CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — Breezy Johnson is multi-talented. In addition to skiing really, really well, the newly minted Olympic downhill champion has gotten really, really good at knitting. She makes a new headband or hat to wear at each race, and she knit hats for many of her family and friends to wear at the Milano Cortina Olympics. That includes ...
Snowboarder Jake Pates advanced to the 2026 Winter Olympics halfpipe final after a four-year retirement. Pates retired from competitive snowboarding in 2020 due to mental health struggles and a concussion. He started the Happy Healthy Brain Foundation to help others after his own experience with a brain injury. Pates credits his return to the sport to the support of friends ...
Skinner, a Katy, Texas native, grew up playing club volleyball won three NCAA national championships. The first came in 2020 with Kentucky. Skinner won two more titles, in 2022 and 2023, after transferring to Texas and was named the 2023 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Skinner said after college, the only option was to go overseas. And, while the ...
Deion Sanders and his girlfriend Karrueche Tran revealed their Valentine’s Day weekend plans on his Tubi talk show. The couple’s plans include an early dinner, or ‘linner,’ because Tran says Sanders gets cranky after 6:30 p.m. Sanders expressed his discomfort with the idea of a couples massage, stating he would not watch another man give Tran a massage. Colorado football ...
Australian snowboarder Scotty James aims to win his first Olympic gold medal at the 2026 Winter Games. James seeks to revolutionize snowboarding by focusing on difficult backside riding techniques. The five-time Olympian has previously won a silver and a bronze medal in the men’s halfpipe. LIVIGNO, Italy – Scotty James has gold-medal-level ambition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games. ...
PHOENIX — They are hated. They are loved. They are ruining baseball. They are great for baseball. They are the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers will open their spring training camp on Friday morning at Camelback Ranch as the first team in more than a quarter-century as repeat World Series champions, and the first in baseball history to have a ...
Several top-ranked men’s college basketball teams have been defeated this week. No. 1 Arizona looks to rebound from its first loss of the season against No. 16 Texas Tech. No. 9 Kansas, fresh off a win against Arizona, faces No. 4 Iowa State on the road. It might have taken slightly longer than usual, but we have at last reached ...
MILAN — Madison Chock and Evan Bates stoically accepted their silver medals following their shocking upset in the ice dance final at the 2026 Winter Games on Thursday despite tying in a season-best free skate. The moment sent chills through French figure skater Surya Bonaly, she told USA TODAY Sports. The three-time Olympian tuned in thousands of miles away in her Minnesota ...
Busch had the fastest time of qualifying overall in his first run with a 48.933. He was the only driver to break 49 seconds at all during qualifying; his eventual pole lap came in at a 49.006. Busch will lead the field on Sunday. The two-time champion has never won the Daytona 500 and could add that feat to his ...
Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the silver medal in ice dance at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The American duo believes the confusing results do a disservice to figure skating and its fans. Judges’ scores, particularly from the French judge, have been scrutinized following the event. Despite the controversial finish, Chock and Bates said they felt they delivered a winning ...