Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s career goal leader on Friday night – a mark that once seemed insurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The Great One. The Great Eight, as the Washington Capital is sometimes called, began the season 41 goals behind Gretzky’s 894. But, perhaps, numbers fall short of conveying how dominant the two players’ careers ...
Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts confirmed Friday that he would be attending his team’s upcoming visit to the White House, six years after skipping a World Series celebration with Donald Trump as president. Then with the Red Sox, Betts (and manager Alex Cora) opted out of Boston’s 2019 trip to see Trump, but the now-three-time World Series champion went ...
SAN ANTONIO – Steven Pearl and Todd Golden talk so often, it’s hard for Peal to remember precisely when they realized this weekend might be possible. Friends since they played together at the 2006 Maccabi Games in Australia, Pearl and Golden have stayed close as they climbed through their playing and, now, coaching careers. It’s easier to remember the days ...
About USA TODAY Sports’ 30 Days to the NFL draft series, which started March 25: Every five days, we will focus on a unique aspect of the 2025 draft, which is April 24-26. We hear about the quarterbacks in the 2025 NFL draft. Then again, we always hear about the quarterbacks: Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders, Jaxson Dart, among others. Everything revolves ...
The demand – and price tag – for top wide receivers continues to skyrocket. An exploding market at the position only got wilder this offseason, as the Cincinnati Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase became the league’s highest-paid non-quarterback with his four-year, $161 million contract extension. Meanwhile, Tee Higgins (four years, $115 million) and Chris Godwin (three years, $66 million) scored major payouts ...
Two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson is taking on a new opponent this week: longtime NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. The Baltimore Ravens star is challenging Earnhardt Jr.’s pending trademark claim to a stylized No. 8 used for his race team, JR Motorsports. Jackson’s legal team filed a notice of opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office Wednesday. The notice ...
The NBA on Friday fined Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant $75,000 for ‘twice making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court.’ NBA executive vice president/head of basketball operations Joe Dumars announced the fine. ‘Morant was previously warned by the league office that this gesture could be interpreted in a negative light,’ the league’s statement said. The league on Wednesday had ...
Paige Bueckers has the UConn women’s basketball team back in the Final Four for the 24th time in program history. Lauren Betts has UCLA in the Final Four for the first time ever. The Huskies and Bruins are battling tonight for a spot in Sunday’s national championship game, where the winner will face either South Carolina or Texas. Bueckers has ...
When Paige Bueckers takes the court Friday night against UCLA, she knows there will be one young fan tuned into her every move. Harper LaMarre, who is 11 years old, has rooted for Connecticut ever since she can remember. So when the Final Four came to Tampa this year, it was a chance to hopefully meet her idol. The Huskies ...
There’s someone missing from theFinalFour: Cinderella. Out-of-nowhere success stories have long been an indelible part of the NCAA men’s tournament experience, and the absence of a truly unexpected underdog has been one of the defining themes of this year’s bracket. But having an A-list Final Four is pretty good, too. Based on each team’s performance leading into Saturday night, this ...