The stars are out in Milan to catch the best athletes around the world compete against one another while representing their countries at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Many celebrities and athletes have made their way to Italy as spectators for the athletic winter spectacle including the likes of rapper and honorary Team USA coach Snoop Dogg, Olympic gymnastics gold medalist ...
Finland remains the biggest medal collector of the NHL era of the Winter Olympics. The Finns won a bronze medal on Saturday, Feb. 21, by defeating Slovakia 6-1, avenging a 4-1 loss to that country in the opening game of the men’s hockey tournament. Finland now has five medals in Olympics using NHL players (1998-2014, 2026). It previously won bronze ...
The United States will be battling history as well as Canada when the countries play in Sunday’s gold medal game (8:10 a.m. ET, NBC, Peacock) at the 2026 Winter Olympics. That’s because Canada has the edge against the USA in recent championship games of best-on-best tournaments featuring NHL players. You have to go all the way back to the 1996 ...
The NCAA Tournament selection committee gave college basketball fans a first glimpse into what a March Madness bracket could look like. The selection committee unveiled the first in-season top 16 NCAA Tournament seeds on Saturday, Feb. 21. The official NCAA Tournament bracket reveal ― aka Selection Sunday ― is scheduled for March 15. Here’s a look at what we learned ...
The WNBA sent a counterproposal to the players’ union on Friday after receiving the WNBPA’s latest offer for a new collective bargaining agreement earlier this week, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly about ongoing negotiations. In Friday’s counter, the WNBA agreed to ...
Bill Mazeroski’s hit was so massive, it was bound to overshadow everything else he accomplished in his career. That’s not the worst thing, at least when that hit is a solo home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates to beat the mighty New York Yankees in World Series Game 7. Mazeroski, who died this week, went on to a Hall of ...
MILAN — It’s Saturday, Feb. 21 at the 2026 Winter Olympics and we’re underway on one of the final days of competition at the Milano Cortina Games. While we have to wait one more day for the biggest event remaining at these Games – USA-Canada in the men’s hockey gold medal game – Saturday still presented plenty of intrigue. Team ...
Show him the money. Jaxon Smith-Njigba isn’t in a hurry to get paid, but the Seattle Seahawks star receiver is bound to cash in with a big contract when that time comes. He took home the award for NFL Offensive Player of the Year and also helped Seattle win its second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history after winning Super Bowl ...
MILAN — Alysa Liu’s father sifted through conflicting thoughts and emotions. It was less than 24 hours after his daughter won the gold medal for the women’s individual figure skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 19. Arthur Liu wore a smile and the look of happiness during an exclusive interview with USA TODAY Sports. He also ...
MILAN — Mia Manganello had been envisioning this moment for a year. Once she wrapped her head around what her coach had in mind, that is. Manganello ended her speedskating career with a bronze in the women’s mass start Saturday, Feb. 21, the first individual medal in three Olympics for the 36-year-old. She had dedicated herself to the event this ...