Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald were selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. The Class of 2026 also includes Adam Vinatieri, Luke Kuechly, and Roger Craig. Former 49ers running back Roger Craig was inducted as a senior finalist after a 28-year wait. Coach Bill Belichick and contributor Robert Kraft were not selected for ...
MILAN — The opening ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina is tonight, marking the official start of these Games. This year’s ceremony will be held at San Siro Stadium in Milan, a 100-year-old venue that will now play host to the likes of Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli and the parade of nations featuring athletes from more than ...
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was named the 2025 NFL MVP. Stafford led the league with a career-high 46 touchdown passes and 4,707 passing yards. This marks the first MVP award of Stafford’s 17-year career. SAN FRANCISCO – Matthew Stafford’s superb 17th season was awarded in a major way. The Los Angeles Rams quarterback was named NFL MVP at ...
MILAN — The 2026 Winter Olympics continue Friday, highlighted by figure skating’s first day of action and Lindsey Vonn’s first day of downhill training. And, of course, the opening ceremony. Also happening Friday: The U.S. mixed doubles curling team faces Canada; there’s a slate of preliminary round women’s hockey games; and luge, ski jumping and men’s Alpine downhill all hold training sessions. ...
The NBA trading deadline has come and gone, so now it’s all about sorting through the implications of what it all means. To be clear: this was a peculiar deadline, one that perhaps lacked the massive, where-were-you-when deal like last year’s Luka Dončić trade. But it was marked by the looming presence of the potential availability of Giannis Antetokounmpo, the ...
Former teammates Rodney Harrison and Richard Seymour believed Mike Vrabel was destined to be a head coach. Vrabel was known for his high football IQ and for challenging coaches as a player. His leadership style is built on making individual connections and galvanizing the team. Vrabel is credited with quickly changing the team’s culture and leading them to the Super ...
Our latest NCAA men’s basketball bracket projection features a few changes in the upper quadrant. Several programs with national titles in the past decade are among the teams with upward mobility. Kansas, riding a six-game winning streak, has surged to a No. 3 seed along with defending champ Florida. Purdue is also back up to the third line, as Michigan ...
MILAN — Milan Fashion Week may have kicked off last month, but the fashion capital of Italy is in for another dose of style as more than 90 nations prepare to turn the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics into their runway. Each country will put its best — and most fashionable — foot forward during Friday’s opening ceremony, a spectacle ...
MILAN — Some of the top U.S. figure skaters won’t be at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates will not walk out with the rest of Team USA at San Siro Stadium on Friday, Feb. 6, they said after their rhythm dance in the team competition earlier in the day. ...
Her love affair with ceramics started at the age of six, about two years before dad James introduced her to sliding sports in Lake Placid, New York. He was a bobsledder for the United States Airforce in the 1970s. She was his only daughter. When James got sick – diagnosis: Stage 4 prostate cancer – Kirkby watched him deteriorate, delivering ...