The SEC used to dominate the Big Ten in the NFL Draft. That advantage is eroding. From Indiana to Ohio State, the Big Ten could control the NFL Draft within the first 10 picks. SEC remains a massive force in the draft, but its advantage has slimmed. OK, now it’s getting serious for the SEC. The Big Ten owned the ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – USA luger Sophia Kirkby has one question for the people of Cortina: Who wants to date any Olympian? The 24-year-old from Lake Placid, New York, isn’t picky. She’s open to sip cappuccinos with fans. She’s down to swig Aperol spritzes with fellow athletes. Though, her area of the Olympic Village isn’t exactly teeming with eligible bachelors. ...
Lindsey Vonn is competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics alongside teammates who are up to 19 years younger. Younger skiers like Mary Bocock view Vonn as a source of wisdom and a mentor. Teammates credit Vonn with fostering a helpful and supportive culture on the U.S. ski team. CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – American speed skier Mary Bocock wasn’t born until ...
PHOENIX — They will be packing their bags, practicing their introductory speeches, and arriving in a few days early to spring training camps from West Palm Beach, Florida to Surprise, Arizona. They are young. They have little or no experience. They make up Major League Baseball’s incoming managerial class. Ten managers have been hired since the end of last season. ...
Framber Valdez, the two-time All-Star and World Series-winning left-hander and the last elite arm on the free agent market, agreed to a startling three-year, $115 million contract with the Detroit Tigers, ESPN reported Feb. 4, creating a potent punch atop the rotation for the 2026 season. Valdez will team with two-time reigning Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal in Motown ...
The Golden State Warriors made a move on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in an attempt to keep themselves contenders in the Western Conference. The Warriors added center Kristaps Porziņģis in the final hours before the NBA’s trade deadline, coming to a reported agreement with the Atlanta Hawks. The Warriors sent Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to Atlanta in return. For months, ...
‘All are welcome to meet here in The Middle. The Middle has been a hard place to get to lately … Between red and blue. Between servant, and citizen. We need The Middle. We just have to remember the very soil we stand on is common ground. So, we can get there. We will cross this divide. Our light has ...
‘I feel like my sophomore and junior year, I was kind of playing with this pressure kind of on me, just this pressure to get better each and every season,’ Canady told USA TODAY Sports. ‘I’m thankful to say this, and obviously blessed, but I feel like I’ve gotten every individual award I could at this point and the only ...
The death of former NFL defensive tackle Kevin Johnson could be connected to three other murder cases of homeless people in the same area of Los Angeles, authorities said on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Johnson, 55, was found dead shortly before 8 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at a homeless encampment about 10 miles east of Los Angeles International Airport, ...
Los Angeles Lakers big man Jaxson Hayes was handed a one-game suspension by the NBA ‘for pushing a Washington Wizards mascot during pregame introductions,’ the league said in a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Hayes shoved the Wizards’ mascot, G-Wiz, during pregame introductions before the Jan. 30 game in Washington. The mascot had been running with a giant flag when ...