After a 79-75 win over Georgetown on Feb. 14, Hurley and Hoyas coach Ed Cooley were surprised by the lack of enthusiasm in Storrs. ‘Very tough place to play. Honestly, I was surprised there was empty seats up in the section,’ Cooley told reporters after the game. ‘I mean, you’ve got a national championship team. This place should be sold ...
INGLEWOOD, CA. — The NBA All-Star Game features the best the sport has to offer taking center stage. The question remains as to whether this beloved event still works as the league switches to a new format on Sunday. The NBA will give it another go to see whether the competition and entertainment can reach a new level with the ...
Middle America is looking mighty big these days. The MAC, one of the preeminent non-Power Four conferences in college football, is on the cusp adding the West Coast’s Sacramento State as a football member in 2026, according to sources reported by ESPN. It’s a somewhat baffling move geographically, as Sacramento State would essentially occupy a spot previously held by the ...
MILAN — It’s official: Jutta Leerdam and Jordan Stolz have actually practiced together at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Well, more specially, they skated together for a few laps during a recent practice, said Leerdam, who is Jake Paul’s fiancée. Leerdam said her skating with Stolz was fiction — before it became fact. “So it was just a made-up rumor ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Federica Brignone is the embodiment of what the Olympics are about. Supposed to be about, anyway. A crash 10 months ago during the Italian nationals left her with a shattered left leg. She had multiple broken bones, a torn ACL and a dislocated kneecap. The question wasn’t whether Brignone would ski again but whether she’d be ...
MILAN — This was not the plan for Erin Jackson at the 2026 Winter Olympics With a chance to defend her Olympic title in the women’s 500 meters, Jackson instead finished fifth on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium with a time of 37.32 seconds. Dutch star Femke Kok won gold with a time of 36.49 seconds, an ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin appears to be finding her Olympic groove. Shiffrin finished 11th in the giant slalom on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics but showed a comfort level she didn’t seem to have during her slalom run in the team combined event last week. Her combined time in the two-run race was ...
Three have left via the transfer portal, while three have come in. Western Carolina’s Taron Dickens is the latest addition to the Tar Heels’ quarterback room. Dickens made national headlines last season, shattering the NCAA record for most consecutive passes completed in a single game with 46 in a row against Wofford on Oct. 4. Dickens finished the day 53-for-56 ...
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is free – at least from the confines of a state prison. Velasquez, 43, was released on parole Sunday after nearly 11 months in Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, Calif. It’s unclear what the stipulations of his release are. The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury-News was among the outlets to report his release, which had ...
MILAN — U.S. goalkeeper Aerin Frankel is known as the ‘Green Monster,’ nicknamed after the iconic left field wall at Fenway Park because she’s just as solid in front of the net for the U.S women’s national hockey team. But her nickname could also apply to her love of romaine lettuce. Frankel is such a big fan of Caesar salads that ...