Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury has announced that she and her husband Matt are expecting a baby in July. The couple made the announcement in a video on the Spirit’s social media channels, holding a baby goalkeeper jersey on the pitch at Audi Field. Kingsbury becomes the most recent Spirit star to go on maternity leave, following defender Casey Krueger, ...
The regular season is winding down for the No. 1 ranked UConn women’s basketball team. The Huskies play host to Georgetown on Thursday, Feb. 26 at PeoplesBank Arena Hartford, Connecticut, in their final home game before traveling the St. John’s to close out the regular season on Sunday, March 1. They will be the No. 1 seed in the Big ...
SAN JOSE, CA — With the conclusion of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the NHL regular season is back in play and the San Jose Sharks look to close the season strong in their final 27 games. San Jose saw four of its players compete at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan over the last couple of weeks, including forward Pavol ...
INDIANAPOLIS – For most people, uprooting their lives and relocating from Palo Alto, California, to Lubbock, Texas, would rate fairly high on the culture shock meter. For David Bailey, whose unusual migration may soon go transcontinental and could next take him to the Big Apple, it’s all just part of the process. And while Bailey, an All-American pass rusher for ...
INDIANAPOLIS – In another time and place, you could have bet your bottom dollar that there’s no way Sean Payton would willingly give up calling the plays. Not him. Payton has for a long time been one of the NFL’s sharpest minds when it comes to designing and running an offense. A former quarterback, he was made for the challenge ...
The UEFA Europa League will wrap up its playoff round with eight second legs on Thursday, Feb. 26. The winners of the eight two-leg ties will join the eight that have already clinched a spot in the last 16 by virtue of finishing in the top eight of the league phase standings. But which teams will face off in the ...
NHL players were back at practice with their teams on Feb. 25 as the athletes gear up for the resumption of the NHL regular season. Jeremy Swayman, who was a backup for the U.S. men’s ice hockey team that won gold at Milano Cortina, rejoined the Boston Bruins on Wednesday after going to Washington, D.C., and visiting the White House ...
Just when it felt like three months is enough time to get a sense of the college basketball season, the penultimate month ends up shifting it just before the madness begins. While world-class athletes in Milan and Cortina grabbed the spotlight in the 2026 Winter Olympics, college basketball chugged along, and plenty happened. From late-season surges to some perplexing stumbles, ...
Connor Hellebuyck, the primary reason Team USA broke its 46-year Olympic men’s hockey gold medal drought, forever dispelled his previous tag of not being a big-game goaltender. Let’s dive into Hellebuyck’s five best performances, three of which came from his first trip to the NHL playoffs. Nobody will be surprised to see which is cemented in the No. 1 spot. ...
LSU Tigers guard Flau’jae Johnson has a two-word motto ahead of an NCAA Tournament run with LSU. ‘Choose better,’ Johnson told USA TODAY while promoting a partnership with BODYARMOR. ‘That’s literally who I am in every facet of my life.’ Fittingly, the sports drink brand has a March Madness campaign, focused on hydration and recovery, with the same name. However, ...