A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives announced on Thursday, July 10, that they have introduced a bill that would establish a set of national rules for college sports. The announcement said that the bill is backed by leaders of three House committees, but it follows the basic contours of a discussion draft circulated in June ...
Minnesota Vikings linebacker Dallas Turner was the victim of a bank fraud scheme that cost him $240,000, according to a police investigation. A search warrant obtained by USA TODAY from Eagan Police Department details that Turner had received a phone call on Feb. 19 from ‘an individual impersonating a JPMorgan Chase banker. The caller claimed someone was attempting to impersonate ...
The two sides stuck a confidentiality agreement after arbiter Christopher Droney ruled in January that the league had not colluded despite evidence commissioner Roger Goodell and former general counsel Jeff Pash instructed teams at the March 2022 league meeting to limit guaranteed money in players’ contracts. Because of the confidentiality agreement, the collusion grievance’s findings did not become public until ...
These are strange times for Jake Paul. This week he walked onto a stage at Madison Square Garden in front of a sizable crowd and elicited a boo. Not a chorus of boos, mind you, but a mere smattering at most. The polarizing boxer, suddenly devoid of bombast, stood calmly on the stage for a special event. It was the ...
If Novak Djokovic is going to add to his record haul of grand slam titles at Wimbledon in 2025, he’ll potentially have to overcome No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner, defending champion and No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz, and an injury suffered in the final moments of his latest match. Djokovic fell to the grass at Wimbledon in pain and discomfort ...
Over the last four years, one team has dominated Formula 1: Red Bull Racing. With Max Verstappen as the lead driver, the team won the last four drivers’ world championships and two constructors’ championships in that span. It’s the latest run of dominance after their success in the early 2010s with four consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ world championships. One man’s ...
British golfer Charley Hull withdrew from the Amundi Evian Championship in Évian-les-Bains, France, on Thursday, July 10 after collapsing twice during her first round. The Amundi Evian Championship is one of the LPGA’s five major championship tournaments. On the third hole, Hull, who played with partners Ruoning Yin and Haeran Ryu, was seen in discomfort and sat down by a ...
They say college football means more in the SEC. They’re underselling it. It means everything. Amen. Come holy day, tens of thousands of believers gather at SEC cathedrals far and wide – a hundred-thousand strong at some venues – and they’ll scream bloody murder when the opposing quarterback goes behind center. They’ll scream other things, too, that aren’t fit to ...
Iga Swiatek has cruised through the women’s singles competition at Wimbledon, with four of her five wins coming in straight-set victories. The No. 4 player in the world is set to make her first appearance in the semifinals at Wimbledon, her third trip to the semifinals of a Grand Slam event this season. But that isn’t the biggest talking point ...
Every year, EA Sports faces a difficult decision when releasing the latest edition of its popular ‘Madden’ NFL video game franchise. Who will be on the game’s cover? For Madden 26, the answer to that question is Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley. He deservedly earned the nod after winning a Super Bowl and recording the NFL’s ninth-ever 2,000-yard rushing ...