Kevin Durant, 37, is feeling the Olympics call to him yet again. After the United States won gold in both men and women’s hockey in Milano Cortina, the former NBA MVP and the United States’ all-time leading Olympic scorer debunked the theory that 2024 was the last Olympic ride for many of the games biggest stars. ‘You guys, the media, ...
Perhaps Father Time has not caught up to these two boxing legends yet. It was recently announced that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will return to the ring more than a decade after their first fight. Despite both boxers approaching 50 years old, it seems the two are still in good enough shape to throw haymakers. Manny Pacquiao’s last professional ...
The USA pitching staff at the 2026 World Baseball Classic will have an extremely different look from the 2023 iteration. After throwing Merrill Kelly, Lance Lynn, and Adam Wainwright in 2023, the upcoming World Baseball Classic will have a loaded rotation with the likes of Paul Skenes, Garrett Whitlock, and Tarik Skubal, among others. However, at least one of those ...
Former NBA player Patrick Beverley will not face charges following an arrest on Nov. 14 in Fort Bend County, Texas. Rusty Hardin and Letitia Quinones-Hollins, attorneys for Patrick Beverley, released a statement Monday, Feb. 23: ‘Several months ago, we said that when all the information was in – when a grand jury could hear all the facts of this case – ...
The gold medal-winning United States women’s hockey team has declined an offer by the White House to attend Tuesday’s State of the Union address, citing ‘timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments’ as the reason. The women’s team beat Canada for the gold medal in a come-from-behind 2-1 overtime victory in which Hilary Knight broke U.S. Olympic scoring records ...
Barcelona turned down a €250 million offer from Paris Saint-Germain for Lamine Yamal when he was 17, according to former club president Joan Laporta. Yamal, who is now 18, has already established himself as one of the world’s best players, finishing second in the Ballon d’Or voting for 2025. After breaking out for Barcelona in the 2023-24 season, Yamal helped Spain ...
The United States finished the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina on a high note with golden performances from figure skater Alysa Liu and a dramatic men’s hockey win over Canada in overtime for their first gold medal since the 1980 Miracle on Ice. Team USA wrapped up the Winter Games with 33 total medals, second behind only Norway; their ...
Kara Braxton, a former WNBA All-Star who played 10 years in the league, died in a car accident in Cobb County, Georgia, on Saturday. Cobb County Police confirmed in a statement obtained by USA Today Sports that Braxton died in a single car crash outside of Atlanta around 5:13 p.m. Saturday. The accident remains under investigation. A preliminary report says ...
Note to self: Be patient. That was Feb. 21, 2016. Ten years later — not almost 10 years later … exactly 10 years later — Rondale Moore died. A suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the New Albany (Ind.) Police Department. He was 25. For people all over Indiana, that news — it broke Saturday night and spread across social ...
Haylee Young, one of the most decorated gymnasts in Iowa State history and a former member of the coaching staff, pushed back against Cyclones athletic director Jamie Pollard’s comments regarding issues within the program that led to the cancellation of the remainder of the season. Young, who qualified for the NCAA Championships in 2017 and collected a pair of Big ...