The 54th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is underway in Alaska, with 34 mushers expected to face whipping winds and icy terrain on course that covers almost 1,000 miles. ‘It’s like a 10-day vacation,’ musher Sam Martin told The Frontiersman, a newspaper in Alaska. It’s worth noting that Martin is an Iditarod rookie. Four dogs died during the race since ...
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a grand slam and drove in six runs to lead the Dominican Republic to an easy 10-1 victory over Israel on Monday, March 9, in Miami. Tatis had six RBIs in the game, tying him with Adrian Gonzalez for the second-most in a game in World Baseball Classic history. Only Ken Griffey Jr. had more, driving ...
The top team in the USA TODAY Sports baseball top 25 remains the same after a busy week on the diamond in college baseball. No. 1 UCLA (13-2) is still the No. 1 team, going 4-0 over the past week since the most recent rankings dropped. That’s more than can be said for LSU, which opened the season at No. ...
Paralympian Steve Emt is aiming for the first-ever U.S. medal in wheelchair curling at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games. Emt, a former basketball player, was paralyzed in a drunk driving accident and now works as a motivational speaker. After a last-place finish in 2018, Emt dedicated himself to intense training and has led Team USA to a semifinal appearance. Emt ...
The 2026 World Baseball Classic continues on Monday, March 9 with Dominican Republic vs. Israel taking place in Miami at LoanDepot Park. ‘We haven’t achieved anything yet. Our goal is to win this tournament,’ Dominican manager Albert Pujols told reporters after his team’s win on Sunday. ‘When you get the trophy, then you can speak about the different matches and ...
The 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed in less than a week, and there is still plenty of shifting happening before teams find out where they will be seeded in the Big Dance — or in it at all. The conclusion of the regular season highlighted how drastic fortunes can change heading into March Madness. Get hot, and you ...
An NFL offseason that’s been largely rooted in hypotheticals is about to become a lot more real this week. While free agency doesn’t officially begin until Wednesday, Monday marks the start of the league’s negotiating window – or legal tampering period – for players hitting the open market. And it shouldn’t take long for deals to materialize for the most ...
Ronda Rousey won’t be the only former UFC champion stepping into the cage May 16 when she fights Gina Carano at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Ngannou, 39, will fight Philipe Lins, a 40-year-old Brazilian who previously fought in UFC’s light heavyweight division and in 2018 won the Professional Fighters League heavyweight tournament. Ngannou, nicknamed ‘The Predator,” will be ...
The opening race of the 2026 Formula 1 season was marred by more complaints over new hybrid cars being used on the circuit for the first time and even led multiple drivers to reference feeling like they were in a video game in the middle of the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, March 7. ‘This is like the mushroom in ...
Tua Tagovailoa, former Miami Dolphins quarterback. That will take some getting used to as Miami general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan announced March 9 the team will release the quarterback at the start of the new league year. ‘I recently informed Tua and his representation that we are going to move in a new direction at the quarterback position and will be ...