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking case, echoing remarks from many Democrats who have seized on the politically expedient topic in the wake of the Department of Justice releasing Epstein’s unclassified case files. ‘It is Trump, yes. … But it is the wealthy, the elites, and basically ...

Negotiations between the United States and Iran advanced Tuesday toward what Tehran described as the beginning of a potential framework, but sharp public divisions between the two sides underscored how far apart they remain. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the two sides reached a ‘general agreement on a number of guiding principles’ and agreed to begin drafting text for ...

Instead, they met with Iowa State senior associate athletics director Shamaree Brown. Brown told the athletes the remainder of the ISU gymnastics season was canceled. “After a careful and thoughtful review of the program over the last week, it became apparent that we do not have enough student-athletes available to safely compete, and thus have made the painful decision to ...

The bout is scheduled for May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, and will be broadcast exclusively by Netflix, the streaming site’s first-ever live MMA broadcast. It will be contested at the featherweight limit of 145 pounds, with five, 5-minute rounds using 4-ounce gloves. Rousey, 39, (12-2, 9 Submissions, 3 KOs) was at one time the face of ...

‘I don’t think people should be dying in the streets just for existing,’ Gauff said Feb. 16 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. As one of the top competitors in the world, the 21-year-old spends much of her tennis season overseas. She said it’s hard to watch developments in the United States related to President Trump’s immigration policies. Renee ...

MILAN — One of the most anticipated events at the 2026 Winter Olympics gets underway today, with the “Blade Angels” of the United States headlining. The women’s singles figure skating field is stacked, and the competition opens with the short program. Three American skaters — Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito aka ‘the ‘Blade Angels’ — are going against ...