SAN JOSE, CA – “I love Sam Darnold.” It was a simple, explicit message adorning the T-shirt worn by Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Cooper Kupp on Thursday, the final day he and his teammates met with reporters in the lead-up to Super Bowl 60. “I’m a fan of our quarterback,” said Kupp. “Pretty self-explanatory.” And, seemingly, a pretty universal sentiment ...
SAN JOSE, CA – By nearly any metric, the Seattle Seahawks were a success in 2024, head coach Mike Macdonald’s rookie season. They finished 10-7 – better than any of previous coach Pete Carroll’s final three years in the Pacific Northwest – and fell just a tiebreaker shy of winning the NFC West and qualifying for the playoffs. Yet it ...
Lindsey Vonn knew the risks of skiing in the Olympic downhill on a ruptured ACL in her knee. Yet she also knew this was likely her last chance, at age 41, to chase gold. Her decision would be polarizing, regardless of the outcome. Vonn’s quest ending in a high-speed crash was always a possibility. But seeing it happen to the ...
Teams who are looking to sustain drives may be in need of a Carr. Former NFL quarterback Derek Carr is mulling a return, according to reports. NFL Media says that Carr could unretire for the ‘right situation and coaching staff.’ Carr, 34, retired in the lead up to the 2025 season as he nursed and rehabbed from shoulder surgery. Weeks ...
As most people expected, Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby has been named captain of Team Canada’s 2026 Winter Olympics team. Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid and Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar will serve as the alternate captains. This is the same leadership trio the Canadians ran at the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, where they won gold after defeating the USA in the finals. ...
Atlanta Falcons rookie defensive end James Pearce Jr. was arrested Feb. 7 in Doral, Florida, after police say he crashed his vehicle during a police pursuit while fleeing a domestic dispute. Doral Police Chief Edwin Lopez told WPLG Local 10 News that Pearce, 22, was involved in a dispute at the Doral police headquarters when Pearce fled the scene and ...
It hasn’t been a smooth journey to Olympic gold for 2026 Olympic women’s downhill champion Breezy Johnson. The American star edged Emma Aicher of Germany by a razor-thin margin of 0.04 seconds on Sunday, Feb. 8, just a little over a year after returning from 14-month suspension by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Johnson − who finished seventh in the downhill ...
Ann Michael Maye was draped in a red and green apron Dec. 1 in the white-walled kitchen she shares with New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, explaining a new social media series ‘Bakemas’ that she self-created. Maye would bake a sweet treat daily in the 25 days leading up to Christmas, she said, starting with M&M chocolate chip cookies. She ...
Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer said that members of his staff ‘got punched in the face’ after his Blue Devils were defeated 71-68 by rival North Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 7. ‘It’s hard to talk about the game when I was most concerned for the safety of our players,” Scheyer said. “I don’t wanna make it about that, but … ...
The ‘twisties,’ a mental block causing athletes to lose their sense of direction in the air, can affect Winter Olympians as well as gymnasts like Simone Biles. Winter athletes, including skiers and snowboarders, describe the phenomenon as a dangerous loss of spatial awareness during complex aerial maneuvers. Athletes rely on extensive practice and an ‘internal clock’ to execute tricks, but ...