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Rose BC’s title defense starts now. The inaugural Unrivaled champions open the season on Monday with a matchup against the Lunar Owls BC, one of eight teams that make up the 3-on-3 league created by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Rose BC returns all but two players from its championship roster, including Chelsea Gray, Kahleah Copper, Lexie Hull and Azurá Stevens, ...

There’s always next year. For some NFL teams, that’s all there ever is. The 2025 NFL regular season is officially over and that means 18 of the league’s 32 teams won’t play another game that matters until September. A nine-month break is an awfully long time to wait, but every fan base can at least dream about the opponents for ...

Mississippi football quarterback Trinidad Chambliss will return to the Rebels for the 2026 season if he receives a sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA, he said on ESPN’s ‘SportsCenter’ on Monday, Jan. 5. Chambliss, who has emerged as one of the top quarterbacks in college football in his first season at the Division I level, has led Ole Miss ...

Alabama football landed a commitment from NC State’s Hollywood Smothers on Jan. 5, one of the best running backs available in the transfer portal. He announced the move on social media. Smothers, a two-year starter for the Wolfpack, rushed for 939 yards with six touchdowns on 160 carries this season, and also caught 37 passes for 189 yards and another ...

Conference play is underway in men’s college basketball, but the teams near the top of the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll have thus far continued their winning ways. As such, there are only minor changes in the upper tier of the rankings. Michigan remains No. 1, increasing its lead over No. 2 Arizona. The Wolverines received 24 of 31 first-place ...

AI-assisted summary The United States’ attack on Caracas and capture of Nicolás Maduro has so far had a minimal impact on Major League Baseball. Venezuela’s professional baseball league postponed its playoffs for four days but is scheduled to resume competition. Dozens of Venezuelan players, including top prospects and stars, are on MLB rosters or participating in winter leagues. For now, ...

Canada and Finland fell short in Sunday’s world junior hockey championship semifinals, but there’s still a medal up for grabs on Monday, Jan 5. The two countries will play for a bronze medal, starting at 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. local time) at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Canada lost 6-4 to Czechia on Sunday and Finland lost ...

The 2025 FCS national champion will be crowned on Monday, Jan. 5, when Illinois State and Montana State face off in Nashville, Tennessee. The Redbirds have ridden a Cinderella run all the way into the title game, as they entered the bracket with an 8-4 record and without a national seed. Illinois State, who has played on the road in ...

AI-assisted summary Fernando Lovo is the new 37-year-old athletic director for the University of Colorado. Lovo takes over an athletic department facing a projected $27 million deficit for the current fiscal year. The deficit stems from new revenue-sharing costs with players and a new contract for football coach Deion Sanders. Deion Sanders’ new athletic director at Colorado had never been ...

Alex Bazzell has a vision for Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league beginning its second season on Monday, Jan. 5, in Miami, Florida. “What we want to build this into is the Champions League of women’s basketball,” said Bazzell, the president of Unrivaled. “And that’s not a competition towards the WNBA. It’s just where we feel like we can ...