An NCAA Tournament for women’s flag football is closer to becoming a reality. In Washington, D.C., on Wednesday at the annual NCAA Convention, the Division I cabinet approved the addition of flag football to the Emerging Sports for Women program. This comes as several schools across the NCAA landscape have added flag football as a women’s varsity sport in recent ...
One of the projected top picks in the 2026 NFL Draft is staying in school. Oregon quarterback Dante Moore announced on Wednesday, Jan. 14 that he’s remaining with the Ducks for the 2026 season rather than heading to the NFL, where he was widely viewed as a top-five selection in a thin class at the position. Moore’s decision has significant ...
Dallas Mavericks rookie star Cooper Flagg looked to be in considerable pain as he limped to the locker room after appearing to roll his ankle during the first half of Wednesday’s home game against the Denver Nuggets. Flagg was defending Denver’s Peyton Watson, moving laterally to his left when he rolled his ankle. He shuffled back to the locker room ...
FIFA said on Wednesday, Jan. 14 that it has received more than 500 million ticket requests for the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted jointly by Canada, Mexico and the United States this summer. Per FIFA, an average of 15 million ticket requests were made each day from when the 33-day World Cup ticket application window opened on Dec. ...
SACRAMENTO, CA — New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson left Wednesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings after tweaking his ankle. Brunson rolled his ankle on a non-contact play during the first quarter against the Kings. He was sizing up Kings rookie Maxime Raynaud and as Brunson got into his dribble package − a hesitation, between the legs dribble − and ...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve Parliament’s powerful lower house as early as this month, setting up a snap election aimed at securing voter backing for her agenda while her approval ratings remain high, a senior party official said. The Associated Press reported that the move would allow Takaichi to seek fresh support for her economic and security ...
Several federal prosecutors in Minnesota were formally fired on Wednesday after they gave notice that they had resigned in the wake of internal disagreements over the Justice Department’s handling of a shooting investigation involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The DOJ, at the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, terminated the employment of five prosecutors ...
The House of Representatives passed a roughly $80 billion spending package Wednesday evening, taking a significant step toward averting a government shutdown at the end of this month. The package combines two of Congress’ 12 annual appropriations bills in what’s called a ‘minibus.’ It covers funding for the State Department and related national security, as well as federal financial services ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected claims of mass casualties amid a recent surge in protests within the Islamic country and blamed any killings that have taken place on an ‘Israeli plot’ intended to create a large number of casualties. The claim came during a wide-ranging interview on Fox News’ ‘Special Report with Brett Baier’ Wednesday evening, during which Araghchi ...
The Iranian regime has allegedly broadcast at least 97 ‘coercive confessions’ from detained protesters on state television in just over two weeks, human rights groups say, as residents endure the longest internet blackout on record. The videos reportedly feature handcuffed detainees with blurred faces showing remorse for their actions since the protests began Dec. 28, according to a rights group ...